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Not WANTED IN THE Playa few
weeks ago, an old bachelor. whose whiskcrs
were beginning TO silver, concluded to re-
new his age by marrying Il school girl
such renewals, by the way, are too COM
mon. Gaining the mothers consent, the
next thing was to tie the knot; the next
tie. wife, home next thing in order was to
hire scryant-then. of course. the dumcs
tic wheel began to turn. One day his
lordship came in and said; bridget, where
is my Lottie" "Out in the yard at play
with one of her sehoolmates, /" replied Bridg
ct. Husband in all the fullness of his
heart, rushed into the yard to participate
IN the fun. but was greatly set bacl, bv his
Little Lottie' saying "(;o away. You old
fool we don't want you in the play"
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Grandmother.

0Tauu1AOC140Is
Just as the sun rose blushing red
Over the hill-tops, somebody said
In broken accents of mourning woe,
Sobbing aloud but soDbng low
Grandmother is dead ~
When the sorrowful murmur broke,
out from our. beautiful dreams we woke,
Feeling sense of terrible loss;
.She was gold refined from its dross-
SO somebody spoke.
Just as she sometimes sat in her chair,
Lifting her heart in silent prayer,
Looked she only purple mist
Her troop ping lids and thin lips kissed
And rcstd there.
Only yesterday how she planned
Lobprs of love for her aged handl
"Whenever my useful days are DER
Let me go the heavenly shore"
Was her demand.
Dear old Grandmother How her prayer
Ouicked the ear of Eternal Carel
And, with only a warning pam,
His angel gathered her soul dgan
Tothose regions fair.
Blessed il is for her to sleep;
Can it be wrong for us to weep!
We who loved her so we'll and knew
/ II the worth OF her loving, too,
And her wisdom deep.
She was aged, and knew the way,
Youthful feet are giddy, and they must learn
The Young are giddy, and they must learn
She would gently say
Uappv Grandmother, Would that we
Might share with you the mystery
Ofthat Beyond, VIII ,rc II Thought oi SIN
Never, oh never can enter III
Through eternity.
ANNE NJ, DUGASNE RADCLIFFE
Dover, y. H., March 20, lo61.
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circulating them and condemn no one except
upon sufficient evidence. To tattlers and busy
bodies we can only repeat the lines, we have
quoted at the commencement of this article
'If you wish to be respected you must cease to
be a PRIV 7"
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We take pleasure in lying before readers cut of
the GREATEST LABOR SAVING MACHINES in
use upon the Farm. D. M. DUNHAM, has spent
much time and money in perlectng these
hoes, and he spares time
money in making them
He thousand and sold them last year, and the demad
increasing every year. in fact afford to be without
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ELLSWORTH, MAINE, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1867
The Jafa Colony,

The following letter from +. b. McKen-
EiC, the elder who went out with the colony
to convert the Jews has been handed to US
for publication.
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What followed from the bite!

The serpent died"
These lines convey not unapt represeptiop
of the venomous poision of the sandcrefs nat.
ure; IL venom secceding that ofthe serpent Is
lurking there. Truely the tongue of such is an
unruly member-full of deadly poison" but
day of reckoning will surely come, to those who
are guilty of this meanest of crimes, and they
may rest assured that their sin will find them
out. Who has not ut some time wlithed Hnder
fine lash of the slanderers tongue LIE, us then be
careful how we listen to evil reports, or aid in
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These cows are classed togethe. in ;he
English exhibitions rs "Channel Island
COWS DR.. Twaddel, who has lately visited
these islands, gives the following excellent
description of the three breeds. The Jer-
sey and Attorneys are not usually distn.
gushable in this country: the former name
being of late years preferred, as indicating
u pure breed.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-04-10

