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The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

TIE following is from a London
letter: Il was one OF congrega-
tion of twenty-five thousand people
in the Crystal Palace one day
Good Friday-the preacher being
Mr.. Spurgeon. l was underneath
the pulpit which had been erected.
and near me was Mrs. spurgeon
and the "deacons.' When the
preacher went up the stairs into
the pulpit, he looked oyefthe dense
mass OF people with perfect compo-
sure, but his wife grew nervous and
frightened, and her tears fell fast
in the exciteme3t of the time. This
was observed By Mr.. Sturgeon,
who bockoued one Of his friends to
him, and sent an entreaty to his
wife that she would sit little clo-
ser under, so that she should not
witness q feeling which he could do
nothing to check. When this wish
had been carried out, and the lady
could not see her husband, she soon
regained her composure. On that
morning everybody heard. With
out the slightest exertion, and
speaking, apparently, in the tones
he would use in room, Mr.. Spur
geon sent his words out rounded
and complete, not one falling short
of the entire space. A little while
ago, l heard Prot. Jcwett preach
in the nave Of Westminster Abbey,
and, Us an admirer of that learned
and excellent man, l was in pain
the whole Of the sermon, for 1
thought he would really break q
blood vessel, SO much did he strain
his voice in the generous endeavor
TO reach every ear. But Spur
geon's voice is Of that quality which
is independent of physical effort
At the close of the service he gave
out the Doxology and after it had
been sung he got up, shook his
head and waved his hand, and said
in the easiest way imaginable, "no,
no; that won't do at all. Not half
of you sung that time. Mr. Organ
ist, let's have that again, please:
and let every body sing" The or
ganist was at the extreme end. He
looked like a bird or q mouse. But
! he turned round on his stool, put
his hand behind his ear, and when
Mr.. Spurgeon had finished his say,
wheeled round to the keys and
played Old Hundred again. This
timc all appeared to sing and the
effect was wonderful. 1t was as
though huge block of sound had
come from somewhere"
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

The Nation thinks it is not well
for us to believe that the rapid
growth ofour cities beats all Gre
tion, while during the ten years
preceding 1861 London added to
icsclf new city one half the size
of New York, more than twicathe
size of Baltimore, nearly three
times tho size of Boston, more than
three times the sizo Of Cincinnati
or st. Louis, and more than four
times the size of Chicago. II the
eight cities of Buffalo, Rochester
Albany, Pittsburg, Newark, Provi
dence, Portland, and Milwaukee,
had been taken up bodily in 1861
put on shlpboard, conveyed across
the Atlantic, and deposited on the
fringe of tho skirts OF London, they
with their united populations
would not have added to London
SO much as London quietly added
to itself during the previous decen-
nial period. Every twelve months
new city springs into being along
the globous verge of London equal
to the city ofOlevela.d.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25
Go to Helser.

In q town in Indiana lives a JUS
tice of the Peace named He)ser.
A Hoosier soldier lately appear
cd before clerical gentleman in
that town with his lady love and
requested the reverend to join them
in marriage. When all was ready
the minister asked the soldier for
the marriage license. The veteran
said they had been engaged four
years and he thought that was IL
cense enough, and besides he
thought the parson must be q cop
perhead to refuse to perform the
ceremony without licensc. The
soldier said he would not get one
"Then," said the parson, "just take
your lady and go to >Helser
meaning tho Justice, who could
marry them without q license
The soldier angrily retorted, "Gc
to He'll yourself, sir" and led his
girl away in great wrath, fully
convinced that the preacher mus
be a cooper snake" of the bigges
kind. M
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25
Hard on the "NOble Game. ;"


