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The following letter we copy from the Union .
Saturday last:
GESERAL LAND OFFICE,
w AearNgTos October 1910

wAsmNoTos, October q, 1870. :
Sra: have received your letter of the 81 insta mt
enclosing a slip which you sta t. was cut from Will
son & Co.'S Weekly Despatch of the Path September
last, and from which ths following is an extract
olive understand the matter rightly, the Land
Office will not recognise blank assignments Of SOL
diers land warrants. The assignments, to be valid
must specify the person TO whom il Is made at the
time il is made. This in addition TO the usual form
of recognising and certifying the identity Of the
person making the assignment"
You ask, whether il is necessary, 10 render an
assignment valid and receivable at the Land Office,
il should be filled up by the original holder when
sold by him, and so of each party through whose
hands it may pass before reaching the Land Office
for eRtryy"
AZ the act Of Congress renders all assignments
made aud executed prior 10 the issue Of the
or certificate null and void IL Is material that the
date Of the assignment and Of the acknowledgment
should be filled up tchen made, in order 10 furnish
evidence to this Office that the assignment pds ia
fact made after the issuing Of The todrrant The
mere leaving in the assignment blank, for the
name OF the assignee 10 be afterwards inserted,
would not vitiate the assignment, where il is fair
and regular i'm all other respects; becausc the legal
implication in such case is that the assignor has
authorized the person for whose benefit the ASST gn-
nont is made and delivered, or purchasers under
him. to fill up the blank by inserting the name OF
assignee. The bona fds purchasers Of land war
rants have in numerous acted on this sssump-
tion and il would be attended with serious incon
venicnce 20 innocent purchasers now to change the
/ practice
Before a warrant thus assigned can be- located
/ the name Of the assignee must b. inserted and il
will be presumed that IL done by the authority Of
the original assignor, and will be receivable ac-
cordingly at the land Offices, unless fraud shall he
\ alleged and sustained.
Yours, very respectfully,
! J. 'BUTTERFfELD, Commissioner.
j w SIsosroS, esq, Washington.
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PosT OFFICE RoBBEsY.-The Ouachita (Ia.) Ga
rete says that the postmaster at vidalia. in that
State, has been detected in purloning letters from
the bags which pass through that Office; but,
although detected, he had not been arrested owing
to information conveyed TO him by one in
Natchez, who was, in all probability his associate
in crime The Gasefte speaks Of 800 having been
lost within few months, and this il in all proba-
bility mere item.
Here is another "marty" for the Union 10 mourn
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The following nautical method of dancing was
found among the papers of the late admiral Sir
Joseph York, of facetious memory:
Third figure: Heave ahead and pass your adver-
sary yard arm and yard arm-regain your birth on
the other tack in the same order-take your station
with your partner in line-back and fll-fall on
your heel and bring up with your partner She
then msneuvrcs ahead-heaves all aback-shoots
ahead again, and pays off alongside you. Then
make sail in company with her till nearly astern
of the other line--nake stern board-cast her of
to shift for hersef-regain your place by the best
means in your power, and let go your anchor.
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OVERFLOW or RED RIvER.-The Alexandria Re
publican states that the losses through the inunda-
ton will be immense. In that parish alone, If the
crop of cotton be estimated at $4,000 bales and Of
sugar at 10000 hogsheads, with the usual quantity
of molasses the loss will be 700 900; and should
the injuries done to the crop and property
generally be taken into consideration, il will run
up TO S3,Oo0,oOo. The Red River valley, instead
of giving 10000 bales of cotton, will not yield this
year more than 30 900. Here is loss of IS, 600 900
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INDIANS IN TExAs.-At the close of an article on
the Indian incursions on southwestern frontier
the Houston Telegraph gives the following
ing to the United States government
owe warn the officers of the General Govern
ment, that unless the Indians are effectually re-
strained and prevented from making further en-
croachments upon frontiers, that an Indian war
will soon arise in Texas that will be tenfold more
disastrous than the late war in Florida
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The junction of Lake Champlain with the St.
Lawrence is favorte scheme with the people on
both sides of the line, and will, if enterprise and
mutual interests can avail be very attempted.
