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The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-04-26
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A Ghost Story.


When / was a youngster, used
to do six months sailing on Lake
Ontario, and then make a winter
harbor with a nice farmers family.
living on a by road that wasn't trav.
eled much, about a mile from the
lake shore; and the family consist :.
ed of Farmer Fairfield, Mrs. Fair
field, very fair, lat. pretty wo.
man CT forty; old Lion, and six
months ont of twelve, Tom Allen
that's myself you know.
About u third of a mile from
Mr. Fairfeld's, in a bit OF clearing,
in a sort Of shanty log house close
by the roadside, surrounded by
dark, gloomy, hcmlock woods and
on the road to the village where
we used to go for our groceries
and letters, and the doctor lived, a
man named Nehemiah May; Miah.
everybody called him. snllen
sneaking, piratical looking fellow,
with long black hair, black, devil
ish eyes, and Il skin only two OF
three shades lighter. Every body
said Miah was theft, aud good
many said pretty boldly that he
was a murderer; that several years
before | knew anything about the
country, he had murdered q pack
pedler and buried him down or
the lake shore Anyway there
Was a peddler fund murdered and
robbed and buried there, and
Miah was the man who had been
seen with him last.
One fall, when | was about
ei shteen, ] came home to my win
ter quarters, and the first news ]
heard was, that Miah May had
hung himself to a beam in his log
hut; that his family had moved
asay; and every night the white
shrouded ghost OF suicide could be
seen swinging there from the beam
just within the enti ance of the hat.
didn't believe in ghosts mite,
and visited the place every night
for a week, and then declared the
whole thing humbug But eve
ry body--Mrs. Fairfield included
--contended there was a ghost
there, and | would find it to my
sorrow some night.
One dark, clustering November
night, Mrs. Fairfield made the dis.
covery, about eight o'clock in the
evening, that she had no coffee for
breakfast, and, like a fool, l vol
unteered to ride to the village
store and get the article. In ten
minutes | was on crown Jasper,
and off lide rocket.
On the homeward passage rode
more leasurely, and when | got to
a knoll, about five hundred yards
from the departed hut, it occurred
to me that it was a capital night
to see Mlah's Ghost, and--well, l
saw it! When | got opposite the
open door Of the lint, there swung
the lubberly ghost, just within the
entrance, swinging to and fro, as
white as a snow DRIFT.
My teeth chartered, and the
precipitation sprang out in little
brooks all over NE, but some in.
fernal fascination laid hold Of my
senses, and l rode Jasper right up
to the door, dismounted and en-
tered tho hut. My hat rose right
mp On the ends OF my hair, as ]
crept along toward the swinging
ghost, with my arms stretched out
and my hands two feet apart,
ready for a clinch; | was within
arms length = Vp. grabbed the
thing, and, ,-ha ha /! ba lit was
a half hysterical laugh, after all.
But held between my hands a
man Of strao. wound in q white
sheet. 4 9i iInse
cut down tho ghost, swung it
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-04-26

Beg leave to inform their numerous Gus
tomers, th at they have unfvrlrd the Etc
phane to the Breeze To- mark the spot
where thy may be found, to ling from
early morn until late al night Tor the ben.
eft Of the hundreds and thousands that
crowd their store from day 10 day oil
ater some Of the great Bargains that we
are daily receiving.
Every person is well aware TINT we
have the inside track, and eau sell Goods
below other Houses west Of the city OF
New York. For the simple reason, we
hive buyer in the market six days ou,
Of seven; aud as our
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-04-26
Chuite 9oetrp.
Love-Woman's Chief Attraction,
BY LoNoFELLow.

Wha, | most prizc in woman
10 her sffection--not her intellect.
Compare me with the great men Of earth
What am II why. pigmy among giants!
But " thou loyest--mark, | say lovesi--
The greatest Of thy sex exoes the mott
The world Of affection is thy world
Not that Of Mans condition. Ia iha,
stiffness
Which most becomes a woman-ealm
and holy,
Thou sit,est by the frcsiJe Of the heart,
Feeding its fame. The element Of fire
Il pure. II cannot change its nature;
Bot burns as brightly in u gypsy camp
As in a palace hall.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-04-26

