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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-14
WHn ELEeTEn AnnREw InHaSnN-

Reading the editorials of Copperhead
newspapers, and listening to the talk of
Copperhead politicians, now days, one is
positively driven, sometimes, in bewild-
cred state of mind, to ask himself, who
elected Andrew johnson? Whose can
didate was he Where was he nominated,
at Baltimore or Chicago And on which
happen to be that he was carried into the
Vice Presidential Chair? The history of
the election of the "boorish tailor" of
Tennessee seems to be getting much mix
ed, and somewhere or other there is an
extraordinary confusion of memory pre-
vailing. Not many days ago a good Union
friend of ours happened to meet certain
distinguished Copperhead Democrat, when
the following conversation ensued
Copperhead-Well, how do you like
Andy. J ohnson
Union Man-First rate He is doing
Copperhead-Ha! Ha! You are com
ing oUer to as, are yOu2
Our friend retired in condition of
dumb astonishment.
For time, we were inclined to attribute
this cool Copperhead appropriation of
Andy johnson, the "boor," the brute
and the "sot, to unmitigated impudence.
But latterly we have come to a different
cleptomania, and the wretched unfortu-
mates who are afflicted with it cannot
rightly be held accountable for their au-
dacious performances. They have so eat
en- of the insane root during the last four
years that their political wits are hopeless
| ly lost the shock of the downfall of the
rebellion has made an utter wreck of
their memory, and they have actually
persuaded themselves, as we are satisfied,
that they really are the original authors
and owners Of the administration and
policy of Andy johnson. There is no
other hypothesis that will account for the
phenomena of the case. The impudence
requisite for explaining them otherwise is
simply inconceivable
President Lincoln offered an amnesty
to the rebels, excepting seven classes from
the terms of its pardon These men were
furious at its exasperating harshness.-
| President johnson offers an amnesty ex-
Guiding the same seven classes and add
ing seven classes more to its prescriptiye
| list These men are at once delighted
with its generosity, and claim it as the
exact adoption of their idea. Will any
thing but insanity account for that p?
| President Lincoln put in operation the
machinery for the reconstruction of three
States-Tennessee Louisiana, and Ar
kansas-by the vote of loyal citizens un-
der the test of the amnesty oath. These
men went into ecstaeies of rage at the
''unconstitutionality of the proceeding
and voted solidly against the recognition
of the reconstructed States by Congress
President johnson continues in opera
ton the same identical machinery, as left
to his hand by his predecessor, and these
men are suddenly wonder struck with the
tHDemocratic" and Conservative excel.
lence of its principles Is anything hui
| lunacy supposable in this?
No, no. IF there ever was a clear case
of mania in the world, it is furnished ir
the instances of these wretched Copper
heads who caper with silly shouting aboui
President johnson. and pitifully fancy
ton. We must deal kindly with the poor
unfortunates.-BMfaLo Express.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-14
NO. is.

Haze Patience.
A youth and maid, one winter night,
Were sitting in a corner.
His name, we're told, was Joshua White,
And hers was Patience Warner.
Not much the pretty maiden said,
Beside the young man sitting,
Her cheeks were flushed rosy red,
Her eyes bent on her knitting.
Nor could he guess what thoughts of him,
We're to her bosom tiocking,
As her fair fingers, swift and slim,
Flew round and round the stocking.
While as for Joshua, bashfuI youth,
His words grew few and fewer;
Though all the time, to tell the truth,
His chair edged nearer to her. -
Meanwhile her ball of yarn gave out,
She knit so fast and steady,
And he must give her aid, no doubt,
To get another ready. -.
He held the skein: of course the thread
Got tangled, snarled and twisted
'fHave patience" I" cried the artless maid
To him who her assisted.
Good chance was this for tongue-tied churl
To shorten all palaver;
sfIIaye Patience ~ cried he, fEdearest girl,
And may really have her?''
The deed was done: no more that night
Clicked needles in the corners
And she is Mrs. Joshua White
That once was Patience Warner.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-14
TaENEW cQNsfIfnTInN o. MIssduRI.

