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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-24
Political Executive Committees
and their Importance.


Few persons are aware how much de-
pends for the success of a political party
on efficient Executive committees. An en-
ergetic and sagacious State Executive COM
mittee is always felt in a campaign for
good. The same may be said of an ener-
getic and sagacious county Executive COM
mittee. The Neao York Tribune, in speak
ing of the recent Pennsylvania election,
says the Democratic victory is greatly due
to the energy and ability of Mr.. Wallace,
the Chairman of the Democratic State Ex-
ecutive Committee. In Ohio, the CincinRa-
II Commercial Mac-d-cheek Press and other
Radical journals attribute the defeat of the
Republicans greatly to the inef1iciency and
want of judgment of Mr.. Cowen, the Chair
man of the Republican State Executive
Committee. We have heard no complaints
of want of efficiency on the part of the
Democratic Central Committee. The Com
naercidl also complains of the want of ctfi-
cheney and tact of the Republican Execu-
tive Committee of this county.
While on this subject, we deem it proper
to suggest that the Democracy of this,
Hamilton county, adopt different sort of
executive committee in the future from
hat they have had for some few years
past. In the first place the committee has
been too large, and in the next its members
have not been of the kind to make it effi-
cient, for want of time to attend to their
duties and for want of the proper energy
and tact. An executive committee of three
or five, with an advisory member tor each
township and ward, and election precinct,
| selected by the executive committee, would
insure a more efficient committee, we
think, than we have had. We hope this
suggestion will receive the thought and
consideration of our Democratic friends
before the next important election comes
on. We deem the matter one of the first
mpOrtance.-CIncinndt ENQUIRER.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-24
The Great Campaign of 1865
A Few Timely Suggestions to
Democrats.

The results OF the recent elections in the
North render it certain that the great DO
litical campaign of 1868 will never have
been. surpassed in earnestness and activity
since the memorable contest in which the
elder Adams was condemned to retirement
and Thomas Jefferson placed in the Presi-
dental chair. Both parties will fight as
for their lives, and when the campaign has
become warm and excited, all attempts to
make converts to the Democratic party will
be in vain. 1t is of immense importance,
therefore, that Democrats, without a mo-
mentS lntermissiOn, go quietly on with
the work they have done so wisely and so
well during the past year. Above all let
them see to it no,o, that the number of
Democratic newspapers taken in their
neighborhoods is largely increased. Cir
culating printed speeches and newspapers
few weeks before an election, may serve
to arouse those who are already with us,
but they are too late to change the previ-
OuSly fixed opinions of men who have
been opposed to us. The way to make
converts is, this fall and winter, to get
newspaper of the right stamp into the hands
of the men whom you wish either to bring
over or to protect from being misled by the
enemy. Have them read in weekly in
stallments, what is said in behalf of the
Democratic party, and against the course
of their opponents. In this way they will
be able in calmness and in the secrecy of
their own bosoms, to decide whether it will
not be safer and wiser to restore the power
of the Federal Government to that party
under whose guidance and control it grew
to degree of prosperity and greatness
never reached in as brief period by any
other nation on the globe.
We earnestly ask our friends to ponder
these suggestions carefully and promptly
If their own good sense tells them they are
right, they should not allow any time to be
lost in carrying them into effect in the most
efficient manner within their power.-Ne,o-
ark AdUocdte.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-24
HeaVinS the Lead.

The Amaranth was coming down the
Upper Mississippi loaded with pig Lead
AS she was going over shoal place the
pilot gave the signal to heave the lead. The
only man forward at the time was green
1rishman. - : Z.
"Why don't you heave the lead ?" de-
manded the mate. ~.
rs it heave the lead, your honor? Where
'Overboard, you blockhead.''
The lrishman snatched up one of the pigs
of lead and threw it overheard; the mate,
in endeavoring to prevent him, lost his bal
ance and fell into the river.
The Captain, running to the edge of the
root, asked: "Why don't you heave the
lead, and sing out how much water there
is?"
"The lead is heaved, your honor, and the
mates gone down to see how much water
there is,' responded Pat.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-24
When to Sell Fat Hogs.

