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The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-06-13


TIE ART OF BEING POLITE First and
foremost, don't try to be polite 1t will
spoil all! If you keep overwhelming
your guests with ostentatious entreaties
to make themselves at home, they will
very soon begin to wish they were there.
Let them find out that you arc happy
to see them by your actions rather than
words. Always remember let bashtul
people alone at first 1t is the only way
to set them at ease, Trying to draw
them out has sometimes the contrary
effect of driving them out-of the house !!
Leading the conversation is a danger
Gus experiment Better follow in its
wake, and if YOU want to endcar your
self TO takers, learn to listen WE'LL
Never make fuss about anything
never talk about yourself-and always
preserve your composure, no matter
what solecisms or blunders Others com,
nit. Remember that it is a very fool
ish proceeding to lament that you cam
not offer to your guest a better house,
or furniture, or viands. 1t is fair to pre-
sumo that the visit is to you and not 10
these surroundings. Give people a
pleasant impression of themselves, and
they will be pretty sure to go away with
a pleasant impression of your qualities.
On just such slender wheels as these the
whole fabric OF society tuus it is your
business, then, to keep them In revolv-
ing order.
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-06-13
DEN TlSTRY.

TEETH! TEETH! TEETH
DR. ). 5. PATTON informs thepublic that af,
ter February lst,. 1864, he will be ut Wayncs-
burg, when his dental services will be tender
ed to any and all making application.
He is now extracting teeth POSITIVELY
WITHOUT PAIN, and fits new ones IN to pcifcc-
ion, and restores dccaycd ones to soundncss.
He invites all who are suffering from diseased
teeth to come and have their aches relieved
and their m6uhs filled with gold
january 2G, lSGld.-if
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-06-13

"A YANKEE Trick just before the
declaration of independence, yankee
pedler started down to New York to
sell lot OF bows and dishes he had
made OF made, Jonathan travelled over
the city, asking everybody to buy his
wares. but no one was disposed to pur
chase
1t happened that British fleet was
then lying in the barber of Newly York
and Jonalhon struck upon plan of
selling his dishes. He got a naval
uniorm, by hook or by crook (tor history
dosen't tell where he got it, and strut :
ting up town, one morning, asked a
merchant il he had any nice wooden
ware, as the commodore wanted lot
for the fleet.
The merchant replied that he had none
on hand, but there was some in town,
and if he would send in the afternoon
he would supply him with pleasure.
Every good" said our naval officer;
| will call then"
Jonathan now cut for home by the
shortest route, and had scarcely dotfad
his borrowed plumage before down
came the merchant, who, seeing that
Jonathan had sold none of his wares,
offered to take the whole if he would
deduct fifteen per cent. But Jonathan
said he'd be goll darned II he didn't take
'em home, before he'd take less than his
first price ...
The merchant finally paid him down
in gold his prce for the wooden ware.
which lay on his shelves for many long
day thereafler while Jonathan trotted
home in high glee at the success of his
vancouver, while the merchant clrsed
British officers ever after.
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-06-13
STRONG MEN,

STRENGTH OF character consists of two
things-power of will and power of self,
restraint 1t requires two things, there,
tore, for its existence-strong feelings,
and strong command over them Now
we all very often mistake strong feelings
tor strong character A man who bears
all before hlm, before whose frown
domestics tremblc, and whose bursts OF
fury make the children of the household
quake, because he has his own way in
all things, We call him a strong man.
The truth is, that he is the weak man;
1t is his passions that are strong; he.
mastered by them, is weak. You must
measure the strength of man by the
power of the feelings he subdues, not by
the power OF those that subdue him.
And hence composure is very often the
highest result of strength. Did we
ever see man receive fragrant injury,
and then reply quietly? That is man
spiritually strong, Or did we ever see
man in anguish stand as if carved out of
solid rock, mastering himself! or one
bearing hopeless daily trial remain
silent, and never tell the world wha,
cankercd his home peace9 That is
strength. lie who, with strong passions,
remains chaste; he who, kecnly sensitive,
with manly powers OF Indignation in
him, can be provoked and yet restrain
himself and forgive, those are the strong
men the spiritual heroes.
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-06-13

