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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-20

FRANKI1N COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMIT
TEE.--There win be a meetingof the Coun-
ty Central Committee at Thurman Hall,
No. 22 South High street, Saturday, Feb.
a. at o'clock p. NJ. A full attendance is
requested, as business of importance will
be brought before the Committee.
By order Of the Committee.
.asTsra .i,snsis T. s. SHEPARD, Chm =.
SAM'L E. Kns, Sec'y. .s5a
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-20

PICKPocKETs IN TowN.-A ''mob" of
Cincinnati pickpockets, led by Johnny LoT
gan, visited our city on Monday night, and
made spread for. business at the depot.
Seeing Officers Brooks and Dewitt ""gaz-
ing". at them, they left there, coming down
town cooperate in the crowd assembled to
see and hear Sheridan in the State House,
yesterday. We have not heard of the ex-
tent tof their depredatiOns, though we hear
of the loss of breastpins and handkerchief
on. the part Of ladies and one pocketbook
from q gentleman In the crowd, showing
that the thieves were not idle. J.,
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-20

IA RAID.-The police, on yesterday, made
a descent on various houses Of ill-fame of
the city, and brought before the Mayor
Mr.. Snooks, charged with keeping house
ofsprostitdtion on North High street; Lot
tie Baker, same offense; Annie Watson,
keeping house on New street; Julia Seeds,
keeping house on South street; Mollie
Brown, Lottie Donaldson, Ada Wagner,
Jennie Sears, Matte Williams, Emma Sim
mons, and q woman, name unknown,
charged with being prostitutes. Partsot
thesewere fined, which they paid and were
discharged, and the cases Of others were
continued, and the offenders locked up.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-20
THE HOUSE OF MERCY,
FOR PRoDIGAL SONS, 49, n.

TOWARD ASSOCIATION, PHILA.
IL delphia, Pa, established on the principles of
Christian Charity, for the relief and cure of MIS-
GUIDED YOUNG MEN, who have destroyed their
manly powers by Errors, Abuses and Diseases in
cident to Puberty and early life. Ess9ss and Re-
ports. with plan of new treatment, sent in sealed
letter envelopes, free of charge. Address, DR.. j.
SKILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Association,
PhiladelphiaE. Pa. 81 ltlL L. ianl4-d&Rsm
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-20

ACCIDENT ON THE STREET RAILROAD
Rosa Masters, aged six years, daughter Of
Mrs. Rebecca Masters, a widow living at
the northwest corner of Fourth and Mound
streets, was trying to cross High street just
north of Mound, on yesterday morning
between and 10 o'clock. A street car was
coming from the north, and as she crossed
she saw another coming from the south,
and, becoming frightened, she attempted
to run back just in front of the car going
south. She was knocked down by the
horses, and the car passed over her body,
breaking her left leg and the elbow of the
left arm, fracturing the 'condyles of the
arm and seriously bruising her in other
parts. Drs. Trevitt and Loving were call
ed in, and all that medical skil and science
could do for the little sufferer was DONE
The fracture of the left thigh is very bad
one, and it is thought doubtful if she can
recover. Here is a case for the truly be-,
nevolent. Mrs. Masters is widow, obliged
to earn her living by washing and day
work; now she must care for her little one
while she is left to her, and it behooves us
to see that there is no suffering for food for
the mother or delicacies for the little girl.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-20

.22D OF FEBRUARY.-Great preparations.
are being made for q proper celebration of
the 1s5th = anniversary of the, birth OF
George Washington, the Father of his
country. The Coldstream Zouaves propose
marching through the principal streets of
the city winding up with a dance at their
armory at night. The Vedettes, also, will
make their rseparade on that day. Night
" they may be seen on the east terrace of
the State House, capital place for drill,
by the by, going through the marchings
and facings. They give ball, we believe,
this {W Wednesdayl evening. The city will
be decorated with flags, and everything
done TO make the celebration worthy Of the
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-20

