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&II SUrt5 Of C5Oo0 8aaOiRg,
The Released Rebels in New York.

The Released Rebels IN New YORK.
A squad of ragged fellows may be seen on
every square. They arc sun-burnt and scrag-
gv Of beard. They wear their dry, straight
hair very long, and sport a suspicious looking
blanket over their shoulders Their clothes
are ola dirty gray or dirty butternut, and
they are very independent IN the matter Of
shoes, some wearing boot and a slipper
others boots of new patent, which slope
away from the heel, as if, by some transfer
nation, the entire loot had settled into the
toes. But with all this destitution and un-
cleanness, it is a strange, sad, weary lost look
upon their faces which makes these folks
noteworthy. They are political exilcs-a
class Of men Of which we have read, but
whom. we never expected to see among us,
speaking our tongue, and but late our kins-
men and companions, g..
They are here by thousands, broken, hope
less and penriless, waiting to 60. to their ri-
iped homes but so fearful Of meeting the
changed spectacle, that they daily and tarry,
and look up to the high marble edifces and
the lace curtains in our beautiful homes as if
they were quite hungry and astray, and
spoke another language than ours.
Yesterday we stopped in a hat store, and
one Of these battered fellows was sitting at
/ the counter. There was an anxious diploma
ey about his face he wanted to engineer a
dollar irom us.
''That Int just fits you sirl' he said, as an
introductory remark.
"Yes?"
q wonder II shall ever wear a good hat
again ?"
He tool, his old soft ha', tarushod and
shaded, from his large shapcly head, and the
hair fell into his fine tremulous eyes.
I'm Johnny" he said, with a laugh
:therc's some difference between a Johnny
and a gentleman"
This was said with a culver and cadence
that was very dramatic because it was very
true. --..-
"Ycs, sir" he continued, II feel very bad
in New York. It isn't what It used to be
or am not; something is different. re,
member the time I lost FIVE thousand dollar,
at faro Just across the street. and went to be-
afterwards without any regret. I coul5n'
afford glass of beer now. At the hote
Just above here I stopped every sumner, anC
kept a sideboard always open in my private
parlor. Then I rode in cabs, ana was hun
: ky boy. Could You give me a dollar, sir2"
| Among those men are many OF more THAI
5 social position We fell in the other day witt
Henry G. FLASH, from Alabama, whilom on
Of the best OF Southern poets. The leading
physician Of the South is also here; the South
ern bar and the Southern pulpit are also rep
resented II we are ever to forget that w
have been two peoples, let the conclusion Q
peace he celebrated by some act of kindnes
5 and charity. No news could rebuild fra
tcrual Union 50 truly as the tidings througI
} tic bqatcn States that three thousand G
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The June number Of Harper's Magazine
has an interesting article, entitled "Recol-
lections of Grant" giving anecdotes illustra-
tive Of his character, and an estimate Of his
military genius. 1t seems that the motto Of
the Scottish clan from which Grant derived
his surname, is, Stand fast, stand firm, stand
sure" The following extract is Interesting {:
"He is a more. .inYeterate smoker than Ell
ther Sherman or Roseerans, but he smokes in
different style and for different effect
Both Sherman and Rosecrans take to tobac-
co as a stinulant to their nervous orgaDiza-
tons. Grant smokes with the listless, absorb
ed and satisfied air of an opium smoker, his
mind and body being srdoothed into tepose
rather than excited by the effect Of the weed.
Neither Sherman nor Rosecrsns are neat
smokers, the velvet breast-facings of their
coats, and their shirt bosoms being generally
soiled. Grant, on the contrary, is very neat,
and smokes only the best Of cigars. He
smokes almost without cessation, and is snever
at ease when employed at anything which
forbids smoking as an accompaniment Du-
ring the famous interview with Pemberton
before Vicksburg, he smoked with his usua
conposuFe. We pardon General Grant FOL
smoking cigar when he entered the snOul.
dering ruins of the town of yicksburg, said Z
rebel paper after the, surrender, A littl1
strange effect, itadded, is admirable in grea
captains But Grant never smokes dramat
cally. His cigars is a necessary part Of him
self, and is neither assumed nor abandoned
for State occasions He has been known t
smoke at reviews, and has frequently beel
brought to a halt by sentincls or guards owe
commissary stores, No smoking allowed her
SIR On entering the Senate Chamber h
bad to be requested to leave his cigar out
side" ssa -.
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General Grant Kissed by the Fair Ladies'
rr,o,n the Voice of The Fair.l

