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sherman for President.

A few weeks ago the National Intelii-
oencer congratulated the country over
tho fact that il Ulysses was silent, Will
liam Tecumseh was outspoken. The
Intelliqenccr sought TO prove the former
a Conservative by citing quotations from
the latter, and alleging the intimate
friendship supposed GO exist between the
two. We think the hntelHgencer ielled
to convince Grant or the country. New
ertheless, we join in its congratulation.
Look 10 the South, and you who went
viii, me through that land can bost say
If they, too, have not been fearlully pun
ished. Mourning in every household,
desolation written in broad characters
across the whole face Of their country,
cities in ashes and fields laid waste, their
commerce gone, their system OF labor
annihilated and destroyed. Ruin, pow
erty and distress everywhere, and now
pestilence adding the very cap-sheuf to
their stack Of misery; her proud men
begging for pardon and appealing for per-
mission to raise food for their children,
her FIVE millions of slaves free and their
value lost to their former masters for
ever. How any Southern gentleman,
with these facts, plain and palpable, eve
rywhere staring him in the face and re-
corded forever in the hook of history,
can still boast of his Lost Cause, or
speak of it in language other than OF
shame and sorrow, passes my under
standing, and instead of being revived, /
know that their Lost Cause will sink
deeper and deeper into infamy as time
more keenly probes its hidden mysteries
and reveals them to the light OF day.
Since then the Attila of the nineteenth
century has spoken. His address at st.
Louis was evidently designed as bid for
the Democratic nomination. All true
Democrats feel thankful for it. Some
weak. kneed brethren imagine that this
country has not had enough of shoulder
straps. They fail to perceive that the
present reaction is o reaction against
military misrule They look wistfully
over the list of U. S. Major Generals to
select a Presidential nominee. The
name of Sherman seems to them tower
of strength. OF course they confess that
his strength is iniquity but. they feel
weak, and want strength above all things.
For the benefit of such, Sherman's ST.
Louis speech was needful. 1t has proven
him deficient in the first elements of
craftsmanship. Read the following;
Study the logic of this paragraph. We |
do not quarrel with his opinion Of the |
Lost Cause" But note his reasons for |
that opinion. Note the "facts" to which
he appeals when asking the Southern
rentlemaa to speak of the Lost Cause"
with shame and sorrow. Ruin, pow
er,y, distress, pestilence" these are the
things of which we are to be ashamed.
And this from the man who bought pro.
motion by making that ruin, poverty,
distressp
II Sherman had fought by the side
of Washington he would have been
ashamed of the cause, no doubt, when
required to buy oats for his horse with
Continental currency-bushel for bushel.
The logic is the e-Nashrille Ga
zcffe
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Iay- The rage for military heroes
seems to be undated. Gen. Longstreet
believes that might makes right that the
overthrow of the principles in war fol
which the Confederates fought, demon
strates those principles false, and that
the theories which victorious arms sus-
Tain should be taken for true. This
utterance has immortalized him. Has he
no claims to the Presidency on account
of his great and statesmanlike opinions
General Sherman brought desolation and
ruin, poverty and distress to the South,
and won the name Of a great general by
marching with hordes Of blacks and
tory guides, with ample supplies end
material of war and overwhelming forces,
as a destroyer through n depopulated
country, and. now says, how any
Southern gentlemen, with these facts,
plain and palpable, everywhere staring
him in the face, and recorded forever in
the book of history, can still
boast of his lost cause, or speak
of it in language other than OF
shame and sorrow, passes my under
standing and instead of being
revived, know that their lost cause
will sink deeper into infdnly, as time
more keenly probes its hidden mysteries
and reveals them to the light of day.
Ought not General Sherman to be made
President on account of his sagacious
insight into the future2 What profound
thinkers and wonderful statesmen, to be
surel Both agree on the principle that
might makes right and if one is enti-
tied to the credit of making the great
discovery, the other deserves little less
for carrying it to the extreme result OF
proving the infamy Of sustaining what
has fallen before conquering armies. If
one lost credit among his admirers by
bringing his discovery that the sword is
stronger than truth to light, the other
also lost in the same quarter by granting
magnanimous terms to Johnston. And,
while one has led thinkers to distrust
his judgment, the other has been equally
successfulin proving his want of heart
With these eminent qualifications esiab'
lished and superadded to the fact that
both are somewhat greater generals
than Napoleon, Cesar or Alexander, we
think both should be made President,
one first and the other second on the
ticket, to be decided by lot But we
decline making o nomination at present.
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IA Outrages accumulate on outrages
in every quarter ofthe South Letters and
the press contain many accounts, while
ten times as many never meet the public
eve. Small thieying is universal in
every town, village and section, and the
holder robberies by open force, are
growing more and more frequent, while
nsmeless ouirages are not rare. With
universal idleness Of the black popula-
ton things are rapidly getting worse
and worse, from what is already too bad
10 be long endured. And we notice
now that train after train Of wagons and
families are passing through this city for
the frontier Of Arkansas, trusting that
in the extreme west, in some quarter Of
the "vast, lone wilderness" they may
find home and place, where they may
enjoy the fruits oftheir industry 10 peace.
Is not all this bad enough to warrant some
measures Of redress Is not that
very neglected., and bad legislation
which permits crime to 90 nnrepressed,
and exhausts the country of both its re-
sources and population If matters
we're getting no worse, and there was
prospect Of amendment, the case would
not be so bad as it is. But what shall we
say, what will the country say, what
will the North think and Congress do,
when it has become evident that not
only have we a pandemonium already,
but that the causes exist to render such
condition worse of necessity. Have
we a republican government, when it is
known that white persons are alone sub
ject to punishment, when they are vigi-
lantly watched and severely dealt with,
while blacks are permitted to DO as they
please, and carefully protected in doing
what they will This is the state OF
things now. We clip the following from
the Nashville Union and Dispatch:
1t makes a very material difference in
these days where and by whom a crime
is committed. Some mouths ago a ne.
gro outraged the person of respectable
young lady in Fayetteville, N. c., for
which he was shot and killed by three
men named Tolar, Power and Watkins
These men were arrested and tried by a
military commission at Raleigh, N. c.,
and sentenced to be hung. They have
recently had their sentences commuted
By Gen. Cauby to fifteen years imprison-
ment at hard labor at Fort Macon. A
short time ago a negro outraged the
person Of Mrs Baker, the wife Of a
respectable citizen Of Princeton, lao.
he was seized BY an excited mob and
stabbed, shot and beaten till he was
dead. A rope was then put around his
neck. and his lifeless body dragged
through the streets and finally left on
tbe pablic highway. So Gar 10 arrests
have been made, nor has there been any
movement toward making arrests
Here il is al the time true that white
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HONOLULU.