CnvALRY IN MEMPHIS They have q
happy Mayor of Memphis. lie was
drunk during the whole of the recent
riots in the city of which he is the chief
civil officer, but was, we believe, able to
lead mob. IIe took offence at some
observation made by the Argus, and
addressed the editor letter as follows !:
$40 the Editors Of the Argus:
"For your uncouth and ungentleman
ly remarks in regard to myself in this
mornings issue, hold you personally
responsible. Select your friend to ar-
range this difficulty.
MIST respectfully, JouN PARK.
"May II, 1866"
Tho Mayor delivered this In the
countng'room OF the Ayyus in person.
Mr. Brewer, editor of the Argus, ad.
dressed communication "to his Honor,
John Park, Mayor and commander. in.
chefof the army and navy of Mem
phis.'
The editors letter declined 10 engage
in fight, or rather a farce and the
noble Mayor indorsed on the letter,
which he Indignantly returned, this
smashing commentary:
"Wkenever you choose to act the
coward, keep all communications within
your Office as above. JOHN PARKE.
"NIay 10, 1866"
The editor was then so unkind as to
print the correspondence, and to say:
"Whenever we choose to- act as af
toresaid, we will cheerfully adopt his
Honor's suggestion. Meanwhile the
Argus will 'choose to- demonstrate the
necessity of change in the municipal
administration of Memphis
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-06-13

Adah Isaac Menken is laying serious
ly i'll at her residence in New York
Probably from cold, the result of too
much exposure.
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-06-13

THE following is the call for Repub.
lican State Convention in Illinois, issued
May 10th: g.,
The Republican Union voters of II.
linois who are in favor Of keeping trail
tors out of the halls of Congress and of
asserting and maintaining the right of
the loyal people, through their represen.
tatlves in Congress, tofix and determine
the conditions in which the States lately
in rebellion shall be permitted to parti-
cipate In the government of the United
States, Will meet in convention on tho
9th day Of August, at IL M at SPRING
field"
This reads as if it had emanated from
men who are not afraid to say that their
souls are their own--and that they have
true souls. tar
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-06-13

"TELI me, angelic host, yo messen-
gers Of love, shall swIndled printers here
below have no redress abovei" The
shining angel bard replied: ITO us is
knowledge given, dclinquents on tho
printers books can never enter Heaven"
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-06-13

The Illinois Penitentiary contains
nine hundred prisoners.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-05-03
Southern Feeling,

Some idea may be gained Of the
state of feeling in the south toward
the Government and the northern peo-
pie, from the following: 'L
General Grants visit to Richmond
was marked with many pleasing incl
dents and gratifying results. People
focked to see him in large numbers,
from curiosity, no doubt, but during
his stay he was called upon respect
fully by such persons as Robert Ould,
ex rebel Commissioner for exchange
of th5 prisoners General Joseph
Anderson, of the Tredcgar Iron
Works; Mayor Mayo; Generals Wick
ham and IIenniugsop, Judges Lyons
and Meredith, Hill, Carter, Walter
Harrison, and many other influential
citizens. The ladies also called upon
Mrs. Grant freely, and every one who
could manifested becoming feelings
aud sentiments. The railroad COM
pany placed a special car at his dis
Iposal; the Spottswood House assigned
him large suite of rooms the Bal
lard House offered to do the same,
and every one We'd to contribute to
his comfort and happiness. He dined
once with General Turner, Temporarily
commanding. He visited Fort Harri
son and other points of interest, and
returned we'll pleased with his visit
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The speaker then alluded to the
principal object of the meeting, the
necessity and duty of the church Ia
press forward in the great work oi
beitering the interests Of the world
and society, by the liberal contribu
ton Of money to be employed in thai
great object. There was a great re
sponsibility thrown upon Methodisu
in this land, and in was net a loca
but world enterprise, lie gave al
the designs sought to, he secured
from this large contribution, the ex
tension of the Christian Church an'
the increasing of educational facilities
Thoro we're to betwo funds one loca
and one connexional. The connex
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The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-05-03
The New Tax Bill.


