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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-10-10
OCTOBER.
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Time hath lain the glorious summer
In his golden urn;
Autumn's footsteps are around uS,
Wheresoe'sr We turn:
In the woods, where breeSes softly
Fading trees csress;
Where October robes the herbage
In her russell dress;
Golden CLEANS the squash and pumpkin,
Mid the stubborn corn;
Plsintively the doves are cOoing,
From the flowing barn;
And the songs Of merry farmers,
Bringing homo the hay,
Minglc with the piping quail and
Blsekbird's roundelay.
And the squirrel, with timid footstep,
Seeks among the leaves
For the chsStnuts, and the spiders
Flimy laces weave;
Ger the fading flowers hangs the
Pollen.dusted bee,
And the dreamy hum Of locust
Floats from yonder tree.
Lofty rests the pearly vapor
Over hill and town;
And the.crickets loud are calling
From the meadow brown.
Natures voices are telling
How the summer died,
Ushtring in the glorious Autumn,
<As cid Winters bride.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-10-10
JOHN C. STEVENSON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,

JACKSON G. H., OHIO,
VUILLprae.ics in the couIts Of fEJackSon, vlnton
w and other counties,
January sI lseT-.f
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-10-10

he finished his passionate appeal, and
she rose to stand beside him,
Il have done very wrong" she said,
humbly, "but if you will forgive
"Nellie-my Nellie"she said, in a
whisper.
'"Yours if you can forgive me
Forgive is not the word between
us two" he said, as he folded her
clotely in his arms. II love you with
all my heart Do you love me, Mel
lie2"
She lifted her brown eyes to his
face, and he read his answer there.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-10-10

ONLY ONoE,-Two men were dis.
putting about certain street in Chica-
go, when one of them impatiently ask
ed:
"How many times have you been in
Chicago?
"Only once" admitted the other,
modestly.
"Only oncel" said the first, triumph
antly. II have been there half-a-
dozen times, and therefore ought to
know more oft than you"
mo, l claim that l should know
most of it."
''How SOP"
Because I stayed eight years the
time was there
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-10-10

"May it please your honor"
said a lawyer, addressing one of
the Judges, 81 brought the pris-
oner from the jail on a writ Of
habeas corpus"
"Well," said a fellow, in an
under tone, who stood in the
rear of the court, "these law
yers will say any thing. Isaw
the man get out Of a cab at the
front door,"
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-10-10
IN A CEMETERY Y.

IN A CEMEI'ER Y.
Here they SO softly reStI
No trouble heavea their breast,
No cares annoy;
In this most still retreat,
Where peace and beauty meet,
And holy JOY.
Never q fear or pain
Can haunt their souls Sgsins
0rany wrong.
An everlasting sleepI
Lapsed in o dream too deep
FOrsigh or song.
Would I might weep no more;
Would I--life's fever Ger
Were we'll at rest;
Freedom from all life's foes,
An end to endless woes;
& Here with the bleSLl
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-10-10

A retired English sea cap
tain, who had made the tour of
Continental Europe and the Ho-
ly Land, was asked how he was
impressed by his visit to Jeru-
salem.
Jerusalem" said he, ''is the
meanest place I visited! There
is not a drop of liquor in the
whole town fit to drink"
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-10-10

To CURE A FELoN.-Insert
the finger or thumb, whichever
the case may be, into a lemon,
in the first stages Of the disease,
and keep it on IL to "a hours,
and it will relieve the pain and
cure the felon without further
trouble.
A truly great man never puts
away the simplicity ofa child.
Silkwormsfied in castor oil
are considereda a luxury in Chi
ma.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-10-10

Time, in order to keep up with the
progress OfthO ago, is said to have absu,
dOned the sythe and the hour-glasS, and
purchased a sewing machine and a
watch.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-10-10

People neither acute nor pro-
found often say the thing with
out effort which we want and
have long been hunting for in
vain.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-10-10

Probably the reason that the way Of
transgre0sOr is hard is, that it is SO much
travelled.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-10-10

A great cheese made at In
gersoll, Canada, last year, which
weighed seven thousand pounds
is still exhibited at the factory.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-07
Vermont all hit.

