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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-22
Political Miscellany.


The st. Paul Mimi Press makes the remarkable
statement that The Of tbs city OF II Paul and
county OF Ramsey amount 10 s274,S4s. of which
$50 22i goes into the State treasury aud the rss or
$685. ST. the dark abysses Of the city aad county
democratic nnancicrIng."
The editor OF tho Milwaukee Se.tiasi IL in ormed the
defeat tho negro suffrage amendment 70 tho Ohio
stu,on Is DO attributed mainly TO tho apprehension
that adopted would induce the kentucky trcsdmsa
tn svarm into the state Many republicans declared
that they could not consent 10 high premium
upon negro immigration.
Tho Minneapolis Tribune (rsdcail, says:-"lfss
0Reily ssseris that twco many democrats went to
the war a. republicans Does Miles mean for 10
count both armies'''
A correspondent OF the Phisdsphia Press trsdica),
speaks thus oracula-ly Of the situation In Alabama:
The people having voted q convention TO elect their
delegates, that body will meet tho bth OF November
nexs The delegates are composed OF seventy eight
whites and nineteen blacka The constitution which
they will adopt will probably DO almost literal copy
OF the constitution OF Vermont After this adopted.
Pile ana will b rarined By ovsrshclming majority.
Il will then be taken TO Washington, where We trust 10
see II accepted NJ an early day so that Alabama mag
take her rank Ia tina Union ~ thoroughly reconsructsd
republican State
Says the Albany Aross.-"stsvsns thanks God for
defeat this year; Greeley thanks God foe tho coming
defeat IN the Presidential election Lei " oil thank
God and 10 unanimous for once"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-22
The Disruption In the Ring Of New York
Radical Politicians.

From tho Albany Argus democratic
CALVIN L. Hnburd, nominated IN his abssacc as Comp
truer, refuses 10 90 tie candidate OF the ring His
de-ibnton has been received by the Chairman OF the
Republic state Central ComniItee HERALD
lie has dono what Mr. Folger did the pre- Of the
coavent onretnsed 70 train under such Leaders, Dir.
Hnlhouse thrown overheard nth ago. will be asked
"Jack-at-a-Pinch.n and take the vacated
place and Its solcd houors. Senator Stanford thrown
OF ,he canal ring. TO which he refused TO
cumb has taken the manly OF enterin. against
tho ring the peoples candidate. Simmons, radical
candidate for sheriff In Rensselaer, county. has
surrendered. abandoned the ticket, and the county
COMMITTEES fs tho vacancy with the name OF Leolard
LyId, OF PoeSlenkiil A. Gown. to whom tho empty
honor OF nomination in this judicial district teu.
dercd has declined So far As this IS recognition Of
Judge Psckham's claims to his position, il Is
gratifying but l. Is Of many nbandonmens Of tho
I:cket senator's Sessions and Williams do and viii
leg slave harvest Bemis too. TO haul Off He
indicted unanimously for briDery in two counties.
and expects TO mako good run Ia radical Chautauqua
TIE New York Commercial Adrertif urges that
for Tie Assembly vention land who good menl,
should IN the district from dishoaor."
And repeats the assertion often uncVntre dcted:
Neantinc IN view OF fac. that Dcmis claims 10 be
money consideration for the Governors gnature to
hui 1886 sud received large ints OF money last winter
from the Central railroad Tor promising Tho Governors sig.
their fare bill lie afford to bug suoh
from his own county into the Legislatures
Tie New York Er.rirJ Post takes the same view o!
the nomination. and says tho honest republicans OF thu
district wculd do themselves no than justice II
they should In del bsrate and authoritative manner,
az tner SIX lrts OF the nation And asks wny
lion OF convenlions That what they ought to do
and tnat what should be done wherever corrupt men
eecare the no minaiou OF a ventiopn
wbe tho ticket Is abandoned tho platform 10 repud
elcd from Judge kason do the lowest on tho list
uoh the effect OF Ohio and rennsyivana elections
upon tue weak nerves OF radcasm.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-22
Onto.

