The Monmouth inquirer., 1865-09-14

The Albany JowrHa1 say that, now that
General Mcclellan is selfexiled, Governor
Seymour hopelessly sunk into oblivion, and
General Sherman declines to be entrapre ed,
the ghost Of Mrs. Surratt is the only recog-
nized leader ofthe democratic party.
Daniel Drew, well-known steamboat
man, of New York, has just built n church
in Carmel, Putnam County, New York, at a
cost of $1,000. The parishioners have ac-
cordingly placed marble slab in the front
of the church, with the following inscription
elegantly carved thereon: "The Daniel
Drew Methodist Episcopal Church"
Bullets can sing andwhistle, but they are
not pleasant musicians.
1t is said that party Of scientific gentle
men who have explored the gold mining reg
ion in Virginia, represent the interior of the
State to be very rich in gold, silver, iron and
other metals, in an undeveloped condition.
A Confederate soldier who had fought
fairly and squarely throughout the late war,
when he was startled with the intelligence of
the surrender of the armies of Lee, John
ston and Taylor, woke up to a realizing
sense" of the stupendousness of the failure.
His surprise broke forth in the exclamation,
DIN the thing, it didn't even flicker, but
went right out"
The Southern rebels end Northern cop
perheads are very anxious to have the col
ored Union soldiers withdrawn from the
South. They were equally clamorous a little
while ago for the withdrawal of the white
troops. .i .r,,.
The editor of a country paper put dozen
saucy questions to political opponent, and
concluded by calling him brandy barrel.
Whereupon the opponent retorts: eff he
has that opinion Of us, no wonder he is so
fond of pumping us.
Who says that reason can't be found for
anything that person may choose to do. A
young fellow in Barnstead, NJ H., cut his
throat the other day because he was going to
drowned herself because she was not going
to be married.
After Springfield pastor had married a
couple the other day, the bridegroom asked
if there was anything to pay. The minister
stated that the law allowed him $l.25, the
happy fellow informed him that though he
had not a cent with him, he would send him
down $3.50 by the stage.
A correspondent in Havana writes that ifl
he wished to describe the island of Cuba in
single line, he would call it
The land of the flea and the home Of the slave"
1t is said that the grandmother of the
Queen of the Sandwich Islands, who is now
On visit to England was one of the party |
that dined off the celebrated Capt Cook
but that does not diminish the cordality OF |
the reception of the distinguished grand
daughter.
There is a man about town who is always
boasting that he likes to ego to the bottom of
things" We would recommend him to ap-
ply to the Atlantic Telegraph Company, who |
might employ him to go to the bottom after
that cable.
Mrs. Senator Kate Chase Sprague is fol
lowing the example of more common people.
She has baby-a boy about five weeks old.
Mrs. Sprague's mother-in-law presented her
with $5o0,000 for having a boy, and settled
100000 on the unfortunate little stranger. |
Black stockings, Of all celors, were adver- |
tised the other day. Black men of all colors
are common down south.
The Hartford Times argues that the negro
is inferior to the white man, because the
former is never known to have the delirum
tremens. Perhaps when he gets his full
equality with the white man he will try to
initiate his vices.
The niggers" are not such fools as their
masters" used to take them for Rt Rev.
Bishop Clinton Ga colored ecclesiastical dig
nitary) stated at the Zion church meeting,
on Thursday evening last, that he addressed
ten thousand freedmen lately at Newburn,
and asked them how they felt about slavery.
Every man cried out with one voice-"The
man who attempts to oppress me, be he
STAKEHOLDER or Northern man, he had better
never been born" The truth is, this Pro-
methean torch of liberty is strange sort of
fire brand. Light it once, and you can't put
it out though you pour on oceans of blood
over it.