PENsIoN1NG NEwsPAPERs.-Accord-
ing to an Act of Congress the Clerk Of
the House of Representatives, is en-
powered to authorize two newspapers,
in each Of the excluded States, to pub
lisll the United States laws and do the
official advertising for the Government.
Good prices are paid for this work, and
the weaker class Of newspapers strug-
gle for it as if it were the journalistic
elixir of life. Mr.. Mcpherson, tho
House Clerk has awarded this patron-
age to papers in nearly oil Of thc.South-
en States, and we find that the fortu-
nate ones arc all Of the extreme Radi-
cal type, and nearly all of them sickly
concerns, which could not long exist
without food from some unnsual quar-
ter. It.seems to us that if The Radicals
are determined to pension the few pa
pers IN the South which are engaged in
fomenting disturbances and keeping
alive political passion and hatred, il
would be better to make a direct mon
ey appropriation. : They
might as we'll be published in Hams
chatka as in the journals selected, Sc
far as their presentation to the South.
ern people is concerned. The sait
| Journals have no circulation that il
worthy of the name, and the few copies
that they print are mainly sent to nd
mi,ing friends in the North. 1t woul,
be better plan to keep them alive b,
lratinns from the Frce,llnen'e Bureau
Il New York Sun, fKelh
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e.
A STUNNING SToRy..-The Cincinnati
Commercial tells the following "stunner,"
which is all news in this section:
A curious story comes up the river to
us from. Louisville, which goes to show
that after all there is some amalgalnation
among our. friends across the water, 1t
appears that some days ago a well-dressed
lady with d little child came to that city
and stopped at one of the frst-class hotels
AT the dinner table she sat down by the
side of another lady who recognized her
as 80 person of color" Lady No. 2 was
highly indignant and reported lady No. |
to the proprietors OF The Hotel, who in
formed the latter that she must leave. It
was in vain that she offered to pay her
bills and comply strictly with the rules Of
the house; it would not do to have a
'snigger LADY, border, and she was turned
Off. Now comes the sequel: Both ladies
were known to another person in the house,
who said No. l was the halfsister Of No.
2, and thought Mrs.-ought not to be
SO hard upon her sister. The. ladies are
married, we understand, and both consider
themselves highly respectable. They were
born on the same plantation, had the same
father, but one had white mother. while
the mother Of The other was unfortunately
yellow. What a difference it does make
after all, how one happens to be born.
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neA. A London letter says !: The boddi-
ces of evening dresses are shorter, and tho
trains longer than ever, as if the charming
ladies were trying to get through their
PROF erty, and had almost succeeded. They
tell of q gentleman who uDHittingly agreed
to 60 shares with . lady iii making q pres
ent Of dress, he to give the skirt and sic
the corsage; her share was piece OF
ribbon.
TIE OBJEcTs OF THE w AR, As DECLARED
BY .CoSGREss, july, 1861 Resolved,
That the war is not waged on our part in
any spirit of oppressioa, or forany purpose
of conquest. or Tor interfering with the
rights or established Institutions Of these
States but to DEFEND and MAINTAIN tho
SUPREMACY OF the CONSTITUTION, and to
preserve the Union with M.I. THE DIGNITY
AND RIGHTS of the several STATES UNIa-
PAIRED.
Illustration, after the warts ended TINS
STEVENS SnERaAN-SAELLABA RGER Bill. -
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A LOVE sroRY.--Whei, Marshall Ba-
zainc left the city ut Mexico, with the
French array, his nephew, Lieut. Adolphe
Bazaine, vas about to be married to a
beautiful Mexican signorita. In the hurry
of their departure. however. it was not
found convenient to celebrate the nnptials.
1t was, therefore arranged thai the young
lady should follow her love to Orizaha, and
that the wedding should take place there.
Meanwhile tile Liberals closed in upon the
retiring French troops and occupied the
whole country, stopping tue mail aud ira
vel. This was IL sad state OF things, but
nothing is impossible to true lover
Armed with a passport, which stated the
object of his retrogade journey, the young
lieutenant started out alone for the City OF
Mexico, passed through the Liberal army
and numerous bands of banditti, which
chivalrolsly open right and left to let him
pass, aud bore ofliis bride safely to France
20, la posseiiza Ill ;uaere.
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confidence by electing proper men to fill

