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The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-27

Skating.

l have been skating on the creek
back of our house, l had a good
time. | am slow TO recognize new
improvements. IL was a man now,
! suppose would be called an "old
fogy." But as skating is now the
rage, and fashionable; aud, as l am a
Roman, why | skate too. Fashion
does many things. In this instance,
she makes maply sport womanly
sport; and, in my opinion, doesn't
turn aside Quo iota from tho path of
rcctitudo. Ipurloined my brothers
skates while he was at school, and
proceeded cautiously to the frozen
waters. At the end of two hours, |
got my skates on to my intense salts.
faction, and arose to my feet very
conident-like. My poor back had
been curved so long in my efforts to
get my skates on my feet, that IL was
with much pain that regained my
erectness. When 1 did attain this
position, misunderstanding as to
direction on the part of my feet, caus-
ed me some discouragemcnt, and sat
down to reconcile them. l sat down
so eagerly that a spy behind tree
betrayed himself by loud laugh.
lie came forth--a tall, good looking
fellow-and by coincidence, he had
a pair of skates. / thought he was
smart, watching me, and | told him as
much. But he begged pitcously for
pardon, and l forgave him. Then
he learned me to skate. / can skate
now as we'll as any of your city girls
MINNIE MOORE.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-27

ings. While TiiRn was ploddiug
along in cabins with scarcely plank
or a board, pridiug itself upon the
bawbling idea that "this is the county
seat" Fort Bali won't ahead with
self-assuraneo of a final triumph; and
even, it is said, began to put on Of
fensive airs, apparently for the spec
ial modification of its isolated rival
over the river, as if unmindinl Il not
ignorant of the immortal admcnitiou
that "whocvor shall exalt himself
shallbe abased, Ondhe that shall hum
bic himself shall be exalted"
My next communication will give
a history Of the 6rst canal over dug
in our city, aud how it outaanked the
east wing of the dam already described
aud split It's contents into Saudusky
Bay. SYcAMoRE.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-27
MistrllanrOus.
oOurtship in Greenland.


There is something very striking
in tho accounts which are given
OF the custom of eourtship ia Green
land Generally, women enter upon
Tho blessed estate with more willing
ness aud less solicitudc than the men.
The women Of Greenland arc an excep.
tionto this rule. A Greenlander, having
fixed his affections upon some female,
aequaints his parents with the state
of his heart. They apply to the pa
rents of the girl, and if the parties
thus far are agreed, the noxt proceed.
ing is to appoint two female ncgotia.
tors, whose duty Il is to breach the
subject to the young lady. The lady
ambassadors do not shock the young.
lady by any sudden or abrupt avowal
OF the awful subject Of their mission.
Instead Of this they launch out in
praises of the gentleman who seeks
her hand They speak Of the splon-
dor Of his house, the sumptuousuess
OF his courage in catching seals, and
other like accomplishments.
The lady, pretending to be afTront-
ed even at these remote hints, runs
away, tearing the ringlets of her hair
as she rctircs, while the ambassadors,
having got the consent of her parents,
persue her, drag tcr from her con
coaIment, take her by force to the
house of her destined husband, aud
there leave her, Compelled TO re-
main there, she sits for days with
dishevolcd hair, silent and detected,
refusing every kind of sustcnance,
till at last, if kind entreaties do not
prevail, she is compelled by force, and
even blows, to submit to the detested
union. In some cases, Greenland
women faint at the proposal of mar
riago-in others they fly to the noun
tains, aud only return when com.
pcllcd to by cold and hunger, If one
cuts her hair, it is sign that she in-
tends to resist to death. All this
seems so unnatural to us that wo seek
for reason for such an apparent vi
olation of the first principle Of human
nature The Greenland wife is the
slave of her husband, doomed to a
life of toll, drudgery and privation ;
and, il he die, she aud her children
have no resource against starvation.
The marriage state is miserable con-
dition, while widowhood is n still
more appalling fate.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-27
Yankee Oourtship.