OK Monday at o'clock the General per-
formed the greatest military movement OF his
life. He performed successful flank move
ment ON the people of Chicago, and visited
Union Hall in quiet and peace, remaining
there till 10 o'clock, There were pIesent a
large number of the most beautiful aids"
and the General was instantly surrounded by
the volunteer staff. Here most laughable
incident occurred: .
Mrs. Livermore said to him, General
Grant, these girls are dying to kiss YOU but
thev don't dare to do it" "Well," said the
gallant General, ''if they want to kiss me,
why don't they? Nobody has offered to
since have been here" Instantly about a
hundred fairies pouuced upon him, Ee at
tempted d retreat but IL VAN, he essayed to
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AMERICAN HONEY.
The First U. s. DTint-History Of
Gold and Silver Coin.
rFrom the sprlngaeId Republican.l

From the Springfield hepuoncan'I
TUE mint Of the United States is one
Of the most interesting institutions in
the country. It was. established at Phil
adeIphia in 1892. While it was still
doubtful where the ultimate seat Of the
national government would be placed,
the citizens of that beautiful city we're
strongly in hopes of being able to per
suade Congress permanently to abide in
their town, in which the.old continental
body had first met, in which independence
had been declared, and which, more
than any other, was popularity regarded
as the headquarters of the national
Union. A notable instance oflog-roiling
legislation, the first in our history, trans
ferred the capital of the country to the
banks of the Potomac, but the good peo-
pie of the Quaker City have nevertheless
always retained the mint, as a memorial
of their earlier position in the history Of
the government.
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Al English Cure for Hydrophobia.

THOSE OF our readers who cut the following
receipt for the cure Of that most distressing
of all things, hydrophobia, may find it Of ser
vice 1t is an English cure and is said to be
certain: .. -r.
"fake dried herbs of bears foot, wood be-
teny, agrimouy, box, and rue, each 2 o., with
a small piece of nightshade. Cut these small,
and put them mo a gallon Of rainwater, and
boil alt together in an iron vessel until reduc-
ed to quart. when the liquor has boiled
some time, add one ounce OF antitnony, and
an ounce of filed pewter. Half pint to be
taken three mornings-fasting-ior an adult
smaller quantity in proportion to the age
by younger persons. The same quantity to
be taken again, at the next full Of the moon.
The patient to abstain from any spurious Ii
quors, and be very careful not to heat the
blood by violent exercise.
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A REMEDY FOR PILEs.-It is a blessing to-
the suffering to know that we have an efec--
tual cure fdr this troublesome disease. Nh.
J. P. Hazarde, OILS Second street, Cincihl
natl, O., takes great pleasure in informing
all WHO are suffering from piles that he used
a small quantity ofDr. Strickland's Pile Rem
edy, and it effected permanent cure. This
seems to be the case With all who make use
Of this splendid preparation. It is mahdiac-
tured at No. East Fourth street, Cincinnati
O., and sold by all Druggists.
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break through the rosy ranks without sue
cess. Then for the FIRST time he confessed
himself vanquished, and calmly awaited the
event Never was such man subjected to
such an ordeal. On CAME the Thaidens by
squads, IN file, or singly; they hit him on
the forehead, pelted him on the nose, smack
ed him on the cheek, chin Or neck. There
must be dozens Of kisses lying around loose,
hidden in the Generals #hiskers. During
this terrible ordeal, the hero of hundred
battIe-felds blushed till his face became al
most purple. At-last the girls were partly
appeascd in their onoble rage" and he es-
csped, # .-
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TIE COINS.