The Committee on Ways and Means
on the Goth Of April, reported re-
vised or new revenue bill. which will,
in all probability become law. II
is said that the present condition Of
the public finances, is such as to war
rant n reduction Of the burden Of In.
tcrnal taxation upon the country, to
the extent Of about forty millions Of
dollars. The Committee cmbody in
the bill they recommend, certain chan
ges Of rates, reducing the tax on spe.
cited articles aud commodities. There
10 also appended " free list" with
the Recommendation, that the articles
thorein mentioned, be entirely OK
empt from any taxation. The aim oi
the Committee has been to simplify
our present system of taxation, by
abolishing the several taxes on the
same articles in the different stages Of
production, and thus benefit the pro-
Queer as we'll as the consumer If
as is said, the loss Of income to the
Government, by these exemptions
and reductions, can be made up from
the other sources mentioned in tn,
bill, there will certainly be 10 objec
ton to Its becoming law. The new
bill adyisos--among other exemptions
the tax on books. maps, charts an,
all printed matter, and book binding
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-05-03
The Nitro -Glycorine Trial.

A frightful disaster occurred on the
l6'h Of April, in or near the Office of
Wells, Fargo 4 Co.'S, Express, in the
city Of San Francisco, by which fl.
teen or twenty persons were killed
aud many wounded. The cause of
the disaster vas tho explosion Of a
compound, known as Nitro GIyccriue,
or blasting oil, The following New
York dispatch contains some intcres-
ting Information concerning the prop
critics of this new aud dangerous in-
vention;
ain the examination of Otto Bur
stenbender to-day, for the shipment
Of nitro. glycerine, by Wells, Fargo
/ & Cos. California Express, Alfred Il,
Nobel, the INVENTOR was called for
! the defense. The properties of th,
oil are First, it is liquid second
= il YOU set fire to it, il does not ex
G plode third, if confined and heate,
n to three hundred aud sixty degrees
,rl it explc des; fourth, il has more con
oentration of power than gun powder
y We are trying to investigate the ei
h feet ofoll when mixed with saw: dust
% my impression is that this miStur
a will prove more dangerous than tn
j oil itself We are Investigating |
: now Mr. Nobel testified that he wa
!" the inventor of the practical adapta
n ton of nitro glycerino, to blastin
o. purposes. Nitro.G Glycerine, is onl
N explosive under certain conditions, a
. is the case with many other substar
oes, not considered, explosive. Mir
y Gyeerine is not AN inhsmmable sui
p stance, for If fire is set to il, it doe
1 not catch fire like turpentins or spil
of its, but goes out wheu the match
Withdrawn, II does not explode b
the mere application Of FIRE, It's us
u in blasting is only possible through
It fuse, A shower of sparks viii nj
an explode it. application to tire HI
at been tried hundreds Of times, II T,
, qaiss $50 degrees of heat, in cor
2 fined space, befbroit explodcs. Cor
:" eussion viii not explode it, We tris
~ throwing it from nights Of 90 Zee
'r aud it would not explode, 10 Hau
'er burg the experiment was tried
nd throwing is up in a rocket. aud at i
u fall Of more than Que thousand fee
~ did no explode it, We atterward q
~ ploded 1t, showing il to be pure nit
re- glyesriae.
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Affairs in Kentucky.

An interesting conflict between the
civil and military authorities, has de
velopod in Kentucky, which is not the
only one by any means. The case
stands thusi Mr.. IsHAM HEspER.
SON, one Of the pvoprie,ors Of the
louisville Journal, during tho war,
was extensively engaged In contract.
ing With the Government, through It's
agent, for the furnishing Of horses
and mules for the army. The militia
~ authorities at Nashville, discover.
ing immense frauds in tho Quarter
Masters Department, arrested Capt
BRUNSEs, for trial by court martial
and also sont word TO Con. JEFF c.
DAVIS, commanding tho Department
Of Kentucky, to arrest Mr.. UEsDER'
SON at Louisville. Gen. Davis sought
to execute this order, but WAS met by
a writ Of Hdbcds Corpus from Judge
Ballard, Of the U. s. District Court
10 favor Of Henderson. Cen, Davis
tolographcd this state Of affairs To
Gen. Thomas, at Nashville, who or.
dered him TO arrest Henderson at all
ha'sards--quietly or by force. Gen
Davis and Col. Coyl, Provost Mar.
shal General of the Department OF
KOutucky, we're both cited to appear
before the United States District
Court at Louisville, to answer fo'
contempt Of Court. There is no doub
but that the military authorities mr.
right. Henderson, although a cili
zen, by reason Of his connection wit
the Government as an army contrac,
or, is fully and entirely omonablc I
n military Court for the oiIonso wit
which ho is charged, by an expires
enactment Of Congress, looking &
the protection OF tho Governmcn
against frauds. The courts and law
yors of Kentucky, are very tender oil
their rights in this matter, but the
higher authorities cannot holp but
uphold the proceedings of the mill
tary.
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The Fenians.