The following colloquy is said to
have taken place between an en-.
thuslastic admirer of the game of
base ball, and a gent who's regard
for his personal comfort led him to
eschew such unruly sports, as be
termed them.
"What is the matter with your
fnger?'
"Slruck with a ball and drove
up, but it is noble game" was the
reply.
"Precisoly-and your thumb is
useless, is it not?"
"Yes, struck with q ball and
broken"
That finger joint?'
"a ball struck it. No better
game to improve a mans physical
condition-strengthens ones sin.
ews."
You walk lame: that foot, ism,
it?"
mo. It's the-the-the-welI
q bat few out of a players hand
and hit my knee pan. He had tht
innings"
"One of your front teeth il
gomez"
knocked out by a ball; an &C
cident."
"Your right hand and your nose
have been peeled--how's that?"
"SIipped down at second base
only mere scratch"
"And you like this kind o
fun 2"'
"Glory in it, sir. 1t is the health
lest game in the world, SIR"
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

out Of the world. There are works
of fiction that any body may safely
read, and be all the better for so
doing. But then, if a thing is
evil at all, how are we to dilute it
so that it shall be good. Have we
not truth enough in the world
Why use a sign to represent a
thing, when the thing itself is be-
fore US. A we'll written novel, on
a high moral plane, won't hurt any
body; certainly not; and a glass
OF beer won't make drunkard the
same day; but It will if followed
up. five commence TO do thing
that is useless, or hurtful, where,
or when are we to stop2 lean see
and tell what young people must
do to get past this house of idle
ness and foul weeds, but | can't
see who are to be their Moseses.
DELTA.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

THE FLAa.-On the morning of
the 4th OF July an American flag
was thrown across the street from
the market. house TO the opposite
corner of the street. The street
cars approached-a lady therein
saw tho "hateful thing" Curling
her nose skywurd, she said =
"Driver, are you going under that
flag p "Well, nam" he answer,
ed, 81 don't SEQ how I'm to get
around it." "You can't take me
under it. Let me out Stop on
the other side" Out she got, and
trudged around for a half to
avoid the beautiful flag. What a
queen of love and beauty she
would make for a tournament !
Flakes GalveSton Bulletin, 7th
inst.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25
Rebels and Indians.

A correspondent of the Dayton
Journal writes as follows from The
seat of the Indian war:
The worst feature of the present
Indian war, is the number OF
renegade rebels among them. In
the late fight with Custar's Cavalry,
in which the gallant General was
badly worsted, they evincod a
knowledge of military tactics that
completely surprised the Goneral.
He was prepared for Indian war,
fare, a series of skirmishes, and
was drawn into an attack
upon 1000 mounted and armed
men, who used their Spencer rifles
to good purpose. EndeavOring to
retreat, they found themselves flank
ed by q second party-they cut
their way gallantly through, ieav,
ing, alas, too many dead behind
them.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

UNIVERSAL EoUALITY.--There is
but one way of securing universal
equality to man, and that is to
regard every honest employment
as honorable and then for every
man to learn, in whatsoever state
be may be, therewith to be content,
to fulfill with strict fidelity the
duties Of his station, and to make
every condition post of honor.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

additions. If we pay the bonds
now we get rid Of stamps, collec-
tors, assessors, and all the present
Office holders new to our people,
and the tariff bringing gold to the
treasury will pay the principal and
interest Of the gold bonds. ls there
no argument 10 favor Of paying,
and paying now, the Currency
Bonds2 9.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

A letter to the Country Gentleman
cen aims the following:
81 want to tell my story, which
| know TO be true and perfectly
correct, as all the parties are to me
we'll known and of unimpoachable
veracity. The scene is in Berk-
shire County, Mass. A boy reaped
wheat in a field that boy grew to
be man and lived TO the ripe old
age of 80 years. Before he died
he sat in his chair and saw a neigh
Dor of his from day to day drawing
sawlogs to mill this man drew,
and sawed, and sold $4,000 feet Of
lumber; and all from 81 acres Of
the ground upon which the old man
when boy had reaped wheat
The timber was mostly pine, some
oak,
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

GIRLs.-Thcre are two kinds OF
girls.-One is the kind that ap-
pears best abroad the girls that
are good for parties, rides, visits,
balls, &c. and whose chief delight
is in such things. The other is
the kind that appears best at home
the girls that are useful and
cheerful in the dinning-room, sick
room and all the precincts oI
home. They differ widely in char
acter. One is often torment al
home, the other a blessing. One
is moth, consuming everything
about her the other is sunbeam
inspiring light and gladness al
around her pathway The righ'
education will modify both a little
and thus unite the good qualities
of both in one.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25
Changes In school Books.
The Now York Times mentions
in tho iellowing paragraph q uaal.
ter Tint II of ;mnor,nnea