1.-THE past winter was an exception to the
usual range of the price of pork-having
been, as a whole, a falling market. Con-
sequently the best hogs in January brought
no more, in many cases not so much, as
those not so good sold for in December.
But this is contrary to the usual course of
the market, and in coming years may lead
many farmers to sell too soon. Hence it
NAV be well to remember that generally
pork sells higher in January than in No
vember or December; the average differ
ence being one dollar a hundred or more
And that well tatted hogs also bring at
least half dollar more than those half
fatted. So that 81 80 per hundred is the
usual difference between selling a half
fatted hog the last of November or fore
part of December, or the same well fatted
in January. This makes Sc difference on
a 400 pound hog-saying nothing about in
crease in weight. If this hog was fed six
quarts of corn a day, large allowance, it
would take ~ bushels. which gives so
cents a bushel for the gain in price. If this
corn is ground and fed so as to make Is
pounds of pork per bushel, as is often the
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-24
Democratic.

Our Congressional District (the Fourth)
has been redeemed, and is now Democratic
as demonstrated by the recent vote of the
counties composing it. The majority is
small, to be sure-scarcely hundred-but
the aggregate gain by which it was secur-
ed is very large-nearly twenty-five hun
dred. This proud result is unquestionabIy
largely due to the indefatigable and we'll
directed efforts of Hon. j. f. Mckinney,
who, in addition to the labOrs assigned him
by the State Committee, contested every
inch OF ground in Shelby, Darke and Mi
ami counties. We put these facts upon
record as an acknowledgment for the pres
ent, and reference for the future. Mr..
Mckinney is one of the most effective, as
well as most generous and untiring work.
ers, that the Democracy of Ohio can mus
ter. From the time he opened the cam
paign at Springfield, in September, to the
going down of the sun, October Sth, he
devoted himself wholly and unreservedly
to the good cause.-Loqan Gazette.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-24
tFrom the Cincinnati Enquirer, Oct. 22l
The Choice of Ohio for President
The National Convention.

In about six months the National Con-
vention of the Democratic party will meet
for the purpose of selecting their candi-
dates for President and Vice President OF
the United States. In common with the
Democracy of other States, our friends in
Ohio have preference, and that prefer
ence we propose to express. 1t is prefer
ence that none who know the sentiment of
our people, who have seen it manifested in
many different ways in the local press, in
private letters and in private conversations,
will dispute.
Therefore, in the name of the victorious
Democracy of Ohio, who but the other day
sent greeting to the Democracy of the
Union that Ohio was redeemed from the
rule of fanaticism that she had vindicated
the Constitution and arrested the bold ca
reer of the madmen who have been tramp
ling upon the rights and liberties of the
people-in their behalf, we this day seize
upon the honor of presenting the claims OF
Ohio's native son, Hon. George III. Pendle-
ton, to the Democracy of the country, as
Ohio's choice for the high office of Presi-
dent of the United States.
He is not only Ohio's choice, but he is
the favorite OF Kentucky, who will send a
full delegation for him to the National
Convention. Indiana, Illinois, Missouri
and Minnesota will not be behind Ohio
and Kentucky in their devotion to Ohio's
odds. this day. the strongest candidate in
the Northwest, and, we have reason to be-
lieve, in the United States. He possesses,
in great degree, the Democratic popular
confidence which was given to Stephen A.
Douglas, and upon him has fallen, in the
Northwest, the mantle of that eminent
man.
A gentleman, scholar and statesman,
his history and character are known to the
country, and everywhere recognized and
respected by all parties. In the very prime
of life, with mind Injured to cultivation
and study-with the habits of a profound
thinker, the experience of a tried legislat-
or, eminently sound in judgment, eloquent
in the expression of his thoughts, candid
in his political views, with an integrity
that was never questioned, he is that model
of President which we had in the early
DAYS of the Republic.
With him as our candidate, standing
upon the platform of the Constitution,
equal justice to all sections of our common
country, with equality to all-special priv
ileges to none-the same currency for the
bondholder that the people are compelled
to receive; the prompt payment of the
public debt, as it fails due, in the legal-ten-
ders of the nation; the immediate restora-
ton of the Southern States to the Union,
with their full share of Representatives in
both branches of the Government as guar
anteed by the Constitution, and universal
amnesty for all political offenses-with
such platform, and George III. Pendleton
as its exponent, we will sweep Ohio by 50,-
900 majority, and the whole country as we
did with Franklin Pierce in 1852, when the
conqueror of Mexico, General Scott, was
the candidate OF the opposition.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-24
The Noble Art OF SeIf.Defense.

