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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-09-09
AUCTION SALE
OF
Drv Goods and Groceries |
IN THE TOWN OF FULTON.

In IAE IOWN OF FULTON.
7 WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUG.
i TON at my store room, in the town of Full.
ton, on Friday, Septe mber 9Th, 1865, my entire
stock Of Dry Goods, consisting Of Delaines, Mus.
Inns, Prints, Irish and Table Linen, Cassimeres
Jeans, Flannels and all articles usually found In
a first class Dry Goods House. Also about one
thousand dollars worth of Boots and Shoes, TO.
gether with awell assorted lot of China and Glass
ware; Also complete assortment Of Groceries
having on hand six barrels OF good brown Su.
gar, one lbarrel of crushed Sugar, two barrels
Molasses, 5000 Ford's best Stogy Cigars and
such other articles as may be found in well reg.
ulsted Grocery Store all of which will be sold n
lots to suit purchasers. Also one pair of Fair.
banks Scales, one Show Case, one pair balances.
q lot of Blacksmith's Tools, five Stands of Bees
and various other articles too numerous TO mon.
ton.
Sale 10 commence at 9 o'clock A. NJ, and con.
tnue from day to day until all is disposed Of
Terms Of Sale-An sums under s25 cash, on all
sums of twenty.fv dollars and upwards . cred.
1t Of 90 days will be given, the purchaser giving
note and security.
SILAS w. WHARTON.
Fulton, Aug. 30, 1865
p S.-An persons knowing themselves In.
dobtcd to me will please call and settle, 40 that
Imay be able to settle with my creditors hav:
ing resolved upon retiring from business
8. W. WHARTON
L. MCCoSN Auctloneer. aug30.l0t
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Observation-Disclosures
! FOR SALE.

- sPLKND1D DAPPLE aHRY
~ Horse, l6 and o half hands high, six years
bid sound and suitable for alady to drive. AL
70, one Carriage, Abuilt by Wood & Co., New
York. VIII seat comfortably four persons:
Apply to MAJOR T. b. HALSEY,
sep9 400 Paymaster-
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E. A. WEBER,
103 MAIN STREET

II Hundreds ofother new and beautiful pieces
and books, the famous
Tramp Tramp, Tramp for the Guitar.
White Squall," splendi mariae song, Ivy
Baker.
. Isabel Lost Isabel" Subject from East
Lynne) by Winner.
Keep Oae Kind Thought for Me-" by Nan.
ME.
Diapers Fife Without Master" IS cents
Diapers Fife Melodies" GO cents
Melodica, the Art of Playing the Piano." by
AID. Baumbach. IS cents.
Geo. F. Roots Cabinet Organ and Zindel's Me-.
lodeOns. sep7.3t
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SculIy's Cider and Wine Mill

The subscribers respectfully invite the atteu.
ton of ali interested In the manufacture Of CT
der. 70 the superior merits Of the above men.
toned machine. For simplicity, compactnesa
strength; ec9nomy Of power, and Quality OF
work performed, challenges comparison. We
make two sizes, one size Tor hand power and
one for hand or horse power. Send Tor Circu.
lar.
SINCLAIR & CO.'S IMPROVED LIME
SPREADER, the best In use. THRASHERS
AND CLEANERS, THRAsHERS AND
STRAW, CARRIFRS, PLAIN THRASH.
ERS, PETQE HORSE POWERS SINCLAIRs
SPUR GEAR POWERS, three sizes, 10 no, and
shorsersiiway powers. WHEAT AND GUANO
DRILLS PLAIN DRILLS with erass sesder n,
tached, GRIST MILLS, both French Bun ana
Cologne stones Iron Plantation MIls, Corn and
or; Wheat Fans Cider and Wine Mills and Pres
ses, Field Rollers, all iron; Iron Clsd Crushing
Rollers. Left Hand Flows, with both cast and
wrought Iron shares Right Hznd Flows of an
varieties and sizes HarroTs. Cultivators, PIov
and Machine Castings for sale Wholesale and r..
tail and at the lowest market rates.
r. SINCLAIR A. co
Do O Light street. Bsltinsrs Ma
~ q
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Franklin Insurance Company
OF WHEELING.
DIRECTORS