1t is stated as fact that at tho
reception at the residence of Lieu.
tenant General Grant few days
since, President johnson and
Thaddeus stevens had a friendly
interview and exchanged many
personal courtesies. Il is to be.
hoped tho acerbity Of feeling be-
tween those gentlemen has been
permanently modified by the good
things on General Grants side
tables.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-04-26

There is a difference Of opinion
among medical aen, concerning
the disease among the passengers
of the steamer England, which Was
reported as cholera. tits believed
by some to be ship fever. Oas hun.
dred and seventy ot the passen-
gers have died, but the disesse i
confined to the stserage, aud =
decreasing. l5a
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-04-26

The passage OF the Civil Rights
bill is said to be only the second
instance in the history Of our gov
ernment whercin a bill, after being
vetoed by the President, has be-
come a law. The Washington
Chronicle is the authority for tho
above statement. That paper gives
the following list of vetoes issued
since the formation of the govern.
naut.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-04-26
Our Mr.. Carpenter

is so we'll acquainted with the wants Of
our community, he sends us nothing bu
the greatest bargains.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
CONGRESS DISPERSED

Congress has adjourned, and left the
President to take care Of himself The
attempt to establish at the capitol sort
Of directory to look after him and head
him off or die" has failed Old STE
VEINS broke down, and found that he was
not master Of the Radical majority much
less Of the President They have all
gone home TO the bosom Of their con-
stituents, for consolation They 20 to
look after the Copperheads, milk-and-
water Republicans, the offices, public
opinion and their own return to
Congress. The dog-days were too
much for them. After the antics they
have been cutting for eight months
death is rather fearful thing for them
10 contemplate. They have neither
made their peace with their God nor
with their country, and Washington, in
the dog days, is a good place to start
from to the shore Of retribution. THAD.
STEVENS does not wish to see the devil,
though he must be, according to ortho-
dox accounts, the keeper Of his, THAD $,
penitentiary Of hell" We trust that
the said "bosom Of their constituents "
will refuse to warm them, and that every
constituents shoulder viii be turned to
them as cold and forbidding as polar ice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
SECOND EDITION!
2l-2 O'CLOCK, P. M.
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE NOON DISPATCHES
From New Orleans.

New ORLEANS, July 30-ll;30 A. M
A large crowd of negroes have already
assembled around the Mechanics lnsti'
tute, armed in every conceivable man
ner, but principally with clubs and re-
volvers. N
The Convention win meet at II m.
The Mayors proclamation requiring all
good citizens to abstain from interior
ence, is being strictly observed A large
police force is in readiness in case OF
disturbance.
TNoTE. The above is not very lucid,
but the troubles evidently grew out OF a
meeting held by the negroes on Satur-
day night, the particulars of which were
published yesterday morning Private
kilograms since the above state that there
was regular riot progressing around the
telegraph office -REP.]
2:l5 P M.-The, outside riot is sus-
pended. The police and an immense
crowd are outside and around the Con-
vention building. The building is full OF
Conventionists and negroes, and the
police are trying to get them
out, but the populace are very belligerent
DR.. A. P. Dostie and John Henderson,
Jr. were brought out dead and carried
off in carts. 1t is doubtful whether many
will he gotten out alive.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
Frnm Washington.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-This evening S
Star says that gent who has long been
engaged in business in the Northwest,
and whose opportunities Of forming an
accurate judgment have been such as TO
make his opinions Of great value, has
lust arrived in this city and states that
on his way up the Missouri last spring be
met numerous bands Of Sioux and other
Indians who all seemed friendly and
anxious 70 maintain peace. bis party
stopped az both the Crow and Grosven.
trees camps, above Milk river, and found
the chiefs preparing to 90 to Fort Union,
to meet the treaty Commission at Fort
Berthold. There were reports Of depre-
dations By some bands Of Blackfeet but
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wears old, because he would not, or could
not, say his prayers. When the body OF
the child was examined, the sight was
sufficient to curdle the blood. The iiesh
was mass of jelly. The fingers Of the
hands, which the little innocent had
thrust forth in supplication or instinctive
defense, we're broken, the nails crushed
off and the flesh in strips About the
same time a woman in Cambridge, Mass
who received for care and nurture infants
from one to three years old, treated The
helpless children with the barbarity OF a
6end She starved them to death, and
when the bodies of seven of the dead
were examined, humanity shrunk back
from the sight The forms of the ch'l.
dren we're but skeletons, the fingers OIL
some of them having been sucked bare
10 the bones. Hf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
Foreign.

