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An ungonIOusLetTer.

Mr. Edward j. Wood makes pablie fhruagh
the London Notes and Queries, The following
letter, which he found among some old family
papers. l. was addressed to the aalor giiston,
and is made up of the RamesiJf l1aygwhich
were popular in the last century: N
Friend Liston, Better than Ever. You
are All in the Wrong to make yourself such a
Busybody about acting but Every Man in his
HumOr III tell you what he would if he
could be Critic, a very Pee5ing Tom sneh
things are the rage. Ais Well that Ends
Well | scorn to play the Hyboerite, and sh
we were Next door Neighboiss then we cot Id
have the School for Scandal, a Quarter of an
Hour before Dinner, or Half al Hour after
Supper; talk Of the Ways and Means, the Wheel
OF Fortune, the Follies of q Day, Humors of
an Election, and make quite Family Party
be all in Good Humor, and never hare the
Blue Devils but may You aud your lady always
prove the Constant Couple Pray how is Miss
in her Teens2 BY and By she will ne sir ging
Heigho for a Husband. | hope he viii not
prove a Deaf Lover, but may they possess Love
for Love, You are Married Man, and know
how to Rule Wife, and Mrs. L., have no
doubt, understands the way to keep him may
she prove a Grandmother, and be happy in
her Son'in-Law. Now, rs TO this letter, What
dye ye call it 2 Believe me- in this Romance
of an Hour do not mean Cross Purposes,
but rather hope it will he the Agreeable Sur
prise. You may wonder, bnt the author is q
Child Of Nature, whose whole life has been q
Chapter Of Accidents and Much Ado about
Nothing, who appears to keep up his viyaoity
Abroad ard at Home, has Two Strings to his
Bow, and is no Liar when he says he is yourt
truly. August 8, 1852, Sunday Sevenoaks
Kant -
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The TIP OF TIRE FAsHIoN--Ladies who
sail upon the flood tide of fashion present a
striking contrast to those who do not Only
a few Of them as yet appear upon the prone
nades. The pecularity is in drapery flowing
qndistended by hoops, or rather worn over
hoops so small as to be unperceptible to the
eye. A lady in the fashion OF November,
1863, would do to promenade the Graichi, or
any noble dame Of the same period. The
skirts are as narrow as they can be worn, with
q very decided trail The fashion cannot be
otherwise than distiugue, Sewing girls will
never initiate or follow it. This will be some
consolation The ladies' this fall discard the
long plumes that graeed their bonnets last
winter They have all been transferred to
young misses, in whose little jockey hats they
appear with very pretty effect. The feathers
for ladies bonnets have all gone from Chest
nut street to South street--P Philadelphia
North american
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sur at VnIIandIgham

The Post never loses an opportunity to
slauder the object of its dislike. A political
exile, debarred the privilege to answer or the
power to resent would be spared insult by
generous and noble minded men, however
much his enemies But the Post, being un-
generous and iguobe would probably abuse
the ashes Of the dead and carve falsehood
on sepulcher The rumor Of Rebel plot
against our lake cities has been greedily ap-
piled by this Radical deiamer to the gratifca-
ton Of its maleyolence against the Hon. G.
L. Nallandigham. The article was evidently
suggested by the desire to yillify this eXied
patriot. Even were the story of the plot more
Than an invention, no journal that aims at
truth or common sense would accuse Mr. Val
landigham OF completely. Yet the Post in
the course Of its article, makes three seyeal
attempts TO implicate that gentleman in tho
affair. IL is done by insinuston, but that
renders the unmAny effort only the more
dispicable. II Mr. Vdllandgham is now upon
Canadian soil, il is because he has been ex-
patriated by arbitrary powers by a process
forbidden by our Constitution. The result OF
the injustice of his enemies is now used by
the Post as the vehicle OF further injustice
If tho man were in Japan, or in his grave,
these Radicals would seek to connect him
with some charge Of treason.-N. Y. Nei0s
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b D, language of the Albany Argus !
"{he cat Of the war ia measured BY stand.
aldf Of diture aud Of debt, which do not
eir h- Il has consumed an amount
0s g t ration Of all real and person
% thr two States ofPennsylvania
ami Iort Already its armies have
withdissi h.u ihc fields Of Northern labor
b. Un., aa I bt le bodied men OF these
tsaEiae Zee 81 uus therefore, in an in
dusirie 1 ol view, are as il these two
great aies had been engulied and disap
rearc3
Yet Mr.. Secretary CHASE, in his late
Auburn speech, had the eflrontery to tell
us that that the people are all getting
rich ont Of this war. An exchange re-
marks truly that in the view of the JAco-
BINS, everything is aourishing. Because
shoddy contractors have in many cases
acquired wealth by swindling the Gov
ernment, and are enabled to flash iewelry
and diamonds; and to purchase paintings
and to ape the manners Of better people,
the Republican papers are in ecstacy over
what they are pleased to term the pros
perity of the country. They cannot nor
will not see that this apparent wealth has
flowed into the hands of the .feaO. They
ignore The poverty '~Thich wss never :acFe
pressing upon the,poor, They have little,
if anything, to say about the agony of the
myriads who have fallen on the battle
fields, and OF the manned and crippled
victims Of war everywhere. They speak
not of the wrecked happiness of wives, and
children, and sisters from whom every
thing is taken that makes life dear. How
can we exultingly speak of pretended
wealth and prosperity when at every turn
we meet with these evidences Of woe In
stead OF being time for rejoicing, it
should be one of solem thought how we
may soonest be relieved from the fearful
state of things to which we have been
brought.
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The Two slantons.