To-day there will occur grand bruisine
match between couple of what are known
as "light-weights." Light-weights are
men who do not weigh so much as heavy
weights. The former are not supposed to
be so irresistible with their mauleys. or so
enduring in the conk, potato-trap and
bread-basket, as are the latter.
John B. Cough says he prefers prize
fight to u horse race. Cough may or may
not be right i'm this instance. 1t is q pref
erence which is undoubtedly founded upon
taste. De gustibus non disputdndum. Other
people, as sound on the temperance ques-
ton as .ough, may prefer horse race.
The ''noble art of self-defense"-as its
admirers term its fine thing. 1t will
be exhibited to-day by a couple of noble
light-weights. They are not going out for
any purpose save to illustrate and eXempli-
fly the ''noble art of self-defense." When
one noble lightweight lets fly his fin at the
optic of the other, it is not tor the purpose
of inJuring the aforesaid optic, but solely
for the purpose of giving the other noble
lightweight an opportunity of stop
show the pecularities of seif-de-
fense. Should one lightweight get the
bones of the other lightweight upon his
probosis. the large and respectable crowd
of students who are studying the noble art
of self-detense will understand wherein the
fault lies In not stopping the blow. Neither
of the two light-weights has any dislike or
animosity against the other This is shown
from the fact that they will shake hands
before commencing their set-to. If any
further proof were needed, it will be found
in the additional fact that they will always
approach each other smiling. Men who
hate each other, who are animated by ami
mostly or desire to injure each other, do
not shake hands and smile blandly at each
other.
If one of the light-weights should get
his peppers closed, or his mug mashed, or
any other confusion, it win be because of
his lack of proficiency in the noble art of
self-defense. The observers will discover
these deficiencies, the deficiencies will be
published, and the whole art of self-defense
will thereby be materially advanced
Thenceforth the noble art of seit-detense
will become invested with more dignity
and value.-Chicdgo Times.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-24

A FOND parent heard his daughter and
her fellow plan an elopement. The next
day the old man waited upon the young
man and addressed him thus:
you are fine brave youth, and don't
object to you for son-in-law Here's a
hundred to aid in the elopement. Nav you
live happily in the same house, and NAV no
accident occur to throw the least shade on
the sunshine of your lite. All request is.
that you elope with my daughter-she's a
mighty fine girl, you know, but somehow
her mother and 1 could never travel
smoothly with her; we don't know her
good points; elope with her to such a dis
tance that she won't return to her loving
father and mother anymore. Good bve.
sonny, and may you be happy" ''''
There was an elopement that evening of
one. The young man went unaccompanied.
tirely right when the old man was so any.
ious to get rid of the girl. The father looks
upon his act as very neat bit of strategy.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-24
The Terrors of IsashfuIness.

1t there is any defect more striking than
another in the American character, it is
bashfulness. Young America, in particu-
lar, is painfully affected by it. An incl
dent Is mentioned by correspondent, who
was desired by his aunt to 90 to neighbor
Shaw's and see if he had ior sale any Straw
suitable for filling beds. "Mr. Shaw" saws
our informant, "was blessed with a goodly
number of Misses Shaw, and 1 therefore
felt a little timid at encountering them
To make the matter worse, 1 arrived lust
as the family were seated for dinner. Stop
ping in the doorway, hat in hand, L stam-
mered out: Mr. Straw can YOU spare
enough Shaw to fill couple of beds?
'Well,' replied the old gentleman, glancing
around at his large family and ENJOYING
my mistake, 4 don't know but can, how
many will you need?' Before l could re-
cover, those hateful Shaw girls burst into
a chorus of laughter, and returned to my
excellent aunt"
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-24
Very Dry Joke.