confidence by electlng proper luen to ill
ourpublic Offices
There are said to be sixty thousand
colored voters and forty thousand white
voters in South Carolina. Look what a
power you have for good or for evil. But,
fellow-citizens, be sure that you use that
power with intelligence, and to the end
that South Carolina, with which your in
terests are all identified, may enjoy the
prosperity which it gives. When citizens
come forward and meetus.as gentlemen have
done to-day, we have no right to doubt the
future. | look upon to-day as our Fourth
ofJuly. And il We do our duty, we shall
prove ourselves worthy of the great priyi-
lege with which We have been invested 1t
is true, the majority Of colored men may
not be able to vote. iatelligently. but you
will be edlAated.' In the four week preced-
ing the first election in.. this district you
will be laugh more about voting than the
people OF Ireland or England ever did know.
There never was people who have gained
$50 much as We have done, But a little
while ago we were slaves. Now we are
freemen. 1t has been declared that we
shall have a voice in public affairs. Tn
These public affairs we must unite with our
white fellow-citizens. They tell us that
they have been disfranchised, yet we tell
the North that we will never let the halls
of Congress be silent until we remove that
disability. Can we afford to lose from the
councils of the State our first men r. Can
we spare judges from the bench? Can we
| put fools Or strangers in their positions
No, fellow-citizens, no Gloomy would be
that day, indeed. We want in charge OF
tour interests only our best and ablest men.
And hlen with strong pull, q long pull,
aud a pull all together, up goes South
Carolina. Cheers.
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70 There has bee great excitement
about calico ball Mt Columbus, Miss, for
the benefit Of the iHdigaent. TIC pastors
ofthe Presbyterian and Methodist Churches.
preached sermons against it, and thoy, and
The principal of ladies' high school.
threatended expulsion for all who did go.
The consequences were, that somedid not
go, and that Others resigned from the
churches and took their girls away from
the school. Columbus is, just NOW, q good
place for u sensible person and Intelligent
instructor to stop-in.
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Town ELECTIONS IN New York.
The election for town officers of West
Farms was! held at the Thirty second
Precinct Station house, in the village of
fremont, yesterday. Seven hundred
and twenty seven votes were polled,
being an increase Of 200 oyer last year.
Samuel NJ. Purdy, Democrat, was
elected Supervisor by q majority of
800. The rest of the Democratic ticket
was elected. IL.
In Morrisania the chief interest was
centred on the election of Supervisor,
the present occupant, William Cauld-
well, being the nominee of the Demo-
Gratis, and Henry +. I. Bunting the
nominee of the Citizens and. Taxpay-
ers' Association. Both candidates were
Democrats, tho former receiving the
full support of his party. The whole
vote polled was 1851, being the largest
ever polled at any charter election,
and but few less than that pollo1 at
the Presidential election of 1864. Mr.
caldwell received 96l, Mr.. Bunting
sol; Cauldwell's majority, $685.. The
rest of the Democratic ticket isseleeted
by large majorities. IN. Z. Tribune.
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Honor Better than Ezpediency.
from the Courier des Etats Unis.l

1
AS to the South, we cannot approve Of
those who, like Messrs. Reverdy johnson
and Brown, advise her to accept the humit-
iating conditions which are proposed !; she
is conquered but she has spreserved her
honor, and It's her honor which is deman-
ded of her, without even the assurance OF
any advantage without even guaranty.
Neither do we approve Of those who coun-
sci an agitation and a resistance as power
less as fru,tless. We prefer the. counsel
given by the Renaissance Lousiaadise, and
the paper of Semmes-the most absolute
inactivity. All remonstrance would be
vain. Let the South remain passive, and
let her inhabitants as much as possible oc-
cupy themselves, exclusively in regaining
their former PROSPERITY, in retrieving their
fallen fortunes. Not that we would wish
to see them become insensible and lose ev-
cry noble instinct of independence in pure
" material cases but, let them learn to
wait. Lot them baye patience to permit
the Northern Radicals to exhaust them
selves by their own excess and to the de-
graduation which is proposed to them. Let
them oppose only the inyincible force OF
inertia. The reaction will come to the
North herself, and then will sound for them
the horn of Justice and of.restoration.
We will not discuss the financial and
economical measures Of the last Congress.
Hastily adopted, without previous exami-
nation, without serious discussion, with
many Of the members uninformed in regard
to their corHonts; they constitute 30 many
|deplorabIe eypedients for public and pri-
vate fortune. None of the wise counsels
Of Mr.. McCulloch have been followed, and
Senators have been heard to rcproach tho
Secretary Of the Treasury with his personal
poverty, as if it were not q witness for the
probity Of his life. This cerlsure might
provoke smile coming from body whose
members are far from immaculate. and
which will include in its ranks Mr.. Simon
Cameron, a notorious Spectator. 1t is
true that Mr.. Cameron is Radical, as is
Mr.. Chase, who from the Treasury has
found means to enrich himselfby plunging
the country Unto debit and whose deyo-
ton to fortune, has been recompensed by
making him Chief Justice Of the United
States. it,,;,
The greatest happiness which chould be
attained by the thirty ninth Congress-,
would be to have as its successor the one
which assembled yesterday. The eternal
infamy with which it will be handled by
history will perhaps be overshadowed By
the excess which may be expected FROM the
present assemblage. It is thus. that the
worst.o princes have been regretted when
they have monsters for their successors.
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LOSSES AND, EQuIvAlEsr GAINS. The
New York Times (Republican) issfree to
admit that. ss.the war has revolutionizad our
Government" and to frankly declare that
1--WE are not now living under the Gonstitu-
ton of l7s9," and that atho limitations Of
the old Constitution have ceased Ton have
binding force" It adds, with truth and
force: aCongrcss exercises power never
conferred upon it, and denies to States
rights expressly reserved to them by tho
Constitution as, " q
But then the Times should reflect that,
as an offset, we have public debt Bigger
and taxes heavier than any other people.
and have in prospect negro equality. Tho
latter must surely of itself, without Con
sidering the other two, be held a fair COM
pensation for the loss IL the. Constitution,
and with it, constitutional libertyl
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nns A Washington dispatch says
Anong the many applications for Office
now pending is one from Springfield, ILL.,,
of patriot. whose sole claim is that he
held an umbrella over the President when
he made speech there in the rain, and he
cheered loudly whenever there was an OPP
portuuity. This wolk, he thinks, should
merit at least clerkship.
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FOR LEASE OR RENT.