Il. II. Logan, L. p. Shallcross Geo. X. Wheat,
Geo. Mendel John Z9ckler. Samuel McClel-
Ian, G. w. Franzheim, Jas. N. Vance, Alex.
Laughlin
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i9e MANses
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28

.sty for the soldiers was IN aftsrtheught,
IN excuse for his per6dy.
We speak Of this section Of the county
when We say that Durbin is the only act
i've msn who calls himself Republican
that is willing to fatter this independent
ticket. Of course some Of the copper
heads say, sit is = shame the Republicans
didn't nominate more soldiers" but they
are understood. As Durbin is running
Mcssrs. Nick. 4 r. our readers must ex-
pect to hear all sorts Of stories. In the
country he will say that all the Rcpub'i-
cans ia town are with him. On the west
side of the river all on the east side will
be represented as going with him, and
80 it will be everywhere. We already
hear that it is said that Col. Rothrock
aud Capt. Wolf are among the boIters.-
We have the best authority for saying
that there is no reason for any such state.
ment. They don't intend to support
any thing but the regular ticket. We by
no means say that Durbiu would tell =
f,lsehood, but he is subject to "paroxs.
NAL fits of insanity" and when he gets to
talking about Mr.. Ingman or Mr.. Shear,
er, he gets excited and the aft" comes
on. We make these statements because
i. is proper that the people should know
lust who it is that heads the movement.
The men whose names are on the Re.
publican ticket we're nominated by the
Republican party, and it is the duty Of all
10 the party to support them. We would
not say this if there were any real oh.
lection to the men. They are admitted
to be good men aud all the reason that
can be given for opposing them is that
somebody else wants the Office.
1.-THE movers in this matter think We
have misrepresented the facts, We will
make them this offer: If they will get
up a statement as to who Of the Repub-
licans in this vicinity will support Messrs.
Mex. Il r., aud get these Republicans
to sign it, We will publish it with all the
names. 10 that way it can be known
just who is.for it and who is not. Will
they dare to do it? Il
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28
Mass Meeting.

There will be . Mass Meeting Of the
Union men of Cedar county, at Upton,
ON SATURDAY, THE 7ru OF OCTOBER,
at one o'clock p. m.
Col. WRIGHT, Capt. SAFLEr, Col.
RoruRocK, Capt. WOLF, and others will
speak, Turn GU. all and spend one day
prior to the election for your country.
The cops are now pretending to sleep
but it is only pretense. Let US bury
them so deep that they will know no
waking. S. s. DANIELS,
Chm Central Committee.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28
COUNTY TICKET.

COUNTY TICKET.
For Representatives,
COL. ED. WRIGHT, Of Cover TIP,
CAPT. JOHN G. SAFLEY, of Red Oak tt
For County Judge,
JEREMIAH C. BETS, of Center TIP.
For County Treasurer.
GEORGE P. INGAAN, of Center TIP.
For Sheriff,
JOHN D. SHEARER Massilon TIP.
For Superintendent Of Common Schools,
GARRISON A. POUND, of Center TIP.
For Surveyor,
F.A. GATES, of Massi,on TIP.
THOMAS JAMES. Of Cover TIP.
For Drainage Commissioner,
ROBERT COVER, ofCass TIP.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28

