The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-09-26
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Petroleum v. NaHby and Bricl
Pomcroy were employed togetheI
on the Corning New York; jour
nal in 1850, the former as foreman
and the latter as devil.
City Of Mexico correspondence
says Escobedo had published a de.
NAL of the authenticity of his let.
ter against foreigners. All the
Querctnro Generals sentenced 10 be
shat have been pardoncd.
A negro lately gave his idea Of
faith in Gods promises, in the fol.
lowing words: "Dar is q brick
wall, and de Lord he stand dere,
and say to me, Now | want you
TO go troo dat | amt gwine to
say, Lord, l can't | got muffin
to do bout it. All l have to do
about it is to butt agin it, and it's
dc Lords business to put me troo.' .
In a certain burgh in West Vir.
glnia there is an old darkey named
Uncle Al, who after getting re-.
markably happy upon one occa.
sion, cried, 20 Lord, raise the roof
and let me 80 right up to glory,
aud III pay for the damage TO the
shingles"
Sam, are you ono of the South.
crn clivalry? p mo, ma.sa, Use
one of the Southern shoTelry. |
shoyeled dirt at Dutch Gap Ca
nal"
4" Tommy, my son." said a fond
mother, do you say your prayers
night and murning?" "Yes-that
is nights; but any smart boy can
take care OF himself in the day
time"
An Athens county correspond
ent Of the Cincinnati Gazette says
the corn and potato crops in that
county are good. There has been
plenty of rain.
General Grant has assigned Con
eral Jos. J Reynolds, now on tho
Rio Grande, 10 the command OF
Texas, 10 fill the place mSde vacant
by the death Of General Griffin,
and General Mower to the tempo
rary command of the department Of
the Gulf.
The managers of tho Kansas
Pacific Railroad Company propose
to purchase the Missouri Pacific
line, and change its grade to that
of the Kansas.
Oakes Amos contracts 10 build
eight hundred miles of the Pacific
Railroad: in the mountain division
west of Chey enne, for fifty million
dollars.
The Marietta Register says
This is deaths "harvest" among
the children of Marietta. Seven.
teen of the "little ones" have boon
placed tenderly in their graves in
this city, within the last seven
weeks. The pang that has gone 10
tho seventeen mothers hearts, nc
one else can realize.
The base ball match for the
championship of the country, on
Monday, between the Atlantics, oil
Brooklyn. and tho Athletics, Of
Philadelphia, resulted in q victory
for the former By twentycigh: tc
sixteen.
Major General Charles Griffin
who died at Galveston, of yellow
fever, a few days ago, was born il
Ohio, gra luated at West Point ii
! 347, in tho same class with Gener
al Burnside. His health was nevel
robust.
The London Review, in discussing
the origin of political party names
remarks: "RoundhOad became 1
nickname among US (English) jus
as.Longhead was one among tn,
Scythians centuries before, and ~
Copperhead became one amons
the Americans centuries afterWard.
Large quantities Of stock driver
from Texas are now being shipped
by rail from Abilere station, 13l
miles west of Lawrence, to tn
Chicago and New York markets.
There are 10000 head at that poin
waiting shipment 1t is estimated
that 100000 cattle have beon driv
en- from Texas this season to, tn,
line of the Pacific Railroad. Stool
dealers say 100000 head will b
driven up next season.
Tho Rebel majority for Helm on,
the loyal majority for Brownlow ar
nearly equal-Over 10000 each
The comparison suggested is signi
fcant. Tennessee, a State tha
secedod, enfranchised her negroe
and disfranch sed her Rebels
Kentucky, nominally loyal, give
the ballot 10 her Rebel soldiers an
denies it to her loyal blacks.
The Salisbury (Md.) New Err
says the effect of the President
recrcancy is being madc apparen
even on our streets, thus: 9TH
hurrah for jeff Davis again greet
our cars, and those who have 70
some time smothered their antae
onism for Rerublicanism are no.
growing defiant
The President and a large part
of Government officers and foreig
Ministers attended the ceremony
dedicating the Antietam Nations
Cemetery, on the 18th. By a Re
markable oversight, General Graz
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