The following are the leading features
of the new Constitution of Missouri,
adopted by a majority of the people:
1t declares Missouri free State for
ever
It establishes the equality of all men
before the law.
1t prohibits legislation interfering with
the personal rights of men on account of
their color. -.
1t declares. that Missouri shall ever
remain as a member of the American
Union
It excludes from the ballot box and
from office, all traitors, rebels, rebel SYM
pathizers, guerrillas, marauders, bush
whackers, and their aiders and abettors.
1t IN like manner excludes those who
enrolled themselves as disloyaL, or as
Southern sympathizers, to avoid military
duty.
It provides for an efficient registration
of voters, thereby securing the exclusion
of illegal voters.
1t removes the rule requiring treason
to be proved by at least two witnesses,
and leaves 1t to be proved as any othsr
crime.
It invites immigration from Europe by
extending the elective franchise to those
persons of foreign birth who have, more
than one year before an election, declared
their intention, according to law, to be-
come citizens of the United States.
1t forbids private, local and special leg
islation, which for 30 years has cursed
the State, and brings the State under a
uniform system of general laws,
It prohibits lotteries.
It forbids the Legislature making COM
pensation for emancipated slaves.
1t stops the creation of corporations by
special acts, with enormous and danger
GUS powers, and requires all corporations
to be formed under general laws.
1t prohibits the creation, renewal nP
extension of the charter of any bank Of
issue. t..-.r,--
It protects the interest of the people
by imposing upon stock holders individ-
ual liability for the debts of corporations.
It secures an efficient system of com
mon schools for the free education of the
children of the State. e-t.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-14
Drink FoR The npOe.pAYs.n

The excessive use of cold water during
the sweItering heat Of the dog days" Of
summer often results in serious and
alarming illness. 1t is therefore advisa-
bic that some beverage should be substi-
tuted for it, Of which those oppressed
can partake with safety. For this pur-
pose, we are aware of no better or more
refreshing drink than the following:
Take Of the best white Jamaica root
carefully bruised, two ounces; cream of
tartar, one ounce; water, six quarts, to be
boiled for about five minutes, then etrain-
ed; to the strained liquor add one pound
of sugar, and again place it over the fire;
keep it well stirred till the sugar is per-
fectly dissolved, and then pour into an
iearthen vessel, into which you have pre-
viously put two drachms of tartaric acid,
and the rind Of one lemon, and let in re-
main till the heat is reduced to a luke
warm temperature; then add table,
spoonful of yeast, stirring them well to-
gether, and bottle for use. The corks
must be we'll secured The drink win
be in high perfection in four or five days.
This is very refreshing and wholesome
beverage. and one which may be largely
partaken of without any unpleasant re-
suits, even in the hottest weather.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-14
DELAWARE, OHIO, JULY IA. 1866.

al army stood before her astonished eyes.
"Rachell''
Ralph VaneI'
Nay, scarcely wonder that you look
cOldly at me, Rachel, but have been
true to you all these years. Here is the
letter | gave your father for you, three
years ago this very summer. When you
gave me no answer either by look or word,
[ fancied you had been playing with my
affections. Now l see how erroneously
[ have Judged you. Rachel, will you read
the letter now? Will you give the an
swer I waited for, so long and vainly, the
night before | enlisted?'
She broke the seal with trembling
hands, and glanced over the contents of
the time yellow note.
20, Ralph!' she murmured, bursting
into tears, ''can you ever forgive me for
the hard thoughts I have cherished to-
ward your
Then you will be my wife now, Rach-
"I cannot tell you how gladly-hOw
Xillinglyl"
es'"Will you give her to me, Mrs. Bens-
ley?o said the tall soldier, kneeling on
one knee beside the widows chair.
May God deal with you as you deal
with my child, Ralph Vane!' uttered
Mrs. Bensley, solemnly.
Late into the glorious moonlight of
that August night they sat and talked.
Rachel learned that riches and
honor had been showered upon her be-
trothed husband from fortunes liberal
hand since he had left the little New
England village and ''gone soldering; -
and he in his turn listened to the sad
story of old Jacob Bensleys failure and
death, and his widows poverty.
And then he told them how the an
tique fingers Of the little old-fashioned
clock had guided him back to the heart
whose constant love was to be his wife s
sunshine and henceforward and forever.
And the most treasured ornament in
Mrs. Captain Vanes exquisite boudoir is
a wooden clock, time-stained, and rudely
carved. Yet she would not exchange it
for the cestliest time-piece of alabaster
and gold, that ever sparkled through
Tiffany's plate-glass windows.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-14
FTDELITY.