There is somo danger that the two Stan
tons in whom the Republic rejoices will get as
much mixed up" in the public mind as the
three Websters. There are many English.
men of ofintelligence who will go to their graves
in the belief that Daniel Webster, maddened
by hIs labors in composing his dictionary,
murdered his bosom friend Parkman, aud
and was executed for the crime. In like man
ner T. NJ Stanton will no doubt be charged
with damning his sons character to cover his
own coquetry with government bonds. This
ought not TO be. The difference is great be-
tween H. B. and f. NJ, though the latter be
almost and altogether such an one as the for
mer "saYe those bonds" H. B or his son
made free with the peoples bonds" E. M.
has made free with their liberties. If these
could be restored and made safe we may be
certain the people would find both H. B. and
Il, M in bonds all the days of their natural
Gves--N T. World.
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YYhat they Relolce Over.

The abolitonists are rejoicing over their
success in the recent elections, They rejoice
that they have obtained another lease Of Of
fee, prolongaton Of public plumber; they
rejoice over a ruined country, violated Con-
stltution, over the death of American liberty,
the enslavement Of the descendants Of the
fathers of the Republic, over blood and car.
mage, destruction and death; over more taxa
ton, more drafts, more ruin. Devils
also rejoice over the Affections Of mankind
Holmes County Farmer
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RrThe New York TfiJune classes il

ES-The New York Tribune classes it.
self, unequivocally, with the Radical party
in Missouri, and, consequently, against
the President. 1t says, in speak of the
Radical vote there, 1--WE have carried all
the large towns in the State with only a
few exceptions. The whole patronage of
the Government officials, military and
civil, was arrayed against the Radical
party"
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N1oteIs.
UNITED STATES HOTEL

BEACH STREET, BOSTON
directly opposite the Boston Worcester Railroad
... Depot)
VNHE underagned, who has been connected with the
i American House, In this city, for over nne years,
has leased this well known and popular oteI for a
term Of years and pledges him sf TO his friends aud
the public 70 use his utmost efforts TO sustain the rep
utaton OF the UNITED STATES HOTEL, as first
class house The public may rely upon finding, al
this house, all the appliances and comforts Of first
class hotel
Price, IA heretofore Two Dollars per day.
ocSdbm FRANK n, PRATT.
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A Just Sentiment.

This sentence from the National LntelG-
gencer, may be adopted by every good
Democrat 1--WE profess no political
loyalty save that inspired by love for the
Union, the Constitution, and by respect
for the laws. Who processes more have
none"
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SIDE is going to retire to pri-