In Easton, Pa. the other evening, just
as performance in the public hall was
about to end, two wags put themselves in
front of the doorway with an umbrella and
awaited for the outcoming crowd. 1t was
not raining at all, but when the first per-
sons of the audience reached the door and
saw the warning umbrella, scores of hands
were thrust out, coats were buttoned close
ly, and dresses taken up, while quite a
number remained in the hall, refusing to
come out on account of the rain. The "sell''
was complete.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-24
"The Pen is Mightier than the Sword"
THE GOLD PEN,
BEST AND CHEAPEST OF PENS,
Morton's Gold Pens,
THE BEST PENS I'm THE WORLD.

Tor safe at No. 25 .1laiaen-
lane, .Nep 1oah., and 1y epeay
duly appointed 5dgent at tie SAME
Z12rceS.
.Ho2I02z MAKES no Pens sLan7Ded
WitA tie Name or Izuae-nu,% of
any Othea';; kheae/0ae, WAe1e ap
.agency IS estu6lished, Tie pu1lic
same prices, 1y calling on tie
.dgent;; in al other jplaces Lhose
W<Shtn.g tie abortion Pen, must
SEND TO Heaalu0aIe7S, 1oheae kheia.
o1iaeaS WiI aeceipe 5,aoneZt nLten-
L0n, accompanied HitH tie czsh.
II coialo.gue, wikh /uH desca1p-
non Of sizes and prices, sent on
receipt Of letter postage.
A. NORTON.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-24

Sent in sealed en-
l svelope on receipt of
40 cents. Address DIR.
IL. B. FOOTE, No.
r Of East 2sth street,
Scp24-d3m
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-05-10
VVERy Texas ts Called the
CLONE Starr

Tie Layaca Comm ercial being
asked by correspondent why Texas
should have for her seal a dve-point-
ed star, and as to the origin Of the
motto, "Lonc Star, replies as
follows In lS43 the writer hereof
met at the house Of Mr.. Polly, i'll
Bailcy's Prairie, Brazori2 county,
old governor Smith. Mr.. Smith
was provisional governor of the en-
bryo republic, or state, or territory,
Of Texas. In conversation about
the Texas emblem, the five pointed
star, he gave us its Texas origin.
He stated that while acting as pro
viSiunal governor, it became neces-
sary to send acn4o official documents
to n. o. The gentleman that was
to take the document insisted that
it should have some kind Of a seal.
The provisional government had
adopted none. just then some one
observed g tive-pointcd brass but
ton on the governors 5 old overcoat.
1t was cut off instanter and used as
state seal. Arrived in New Or
leans, the newspaper reporters, Sec
ing the impression Of the e-point-
cd brass button on the wax, made
it an emblem for the Lone Star re-
public.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-05-10
New gseveaattSNs-Vkae TRIAL
of VstFE.

Mr.. Schade, who acted as counsel
for Wirz, executed eighteen months
since for cruelty towards Union pri-
soners Of war confined at Anderson
Vile, makes an appeal to the public
to prove the innocene Of the accus-
ed. lie certainly establishes the
iniquity fmilitaTy trials, and throws
an odious light npol the course of
the bureau OF suborCination and its
dependents M rhado says he is
convinced that his client suffered
wrongfully, and betcrc departing for
Europe, he feels it lis duty to vim
dicate his mem.gv. "Iiis unfortu-
nate children. vg,Irherc and in Tu
rope, have cons antly impiored me
to wipe out the terrible stains which
now cover the name Of their father. "
He refers to the proclamation
that followed the assassination, and
which asserted that testimony was
in the hands of the bureau Of mill
tary justice showing that Jefferson
Davis was implicated in the crime,
and offered a reward of 500, 900
for his capture. That testimony,
says Mr., Schade, 'has since been
found to be entirely false and a mere
ia brication, and the suborncr Con
over is now under sentence in this
city, the two periurers, whom he
suborned, having turned states evil
dence against him, whilst the indi
vidual by whom Conovcr was sub
orned, has not yet been brought to
justice. "
We make an extract from tho
protest of Mr. Schado
Il will merely speak of the prin-
ciplas and most intelligent of those
false witnesses, who testified to in
!iyidual murder on the part Of cap
tain Nirz. Upon his testimony
the judge-advocate in his final argu-
mcnt laid particular stress On ac-
count Of his intelligence. This wit
ness prepared also pictures OF the
alleged crucltloss OF Nlrz, which
were handed to tue comnlsSlon, and
arc now on record: copies OF which
appeared at the time IN northern
illustrated paper. lie sWore that
MS name was te.i% de Ia Baume,
and represented himself as French
man and grand nephew OF marquis
de Latayettc. Alter having so well
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-05-10

