The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-12-08
How tho Fathers Vote.

eighty years old, among them the Hon.
WIN. g. Bradley voted for Lincoln.
| Three of the oldest men in Tanworth
New Hampshire, attended town meeting
on the Sth, aud all voted for Father A bra
ham. Their names and fgcs are as fol-
lows: Mr.. Stephen G.. Philbrick, aged
%, walked four miles to attend the meet
/ ing. llr waited until tho papcIs came
announcing the result, took II Boston
Journal, aud started Tor home apparently
fifteen years younger than when hr
come MIR. Henry Wiggin, 90; Mr.
WIN. =. Hidden, brother Of the late Rev.
Samuel Hidden, 90.
/ H..#H-- go. ..as.----
WASHINGTON GossIr or THE pAY.-Thal
Secretary Stanton must withdraw from
the war office on account of physical
prostration I; that the President in person
rendered the place to General Butler,
moved thereto "hy wide spread and
slruhgly fortified desire" but Butler mod.
cstly declines it--for the present at least;
that Stanton will certainly be Chief Jus.
ticc, althuugh tic claims Of MIR. Chase
urc strongly pushed by his friends that
General Fremont will be asked TO resume
his commission and take Buffers com.
mand in the army per contra, that Cen
ernl Fremont il to have the mission t.
Paris ; that Admiral Farrsgut is to be
made Secretary of the Navy that Robert
J, Walker will accept the Treasury port.
folio II he can arrange his private af-
fairs that Attorney General Bates is to
retire Immediately /; that llcncry j. Ray
mond is to succeed Mr.. Adams us Min.
lister 10 England, aud that the latter is to
be put in training for tho Preside ncy for
1868. Such Is the food the Washington
letter writer's dish up for the public con.
sumption daily, and although there may
be other items OF equal verify and impor-
tancc in these special communications to
the metropolitan press, IL will be COMES.
sed the above is enough for any ordinary
digestion at once.
0LJ- The rebel General Marmaduke
was captured by little boy belonging TO
one ot the Kansas regiments. lie at
first refused TO surrender to an "iniorior
officer" but was Immediately persuaded
to do so The lad brought him to Gen.
eral Curtis headquarters, where he in
troduced himself much to the surprise of
all, but especially othc boy-hero. Gen.
cral Curtis asked the boy how long he
had to serve before his term of enlist
mcnt would expire. The reply was
"eight months" The General immediate
ly wrote him furough for that time,
aud presented him with the horse, re-
volvers, belt and sabre OF the rebel Gen
crsl.
LrcgSriousSEss IN RIcHMoNp.-Th,
following is from the Richmond cores.
pondcncc of the Columbus Sun.
Much has been said ubou, the icent.
iousncss of Richmond, Va, but | never
believed il until nov. There 10 indubita.
BILE evidence that SO called lady, con.
ncctcd by marriage with man of dis.
tinction, aud who once moved in the
highest circles, is now regularly engaged
as a procurcss for congressman, Quarter
maslors aud men of wealth. Many
stories are told Of her arts to entrap ladies
of gay disposition into her den, aud the
magnifccncc OF her entertainments is a
subject of OstVnishment to all who are
not in her secret.
or Monticello, the former residence of
Thomas JEFFERSON, in AlbemOrle county,
Va, was sold at auction on the l7th,
under the rebel scqucs,ration act, for
SSO,50O. h. +. FIcKLIS was the pur-
chaser, The place belonged to the late
Commodore u. T. LEVY, os III, UniIed
States Navy, who, we believe, bequcath-
cd Il 10 our Government for the benefit
of sailors' orphans, or some like benevo.
lent object,
BREyrrY THE SoUL OF WIr.-The
commaudun, of Libby Prison issued a
stringent order that Union prsoners
must limit their letters To six lines. The
following is a specimen;
MY Dear WUe;-Yours received
no hope OF cXchauge-Send corn-starch
want socks--no money--rheumaiis aiism
in len shouldcr--picklcs very good-scnd
suusagcs-God bless you-kiss the baby
Hail Columbia.
"iour devoted husband"
A "CRIKoLtNE" CATAsrRoPHE.-Our
lady readers should take warning from
the subjOined awful ball room catastrophe
90 ,hrlilngy described below. The
poet vouches for the ruth OF his brief but
touching narrative;
I Nhik N'Thng In the grace f1l dance,
And dtping ever Charm TO enhsnce-
| She pusAsdl aHd bloshsdi wbi.e
| H'tchssAs ns tsan how pride was eru,hd!
The ,trag she had tTa,tsa 10 bad baui--
Her hoops lay N the hOeT!
shs r.isstsd hem w AAd tan sstpssd,S a.
possible 10 the dressing room ,aRd from
thence nome, and iS' 'sss,Al weeks wu
,een % more.
I 05-An onehange sayo, our junior part
ner returned a pair Of trowsers to his
tailor last week. because they were &c
small in the legs,
"Bnt you told me TO make them a,
tight as the skim" said the tailor.
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