Stupidity enough the telegraph fail
ed to bring us any report of the Yer
mont election. The neglect was in
excusable, but none feared, that the
noble Green Mountain State. would
not stand to the proud record of for
mer years. The result. is all that
than in 1866, but the Republican vic
tory is Overwhelming Page, Repub-
liean candidate for Governor, has
from eighteen to twenty thousand
majority over Edwards, Democrat
The Senate is unanimously Republi-
can, while so far as reported only
four Democrats have been elected
to the House. ,Vermont's patriotism
is as immovable as her mountains
Cincinnati Gazette. 9Th.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-07
Are the Blacks DYING nut?

The Houston lslegradph Texas
commenting on the returns from tie
registration of voters in the South
west, says: s. ,5-efsh - INV
The result will put an end to the
opinion generally prevalent through
out the country, that the negro popu-
lation has been largely reduced
through the war. In 1860 the blacks
of Louisiana were 350,373; which, es-
timating that there is one voter to
every FIVE of population, would yield
of the registration just completed
show the negro voters now to be ST.
907 or about 1900 more than there
would have been IN 1870, had negroes
then been entitled to. vote. So far,
therefore, from the blacks Of Louis
lana having diminished during the
eventful period of the war, they must
have increased by something like
100, 600. - ..,4--l- 41og s. io3l7o iasio
1t viii be recolleeted that it was In
this State that heavy decrease of
blacks was expected to be shown.
Even Gen Banks at the close of the
war, in an official communication to
the Governments, stated that it had
fallen off at least one fourth.
The same thug is shown by the reg
istration returns I'm 'Alaba ma, where
the negroes appear to have considera-
bly, swelled their nnmbers since 1857
! 7 II is well known fact thatzduring
the war the negroes from all parts of
the South, were concehtrated id ftRel
.Na ! t.Ra. boo 90
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-07
INKsLINdIsrs

Continue to register at Press Head
quarters and commissary stores" in
endless variety continue to be sent in.
Fluids abound, solids are not much
in request. Among the names added
to the press roster since last report
are: gf.. e- :
Col. y. W. Foster, Of the Evansville
Journal, d. s. Surface. of the Gin
cinnati Gazette, P.YS. Westfall, of the
Ierre Haute Express, and Lyndon A.
Smith. of the Newark, New JERSEY.
Advertiser. lRnneJ enld a5IG +
DIGNITARIEsrl
Are on hand in respectable numbers.
Generals Which. Gresham and
Washburn head the list of military
celebrities. while Mayor Thomas. of
St. Louis, Mayor Bull, of Columbus.
Ohio, and Mayor Cookery, of Terre
Haute, lareIamong the prominent civil
functionaries, The Chief of the Bal
timore Fire Department, Cor one who
claims that title,) shows strong
aversion to water, and a striking pre- !
deliction for midnight rides. In hack
with fragile representative of the
divine SEX. ~ Is b.sssyi.sa laafs4t
The story of the Sengerfest is not
half told, but must rest here.
MARK TAPLEY. .Lt-
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-07
INDIANA ITEMS.

There Were lS3 arrests in the city of In
dianapolis last month.
Some thieves were run down by blood
hound and captured in sullivan County a
few days ago.
The Dem cratic Town Board of Sullivan
have levied a poH tax on the coloreo male
inhabitants of that place.
The New Albany Commercial saws that
1t is an every day occurrence in that citv
to see SOME wounded and battle-scarred
We, eran, destitute. without money or
friends begging on the streets. 5000 tetzz-
The Universaiist Convention of this
State, which has just closed a meeting,
viii assemble at Lafayette next year. .
The President has appointed Hon. Thos.
N. Stilwel, of A nderson, Minister to Ven
ezueia, vice Eon.Jas. Wilson, deceased.
The work on the State building, at InCii-
annapolis, is progressing rapidly. a por-
ton of the walls are already up. n al
Thirty-seven booths, at the State Fair
Grounds at Terre- Haute, sold few days
ago for 3, 100. g srtt s~ra zo
1t is stated that a far quality of marble,
has been discovered in Dubois County.
The quarry is situated a short distance
from Ferdinand. -----.--.'-.-- - ~
The Fort Wayne Democrat says Hon.
John Thompson has succeeded in raising
Fl. 600. goo towards the construction of the
American Central Railway, running from
Omaha to this city. commonly called the
SHUTDOWN Railway" ...54 Co
H+FEfEl Htsf p f.ffs "a
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-07
KENTUCKY ITEMS.