SAN FRANolsco, December 6,-Hono'
lulu dates of November l4th have been
received. The Honolulu Advertiser
publishes an account of the discovery of
land hitherto unknown, in the Arctic
ocean,, by Capt. Long, of whaleship Nile.
1t is thought this territory will prove to
be the polar continent so long sought
after.
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I@~The negro Constitutional Conven-
ton of Alabama is, in this "age of pro-
gress," much in advance of white consti.
tutional conventions in the white States.
Thus we have the following: The Con-
vention granted eight divorces from the
bonds of matrimony yesterday, and dis.
missed one suit for bigamy."
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BY TELEGRAPH.
Laiest TO Noon To-day.
NEW YORK.
Gold and Cotton Reports.

Special to tho pUBLIo LKDGER.l
New YoRK, December 7-l2 NJ
Gold opened at 1873, at 1920 am. was
1871, at IL am. was 1877, and is now 1868.
Cotton tending upward. Quotations
unchanged.
Exchange, steady.
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No. An Illinois editor proposes as
business transaction to board around
with his Rou-paying subscribers. He
will in that way balance accounts and
learn public sentiment"
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R@. The Western States increase
rapidly in population. The census re-
port of Iowa, just completed, gives the
population Of the State at 9O2, OOO-a
gain Of l47, O4l in two years.
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Of the United States to pay the public
debt, was taken up in committee and
various amendments proposed. No re.
suit attained.
Sovernl resolutions touching the
finances were offered and referred.
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men are punished, and the rule is that
negroes 90 free. Has the Bureau no
missinn to control as well as protect the
nearoes2
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R@- Barney Aaron has agreed to en-
gage in a prize fight on the lst Of April
for $1,000 side with enc James Collins.
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Hair GoOdsi Hair GOOdsii