VsIIE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
j situated III tie Parrish of Catalonia,
about twenty-five miles from Alexandria.
On the premises are two good Stores,
ready for occupation, one Bar Room, eue
GOOD billiard fable, and everything need
fll for keeping a public house, Also u
large portion Of the Furniture, enough for
twa large families
For particulars apply oihtficl 'Isniiss.s
l.yb Ju-t n A WAtll Sc
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

az
FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY IN INDIANA
A correspondent of the Indianapolis
Journal describes a fiightful tragedy
which lie says occurred near Peru,
Indiana. A man sold Ills farm for $l4,-
900, and went to Peru to deposit his
money. lie. did not reach his destina-
ton until the bank was closed, and so
stopped at hotel until the next morn
ing. He woke in the night with q
strong presentiment that something
had gone wrong with his family, and
was with difficulty persuaded to return
to bed by two OF his neighbors who oc-
cupied the same room.
In the course of half an hour he again
woke and persisted in going lome.-
His friends accompanied him. On
reaching his house he found the doors
locked and heard a noise Within
Looking through a window he saw his
wife and four children murdered. The
perpetrators Of the bloody deed were
still in the house, rmlsacking every
corner andsreccptacle. for booty. The
farmer and his friends, forced. an en-
trance, and attacked the .murderous
freebooters, four in number, shot three
Of them dead, and severely wounded
the fourtll.s On being washed and
stripped of disguise, the wounded man
proved to be no other than the pur-
chaser Of the farm.
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gyn Punch humanely hopes it will not
be necessary to suspend the corps as well
as the kabeas in Ireland.
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VALUABLE PROPERTY fOR RENT.