0icia returns from eighsywo counties in Ohio show
the following vote 10 which attached he vote in the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-22

Openlus OF the Political Cawpaisu-lta dicsi-
ism and Democracy In the Rieid-The Ble-
nents Fierce-Ths Respective Leaders and
Parsies-Ths plans 81 the Contcstants-The
ProsDects-A Convention.
RICHMOND, Va. oot fs 1897
The political campaign s opened hsss In real earnest
and promises 70 Be one Of the most exciting since
wiss's memorable onslaught on Know Neshinsism in
1865. Democracy and republcAntsm are In harness.
soAh eager for the fray ymsd and equipped,
resolved TO light V shs bitter sna. All the
nercs elements viii slash together In the semina
confess. The white sdhsrsnb u ths old democracy,
the disciples Of wise the followers Of Lee the admirers
OF vaandghan. the enthusiasts q the Ohio slscicna
the ardent sxpscanss Of Northern reaction, will march
70 shs polls Tuesday 10 ssA phssnH 70 vote tes coz
saSvsvs delegates aaA agzfnss asoaysntoa GA Nh,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10

''Do you, mother? Oh do you think SOP I
wish knew it. I do love brother John so, p" said
Annie, her rather dull face Lighting up with almost
enthusiasm. .. ...-. .-
IT know it, ANNIE" said her mother, smiling
land if you only try to conquer that soth and ex-
cessive timidity, John would be proud Of you.
Annie gave long, trembling sigh.
mo, mother; no one will ever be proud OF me.
Margaret calls me stupid, and I know am, and
ugly, too; she is so beautiful-just like queen ;
and jamie laughs at me. But jamie is so smart
and quick, she knows everything without studying
a bit, and Bette and Katie tease me, and don't
love me, but little Willie will. come to me when
am not too tired to hold him. Even papa never
speaks to me like he does to the others. The tears
were trembling in her eyes as she concluded.
"Never mind, Annie" said Mrs. Carter cheeri-
ly, and kissing her, ''you will come out yet, and
mother knows it; but you must not allow these
morbid fancies of mo one loving you,' to grow
upon you-it will make you very wretched. Mag,
gie you know, is much older than you, and has
been so much from home, it is not to be expected
she would make a companion of such bit Of O
thing as Annie and jamie does not love you less
because she laughs at your She does not know it
leases you-it is only for fun. But, come with me
now, daughter, and let us look at Bette and Ka-
tie in their little bed and see if you do not think
you could teach their little hearts to love you.
IT can do anything when you encourage me,
mother, and will try to be less sensitive and more
willing to oblge. If Johnnie would only love
me" .......
"He will Annie-he cannot help it, if you will
only appear in your true character, which do not
like to believe is either indolent or cross but OBJ
liging, afectionate and dutiful"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.

The British Government has made public the
documents and correspondence which have passed
between it and the u. S. Government in reference
to the Alabama claims. The latest dispatch in the
collection shows what progress has been made in
the controversy, and states the conditions upon
which the English Government is willing to at;
tempt q final settlement. The dispatch is address
ed by Lord Stanley, the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs to Sir Frederick Bruce, the Brit
ish Minister at Washington, and dated May "a,
1867. Lord Stanley informs Sir Frederick Bruce
that England is willing to submit the claims OF
American citizens for damages caused by the Ala
bama and all other similar demands on the part
of the United States, to Commission Of Arbitra-
tion if the claims of British subjects against the
United States for losses suffered during the late
war are likewise submitted to the decision Of the
same Commission. The London Times, comment
ing on the correspondence, remarks that Secretary
Seward shows by his dispatches that he Is unwl-
ling to forego by definite settlement popular
ground of complaint against England; and, like a
LAWYER, is less anxious for judgement than to pro-
long litigation. It asserts that the counter claims
of England for indemnity at least balance those OF
the United States, and complains that Mr.. Seward
now declines to adopt the plan Of mixed commits
sion, which was proposed by himself The article
concludes by saying that Lord Stanley had acted
all along in good faith, and with the determination
not to give capital to circle Of American polti-
clans who are ever seeking causes OF complaint
against England; but under the circumstances, he
Will wa;t nn.il the United States Government re-
duces its pretensions. s.-Meropohtan Record
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10

The WANDERING JEw-From the year 1918
(perhaps earier) toabout 1880, handsome-fea-
tured Jew, eastern costume, fair haired, bare
headed, his eye intently fixed on little ancient
book he held in both hands, might be seen gliding
through the streets Of London, but was never seen
to issue from or to enter house or to pause upon
his way. He was popularity known as 'The Wan
dering Jew" but there was something so dignifed
and anxious in his look that he was never known
to suffer the slightest moestation. Young and old
looked silently on as he passed, and shook their
heads pitifuly when he had gone by. He disap-
peared was seen again in London some ten years
later, still young fair haired, bare headed his eyes
bent on his book, his feet going steadily forward
as he went on men again whispered as he glided
through our streets for the last time, 1.-THE Wan
dering Jewr' There were many who believed
that he was the very man to whom. had been ut
tered the awful words: 'Tany till Icome, -
London Atheneasm
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Seletted gaetrg.
THE POPULAR CREED.