va He follows in the wake of his
aus predecessors" Poor Bury
He has. run his course. He has
ned the work which his masters laid
ID ior Ann 10 do. aud now, "unwept, un-
honoted and unsnng" he goes down to
the shades Of private life, there to "chew
the egd OF sweet and bitter fancy" suf-
iersr l-om the pangs and remorse of a
guilty. conscience When the war first
bro..a out. hl won some renown in the
oapuae Of Roanoke Island. Drunken
with ,le ilauoy oi his satellites, he be-
camg commander o. the Amy of the Po-
tomac, aud madly hurled his legions
against .he lortresses Of Fredericksburg,
winning for himself by that operation, the
unensiable title OF the Fredericksburg
butcher" After that he became com
laander o, tiie Department Of Ohio, and
by b. infamous conduct and despicabIC
tyranny while in that position won the
contempt and just indignation of all hon.
orabie men. But he simply did the bid
ding Of his masters, and now when they
lase no further uso for him, he is cast of
ike an old shoe BURNSIDE resigns be-
cause he imagines himself neglected WI
leave him to his iniemy an that punish
Inent which is more terrible than lasl
OF scorpions--a guilty conscience.
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Rg~ We have the cheering intelligence
for the old women and nervous children
that "oll is quiet on the Lake shore" No
body is hurt Detroit, Cleveland and Buff
falo, are safe. The Johnson's Island con-
spiracy has ended in smoke. What
ueyt?
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-17
r7rFoRxFY Of the Philadelphia Press

DI-FoRNEY Of the Philadelphia Press,
insults the officers and soldiers OF the army
by telling them they are the menials, and
their uniform is their badge of servitude.
&c says Coarse epithets, and even OBJ
ne language, are often employed by the
and file of the army, when speaking
President of the Republic, whose
livery they wear"
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r.-i is said ,ho news of BANKS sue
cr in Texas, IL is feared by some. will
create complications with the French in
Mexico, bu, General BANKS mas special
instructions to avoid all possible difficulty
w,.h the French
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lassitude, palptaton of the heart lack Of appetite,
distress after eating torpid liver. constipation, a.,
deserve TO sner IL they will not try the celebrated
PLANTATION BITTERS
which are now recommended by the highest medical
authorities, and warranted TO produce an immediate
beneficial effect. They exceedingly agreeable, per.
soty pure aud must superceue all other toncs where
a healthy, gentle shmulant is required.
They purify, strengthen and inugorate;
They create a healthy appetite;
They are an anudote to change Of water and diet;
They overcome effects Of dissipation and late hours;
They strengthen The system and enVen the mind;
They prevent miasmatic and intermittent fevers;
They purify the breath and acdity Of the stomachi
They cure dyspepsia and constipation
They cure darrhes, cholera and cholera morbus;
They cure liver complaint and nervous headacne;
They make the weak strong, the languid brilliant
and are exhausted natures great restorer. They are
composed Of the celebrated calisaya bark, winter
green, sassafs, and herbs all preserved in per-
fectly pure St. Croix rum.
go have given the Plantation Bitters to humid
reds Of disabled soldiers with the most astonsh
ing effect. w. ANDREWS,
supt. Soldiers Home, Cincinnati"
60 . The Plantation Btters have cured me Of liver
to abandon my business.
H.. b. KINGSLEY, Cleveland, Ohio"
80 owe much to you, for verify believe the
Plantation Btters have saved my life
Rev. W. H. wAGGoNER, Madrid, N. Y"
" o Thou wilt send me two bottles more OF thy
Plantation pitters. My wife has been eatly benefit.
ted by their use. Thy friend,
ASA CURRIN, Philadelphia, Pa"
" q have been q great sufferer from dyspepsia
and had TO abandon preaching. " The Plantation
Bitters have cured me.
Rev. J, 3. OATHoRN, Rochester, N Y"
"~ Send us wenty-four dozen more Of you
Plantation Bitters, the popularity of which are daily
increasing with the guests of our house.
SYKES, CHADWICK CO.,
Proprietors Willard's Hotel, Washngton,D c."
Such are one in thousands Of certificates daily re
ceived They are immensely beneficial to weak per
sons and delicate females.
BE cautious Of rs-flled bottles. See our sgnatur,
fine steel plate label. They not sold by IN,
gallon. They arc only sold our patent log cabiI
bottles, by respectable druggists, grocers, hotels,
ICONS, steamboats, and country stores.
p. H.DRAKE &C.,
se22dawGm eO2 Broadway, N. Y.
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BB-An old bachelor of our acquaintance
says he doesn't wonder that married men over
thirty-fys years Of age are placed in the
second-elass conseripts under the new con-
seription law. They have suffered enough
for their country.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS mr.