Even if there no prospect of union between
the United States and the Canadas, the work is of
vast importance, and would be of vast benefit
to both countries, it would bring their pro-
ducts to an easy exchange, and assimiate their
trade. But with the near prospect of union, the
work assumes still greater value, as opening bet
ter channel TO the seaboard for the commerce of a
section of the continent which is now shut from
profitable intercourse with the world-N Y. Sun.
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IT'S Folly TO Rs wsE.-Tbc Jocoocos, ut their
Union Convention, refused, by resolution, 10 re
commend free schools throughout the State just
40, for the only hope they have is in keeping the
people ignorant of their doctrines II is because Of
the Ignorance Of the people that the monsrcbs Of
Europe now maintain their thrones Ignorance
" bliss Nv Y. Sunday Era
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SELF-mADE, AMERIcAN OPTIcIASs.-There are
two self taught men in Massachusetts,, who are
learned without pretence, and who, were they IN
habitants of Europe instead of this commonwealth,
would long since have been honored with the fos-
tering attentions Of philosophers for their dstin
euished attainments, as Dolland and Frsunhofer
WERE in the same difficult but exceedingly import
ant department Of science, viz: optics. One IL Al
van Clarke Of Boston, miniature painter, who has
constructed several telescopes, under clrcum
stances very favorable Indeed, partly during those
fractions Of time when he could not pursue hls reg
ular vocation, but chiefly late at night. These IN
struments are scarcely equalled, and not surpassed
by those of the most celebrated foreign manufac-
turers. Mr.. Clarke makes every part with his ow n
hands rnds and polishes the lenses, and has az
tonished those who competent 20 appreciate the
magnitude Of his mechanical achievements, IN the
cons truction Of really splendid reiractOr. This,
however, is only small part of the marvel. Mr..
Clarke Ii profoundly familiar with the laws Of light
and with his own beautiful instruments has made
himself as familiar with the permanent and all the
telescope objects Of the heavens, with the can
vass on which he daily labors for bread. The
other, equally deserving for his moral qualities,
mechanical ingenuity, and profound knowledge IN
the same field Of science, L. j. h. Allen, Of Spring
field, modest, retiring deserving individual,
Who AZ in the other case, without a patron, with
out an instructor, and almost without the approx
ing recognition Of those who reputed 10 be wise
above the multitude. has lew equals In the domain
of optics He, too, has fabricated excellent reflect
ing telescOpcs-and IL would be an honor ~ the
great town Of Springfield 10 purchase Of them
Tor the use Of the public schools. the period may
come when IL will be- boast that Mr. Allen resided
there Al the late session Of the American As@oci
alton Tor the Advancement Of Science, at Cam.
bridge, Mr. Allen exhibited microscope which he
had made. II we are not misiniOrmed, he hac
never seen one himself before IL admired foi
its wonderfully defining powers, and y enough q
give him a permanent reputation. Amos law
renee esq., Of Boston, celebrated for acts Of gener-
osity and encouragement, purchased Il at once
and Mr. Allen was elected a member Boston Med
and Surg. Journal
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TEHUASTEPEc RoUTr TO THE PAcTtc.-We
learn that IT IL intended to call a mass meeting Of
citizens of Louisiana favorable route TO the Pa
cihc by the Isthmus Of Tehuantepec TO be held next
week at the Commercial Erchange.-Ner Orleans
BilIsfin LAT
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Mas JuDsoN.-N. p. Willis notices the recent
illness Of Mrs. Judson, the missionary, in the fol
lowing beautiful and touching manner:
"That the constitution of thi. sweet child of &c
MUS of consumptive tendency, we knew; but
had confidently hoped that the change Of climate
and the air Of a,warner latitude would have the
beneficial effect which they often do and give her
better health than she had hitherto known. II she
dies there her grave will be well placed, in path
Of duty; but there those here " whom a GER
anty Of not seeing her again in this world will be
heavy to bear. Her day will have been bright and
brief, but sets with rosy proinl-e OF still iairer
To- morrow; for the light Of soul like hers sends it's
brightness downlike, before her into heaven IL Is
short-sighted TO mourn over the pure spirits de-
know that as the light pales this side of that
dark limit 10 our vision, il kindles on the other
side, in the glowing welcome Of angels"
MICHIGAN AND THE MosUmEST.--One Of the
mining companies have rendered the committee
appointed 10 procure stone from that State for the
Nashin Rton Monument, soiid block " copper, OF
In. required dimensions, delivered at their location
The committee will doubt accept thu offer, thus
afordinR TO Michigan the honor Of representing
bersefi in the monument erected by the gratitude
of a common country towards its great founder
bv sample OF its greatest and most valuab bic natu-
raj production. Gaiena Adpatser (TH.)