THE POPULAh CHEEDs
Dimes and dollars dollars and dimes!
An empty pockets the worst Of crimes;
If a mans down give him thrust
Trample the beggar into the dust,
Presumptuous poyerty's quite appalling
Knock him over! kick him for falling!
If mans up, oh lift him higher,
Dimes and dollars dollars and dimes!
An empty pockets the worst Of crimes.
know q poor but worthy youth,
Whose hopes are built on q maiden's truth;
But the maiden will break her VOW with ease,
For wooer cometh whose charms are these,
A hollow heart and an empty head,
A face well tinged with the brandy's red,
A soul well trained in villainy's school,
And cash, sweet cash--he knoweth the rule;
Dimes and dollars dollars and dimes!
An empty pockets the worst of crimes.
knew bold and handsome man,
Who strove to live on the christian plan,
But poor he is, and poor he will be,
A scorned and hated thing is he;
At home he meeteth starving wife,
Abroad he leadeth leper's life;
They struggle against fearful odds,
Who will not bow to the peoples gods,
Dimes and dollars dollars and dimes!
An empty pockets the worst of crimes.
So get YOUR wealth, no matter how!
No questions asked Of the rich, I trow;
Steal by night and steal by day,
Doing it all in legal way;)
Join the church and ne'er fOrsake her,
Learn to can't and insult your Maker;
Be hypocrite, liar, knave and fool,
But don't be poor-remember the rule:
Dimes and dollars dollars and dimes!
An empty pockets the worst Of crimes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10

RUMoRs OF NEGRO REGISTRATION IN SOUTH
CAROLINA An intelligent mulatto, who fills the
position of Registrar in one of the parish precincts
of South Carolina, informs correspondent OF the
New York Times that of the country negroes
whom he had seen transformed into legal voters,
he believed at least third would forfeit their new
ly acquired privilege by reason Of their inability to
remember the names under which they were re-
gistered. Under the slavery regime surnames
were luxury altogether unknown to the blacks +;
but, as Pompey, Caesar, July, and Friday were
hardly sufficiently distinctive appellations for the
registry lists, it became necessary to improvise and
afx surname for every applicant for the franchise.
In most cases this was done very simply by assigning
to the bewildered Cufee the surname OF his late
master !; but in very many instances the most fan
ciful or ridiculous names were bestowed, with a
strict injunction to the recipients to hold fast to
their new titles, though their incapacty to recall
them five minutes later was perfectly apparent.
Such names as Humbug Munchausen and Sancho
Panza figure frequently and conspicuously on the
lists. While the field hands are as eager to regis
ter as their less benighted brethren in the towns
and cities, few of them have any definite idea of
the object of the process. The impression is al
most universal among them that it is an operation
somehow preliminary to their obtaining an allot-
ment of the lands of their late masters and it is
common thing to find them slyly bespeaking from
the Registrars the selection of good tract Dis
putes often arise on the important question, wheth
er the Government is to furnish mules as well as
lands, the negro logic running somewhat on this
wise 'For what's de use being sot free widout
lands? And what's de use Of de lands widout
mnles2"
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(To BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.

sar Riches are not easily acquired, and when
acquired, are, with extreme care, preserved but
when death comes they are gone Be not, there
fore, too anxious for wealth. The poisonous tree
of this world bears two fruits OF exquisite SAVIOR
poetry, sweet as nectar, and the society Of the
good.-Lord Bolinbroke. a.-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10
gIistellauepns &eadiua.