The news from all quarters point
to decided crush in the groat Pen-
ian bubble. There is no doubt, now,
whatever may have been the inten-
tion and sentiments Of the mass en-
gagged in the attempt to establish the
liberty Of Ireland, that tho principals
have had money iu view more than
the cause, which is just and worth
fighting for The plan seems to have
bceu to gain a large amount OF money
from the people who were really il
earnest, aud consequently ready Il
give their all, and then court an IN
reference and suppression of tn
movement, by the United States
The one armed soldier, SwErSy, yer
LIKELY 10 an earnest, hut his eiiort'
blocked by tho fnanciors, will ava
nothing.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-05-03
Important to
FRIENDS OF DECEASED SOLDIERS


The Columbus Journal says that at
different times during the war Colonel
Taylor, Commissioner Of the Bureau
of Soldiers Claims, received numerous
packages containing valuables and
trinkets, belonging to soldiers who
had died in hospitals, which had been
forwarded to him from Nashville,
Chattanooga, aud other places in mill
tury department of Tennessee. lie
has now a large accumulation of these
mementoes, precious to the friends OF
the deceased owners, which he would
send to parties rightfully owning
them, did he know the address. All
the packages are sealed, and have
never been opened. They belong to
the soldiers named below: +.....
William G Blakely, company F,
3Sth Ohio Volunteer Infantry lat
terie: Charles Lilleck, company G,
50th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; John
Ripley, company D, nth Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry; William White, COM
pany X, 3Sth Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Charles r Danil, comJany b, N64th
Ohio Volunteer infantry; Wesley Bean
company A, 9th Ohio Volunteer In
fantry: Levi Pennington, company +,
4Oth Ohio Volunteers Infantry; VIM.
IL Adams, Trumbull. Guards, John
w Cook, second Battery /; Corporal j
Marccr, Holland Morris, company III
10th Kentucky, Joseph Jones, John
lIains aud William Qurke, I'd Ohio
Volunteer rCavalry;---Longueby, ssth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry; III McLain
L NJ James. SSth Ohio Volunteer In
fautry; q w Lathrop, 34th Ohio Vol.
unteer Infantry; Wm f FSeymour Co.
Ii goth Connecticut; Frank Elliott
company |, ll3th Ohio Volunteer Inf
oseph Huffman, company q, 4Otf
Ohio Volunteer Iufantry; William
Paisley. company +, 18th Ohio Vol
untcer Infantry; r Fogle, ccmpay Il
% Ohio Oolunteer Infantry;--Belt
company @, 18th Ohio Voluntee,
Infantry; John Brown, company G
10th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; John
Ferris, company ID, 10th United States
Infantry; Randolph Wolden, company
| r, ll3th Chic Volunteer Infantry;
L Condor, company |, 9th Ohio Vol
untser Infantry; Frederick Beehold
company G, 54th Ohio Volunteer In
antry; Thomas Bremen, company II
6lst Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
There are wallets for the followin
men - Quincy, james Barnes, &C
X, Goth Ohio Volunteer infantry, tw
: wallets;-- Cook, John w Holden
burgh. company G, l02d Ohio Volur
teer Infantry.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-05-03
berrel . bullet irsd br one of .hi.

q
barrel bullet, fired BY one Of this
company, struck me just befow my left
eye, and going into my head. knew
nothing more until about noon the
next day, (Monday) When 1 came
to, l found myself lying right where
[ fell the day before. I tried to get
up, bnt could not. After this made
several Intellectual attempts to crawl
away to the shade ofa tree, the sun
shining very hot. About 8 p. NJ, a
couple of soldiers came alongy picked
me up, aud carried me to the cars
and was sent 10 Richmond, after.
ward sent to Alabama, and finally re.
leased on parole!' 20 vLt
AS our citizens generally know, Mr.
Donovan carries the yisable proofs Of
his adventures, as here set forth, upon
his person to this day, and will do SC
for the rest of his life,-Sprinafeic
Republican,.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-05-03
Cruel Treatment Of the Sick on the