By the law establishing the mint, the
chief officer was to be styled director
and the ingenious David Rittenhouse,
seIf-tausht mathematician, who had run
several years before, by the help of in
strumeuts all Of his own construction, the
most difficult part Of Mason and Dixon's
! line. was shortly after appointed to this
post. This act stipulated that all bullion
brought to the mint should be coined
Sratuitously but when coin Was de-
livered in exchange for bullion on the
spot, one half of per cent was to be
charged as seignorage. The coins were
to be the eagle and the quarter eagle in
gold the dollar, half-dollar, quarter
dollar, dime and half dime in silver the
cent and half cent in copper. The
weight of the eagle was to be go grains
troy, alloyed according to the English
standard, one part in twelve; and the
dollar was to weigh 416 grains, alloyed
one part in and 9-1O. Thesubdivision
of these coins, gold and silver, we're to be
in all respects proportional to. their
units. At that time, in France and in
Europe generally, the current relative
value of gold and silver was considered
ItoI5. and the act Of Congress established
that as the ratio Of the value Of the two
metals to be maintained at the mint; but
/ from this clause of the law, there followed
important consequences, which we're moi
foreseen, since that was not at least il
America, the true ratio of their value al
that time, and being a decided uudervaI.
uation Of gold, the gold coinage did moi
come into any circulation. Itwas really
worth by the ounce more than Rtteer
ounces of silver; but, as the mint only
reckoned it equal to fifteen ounces o.
silver, it was more valuable out Of tht
circulation than in it, and it was there
fore always exported in preference t.
silver, in payment Of foreign balances
especially after France and the rest o
Europe had changed the relative lega
value to to 49,. After that an ounc,
of gold, estimated in silver, was wortl
81 per cent. more abroad than at home
and, of course, under the circumstances
it would not circulate in the home cur
rency. The cheaper money will pusl
out Of circulation the dearer the worl,
over. From the organization Of TIL
mint till 1917, over five millions and
half dollars in gold pieces were coined
and very little indeed of it came int
permanent circulation, for the simpl
reason that it was really worth NOR
than it was counted to be worth by tn
regulations of the currency. 1t would
therefore, pay to melt it up, because j
was worth more as bullion than as coir
THE LAW OF 1884.
This state of things continued, til
silver circulating freely but the gol
scarcely circulated at all, till the attentio
of Congress was called to the subjee
and law passed substantially ratin
cold in relation to silver at 1 to 16. Tb
weight Of the eagle was reduced to 25
grains from go, and the alloy increase
| to one part in ten from one part j
1rI;s Increased Al cne iunp Il
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A New YoRK writer says the chief pleas
ure derived by the Bostonians at a musical
entertainment is criticism, and he ventures
the statement that when they go to heaven
they viii declare that some of the harps are
out Of tune, that one Of the angels takes lib=
critics with the composers text, and that au-
other sings fat. They viii also deploFe the
absence OEthe great organ" Whereupon the
Boston Post is not at all disturbed, but conn
placently remarks that "the New York writ
er can never know what is done in heaven
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A WHoLEsoNE LAw.-We call attention to
thefollowing law, passed blythe last legislature,
relative to the protection OF trees and shrub
berry. We think it necessary that some par
ents in this town should read it to their boys
and thereby save them from trouble hereat-
ter. The law ,0iH Be enJ0rte5 IN Ur5ana:
"Bs It enacted By the General Assembly ftle
State of Ohio, That if any person or persons
shall dnla~fully cut, box, bore, break, bark,
bruise, pound, bump, gauid, girdle, ijure or
destroy and fruit, ornamental or shade tree.
vine brush or sapling, IN any garden, orchard,
nursery, street, sidewalk, grove or forest, the
property of another. Of any value whatev'
every sneh person or persons shall be deem
ed guilty Of fhisiehieanot, and Upon convic-
ton thereof shall be fined in any sum not ex-
.ceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, or be
imprisoned in the jail of the county not less
than five nor more than thirty days, or both,
at the discretion Of the court, and shall more
over be liable to the party injured in treble
the amount of damage by him sustained.
"Sec. 2. All prosecutions for fine or i'm
prisonment under this act shall be brought in
the name of the State of Ohio before any
court of competent jurisdiction.
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The Hamilton Telegraph thus calls attenz
ton to a singular freak Of nature. ~
Those who delight in monstrosities should
call at Ridenour and Walters Drug Store ii
the lst Ward and see CURIOUS sight. It lisa
four-iegged chicken, and was hatehed by a
hen. owned by John Lamb. We learn that
the hen tainted on seeing the thing, and the
lord Of the barn yard was loud in bis charges
Of conjugal unfaithfulness.
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According to the War Department order

