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The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-01
CLIPPINGS.

Hon. G J. Faulkner, an OK rcbe
in his address to the firemen O.
Martinsburg, West Va, on the 4th
inst, said that he felt proud to Iiv,
under the Stars and stripes-that
the South might feel very thank.
ful that the rebellion had beer
crushed, and the North take lastin,
credit to itself for putting it down
A Droyer, named Kern, of Paris
Ny, was robbed in Cincinnati, q
few days since of sl3,9S6. He had
sold a lot Of cattle at Buffalo and
was on his way homo, and missed
the money while at the Gibson
House.
Michael and Catherine Dunn, at
Crestline. ask for information in
relation to their daughter, Bridget.
about twelve years of age, who left
home about the 18th Of juno and
has not been heard of since.
Mr.. Shanks, formerly cores
pohdent OF the Herald, is now the
editor Of Harpcr's Weekly. Mr.
Alden, the former editor. is engaged
upon a forth coming book.
A company with $4,000 capital
paid up, has been formed for the
purpose Of purchasing lands in
Virginia for developing the re-
sources Of the State. E. S Hamlin.
of Ohio, is President and Thos. N.
WynRe Of Va, Secretary.
The English say that the United
States haveincreased four millions
since the war commenced, and that
we arc more powerful than was
Rome in the days of Augustus
They are disgustcd.
Some Southern paper says that
Jefferson Davis once owned seven
hundred slaves, but the only one
OF his bondsmen who ever distin-
guished himself was Horace Gree
ley.
Every foot Of land on which Bel
fast, Ireland, is built is owned by
one man, the Marquis of Donegal.
Every citizen has to pay tribute
to him. His income Tor ground
rent is from one TO two millions of
dollars per annum.
An old lady in Trenton, n. j.,
read an account of the burst
ing of a grind stone used in the
saw factory, and became alarmed
lest the grindstone standing in
her cellar should burst in a similar
manner and blow up the house.
She had the dangerous thing re-
moved Immediately.
The Governor of Georgia has
been asked to appoint a day OF
Thanksgiving for the abundant
wheat crop. Within the corporate
limits Of the city of Athens. a
thousand acres were in wheat. The
South went to war for her inde-
pendence, and, unexpectedly, has
gained it.
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Tricks of the Trade.

The Atlanta ga New Era Of
late date tells the following anus.
ing story:
The far famed Robert Houdin,
who is now deligbting crowds al
the theater By bis wierd perfor.
mances, cannot be satisfied with
his legitimate triumphs before an
audience, but occasionally does @
neat thing for his own am osement,
very much to the surprise of oil
who may happen to be present.
On Saturday last, while passing
an itinerant vender of cheap pro
visions, Mr.. Houdin suddenly paus-
ed and inquired
"How do you sell eggs, aun-
tie?"
Dem eggs ?" was tho response
"dey am a picayune apiece-fresh,
too, de last one oh EN- billed dem
myself, and knows dey's first rate. -
"Well, I'll try 'em, Says the
magician, as he laid down bit of
fractional currency. "Have you
pepper and salt ?"
"Yes, sar, dere dey is" said the
sable saleswoman, watching her
customer with intense interest.
Lcisurcly drawing a neat little
penknife, Mr.. Houdip proceeded
very quietly to cut the egg exactly
in half, when suddenly q bright,
new twenty-five cent piece was
discovered lying embedded in the
yolk, apparently as brigh: as it
was when it first came from the
mint. Very cody the great magi.
clan transferred the coin to his
vest pocket, and taking up another
egg, inquired
"And how much do you ask for
this egg?"
"De Lord brcss my soul Dat
egg? De fact am. boss, dis egg is
worth a dime, shuah."
"All right" was tho response
"here's the dime. Now give me
the egg"
Separating it with an exact
precision that the colored lady
watched most eagerly, quarter
eaglc was picked out of the center
Of tho egg, and placed in the vest
pocket of the operator as before.
The old woman was thunder struck,
as well she might have been, and
her customer had 10 ask the price
Of the third egg two or three times
before he could obtain a reply
Oars no use in talkin' mars'r,"
said the bewidered old darkey,"I
can't let you hab dad egg, not no
how for less den quarter, de.
clare to de Lo'd | cam"
VERY good" said Houdin, whose
Impcrlrrbable features were as SOL
emn as an urdertaker's, "there's
your quarter, and here is the egg
All right"
AS he opened the last egg a brace
offve dollar gold pieces were dis
covered snugly deposited in the
very heart of the yolls, and jing-
ling them merrily together in his
palm, the savant coolly remark
cd
"Very good eggs, indeed rath,
er like them and whiIo l am about
it, l believe will buy a Dozen
What's the price p
81 say pricc!' screamed the
amazed daughter of Ham. "You
couldn't buy dem eggs mass'r, for
all dc money you's got. No! dat
you couldn't. Is goin to take dem
eggs all homo, | is, and dat money
IN dem eggs b'longs to me 1t
does dat. Couldn't sell no more Of
nem eggs no how"
Amid the roar Of the spectators,
the benighted African started for
her domicil to "smash dem eggs"
but with whatsuccess we are unable
10 relate.
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How IT HAPPENs.-We find the
following in the New York Trib.
une. The collection, evidently
made from the personals and 40
Gals ola city paper, contains in it.
self u real life revelation and ro-
nance truly startling. Let parents
who permit their daughters to car
ry on anonymous correspondence
with persons unknown except
through newspaper advertisements,
read and reflect
SlR:-I have a great curiosity
to see the following notices" ar
ranged together, ',just to see how
they would look you know" it
seems to me they preach a big
sermon;
PERsoyAL.-Young dark haired
lady in white, Third.ave. car, Sun.
day evening, noticed gentleman
opposite; will please address -,
Station. Bible House.
MISSING. = From home since
Wednesday last, -. She
has dark hair, and when last seen
wore q white muslin dress. Any
one giving information of her
whereabouts will receive the sim
cere thanks of a distressed and
widowed mother.
MEDICAL. - Ladies that have
been unfortunate will call upon
Madame -, No. - street.
Relief guaranteed in one visit; per
fectly safe.
DRowNED.-Some boys engaged
in fishing foot Of - street, yes
terday morning, found the body o
beautiful young woman floating
near the dock. Deceased had on
white muslin dress, large dla
mond ring on one of her fingers
she had dark hair, and had beeI
in the water but short time. Th,
Coroner was notified.
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MaximiIian and the "Democra-
cy."