Locofoco paper in Missouri says that General
Lane ,on his return from Oregon will pour the
Walls of his wrath ON the Administration. Lane
doesn't keep his wrath in Walls; hc keeps il in de
csntcrs, demijohn and puncheons,
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The New York Courier truly observes that the
French government cannot be said to be without a
minister at Washington long as it finds such a
ready defender in the Union the organ of all oppo-
stion, domestic and foreign, and the friend OF
every body that attacks the man whom the people
have elected to the highest place in their gift.
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NAvAL.-We learn that Captain Thomas w
Wyman has been ordered to the command OF the
Navy Yard at Kittery, Maine
The United States steamer Allegheny, Lleute-
nant Commanding VIM. w. Hunter, arrived here
yesterday afternoon, in IL days from Pensacola
Lett at Ship Island United States ship Albany, and
at Round Island the steamer Water Witch and the
schooner Flirt.
Lieutenant Commanding-WM. w. HUNTER.
Lieutenant-Wiliam Reynolds.
Purser-Levi ID. Slamm.
Surgeon-Robcrt Woodwork.
Assistant Surgeon-John A. Petit.
Acting Master-R. b. Lowry.
Acting Chief Engineer.AlexanderM cCausand.
Passed Midshipmen-Wm. T. Truxton, w. w.
Wilkinson, Samuel Magaw
Midshipmen-George b. Hodge John j. Laugh
lin, Henry Wilson.
Captains Cerk--John Is. Peachy
Second Assistant Engineers Michael Quinn
George +. Hebard.
James q. Young, Archibald III Roane, Peter G.
Bogardus.
Acting Boatswain-D Green.
Acting Gunner William Burnce.
c. w. Place, Acting Master Of the Albany, came
passenger in the Allegheny Norfolk Beacon, 9th
ApHEsIoS.-,rhe following letter. its address
indicates, we take from the last number of that ex-
cellent Wing journal, the Donaldsonvile (La)
Vigilant We have ever entertained for Mr.. Pow
ell high opinion of his good sense, and we
have convincing proof of the correctness OF our
judgment. The cry is ''stll they come"
DoNALDsoNvILLE, Sept. IL, 1919.
To the editor Of the Vigilant:
Sin: Having been informed that rumors are in
circulation that my name would be submitted to
the Democratic convention, shortly to assemble for
the purpose Of nominating a candidate represen-
tative to the legislature, ! would respectfully re-
quest the use of your columns To state, to such as
may receive such an impression, that such is far
from my intention. Having given General Taylor
my support to he Presidency in November last
and having no cause to regret the ] then
pursued, do not now wish TO cramp his efforts to
carry out his views by voting with those who are
opposed to the success of his measures.
am, with respect, &c,
I POWELL
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"The prospect Of Heaven ITSELF" says Eng
sh paper, "would have no charm for an American
of the backwoods if he thought there was any place
further west"
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GIDDINes ON THE BARSBURNERs.--In his speech
Friday night, at gainesville, Joshua r. Gid.
dings said, che was of opinion the Free Democra-
cy of New York had made biinder, ~ Cleveland
Herald.
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miscellaneous.
A Song for the Ragged school


To work to work ye good and wise,
Let ragged scholars grace your schools;
Ere Christian children can arise,
They must be trained by Christian rules.
We ask no fragrance from the bud
Where canker- yermin feeds and reigns,
We seek no health pulse in the blood,
Where poison runneth In the veins,
And can we hope that harvest fruits
In living bosoms can be grown
That Mains and vines will fix their roots,
Where only briers have been sown?
Man trains his hound with watchful care,
Before he trusts him in the chase;
Man keeps his steed on fitting fare
Before he tries him in the race;
And vet he thinks the human SOUL
A meagre, fierce and untaught thing,
Shall heed the written Laws control,
And soar ON Reasons steady wing.