| Last Tuesday negro woman was takel
sick in a street car at Louisville, and d1et
before she could be removed.
Judge A. H. Buckner, of Winchester
after a long and painful Illness. died on
the LIST inst. He was Circuit Clerk fol
Clarke county .or. seventeen years. q. j,
The Louisville Democrat says: 1--WE learn
that there is disposition evfnced by the
President and Directors of the Nashville
Railroad to adopt such a course on the
subject of the city ordinance appropfia-
ting 81 coo 900 to build the East Tennessee
and Kentucky Railroad as will lead to
HARMONY"
. Rev. ]. C. Randolph of Jessamine County.
has been elected Professor OF Languages at
CentreCollege, so says the Danville Ga
zette. -
The Fran kfort Yeopian tells the follow
Ing: ''Some few days since avery large
black snake and an unusually large hawk
were disce vered in mortal combat, on the
ground, on the river farm OIL. F. Nosl,
Esq, in this county, On the approach of
a young gentleman, who had TO-. some
time witnessed the light, the snake .un-
wound its coils from the hawk. and made
battle upon the young man. The crippled
hawk and The snake were both killed with
the same stick" kgF =
Harry Afford, a saloon keeper in Louis
vile. last Tuesday morning NOV, from
under his pillow a pistol and, in endeav-
oring to place it upon the mantle, the
hammer struck the edge of the mantle,
causing the cap To explode and the con-
tents of the pistol to enter his wife's left
side, infiictihg wound which it was sup
posed would prove fatal. Afford was
rested, but when it was learned from the
lips of the dying wife that it was an acct
dent, he was released.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-07
California Election.

The latest returns from California
indicate the success OF the Democrat
ic candidate for Governor, and a
probable-loss of oNe or two Republi-
can Congressman. The Legislature
is still in doubt, but the indications
are that Democratic United States
Senator will take. the seat now .occu-
pied by Mr.. CONFESS. We are a lit
tie interested in reading the COM
ments of some OF the more ultra of
the Republican papers upon this re-
suit Of course, reasons for the de-
feat will be as plenty as black berries
in August, but we dare say but few of
them will be willing or candid enough
to assign the true cause of the disas-
ter-for disaster it is. San Francisco.
which has always been reliable fer an
overwhelming Union majority since
the DAYS OF the Vigilance Committee,
now goes strongly Democratic, almost
every ward in the city giving that
party a majority What has occasion
ed this great revolution? Will some
of our Republican contemporaries en-.
tighten us p osri So -.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-07
THE returns from California int

! THE returns from California indi
cate the result which we feared, the
election of the Democratic ticket.
There was serious division .inSthe
Republican party, and two tickets, by
means of which the Democrats have
succeeded in eleetingp their Governor
The result is a warning against the
nomination of corrupt men, and an
evidence of the independence of Re-
publican voters. 6 1t will have sala-,
tary effect in California and elsewhere.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-07

In A PIcKLE.-The President don t
know what to do with Gen. GRANT.
He would remove him. but, the Ten
ure of Office Bill provides that the
person appointed. to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the suspension of an off
cial must retain that position until the
meeting of the Senate Nevertheless,
it is probable that the President will
take the responsibility of removing the
General. - = ~ l-l.el 90 - - = -
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-07
THE Turkish Government aga

THE Turkish Government again
announces that the instruction in
Gambia is at an end, that a general
amnesty has been granted, and that
many reforms viii be at once intro
duced. Though it is known that the
insurrection has of late been some
what exhausted, the ;world-will de-
mand better proof than an official
dispatch of the Turkish Government
before it, believes in the complete
of the heroic Cretans.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-07

{. THE New York Tribune thinks as
soon as the Presidents legal operator
has finished up HOWARD, he will turn
his batteries against Pope. 1t isre-
ported that the suddenly conspicuous
lBINcKLEYanot long. since dashed into
editorial writing for a Democratic
journal, but made so poor a job of it
that his efusionIwas rejected. Doubt
less he will have better success with
one who is only too willing to be
soothed by anything in the way of
argument for ill-dolug. sf6u as4
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-07