GEO. WILKES, in the N. Y. Spirit
of the Times, in an article review
ing the Mexican situation and the
execution Of Maximilion, (Which
last is justified on just and suffi.
cient grounds,) has the following
on the singular attitude taken by
the so-called democracy" in rela,
ton to thissubject:
Whenever we take up one of its
organs, or whenever we hear any
of any ofits members talk, we dis
cover that the whole democratic
party is plunged into an inconsol'
able grief at the execution of a
Prince What is the matter
What has come over the spirit Of
the democratic dream This was
not the wont of the sturdy democ.
racy OF the olden time ! They
cared nothing for, princes. They
rather disliked them than other.
wise, and if one of them, in Jack.
sons time, had been caught inva.
ding any portion of this continent,
in violation of the Monroe doc
trine, and of putting whole villages
to the sword because the inhabi.
tants would not abjure republican
ism for monarchy, we should have
found them not only,clamoring for
his life, but demanding an army
with which to 60 and take it. We
certainly should not have seen them
all blubbeling atahe untimely fate
ofsuch an elegant gentleman" as
Maximilian, and ready to unite
with the weeping courts OF Europe
in declaring that our sister repub.
lie If Mexico is deserving of ex.
communication from the family Of
nations. Of q truth, something
strange has come over the spirit OF
the old democracy. Following
the misleading aristocracy of tho
South, 1t constantly gets further
away from its old texts. Emascu.
lated of its original vigor, it goes
pulling about like eunuch on the
blessedness of peace, and stands
ready 10 mako the miseries of
princes theme for its subsequent
campaigns. 1t is a marvel that
the old rank and file do not occa.
sionally shake themselves together,
and touch their minds with the re.
Election of what an effeminate tribe
they may become. But there seems
to be a spell upon them, and after
what has happened, we should
hardly be surprised at seeing the
masses of the once "unterrified"
apply for admission to the aristoc,
racy, through the imposing formu-
Ia of the blue veil.
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Grant ON Sheridan.