According to the War Department order
defining the limits of tile new military dIvl-
sions into which the entire country is now
divided, the following are the grand divisions
with their military chiefs:
Fus,-The Military Division Of the Allan
tic, Maiur-Geueral George G Meade, with
headquarters at Philadelphia.
iSec6nd-The Military Division Of the Mis-
sissipri, Major General Wrh. T. Sherman,
with headquarters at St. Louis. ---. &
Third-The Military Division Of the Gulf
Major General Philip H. Sheridan, with head
quarters at New Orleans.
F0mtF-The Military Division dt'tae Ten
nessee, Major. General George H. Thomas
with headquarters at Nashville.
Fylh-The Military Division Of the Pacific
MJorGeneral II. W Halleck, with headquar-
ters at San Francisco. --sal -5ra
These divisions are severally ysubdivided in
to eighteen military departments each with
a special comhtander
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WHOLE NUMBER l72.

WHo CAN BEAT rT2-A young lady, severn
teen years ofSge, from Ottawa City, says she
kept step to tire music Of the Port Clinton
String-Band from Tuesday morning about 10
O'Clock until Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock,
dancing altogether to one hundred and sii5
different SETS" And then had 10 idea or stop
ping unless the Band didi There was more
Fourth Of July in that giri thar any person
we ever Oaat5a NsJ5s.
Wen betifher mother wanted her to wssh
one eighthof the time she'd been a TOO tired. d
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Law REMsPAPERSl

/. Subscribers who do not give express notice
o the contrary, are considered as wishingto con
inuetheir subscriptions to tlIe paper. 4
& -2.tlft subscribers order the discontinudnce Of
heirperiOdicals, the publisher may continue to
tend them until all arreaTages are paid.
3. Ifsubscribers neglect or refuse to take their
Periodicals from the Office to which they Weredi-
sected, they held responsible tillthey yhaveset
tied the bill and ordered them discontinued.
4. If subscribers remove to other places with
0utinforming the publisher, and the papers are
sent to thefOrmerdirection, they are heldrespon,
sible.
S. The Courts decide d that refusing to take
periodiealsfrOm the Office, ,orFemoving and ieav-
lhg them unealledfor,is is prinsa Jacic evidence Of
futentiOnalfraud.
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legal valuation of gold 6 68-1OO' per
cent. as compared with silver, which re-
mained as before. As the former ratio
was a decided under valuation Of gold,
so the law of 1884 as decidedly over
valued it; and the working of beautiful
natural law became Immediately appa-
rent, by which the current of the metals
was reversed, silver now passing IN pre-
ference to Europe to liquidate the
balanc- of trade, and gold coming from
Europe to the United States, where it
was about 81 per cent. dearer than in
Europe, while silver was about 81 per
cent. dearer in Europe than in the Uni
ted States. The metals go where they
have the most consideration in exchange.
Between 1884 and 1887 silver was slip
ping out of our currency and gold as de-
eidedly coming in. The law Of Congress
went too far and inverted the evil it was
designed to correct. It endeavored to
hit the true natural relative value of the
two metals for the time being, but shot
as much beyond the mark as the previous
law fell short. Our silver coins began
to be exported freely in preference to
gold in payment on balances, but the
tendency had not become very marked
when was introduced the +-rE
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OTHER CHANGES.

