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Litchfield enquirer., 1867-11-28
CHAPTER CIVIL. An Act in addition to an Act relating to Salari'
 

and Fees. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives in General Assembly convened:
 Sec 1. That the fees of county commissioners for the services by law required of them in hear ings and trials of causes before them, shall be to each three dollars day, and travel fee of ten cents mile of actual travel, to be computed from his place of residence to the place of holding the court, and from thence to his place of residence
 Sec. ?. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, July 27th, 1867. 5t
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-11-28

[Continued to the next sessIun of the General Assembly and ordered to be printed with the laws.1 An Act Ill addition to an Act concerning Domestic
 Relationa
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05
Good Horse Sense.

For good "horse sense" tho fol-
lowing will find a ready application
almost anywhere:
There are too many people in
every town that arc unwilling TO
let dollar 90 out unless they see
or fancy they see it coming back
in halfa an hour with another on top
of it. We commend this, particu-
larly tho latter part oft, TO all who
desire to see our town what 1t
should be.
How to kill n town-run every
one off with unreasonable charges
for lots and rents. Stick to your
pockets, and discourage every en-
terprise in every way if you do
not see dollar in it for your greasy
stocking.
Howto build q town-Eneourage
every one who is worthy and active
in spirit, to purchase and improve
property. Go to work, stimulating
enterprises that are legitimate by
uniting their industry influence and
capital in the common "pot, =
Cultivate public spirit, and talk
less than you work. Mean what
you say and demonstrate your
sincerity by a strict Observance o.
punctuality, liberality and indus
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LANCASTER, OHIO, DEC. s, 1867.
What Bismark Would Have

What Bismark Would Have
Done had he been Juare2.
The EmperorNapoleon is SAID to
have been most anxious TO as
certain the Judgment expressed by
Bismark on the sentence pronounc.
ed upon Macmillan. and he com
missioned friend to beg Of the
great statesmen to write his expires
.sions thereon. The answer must
have made His Majosty's brow grow
darkened and his ears tingle. It. is
so characteristic Of the man that it
is. quite worthy of record, as one OF
these days it may have to be re-
membered
"Juarez may be q brave and
steadfast patriot" writes Bismark,
"but he is no politician. His course
lay clear before him. He might
have humblcd the prideof all Eu-
rope, and in particular have crush
ed that of France forever by u sim
gle blow. The execution OF Maxi
milan is o blundcr from which
Juarez will never recover. My
policy would have been to have
held the Arch Duke Maximilian as
hostage while my ambassadors were
received in due form by the great
powers Of Europe-by England,
Austria and7Prussia.
IL should have eXactcd that my
ambassador to France should have
been received with peculiar honor
at the TuilIeries-fetched in the
state carriage by NJ. Fouillet Do
Conchez, in the eyes OF the whole
population and when this humilia-
ton had been enforced, | should
have said, Now that Mexico is re-
established as a Republic, nothing
moro remains to be accomplished
but the indemnity for the useless
and treacherous war which has
been imposed upon the country by
France therefore, not until this
indemnity be paid can we suffer the
Arch Duck to 60 back to Europe.
Rely upon it this indemnity would
have been paid. Juarez might have
named his own price. Napoleon
Ill would have paid it out of his
own private resources rather than
have suffered the question to have
been discussed within the Chamber.
"The public reception of TIE en-
bassador would, most likely, have
ultimately caused the downfall OF
the dynasty ; it would have occa'
stoned an emeute in Paris which
would have necessi!ated measures
of repression too stringent to be
borne, and thus the whole edifice
would have been crumblcd to the
dust"
No biography or personal sketch
could have ever painted the AFRO
ganco and daring of Bismark more
plainly than this apercue of his
secret aspirations. The humbling
of France would have been com
plete, this cannot be denied ; and
the Emperor may well look glum
when he reflects how comparative.
ly powerless is the ally he has
gained, when called upon to cope
with the enemy he has made.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05
A Romance in Real Life.