HALIFAX, July 3O.-The China, from
Queenstown the 22d, has arrived Cot
ton was from to I'D higher on Saturday.
Sales 10000 bales; middling uplands
about If to l4td. Breadstufs inactive
Weather fine. Provisions fiat. Consols,
s8g to ss!; 5-2Os, 7O3 to H.
The Chinas news about the armistlce
was anticipated by the cable.
LvERPoot, July 2l.-The announce
ment that Austria has accepted the pro-
posals for a suspension of hostilities
caused great buoyancy in the markets.
The prevailing opinion especially among
Germans being that peace was almost
certain 10 be concluded, and conse-
quently there will be no more fighting.
The Italian answer has not yet been
received
LIVERPOOL, July 22-In the great
naval fight off Lizza the Italian iron-clad
Redeta was sunk by collision at the COM
mencement Of the battle. The iron.clad
boat blew up with all on board amidst
the cries Of Long live the King and
ItalyW from the crew.
The Italian account says the Austrian
squadron retreated after one man of wal
and two steamers had been sunk.
A Vienna dispatch says the Italian
feet was driven back, and was being
pursued by the Austrians in the direction
of Ancona
1t was asserted at Paris that the Aus
TRANS had consented TO retire from the
German Confederation
The Paris Bourse has excited quota
tions 69.32.
The Observer states that Par
lament will be required almost al
the last moment of the session
to give its concurrence to the confedera-
ton Of the North American Provinces in
Guiding the plan for the maintenance Of
the Grand Trunk Railway. faa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
TIRED OF sHINPLATERs.

The New York Tribune says; One
faature of Mr.. SnERMAYs scheme OF
National finance strikes us unpIeasantiy'
He evidently calculates on perpeiuatiug
the difference between coin and
lawful money for number OF years
We do not assent to this, and we trust
the country will not assent to IT. Weare
confident that we might, even yet, return
to specie payments next Christmas by q
vigorous, resolute effort Governor
CHASE says: THE best preparation Tor
resumption is to resume. " What is the
use of counting dollar 81 40 to-day,
81 60 tomorrow, and 81 SIS next day.
And then these vile shinplasters-are we
never to be rid of them !"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30

nothing definite was known. On the re
turn he met, near Fort Berthold, the boa
with the treaty Commission on board
who reported having made satisfactory
arrangements with the tribes below.
An official writer to the Freedmen
Bureau, from Mount Pleasant, s. c.
under date of July 9Th, says that there il
great restitution amongsW the people
there, both white and black, and it j:
expected that before the crops are re
ceived. there will be great deal of snf
fering In the back part of the district
in going to ST. Thomas, this officer saw
on a good many Of the rice plantations
men and women working in a state Of
nudity, not even invested with an apol'
ogy for a fg-leaf. There will be stirring
appeal made to obtain clothing for these
people before the winter comes on, for
their scanty supply has been, in many
cases, completely exhausted.
The Secretary of War has promulga-
ted an order to all officers of the regular
army, who are accountable for recruit
ing funds, that on and after the receipt
Of the order they will deposit them only
with the Treasurer, the Assistant Treas
urer, % special Government depositaries
Of the United States.
The Commissioners recently APP
pointed for the purpose of forming treat
les with the Upper Missouri Sioux In
dams, aud other tribes, report to Com
missioner Cooley, under the date ofJune
%, that they have met with entire sue
cess in receiving the consent of the In
f.I1 MI
dams not represented last fall. Many
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
BILLIARD PLAYERS,
ATTENTION

C,EFING AN ADVERTISEMENT IN. SOME
> Of our morning dailies. 20 the effect that the
Imperial Billiard Hall would. on the 9Th day Of
August next. be exposed for sale to the highest
bidder. beg leave to deny the son impeaeh-
ment, and to state Tor the information Of the
public generally. but moro especially the va
rious Knights Of the Cue and lovers Of the no
bic game in Memphis. that not having the
rlishtosi intention of making any change in my
busines.. shall siiI. a. heretofore. continue to
preside over the desiinies Of the famous Impe-
nal. and endeavor 10 preserve Il intact, as the
Hall par eresileace Of Memphis, the advertise
ment alluded TO 10 the contrary, notwithstand-
Ing. which. though apparently well intended.
in the way o. advcrtising in ny behalf erept
into urint Inadvertently without the consent Of
the subscribcr. who claims TO have at least
wee small vaios " in all matters pertaining 10
the Imperial Billiard Hall. which be intends
shall. in the future. AZ heretofore, be ranked as
the 0eutecl Billiard Han u Memphis-
JAMES Z. RICHARDSON.
iva S53 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
AFFAIR OF HONOR.