The New York Tribune calls atten-
ton to gross mismanagement and cru
city in connection with the treatment
Of the sick on board the infected ship
Virginia, recently arrived at New
York. 1t says:
The ct that the infested ship was
permitted to pass Lower Quarantine
and lie off staten Island from 4 o'clock
p. M, Of the 18th, until 9 o'clock A {.
NJ. of the 10Th inst, was an outrage
upon the citizens Of both Staten and
Manhattan Islands. for which no ex-
cuse is possible. During II hours
they we're exposed to the disease for
no officer was near, no effort made to
prevent tcommunication with theshore
But other considerations we're over
. looked, aud those were Of such ma
'ture as to be ascribed only to the ut
ter incompetency or inexcusable neg.
ligence of the quarantine oflicials.-
The Hospital ship Falcon did not ar.
rive at Lower Quarantine until the
morning of the Goth, 1t was almost
noon of that day before the removal
of the sick began, and Al hours-two
entire days, almost-elapsed before
the removal was completed. One
thousand human beings imprisoned
in the lower deck of a steamer, with
cholera, in all it's stages, and in it:
most virulent and fatal form for ,
companion, many Of them i'll will
premonitory symptoms Of the disease
some Of them dying, and all in dan
ger, were kept in this pest house, t.
which death, during every twonty-fou
hours, made several visits, for TIVE
days after the vessel passed into tn,
custody of the Health Officer Of tn,
port. - @
Furthermore, the transfer of tn
sick was made in a manner almost in
human. A kind of chair-impro
vised for the occasion, because n
better means were proyidod-forme,
by saving hundred-gallon cask j
, two near the middle, and furnishe
with aseat occupying ono-half its di
amcter, was used for the purpose O
lowering them into a yawl, whic
could carry but three at time, an
made one tripto the hospital in abou
} three quarters Of an hour Three 1
a time the patients were brought I
the upper deck. wedged into this in
= mense bucket in q sitting posture
: and lowered into the boat. No one
: we presume, will be surprised to lear
/ that some of them died during tn
transfer. The ships physician wa
, sick and exhausted, yet no aid wa
t sent him. The Illinois, which wa
| intended to receive those who ha
; not been attacked by the disease, ha
= not started on her merciful crrand Q
noon of Saturday, So far, therefor,
= as we have beon able to learn, moth
, ing had been done, up to that tim
? to alleviate the condition of the pas
sengers of the Virginia, save to sen
them the hospital ship Falcon, and
we cannot lay too much stress upo
this fact--tws days wore consumed
= doing what should have been done
, two hours. .-..r.,
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-05-03
A Cholera Remedy,

The National LteNigencer says the
following remedy for the cholera saved
three hundred lives, when the cholera
ragged in Washington few years
since. II is no less effective in chol'
era morbus and ordinary diarrhoea
One part laudanam. a1T
Ono part camphorated spirit. l d
Two parts tincture of ginger.
Two parts capsicum.
Doss, --0ne teaspoonfulin in a wine
glass of water. If the case Is 'obsti,
nate, repeat the dose in three or four
hours. s'. 20
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! GENERAL NEWS,
TnE Union Pacific Railroad is pro-
crossing at the rate of one mile por

TnE Union Pacific Railroad is pro-
crossing at the rate of one mile por
day.
IT Is understood that the House
judiciary Committee will report
against the modiicstion of tho test
oath.
TaE President has rospited some
South Carolinians who we're to be ex.
ecuted on Friday last for the murder
Of Union soldiers u VI
A ADbb to prevent The landing Of
passengers from emigrant ships which
arrive at our ports overloaded, is soon
TO be introduced into the House.
THE report that tho celebrated vi
olinist Old Bull died in Quebec, q
few days since has been contradicted
II is said he has not been in that city
for long time.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture
in his report issued to- day, states tina
the results Of investigations by tho
Department show very clearly tha
there need be no fear Of the trichini
disease.
GEN. LEWIS CAss was born on tn,
9th Of October, 1902, and is, oonse
quently, in his eighty-fou year
He has been suffering for some TIM
from an incurable disease of the blad
der, which is not Immediately danger
Gus, and he has been improving o
late. His condition is such as to re
quirc privacy and the constant atten
dance of physicians and nurses
The n. Y. Times says that th
cholera broke out on the steamer Vir
pinia several days after she had lef
Liverpool, and was occasioned by tn
ovcrcrowding of the storage, sh,
having in that part more than
thousand passengers. There were n
symptoms Of cholera Cor several day
after she had put to sea.