"a teo following paragraph . piat.
ter that is Of importance
4Tho other day We spoko 81 tho
constant shifting Of textbooks in
the schools; and, taking a look At
q book stall soon ahor, found that
We had written wiser lhsn We
knew" ;" Al!tho treatises which
teach the young idea now-a-days
look unIamiIiar Whore are tbs
grarnmars, the geogfGphies. 'rilh-
meties Of thethirly years ago2 Gone
into oblivion, and thirty different
sets Of moro pretentious school.
books successively goneainl their
turn too. Is the English Lam
guage now SO different from what
it was in the days Of Addison and
Goldsmith ? Have now Continents
been discovered on this terrestrial
ball2 Are the multiplication Ia
BILE and theory Of proportion be-.
hind the times2 Important dis.
coveries or improvements should
account for this perpetual change
into something new and strange.
The epitaph Of our modern shoit-
lived school books might well be-
that of the infants tombstone "If
| SO soon was to be done for, ]
wonder what | was begun for"
But the notable thing about mod
ern school books is the "series"
method in vogue. There is tho
First Reader, Second Reader,
Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth
Reader; then commence the Speak,
ers-the First, Second, and Third.
There is the Primary Geography,
the intermediate Geography, the
Advanced Geography. and the
High School Geography. The luck
less lad is pnt through the EIe-J
ments Of Grammar, the First Prin-
ciples of Grammar. the Philosophy
ot Grammar, Grammatical Analy-
sis, and so forth has his Sixth
class Arithmetic, Fifth.class Arith.
metic, and so on TO the First; in
brief, before he gets from a pri-
mary school to a college, he has
accumulated a vast library of text
books. Meanwhile his younger
brother, his cousin, his little neigh
Dor, have been put through other
and entirely different libraries in
the pursuit of elementary khowl-
edge. What contempt do not the
compilers of these series have for
old LindIey Murray and his gram
mar adapted to the different clas-
ses of learners" sbound in with
an Appendix for the moro adyan-
ced students! u
1t becomes the friends Of the
common schoo! system to consider
the needless changes that are
made, that the education of the
rising generation may not be sub.
ordinated to the interests of the
publishers Of school books.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

bent almost double by a cannon
ball, which he brought as trophy
from South Mountain or Antietam.
So much for the charge of plum
der and robbery.
The Journal charges me and my
family with disloyalty; the charge
is easily made, but 10 the proof:
First for myseIf-From the
commencement of the war / made
public speeches, whenever occasion
offered, and my health permitted,
urging the young men to volun-
teer, and the old and wealthy to
give money to support the iami-
lies of the soldiers when in the
field.
/ have four sons, and two sons
in law, FIVE ct the six entered the
service early; three Of the fonr
sons, and one son in law served to
the end of the war, and each of
these was twice promoted for good
conduct in the field. The other
son.in-law was wounded when
leading his regiment to the charge,
and was honorably discharged, as
unable to perform further service.
This will, l trust, be received as
a fair record of family loyalty, SO
far as the war is in question +; but
never having sworn allegiance to
Sumner, or Thad. Stevens, or any
of their ilkr and having opinions Of
my own, as to constitutional law
and sound public policy, l have
ventured to differ from them in
some particulars, and chiefly in
this: L think there is yet some
thing left of the old Constitution,
and that we ought to try and save
the pieces; that the South is suffi-
ciently crushed and humbled, with
out putting them under military
rule, or letting loose a fight of con-
fScdti6n cultures, to batten on the
carcass; and especially l do not
think the President ought to be
impeached because he differs in o.
pinion with the two Houses of Con-
gress and because be will not hold
still while they whip him with net
ties.
So far as this is an offense against
loyalty, l own up. 7. EWING.
Lancaster, July IL, 1867.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