| w no ARE lHEY line IOEeSotuS
question has been asked as to those who
got Messrs. McElvey and Rigby to con-
sent to the use of their pames in an at
temps to break up the Republican organ
ization, and We have been asked to an.
swer it. We propose to answer itas far
as We are able to do 80. One L. D. Dur.
bin, who went in:o the 18th Iowa rsgi-
ment as Lieutenant, aud resi- gned, and
afterwards went into the hundred day
service as Captain, and figured till he got
the Lieut.. Colonelcy, is about the only
man who pretends to be Republican,
who had anything to do in getting out
new candidates. Some Of our readers
may not know who this man Durbin H.
and to them we would say that he cane
here some six or eight years ago, and
soon began to figure for some nomiua-
ton at the hands Of tho Republicans.
He was particularly anxious to 60 to the
Legislature, but the Republicans didn't
"see it," In 1861, we believe it was,
he was nominated and elected Surveyor.
That fall he went into the 1lth Iowa,
and instead of resigning and permitting
the Board of Supervisors to appoint a
Surveyor, he attempted to foist upon the
people one d. F. Paving, one of the
worst copperhesds in the county, BY ap-
pointing him Surveyor. We did wha'
little we could to prevent such disgrac'
upon the county, for which we have re
ceived the eternal hate Of Durbin.-
The Board of Supervisors refused t
recognize the deputy and appointed
Surveyor. So that it was in spite Of Mr.
Durbin loyal Cedar had loyal Surveyor
Since leaving the army Mr.. Durbin ha
been very anxious to get some Office
When Sheriff Palmer resigned, he al
tempted to get appointed as his successor
but the Board of Supervisors remember
, ed his course as to the surveyorship an
refused to appoint him. He then trie
= to Dust Mr.. Elliott, that he might get j
e as Deputy Provost Marshal, but that di
not work. BY this time Durbin becam
pretty we'll satisfied that he could not q
an Office himself, aud then he set to wor
r. to defeat those that he thoughx u
= stood in his way. Ho was especial
o anxious to defeat Mr. Ingman, and labo
x ed hard to get delegates to the Coun,
s. Convention that were opposed to him.
It We did hear that he made some terrib
- threats that the Republican party wou
lie be split to pieces If Mr.. Ingman was moi
-. :. mated, and his conduct since would sho
Of that such threats were made. In spi
= of Durbin's effort, Mr.. Ingman was r
ct nominated by the Convention, and
10 participants at least were 10 honor bour
! to abide by the result, but no one wi
,e knew Durbin expected he would abb
'e by it, if he could find any ore to seco,
lie his efforts. No sooner was tho conve
y ton adjourned than Durbn was seen
as deep consultation with such patriots
re B. F. Pawling, j. Swiueford and Il
~ like. lie tried bard to get some Repu
y lican to come out as a candidate befo
y he sought Capt. McKelvey and Lier
50 Rigby. He tried those who had n
Y. been soldiers, which shows that his an,
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28

The Lake steamer Buckeye sunk in
the st. Lawrence river, on Saturday.
Seven lives are reported lost.
The Alabama State Convention on
Saturday passed the ordinance abolishiug
slavery by vote of 50 to 8.
The cholera is abating in Constantine
pie, tho number Of deaths per day having
dropped from over 1000 to l43.
General Osterhaus has assumed com.
mand of the Department Of the Missis.
sippi, at Vicksburg, General Slocum
having left for the North.
The English war steamer Devastation
has sailed from Acapulco in search OF
the pirate Shenandoah. The command.
or OF the English vessel expressed Do.
termination to capture tho pirate whore
ever found.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28

REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Governor,
i'' WILLIAM N. STONE.
For Lieutenant Governor,
BENJAMIN +. CUE.
For Superintendent Of Public instruction,
DRAM FAVILLE.
For Supreme Judge,
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28

Col. BENTON is said to be stumpipg
it somewhere in the north part of the
State. He travels alone, and refuses to
canvass with a Republican. Gov. Stone
and Gen. Vandsver tried to get him to
discuss with them, but he refused both.
He prefers to ego it alone" and 60 it
alone he will on the 10th of October as
well.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28

n2-The straight out Democrats have
nominated State ticket, adopted plat
form and appointed State Central Com.
mittee consisting Of S. Hutchins, OF
Dubuque; D. Steward, Council Bluffs;
&. s. Guernsey, Kcosauqua, B. Rice,
Des Moines; F. Plummer, Davenport; J.
Hemphill, Rich Grove, and N. G.. Sales,
Anamosa. They don't propose to sell
out as cheaply as did Jones and Claggett.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28
TEA & TABLE SETS.