MRS. L. GUILMARD. 62H JEFFERSON
NJ street haf iurt arrived from New n ork,
With 4 larro stock q fashionable Hair Goods,
Witch Win Be r5id a. the lowest New York
priccr. Ladies uil set Ereat bargains ~
rivinr her call. tl-lol
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NEW ApvERTIsEMEMTs

e00OREwARDi 500 REwARDl-
DZAJO Lost OF stolen, on or shout the 18th
Of November last, on plain double cased, Pari.
sian made pendent, winding. GOLD LEVER
WATCH, together with heavy GOLD CHAIN
the makers name. stemler, ID hue De ia
Paix, paris, engraved on the inside. / viii
rive the above reward for the recovery Of said
watch and -hain, AMI ask no qaesiiQrs.
NJ. COMBS, IN.
81 Room No. 2. Postofiee Building.
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p { o p e s
CAPITAL STOCK, $500, 900.
TAKE FIRE AND MARINE RISKS.
DIRECTORS {.

W. B. GREENLAW, N. S. BRUCE,
c. w. COVER, CHARLES JONES,
JAMES ELDER, WIN. HARRINGTON
JOHN 0VERT0N, JR.
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OFFICERS:

w. b. GREENLAW, President
JAS. ELDER, Vioe-President.
S. =. READ, Secretary.
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Prom &c Vance street. dark mouse-colored
mare Mule; blind In one eye. The UNDERSIGNED
viii Five q liberal reward for any information
G. O.. FISHER.
q EI- Trmrf rfrrnf
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of every description, AT COST. and many ar
ticles at less than cost, FOR CASH.
All bills are discontinued. L sell from this
day for NOTHING BUT THE CASH, on de-
livery, not at the end Of the month or week.
Country Merchants can now replenish their
stocks at LESS THAN NEW YORK PRICES.
The special attention Of the Ladies is invited
TO my large and well assorted stock Of
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-05-11
News by Telegraph and Mails.

Gold closed in New York, yesterday at
1873.
About 1000 emigrants arrived at New
York yesterday.
Over one million and half CT gold will
be. shipped to Europe to-day. They take
our golden grain, we enjoy or greenback
chaff
The Great Eastern will return no more
| to NeY York. The reason assigned Is that
so far this season she has proved losing
speculation.
! A fire in Oil City, Pa, yesterday morn
ing, destroyed ten buildings, including
the American Hotel, some iron tankage,
and other property to considerable
amount.
Senator Wilson was honored with a
torchlight procession of black people, at
Augusta, on Wednesday night, and spoke
at Atlanta on Thursday.
| Maj, Russell, late of the Confederate serY-
ice, and relative of John Slidell, died in
Toronto onSunday.
The United States has but small share
of the space occupied by the Paris Expos
ition. France has one-half the space, 64,-
600, square yards; England has 21,655
square yards; and the United States but
$500.
Among the curiOsties to be disposed OF
at charity fair In New York, Is lock OF
General Washington's hair, set in velvet
and carved-oak frame.
| AppOrflintr IN .Tu1ora EJp,pnIia cfa
made few evenings since in New York,
the number of sprituallsts at present in
this country Is 100000.
The Clover Hill coal-pit, in Chesterfield
County, Virginia, the scene of the late ter
rible explosion, was reopened on Friday,
and an attempt made to explore it for the
purpose of finding the bodies of the men
who lost their lives by the accident. 1t
was impossible to proceed.
General Burton is to deliver jefferson
Davis to the court at Richmond, on Mon
day. 1t is said that in the event of his be-
ing set at liberty, he will be Immediately
| rearrested upon the charge of treason.
A lady and her three servants were poi
soned in st. Louis. on Tuesday, by eating
candy saturated with croton oil. They are
now very sick, one or two of them danger
ously so.
Tie failure of James S. Wheeler & Co.,
in the shoe trade; of Fink & Gore, In the
leather trade, and of a bank president, in
the same trade, are reported from Boston.
The body Of Louis Fox, the celebrated
billiard player which has been missing
since last December, was yesterday found
in the river seven miles from Rochester,
NY.
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Telegraph NIiscellanies.