Oh they who aid not by their gold,
Or voice, or deed, the helpless ones,
They who with reckless brain withhold
Truths sunshine from our lowly sons;
Shall they be blameless-when the guilt
OF rude and savage hands is known;
When crime is wrought and blood Is split
Shall the poor sinner stand alone!
Dare we condemn the hearts we leave
To grope their way in abject gloom,
ct conscious tilat We lelp 10 weave
The shroud- fold of Corruption's loom!
Shall we send forth the poor and stark,
All rudderless on stormy seas,
And yet expect their spirit bark
To ride out every tempest breeze3
Shall we, with dim short sighted eyes,
Look on their forms of kindred clay,
And dare TO trample and despise
Our sharers in judgment day :"
Oh, narrow blind and witless preachers,
DO we expect the ragged band
To be among Gods perfect creatures.
While we refuse the helping handS
To work, to work ! with hope and Joy.
Let us be doing what we can;
Better build school rooms for " the boy"
Than cells and gibbets for &c the man"
To work to work We rich and wise,
Let 80 ragged children claim your care,
Till those who yield Crimes jackal cries
Have learned the tones of peace and prayer.
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H. The Honorable ANDREW JACKSON, Of and
corning the Honorable THOMAS Richie, in 1924.

H. 4 ne ffONOuUe ANDREW JACKSON, or ana
corning the Honorable THOMAS Richie, in 1924.
:" ! have often heard him, /. e. General JACKSON,
these emphatic words, for he fond of Civ
ing emphasis to his expressions Richie is the
greatest scoundrel in American and in of his
letters he uses the following language, which de-
serves to be engraven on brass-'I see that ! am
attacked in Congress by Cooke, Whitman, and
Williams, aided by that INFAMOUS PRESS, the
RICHMOND Enquirer. II such corrupt press a,
the Richmond Enquirer ioere TO appreciate my
duct, should think, unguarded moment,
had committed some great moral improperly. ~
Judge Disadvantages letter to Mr.. Richie in 1892
Iii. The Honorable SILAs WRIGHT in lS45, and the
Honorable JOHN VAN BURsN in lS49, Of and con-
corning the Honorable THOMAS Richie.
WRIGHT said I" that RIToHIE experienced no diff
Guilty at all in changing his position; but that that
Uery facility ertinguished every particle Of has u
ence."
VAN BUREN.-"Look at him sitting at the seat OF
government. Yes, there he sits, like superan-
nuated market woman by the roadside, crying
over her broken eggsl
In my opinion, the only tune which he can play
upon his cracked organ, to which the Democracy
can universally respond, is this:
"'Oh, carry me back to Old Virginny'" "*'
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But now for the testimonies themselves


Thomas RrTcHIE, IN 1909.
.'Havng acquaintance with you, may have
mistaken your character; but self cOnceit,
the fringe and trappings Of learning icout the sub
stance, and an utter ignorance Of the principles " re-
publicanism, appear among its prominent features.
These principles founded in moral rectitude.
To abuse the liberty Of the press; To SOW dissension
among republicans; to become species Of cur, trained
by the hope Qf sop, for hunting regulations
mOrseIess Spanish bloodhound; 10 assert false
hood confess IL, and make amends by srriiity; and
TO dsfraud your subscribers by selling them imposition,
and withholding huth-are features neither Of good
politician, good citizen, good man." .
"ds robbr seldom groDs RICH sod calmniator seldom
becomes respectable. Lbels like mushrooms are
destined TO carly death, and only defle the soil
which they grow. Unhappy the conscience which
becomes their cemetery! Rely not on hope that
fortune is coxcomb's providence. Sctarilty, ,oiM
out cOruscation Of toit, can never expect reward
CALENDER, toho adorned this vice toih genius trap
eled to Washington 10 ask office, and returned ,cth
out one. 1t is not less disgracefu to reward dull
abuse of ones friends, than witty sarcasms upon
ones foes, and To- foster mcretrcious partisan
ther than one of sound knowledge and deep con-
vcton of correct principles. Besides, an Office OBJ
tanned without merit, and held without qualifca-
tons, would only expose the giver and receiver to
contempt; and, therefore, adUise you to keep Nth
The uerge Of the talents you haze displayed, and for
the present to aspire only to the appointment of
oALuMNIAToR GENERAL for party, or of colonel
of volunteers. JOHN TAYLOR.
