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rfh STAT1 EIGHTS DEMOCRAT. H TOL. 1. ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2tf, J8or. NO. 7. STATE lUgllTS DEilOCRAT. ISSlKtl KVEUY 8Af I'UDAY, IX ALBANY, L1XX C Ot'XTY.OUX. 1TBLIS1IKR AM KP1TOK. C , r U Stor of J. Narcrtsa & Co. TKUMS; roa susssciurnorji Ca Cnf fbr One r a Opy ferKix Month JSrsT" PavwH-nt lo We made in advance id every nan. Tke I'wper w!l not lx Mttt to any ahlr i il.wa onlerrd. and Ba term fur which It shait be w -tared be paid for. X tfrjutrriir trill tr riM trnM ' way laar. K. BL Timely rir ntk-e will k h PabiwHW of the week oa whwk hi ul wtriMioa will expire, and smlswa an ardor fc it taUaaaac, aewora r-aniod with h" "mnntv. be the Ppr b di?onmtvd to that rcn ABTcsTisiNa t "ST at Cm Srni&r. ef Twal Li eta. er I, da Insertion - $3 Tar Uca Saaaee-aent Iasertian X J-- A X.iVeral Reduction fVom theae Jtataa t Caarterlv. Half Yarr and 1 enrly A&vertiaera, and apon all LengiNy a a rartuamanta, mux c taaaa. gsnshaxT notxcs t Cirrea-pnndcnts writing ever ajummcd signature t aa-eywtly, must make known their proper wjKva to the Ed'tor, or no attoctiuu will he given t t-ir enmoianiration. ' - All Letter aa J Commanicatinnt. whrther en tfcieiaaa or for publjvatkm, should t0 addreaved to at Editor. ggSHliig. ,i .j ii i i n j. , j'i (From tbe Miaaoari Republican . etiexixoiy F.Tnr,Rixua: to tuk rui:siDi:T. YffiT Erarnoa r.therldgriwn Ar rr-sttTl Cantir ltcvlw(of Andjf jBBoa nna ranon urowuiow. CoLtrMBrs, Ky., July 18, 1SG5. J a Excellency, AnJretc Johns), , President of the L'ni'tetl StatcaX The Hon. Horace Greeley the wisest and among the best of your present liicnds -once addressed your distin Brushed firedeeessor through the columns l' his newspaper, lie wrote in behalf of t! e " colored race." lam emboldened trr iU example t invoke your attentiou ic th condition of the an fortunate whites. 1! asides, I know how yon are surroundtxl by political and religious patriots, who li 11 j approach the throne of Executive pace to assure you of their love of coun try and detestation of pluee; and to ofior j their fervent prayers for the restora tion of your health, and the prolongation of j ""Unvaluable life. Perhaps some ore ty' these may gee this communication atd present it to the attention of your KrcUeuey. In this press npoa precious ti u$, I make no estimate of the intervals rt-u so cheerfully devote to the. crowds of contrabands who constitute so much of tie elite of the Capital. I know the magnanimous nature of jt or Excellency, and I fear the sad au n(ncemeat I have to make will prove injurious, if not fatal to the delieale sens ib ilities of your noble and generous heart. I was arrested at my home in Dresden, Tonnessee, on Friday last, (hangman's d,y) by a detachment of armed soldier, w irse deportment and appearance would do honor to any service. They are known ia; the Army Rejmlations as "colored trxps," but, to their shame be it spoken, jtnrcld friends still persist in calling ttem ntggers. a hey were commauJ c& and directed by four or five white men, it'mk arrested me as Mr. Adder-ri. from Viich, I infer, they claim a laer beer Bitionality. I deem it my duty to re jx rt that your old friend of the seeesh p muasion stll persist in the treasonable pi aftice of calling the personnel of such ei ptditions, " d d Dutch and niggers." Y iu will doubtless be relieved to hear at the expedition was a success. Though 1 iA timely warning of the approaching raid, T preferred surrender to hopeless Tiiwtance, and the comma ad reached tVis city without material loss, treating m, since my arrest, with courtesy and laadncss, for which I am gratefuL I have been here five days, and though I acre not yet been able to obtain, the at tees of my accuser, or a copy of the clargcs, if any, upon which I was arrest ed, I haTe obtained from other sources information npoa which I rely, of the ares and motives of my arrest. I am iargedwith using treasonable language f aiast the Government of the United Stiles, and the Government of Tennes see and with speaking disrespectfully of jc or lxcellency and of the lught Kev er 5i d William ' G. Brownlow, who un- m n if ol that the Constitution of Tennes excludes all ministers from civil office, ia Ttow claiming to have successfully jse id the office of Governor of said State. .Further, and truly, that I have given a -pnfessional opinion, declaring that the ! v ;s ia Tennessee have not been made fn by law. As I will no doubt be held a risoner until after tin pemlinj eltc tkm farce ttt Tennessee is over, I propose to Indulge a portion f my leisure in giv- i a jo a concise statement oi some things f i Ui gay, and . the circumstances under w m a I have provoted the military dis . f-lm$areof that Grand Army of which 70 s &ra the Commatider-in-Ch.ief. A public meeting of all thj citizens of yii-kley county, Tennessee, was called; Jtt Dresdezi on Saturday, the 1st day ofj trj last, to eonsider the. best course to t a ispted far the interests of all. That cue ing was very large, and was address- el ty illiaia I . fjaldweu and myself. , . Oa tie following Monday, July 3, a ve ry large meeting was held at jrenton, Gibijoa county, whiclj I sddrgssd for tafes tours. Isaac Sampson, one of Barnlow's newly appointed Circuit 1 & gas, having, as he said, full civil and " cr eiesJ jurlsdietion to urest and try all Cm eiMiers, was present. He had one of Ij 'orsiow's Eherifs and several of his 1 IT ? - it Ta . - . . jm . & w tae x eace present. Ajaa in at Trtience he addressed the nmlti i tf its frcm the same stand I had occupied : ,jti he cid not as much as bint at my ar re ; he only threatened the people with an inrAH nf Ftttrml fnwyut (meaning iiegnH's,') to dolor them from voting fou mo. At the eWo. of tho mooting, romdu tions proeisoly similar to thoM? passed nt lirosden wero unaiumouslv adontod. 