Desert not your friend in danger and
distress. Too many there are IN the
world whose attachment to those they
call friends is confined to the day of pros
perity. As long as that continues, they
are, or appear to be, affectionate and cor
dial. But as soon as their friend is un-
der cloud, they begin to withdraw and
separate their interests from his, In
friendship of this sort, the heart has as
suredly never had much concern. For
the great test of true friendship is con-
stancy in the hour of danger adherence
in the season of distress. When your
friend is illuminated, then is the time,
openly and boldly, to espouse his cause.
When his situation is changed, or mis-
fortunes are fast gathering around him,
then is the time for affording prompt and
jealous aid. When sickness or infrm-
ity occasions him to be neglected by 9TH
ers, that Is the opportunity which every
real friend will seize of redoubling all
the aHeetianate attention which love sug-
gests. These are the Important duties,
the sacred claims of friendship, religion
and virtue enforce on every worthy mind.
To show yourself warm in this manner
in the cause of your friend, commands
esteem, even in those who have personal
interests in opposing him This honora-
Bile zeal of friendship has, every age, at
tracted the veneration of mankind. 1t
has consecrated to the latest posterity the
names of those who have given up their
fortunes and have exposed their lives In
behalf of the friends whom they loved
while ignominy and disgrace have ever
been the portion of those who deserted
their friends in the hour of distress.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-14
Regal Notice.

%FOTICE is hereby given that Robert Ferguson John
I'M Garvin and VIM. B. Blaiuey, Trustees OF the
First Presbyterian Church in Kingston township,
Delaware cOnnty Ohio, the 18th day OF june 1870,
hed in the ONCE Of the Clerk of the Court Common
pleas or Delaware county, Ohio, their petition, and
the same is now pending, the object and prayer Of
which IL that said Trustees may be authorized sell
the following tract land belonging id church,
to-wit: Situate in Delaware county, State Of Ohio,
and section / township 5, range II. c. s. ~, and
located follows: Beginning stake at the south
east Of lot No. 10 Of said seeten thence north
along line OF said lot As rods thence west SO
rods and q 20 links, the centre Of the Napoleon
road thence north 43 degrees. along the
said road 81 rods and Ave links; thence rods
the place of beginning-con acres, more OF
ess and apply and invest the proceeds in additions
and permanent repairs OF other real estate OF said
church namely, of the church buildings and premises
Said petition will for hearing at the OF
said Court, commencing July 24th 1855
Dated this nth day of iune 1865
CAREER 4 VAN DEMAN,
june 23-4t Att'ys Tor Petitioners.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-14
THE POISONING or ANDREW JOHNSON on THE
FOURTH or MARGH.

Our theory Of the poisoning of An
drew johnson on the day of the inaugu-
ration, whenit was the original intention
of the assassins to have slain Cur Presi-
dent, has received a singular confirmation
in the testimony of one of the late wit-
pesses on the assassination trial, before
the military court at Washington. Mar
Gus p. Norton, of Troy, in this State, tes
tilted that he had seen Atzerott, to whom
had been eonfded the murder Of tbs
Vice President elect, and OLaughiins
who was to have killed General Grant, in
company with Booth at the National
Hotel, on the I'd or 3D. day Of March, aud
overheard a conversation among these
parties. in which it was said III the
matter succeeded as well with johnson
as with Buchanan, they would be pretty
we'll sold" II will be remembered that
Buchanan was poisoned at the National
Hotel at the time of his inauguration in
1856; and the allusion by the assassies
to that circumstance, taken together with
Mr.. Johnson's singular illness. at the
time of his inauguration, and the proof
that Booth had stood posted at the Cap
itol to shoot Mr. Lincoln on that very
morning, seemed to be conclusive that
the singular condition of the Vice Presi-
dsut on that occasion. was attributable 10
the inauence of poison. His powerful
physical nature triumphed over the in-
sidious DRUG, and hence the allusion in
the subsequept.circular which gave di-
rections to the assassins, that each OF
them must bear ia mind that the cup
had once failed. ~ W.iikes' Spirit Of the
Times
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.ros1. billings A,.s,eers his co,respo,.aents.