From Wilkes Spirit.
In the course of a visit to Wash.
ington, the present week, we had
the pleasure of hearing a remark
made by General Grant which, we
think, should be given tothe coun-
try. During the period of the re.
Ibellion it was our advantage to en-
| joy the personal intimacy Sof some
Of the most prominent members Of
the Government, and we have al.
ways made it point never to re-
peat any Of the expressions elicit.
ed during such intercourse in the
columns of this paper. There are
exceptions, however, even to the
strictest rules; and we propose now
to make such an exception in rela-
ton to General Grant, not because
he usually says very little, and
therefore the public are anxious
for his opinions, but because the
matter we have to state is very
worthy ofhim and just to Sheridan,
and for both these reasons 30 use.
full TO the country that it ought not
to be withheld. General Grant on
the occasion we refer to, had in
troduced to two or three persons
who were present, the subject of
General Sheridan's late dispatch
in relation TO the Attorney Gene
rails opinion, and, with the view Of
iustifying its style, explained, that
it was in the nature ofa personal
dispatch to him (not intended as
an official response 10 that opinion
and consequently not meant for
publication. Nevertheless" said
tho General, II read copy of it'in
the newspapers before | received
the original, and | am curious to
learn how such a result came a.
bout" The General then went on
to say. that Sheridan's dispatch
was almost in the nature of a conf
Dental COMMUNICATION, and that
it was characterized by an easy
trankness, which was a leading
feature of Sheridan g character. He
was, consequently, sorry to sec that
the papers were making such a
noise about it; but attributed this
fierceness of the attack in 1ouisi-
ana, to the fact that Sheridan was
not in any of the "rings" down
there, and that they consequently
hated him heartily and therefore
fell upon him all together. Warm
ing with his subject, Gen. Grant
further remarked 1.-The public did
not thoroughly understand Sheri-
dan. He had popularity enough,
1t was true; in fact, all that a man
could desire, but not appreciation.
He was a much broader man than
was generally supposed. lie was
usually regarded merely as brave,
off-hand fighter, with not much cal
culation; but he was in reality a
man of fine judgment, and fully
capable of handling, under any
circumstances, all the armies the
United States over had together!"
This was said with great anima-
ton, and after moments pause,
was repeated with increased en-
pbasis.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-01

A Great row has been made
among the Democracy, both in and
out of Congress, about "Satrap
Sickles" riding in the streets in a
fine carriage. AS General Sickles
lost one legin the service, it did
not seem a bad thing for him to
have o carriage, and ride in it
Mr.. Bingham, we believe, said
something OF the sort in Congress
and General Sickles having seen
report of Mr.. BIS remarks, tele-
graphs him as follows:
"Thanks for your handsome
reply to Mr.. Eldridgo. You may
relieve his conscience with tn
consoling information that my
equipage has not cost him or any
of his friends anything said equip
age being the cherished gift of my
colleagues of the Third Army
Corps"
Mr.. Bingham had this Telegram
read at the Clerks desk in Congress
the other day, and the Democrac.
retired in a demoralized condition
Columbus Journal.
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THOMAS JEFFERs
To Mr.. B. BANNEKER.

J, D. Jenkins, formerly q Br-
chanan office. holder in lowe, and
as late as two years ago candi-
date on the LIE Grand Byington
Democratic State ticket, has since
moved to Alabama, where he is
now President of a Registration
Board under the Military Recon
struction law. He confesses him
self wholly converted and recon
structed, and writes to his friends
in Mitchell county, Iowa;
"All my democracy has vanish
ed by a short residence in Dixie, as
will that Of any other reasonable
man who wishes to do right, and
know the truth. The negroes il
the South are behaving remark
ably well, and have disappointed
everybody in regard to their ca
pacity to acquire knowledge ant
q living. Slavery was ,oroag. N
people could act their part in lif
any better than they are doing
under the circumstances,
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Betting.

Lorenzo Dow, the i'inerant
preacher, so famous in his time for
his eccentricity, commenced his
sermon on one occasion by reading
from st. Paul, ~ can do all things"
The preacher paused, took off his
spectacles, laid them on the open
Bible and said, "No, Paul. you're
mistaken for once; I'll bet you FIVE
dollars you can't, and stake the
money" at the same time putting
his hand in his pocket, he took out
five dollar bill, took up his spec
tacles again and read-"through
Jesus Christ our Lord 'Ah,
Paul." exclaimed the preacher,
snatching up the five collar bill,
and returning it to his pocket,
"that's different matter the bets
withdrawn"
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-01

CUsrARD PUDD1Ne.-0ne quart
of new milk, three eggs, halt .
pound OF sugar, a little salt; pour
these into your pudding dish. mix
we'll, slice some bread, butter II,
and then lay the thin slices over
the top Of your pudding. Bake
about ono hour.
The Asbtabnla County Agricul1
tural Society offers a prize ior :
match game Of base ball At the o.
tober fair Of that Society.
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Jefferson ON Color.