One evening as l was sitting by
Hetty, and had worked myself up to
the point of popping the question sez
|:
"Hctty, il a fellow was to ask you
to marry him what would you say2'
Then she laughed, and sez she:
"That would depend on who asked
me-"
Then soz l, "Suppose it was Ned
willis?n ou9 s
SEE she; '1'd tell Ned Willis, but
not you"
That kinder staggered me, but /
was too cute to lose the opportunity,
and so seq |, agent
Suppose it was me?'
And then you ought to see hei
pout up her lip, and sez she;
al don't take no suposses."
Well now, you see, there was moth
ing for me to do but TO touch the
trigger and let the gun off, So bang
il went. Sec L:
Lor, Hotty, it's me. Won't you
say yes
And then there was such halla-
baloo in my head, l don't know zactly
what TUX place, but thought l heard
a eyes" whispered somewhere out
Of the skrimage.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-27
Communicated.

For the Tribune.
MEssRs. EDIToBs I'm 1924 Tifiin
and Fort Ball were rival towns, near
ly contiguous to each other on oppo-
site sides of the Sandusky river, re-
spectiyely occupying the first aud
second wards Of the present city Of
Tifhn, excepting the exterior limits o.
each nave been very considerably ex-
teuded. These towns, then quite
small, containing less than one hund
red inhabitants, mostly west Of the
river, and encircled on all sides BY I
dense forest, were bitter lbelligerentI
not rebels, but 90 equal, independ
ent belIigerents, The bone of con
tention between them was the sPer
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-27
CHRISTMAS EVE.



Twas the vc before Christmas
And The sky vas oVeroast
With a fievt Of dr.. 'tlng vessels,
Without rud Ter, sNu, or must
with shipg that sailed Dsloro the wlnui
And wrecked upoA the BLAST
Obi bitterly and mournfuly
The sailors of the air
Seemed singing IN symphony
That told of dark despair
OF hAYens they would never seei
And pallid faces there
The cloud-shlps, linked together,
Cast their ficecy cargOcs down
On the roads, and on the houses,
faneat New England town.,
And around n quaint Old ste' plci
In mitre, or crown.
Lights were flashing from the easements
On tie newly fallen snow,
And the tinny crystals falling,
Caught a warm and ruddy glow,
Till they seemed like rosy meteoB
Fitting gaiiy to and fro,
There were bright and merry fices
Pressed against the window pane.
And full many heart was anxious
Lest the snow should turn to rain,
And all the merry Christmas bells
BE "polished up" In vain.
There were many happy faces
hanged about the coy hearth,
And the freight kissed the dimples
That were flowing DER with mirth
And they made the honest farmers home
The brightest spot on earth.
From the mantel hung the stockings,
In quaint uneven row,
Like stockings In fancy fair.
strung up for artful show;
But these were put to better use,
As every one must know.
They were happy-ar were happy
Ii that old New England town,
For the tempest lost its ierrors
While they pressed their beds OF down.
And the Angel of Contentment
Made = monArch OF the clown
They were happy, all were hhppyi
Heard We not the bitter gToan
or the poor aud friendless beggar,
ag As he wandered all ulonei
Nv the chill, deserted roadside,
Where the sullen breczes moan
On the eve before the Christmas, .1
He Is walking to the tomb,
With his drawn and haggard features
Glaring Upward, through the gloom,
To the winter sky abovelhim,
Where he reads the beggars doom
Sect he shlvcrs In the tatters, rft
Thata are serpents ia the storm,
Striking madness In their writhiDg,
To the heart within the form,
That Is strivlRg yainly striving,
To keep soul and body warm.
Rouse Sc slecpers from your couchesi
Canye rest quiet there,
WhileahApless fellow-creature
Breathes the starving beggsr's prayer,
For anlek release from anguish,
While his hoary head Is barrel
Fathers, have you tender children
Children, have ye loving sires
Do We hope for peace hereafter,
And the sum OF your deslIeAi
Wake and call the freezing beggar
To your kitchens and your Hires
All In valnl The man is FREEZING,
And his brothers hrdy purse
.in Caa but purchase him a coffin,
And bring out the pauper's hearse
To tho spot he claims in dying,
f With GOd-forgiven eursel
And the feet held 10 its mooring,
And its cargoes tumbled fast
On the twining, icy fingers ir
OF the monarch OF the blast,
And were woven 10 winding sheet,
And DER the beggar east
The Christmas bells were Ginning,
golden morning glowed,
And overall the waking town
A tide of radiance howedj
But stiff and stark the beggar lay,
Upon the frozen rOad
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-27

TAS. C. MYERS,vs l.. G. Guy. before
u Reuben | Carey, J. p, Reed township
Seneca county, Ohio. ~ ~.
The defendant G. L, Guy, is hereby
notified that on The Gath day Of Nov,
1866, said Justice isSued an attachment
in the above action for the sum of eleven
dollars and fifty seven cents [sllbD.
deelst3l JAMES .CssMYERS. Z.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-27
A Sensation Novel.