Romances are not always born
in the brain of the novelist there
are iomances in real life as full OF
interest and enchsutmcnt. They
occur in our very midst day after
day, but in the wbirl and hustle OF
busy life pass by unheeded. We
were made acquainted, yesterday,
with the details of domestic 70.
nance, and give them as they came
to US:
During the early par. of the
present week. a young married
couple, more blessed, with honesty
and industry than worldly wealth,
left Chicago TO seek en- mployment
and fortune in the far West. On
arriving in this city, their small
capital was stolen from them by
some graceIess scamp, and they
were compelled to obtain employ
ment a: once. The wife obtained
q situation as dining-room servant
at the Pacific House, and the hus-
band as porter at one OF our whole
sale establishments.
On Wednesday last an elderly
gentleman arrived here from Mon
tana and took quarters at the Pa
cifc. At dinner be was waited Oh
by the young wife, and recognized
in her daughter from whom he
had been separated for many years,
without knowledge of her exist.
cnce. The greeting between pa
rent and child was very affecting,
and caused considerable excite
ment in the dining hall.
The best part OF the story isltiat
the father, who had gone TO Mon,
tana in straitened circumstance ns,
returned with u most comfortable
fortune. He started East last night
with his daughter and son in law,
promising them that they should
fully share in his good fortune
ST. 10. Herald.
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Established 1925.

den OF Eden. But just look at them
as they wade in the grass, and see
their Fulton market ronndn 3ss and
elossiness. With difficulty | credit
the statement that there are 25.-
900 bead here now, waiting ship.
ment. Yether they are, and TO-.
900 more are known to be on the
way here, and full 10000 will have
arrived at the close of the season.
-Four times as many would have
been driven here, If the stock men
OF the Southwest had known that
there was safe and sure Say out
OF the lookup, which the war first.
and the toll-demaDding ruffians
aiterward established. So say the
most intelligent of these Texan
drovers, and thoy also say that
20O 900 head Of beeves will surely
be here next year for sale and
shipment. Now mark These an
lmals, "bceycs,' can be bought By
thousands in Texas. at frotn sS to
$40 per head in gold, or s12 to s14
IN currency. They can be driven
to Abilcna at an additional cost OF
not over two dollars a head, in
from five to eight weoks' time.
They can be shipped from here to
st. Louis at 800 car load, aud
TO Chicago for $3.50 car. Joseph
Mccoy tells me they can be afford
ed in Chicago at four ceuts gross,
with satisfactory margin to dro-
vcrs, shippers or railroads. Sure
~ the butchers of more than one
city or State have got 10 come
down, and surely there was CRATE
iul reason IN the toast TO the Kan.
sas Pacific Railway as tho cheap.
ernor OF beet to the people Of the
United States.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05

THE GREAT USpUMPABLE.-A
correspondent tells the following
about General Grant: / heard a
story of General Grant the other
day, which shows how wholly sun.
pumpable" ho is. When he and
Seward were travelling about the
country with President Johnson,
great effort was made to induce
Ulysses TO express himself on po-
litical subjects Seward and several
other shrcwd fellows piled Grant
with wine when he was here, hop.
ing that it might loosen the Gen.
erals tongue He had drank a
number of glasses one evening,
and deemiug the occasion and hour
favorable, Seward remarked:
"Wcll, General, what do you think
Of Ben Butler?" believing that. as
q, s. G. hated Butler, he would be
explicit on the subject. Grant
seemed rejecting. for a few sec,
onds, and then remarked very dc
liberately: "Ben. ButIer? Well, /
don't believe in him much" Sew
ards eyes twinkled; he had drawn
out the hero at last. "I'll bet my
Pile that Dexter can beat him any
day
A loud laugh greeted the dis.
comfted Seward, who is reported
to have said afterward that Grant
might make a very good horse
jockey, but he was not worth a
d-n for President.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05
Grant's Mastery Inactivity.