AMERIoUs.-Your contribution is in
hand We like its huidness. 1T is like
lie on q sand hill Natur has did good
thing fur you, and you had orter tew be
willing tew dew good thing fur natur.-
This line in your produkshun striks US as
very buteful and origgenul:
"And larn the luxury of dewing good"
Goldsmith himself mite hev bin prowd
of such line. And again:
''Oh, wu'd sum power the gift gle us,
Nv seeing ourselfs- az uthers see u.s."
Your idee Nv introdusing the Skoteh
acksent intew your stile is veri happee-if
yu never hev red Roburt Burns, yu will
be surprised to larn that his stile very
much resembles yours. Ones more yu
say:
sIf ignorance is bliss, tits folly to be wise. "
This sentyment is just as true as it IL
kommon. Pope, I think, haz sumthing
similar but awl great minds sumtimes
express theirselfes alike. Your contribu-
shun will appear in our next issu, with a
wood cut pictur Nv a saw buk at the top
Nv it.
FLoRA.--Yu sa that ''yure Adolphus
has proved untru, and yu must di.
never advise deth under emmy circumstan.
ces, althow it proberbly IL cheper jist now
teW die than it is to live. Bear up like q
man under your dispensashuns. TAX sun
pills but if you find that you are Sc
bound up in Adolphus that fssick won
work, hire out to a distrik skule, and II
won t be three (3) munths b4 yu kan eks
claim, with the patriark of old, "Adol-
pus be id
BERTA.-I think sumly as yu du, this
wurld is all fetin cirkus, fer mans illu
shun given" but that amt no rezun fel
not pitchin In and bein illushuned Onse IL
while [ wouldn't give sent fer MAI
who hadn't been illushuned and wht
did nt ekspekt tew he.seyeral times again
MATTHEW.-I see bi yure letter that VI
have determined tew study ministry. "
sa yu have doubts about yure talents be
ing enuff1y teW make a minister. L don
think [ orter bluff yu oph, fer have saw
menny men Nv almity mean taleHts VIII
got tew be fust rate ministers.
! PHILANDER.-Yu ask me which IL tn
most best, the marrid or single condishun
Most everybody at sum time in their lif
haz tried the single state also most eve
ryboddy haz hankered after the dubl
state, OF married condishun. have triet
both states, and am reddy tew sWare tina
| if man kan git a woman who kan fr.
| tpankakes on both sides without burnil
them, and don't banker tew be wi immin
Tkommitty, the married state is a Heavel
and earth awl to onSt. But after awi, tn
narrid state IL a good deal like fallin GU
a cherry tree If a person don't happel
Htew git hurt, it is not reZun fer trying
agin.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-14


A teacher in western county in Cana
da, while making his frst.visit to his con
stituents, came into conversation with an
ancient yarmouth" lady, who had taken
up her residence in the back-woods. OF
course, ahe school and former teachers
came IL for criticism and the old lady,
In speaking Of bis predecessor asked:
Wa'al, master, Nhat do yer think he
larnt the scholars ~
Couldn't say lpa'apq spfaty what did ne
teach 2" ~
itWa'aI. he told 'em that tizis III 5e airth
was round, and went round; and aH shat
sorter thing. Now master, what dc you
think about such stuff? ? Don't you think
he was an ignorant feller 2"
Unwilling to come under the category
of ignorance, the teacher evasively re-
marked
1T really did seem strange but still
there are great many learned men who
teach these things. .
t'Wa'al, says the old lady, If the airth
is round. and goes round, what holds i
20, these learned men say that it goes
Eound the sun, and that the sun holds 1t
up by virtue of the law of attraction.
The old lady lowered erspecks, and by
the way Of climax, responded
WA al, if these high larnt men sez the
sun holds up the airth, should like to
know what holds up the airth when the
sun goes dowR. a.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-14
WORDS.
BY ). C. HOLLAND