The following extract from most
deseryedly popular work called ''The
Rover; or, Tho Bootblack's Wifs's
Sisters Nioce,| is awflly thrilling.
We will not insure any young lady
against faintiug away at the close Of
the terrible, terrific extract:
A dark frowu O'erspread the hand.
some and courtly features of Fernan.
do, and the Rover.
%Why, whyl" he added brandish-
ing his silver handled sword furious.
ly, "wilt thou not believe me, beauti.
GUS Maria de Argyle2 BY this good
sword do | swear | love theeI Ther
why stand so coldly aloof from thil
bosom that is bursting for thee?
The beautiful girl essaycd to speai
but could not. - 'si
Lat exclaimed Fernando, th,
Royer--and a sardonic smile lit ul
his face-r"thou loy'st anotherl'
"No," she tremblingly, yet will
dignity replied,
"Then, why come not to this bo
somP' wildly repeOted the Rover
''Bscause, sir," she replied, draw
ing herself up to her whole hight
81 am afraid yer gassini'
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-27
State Valuation and Assessment
rF for 1855

The grand duplicate of the State
of Ohio, just prepared in the Audit
or of States Office, shows that there
are ia the State subject to taxation,
outside of tho cities and towns, 25,-
4O3, ,3O1 acres of land.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-27
AucIioneer,s Al NOlice.

THE undersigned having taken out IL
= cense TO follow soid business in Seneca
g. adjoining counties is now ready - all
times 10 cry sales. Entire satisfaction
will be guaranteed 10 each case. Resi-
dence near Mexico Seneca County, o.
dec2 0nl0r. Il. JONES,
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-27
WHAT is A YEAR,


'whatisa yesti rrisbut wave
On lileS dirk rolling stream
Witch isso quickly g,us thA, we
Account II bu = drsum.
Tis bat a single earnest throb
OF Times old iron. heat,
Which fsatle,S is, and sirongs as when
fat with life did st. It.
What vssri 'Tisbui a turn
OF Times old dbrnzen wheel,
or but = page upon the book
wh ieh tsatl must ,hor,ly seal.
Tis but a s,en upon the road
WI ivh we must uavel o'ri
A few more steps and we shall walk
Liie's weary round no more.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-27
School Examiners Notice
no THACHFRS.

TO TE-ACHBRS-
THE SCHOOL EXAMINERS Of Sen
! eea Comfy, will hold examinations at
The Office Of the Examiners, in romb's
Blooky yTiiiin, Ohio, for the year 1866, as
follows;
October 9th, 20th, and 27th, 1866.
November Sd, 10th, l7lh, and 24th.
December 9Th.
The Examiners request Teachers not
ao,apply for examination, except upon an
Examination day. No certificates will be
granted on any other day. Applicants
will be required to be present At one
o,olock, P. NJ, on the day Of examination
orthey viii not he examined.
JoHN McCAULET,) s.ls
JAMES PrLLARs, Examines
oas. q: Il! !: KEyR5EwSHPca nst.,
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-27

safc belonging to the United States
Express Company was robbed ofs65.
500 near Lexington, Mo- q few days
since, Il is supposed BY buahwhackeIs.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-27
FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICES.

We manage to buy and sell, we think,
litlle LOWER than any other parties in
the business, and we hope by close Ap
plcation to Business and Fair Dealing
with all to give
general satisfactioa.asd retain a liJe-
raj share Of patronage.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-27

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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-13
FROM FRANCE.
Failure of the Empress Carlotta's
Mission-Attempted Poisoning
of the Emperor at viohy.

The Independence Beige, well in
formed journal, thus announces the fail
ure of the Archduchess Carlottas nego-
tiations with Napoleon The Empress
Carlotta has paid her last visit to the
Emperor; and there is no longer the
slightest doubt that his majesty announ-
ced to that princess, with extreme regret,
bis irrevocable resolution not to sub
scribe to any of the arrangements which
she had come TO propose as the means
of aiding the dynasty in Mexico 1t is
now certain that the Empress of Mexico
will not again return TO that country,
and that the Emperor Macmillan will
soon join her in Europe, after having
abdicated
A strange story comes from Rome, to
the effect that the conspiracy to poison
the Emperor of the French, at Vichy,
was discovered before he left that place.
The poison was to have been admins
tered in a potion which the Emperorwas
accustomed to drink after his bath. 1t
is ascertained that man named Valen-
tine was TO have carried this design into
effect, but when it was discovered, through
warning letter sent by one of the con-
spirators in Rome to the Emperor, Val
entine committed suicide
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-13
CONFEDERATE BONDS.