GopEY's LApY's Book for March. L. A. Cooley,
Philadelphia.
The March number of this undoubtedly
the best of the monthlies is on our table.
A very pretty engraving is the first,
" Watching the baby" "The Robins" is
beautiful wood cut. No lady should be
without it. Selleck & Co., corner High
and Town streets.
HAMPERS MONTHLY MAGAZINE for March. Harper
Bros, New York.
Harper's is rich this month-a perfect
mine of good things. "The Dodge Club,
or Italy in 1885," is glorious. The sixth
paper of "Personal Recollections of the
War" appears in this number. Selleck 6
Co, corner Town and High streets.
DEHoREsT's MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Md'me Demo-
rest, New York. t!R>s
Amongst the illustrations for the month
of March, Demorest presents a beautiful
fashion plate, of seven figures, and the
=" Descent of the Matterhorn," beautiful
picture painted in colors by a new process.
1t is filed with the usual choice selections,
and is fast reaching its ultimatum, the
position Of one of the first OF ladies' maga-
zines. Selleck s. Co., corner Of High and
Town streets. ,i i.- ..is.,s.; /;
FRANK LEsLIR's LADY's MAGAZINE AND GkzETTE
| OF FASHIONS. New York: Frank Leslie.
An immense fashion plate. with accom-
panying directions for cutting and making
dresses, renders this magazine one OF the
most attractive for the month of March.
Leslie is iudefatigable in his efforts to pre-
sent popular publications, and the "Lady's
Magazine" is one of the most popular in
the country. Selleck 6 Co., corner High
and Town streets.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-20

sPoIIcE CoURT.-John Lawrence was en-
loving the extatic state Of bliss induced
by plain drunk. That other Lawrence
"Don't give up the ship" Lawrence, we
mean-was great on water, but Johns best
hold is whisky. There he is great. In
consideration of his name and great dislike
to water, the Mayor fined him 81 and costs
which he paid.
Theron Henry, charged with petit larce-
M; was again brought up before the May
or, who gave Theron a second sentence of
30 days on the chain gang, making grand
total of go days that he will devote to i'm
proving the ways of the city of Columbus.
A few days improving his own ways would
save him all this. 81 .ssss4 xfsal~l;s4s
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-20

I SToKERs' BEsT.-We have often heard of
''Stoker's best beer, but never knew ex-
actly what it meant until yesterday after
noon, when we found sitting by our table
a keg of lager beer, labelled "compliments
of Stoker, brewer" We can speak advis-
edly now. We know that the best lager
beer to be found in the city is manufactur-
ed by Stoker, and sold at his saloon on
Broad street, just west of High. Our
thanks are due for this kindly remembran-
Ger, and our typos all say 'bully for Sto-
ker.o
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-20

CHICKEN THIEVES AGAIN.-We have
twice before called attention to the nightly
depredations of these Ineanest of all mean
thieves. They are becoming so bold and
persistent in their operations that there is
no remedy left for persons living in the
vicinity of the city, but powder and ball.
On Saturday night they visited the resi-
dence of Thomas Miller and attempted to
clean out his chicken roost, but few shots
from revolver compelled them hastily to
leave that section. On Sunday night about
IL o'clock they visited the farm of Mr.. Co
hagan, four miles east of Columbus, on the
National road, and stole therefrom fifty
choice chickens. There is surely some way
to put stop to this pilfering.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-20

sAM'L E. KrLs, sec'y. s,.......
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-21
General Grants Rstlosncs.