1 was nnaniitunislv nouiitiatod for tVngrvw. ant me prolomlod N-nator and Itopre- MMttativo from that count r was tinani- nnmsl' rotjuostoil to uign. I was to have addrossod a similar moot ing at Tarw, Henry county, on Saturday l!t, and would have done m had I not boon arretted. As the offensive word an alleged to have lioon rpokett in my Dresden Hpeeoh, (they wore substantially repeated 8 1 Trenton) 1 will uivo you, o- curatelv and concisely at lean, what 1 aid of you at Drtvsdon. Indeed, 1 will gie you the prccinc words of my exordi um in which you were first personally al luded to. AddrcsMtig mysolt to tho audi- ene I said : " Yu hive witnessed the rise, cnlmi- nntion and overthrow of a rebellion, in nil respects the nut astoniohing in the world' htftory : nstonishinff because of the numliers eucairod, tho resources it so suddenly improvised, and the duration and intensity of the conflict. It was only le.vt astonishing than the numbers ani restnirws it encountered. It has onde as all rebellions must end, when opposed by greatly superior rcnuroes and nuin bers. live rcliellion is over. Its leader are captives, cxilosor supplicants for par don; its, armed adherents have saluted their flatf for the last time, and its friends throughout tho South have yielded the contest. Their submission has been grace ful, unanimous, and in all apparent god faith. Not an armed Confederate is to be found within the limits of the State The rederal Govornment profewed to draw the sword only for the sole purpose of enforcing its Constitutional authority wherever it was opposed ; it is this day supreme within the entire limits of the United States. No opposition is any where attempted ; nor. indeed, can any be organized. Why, then, I ask, are we threatened with a despotism as inexcusa ble ns rebellion f Why arc free elections denied to the Virion men and qualified voters of the State ? Why have non-res-identsand loungers around Federal camps. without your knowledge or consent, and in defiance of your protests and appeals, been permitted to usurp the high and resjHuisiblo places of power and declare themselves your oppressors and masters -and thi-, too. in contempt of that Do claration of flights, whose sacred princi ples are inviolable, and by your Constitu tion 'excepted out of the general powers of (jroverument : Why are onensive rulers being set over the loyal people of the State by tho.se who are joiutly re sponsible for the war ? Why are bands of armed negroes permitted to rfam over the country, plundering and insulting the timid and defenseless? And more than these, why are you and I, whose souls are unstained by treason, compelled to drain this cup of shauto at the hands of those who were the orijjiatd instigators of the rebellion f " ' 1 beg leave to assure your Excellency that, in using the words "obioixal ix STIGATOBS OF THE REBELLION," I allud ed to tffn ; further, that I spoke in no Pickwickian sense. And now that I may iuvoke your clemency, not for myself, but for those who listened to ray remarks, I frankly confess that I submitted certain prKfs of the truth of my charges. I tolj the people that tho first time I ever --ou. you were haranguing the inulti- tude to prove me n Abolitionist ; that it was a somewhat " raw and gusty day," and that your vehemence in the open air caused you to contract a throat disease, from which, nnfortunately for the coun try, you profess not to have recovered, I alluded to your early speeches iirt Con gress, in which yon resorted to the bitter est personal abuse of John Quincy Ad ams, because of his religious, anti-slavery opinions ; to your reverential confession that God had killed off General Harrison because he was an Abolitionist. I also told the people that you had, in 1856, in the State of Tennessee, proposed that every Southern man should "join 'in one fraternal hug," and plunge into rebellion, if Fremont and Dayton were elected. In addition to this, I informed the audience that I heard you, in the Senate, in De cember, 1859, denounce Mr. Seward and the Republican party as wholly responsi ble for the murderous raid of " this old man Brown," whom you then stigmatized as "nothing more than a murderer, a robber, a thief and traitor." I said, also, that you not only supported Breckin- ridse. the candidate of the avowed dis- uniomsts. but that after the election ot Lincoln, after the meeting ot Congress in December, 18G0, and only one day before the assembling of the Convention which declared South Carolina out of the Union, von had, in the Senate of the United States, made a labored speech, enibrac- ins apart of two days, in which you posi tively pledged yourself, in a contingency which has long since happened, to join these same rebels. " to nerish in the last breach" to " burn every blade of grass. and to make your grave in " the last m- trenehments" of robel freedom. I told the people that I heard this speech, (dur ing the delivery of which Jefferson Davis offered you a ma?t unprovoked insult, the effect of which I will not now attempt to state.) and that every word of it was de signed to convince the people of Tennes see that they were -an oppressed people and you their champion : that their Con stitutional rights were in imminent dan ger, and that they ought " to demand ad ditional securities ;" that you then and there submitted the folio win 2 written " basis," upon which you declared an un alterable purpose "to fight the great battle for our rights :" "Maidved, That we deeply sympathize with our sister Southern States,, and freely admit that there is good cause for dissatis faction and complaint on their part, on ac count of the reeent election of sectional can didates to the Presidency and Vice Presi dency of the United States; yet we, as a portion of a people of a slaveholding commu nity, are not for seceding or breaking up the I'nion of thee Ntutot until every fair and lioiiiirnltlo ihchiin Iuih Im-cii rxliniiHtod in trying to ubtuin on the part of the imn-slavo-holding