Something was attempted to be made
of dispatch received from London after
the adjournment of the Philadelphia
Conservative Convention. II announced
that the action of that body had increased
the value of Confederate bonds The
Radical press seized upon the circum-
stance as a first rate party club with
which TO knock down their adversaries.
1t turns out that the bonds referred to
were the State bonds of Tennessee,
North Carolina. and other States in
rebellion" The person who sent the
dispatch did not discriminate between
the bonds of the Confederate States, and
the bonds of the several States compos.
ing that Government That the bonds
of the rebel States did 60 up, is evidence
of how unfavorably the Radical disunion
policy is looked upon in Europe. These
securities have been dropping for a long
time in the foreign markets, because the
status of the States making them was
unsettled. But the moment the proceed
ings Of the Conservative Convention fell
under the eyes of great fnanciers, the
pulse OF Southern credit moved little
faster. Dead States, as those of the
South are regarded by Radicals, can
have little credit Live States in the
Union can have credit, and can maintain
it. Under Radical policy, the Southern
States would not only have no credit,
they would have no prosperity, because
they would have no hope, no faith and
10 future. As far as the eye could take
in the prospect, there would appear one
universal inundation of niger, of all
conceivable colors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-13
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.

The following paragraph occurs in the
address put forth by the Southern loyal
lists at Philadelphia:
We affirm that the loyalists of the
South look TO Congress with affectionate
gratitude and confidence as the only
means to save us from persecution, exile,
and death itself And we also declare
that there can be no security for us or
our children-ihere can be no safety for
the country against the fell spirit of
slavery now organized in the form of
serfdom, unless the government, by ma
tional authority, shall confer on ereIy
citizen an the States ace represent the
AMERICAN birfhright Of impartial suf-
frage and equality before the iaic. This
Is the one all-sufiicient remedy. This is
our great need and pressing necessity.
There we're sight members who voted
against the address. The name of no
Tennesseean occurs among them. The
Tennessee delegation voted for impair
hGl suffrage" the birthright of every
American" We suppose that ARSELL,
FLETcHER. BRowSLoW and others, the
authors of the franchise law of this
State, voted for impartial suffrage"
If suffrage shall he impartial in The
South, what viii become Of Southern
lOyaIist candidates st the polls But
perhaps we do not comprehend the
meaning of impartial suffrage Per
haps the term refers only to white loyal
lists and negroes The great mass of the
white people, the manhood, the wealth,
the genius, the virtue, the religion Of the
South are ignored. Unless this con-
siruction is correct, the Tennessee dele
cation, or those of them who bound the
hands and feet of the people with the
infamous franchise law, are shamelessly
stultifed before the public
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-13
ORGANIZE FOB WAR.

SAYS the Knoxville Commercial:
We are informed that Judge HoucE, in
speech at Crippen's Mill, on Saturday
last, made this statement:
HoucK said that if convention was
called in the State of Tennessee for the
purpose of changing the State govern
ment, he could and would throw regi-
ment into Knoxville within twenty-four
hours, and that any convention OF the
people for that purpose would be dis
persed.
Gen. COOPER also stated that if there
was TO be another war he should not do
as he had done before That so far as he
went he would not leave anything be-
hind. The true meaning of which is,
that women and children, houses and
homes, would share the same fate; com
plete destruction and annfhitation.
These declarations, coupled with more
outrageous ones from BEowgLow, indi-
cate what the Radicals Of East Tennes-
see would do if they could. Unaided by
the Federal Government, they could
simply destroy themselves
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-13
CONGRESSIONAL UNIONISM.
Southern Loyalists on the Stump