"a Lady" sends to the Albany
Journal the following original letter
from Thomas Jefferson to Benja.
min Banneker, the negro astrono.
mer and mathematician. in opposi-
tion to the position of Democratic
members of the Constitutional
Convention, who drew arguments
against colorcd suffrage from the
works of Jefferson:
PHILADELPHIA, Agust 80, 1871.
SIR II thank you sincerely for
your letter and the Almanac it
contained. Nobody wishes more
than l do to see such proofs as you
exhibit that nature has given 10
our black brethren talents equal
to those of the other colors of men,
and that the appearance of the
want of them is owing merely to
the degraded condition of their
existence in Africa and America.
| can add with truth, that no one
wishes more ardcntly to see a good
system commenced fer raising the
condition OF their mind to what
it ought TO be, as far as the imbccili-
ty their present existence and 9th
er circumstances which cannot be
neglected will admit.
l have taken the liberty to send
your Almanac to Monsieur de Con-
dorcet, Secretary of the Academy
of Science at Paris, and a member
of the Philanthropic Society, be-
cause l consider it a document
10 which your whole color have a
right for their justification against
the doubts which have been enter
tanned of them.
| am, with great esteem, dear sir
your obedient. etc.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
To Mr.. B. BANNEKER.
The lady who sends the above
letter for publication, mentions the
fact that Banneker was invited anG
took part with the Maryland
Commissioners in setting off the
District of Columbia ClereldnC
Leader.
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- -" =.
ANNoYINo AND LAvoRAnln Ac.
lcfpENr-A TouNo EAnK FAtrs
lTnRoU0H A Buoux .--Ono a those
lnnnoying, yet lndicrons accidents,
which will happen 10 thc best
of families, occpsred on Sunday,
not over q thousand miIos from
this city. Adry goods clcrk had
an engagement to take his lady
love out buggy riding. Ear.y u
the morning he appeared before
herfather's door, with one ofthosa
spider-li!Ee vehicles, which are
probably constructed with q view
Of ascertaining how light buggy
can be made, and at the same time
be serviceable.
The lady is sweet sixteeh, beauti.
full and just a little bitof what 10
termed fast" She ia full Of life.
fun and frolic. and Ii decidedly
emboapoint, weighing about one
hundred and foFty.fve pounds. As
the young gentleman drove up, his
lady love was standing on the top
step at the front door. with her
venerable father, who had his gold
specs elevated on his forehead, in
order to get a distant view Of bis
future son -in-law.
Adonis jumped out of tho buggy
preparatory to assisting the young
lady in, but she suddenly took one
Of those strange freaks to which
the dear sex arc all subject, The
buggy was standing about four
feet from the steps, and consider
ably below the sep upon which
stood the young lady. She proba-
bly, wanted TO convince her lover
that she was not clumsy If she was
fat, and thought this would be a
good time TO show him her agility.
Be this as it may, shegav ajump
and landed in the center Of the
buggy. II she had stopped there,
all would have been well, but alasI
the thin boards Of the bottom Of
the buggy, unable TO stand tho
pressure, gave way and the young
lady continued her descent.
There was a piercing scream ; a
pluDging horse with u ayoung man
holding him; q bundle of muslin
in the buggy and two little gaiter
boots pointing TO within six inches
Of the ground under it. Pater fam
ilias rushed to the rescue fnd de-
tached the horse from the buggy.
He then got up on one side, young
man on the other, and they at
tempted to raise young lady up
30, stop, STOP! you are killing me
she cried.
The boards had broken. in the
center, and the long sharp splin-
ters extended downward, aud when
they attempted to raise the young
lady out of her predicament, these
sharp splinters would catch in her
le- pshaw! Did you ever see a wire
mouse-trap? If net, go and get
one, stick your finger through tho
entrance tunnel and try to pull it
out. You will then understand tho
sad fix that our young lady was in
on Sunday morning.
The old man comprehended tho
situation in a moment. lie told
the young man to get down and
break the splinters off. Young
lady screamed. 20, don't" aud tho
young man wouldn't. At this stage
of the proceedings practical
came up with hatchet,
and the young lady was soon ex-
tricated from her unpleasant situa-
ton, and disappeared behind the
front door.
We don't know whether the
young lady sustained any serious
injury or not, and we are not go
ing to ask any questions of that
young man.
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The Piqua Democrat says the
"practicle issue is whether the mig
ger children shall go to- the same
school with the whites If the
editor cant get in at any of the
white schools, he might perhaps
benefit himself by a few "practicle'
lessons in photography at some
colored school. He could not Of
course expect to be received OF
terms of equality, however, until he
shall have learned something. -
Columbus Journal.
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Miss Buchanan, once rallying
her cousin, an officer, on his cour'
age, said /; "Now, Mr.. Harris, do
you really mean to tell me you
can walk up to a cannon's mouth
without fear ?" EYES, was the
prompt reply" or a Buchanan'i
either" And he did.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-01