# WILL rent or lease TO good tenc-
/ tnent THE LOUISIANA BAKERY, re-
Gently purchased by: me from V. Cir.
ard. Besides the; Bakery there is q
good store and ample room for fami-
y. For terms apply to me in Pine
vile. FRANCOIS BARRIER.
All. 10, 1S67-3t
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% The singular anomaly presented by
a State like New Hampshire, where the
overwhelming political control has been
for years in the hands of one party, al
though it's entire majority in the State is
but a thousand or less, is beginning to at
tracs attention. Underour present system
minorities are not represented, In New
Hampshire this year the Governor, the
Council of State, the Legislature, and the
whole Congressional delegation are com
.pletely in the hands of the Radicals In
Congress, for instance; both the Senators
ana the three Representatives, are Radicals,
so that practically the Conservatives are
unrepresented. So it Is III 4 number of
States In Massachusetts this inequality
lis not so glaring. for the preponlerance in
the popular vote OF the Radicals is yers' de-
decided; so That in point of fact 4 Conscy-
yatiyo might rs well live in Nova Scotia
as in the Bay State, so fer as having any
voice III national legislation Dnt take
Pennsylvania for example, wheto The Rad
icalS in a poll of 600,000 votes, have not
fairly 1900 majority but onc-sorticth of
the whole vote. SO that il the State was
represented in Congress according to the
actual state of parties, the Radicals would
have but fourteen and their opponents
thirteen. As it is, the former have eigh-
teen and the latter nine. In Ohio this dis
parity is even greater. In u popular vote
of five hundred thousand, in round mum
bcrs, tho Radicals have forty thousand
onc-twellth, say, Of the whole. AT most,
the Radical prcponderance i'll the delcga-
ton should not be over three, making
twelve Radicals to nine Democrats AS il
lis, tho minority have but three. The same
anomaly strikes tbs i'll illinois,, in Indiana,
in Michigan and i'll other States where the
Radicals hdYo an anbrokeH, delegation, as
if there wero no Conservatives in the land.
The result isl that instead of the Radicals
having d majority in the Senate OF four OF
five, aud in the House of some twenty,
They have thirty il the Senate and hum
drel and odd in the House; and the lcgis-
lation of the country is, tainted by an eS-
cess of party spirit utterly inconsistent
with the relative numbers OF the two grccc.1t
parties.
This slarins defect in the practical
working of our institutions has long been
known 20 thoughtful men, and is at last
beginning to awaken discussion. Several
devices have been proposed to correct it,
but as vet nothing has attracted the pnb
lie attention. We allude to it now simply
to set orr readers to thinking upon what
we have long regarded as asserloas, ms
take, which is,crying aloud for 0 remedy
II is by the close balance Of parties that
the security of our institutions isisost hap
PLY maintained When neither is largely
In the ascendant, power is less likely to bt
abused. When either is. largely IN. tho
preponderance, it is almost impossible tt
keep it within bounds. Il National lntelll
gencer
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CelibaeE ii Paris.
Correspondence of tho Evening Post

Correspondence of the Evening Post,
The increase Of celibacy in France,
and especially in Paris, is still o sub
ieet of discussion, The government
which wants soldiers, the. manufactllr-
ers who want hands, the farmers who
want laborcrs, and last. but not least,
the, women who want husbands, ask
everybody, ask each other, ask in per-
plexity and CONSERVATION Why don't
the men marry ?" pere Hyaeintl
breaches against celibacy at Notre
Dame; the newspapers preach against
it at the street corners, yet as one OF
them despairingly remarks, in an hours
walk from the Madeleine to the Bas-
tile, one may now meet at least hum
dred thousand bachelors.
In former times, continues this wri-
ter, an unmarried man was obliged to
exhaust his ingenuity in framing ex-
cuses for his condition. "Alas, / am
yet the victim of betrayed affection. y"
"Alas, my villain OF a notary has made
away with all my fortune" "Alas, |
am like Wertler, | am in love with a
woman who is already married. CALAIS,
/ have suffered much" ''Alas, I am
like Anthony, / dare not mention the
name of her / love-" But no one ever
dared to ayow his final impenitenee, he
appealed. to the compassion Of his
friends for, o.. temporary misfortune,
and they, credulous, were willing to
exclaim, .:.The poor fellow, no is a
bachelor in spite of himselfw
But all that, is changed now. From
the top to The bottom Of the social scale
comes the unblnshing asseveration, 81
am bachelor, / have beer q bachelor,
| and always will be a bachelor and
reasons are as FERTILE as formerly ex
cuses. II will not marry, because I
wish to extend my youth to nay last
days." II viii not marry, because in
1867, it costs too much to dress q wife"
II win not marry, because | want to
have peace at holne." ~ will not mar
ny, because / want to be able to spend
tho evening where please without be-
ing obliged to give an account Of my
self.''' II viii not marry, because |
dread a mother-in-law more than ny
dropllobia and earthquake
The writer who laments these facts
wakes learned, and remembers that in
Sparta celibacy was considered q dis
grace: AMI that at certain yearly fes-
tival it was the custom for the women
to drive al bachelors out Of the tenn
pie Of Venus with myrtle branches
gathered on the borders Of the Eurotas.
As certain difficulties stanu in the way
of the revival of this classic custom, it
is proposed to impose an annual tax,
instead, upon all unmarried men.
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