A. WHoOPING-CoUGH.-The proofs
Of cures Of the most distressing cases Of
WhoOping Cough, by DIR. Strickland's Melli-
Anous Cough Balsam, speak louder than words
to the merits of this incompatible remedy.
A grateful patient writes II ana happy to
bear my testimony to the wonderful powers of
your Balsa N curing my children of the most
distressinl Nu2o & Cough, after every other
means hat .lfd Can any result be more
gratifying # load of suffering was re-
moved by itc I this noble Cough Balsam.
Sold at N Fourth street, Cincinnati,
o., and ! a'l di gists. so cents per bot
tie.
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JOHN GENGNAGEL
WOULD respectfully inform his numerous friends
w and customers that he has purchased the
Eating Saloon and Restaurant

Formerly owned by Mr.. V. Fues southeast corner Of
fihh and Ludlow, whore ne will be able at all times 70
supply them with the best the markets afford.
OYSTERS served upin the best manner, and on
short notice. auI9
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Eg-Advicas from the Army Of the Po-
tomso are uuimpoitant. General MEADE
has left Washington and gone back to his
headquarters 1t is said the army will
uotyet go into winter quarters.
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plantation 9Sttters.
q. r.-.1sao-.x.

Persons Of sedentary habits troubled with weakness,
assitude paipitaton of the heart, lack Of appetite,
distress after eating, torpid liver, constipation, b.,
deserve 10 sner IL they will not try the celebrated
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Master Commissioners Sale.
Thomas Hughs,

Thomas Hughs,
against
The Heirs Of James S. Okey, Deceased,
and others.
DY virtue Of mandate to me directed from
ID the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe
County, Ohio, IwiIl offer for sale at public aac-
tion at the front door of the court house, in the
town of Woodsfeld, in said county, between
the hours of ten o'clock, a. M, and four
o'clock p. m, on
Saturday, the 14th day Of february, 1863,
the following described real estate, situate in
said county, TO wit:
Commencing at the center of the Street at
the east end of New Castle, thence south east
eighty-six degrees. sixteen rods and fourteen
links, thence north west four degrees seven-
teen rods, thence north east eighty-six de-
grees to the section line thence north fifty
rods and fourteen links, thence west to Sam
uel Grimshaw's corner, thence south east four
degrees with said Grimshaw' s line to the meet
ing house lot, thence north east eighty-six de-
grees to the corner of said lot, thence 20 the
place of beginning, containing nine acres.
Also. Lot number twenty four in the town of
New Castle, Monroe County, Ohio.
VIM. OKEY, Mas. Com.
& Monroe Common Pleas
January IA, 1868.
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Road Notice.

There will be a petition presented to the
Commissioners of Monroe Co., o. at their next
session, praying for an alteration on the Coun
ty road from Brownsville, Monroe County, o.
to the county road from Antioch to Center
view on the Ohio river. Said proposed alter
alton is to commence at or near the line of
the land of VIM. Judge, deceased on said road
running from Brownsville, thence running
with the ridge through the lands of Charles
Busha and Frederick Rusha to fntersect the
county road running from Antioch to oCenter-
view on the Ohio river, as near as good road
can be made at a reasonable expense, and also
at the same time to evacuate that part or end
of said county road running from B,owns-
vile to said Antioch road through said Bucha's
land; by so doing you will confer favor to
the public. MANY PETITIONERS.
E.b 1S63-4w
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DGr Notices of Deaths of four lines or
less. we insert free of charge. Obituary
notices must be accompanied by one dollar
10 insure insertion.
DIED-January IL 1863, Mrs. CATH
ARINE PREWETT, atAhs residence of
her husband, in Center Township. Mon
roc County, Ohio, in the 53rd year Of her
age.
Sister PREwErr Joined the NJ. f.
Church at the early age of Ia, of which
! she remained member until her death.
Although her affections was long and Sc
, we're, she bore them with patience and re-
signation to the will Of her Heavenly
Father. Thus is passed awny from earth
one whose bright example was great en-
enlargement to her famil y--was loved and
rs pc ted by her ncighbors-sh died in
pesce and we trust restsin Heaven. God
grant that her husband and children may
90 live that they may meet her in Heaven.
"Thou art gone to the grave,
81 We no longer behold thee,
Nor tread the rough paths of the world
by thy side;
But the wide arms of mercy are spread
to infeld thee;ss
And sinners may hope since the Savior
hath died. NJ. DUNN.
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Master Commissioners Sale.
Robert Hopper,
against
January q, 1883.