"HoIly" plain White Granite Crockery, in u.
bic sets complete or separate pieces to suit
purchasers.
"Corn" White Granite Crockery, an exqui.
site.y beautiful design, in table sets complete
separate pieces as desired.
'Ribbon Border" White Granite Crocksry, IN
sctts or separate pieces. H.r ."s
Common or "CC' Crockery. consisting Of
Teas, Plates, Bowls, Pitchers, &C., in large sup
ply
"New York Pattern" Flint Glass Ware, IN
Foot Bowls, Sugars, Creams, Buffers, dc.
"silver Plated' and 'Brittania" Castor Frames
in beautiful styles.
For sale by VIII, A. Of.
C0n GLASS FRUIT JARS. at prices
CUO from Ia cts. to so cts. each, for sale
by W. II. A. 6F.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28

g-The soldiers tickets in Clinton and
Mu,catine counties are all off the track,
and now the cops in Muscatinc have
brought out a ticket. The fact is the
mass of the soldiers do not wish to sepa-
rate from their friends, or give comfort
to the cops in any way and they will
support the Republican ticket.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28
Terms: Ready Pay!

Terms Ready Pay!
Desiring to establish a permanent
trade, no effort will be neglected to insure
satisfaction to every patron by strictly
honorable intercourse with all.
The highest market prices will be ps'd
for Butter, Eggs, &c. Cash paid for Batter
when desi cd.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28
C,'ocke,'y,
Table and Pocket Cutlery,

Tah ample experience, and reasonable
facilities for tie purchase 81 n"erehas'
dixie, ,hey are confident IN their "o'l''y
to successfully compete either !" the p1r'
chase or safe of merchandise wi'h any
and all competitors.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28
,,dlv TO enter the rebel army and bgn'
''o'e col. P. P. HENDERSON,
MAJOR L. b. HOUSTON, tVsH
CAPT. N. L. MCPHERSON,
Che Tiptun 9dpsrtisf'
DANIELS, Editor.

.. 8. DANIELS, Editor.
r1PToN. IOWA:
rurpspAY SEPTEMBER %, 1865.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28

~ ENTLEMEN with yankee tendencies" css
NJ find choice variety Of the .inevitsrD''
Jackknife,s on sale by WHA6F
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-10-10

PASSENGERS LEAVING SAN FRANCIS.
i co by Boat at ar. NJ, will take the Cars ut
Sacramento, on both roads, at $50 4. NJ, for the
Lake Bigler Route, will change 20 Stages Mt
Shingle Springk For Donner Lake Route, at
Colfax Station; arriving in Virginia. by both
Lines, In sc hours from San Francisco-
Crossing the Mountains by Daylight!
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-10-10

prI refer, with permission. to NM Gen; John
A. Dix, United States Army. No. West 5is n ST.
ling slip c. Z. HabIcht, Esq, Consul for Nor.
way and Sweden. l27 Pearl .t.i MesErs. J. =.
Marshall e. Co., 260 Fulton st.; Hon J. ID. Key
inert Counsellor at Law. 1856 Nassau at; and the
most respectable business men OF New York CITY,
and In all the principal commercial cities In tue
world
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-10-10

OLD. .. .r'r# a'Er~2+ sas ...-..
. VOL. f. BErycI-Iu9
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-10-10
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.
Annual Report Of the Pacific Insu-
rance Company. . ...