State, 11 coiuplmm'c with the Kjiii it and loiter of tho Constitution and nil it V;uarioitoon ; and whon tint slmll lutvo horn lono, itnd the State mnv in open roiiollioii njrninst the lawa of the linitod Ntiitiv, in re fusing to oxivntti the l'uu;itie Slnxo l.iiw, kIiuII persist in Ihoir pivsont tiiioonstitiitioii al oourno, and the r'oooral tiovernniont slmll fail to exoonte the hiw in eonl fiulh, it (the (Jovornnioiu) will iiit have luvtuiipriMhfd the great design of its creation, it nd will, therefore, tit (not, he a prttotioul iliiliitiili. riitd all the Slates, nt parties, ho released from theciunpuot whieh foiitted the rnion,' In eoininonting on the foregoing ''n I raid it proved that oti did thou "itrtiifif yuif,it)u'zt with Soulheni States:" that yoti our sister pa rt ion tail v alluded to South (..aroint a. whoso treas onable representatives wore then Assem bled, and who, ono day after, inaugura ted the rebellion;" that you did then and there "freely admit good cause for dissatisfaction and contpl.-iint," because of the cdootioit id' vour illus(i iius Iiredoeestior ami the Hon. Hannibal Uam in, whom tho llov. Mr. llrownlow repre sented as a free negro. 1 said, aUo, that yon were then only a coHil!tiual Union ist ; that you declared yourself " not IW Mcccding r breaking up the Union of tr.eso Mates I NTH. cverv fair and honor able moans had Won exhausted in trying to obtain on the part of the non-slave holding States a compliance with tin spirit ami letter ot tne 1 oiiMtitiitmti ami all its guarantees. Audi further stated that you, at the same. time, had insured your rebel friends, with whom you did so ' deeply sympathize," that "when this shall have I eon done, ami the States now ill orr.x 1U.hm.Mon" (meaning Vermont and Massachusetts) ' against the law s of the United States -hall pCI-MSt in their present unconstitutional course it " (the liovernment) will not have accomplished tho groat design of its; creation, and will, therefore, in fact, bo it j need not wait for quarantine before join practical dissolution of the Union." I j ing the army of Sunnier and John Brown; repeat, I told the peoplo that this speech, that you had done so, turned your back so made as aforesaid by you (assisted by , upon them, betrayed them, and that, al- Senator Latham, who was kind enough to road for you), was designed by you to foment rebellion among your constituents. I selected certain passages from that speech to prove the above general state ment. I referred to that part" in whieh! you said " there is no power conform upon the Congress of the United States, by the Constitution, to coerce a Slate ;" I pointed to your " demand" for " addi tional seourities" for slavery ; to your statement that Vermont was, at that time, guilty of " nullification," of "resistance to tilt laws of the United States," w hich you pronounced " open reltcllion." I commented upon your statement that the conduct of Vermont liad been such that "the Government was at an cud." Nor did I omit to tell the people that you then and there (18th and 10th of Decem ber, 1S00) had submitted an opinion in regard to your general " complaint." I did not, like Doeeher, pronounce you drunk, nor did I, like Wilkes, say you had been poisoned. I permitted you to speak for yourself by reading the follow- ing from your speech : "We have complained that their Intention have "lest fortunes by tho war," there was to hem slavery in, so that, like the soor-! seemed to be a general inclination to join pion, when surrounded by fire, if it did notjtue grand army of universal freedom, so ue iroui tue iniensn nrai in mo scorviuu-j flames, it would perish from its own poison ed sting." You further promised your rebel friends what Tennessee shauld do, if new guar antees for slavery were refused. You saiit, " Tennessee will be found standiug as firm and unyielding in her DEMANDS for those guarantees as any other in the coxfedebacv." I asserted, also, that you had declared the election of Lincoln and Hamlin "sec tional ;" that you avowed your purpose to put down Mr. Lincoln and cbive back his advances upon Southebn ixstitu- Tioxs; that you had promised not to ...... auanuon your - iorineru Aemocratic Northern Democratic , . m t itself j For thfJ shrlK0 aiul j,rescrviiig it in proper condi-! ecl1 a.ud haJ tho ,estt advantage ; the com ill to Lincoln's enhnrfm'. , . . i i r-J ... -pl. i I?.i ,.l . , merctal and transportation men must be at friend and leave all to Lincoln's cohort; mat you solemnly pica0cu yourscu not to permit Mr. Lincoln to come with his aihort, as trc consider them, from the iorth, to carry off everything. All the foregoing, and muejn?Tliore, I charged upon yon, and proved by your speech of the 18th and 19th of December, 1800. Continuing my address, I said that if you were a credible witness I beg you to believe 1 so regaroyou 1 could prove that every political supporter and ad mirer ot your .hxeellency, and every lol lower of the saintly Brownlow then and there present, was a disuni'onixt. In do ing this I read from a speech made by you, at Columbia, Tennessee, on the 2d of June, 18G2. It was revised by yourself, and published in jour own organ, the Nashville Union, of June 9, 18G2, then edited bv your friend Mercer, who is best known as " Quinine MerePr," because of his sympathy with the rebel sick, to whom it is alleged, he kindly smuggled that in- j emporium pine in captivity. Do not for valuable medicine wlrle he sojourned ; ret. T nrav vou. that our foreicn relations within the Federal lines I read the, following : ." Now, I wilf prove, very briefly, that a secesssonist is as great an Abolitionist as Sumner. Both the secessionist and disun ionist are for breaking up this Union. I ion i si are ior oroaxing union union. Hi.