A. woman residing near Center
Point, Clay County, Indiana, went
to an adjacent creek, the other day
to do family washing, taking with
her three small children. The two
elder ones, while playing about in
the woods, we're bitten bya ven
omous snake, and their screams at
tracing the attention of the moth
er, she .hastened to, their relief
leaving the smallest child, which
during her absence, fell into The
creek and was drowned. The 9th
er children died tho same nigh
from the effects Of the snake bites.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25
T1p Marav;lIe fKv.> Faele saws

THE MaysvilIe (Ky.) Eagle says:
"We learn that John L. Scott has
sold his peach crop to q Cincinnati
firm for $4,000, the purchaser to
gather the fruit, pay all expenses
and take all risks. We learn the
crop is very large, and the quality
of fruit good. The orchard con-
tains fifty acres, and cost Mr.. Scott,
come years ago, $4,000"
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

To BAKE AppLEs.-Gouge out
the eyes and fill them with sugar
set the apples in pie plate pour
in a teacupful of water, and bake
Fat with cream and the juice found
in the dish when done.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

The Mobile Advertiser regetfhlly
says that in 1864 slave of Braxton
Bragg deserted to tho Mexicans
but was afterward recaptured.--
Now the runaway is one of the
Board of Registrars for the county
of Mobile, while his former master
is o disiranchised rebel. -,~.I.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

The N. Y. Herald's Washington
correspondent says the entire fill
clustering movements throughout
the South, ostensibly for thepurpose
Of avenging Macmillan, are really
movements for the inauguration
of a new rebellion.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

The Statesman is frantic wit h
fear that the people will elect ne
groes to Office, il the word white is
stricken from the constitution.
Suppose they do-what is the
Statesman going to do about it ?
Can't it trust the people to vote for
whoever they please. Columbus
Journal. -.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

General Rosseau has been detail
cd to take formal possession of Rus
sian America, on behalf of the Uni
ted States Government. Ex-Sen.
ator McDougall, of California
wants to be Governor Of the wal
russes.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

Chattanooga was visited by a
thunder storm on the 14th ult.
An old darkey, forgetting that
Chattanooga was taken, shouted,
Fore de Lor' dar comes 'old crazy
wild de Yanks agin. He gwine to
finish de place dis time.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

A Train on the New York Gen.
trail Railroad ran from Spencerport
to Rochester, a distance Of ten
milos, the other night, in nine
minutes,
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

"Mino fren, haf your seen Won
little poodle dog with his tail split
and his ears cut short off behind,
yot / did loose next week as ! vas
walkin up the rivare in de d-d
steamboat ? III did not, Monsieur,
but expect to every minute.
aBeCar, ifhe be drowp.l vii kill
him six times in TWO places.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

Our Omaha special says that
four hundred Mormon converts
from Europe, reached that place on
Monday night, and left for Utah
yesterday, On the other hand
forty wagon loads Of saints, who
have ''soured on Zion" are at Den
yer, en- route for the States.- - Com
n,erciaL 17tk.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

Contracts OF the labor of 2O5
convicts in the Michigan State
Prison were let last week at fifty
two and fitty.five cents per day.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25
An Accusation, and a Reply.