"CARoLINE, April 18th, 1902
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WINTER EvENIsGs-How to pass the long win
ter evenings with pleasure, profit and instruction,
a question that has excited the attention OF some OF
the newspapers, who take interest IN the welfare
of our youthful mechanics and operatives. How TO
pass them with pleasure, in the common accepta-
ton of that dubious word, is too universally known
10 call for calculation; but how TO unite proht and
instruction with recreation, as TO extract from
the consciousness Of wasted time the sting OF regret
is not generally appreciated or considered. Lite
rary associations, debating clubs, reading rooms,
and other intellectual recreatons naturally suggest
themselves, as means OF passing time without cor
rupting morals. The vast advantages OF know
ledge, and the high positions always commanded
by Intellectual power too seevident TO call for
an argument in favor OF selecting this mode OF pass
ing the long winter evenings. tAyel but them y
cries buoyant spirit, this is study-this is labor
and we want recreation, pleasure, and amuse-
ment--we want to relax after the tolls of the day.
True and pray is there any incompatibility be
tween literary occupations and recreation? What
pleasures are more intense and permanent than
those of the mind Where can you find the same
variety as in books; 90 from grave to gay-from
lively TO severe " Besides the pleasure there is the
profit. The pride of superior knowledge, the con-
sciousness of intellectual power, the ambition OF
fame, are they not the highest pleasures OF which
the mind is susceptible! Reading aloud is itself a
noble occupation full OF amusement. So Is debate,
80 is recitation Intellectual recreation is also sus
csptible Of every variety of modification; and there
is no kind of knowledge that Is not useful the GER
tainty of profit is always insured. When the mind
is engaged, time makes its most rapid flight Now,
any number of young people may form any sort OF
association they please, to read, converse and re-
cite, and they cannot fail TO be pleased The habit
of reading soon augments its pleasure. The same
number OF people, associated together for intellec
tual and literary recreation, will enjoy hundred
fold the pleasure of those who meet for mere sen
sual qualification. Besides, TO vary the amusement,
music and song and dance can be occasionally IN
troduced to divert the more volatile members
Music is 30 closely connected with poetry that il
becomes natural adjunct TO literary advertisement.
The elevating and wholesome influence OF such
winter evening occupations would soon be ielt, ano
general emulation would be kindled 70 excel IL
mental requirements while the happy effect pro
duced by them on character, temper, and deport
ment, would tend 10 place the mechanic in that so
sial position which naturally belongs to him
rational and useful being = philadelphia Ledger.
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TAYLOR, of Caroline, had never dreamed
of. He was in his honored grave when
Polk drifted into the chair of JEFFERSON.
He was spared the yet more burning
shame of seeing the slanderer whom he
denounced throwing filth, forty years af-
forwards, at the pure name of ZACHARY
TAYLOR.
The second testimony is from General
ANDREW JACKSON, to whose g acumen"
and the third is from Judges for whose
competency vouchers may also be Proba-
bly, found in the files of the Richmond En-
guirer
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-05-16
Sllerjff's sale.

DY virtue ofa writ of Fl. Fa. to me di>
ID rected and delivered from the Court of
Common Pleas of Trumbull county, Ohio, !
shall expose to sale at public vendue at the
Court house in the town of Ravenna on
Monday the 21st day Of May nest,
between the hours of 10 o'clock, A. Nj. and
four o'clock P. Nj. of said day the following
described lands and tenements, to wit:
"Situate in the Township of Randolph in
the County of Forage and State of Ohio.
beng part of lot tifty-nlne (59) in said
Randolph township and bounded as follows,
TO wit: Beginning ON the East line of said
lot SO at a point where said line crosses the
East and West road leading from Randolph
to Sufield, thence S,uth West on the line
of said road to Peter Antes' land, thence
South on the East line of said Antes' land
to the South line of saId lot SO, thence East
on the lot line to the South East corner of
said lot, thence North on the lot line to
the place Of beginning, excepting ten acres
of land lying in the South East corner of said
lot owned by P. Redinger, supposed TO con-
tain Thirty acres of land be the same more
or less."
: Taken in Execution as the property of
Michael Spangler at the suit Of Mahlon Al
lison.
Appraised at $4,000
JOHN GILLIS, Sheriff.
Sheriff's office, Portage Co.
April 18th, le49.