- i l-n t e it e w-illstatetheargumentslnaeyllogism.thus:!8 themes, still lam fully advised of Ad Abolitionist is a disumonist: a disun ionist is a secessionist : a secessionist is a dif unionist : adisunioniet is an Abolitionist : Therefore, a secessionist is an Abolitionist. There is not a particle of difference between them," v I repeat, I read the foregoing, after which I was so irreverent as to say, in regard to your syllogysm, that I could find the eylly but not the giVi but you were distinct and positive in the allega tion that " aw Abolitionist is a dimnion ist." All this, and much more did I say, may it please your Excellency, for the many pious purposes hereinafter enumer ated ; chiefly, however, with the design of quieting the hearts and consciences of a few ot your old rebel friends, office holders and Trade Agents, who desire to join you in your late, but earnest ham pionship of the rights of the color, race. Having always been rebels at heart, they dislike suddenly to become Abolitionists. louring they may bo roUiiod, in lollow ing your illustrious example, to deal harshly wit It those who, from a la be souse of shame, me slill unwilling by turning Abolitionists, to incur the rcbol reproach of npostaoy. They urge that they dislike to be called .Iitdasos; and ot, they "wish lo bo with " mid nt rest." Ilonce the struggle between their old party and rebel pi 100. and their rc Jr ,tot ; their ilire noocssitio.t 11 nil love of cash. With nil stieh i adopted this mode of reasoning : That the popular judgment is often wrong, mid traditionary or heroilitary pre judices rarely rielit. For example, I would take lw cclobratod eases, tliOK of : groatlillieonce, it is true, that, by trans udate mid .ludiis; that the f.j Miristiau i fcrring me to one of these many tribunal world affected, nay, fell great horror ofjlbra " i j eedy trial." the sensibilities d" their itanics and characters, tltnt tl ey the legal profession will not be shocked wore associated with tho murder of our ( beyond recovery. 1'ailing in this, inn I Saviour, and. thend'ore, no one supposed . asking too much when I nvow myself ' ii possible to find anything in thoir na-: w illing to swallow a dose, of that universal tmos to extenuate the Heie judgment j panacea for nil doubtful cases, Military of mankind; whereas, in fact, I'Uato was Commission at Wiithiiigtou? Doubtless was bitterlV opposed lo our Saviour h per- "...1 ; .1 ...it sooutioii mid ignominious death, and pro tested he " louud no fault 111 I Inn, vhdo the mob, (may Heaven p rot 01 1 your Fx etdleiicy from all mobs,) hurried him away to execution ; without even the dig nity of a military suicst ; that Judas, from all we had boon able lo itMoitain in re gard to his character, was a very tuib troMvo, ict'eont man, better lilted by na ture for a trade acitl r a contractor than a Disciple: that, though he "lurtieil hit back upon his friciids.rf.iy, ".7imV them." be was neither tln first nor ih last who had yielded to temptation; that In' reward was hunf tnanrif thni v hii j pieces aiel long Uoloie I itase li:ol in-j Hated li e currcney, or ( nl.ioruui bad j or Cal fi ruia au'jir.onted the iiuii ; that ho was a man of sv nsibility ; that he repented, mid so suffered from reun ro that ho burt his bowels. I assured tho secessionist and office-seekers, however, that they though tho official health bulletin repre sented you in a precarious condition. 1 had yet seen no mention of a morbid dis tension of your bowulrf. Nor did 1 failtt) remind the audience id' the radical change in your opinions of John Drown and Mr. ewarti, since you ilcnounceu tne one as a murderer, a robber, a thief and a trai tor," and the other as his political tutor. I pointed to the remarkable case and ele gance with which you now fraternize with the original Drowns ; how you iiw pious ly regarded his gallows as only less sacred iliun the Cross of Christ ; how benignantly you smiled at his apothe.sis, and how di vinely you could sing .Inhn llrown'- body Ilea nioubtrrinj- in tho dust.' In the foregoing I can give you only a brief outline of that portion of my speech which was devoted especially to yourself. I rose doubtless " to the full height of the great argument," and many of your old seeesh friends pronounced my speech .a m a . 1 truly eloquent and convincing. Several are known to have declared positively for V - . - you and Brownlow, while, among tho 5 oflice-seePers, trade-agents, and those who bravely led ty yourseit. i louml uono reluctaut to do so except a few original Union men, who still declare themselves here tu years ago, with Anne Dlackbirfn, ardent supporters of " the Union of the the wife of Bush rod Washington. Constitution." Ordinary compassion re- The " Ladies' Mount Vernon Assoeia nuires me to say, in their behalf, that tion." it is well known, made their pur- they read but few newspapers, and do notj know that that old fogy parchment is wholly " played out." Now for this eulogmm upon your lite, charlter and public services-and be - cnusii the V nion men of that portion of the State in which I live have nominated me for Congress I am hold, like Napo - Icon, a prisoner of State. Napoleon at rila t Ad-d.r.rii nt. nolmnbtm ! IW - I iw, jjeiena j tli;g cj.usslc c,t.. m searcb 0f relics, I will her5 gtate that j am Rt the Columbus' llotiil, room iVo. It uirocMy opposite butcher's establishment, where thirteen chained dogs, hundreds of unchained con trabandsj and millions of mosquitoes nightly mingle their music to lull me to repose. Aicw words more and I will suspend all further recital of those afflictions which I am sure will greatly affect your Excel lency's compassionate heart. I am very unhappy here. " The noblest river in the world" lies just before me; its waves dance merrily and unrestrained. Un bleached ladies and gentlemen crowd the streets, moving with gracetul and clastio tread, yrhile arrayed in robes of lovliest bluo. The air is fragrant with the sweet ni-ls-. -tt1 I sat-kl-cr iliacr inn n, v 1 i 1 i nnsl ,. ,J i around is gaiety, happiness and FREEDOM, X uioiiu, oi an