New YORK. May 10.-Yates II. Mond
| formerly policeman, was arrested, charg-
ed with robbing the offices of Stenker and
Bower, Wall street of $4,000 of deprecla-
ted currency, In 1864, aud of S220 in coin
on the 4th of this month.
At the session of the Equal Rights Asso-
citation, Henry Ward Beecher was among
the speakers.
Resolutions were offered In favor of suf-
frage to women and black men (and black
womenp)
A dispatch was read from Lucy Stone,
dated Atchison, stating that impartial suf-
frage will be carried in Kansas by an over
whelming majority.
The receipts for foreign missions, for the
last eight months, were S252000.
The Herdld's Paris correspondent, refer
ring to the war preparations of France
says the military scenes witnessed in the
streets of Paris, of moving artillery wag-
ons. guns, gun-carriages, and munitions,
were similar to those seen just previous to
the Crimean war and Italian campaign.
The Herdlds Berlin correspondent says
Russia makes her preparations steadily and
without any noise or excitement, as In
France, but on a very extensive scale.
A crippled lady, named Burgess, has
recovered $1,000 from the Eighth Avenue
Railroad for injuries received from care
lessness In the starting of car.
LONDON, May lO.-Hon. Gathorns Hardy
has been appointed Home Secretary In
place of Mr.. Walpole. The Earl of Devon
replaces Mr.. Hardy as Chairman of the Poor
Law Board.
SAN Francisco, May l0.-The Golden
City, for Panama, sailed to-day, with ST.
0726s5 in treasure, and ll,630 barrels flour
for New York.
The Archer sailed for New York with
10000 sacks of wheat and 1000 barrels of
flour.
The Harvest Queen, for Liverpool, with
$4,000 sacks of wheat, has cleared.
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From Europe.


LONDON, May 10.--Esfl Derby stated IN
Parliament Inst night that lie considered
the preservation of the peace of Europe nc
longer a question Of doubt.
The Peace Conference held Its second
session to-day. The following basis for the
deliberations of the Conference was agreed
upon;
First-The Territory of LuXemburg Is to
remain in possession Of the King OF Hol-
land as Grand Duke of LuXemburg.
SeCond-The naturalization of the Grand
Duchy to be guaranteed by all Europeans
Powers participating in the Conference.
Third-The fortress of LuXemburg is to
be razed.
ATHENS, May l0.-Kangars, the Envoy
of Greece to the United States, has sailed
for America.
LONDON, May -Noon.-Consols 90 /;
Five-twenties, 72A; Illinois Central, 75H f;
Erie ~.
The bullion In the Bank of England de-
creased Gll0,OO0.
LIVERPOOL, May --Noon.--Cotton has
a better feeling to-day; market opened
with an advance of R@Ad. and quite
-active; sales of 10000 bans middlng up
lands at ll@llMd.
The Brokers' Circular reports sales for
the week of 10000 bales, Of which specu-
lators and exporters took 220O0. Stock in
port, $4,000 bales, including $4,000 bales
of American.
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Gay Life in Chicago.

Especial 10 the eClnclnnatl Commercially
CHICAGO, May l0.-A prominent lumber
dealer here, named George Whitbeck, was
recently charged by one Wilkinson with
having seduced his wife, and suit was
brought against him therefor, damages be-
Ing laid at $4,000. BY some means the
case was withdrawn from the courts, and
the matter hushed up.
An odd sequel to the affair has just
transpired. A young man named Clark
has been living with Whitbeck for two
years, until lately, and has been very inti-
mate with Mrs. Whitbeck, accompanying
her everywhere. Whitbeck, short time
ago, became jealous, and ordered Clark
from his house, forbidding his return.
Clark left, but has since made elandestine
visits. On Wednesday night Whltbeck
was on the watch, and discovered his wife
admitting Clark Whtbeck event for''
the couple and sent them both to grass,
when Clark broke for tall timber.
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THE BASIS OF REPUBLICAN
GOVERNMENT.