New YORK, September lO.-A com
mittee of the Union League club of this
city will go to Newark, New Jersey, to.
night, to receive delegation of twenty.
eight Southern sloyalists, who were APP
pointed at the Philadelphia Convention
to make addresses in the Northern States.
A grand mass meeting is to be held at
Newark tonight, at which these gentle
men are to speak.
Tomorrow morning they are to be es-
corted to this city by the Union League
committee Apartments have been Sc
cured for them at the Gramercy Park
hotel In the evening a grand mass
meeting will be held at the Cooper Insti-
tute to give them welcome. Mr.. Will
liam E. Dodge will make the address in
behalf Of the loyal people of New York.
Speeches will be made by several of the
Southerners
A meeting will also be held in Mr..
Beecher's church, Brooklyn, tomorrow
evening, at which part of the Southern
delegation will be present and make
speeches On Thursday evening the
Union League Club will give the South
ern loyalists formal reception at the
Club House on Union Square
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-13
FROM MAINE.
The State Election

PORTLAND, Me-, SEPTEMBER 1.-Two
hundred and eight towns give Chamber
Ian, Republican, 1888 Pillsbury, Dem
ocrat, 27,442 = Republican majority,
81, 1916. The same towns voted last year
Cony, $685. Howard, q .429-Repub-
lican majority, l6,S09 The Republican
net gain 1927. These towns comprise
two thirds of the State The aggregate
vote of the State was $4,000 The towns
to hear from gave last gear 26,3S2 votes,
and if they give an increased vote in the
same ratio of those received, the total
vote of the State will be ll2, 900 The
towns to be heard from last year gave a
Republican majority of 6Ol2; If this Is
increased in the same ratio as those re-
ceived, the majority will be $4,000, or u
Republican net gain of 5000 votes
3a.m.-All but four towns in the First
District give Lynch, Republican, 1866,
and Sweat, Democrat, 9643 The four
towns to be heard from gave Lynch last
year majority of 1000, which, with the
present gain, will give him a clean
1000 majority against 1928 in 1864,
In the Second District Perham s ma
iority is estimated at 5000.
In the Third District Blaine majority
is 6200
In the Fourth District Peters major
iiy is 5000.
In the Fifth District Pixies majority
is $500.
The Republican gain over the Con
gressional election of 1864 will be about
10000 1t is unnecessary to say that the
State Senate will be all Republicans;
the House of Representatives will be
almost all Republicans, and Republican
county officers are elected in every
county.
New YORK, September 1.-The 2ri-
Bune's Augusta Me special says the
victory in this State to-day for the Union
party is unparalleled. Our majority is
fully $4,000 Our average majority for
the past eight years has been less than
Is. 1000 We have carried every Congress
sional district-the closest by nearly
1000 majority We have swept every
county, elected every S.uator, and nine
tenths of the House. The latest vote is
n very full one.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-13

No commentary he could make on the
President could have half the force of the
commentary he makes on himself In
the course of his remarks, he said the
Government must be restored on the
basis of the immutable principles of JUS
tice, equality and liberty.
The rebels fought for four long years
TO get out of the Union, and now, with
their allies at the North, they demand
their immediate return to their former
position. God forbid that they should
ever resume their place but on principles
of equality and justice to all
He would rather continue the strug-
gle, and transmit it to our sons, than that
the question should be settled on any
other terms. We cannot afford TO have
it settled on any other
We have poured out blood and treasure
enough to have it right. We cannot con-
sent TO any restoration that does not pro-
tect the loyal men of the Sonth who
stood by the flag when it needed support.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-13
FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
The Birmingham Reform Meeting.


The great reform meeting at Birming-
ham, already briefly noticed by cable,
was one of the greatest political demon
STATIONS Of modern times. 1t is estima-
ted that from two 10 three hundred
thousand persons were present. The
principal speaker was John Bright,
who, on this occasion, seems to have
surpassed all his previous efforts on
behalf Of an extension Of the suffrage
and the principles of constitutional
freedom. His denuneiatiop of the
Derby cabinet is one of the most eiiec-
tive pieces Of partisan oratory ever heard.
He cautioned Hhe people against the
attempt that would be made to create
the impression that the noble aud Illus
trious lady who sits on the throne OF
England-she, whose gentle hand wields
the sceptre Of the wide empire, of which
we are the heart and the centre, was
afraid of the franchise which the late
government introduced during the late
session. On the contrary, he reminded
them that seven times by her own lips,
or by her pen, she has recommended to
Parliament the admission Of large
number of workingmen to the parliament
tary franchise. The British press is oe-
cupied by these impressive manifesto
lions of British public sentiment The
London Times interposes a cautious pro-
test but the Morning Post, more de-
cidedly committed to the fortunes of the
party in power, affects disdain, and pro-
nounces the whole thing an artificial eff
fort to galvanize the laboring population
into the fever Of revolutionary passion.