iui: ucuicuo oj uiui gitai c ' ' . . . ... are in a most critical condition. A blun der may not only prove fatal to your Ad- ministration, but it may light a torch to set the world on fire. Though I am per sonally friendly to Mr. Maximilian and the embarrassments he has . caused to yourself and Cabinet. Remember, it is the last hair that breaks the camel's back. Will not my afrest cause' a sensation at St. James, St. Cloud and. St, Petersburg -indeed, throughout all Europe ? Will not the sublime Porte be aroused ? And will not those great powers, who so anx iously await a pretext to ipterfere ia be half of Maximilian, be urged to extreme measures when informed that b,is chief American ally. is under arrest? I will no further enlarge upon the danger : a wise statesmanship can alone save your Administration, and what is of the first importance to eyery office-holder, secure your re-election. I -suggest this expedi ent as the best : Brownlow has any num- I n m Tr-r tt 1 Der oi courts in xennessee. ms judges (although our Constitution requires that they be elected by the people,) have been appointed by himself. They are true as steel to you mid your glorious Adminis tration. Their jurisifiolion is co-ex tensive with their owti wishes, mid l'rownlow's necessities. They are nil sworn to exe cute his pioiiH will. Dosides, you have Federal Courts in full operation nil over Tennessee. Courts are regularly hold nt Memphis, Nashville and Kuoxvillo, for 'the Judicial Districts, whieh embrace the iStato, in each of which District Attorneys, who are good Abolitionists, reside. Use Judge, lion. C. V. Trigg, is your friend, and was nppoiuttd upon your and Drown low's urgent recommendation. Ho voted for you. I never belonged to " the land or naval service," mid 1 suggest wi jll, j it has jurisdiction of iny case, ns I m.i no-' 1 r . ,"1 : eiisou ol consiorarv. I know it 1 couipo tent to inflict that punishment whieh ninny of your ol J rebel friend say 1 de-scrvc--hnngiiig as it has recently hung a woiiuin. )oii't fail to write soon. Di root your jn'ratf letters to I'udueah, Kentucky. .May our Heavenly I-nther si eeitilv re-j store your Excellency's health, enlarge ' Vottr n I ready powerful jiilzino,,t 3ud dcrMatidiip', save you from boiii' again1 i,i-tu,t, n on the Ith of March last, and finally orwu you in Heaven with "the ;u, mmi Hrowii," mid all the mighty hv--ts ! who await you there. otir hxeellencv will again accept re- ncwed iisuratices of the high considera tion in which you nro ever held bv your very humble servant, sincere admirer, nn 1 affectionate friend, E M MIM IN ETH KB I I'tl K. Irreiil 'omit (ton Vernon. of Mount The National Intelligencer gives the following account of the condition of the Washington home and grounds of Mount Vernon ; Tho Jibrarv room, in the south end, is occupied by 1 ism' Tracy, the accomplished mid faithful vgent of the Mount Vernon Association. A bust of Washington, east in plaster by llou Ion, and another of La fayette, facing each other high on the walls, are the only observable relies. The book-cases, built into the walls, w ith glass that on which ho died, is the only article in the chamber. lhe family pictures were nearly or quite all at Arlington, and were taken to Itiehuiond by lien. Lee. The celebrated pitcher portrait, upon the back of which was inscribed the beautiful eulogy, and loft in the mansion by an un known hand, was carried away by John a i -. ar a . nuiuigton, ami is in the possession f that family. The long row of brick j quarters utill stand as they have for 30 or 40 years, since they weru partially de stroyett by tiro. In this row ashington had his blacksmith and carpenter! tig os-tablishuu-uts, and hero noiv live the two old colored servants of whom mention has been made, ns the servant; thut eauio ciiusc in iojs, and hud made the hist pay incut of ?2,0u0 upon tho eve of the re bellion. The association had expended 1i fl nun in ;.imrr,mmio : ,M i , : ito paying tho 6200,000 purchase .mmey. M uch still needs to be done, and the largo amount of funds at this time accumulate 'ing from the throngs of visitors, who pay ' v n -' wa - vV n .. iu auuu luii an entrance too each of twenty-five cents, ; will - Hn lunch for nuttbit ilm nntiminl its desolating tide at the confines of these sacred acres. Tho tomb of Washington aswiia ixoia naorca on both sides, i'ohick Church, wliere Washington worshipped till the close of the Revolution, has not escaped so well, lhe last discourse in aoc lasi uiscourso in . , .. a tempestuous disunion this church was harangue by nn itinerant Methodist preacher on a Sabbath, near the opening of the war. The ancient edifice is now a shell ; not a w indow, door, nor the small est fragment of the pews, pulpit, nor floor are to be seen. It was used early in the war by soldiers for shelter, and later was turned into a stable. The ancient tomb stones of the abandoned graveyard arc lying and leaning around, and desolation is painted in all its saddest forms upon the sceno. The old Pohick Church was; " Aaasis-t'fs-arl nanv 4 V ta cAina 150 vears" ao-o nn- t j- mm, j-iir i b ills was erected in 1, 72, and W ashing - toil Was the ChlCt contributor m ItS erec - tion. To this church, Washington for years regularly repaired, some seven miles, allowing UO company to keep him from; ,i ci ii .1. mi i the Sabbath service. The pew doors of I VV ashington and the great George Mason had .been carried away as relics before the war. 1 he brick walls alone now remain. Wnvpv'a WnnTnI nueaomA ir urill t,,-. re.Anstob amntterof rllannta Wbf. is . t , i . i c "u the rightful sphere of either sex, m the econo- my ot lit e; or how tar the one ses exceeds the other in tho faithful performance of pe - cunar uuues. ii seems to me, . nowever, that, in humble lifo especially, woman far excels man in tne carelul discharge of do r1""'," "-"pv.yu-. i wioy uvw nave nott acout equal oavaitageg ot ecluca - tion and discipline, woman W.11 be found to 00 tar superior to man in a nice appreciation f i i 1 i i . , , of what is due to horself uud nocie arounu her and, ia respect to the excise of the virtues of forbearance and self-sacrifice, all will readily admit her pre-eminence.