Docs AND WHAT THEY COST. The
March report of the commissioner Of
agriculture dwells upon the ravages
committed By dogs among the sheep
in the United States. In 1895,
five hundred thousand sheep were
Killed By dogs, and their value was
-, 600, 001. The number injured
was three hundred thousand and
the loss is estimated at 5000, 900.
The commissioner says: THE cost
Of keeping dogs, most Of them utter
ly worthless, when calculated for
the whole country, assumes startling
proportions. The estimate made in
the report Of 1868, Of ten dollars
per annum, or less than one per cent
per meal, cannot be considered ex-
travagant, in view Of the price
paid for boarding dogs, the cost OF
keeping large numbers of them in
cities, and their exclusive con-
sumption of meat AS to their
numbers it is believed by many
that they will average one to each
family, Q. seven millions in the
United States.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-05-10

A Democratic editor-not yet
arrested, but the detectives are az
ter him-says: "When u whito
man votes, that is suffrage, but
when the almighty niger comes to
deposit it HIS immaculate ballot
then you have manhood suffrage in
all its sublimity, The difference is
perfectly immense.
"Jcnnie, " said a venerable CAM
eronian to his daughter, who was
asking his consent to accompany her
urgent and favored suitor to the al
tar Jennie, it's solemn thing to
get married" Il know it, father, -
replied the sensible damsel; "but
it's a great deal solemner not to-.
A widow who had just lost her
husband, was weeping bitterly
for the departed. A friend tried to
console her. ''No, no. said the
fair mourner, ''let me lave my cry
out; after that l sha'n't think any
thing about it,
Dr.. Abernethy used to tell his
pupils that all huma diseases sprang
from, two oauses-s -stutsng and trstting.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-05-10

George ii. Pcndleton addressed
the democratic club at Urbana,
Ohio, last week. After reviewing
the political history Of the vountry
for the past six years, he contcndci
that the party in control Of the gov
ernment, having become rev.
olutionists, will still go on from one
point to another, from the rceon-
construction Of 1867 to the confis-
cation scheme Of Thaddeus Stevens,
and from that to whatever worse the
frenzy Of the times may prompt, till
the reaction shall come, and the
people, sated and wcaried, shall
drive them from power, even though
it be through blood. Continuing
he said:
T see among many good men a
tendency to despair, | sec among
my friends disposition to give up
all for lost. They have lost hope,
they have lost courage--their des-
pondency counscls inaction. THE
newspapers, the public speeches, but
above all, the private conversations,
indicate this feeling. Gentlemen, |
do not sympathize with it. | have
high hopes for the future. | see the
dangers before US. | sec q long and
weary way. L see long and cx-
hausting struggle, in which success
will vary from one side to the other.
| do not conceal from myself that it
may be q struggle Of the sword.
Many of us may go down with the
harness On in the midst of the fght
but hope fills my heart, and the
magnitude Of the prize nerves nay
arm.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-05-10

1t is suggestive fact that the
Radical orators who are now over
running the South, angling for the
frcedman's votes, belong to a class
tuat took good care to keep away
from the South when volunteers were
wanted up here to 60 there to put
down the rebellion. Senator Wilson
is one Of that class. Wilson raised
a regiment, it is true, but some how
or other, he never got "to the
'front.' with it.
If the real fighting men, on both
sides, could be got together-re- un-
ion in fact as well as in name, would
be the result; but if demagogues are
thus let run loose, peace and harmo-
nv will never be restored, IN. Y.
Express.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-05-10

CHAR1rY.-"I fear," said coun-
trv curate to his flock, "when | ex-
planned to you in my last charity
sermon that philanthropy was the
love of our species, you must have
understood me to say SPECIE, which
NAV account for the smallness of the
collection. You will prove, | hope,
by vour present contribution, that
you are no longer lahoring under the
came mistake.