John II. Goodhart and wife.
DY virtue of a mandate to me directed from
ID the court of common pleas of Monroe
county. Ohio, l will offer for sale at public
auction, at the front door of the court house,
in the town of Woodsfeld, in said county, on
Saturday, the 14th day Of February, 1868,
between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m, and
4 o'clock p. m, on said day. the following de-
scribed real estate, in said county, to wit:
The north west quarter of the north east
quarter of section twelve, township seven and
range seven. Also, the following tract being
part of the north east quarter of section IL,
township seven, range seven, beginning for
the same at stone on the line dividing said
north east quarter from the quarter imme-
diately east of it, and about thirty one rods
and two links southwark on the aforesaid line
from the north east corner of the quarter in
which it is situate, thence with said line bear
ing south Il degrees west 81 and 81 rods
to post, thence north 423 degrees west six
teen rods to post, thence north As degrees
east running with the present road la rods
to the place of, beginning. containing by esti-
matian one hundred and sixteen ll6) square
rods.
WIN. OKEY, Mas. Com.
Monroe Common Pleas.
January IA, 1858.
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4 GRAM AND STocK TRADE OF CHIcA-
oo.--We learn that the Messrs. Fairbanks
have set in the elevators in this city, dur
ing the last year, about seventy of their
Eve hundred bushcl hopper scales, and
several smaller ones Each of these can
be loaded to its full capacity and the load
discharged in a few minutes, which shows
something of the Immense amount of grain
which can be weighed upon them. They
have also set, at the different stock yards
in the city, Eve of their stock scales, with
platforms Of sufficient size to weigh .
whole car load at once, which must add
greatly to the facilities for shipping live
stock from this market.-C Chicago Tribune.
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January Z, 1868.
Legal Notice

In the Monroe County Probate Court
NJ TOTICE-Daniel Dennis, Catharine Swaub.
IN Joseph Swaub, her husband, will take
notice that on the 10th day of December 1862,
John H. Sorgel as the Administrator of John
Dennis, deceased, filed in the Probate Court of
the County of Monroe and State of Ohio, his
petition against them, the object and prayer
of which petition is to obtain an order of said
Court to sell the west half of the north west
quarter and the north west quarter of the
south west quarter of section one, in town
ship three, of range five, in said county, to
pay debts of said Estate. The said Daniel
Dennis, Catharine Swaub and Joseph Swant
who reside in the State of Pennsylvania
will take notice that said petition will be fol
hearing on the 18th day of January 1853.
HOLLISTER & OKEY, Att'ys
for John q. Sorgel, Admir-.
December 81, 1862.--4w.
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A Card to the. Suffering.

The Rev. WILLIAM CRosaRovE, while
laboring as Missionary in Japan, was
cured of Consumption, when all other
means had failed, by recipe obtained
from learned physician residing in
the grea: City of Jeddo. This recipe
has cured great numbers who were
suffering from Consumption, Bronchitis,
Sore Throat, Coughs and Colds, and
the debility and nervous depression
caused by these disorders.
DESTROYS of beneftting others, / will
send this recipe. which I have brought
home with me, to all who ueed it, free
of charge. Address
REV. WIN. COSGROVE,
439 Fulton Avenue.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dec. "a, 1862 --ly.
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Sherirs Sale
Elisabeth Manahan,


against .A~ -h+N ystAs~
Thomas Gillespie, John Mcfarland
BY virtne of 4 writ Of venditiouf sxpoilas tu
me directed from the Court OF Common Pleas
Of Monroe County, Ohio, will offer for eale al
public auction, at the front door of the cour,
house. in tie town of Woodsiield, in said coun
ty, between the hours of ten O'Clock r. m. and
four O'Clock p. m, on e Hs7H
Saturday, the t4th dayof Fsl,ruary lSG3.
the following real estate, situate in Monro.
County, Ohio, to wit,
The west half of the north west quarter o!
seetien twensy-,hree (25,} township three q, }
range four "a
Taken in execution and lesies upon a. the
properly of Thomas Gillespie and John Nc
fsrland, at the suit Of Elizabeth Manahan.
GEO. w. CARROTHERS,
Sheriff, II. C.. o.
January IL, 1858,