From The ~. Y. World.
'I will not give you reason to imagine that
think my sentiments OF such value as to
wish myself to be solicited about them. They
are of too little consequence to be very anx-
iously either communicated or withheld"
Thus wrote the greatest philosophical states
man Of modern times (or of any time), in the
opening sentences Of his most celebrated pro-
duction. II has opinions were not of oonse-
quence enough to justify his withholding them
when respectfully asked, we do not know that
it follows that no other mans can be. II the
comparative value of opinions were to be esti-
mated by the greatness Of the faculties en-
ployed in their formation, we suppose there
are not many men who could modestly refuse
70 disclose what such man as Edmund Burke
thought he could not modestly conceal.
The resolute silence of General Grant, which
battles alike solicitation and artifce, must stand
on other reasons than the value Of what IL so
sedulously protects from the PROCLAMATION OF
public knowledge. II Is possible that he foils
the inuuisitiveness Of his cOuntrymen because
he considers their curiosity as impertinent
but this theory is not without its difficulties.
II what he keeps so close were things told him
in confidence by other men, and not opinions
of his own which he is at full liberty TO dis
close, we could account for and appreciate his
Teticence. His countrymen have not so eagerly
sought his views upon matters which concern
only him, but on matters of vital interest to
them; matters ON which they need rectifoa-
tion and guidance II they are wrong, or con
irmation II they are right. By telling his
opinions he would betray no confidence,
violate no trust. II they are important his
fellow citizens feel that they have
right to know them II not important,
they do not understand why, by the artidce OF
a studied and tantalizing mystery, they should
be clothed with fictitious consequence. General
Grants countrymen believe him TO be above
any petty quackery like that by which the
tribe of doctors, in so many modern comedies,
conceal their ignorance by wise shakes OF the
head and the learned jargon which is more
effective than silence. Being too honest TO
practise similar arts, he does not hang out
dumb reticence TO screen mental vacancy. In
whatever direction we seek the causes Of his
obstinate silence, we find only perplexity. We
can conceive why, when the commander OF a
fighting army, he should conceal his military
plans; but we never supposed that the political
opinions Of a citizen, or even Of a candidate for
Office, were kind of information he Is bound
to keep from circulation in his own camp lest
il should come to the knowledge of the enemy.
True, IL is customary to transfer the phrases
of the camp into politics, and talk of cam-
paigns, battles, and Victories but opinions are
the very missiles with which we fight. A
dumb political canvass is as much out Of
nature as Q nOiseless battle.
Now what is there in the public relations Of
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ment or of the British press during our late
civil war-a civil war which ended so glori-
ously for the Union, and which so marvellOusly
revealed our resources and the power of our
republican institutions. France is scarcely
less culpable than England, but we have
already had our revenge in that quarter. We
have seen her eat humble pie quite to our
satisfaction, and there are few who will refuse
to admit that she waddled down the hill little
more quickly and little less to her own COM
fort than she waddled up. 1t is Bngland's
turn to eat humble pie now, and our advice to
her is to avoid a collision with the great
republic by paying down the Alabama claims
at once.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-21

General 0ranti so exceptional as TO impose
upon him this studied and-stubborn silenee
on topics upon which every other man speaks
without reserve or mystery He is Secretary
of War; but we never before heard of a Score
tary of War making a profound secret of his
political opinions. He is an officer of the
army; but other army officers do not feel that
they violate any of the prophecies Of their
profession by telling where they stand in
politics. There is nothing then in General
Grants official relations that binds him TO
keep silence. The only remaining supposition
is, that General Grant refuses to let his opin-
ions be known because he expects TO be the
candidate of one or the other of our political
parties for President. II the public inquisi-
tiveness annoys him, he has only to declare,
with such sincere emphasis as to command
belief, that he will accept no nomination from
any party, and nobody will persecute him in
quest of his opinions. His silence cannot be
accounted for on the ground that he is not a
candidate; for in that case he would hazard
nothing by frankness, and would have no
motive for conoealment. Every other con-
ceivable hypothesis being excluded, we may
nationally suppose that General Grant keeps
his political opinions secret because he ex-
poets to be the Presidential candidate of one or
the other political party.
Having by pretty sure though oircuitous
route reached this point, the motives of his
silence seem more impenetrable than ever.
Why should a candidate for the Presidency
refuse to tell his opinions 1t would natu-
rally be supposed that of all men in the coun-
try those who are candidates for its highest
Office in times when opinions are greatly
divided, should be the most frank, open, and
forward in declaring their sentiments, espe-
cially if they have no political record to speak
for them. 1t is so inconsistent with manliness
for a candidate to secrete his opinions lest they
should damage his prospects, il is so incom-
patible with high sense of character to wait
before declaring himself till he is satisfied
which party will prove the stronger, that the
country does not think of attributng such
motives to General Grant. 1t is derogatory to
mans estimation to let his opinions even
seem to depend on his chances of political pro-
motion, or to be dictated by his personal in
terest. General Grants silence is as painful
as it is puzzling. Certain it is, that he can
not be Presidential candidate without de-
claring himself for one party or the other.
| The declaration is likely to come so late as to
subject him to unpleasant imputations. If he
cherishes high and jealous sense of honor,
he would prefer to withdraw from the canvass
altogether rather than wear the appearance of
concealing his opinions until he can adjust
them to his interests, or make them subser-
| Went to his ambition.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-21
England and the United StateS-Yhe
Alabama Claims.