Below we copy, from the Dayton
Journal, an article embodying the
charge which originally appeared
in the Cincinnati Enquirer, against
General THos. EWING, accusing him
of having stolen certain property Of
JEFF. Davis during the war. Ap.
pended thcreto we also give the
card of Hon. THos. EWING Gather
OF the General in reply to the &C.
cusation, which appeared in the
Cincinnati Commercial a few days
since. The vindication of the Gen.
cral, (if any was needed) is suffi-
ciently complete.
(From the Dayton Journal.)
A High Toned Democrat Accus-
ed of Stealing.
One Robert Melvin, of Meridian,
Miss, writes to the Cincinnati En-
;auirer. accusing Gen. Tom. Ewing
who stumped this District for
the Copperheads last fall = Of
stealing" JEFF. Davis library, and
Mrs Davis carpets, mirrors, &C.,
during the war. Mr.. Melvin had
charge of Jeff's things near
Jackson, Miss, where General Ew,
ing perpetrated what Mr.. NJ. de-
scribes as the stealing" He says
that the soldiers were smashing
Jeffs things promiscuously, when
they were interrupted by General
Ewing, who placed the property
under guard. Mr.. Melvin adds
"The General came in person
bringing with him a wagon of the
largest size, drawn by six large
mules. / was Immediately put
under guard, whether by the Gen.
erals order or not could not
learn, and do not know to this day
While under guard, the General
and his men loaded the wagon full,
and it was driven off. | was not
permitted to see what he took, but
l saw he took heavy load for six
large mules. When [ was released
| had some conversation with the
General, in which he said that what
he had taken was "a prize cap.
tured from the rebel President. II
| replied that different men,
viewing the same action from diff,
ferent points, might per.
haps, call it by different names,
for example-you, q General in the
United States Army, call this "cap-
turing" l, q citizen of the South,
a Southern Rights man, and q
friend to President Davis, call it
stealing"
This he resented, and appear ed
somewhat indignant that | should
even think he would steal. | re.
piled that it was only an honest
difference OF opinion as to the name
of an action.
The General soon left, giving the
soldiers q carte blanche on all he
left after loading his wagon.
Mr.. Melvin suggests to General
Ewing, as "a high toned gentle
man"-remarkahle language un,
der the circumstances-the pro,
priety of restoring his "stealings,
to "our old ex-President" Davis
who is now at liberty, and car
make good use of the property sto-
len from him. Mr.. Melvin says
that "if General Ewing is tho high
toned gentleman he told him he waI
in 1868, he will certainly do it,
And "beyond doubt" says Mr.
Melvin; "Mrs. Davis would be g
qually thankful for her furniture
carpets, curtains, mirrors, &C., tina
The General captured at the sam,
time, and in the same way"
Tho wonder is that the Enquire
should have published such an as
sault upon a distinguished Demo
cratic leader.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25
From the Commercial, 18th inst.
A Card from Hon. ThOS Ewing
litors of the Cincinnati Commercial:

Editors of the Cincinnati Commercials;
sec in your paper of yesterday,
an article copied from the Dayton
Journal, in which one Of my sons,
a General in the United States ar
my-the writer does not seem to
know which-is alleged to have
plundered and appropriated to his
own use q quantity of "books and
other things belonging to jeff. Da-
vis."
Tho charge is, of course, false.
Ny SONS were not taught to enrich
themselves by plunder, and they
did not, in the heat of the contest,
nor do they now, choose personally
10 profit by the spoils of vanquish-
ed rebels. The story of the books
has this foundation, and none 9TH
or: In the campaign in which
Vicksburg fell, General Hugh Ew.
ing commanded q division. AT the
capture of Jackson, tho books be,
longing to the State Library of
Mississippi were scattered, and
many Of them destroyed. OF those
that fell in his way, General Ew-
ing saved perhaps q hundred vol
umes, mostly valuable law books
He reported the fact to the depart
ment, but received no order re-
specting them, and they not being
properly spells of war, and there
being no officer to whom he could
transfer them, he kept them in
place of safety tillthe close of the
war and the reorganization of the
State Government. He then put
them in the express office, and
wrote to the Governor of Mississip
pi that they were there subject tt
his order.
This incident was noticed at the
time in some of the Southern pa
pers-by scamps and ruffians with
bitterness and sarcasm; by gentle
man in q liberal spirit of commen
| dation. ~ .
As to "other things he brought
nothing home with him, which hat
been JEFF. Davis or secession prop
erty, except a torn and dragglet
flag, which he took in a fair fight
and after showing it, sent it to th'
Department; and a secession rifle
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25

P. S. The question is often ask
ed, why discuss this question now, as
the bonds are not due and will not
be for some time. We say one
hundred and eighty millions were
due last winter and were not paid
in greenbacks, but were renewed.
We discuss the question now in or
der to condemn that act and pre-
vent it's repetition. II our rulers
see no anxiety on the part OF the
people and great earnestness on the
part of the bond holders to renew
all the bonds as they become due,
Iit will be done, and q debt such as
our greatest exertions cannot pay,
will be put off to the Ature with