/ THE following from the Indiana
polls journal is in reference to a
matter to which we directed the
attention of our readers aud the
Courier some days ago: 4, q II y e'.o.
The Terre Haute Journal, an
antediluvian paper of Copperhead
proclivities, publishes in recent
issue a letter written several weeks
since. by Ira E. Harris, condemning
Radicalism and opposing Congress
sional Reconstruction. This letter it
attributes to that eminent jurist and
late Republican United States Senator
from New York, Hon. Ira Harris
The editor of the Journal is either a
very dishonest or stupid sort of per-
son. The letter he-quotes was not
written by Elk Senator Harris, eof New
York, but by another person, of whom
nothing is known, and whose opin-
ions are of no consequence, Judge
Harris published 4 card over month
ago denying ever having written such
a letter, and endorsing in the broad
est manner the reconstruction policy
of Congress The party that is forced
to forge letters from prominent,
'Unionists to sustain a lost cause,
and then to continue their. spublica-
ton after the forgery and fraud have
been exposed, is beneath the con-
tempt of ALI honora Bile men-and its
members are 1T supporters of such,
an Administration asthati of Andrew
j Johnson. Pa ,-u1 2 aoJ .--ol 10 ..ps.5 .IuJ
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-07
INDIANAPOLIS CORRESPONDENCE.


r. gIsIl!1NDrANApoIIs. Sept. 6.
! Before proceeding with matters
more particularly gernahe to tfiislre-
port, your correspondent desires to
intimate that he has seldom seen a
greater number of ill-bred people on
any occasion, than were present AT
the grand concerts of Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, scattered through
out the audience, like bats among
birds of Paradise. and as disgustingly
| out of place as the .sbeastsy1the Rev
elator saw in close proximity to the
-four and twenty elders around the
throne of the Celestial City. Some
Of these persons came from ele-
CANT residences. wearing the in
sigma of wealth. but bringing
the manners of the fish market
and exhibiting a degree of innate rul-
seatinely conspicuous by reason of
IS the word to aegcfibe he trappings
vi tUDOSc WHO W DIdHcu. anu
.snorted in the ears of ladies and
gents who were vainlys endeavoring to
catch the divine strains of the great
composers reHdered by one Of the
finest orchestras on this side of the
Atlantic: = . Casting pearls before
swine '.'eis feow eakTat f gufesto iHas-s
trate the absurdity of renderingIthed
masterpieces of sBeethovenyand Men
delssohn in the presence. Of. such bur-
lesques onQt the human species. z The
music best adapted TO the F tastes is
that of asdyipg poreine or feline
serenade. any Of them should.
biunder into the New Jerusalem,
they would interrupt the angel Choir
listers with a, description. of Miss Hig-
gin botham' last new bonnet, or Liza
Jane Sparkwright's waterfall. But
go your ways. Every dog lof both i!
gexeQ mast .hAYe Its day. Think
God the world is big enough for
you and decent people
p Having thus partially relieved the
mental pressure8l L will Continue the |
story of the S9ngerfest, beginning,
where my last letter closed, with
ID .sI0o 3 THE BANQUET. Egaa 'sT9ml
At one and half p NJ, yesterday,
the Sangerbund, numbering nearly |
one thousand, with General Which, |
Senator Morton, Governor Baker. |
Mayor Macaulay, " the Press Gang
and few other invited guests sat
down at seven large tables running
the entire length of Mozart HALF /
The edibles and potables provided
were all excellent, and the merits of
each were very thoroughly discussed.
IF there are three things more than
others which such an assemblage are
perfect in, it is eating, drinking, and
being merry II. y AIE Is:
When the cloth was removed. twp
really speaking, Mr. Seidensticker
raped order. and when it was obtain
ed, announced the regular order of
toasts. All were in German, save
bWo;. that to the American Republic.
which was responded to bysMr sE.W.sIs
Kimball, and to Our Dead Heroes
drank I'M silence. / give gbelo8fa1
and the names of the
gentlemen who respond ed to the va
'ieus sentiments: .ZNA9A0 ,20N b,
IA0I21iIleAffTs, cly2r4lE
/. The first German .Sangerbund of ;
North America.-Sm and insignifl p
q its origin, the, SegerhA4a hasohe- {
ONE a. power W hich is the pioneer of ,
ferman art and German customAmay1 j
III
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-07
NEWS ITEMS.