Alabama Claims.
From the ~ Y. Herald.
History, it has been often said, repeats itself.
The saying, it is true, does not amount to an
absolute truth; but it is scarcely the less, on
that account, pregnant with suggestive les
sons. Pity it is that these lessons have been
so often neglected by nations and by indivi-
duals. There is one lesson which history has
taught and which is likely soon again to re-
ceive fresh illustrations, but which, like so
many of the others, has been little Needed
this, namely, that small beginnings oftentimes
lead to great and disastrous conclusions.
twill not surprise us if the present diff
Guilty between England and the United States
arising out Of the Alabama affair, furnishes
some such illustration. The original difficulty
between the Greeks and the Persians was a
small matter, but it led to a protracted strug-
gle-a struggle which resulted in the humiia-
tion Of Persia and the building up of the mag
nifcent empire Of Alexander. 1t was so after
wards with Rome and Carthage. A tri1ing
Sicilian difficulty brought the Carthaginians
and the Romans into collision. The bad pas
sions which this first struggle engendered
lasted long after the original difficulty was for
gotten. The Punicwars occupy prominent
place on the page of history; and the third
Punic war ended only with the destruction of
Carthage and the conversion of the then Great
Sea into Roman lake.
Great Britain and the United States have
allowed themselves to drift into position
which, to say the least, is ominous of war;
The original cause OF quarrel, if good sense
and reason had been allowed to prevail, might
easily have been got over. The stubbornness
of England, however, has nightly aggravated
the difficulty, and it is now extremely difficult
to foresee to what disastrous conclusion this
small cause of quarrel might lead. To us the
payment of the Alabama claims is a compara-
tive trife. The money is nothing the principle
is everything. The refusal on the part of Great
Britain to pay the Alabama claims may give
rise to a struggle which will assume proper
tions unparalleled in the past, which will sink
Persian and Punic wars into the shade, and
the only result of which can be the triumph OF
the American flag, and the conversion OF the
broad Atlantic into a grand American lake.
We can never regard the recognition OF the
South by the Government of Great Britain in
any other light than as an open and wlltul
violation of the principles OF international law
and as an insult offered to the great American
people. We have not forgotten and will not
Soon forget the conduct of the British Govern
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-21

wards adopted by Congress. The Rebel party
were seeking some means to break it up.
The President wanted it broken up by some
means, though he wished to dodge the re-
sponsibility of a riot by assuming the pre-
tense of sustaining the civil authorities. He
well knew that the civil authorities, espe-
cially the police of New Orleans, would be ths
authors of riot, and that all he need do was
to hold off the military, and the riot, e., the
attack of the Rebel police on the Convention,
would begin. He ordered the military to let
them alone, and the riot began and culmina-
ted virtually according to his command.
This being his attitude, the late pretense
that, had he received General Baird's desp ltch
he would have been found on the other side
and sustaining the Convention, is unwarranted.
The remainder of his communication is de-
voted to proving that Secretary Stanton ap-
proved his reconstruction policy and dis
approved the Tenure-Of- Office law as uncon-
stitutional. 1t is not claimed that these views
of Mr.. Stanton formed any part of the reasons
for his removal, and they are only brought
forward to impeach his political consistency,
and diminish the respect of his friends. The
Presidents efforts in this direction are equally
disngenuous. Mr.. Stanton stated in public
speech year ago, and more recently in his tes-
timony before the Impeachment Committee,
that he approved the reconstruction policy of
the President in all except the restriction of
the suffrage to the whites only; and on this
he differed from but deferred to his superior.
He drew the Reconstruction proclamation in
every other respect but this, in which it was
filed out by the President and others.
This reliance on white suffrage only being
the vital blunder in the Presidents policy it
follows that Stanton approved it wherein it
was well enough, and with considerable saga
city foresaw and disapproved its blunder. On
the point of the Tenure of Office bill, the Pre-
sident's imputation is more severe if not more
just, provided the President states the clse
correctly. There is this apology for Mr.. st IN
ton on this point, however, viz, that, though
he believed the act to be unconstitutional be-
fore it was passed, he may, as a lawyer, very
properly have held it to be his own and the
Presidents duty to obey it when passed until
it should be declared invalid by the Supreme
Court. The President assumes that, if an
officer believes bill before Congress to be
unconstitutional it is his duty to disobey it
after it has become a law by a two-thirds vote
over the Presidents veto.
~ The true reason why the President removed
Stanton, Sheridan, Sickles, and all the Repub-
licans whom he has removed, is one, viz,
their loyalty to the principle of liberty, to
which the President is renegade.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-21