-Rur al New Yorker. ' Plants in Bedrooms. It should be known by all persons, that to have plants in a close bedroom at night is a practice detrimental to health. Even plants not in flower, without smell, injure the air during the night, and in the absence of the sun, by impregnation with nitrogen and carbonic acid gas. doors, fully occupy olio Mde ol tho large I lloavcily lather, should with etmorlulncss room. Over this apartment, in a small j"-'0 W"r nI,,i n,t vrn deslro, much bed-room, the Kreat and good man died. dwivor, by management oUicTw ise, , i i.i 'i . , ., . to tri t our bread without -working for it. A bedstead, said to be tho exact copy of v,.r.,.,n..tn d i. u u r... i.. iir PRESIDENT OF Til K Ll. mm AliRKlLTI RAL XOriLTY. I'llicrel n( llir i:iKh Ainiintl I'nlr, TnMliy, Kctktrinbcr lOlli, nt Ilonfoii HlUm. MfitiiirBt or run f.ivv Coi srv A:i i i,ti h- M. SiH'IZTV : l.iin ami UtrVTI t.vr i The iiptiointcd tinn) for holditiiMltn Kij-hth i 1 1 1 i.i.- . . V Hxed by our regulation for tlio tiKual Ad- .minim 1 nir mis nrmen, mm tins M um lemri Iress. In nnderl'iling to deliver It myself, p'-r-hup 1 should sny llmt I lu nj in obedience t tlieCuiUlitutioliol'tlll' Sm il ly, and tlio re "iitosl of some of the nieinlnTs,id be lieTit)mt as Shin is int(mifi to bo more e iieeinlly un ehiliition for the beiHit of the laboring man' s'.ill nnd induitry, that one ftdlowiiij; a like is'cupittiuTt shutihl if jsti blo do the speaking of the is-eitsiuu ; though it may not be done, in so sly lisli a iiinimer n if doio? by an e!ut:nted profe.Hotni talkrr; , .1 . I I t . I vei me nei ireu oout't lOHV lie il luliy tteeom 1 : .1 1 1 . . . t lislitsl. Alinilill miv'iiin-a of unv killd. or i i'r whatsoever purpose Ihivp th(Mr interest. 1 i lltit the Annual Fair, of A-'ricultirnl Socio-, 'ties, v, hen viewed in their proper liht, have . .,1 ci 4 1 l-inie iiilere.t I ban liny ..th.;r. J hey not ! j only represent the tod, the skill and the la- Imr ot tlio eountrr. but the tifitne lit-,-es?nriesi 1)f iUu iihoui , n suflii-iont nupply nniii ty and despondinice would 1 ot winch mil f be depicled ' lilst H plentiful ! . r ct ol u country ! iiu-jip"H every eotintenanee, whi """"'il y o ld of. the product crealet gladness 111 the Jalid, mid should j ,hB( i r.o.. Sry i- to !m-. Ilu farm ami the nwea eituse true thnnkfiiliioSH to the Supremo Hill-; -ry iut-di mi ni-, and llit-u g. t it. 1 bin, nnfor- . rr of jll things, f.-r causing the citrth to bring ! immiely, i- too mm b the rii'l'n e. It i tiac that . forth filffii-ient for till? wants of all Notwttliaianding this t:nd like orijr.iiir.a tion tire culled Agricultural IWictiosho great- object aimed nt, ns I understand it i to promote the eetiernl interest of the coun try, uiid that each interest, ix-cuputioti nnd trade, should, and it expected to here rre epreseiiteil ami tho products of each on ox- j itbition n far n practicable. The interest ! of the fanner it ? interwoven with every other branch of industry of the country, that i? is out of the .,iio. tii n for them to prosper, ules the other likewise prospers. IS tit the occasion and time slotted would tnt rmit me w ere I over t able, ti din uitt tho lif forent interests that the country now has, and its wants demand. Then, perhaps, my remark should most ly be eonii tied to the Agricultural branch, and its wants, nnd the duty iu some meas ure of Isdioriii;- men. T he absolute necessity of htljor, nnd . the th-erco having l.orn made by our Creator, that in the sweat of our face should wc eat bread, ( and therd is no avoiding it y all,) we, ns honest men, intending to d6 right, nnd complv with tho reouironients of our there hat always been, and still i, bs ninny who aoTtnretit.lv cheat or set their Hvins out ilii , 1(5 l-i mi. , itif, of the liittor of other, and avoid obeying the decree of their fakor. How much bettor would it be for the world of mankind, if each individual would olry their tusl, and do their purt of the labor, "necessary for the welfare of the whole. All must admit that the foundation and the very existence, if I may so speak,-of eivilixedSiH'iety, i based upon the Agri cultural intereat, nnd industry of the coun try. Then it is all important to this coun try or any other aliko situated, that this interest Ik well cared for and well attended to in all its parts. In order that this be done successfully, after having tho soil and suitable elimuto, (both of which we here have already furnished by the Omni Being,) we must have good working, thinking men men that love their occupation and are con tented with, and will steadily pursue it. But, then, they must have the -required im plements that they may operate well and to advantage. Then the mechanic of every trade must 1 hero ; the manufacturer of the different kinds that the country is adapted to, i and it wants demand ; the trade, to tuke to . . .. . . , STtTlK'S SdOTS ! not or Cllllll0t) produee.1 here ; the school j master and mistress, teaching! the young, 'that they may grow up to usefulness and i honor ; the printer, furnishing the news ot passing events, and telling us where wo can U m:Jlt nflni6 And while we vi ! law-the laws of our nature-.and others that violate God's rfl n wn i j-wtrt to disease, and accidents befall us, and we violate tho laws of the land, we must have the learned professions. The true and faith ful man ia evorv cullim? is essential to the ,r, . c ,, . -? c . . j well being of a well-to-do Societv, and con- Rftmifirit,v theri, should ,w a united harmonv. each doing his part with contentment, and upon tho principle of living and let live. A clever portion of all these we already have We want, moro