The robin repeats his two beautiful words,
The meadoW-lark whistles his one refrain;
And steadily, over and over again,
The same song swells from a hundred birds.
BobOlink, chickadee, blackbird. and jay,
Thrasher and woodpecker, cuckoo and wren,
Each sings its word, or its phrase, and then
It has nothing further to sing or say.
Into that word, er that sweet little phrase,
All there may be Of its life must crowd;
and low and liquid, or hoarss and loud,
1t breathes its burden or joy and praise
4 little child sits in his fathsr's door.
Chatting and singing with careless tongue;
A thousand musical words are sung,
And he holds unuttered q thousand more.
Words measure power; and they measure thine;
Greater art thou in thy childish years
Than all the birds OF a hundred spheres;
They are brutes only, but thou art divine.
Words measure destiny. Power to declare
Infinite ranges Of passion and thought,
Heds with the infinite only its lot =
Is CT eternity only the heir.
Words measure life. aud they measure its joy;
Thou hast more JOY in-thy childish years
Than the birds OF hundred tuueful spheres,
So-sing with the beautiful birds, my boyl
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-14

An oil refinery, to be the largest in the
world. is about to be erected in Philadel-
phia, on the banks of the SchuylkiI, near
Point Breeze. The works will be built
There will be storage room for $4,000
barrels of refined oil,
Some one suggests that cedar birds and
sparrows be procured to diminish the
number of measure-worms in New York.
The Evening Post says that the $4,000
of the birds.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-14

TO MAKE GLOSSY SHIRF BosoMs.--
Take two ounces of fine white gum ara
bic powder, put into pitcher aud pour
an II a mint or more of boiling water, ac-
cordinr 10 the degree of strength you de-
sire-and then, after having covered ii.
let it stand all night-in the morning,
clean bottle, cork it up and keep it for
use. A tablespoonful of gum water
stirred in pint Of starch made in the
usual manner will give 10 lawns, either
white or rprinted, a look ofneWness, hen
nothing else will restore them after they
have been washed.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-14
Law Notice.

wAMEs K WILLIAMS Of Titusvills, in the County Of
ID Crawford, the State of Pennsy vania s notified
that Lydia Williams did on the 18th day of June,
1885, file petition in the Office OF the Clerk Of the
Court Of Common Pleas within and for the County Of
eargare and State Of 0hlo charging the said James
X Williams with adultery with person. to said petit
TONER unknown. and with adultery with divers other
persons, to petitioner unknown, and with habtual
drunkenness for three years. and asking that she
may be divorced from said James K Williams, and
Tor aimony and the custody of minor children which
petition viii be for hearing at the next term of said
Court, commencing July 24tht 1865.
Dated this J. Tth day Of June, 1865
LYDIA WILLIAMS,
June 23-6t by CARPER & VAN DEAIAN, her Atty's
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.4n 1risa sohoot,aaster rat Oat.

A country school teacher, preparing for
an exhibition of his school, selected a
class Of pupils and wrote down questions
and corresponding answers for them on
examination day. The day had arrived,
and so had the hopefuls, all but one. The
pupils took, their places as. had been ar
question of the absentee came, when The
teacher asked, I'm whom do you bell eve p
"Napoleon Bonaparte," was the answer
quickly returned You believe in the
Holy Catholic Church, do you not 2''-
|"No, said the youngster amidst roars o.
laughter; the boy that believes in thai
Church hasn't come to school to-day; he'i
at home sick abed. 1uI ~
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LEGAL NOTICES.
Notfce.

mEARY ANN WoRLIEE (residence unknownl is noti-
Hfh fed that James H. Worne did the 18Th day Of
Jane 1896 Gle his petition in the oce Of the Clerk Of
the Court Of Common Pleas, within and for the county
on Delaware and State OF Ohio, charging the said
Mary Ann worline with adultery with one W. +
stark and others asking that he may be divorced
from the said Mary Ann WorIine which petition will
stand for hearing al the next term Of said Court.
This 18th day or June, 1855.
JAMES II. WORLINE
By J. ALLEN, his Atty. june I5-6w
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-14
w. G. LITTEIL..
no xou want
a Sewing Machine 2

FTHhe Best Is the Cheapest get the best.
All Sewlng Machine Agents represent their particu
lar Machine TO be the uey best The only way test
this matter is by practical work. There now some
thirty aHOWE MACHINES in in this town and
vicinity, and If YOU will call at tho Agency you
get the names OF the persons families using them
Several OF these persons have used all the fvoFte
machines In the Market, but now give the tsH0we''
the preference decidedly. O. PLATT aast4as
Agent for Howe Sewing Machine
Mar III 266 No. WIlliams' Block.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-14

Eminent men were called to consult up
ON the matter and after an immense;
amount of time consumed, they were in
formed that the stone WAS For cattle
to rub their tails against r