Annual Report of the Pacific Insu-
rance Company. ...
SWORN STATEMENT.
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT passed
/ April 22d, 1850, concerning corporations, the
Pacific Insurance Company makes the following
report: .....
l. The amount Of the capital stock Of this com.
pany il seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
all paid in cash. .S75O,OOO 20
II. The amount OF assets is nine hundred and
seventeen thousand. four hundred and forty-two
dollars and forty.eight cents. ,442 4s
Ill The compamy has no debts.
". The amount OF insurance written during
the year is eleven millions nine hundred and sew
enty.seven thousand eight hundred and ffty,fye
dollars. Sll ,gT7,sS1 90
The amount of insurance In force December
3Ist ten millions, one hundred and twenty thou
slO,l2O,s9i 90
V. The Company insures against the following
RISKS. viz: ......
buildings, Quartz Mills, Merchnndise,
Household Furniture, Rents, Leases,
and other Personal
PROPERTY
for loss damage by iire.
VI. The largest sum this Company will take on
-; one risk il $4,000, the limit fixed by law,
out ON all such large risks Reinsurance TO GER
tain extent will be made in other responsible COM
panieS J. HUNT, President.
4. J. RALsToS, Secretary.
San Francisco, January l6, 1868
William Alvord. Moses Ellis.
EB Bench!ey, AG Stiles,
f. LaZard Moses Heller.
Scligman, Edward Martin,
Alfred Borrl, A Tubbs,
Charles Mayne, Thomas,
Louis McLanr. ID w Z Rice,
LLOYD Tevls John G Bray,
John G. Kit;lr David Sterns,
W G. Ralston William Sherman.
James DeFremery Samuel C Bigelow,
q W Beaver. l. Sachs,
Herman Mchels, SM Wilson,
Ell Goldstcin Alpheus Bull,
" Hanssman, William Scholic,
IN Sewhall.
State of California, City and County OF San
Francisco, ss-0n the 10th day ofJanuary, A. n.
1865 personally appeared before neil S. Ho-
mans, a Notary Public in and for said city and
county, duly commissioned and sworn-A. J.
Ralston, Secretary of the Pacific Insurance Com
pauy, who, being duly sworn. did depose and say
that the statements contained in the foregoing re-
port of the Pacific Insurance Company, TO the
best OF his knowledge and belief are true full and
correct. a. j. RALSION.
Sworn and subscribed 10 before me, this 10th
iay Of january, A. ID. 1865.
ii. S. HOMANS, Notary Public.
The Pacific Insurance Company,
Having in compliance with the law, deposited
Fifty Thousand Dollars in the bonds Ofth State
81 Nevada, are now prepared to effect Insurance
Loves: E.tnblished RRtes:
OFFICE-At the Agency of the Bank Of Cali
tornia, corner OF C. and Taylor streets, Virginia,
Nevada SHARON & RALSTON,
General Agents for the State of Nevada
Iiy29 is6ml
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-10-10

BrAny person wishing 70 be infSTmsd s,I IN re-.
Close stamped envelope. addressed to himself
then the desired information will be sent by re-
turn mail Please address. ,,.,x~,, % s.
"' ERNEST A. .ERLANDSON,
.... VI - CommisSi0n Merchant,
ooa I'm ll6 William st., New York CsIy, 4.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-10-10
DIR. TOZ H ~
YenercnI or Chronic.

EXPERIENCE Is OF FORTY YEARS STAND
II ing and during that time has met with unpar-
eed success In ;he treatment OF all those diseases
generally known
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DIR. CHAS. III. TOXER'S
PRIVATE

MED ICAL INSTITUTE,
y. T.. Cor. Jackson and kearny sts.,
SAN FRANCISCO,
re Gr,d, Eradieator Of Special Comp!Gints for.
uerly Of Locks Hospital London EtRh.
YSdrs in Sacramento, aud the
last Three Years in San
Francisco
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-29