laborers it is true. More mechanics, more manufactors would be very adyantagous. Of traders wc have plenty, and to spare ; teachers baorly enough to meet the wants of the country ; printing es tablishments, of tho kind, perhaps toomany : yet one devoted entirely t griculture and its varied interest, ia much needed ; the sacred profession an abundant supply, doc- wrs IUUJ euuugu Ior, present wauwuuugoou m ln.. PTOP,B. mo leSul Sroiell8,0.n .ampiy supplied, rather too many for a fat living for ; th all'. F)iitician8 aJ gentlemen a great , snmliis. nnd tho i.oeuliar misffcrtunA ftlmnt them is, we cannot use them ta profit in any other calling. , . But, notwithstanding we are under-upilied in tho moft important branohe of industry, there is a lnarkeJ imp'roment gotnjr on in the material in- ' torciits of the eonntry. Every year there ia more and mor? land brought into cultivation, and is . wo.. .m X a . l fuiMta aai wvvwa vuua wa n aa -uumv im- u j vyt adds to the number of manufacturing establish- I ments; our towns are improving, tnd the means of I transportation iacreaaod fully up tothe wante of the country ,- th mining interotits wU which we are almo?t' inrrounded, and oa our outside now channel of commerce, and points of trade estabr , lished, all tend to increase the interests of the fann- mz commiiawy. Then, gentlomon, I think we have much to en- cournso ns in rie-.v of the prospect of ths future ; .1 - . I . . l V 1 . 1 . . u woul(l be wcU fof ua t0 e,amina for ft moment ; the past : but a few short years ao. stiy twenty, this county was not inhabited by perljaps a dosen I white ine j, If any at all and only n snort tune ne 1 r nf ik. Kl.l. Mill..! ft farm. u - wa njiuuu m .v ....w. j - ,; XJZ. fLTtbat ,h"u waaTnew and peculiar country nnd climate, with varied soil, different in many respeots fr-oia those i.e- left, and oa? population coating from every portion or toe ooun Cry from the frosen nortu and from the sunny south, and many from the States of Europe, all having the peouliar notions of farming, stock ti,.t wa had been accustomed to, but taretty muoh all alike Ignorant of the best mode of procedure nero 5 auu ugiu, m -- sessed of but little means to operate on or with. Perhaps this may have been no disadvantage after all, for necessity being the great motive for notion, we tuny lmv bn (otv khm; hy H h lilllo fmlrr, Wlt.lt Iicb ilin.'ul vn!ilHji-rt, oiel iiiitfj jr iitkcra tlmt I mi)(lit iifinif, till! i;v'l'''iin'iit nf linn (v.iinly 1'i.m lin iici il, littvinj: llii! mil hihI (I'H'iri.n In It-nrii, tho a 1 1m ( 11 1 inn of the ilil'tr'-nt in naury ti tlio H'lmt'imnite of tl.u fH.jn In I iort, un.l itirr.ifi, of Odiiiiiii-rra lo fitiil mil, I iiiijilit njr ly ncluul cx jwiini iit niel trifc'. Ami, ! mt nail yuu, lo-ljr, ill Wit! fi'ill'lilioll ll"i W" filiri ll! I'olllilr In rolii- I Imi to nil )M to n Ki in I inl !-(? Voiir mimri-r i know iiiiipI Uf 1 'rniH rmm la-ynml tlm inoul nn Kniim i l etntiji". toi'l 'pi'i inlly f ilio" wbo liuilt Ilin irt l'i 11 liii 11 ml lirnki- ll;" fu-t iniiml In thf O'ninlry." In-O u'l f an uukri-kcn -il, anil lint a rubiu lo ill ii.jl tli in-n-tii- nf fiv il ixut Ion wiltiln nr prrt nt im a reuMy in twtntjr yviim wo flrnl flic i"iun- ltorr well iinut ri. wilh llio iriii i.!il 1 1. in. nin i,f 8-iinvi-nM'fi' mid tiifiirt all amutiil u willj3$f-, a liHiy mni contented !...r Hrr mitlixno ,f .lull ..,i,..l,.i i. i ,,.i..,i.i sn ftu'ierrgtito wltli of Ifurif. 'I li.ii. vi(li iha m. j mlti of tftnily yrar' llxr ami H.t-iii hn, I ilu think no shonl.l be Miti-Si-d, Ami il only thai. lut lilMy enconrpxd lor lli fiiluo?; for, having tlio A'lvaiiiHjtt' i-l not i--ri-ii:-, wilh the in,, provi-"! miii'liincry ril lin.l iiikhI of liiiKhnmlry lo ni l ui, iiiut li mora mr 1 m 'omilihifil wilh lli tiHiiie Bun um of labor lM'(owtJ, That fnriniiiK Im Ixrn, ami will be r'fhunnra. tire in this emintry llien- run be nu.Hotibt, j,ri. viiloil, ttlwayn, Itial it be .t i f clly done. Tlioiih w U' not jM-ct llml men will, in otic, two nt more yiars ninke largo fortiint t yf, by a etowi ap()li. Htioii of lime and labor, wilh tmnnmj, Ibe farmer minor t Inti-r u bouml lo pet wi ll off l live at In 11 i'ii?. One lliiiii; wo nil ulesibl snsilr. Ibat it id tho -urf-t and most t-cr'iiiii (f any ncmriatioii. ''""'K'' l niaywim a liolt- lirlnr tbnn some y l it i l'u- ut imJ. ,endi nt, and rlt ar-.t f ;nri.nnt .i.d veMiinn. Une 1 taw i'-riin nf, Hist Jt .i a boii"l and boiiurBble, if not moPa lB1, BI)V , ,, ,,. Wtt hnvts ,8 ii,ia,.iioii of kuov.it.-; that wa rat r bread in aronlum p with tint iiinmlno- of llivh Ilravt-n. l hen, t'i fiinn (T'l'iTly and niake it -irofitaMe, ' l'jc main iiwi-slion wilh n nil. r" U t-r-vrtili tijc .,,inioo lh.,1 lannfr, mid Hint whi te a man t ,.)l9(hBPttt(!0t,f ,HrlllI(l(?j sm, I am awarn that tmvhody can l m til for notion) ...... 11 ... 1. iv.a .11 ui'ist tin n t an ilu 'oniciliiiif; at farmin. . H ean olmo't ii 1 1 y man do riuii.lliiiij- at ill" trade, and : till not be a iiid-lianiu. H with tho iirofpFdiona. ' I Hiine try ilisctorinfr, law and iri-(-biiig, and make lawful boli-b-work. H nil have their 411 mk-, and we hoti 11 inrnidr-. . To bs a jrrd furinvr. in niy judgment, t unite a different tiling. II iiuihI ha a tufin of nen-e and refbunon ; be inu-t have mrthod, and have bU t'lnnH ,ai1 fr" rm y-ar P yuar j he niunl undcr-taud, ft skmid xti-nt, I lie nature f the 'il be works. its adaptation to the growing f the product ha jriip,- lo raise upon it, 4c. It ia trno ef thin rfinnlry, a-i yet, that there is too little liii'.nri liy tbo let of farmt.r in relation to many puit.ts ir inUrent, brlongin utrit'tly U bo fnrsiipr' buiiic. The r anons are btrious. A suflinietit time ha, not elupM-d Mnce tbe country ban biTii M,ttli d to tind out all almut our soil and climate. Tbe former being so varied, will require years of ululy and experitornt. lint our interest und duty b ad us dirt-:'!; lo the im -h1 i,-atioii f all of those point, and we stimiM make it a part of eui-tudr and bit-im m to arrive at thru in tho bortcl tim(! j and frmn rm b olhrr we may obtain tnU'-h U'cful nnd profitable information in regard to tbe wbou ianag-mt-tit of the farm, and stock growing. It h('Uld be the mriin ubjrct with each metnWr of Ibis Society, at each of its Foiri, to learn from bis brother formers, or the lab ring men in attend ance, soinn oc!ul lesson aps-rtuiing to bis oeca pation. I'nlcss this is done our 1'aiM are worse than nt-i-icri!. and our lime and money badly spent, iml wi regard it as a kind of a aH time af fair for plctvnre. As I have alrrady intimated, much of the useful information of lb? world, not ouly that oonnei:t-d with acri-ultural pnrnuit. but f ecrytblnir .!., i obtained by t xpernncnt and trial, and it it Hot pos? ible in the nature of thiugs, that any on wan will er .can originate and learn nil Ibat it is profitable for him to know, unaided by others and llifre is none so unfortunate a the man that will not try to gather necful ideas from bis fll-w man, or the one that think he knows so much that none can learn him. Then, for in stance, a fino sample of wheat (it being our staple commodity, we should give it partii-ular attention) 'suffered en exhibition, we should make it our bu-inicB to learn all about its production ; tbe kind of v, hea!, the lime sown, the kind of land sown on, tbe manner of preparing the land, the condition the ground was in, and the mode of put ting it in, in. 80 with every other product of the farm and garden. And with stock we should ba iui particular, forrtock-raifing. fn connection with farming, is an importaut interest, rnd very profit able. It aids luut h in making np tbe balance uli eel of rash accounts at the end .of tbe year, Sheep should have our rnr:ful attention. In my jnilgmciit, there is no stock that pays better than they do, for tbe capital iuvestcd, time and feed required, in their rearing. The lilies' ieartmt'nt should have special at tention. All sfj;uld remember that their part of profitable fat-ming i. no mean and small one. Many of them make more clear ca.-h oil of their butter, t-hecse. chicken-t, eggs. Ac, than do their lords off the farm. And I know that some of them here to-day can impart much useful knowl edge to some of their sisters in the management of the dairy and kitchen, for all of them do not make good butter and cheese, nor bake good bread and pies. I will say, further, that every successful farmer that I ever was acquainted with had a good managing wife ; and my experience in life has been, that a good, prudent, careful managing woman seldom fails to hare a good living made by her lord, it matters but little what the occupation. Then, ladies, much, very much, of success depends upon yon. I have thought, my friends, that tbe organiza tion of a Farmer's Club, in connection with our Agricultural Society, having stated meetings, for the interchange of views and discussion of the va rious subjects connected with our farming opera tions, might be the means of accomplishing much good, and wc become more interested in the wel fare of each other ; for individual prosperity de pends in some measure upon the general good; and wc should never lose sight of this one great idea, that our own welfare and happiness often de pend on the welfare and happiness of those around us. The importance to society at large, and especial ly to the laboring classes of every occupation, of a more general diffusion of practical learning, is ob vious ; not only a thorough knowledge of their own chosen .calling, but laboring men should make thcms-elves acquainted with the institutions of their country its government and laws, and everything that has a bearing upon their rights, interest and duty. While tboy feed, elothe, and keep the world moving, they exercise but little influence ia the destiny of things, or the controlling of the public interest of the country. It has become too much tho case, even m our own country,- for tne laboring portion to give up the management and. control of all important affairs to those who have bntllftle interest or sympathy in common witn them, and frequently in the bands of those who have no settled interest anywhere. I might say with a great deal of truth that nearly the whola control of this great nation is and has been for years, in the hands of professional politicians, who have but little association or sympathy with, the masses, given by the many without a murmur, and assumed by the few as a kind of matter of course God-given right. Notwithstanding Agriculture is the all powerful interest of the nation, moves and keeps moving everything else, if it has one single direct repre sentative in its councils, I am not aware of it; and I do not think there is. And why ia it? It eaa "not be beeause its importance does not demand it. The maln-cason inust be that there is none quali fied by edlR-ation for that purpose. If this is so. what a crying shame it is upon us, that such an important intcregt has no one engaged in its pur suits competent to represent it in the councils of the nation. How important, then, for laboring meu to qualify themselves sufficiently to serve their country in any capacity. And I tell you, to-day, it is my deliberate judgment, bad there have been, for the last twenty years, a sontroUing majority in the councils of the nation, and heads bf departments, of well qualified, intelligent farm, ers and working men from tbe trades and manu factures, who eat. their bread by Divine command, we, to-day, would not be mourning over the blood of onr kindred and countrymen spilled upon a thousand battle-fields, nor groaning under tbe Weight of billions of indebtedness, nor beholding a despoiled country in any of it& parts, but instead thereof prosperity and happiness, harmony aad peace, would reign triumphant throughout ou broad, laat, 1 1" sVjJT oJ'lA f""'