We have quite a number Of Dem
ocrats in our city who are in favor
Of the constitutional amendment
They ayow it openly, and we have
no doubtthey will hold out to the
end. =. Portsmouth (Okio) Republt-
can
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-01

The only fruit which grows in
every climate is the strawberry
IL is the only fruit which some.
wbere on tho earth 10 picked
every day the year round.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-01

The Mexican tillibustering
schemes, intended to avenge the
death Of Macmillan, have not met
with success, and appear to have
been quietly dropped.
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Jefferson Davis in the London

Star.
The London Star stood by us
through storm and sunshine from
the beginning to the end of the
war. 1t speaks thus Of Jefferson
Davis
Slavery was, in Mr.. Davis eyes,
the one grand institution to be
cherished and maintained at the
expense of all others. Loyalty,
obedience, patriotism were only
claimed at the hands Of the South.
erners so long as the Southern.
ers were allowed to buy and to
sell, to own and to fog slaves
No Roman pro-consul, no Turkish
Pasha ever insisted so absolutely
upon the indefeasible and unlimit
cd right OF the master over his
slaves. The moment this right
seemed imperiled Jefferson Davis
began to plot against the Constitu.
tion Of his country. We use the
word plot advisedly. In January,
1860, a whole year before the seces
sion, he introduced into the Sen.
ate a.billto authorize certain of the
States to purchase arms for the na.
tionai armories. He described the
bill as Of little import, and one
which he hoped would excite no
discussion. 1t was, Of course, sim
ply a bill to provide weapons out
Of tho national armory for mon al
ready sacredly pledged to rebellion
The treachery with which Mr.. Da-
Wis and his accomplices made use
Of the laws and institutions OF the
United States TO prepare and arm a
rebellion intended TO overthrow
them, is one Of the most singular
and revolving features in the his.
tory of the Southern Confedera-
tion. Had there been a Cicero in
the American Senate in 1860, he
might we'll have branded the Cat.
aline Of the conspiracy at that mo.
ment. Less fortunate in his end
than Cataline, Mr.. Davis was more
lucky in bis beginning. The Ro.
man conspirator's plot was prema.
turely exploded, but he fell on the
field, sword in hand, and fighting
to the last with perverted courage
--deplorable, guilty, but not to be
despised. Mr.. Davis was not al.
lowed by fortune full scope to ma
ture his enterprise. but he was ig'
ANONYMOUSLY captured after Install
uro Some say in the garments Of Q
woman), and he is now dismissed
unpunished, by the contemptuoul
magnanimity of his conquerors.
The story Of the American civi
war is foo fresh in tho memory o.
all Of us to need recapitulation. =
Mr. Davis part in it as Presiden'
Of the Southern Confederacy viii
be studied in vain for any Of th,
splendid charaoteristics which Of
ten lend lustre to bad cause. H,
had little Judgment and less fore
sight, He does not SOON to have
seen the end until Il fell upon hin
with o crash. He kept talking o
the Northerners as whipped span
iels," even when victory after vic
tory of Grant and Sherman anc
Sheridan had made the issue inev
table. His detestation Of the prin
eiples of human liberty broke ou
in positively frantic accents whei
theNorth proclaimed the freedom
ofthe slave. In his message of Jan
uary, 1868, be denounced the cele
brated Emancipation Proclamation
rs the most execrable measure re
corded in the history of guilt.
man." With characteristic trucu
lence he indicated, in some lineso Q
which the ghastly significance star
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-01

Every parent is like looking
blass for his children to dress
themselves by. Therefore parents
should take care to keep the glass
bright and clean.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-01

The Street Commissioner Of Gin
cinnati has sued the Commercial
for libel, laying his damages at $50
600. 6