General Grant is just now beset
by a moro formidable enemy than
any he has yet"encountcred. An
army ofpoliticians bcIeaguers the
War Department, daring him to
leave his intrcnchments and enter
at once upon a long winter cam
paign. Grant keeps snug in his
quarters, determined TO choose his
own way and time for fight. Gen.
eral Montgomery Blair on one side,
and GeneralFornoy on the other,
have both tried to gain access to
his seclusion on some vague pretext
o. friendship, but the wary Grant,
knowing their secret purposes has
sent them both away with enorm-
GUS feas in their ears. He remains
as imperturbable and as impene.
trable under their seductiors as he
was under the cannon balls of Lee,
Johnston & Co. during tho four
years OF The war.
General Grant, doubtless, thinks
that as private citizen, not yet
officially nominated to the Presi
dency, he is not especially called
Upon to express his opinions of
public affairs to- men who merely
wish to use him for their own de.
signs. lie knows, moreover, that
political parties are now more or
less in state of transition which it
is needless to complicate or disturb.
Besides, he has probably reflected
that the present Congress, if it has
the ordinary wisdom of delibera-
tive assemblies, will dispose of sew
eral embarrasing,questiors without
his assistance, or olse will leave
them.in postison that will require
new considerations to be applied
to them,not now easy to anticipate.
II is therefore we'll Tor one who may
be called upon to settle future diff.
ticnltics, not to mingle in present
muddles.
At the same time, when General
Grant is invited from any authorl-
tativc courcc to explain his general
political principles, we have no
doubt that he will do so with char
acteristic caudor and honesty
Meantime his silence is the height
of wisdom.--N. Y, Ereaing Post.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05

SrEALINGAN ORcEARD.-We have
heard Of people stealing lumber,
window blinds, gates, wood, trees,
and even mectiDg-houses. But
never until a few days ago did we
hear Of person stealing an or.
chard. The case referred to is as
follows: A gentleman, living not
u thousand miles from Chillicothe,
went over into Hooking county
and bought farm. Being desir-
ous OF improving it as much as pos
sible, he went off to some noted
nursery and ordered a largo lot of
fine, grated fruit-trees of various
kinds, such as apple, peach, plum,
cherry, ounce, &c, , &c. These he
had set out in the best of style un.
der his own supervision, after which
he returned to his home, ponder
ing, no doubt, upon the pleasure
he would take in eating the fruit
this fine orchard would some day
furnish him. But alas, how uncer.
tain are all things human. In
about two weeks he returned &c
look after his young orchard, when
TO his surprise, he found that some
villain had been there and dug uf
and carried away every one of hiE
trees.
Henceforth let it not be said thai
stealing an orchard is among The
impossibilities. CrcIevilie Union,
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The ConncRut Reporter says:--
"An accident Of q remarkable
character occurred in the woods at
Denmark one day last week, A
man was standing on balance
tree across q large log, to see an
other tree como down, when the
treein its falling course struck
the other cnd of the one on which
he was standing and the tremcn-
dous weight Of it coming on the
spring lever, threw him like a
shot into the air. When at his
highest elevation tho man caught
hold of Il limb in the top Of Il tree,
and remained suspended by the
arms until the person who had fall
len the tree Travelled two miles to
the nearest house and returned
with a ladder to release him from
his perilous position. lie was not
injured BY his sudden and rapid
flight, and took the matter as an
ordinary occurrence" =
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05
A "Fair" Business Transac-
ton,

A gentleman in Honduras, re.
Gently, in writing to the mercantile
house in London with which he
was in correspondence; after lin.
ishing what he had TO say about
molasses, mahogany, and India
rubber, added as follows:
Il have one other commission
TO give you. l wish for q wife.
and cannot find any suitable per-
son in these settlements. Please
send me by an early steamer a
yonng lady answering TO the fol-
lowing description: Age not less
than twenty, or over twonty five;
person well formed and graceful /;
countenance agreeable disposition
and manners gentle; and posses.
sed OF good health, so that she may
endure we'll the change of climate.
If you send a person answering to
the above conditions, l promise to
marry herswithin q fortnight after
her arrival" "
The return mail brought him a
letter to this effect:
ain accordance with your orders
| ship for you, by this steamer, a
yonng lady, Miss Louisa c.,
possessing the qualifications pre-.
scribed, as per vouchers which she
will present to you. Please &C.
knowledge receipt, and believe me
etc"
The gontleman-whose letter
had been brought to him by the
mail tug-hurried TO the pier tC
meet the steamer. As soon as the
plank was laid he went on board
and there, inquiring and finding
Miss Louisa c., he made him
self known to her. She handed
him her letter from the house il
London saying:
Il have here q bill of exchang,
drawn on you, sir, which l hop,
you will not decline to honor"
"Miss Louisa" said no, II hav
never yet dishonered dill of ex
change, and l certainly shall no
begin with this one. On the con
trary, I shall deem myself the hap
piest of men in being allowed I
accept it."
So the business was settled in
manner satisfactory to all concern
ed.
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Tho question whether a-railroa

The question whethof arailroad
company which has printed on it's
tickets that it is not responsible for
more than one hundred dollars
worth Of baggage can be made to
indemnify traveller for lost
trunk, has again been settled a.
!, gainst, a railroad company in
Brooklyn. The Judge held that
in tho hurry of travel-a party was
not to be held responsible for read.
ing all the printed matter that
might be stuck at him through a
ticket window on the back OF his
ticket.
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A Remarkable Prayer.