The Vicksburg Times of Sunday says
an affair Of honor occurred on the Lou
isiana shore, near the old residence Of
the late r. W. BURNEY, Esq, between
Capt G. GORDON ADAM and Capt. UProS
NJ. You've, both of Yicksburg After
the exchange Of shots, the seconds inter
fered and an amicable settlement was
effected on terms fully in accordance
with the honor of both parties No
blood was spilled on the occasion>
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
THE PRESIDENT IN AN ENGLISH
COURT.

Some time ago, says Northern paper,
the United States brought suit in the
English Vice Chancellor Court at Lon
don. to establish their right to certain
bales Of cotton shipped during the rebel
lion, per Galveston. Texas, 10 England,
for the benefit of the rebel government.
The defendants were PRToLEAU and
others. and after some litigation they
filed a cross-bill against the United
States of America and President ANDREW
JOHNSON, for the purpose Of obtaining
discovery of some information with re-
ference to the matters in question, they
alleging that the information they wished
to obtain was within the knowledge OF
the defendant, ANDREW JOHNSON, who is
the President of the United States.
The Vice Chancellor of England, how
ever. not seeing very clearly how
he could compel the President
Of the United States to do
anything or bring him into Court as de-
PENDANT, on July 9th made an order stay
ing proceedings until the counsel for the
United States made answer to the cross
bill. This is a very curious case, and
involves the important question whether
the President can be made party to a
cross-bill for the purpose Of obtaining
from him discovery in respect to matters
arising in suit instituted by the United
States against persons residing in Eng
land
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
sr1E.REspEcr VS.. INTEREST.

The purest men in the North indorse
the Philadelphia Convention. There are
good men in the South who do not be-
lieve that we can 60 there aud preserve
our selfrespect Selfrespect is dear to
the honest heart, but selfpreservatlon is
a law of human nature, and is lnexo-
rable in its demands If we can restore
our lost liberty by co operating with the
Conservatives of the North, our self
respect will have no right to grnmble.
We cannot respect ourselves if we neg
lect the means of subsistence. Why
should we, if we neglect to struggle for
the means Of happiness?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
MAN HUNG.

The Columbus Inder is informed that
a notorious character, by the name OF
JIM ROGERS, was hung near johnson $
Mills. the other day, by party who had
followed and arrested him at Mr.. GAR
Nyn WArsoy' S, in Pontotoc county, hay-
ing in possession horse he had stolen
He was raised in Alabama, had been ilv-
ING for several months near Grub
Springs. Monroe county, and stole the
horse from some one in that neighbor-
hood. A party pursued and caught him.
identified the property, brought rope,
carried him to the woods, and hung him
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
PUBLIC LEDGER.
THE CABLE LAID.

The rrandest achievement OF human
skill since the discovery of the telegraph
by MORSE, is announced to have
occurred yesterday at Hearts Con-
tent. A Geographic cable, on
the third trial, has been successfully
laid, and is in working order between
the Old and New World. We remember
that when the daring project was first
suggested, it was received with der'sion
and pronounced false fire smitten from a
disordered brain 1t was not believed
that wire could be so constructed as TO
resist the action of the ocean, or De
found capable of answering the purpose
if actually laid. But the projectors OF
the work did not doubt, and
have. after years of faith and
toll and hope deferred, gloriously sue
ceeded. The wire is found to be perfect
from shore TO shore, and in working or
der. People in both hemispheres had
become Indifferent 10 the subject, and
though they knew that the telegraphic
fleet had left Ireland, successfully pay
ing out the cable, they were, on account
of former failures, surprised at the an
nouncement of so brilliant result The
very first message transmitted after
that which stated the success, was one
bringing intelligence of peace between
Austria and Prussia There is now only
one point remaining to be determined.
VIII the cable last? This can be told
only by time. We are promised that
within two weeks the Old cable may be
rescued and put in working order II
this nroiect shall succeed, we will have
two lines in operation at the same Tune
Probably within dozen years, a dozen
lines will be in operation, all connected
with others penetrating every land and
ocean and enabling us TO read in an even
ing paper the morning markets of Cal
cutta. or in a morning journal the move
ments of the Gar at St Petersburg on the
evening previous. We have already quo
tations from the London Times OF
the 9th, and shall probably have
to-day. statement OF the basis
of the peace in Europe The men
who. under great discouragements have
pressed this, the most colossal work Of
the world to completion, deserve ovaiions
greater than those ever given to con
dveror
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
THE RADICALS AND BRIGHAM.