THE MOTHER AND HER sEVENssONs
| A Jewish widow and her seven sons were brought
before Antiochus, charged with having refused to
worship his idol. ...- 49,.
The King addressed them separately, and began
with the eldest, by commanding him to worship
the idol
''I cannot, " answered he; for my God has COM
manded me, saying, I am the Lord thy God, who
brought thee out of the land of Egypt"
This refusal enraged the King, and he immedi-
ately ordered that the boy should be killed on the
spot. ......
The second SON was then brought forth.
Acknowledge my idol as one of thy gods, :" said
the King.
"How can II" replied the boy. "The law tells
us, Thou shalt have no other gods before me-"
The King, enraged at his obstinacy, had him
executed, and the third son was led in.
| Antioehus then lowered his demands, by asking
him to merely to bow down before the idol; but
the boy said: ....
'I dare not. The word of God commands me,
Thou shalt not bow down thysef to them; "
and he was instantly ordered forth to execution.
| The fourth son was then ordered to acknowledge
the idol merely as divine power, who influenced
the earth. ....... ....-....
"No" said he; for it is said, Know, there,
fore, this day. and consider it in thine heart, that
the Lord He is God in the heaven above and upon
the earth beneath there is none else.'
Having thus refused to comply with the King
wish, he too was lead forth to death, and the fifth
son was brought in. .z-..... ..,
The King asked now stillless and only request
ed the boy to show the idol some reverence.
IT must not" was the reply; "for He that sac,
ri6ceth unto any god save unto the Lord only,
shall be utterly destroyed" ..... =.
And the King, enraged at being thus repeatedly
foiled, had him put to death also.
The sixth son was called into the Kings pres
ence and was asked, not to embrace idolatry, but
only to deny his faith.
"No" said the lad; "For God has thus spoken
to Israel, saying The Lord has annointed thee
this day to be his peculiar people.
At length the mother and her youngest son, a
mere child, the only survivors Of the noble band
of martyrs, were led before Antiochus. He tried
oil his powers of persuasion to make the child do
his bidding, but in vain. Even his hard heart be-
gan to melt, and he would gladly have saved the
child but he could not, for thousands were
crowding around his throne, and all his royal dig
nifty would be lost if it appeared that he was OBJ
| Eged to yield.
"On one condition." said he, addressing the
boy, will spare thy life. shall drop this sig
net-ring of mine; pick it up, and thou shalt be
saved"
But the boy perceived the Kings device.
"Whatl" cried he; "shall be more mindful OF
thine honor than of my God's?''
And the boys brave words sealed his doom.
'sLet me kiss my child before his death, /" cried
the mother.
She kissed him and said, 'When thou art in
heaven, tell Abraham, our ancestor, that he has a
rival for he erected the altar for the sacrifice OF
one son, but have raised seven affairs for the sac
rifce of my seven sons"
The heroic mother did not long survive her
martyred SONS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10

Har The Superintendent Of Schools in Buffalo
has elected the colored children from the public
schools there A school was set apart for colored
people, but these parties preferred to go elsewhere.
Their parents now threaten to sue the Superinten-
dent under the Civil Rights bill.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10

b6 There is some excitement in New York in
consequence of the number of cholera cases occur
ing on board vessels at quarantine. The disease
is said to be on the increase on board the steam
ship Minnesota n Il. .'r
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10
SOCIAL AMBITIONS.

A London magazine writer descants in animated
style upon the eagerness of all English classes to
obtain footing in what is termed good society"
They will make the most contemplate sacrifices
for appearance sake; live upon bread and water
diet in their own homes in order to appear well
dressed in other folk homes, and will stoop to any
and everything, if by 80 doing the may secure the
nod of recognition in fashionable circles. he con-
tinues:
We are all very willing to admit that we have
interiors, whom we are prepared to treat with
sort of good-natured condescension, but among
whom we are not at all content to mix ourselves
in the way of society, or to allow our sons and
daughters to intermauy. But We are by no means
so ready to look on the other side Of the line, and
to confess that we have any "superors Yet
how many good, and pleasant and sufficiently
pretty girls they are, within the knowledge of any
of us, whose lives are wasting because Of this false
conceit! How many whose s,;.g ..fa.g;
"Cold and ioyiess charms shall I've, ,ga !DiaI
Thrown by upon LIES weedy shore, }"
when they might have been happy wives and
mothers, if they had not been brought up from
their childhood in that pestilent heresy of belief
that they were good enough to mate with any man
in England above their sphere, but that no man
below it was good enough to raise bis eyes higher
than the hem of their petticoatl ,..
1t is possible these remarks are more stikingly
applicable in England than in any other country,
as social distinctions are very marked there, but
every one at all conversant with the world must see
that they come very nearly home to Us in this
country.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10

nag At no moment of difficulty does q husband
know his utter helplessness, and draw 30 close to
his wifes side rcomfort and assistance, as when
he wants button sewed on his shirt collar.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10