Gold closed in New York on yesterday
at 1921. -ta-.- .
1t is thought that the President under
the Tenure of Office Bill, cannot remove
General Grant from the War office.
The National InteHigencer contradicts all
the stories about a rupture between thu
President and General grant.
The dispatches from San Francisco in
dictate that California has gone Democrat
ic. tits supposed that Haight's majority
will reach 5000. -
McCoole, the pugilist on his arrival at
st. Louis,sv met by D. large delegation of
his admirers, and escorted through the
street by a band of music g.; 81. s---
At Erie, Pennsylvania, on the 9th, a
man named Thomas Barrett was struck
by lightning and Instantly killed. ffHG
The New York HeraId's special says
there is an open rupture between General
Grant and the President. The Presidents
recent proclamation has caused it.
1t is agBin asserted that General Grant
has accused the President of disloyalty,
and that he considers certain allusions in
the Presidents proclamation as insulting
to himself.
A Charleston dispatch says that in view
of the grave allegations contained in the
Presidents proclamation, General Slckles
will demand q court OF inqui.y.
Troubles multiply in the way of those
desiring the nasty departure of Gen. Sher-
idan from New Orleans. Gen. Griffin tele-
graphed that he has no off above the
rank of brevet Lieutenant Colonel within
reach, and cannot well turn owen, his COM
mand to him. - s.. -,
1t is again heralded that General Ora
proposes to leave the War Office. In ii
recent con vcrsation with leading RepubIi-
cans he is reported to have said that he
fully endorses Congress. and that he would
make his political views known If a suit-
able opportunity appeared s.-. les .J~t-.o 81;
General Candy, on assuming command
of the Second Military District. issued an;
order, an official copy of which has been
received at army headquarters at Wash
iugton. All existing orders are adopted
and con ffrmed, and will be observed I'M !
less hereafter modified or revoked by
proper authority. This, of course, retains
in force the famous Order No. TO- Che pfoA
mitigation of which caused ST kles's re-
moval. sgv0T.c COT. Ygr4YI
1t is known that in the Interview be-
tween the President and Grant, last Tues-;
day, the latter charged upon Mr.. Johns on !
the responsibility of the, failure Lof the
Constitui ional Amendment, by W hich the
South had lost more than the North. for
thereby ten organized States had been
kept out of the Union until they complied 4
with the prescribed conditions OF safety.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-07
Important to Advertisers.

The circulation of the JOURNAL IN
the City of Evansville is three times
as large as that of any other ne,ospa-
per. .refT
Our circulation IN Indiana and
Illinois is greater than any other nears-
paper published in this City.
In Kentucky 1t is more than all the
other Evansville papers combined.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-07
UNION COUNTY CONTENTION.

UNlVN NVOHf OV1Ft
The Union Convention meets at the
Court House this afternoon at two
o'clock. We need hardly say that il
is very important that,there be good
attic ndance. The strength of party
depends largely upon. the interest
taken in its primary meetings. Where
these are composed Of the intelligent
and influential members ofathe or
ganization, and the conflicting claims
OF the various candidates are discuss.
ed ia spirit of fairness, a ticket
may be nominated that will give gem
eral satisfaction. When, however,
business men and those who
are most. 8 interested in secur9
ing q competent and honest pub
lie servants neglect the pri-
mary meetings or Conventions,
they may feel assured that others will
do the work for 9them. For years it
has been one of the unfortunate
circumstances connected with A meri-
can politics that, in too many instan-
ces, the best men leave the selection
of candidates to those who have other
interests to subserve than the public
good. f1..s a
-seW We trust the Union men of this
county Will see tpit to-day, that good
men be nominated for the various
offices to be filed in order that
tie party may extend ito them
a hearty, and harmonious support
There is. no necessity for asin-a
efficient county officers E if both
parties resolve to select their best
men as. candidates., This they will
'atiwa vs. do, if the good men are only
at their posts in9the nominating con
ventions. 1t ought to be so that the
party which dominates inefficient or
unworthy men should be beaten until
it learns wisdom. We need not say
to our Union friends that our polit-
ical opponents are unusually active
and confident. IF we nominate a
weak ticket we may safely count on
being defeated at the polls. We must
be careful in selecting our candidates. |
Let it be understood that none but
good men need apply.
We again urge upon all therefore
who feel any interest in the manage |
ment of county affairs to make their
arrangements to attend the Conven-
ton this afternoon. twill not take |
more than couple of hours to trans
act ali the business that Is likely to
be presented and nominate candidates
for he few offices to be, filled. What
business man will not prefer to de-
vote that much time to a matter In
which he has such great. interest?
Let the Court House be crowded.