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TON.
ON the same 2Sth of Au-
gust, the following tele-
gram was sent TO Mr. stan
ton. by MajOr-Gen. Baird,
then lowing 10 the absence
OF Gen. Sherldan) In COM
mRnd of the military at
New Orleans:--
THE Hon. Edwin M.
stanton, secretary Of War:
A Convention has been
called, with the sanction
of GOV. Wells, TO meet
here on Monday. The
Observation-Disclosures aud
city authorities think 1t
unlawful and propose to
break IL up by arresting
the delegates. / have
given no orders on the
subject, but have warned
the parties that / could
not cOuntenauce or permit
such action without IN.
structIOn 10 that effect
from the President. Please
Instruct me at once by
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-27
rHr HArR TnADETN FRANCE.

According to Paris exchange report, hu-
man hair is chiefly supplied to the world of
fashion by France. The departments of
Puv de Dombes, Cantal, Correze, Lozere,
La Vendee, Les Deaux Sevres, La Vienne,
L'Allier, La Manche, Les Cotes du Nord,
and Lille ct Yilaine, are best markets for
this commodity. Italy, Germany, and Bel
gium likewise compete with France, but
cannot beat her out of the field as 70 this
supply Of the raw material. Religions
houses and nunneries supply large guam
titles t -E
The price of undressed hair varies from
fifty francs the kile 10 sixty francs. In
1865 the price rose from sixty-ive francs to
one hundred francs the kilo. In France
6S,000 kilogramBles of human hair are sold
annually, $4,000 kilos of which are worked
up into poshches. Thirteen thousand kilos
are exported TO foreign countries The sale
of the raw material and its value when
worked into p,aits and putis and chignons
which adorn the heads Of the bellies reps
resent above S0,000,0O0 francs-that is
e3, 100000, or $l6,OO0,00O. Eaf
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-27
A REMARKABLE RESCUE.

A correspondent of the Memphis Chris
tirE Advocase furnishes the following Incl
dent:
On Thursday, September 26, while Mr..
w. A. Swain, Of Manlyville, Henry
county, Tenn, was drawing a bucket of
water from we'll sixty feet deep, with ten
feet water, his little son Henry, an inter-
esting child Of three summers, was sud-
denly precipitated into the well, in which,
as is sometimes the case, two buckets are
used. The child, it is thought, Impressed
with the idea of assisting his father, had,
unnoticed, taken hold of the descending
rope, and was thus instantly jerked ever
the curbing of the we'll The first intima-
ton Mr.. Swain had of the casualty was
seeing the child falling head foremost, aud
striking against the bucket.
I The feelings of the parents may we'll be
Imagined. There was no time for rehec-
tion. The peril of the child called for
prompt, heroic action. In a moment,
quick as thought, Mr.. Swain seizes the well
rope, and follows his child, determined to
save him or share his watery bed In
another moment, he finds his child, con-
vulsively presses him to his bosom, and
rises with feelings of triumphant Joy to
the surface of the water. Here he sus-
tains himself till preparations are made for
raising him securely out ofthe well. This
was soon and safely done. The child suf-
fered no injuries other than few bruises,
and when brought to the surface Of the
water, with great coolness and presence OF
mind he inquired for his hat, which he
had LOST in the fall. We dare say that
such an occurrence, with similar crafty
ing results, has no parallel -