ANAFFLIcTED EDIToR.-The Charlottes-
vile (Ya.) Chronicle has grown desper-
ate over the learning that surrounds
him.
Charlottesville is fairlysentitled to be
called the literary centre of the South.
There is, first, the University of Vir-
GINA, with its learned professors on all
sorts of subjects. Then we have two
large female seminaries, where young
ladies learn thirty or forty things ending
in-ology. Then we have some half
dozen 6rst-clsss academies foe boys
Then several select schools Then a
number of schools for the English
branches And then the whole colored
population, of all sexes and ages, is re-
peating from morning to night, s-b--ab;
e-b-sb; i-b--ib; e-a-t--cat; d-o-g-dog;.
c-u.p-cup-; ect-throngh all the les
sons in orthography. There are some
four or FIVE colored schools, and little
negro chaps darken very door with prim-
ers in their hands. IL we pass black
smiths shop. we hear a-b-ab; if we
peep into a shoemaker's shop, we hear
a-b--ab; if we pass negro cabin in the
suburbs of town, we hear the sound of.
a-b-a5; if the cook goes out to suckle.
her infant, it is a-b-ab; the dining room
servant washes PIP his dishes and plates,
crying a>b-ab; Jerry blacks boots, say
ing, with rapid strokes, a.b--ab; the
whole air resonant with a.b-ab. ThR
yellow boy who sleeps in our chamber
aWoke us the other night, muttering alb
lab. Mr.. Greedy has stirred up thunder
here. If you send little negro boy on
an errand, be is spelling everything he
meets in one syllable The little white
boys look az them wonderingly, and try
to cork them. In a month. or SO we ex-
pect to issue an evening edition of the
Chronicle in monosyllables, to increase
our circulation-perhaps apictorialwith
tubs and spades, and ants and COWS, and
owls and bats--ike the primers.
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-29

Will sell at public auction, at the door of the
Court House in the City Of Evansville, Indians,
the following Lots, parts of Lots, and parcels
Real Estate, and improvements, assessed for the
payment of City Taxes for the year 1865, due from
said Taxes being now due and unpaid--and for
the costs Of seid SALE and that the sale will be
continued on the next day thereafter, viz: on
Friday. the Sth day Of December, 1865, at 9
O'Clock D m, at the door Of the Court House in
Evansville, for the purpose Of selling such prop
srty Is may have been sold on the day first above
mentioned. and not paid for:
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-29
Gts Daily 5ulltttaG
EVANSVILLE, IND.
WEDNESDAY. ..NoYEMBER %

The USE OF LANGUAGE-A cores
pondent of the Providence Journal in
a long communication, bewails the i'm
proper use of language among popular
writer's. We copy the concluding SEN
fences of his article: 40
We fondly deem ourselves the most
spruce, "genteeP and tidy people in the
world, but in the use of language we are
really one of the most slovenly. We
go about with our shoes down at the heel.
More slip.shod slang, and positively in
elegant expressions are used by our we'll
instructed people, than are indulged,
perhaps, by the same class in any other
civilized nation. We very much need a
severe and incisive criticism. Too many
of our instructors need themselves to be
instructed, or subjected to more rigid
discipline. They are, it is to be feared, /
too apt to overlook habitual faults of
style in those they are paid to train as
well as to instruct. Nothing is more ne
cessary in the formation of a presentable
young man than attention to his style of
address; for nothing in a young man
is more charming than a correct and
graceful mode of expression for his
thoughts or his opinions. The impor-
lance of this cannot be easily overrated.
1t seems as if the farther we are with
drawn from the sterling old days, the
more lax becomes the national style,
both of language and of manners. AS
we multiply middle, names indicated |
only by an unmeaning initial letter, we
multiply not less both colloquial and |
written faults. 1t is curious in running /
the eye over the list of persons connected |
with our Revolutionary history, how few /
can be found with middle names. So
far as we have any evidence, most ofiour
modern eorruptions and slang were then [
unknown. f-e5s~(