The Radicals pretend to dispise BRIG-
HAM You've, and have, On several occa-
sions, threatened him with consequences.
We cannot see the propriety or consis
tency of this. They are radical on the
subject of negroes BRIGHAM is also
radical, but it takes the form Of white
wives. We advise him, if he wishes tc
live in peace with the Radicals, to dis
card his white wives and take an assert
ment Of black ones. He will, after that
have no more trouble with the Radicals
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
AUSTRIA CONQUERED.

The proud, naughty crest of Austria
has been lowered by the Prussians. The
House of Hapsburg, if not in ruins, is in
disgrace. Prussia, with little more than
half the population of her German rival,
has taken the wind out Of her sails,
broken her backbone, and reduced her to
submission. She is conquered prov
ince. and it remains to be seen whether
the Prussians, like the Radicals Of this
country, will assume that her people,
being conquered, have no rights which a
white man is bound to respect.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
asy- 81. Louis has no hermit, bat en-

Ray- St. Louis has no hermit, but en-
joys the society Of crazy doctor named
CHAMBERLAE, who perambulatest the
streets swinging dead cat by the tail,
and falling IN love with every good look
ing woman he meets. His affectionru runs
to interminable billet-donx, and person
has only TO intimate in his hearing that
he is terrible fellow among the women
10 be gleefully invited TO smoke.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
From New York.

New YoRK, July 3O.-The World re
ports the sailing on last Thursday, of a
steamer for Matamoros, with arms and
ammunition, including twelve pieces OF
light artillery for Juarezs army. Major
General Lew. Wallace and Brigadler
General Stephens, recently of the Union
army, were among the passengers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
- nn Thnr.dnr last. in AMI

Ee5@ On Thursday last, in an aban-
doned hut, ten miles from Matamoras,
were found the bones Of three men, and
beside them bag Of diamonds Of tie
purest kind worth 100000. The finder
was a discharged United States soldier,
who Immediately re-crossed the Rio
Grande on his joyful way to his home in
the States
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30
HELMBoLD'S
Fluid Extract OF SarsaparIlIa,

HIGHLY CONCENTRATED.
One bottle equivalent in strength TO one gallon
Of the Syrup Of Decoction. 49,,
Itreaches the seat Of the disease Immediately
expelling all humors Of the blood, ana
Beautifying the Complexion
These articles, being Of such strength, the
dose 4 exceedingly small From this fact, Il is
rsed in the United States Army Hospitals aud
puk.ie Sanitary Institutions throughout the
land.
Gf- Sold BY al Druggists everywhere,
- Ask for HeimbOld's. Take no other
n6-C Cut out the Advertisement and send Tor
Il, and By this means avoid counterfeit.
mari6-myl 6-jyls-lyin
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30

e. Hon. JOEL EASTMAN, Of Conway,
New Hampshire, is at Salisbury, on a
visitto his mother, now over a hundred
years old. When on visit to her year
or two ago, on leaving he said he might
never see her again. why" was the
interrogstory of the venerable lady, you
are not about to die, are you, Joel p
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30

The Charleston TdIlahatchian says {:
The crop prospect Of Talahatchie
county is not bad. Many fieldsof corn,
that two weeks ago, were considered
hopeless, now are regarded us decidedly
encouraging. The cotton has not suffered
for want of rain at any time, as a gen.
eral thing, and is looking we'll
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-30

sey- The rule about rivers dividing
kingdoms does not hold in Europe. The
Danube, Tor example, flows through two
kingdoms and two empires. 1t begins as
"a Protestant rivulet, becomes Roman
Catholic, and finally turns Turk.