Previous TO the late election a
meeting of the Republicans of Rich
mond, Va, was held. 1t was com
posed of whites and blacks, and the
proceedings were opened by col
ored man making the following
prayer:
"Oh, Lord God, bless our enc.
mics, bless President Johnson
We would not even have him sent
to hell, Come oh come, good Lord,
and touch his heart, even while l
am talking with you here to night.
[ Amen. Show him the errors OF
his ways. Have mercy upon our
Moses, greaslaughter and amens.
who, like Esau, has sold
his birthright for morsel OF pot
tage, took US in the wilderness and
left us there. Come down upon
him, oh Lord, with thy blessing
God bIcss us in our meeting tonight,
and help us in what we do. God
forbid that we should choose any
Conservative that has the spirit of
the devil in bis heart. and whose
feet take hold on hell. God bless
our old friond-true and tried, Mr..
Hunnicutt, who has a great many
SORROWS, and | think he can stand
q great many more, Laughter.
Bless our Judge, Mr.. Underwood,
who is down here among us, and
don't let anything harm hair OF
his head"
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05
A Democratic City.

The government of New York
City is shining example of the
honesty and economy ofDemocrat'
ic administration. A short time
sincc the fact was exposed that
the city Chamberlain cheated the
the corporation out of the slight
sum Of 100000 per annum, We
say the fact was exposed though
not with the hope OF indemnitying
the city, but only, as one of the city
journals remarked, in the hope
that the other sharks might be put
on track of the swindler with a
view of making him divide the
spous. The Citizens Association
have now developed tho fact that
Mr.. O'Gorman, the corporation
counsel, has drawn for his depart
ment during 20 months, Sl52,974
from the public treasury. Of this
O'Gorman pocketcd for his own
services S33 ,3S2, expended tor "Oul
ce furniture" S24, 1879, distributed
96,61l among his professional
brethren for ''extra counsel ices
and clerk hire" and used up 49,
$50, for "other purposes" Dur
| ING O'Gormans term OF office
| judgments have been obtained
against the city amounting to S4l4,'
$50, of which judgments the Citi'
zen's Association afiirms that 20O,'
900 were obtained in defiance O.
law, and should havebeen revers
ed on appeal but through O,Gor'
mans advice were paid in full =
A valuable officer truly! Such II
Democracy in the city which gives
10000 majority for the Democratic
ticket and sends John Morrissey
the prize fighter, to Congress-
! DeLdiGare Gazette.
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1Aantsotvina Huan.
The Late Railroad Accident.