Rsso'Vsi, That the several States composing the
United states, are not united on the principle Of
unlimited submission to their General Govern :
meht but that by compact, under the style and
title OI Constitution OF tho United states and Of
Government, for special purpOses-delegated to
that Government certain definite powers reserv-
Ing each State TO itself the residuary mass Of
right to their self government; and that when
ever the General Government assumes undelega-
ted power, its acts are unauthortatiye, void, and
Of no force; That to this compact each State ae-
ceded as State, and is integral party, its CO.
states forming, as to itself the other party that
the government created by this compact was not
made the exclusive or 1nal judge Of the extent OF
the powers delegated to itself, since that would
have madeits discretion, aud not the Const tuition,
the me sure Of its powers; but that. as In all
other cases of COMPACT AMONG POWERS HAVING
40 coMMOS JUDGE, EACH PARTY mas AN EQUAL
RIGHT TO JUDGE FOR ITSELF, AS WELL OF INFBAC-
TtONs As OF THE NODE AND MEASURE OF REDREss-
The firSt HsntHcky RESOLUTION Of 1898
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MUST BH SOLD,
To h clean sweep
Go They Must, and Go They Shall 1!
Our New & Desirable Goods

We offer TO sell at prices corresponding with
present times.
MT strauss Is here also for the purpose Of max
Ing known to the community at large, that our
facilities far superior to any other similar
business house for the reasons:
l. We buy our Goods Tor cash only.
=. We buy our Goods In the Eastern market di-
rect from the mills or their agents.
!. We have them cut and made by the most
scientific Cutters and best TnllUrs.
We have always the latest styles, in Patterns
8. We have them manufactured under the eY.
elusive control OF our long experienced partner l.
4. Strauss.
O. We ecelveeonstantly nesh supplies from our
wholcs ale house In Cincinnati.
Z We receive them at FIRST COST, not paying
Any PRoFIT AT ALL.
g. We don't labor under heavy expenses
o. We are not in tho habit Of miSrepresentIng
our goods.
ployed In this business, and
the smallest profit.
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Prize Fight-A Brutal Fracas

CLEVELAND, May l0,--Sam. Davis and
Jim. Elliot. fought at half past ten in the
forenoon, on Point Au Pelee Island. Eli
ot won by foul In the ninth round, oecu-
pying eleven minutes, Davis going down
without blow. Davis was badly punished
and 1t is said by many TO have sold the
fight. Elliot got the first blood and the
first knock down Ia round, and In each sue
ceeding round Davis went down to avoid.
He was several times warned.
On boat from Detroit there were two
his nose and ear bitten on.
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H oTmh
Who Wants Bargains.

MARTIN BOMBERGER, REAL
ESTATE AGENT, DAYTON OHIO, has for sale.
Twenty Houses and Lots ranging from $500 to
% 900.
Also six Farms-three in Darke, two in Mont.
gomery. and one in Van Vert County.
The undeFsig gned can always be found at the
Ohio Insurance Once, when not ont ON business
or ut the Post Onice corner.
Buys and sells property. Terms liberal
mr. IF
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PUBLIC NOTICE,

DURsUANT TO law, notice is hereby ri ven that
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VALLANDI0HAH, GEORGE w. HouK, O. B, HAR.
AAN, ADAM SNYDER, 5. +. WooDsUh, ID. A. HoUK,
GEIeER JOHN BEoADRUP, DESHIs DwYER, SAM.
uKL MAYs, and JOHN MoELwEK, have associated
to form an INSURANCE COMPANY for the purpose
hEst Specined in sestlon Of the "Act 20 regulate
Insurance companies" passed April Is, 1867, and
with the corporate rights and powers conferred
by said act and the act OF May l. 1853; the pTnci-
PAL once OF said company to be located at Dayton,
Montgomery County, Ohio,
Dayton, Nay 1, 1S87-d4tW