At different times since 1887 uew de-
nominations Of ceius have been added to
our national series of gold, the double
eagle, the three dollar piece; of silver,
only the three cent piece, which has
never boenPopular and viii be superseded
by the new three cent copper piece. In
1858 very interesting alterations were
made in the character of our silver
coins ) up to that date the laws made
both the gold and silver money legal
tender to any amount; and it was con-
soquently optional, with the debtor to
pay in the cheaper metal, which ever it
might be; and as experience was proving
that the relative value of the two was not
constant but variable, and that the le-
gally established ratio of l to 10 was de-
pIeting the currency of silver, it was then
determined to make gold alone the legal
tender, except to the extent Of So; tc
cease coming silver for individuals, and
Ionly coin on government account such
sums as seemed to be in demand forpur.
poses of change and to reduce the
weight of the half dollar and its subdivi
sions so that their nominal value should
be considerably above their real value a.
compared with the silver dollar, and thus
their expectation be prevented. Ac
cordingly the weight Of the half dollar
has been reduced from 2O6f grains tc
1872 grains, and of the smaller coins il
proportion. Government buys silye'
bullion at the market price, which ha.
only varied for several years from S i, q
to 81 221 per ounce, and coln2 this into
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URBANA UNION
y. w. HoUE RHOR,R.

OFFIcR;-Coulson's Building, (second floor,
vVssEs5de North Main street, near the Square.
TFRMs:-S2 90 per annum, invariably in ad
Vance. s., so for Six Months.
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s1,25 of the smaller silver pieces, thus
charging a, seignOraga of about 3 per
cent. Consequently the half dollars and
lesser silver coins are over valued in our
currency, and nominal dollars worth
of them worth Z 45-IOO per cent. less
than silver dollar. The result of these
measures has been to establish gold as
the real currency of the country, and to
make silver entirely subsidiary to that.
The current value of the silver coin in
the currency is sufficiently above its
market price as bullion to prevent the
expectation of the coins, and this explains
the discount to which our silver has
been subjected in Canada for the past
three years. Instead of weighing 412d1
grains, dollar in small coin weighs only
384 grains, and therefore the Canadians
with good reason have vehemently re-
iected these pieces at their nominal
value. Their actual and proper discount
as compared with the silver dollar is Z
42-1OO per cent. It ought to be added
that the gold dollar is now our uuit Of
value, and the director of the mint has
repeatedly asked Congress to bring the
silver dollar out of It's anomalous into a
moral condition.
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The appointment of Judge Marvin as
Governor of Florida makes complete the
reorganization of the Southern States ac-
cording to the Presidents plan. The
Provisional Governors who Rave been ap-
pointed by the President are as Follows
North Carolina. -. -. VIM. ", Holden.
South Carolina. Benjamin F.. Perry.
Georgia. gia.............. James Johnston.
Florida. da..........s......Ri Richard 2. Marvin.
Alabama ......... Lewis NJ. Parsons.
MississiuDi VIM L. sharlrev.
Texas. s.................A Andrew ]. Hamilton.
The remaining Southern States are
provided with civil Governors.
The monster fron-clad DunderbeTg,
seventeen thousand tuns burden, is to Be
launched at New York on the 22d iRsts
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THE CENTS.

By the law Of 1857, the old copper
cent and half cent were discontinued,
and new cent, composed of IS parts
copper and 70 parts nickel, has been
submstituted. Nickel is SO called for a
reason which we dislike to explain, but
which will be suggested by the state
ment of the fact, that it stands fire re-
markably well and only melts under a
terrible heat. 1t is hard to fuse and
work that the metal is very unpopular at
the mint, and the director recommends
/ its disuse.
The new two cent and three cent
pieces are just coming into the hands Of
the people, but whether nickel makes uT
a part of their composition, we arc not
precisely informed. We hope not. We
want to get rid Of shat metal. We don't
! like the sound Of the word, and 4ko aIlu-
sion conveyed By it is unpleasant, and
therefore we vote with The director to
exercise the name and thing together.
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stIttt goarr,

stIttt 9uetrg,
MONEY,
s .F - ."
Money goes,
No one knows;
Where il goeth, -a .- ...-
No one shoWethj
Here and there,
-ar.-r g. Everywhere. g -r.-B .r-
@ Roundabout, -4-
Run, run,
Dun, dun, H
O.. .-.r Spend, spend, ne
Lend, lend,
@ Send, send.
Flush to-day
Short tomorrow, .--
Notes TO pay,
Borrow, borrow,
So it goes,
No one knows,
Where il gOeth
No one shoWeth.