y lO ALubO ASUAAhNsN @ASSAoShSs
On the 2lst of November, ter
rible railroad accident occurred on
the Dayton, Hamilton & Cincinna-
ii R II. near the latter city, by.
which five persons lost their lives.
Four of them were sisters, and re-
sided in New Orleans. The other,
a Mr.. Jackson, who ran into car
to save the life of one OF the girls,
was himself stricken down and de-
voured blythe flames. The acci-
dent was caused by Cne train run
ming into anoth er which had been
delayed by an accident and delay
of another train in advance. We
copy from the Cincinnati GaSette'S
account:
"In the collision the kerosene
reAecting head light of the engine
was broken, and the contents Of
the lamp were emptied on to the
floor, and igniLed By the fire from
the stove which had been overturn-
ol. The flames spread with fear
full rnpidity, and soon the whole
rear portion Of the car, or rather
what was left of it, was in flames.
Some of tho passengers who had
been awakened a short time be-
fore the accident by the porter,
who it seems WAS in charge, were
either dressed or in the act of dress
ing, all escaped with only injuries;
others, and among them four SIS
ters, Sallic, Rachael, Hannah and
Mary Morgan, were asleep, or at
least had not arisen. These four
alllost theirlivcs. They all occu-
pied berths near tho rear end OF the
CIR, and 1t is supposed that three
Of them were instantly killed by
the conclusion. The othe-, sup
posed to be Rachael, had the lower
portion of her body completely
wedged in among the broken seats,
and found it impossible to ox'ri-
cate herself. She was in close
proximity to window, however;
and managed to break the glass
with her hand. Through the open
ing thus made she forced her shoul-
dcrs and arms, and called upon
those in the vicinity for help
Several OF the panic stricken pas
, sengers rushed to hor assistance,
but il was found impossible to eX-
tricato her from the horrible and
heart.rending position, although
The strength of three men, strength
almost sufficient to pull her body
to pieces, was. used Ono Of the
passengers, Il Mr.. Jackson, of Bos.
ton, seeing that nothing could be
done to relieve the.young girl from
the outside, rushed into the car,
aud was never again seen alive
Again the passengers on the out
side attempted to pull her through
tho window, but they were unsuc.
cessful, and the heat and smoke
from the burning car becoming SO
intense, they were obliged to re-
tire. Finding nothing could be
done to extricate her, the poor girl,
throwing up her arms, shouted,
40, God il you cannot save me,
RiiI me as quickly as possible. -
In an instant moro she was com
,pletely wrapped in flames, and her
,prayer was answered. She was Il
corpse.
BY this time the car was one
sheet of flames, which were soon
communicated to the car forward
and it was quickly consumed, Not
boing satisfied with their terrible
work, the flames sped on, aud did
not cease till four more cars, six in
all, had been burned. There was
not single piece Of the wood work
eofany OF tho cars, twelve inches in
longth, left unburned."
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The Perry County Weekly says
that two brothers named Brown,
originally belonging to Virginia,
mel in New Lexington, after a sep
.aratioh of 81 years, during which
time they had not heard Of each
other: The older one, now aged "a,
has been in the West moro thau
! half u century. lie had two sons
in the Union army during the re-
bellion, one of them in tho Army
of the Potomac, and tho other in
the Western army, whilo the other
brother, who recently lett Virgin
ia, had two sons in the rebel army
5 both of whom were killed at the
battle of Charlottesville.
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Freddy, "a fair-haired youngster
of four summers, the other day, al
ter being for some time lost in
thought, broke out thus "Pa, can
God do any thing?" "Yes, dear
"Can he make a two year old colt
in two minutes ?" "Why, he would
not wish to do that, Freddy" "But
if he did wish to, could he ?" eyes
certainly, ifhe wished to- "What
in two minutes q "Yos, in two
minutes. "Well, then, he wouldn't
be two years old would hoY
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05

The Mobile Nationalist says of
the colored jurics that sat last
week were. the one composed
entirely of colored men, the other
of three, fourhs OF the same com
plexion. A large number of cases
were before them; the majority of
colored criminals, in many instan-
ces, accused of violations upon the
person or property of whites, We
have yet to hear that these juries
mado any discrimination on ac
count of color, or Judged ono of
their own race less severely be
cause the party injured was of an
other color.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05

Thomas Gilbert, Radical dele
gate in the Alabama Convention,
is charged by Georgia ncwspa-
per with having offered to arm and
equip one hundred men at his own
expense for the purpose of killing
President Lincoln before his inau.
guration. History thus appears tc
be repeating itself. Paul is gener.
ally accredited with being a perse
cutor and murderer of Christians
before he became an Apostle =
ZanespiNe Courier.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05

A VALUABLE TREE,--A gentle.
man residing a short distance
north of Huntsville sold from his
farm a few days ago a single
curlod black walnut tree TO a Bos
ton dealer for $500. The tree was
not an exceedingly large ono q
that, The purchaser, after the
tree had been felled and its true
value ascertained remarked that he
would not take $4,000 for it.
Republic.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05

Dispatches received in London
contain tho gratifying intelligence
ofthe safety of DR., Livingstone,
the celebrated explorer. He is
known to have been safe and we'll
in April last, and was then explor-
ing the waters of Africa hundreds
Of miles from the coast.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05

A paperin Alexandria, La, says:
Alexan dria has been visited by the
war: by fire which consumed
twenty-five blocks at one fell
swoop by water which submerg-
ed the town this and last year by
the worm, which like the locusts Of
Egypt 'covereth the whole face Of
the earth, wasting all things j and
now by pestileuce. What next.
We are authorized to state that
the next thing will be something
else.