How SOLDIERS LIGHTED THEIR PREs.-A cor
respondent of the american artisan tells of an In
genious method of procuring fire. 1t was invent
ed in Weitzers brigade at the siege of Port Hud-
son, at the time matches were luxury:
"a ramrod was stuck in the ground, but with
the tip end upward; little wad of cotton, Of which
there was plenty as thousands of bales were used
for breastworks, was stuck upon this end of the
rod, percussion cap placed upon the rod over the
cotton, in the same manneEas acap is put upon
the cone of rifle, and.it was then struck With
some hard object. The shank d. q bayonet was
generally used for this purpose as the blades serv-
ed as convenient handle to hold it to strike with,
and it was not at all times possible to get better
substitute for persuasive force. Thisplan Of pro-
ducing fire had many advantages over matches, as
caps were always at command, anda light breeze
or current of air would not extinguish the fire so
produced among the wad Of cotton, but rather pro-
mote it; whereas light breath of air would ex-
tinguish match almost as soon as lighted
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10

parThe newspaper is sermon for the thought
full, library for the poor, and q blessing to every
body. Lord Brougham called it the ''best public
instructor" .af " ~
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10
gu Original Aanrelettf'
Written for the Yorkville Enquirer.
THB WEALTH OF HOMIE,
A STORY OF DOMESTIC LIFE.

BY MRS. NJ. A. EWART,
AUTHORIZES OF "ELLEN CAMPBELL, OR KINGS
MOUNTAIN" AND OTHER STORIES.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10

1@r We have each of US our petinsanity. There's
your irrepressble angler, for example, who viii sit
all day in the blazing sun watching bobbing cork,
for no better reward than few meagre fish that he
himself would turn up bis nose at if he saw them
in Washington market Is he rational The col
lector of old pictures, who values cracked, dirty,
smoke-dried, unintenigible mass offaded pigments,
which was good for little when new, and has be-
come absolute rubbish by the action of time and
the hard usage it richly deserved-is he con,pos
mentiss The worshipper Of old books, who values
them for their dates, not their contents, what is
he? The lexicon gives him his right title-a bib
liom,ansac The healthy self deceiver whoinsists on
being valetudinarian tries every system of medi-
cal treatment in turn, and would inevitably poison
himself but the vigor which he swears he lacks
what shall we say of him? Verify, he is mad e.
nough for q straight jacket. As mad as he, is the
crotchetty politician who fancies that there is but
one way to prevent the nation from going to des-
trucion, and that he has the patent for it. Mad
der still is the social philosopher who proposes to
knock in chaos the moral and religious systems
under which the civilized world has prospered, and
to reconstruct society after new plan which,
whenever it has been tried on small scale, has
failed utterly and scandalously. Happy are they
whose minor insanities are pleasant to themselves
and harmless to their neighbors.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10

THE MIRACULOUS ZoUAvE.-A Paris letter
says: 1.-THE Zouave Jacob, though under arrest,
still persists in attracting the notice Of the public.
He has just issued sort Of circular, whereby ~s
are informed that he learnt medicine out of books,
that he believes the whole college of physicians to
be so many poisoners that although in the band
Of the Zouaves, he disliked music; and that living
in his village Of St Martin Les Champs, he used
to cure all the children of the neighborhood. Fur
thermore, he is an adept in spiritism; that his
specially is curing nervous persons; that, like his
predecessors, the apostles, he cannot expect hap
piness here below; that Marshal Forey sent him
hundred francs, which proves that he must be bet
ter. This argument consider unanswerable, and
hereby state that if any Of your invalid readers
will send me the same sum, will unhesitatingly
assure him that he is not only better, but in per-
feet health. The Zouave furthermore informs us
that he is auxiousy awaiting the hour Of his resto
ration to liberty. I can only tell the Zouave that
in this he is not singular, as the whole country is
likewise looking forward to the same blessing as
the browning of the edifce' The Zouave polite
y informs the press that he is totally Indifferent to
its opinion, as he feels that soon as he is released
the crowd will follow him, even were he to take up
his abode in the desert. !" ~ ~ - =.