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The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-06-13
The Gipsy's Warning.

Do not trust him gentle lady,
Though his voice be low and sweet
Heed not him who kneels before you,
Gently pleading at your feet ; ...
Now thy life is in its morning,
Cloud not this, thy happy lot,
Listen to the Gipsy's warming,
Gentle lady, trust him not ...s
Do not turn so coldly from me,
l would only shield thy youth
From his stern and whitening power
L would only tell thee truth
[ would shield thee from all danger,
Save thee from the tompter's snare /;
Lady, shun the dark. eyed stranger,
l have warned thee, now beware.
Lady, once there lived a maiden,
Pure and bright, and like thee fair,
But he wooed, he wooed and won her,
Filled her gentle heart with care
Then he hseded not her pleading,
Nor cared he her life to save
Soon she perished-now she's sleeping
In the cold and silent grave.
Keep thy gold, 1 do not wish it,
Lady, have prayed for this,
For the hour when I might foil him
Rob him OF expected bliss,
Gentle lady, do not wonder ..
AT my words, 50 cold and wild;
Lady, in the green grave yonder
Lies the Gipsy's only child
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-06-13


The prospect of peace in Europe has
raised the price in white oak slaves in
West Virginia, where the Spanish and
French wine merchants get their supply
of wine casks.
1t is said that orders have been
sent to Philadelphia to prepare the iron
clads at League Island, for transfer to
Russia, in payment for Walrussia, as
sooon as Congress orders the payment
for the latter. .ra' =
1t is announced that Polish gen
tleman is now on an inspection tour in
Texas, designing to select the most IA
vorable locality for farming, preparatory
to- an extensive immigration Of his
countrymen.. .-.-... ....,
"A Canada paper says they have
plenty OF money there. 1t is scarcely
possible to take up paper published in
Canada just now without noticing ad.
vertisements with the beading Money
to loan
1t has been ascertaincd that vast
quantities of firearms, ammunition, cut
lery, blankets and all varieties of goods
used by the Indians, are introduced
from Carada into this country, and SOLD
to tribes in Dakota fee of duty. The
routes most patronized by these contra.
band traders are those in the vicinity of
Pembina and west of the Devils Lake.
The smugglers are protected in their
unlawful traffic by the Indians, who are
thus enabled to obtain goods which Am
erican traders are forbidden to sell to
them, and at greatly reduced prices.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-06-13

BY the acquisition of Russian
America the United States flag has
been advanced to within thirty six
miles of Asia, and the area Of the re,
p b Increased from 2,92G,l06 square
Mules to about 100000 ..r
TELL the truth and shame the devil
We know of an editor-not far away who
can shame the devil, but telling the
truth bothers him considerably. a..
.. A TEXAS exchange thinks that
Greely might work up heavy Southern
outrage tragedy out of the fact that
negro teamster was struck by lightning
near Columbia, South Carolina, few
days since. % '
The New Hampshire Statesman
asserts that George Peabody sawed
wood at the Columbia Hotel, in Con,
cord, to piy Tor piglt' lodging, flty
years ago,
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-06-13
THE MOST RELIABLE CUSHION used
on Billiard Tables is the
CAT-GUT CUSHION,

Manufactured Kayanagh & Decker, and
patented Dec IS, 1866. (See Scientific Am
erican, volume lG, number 11,)
1t is the ONLY Cushion that possesses
all the qualities essential to perfect Cush-
ion If is the most elastic and most durable
Cushion ever otferedto the ebi,liard-playing
public, as is abundantly proven by the
great demand for it since its Introduction.
The peculiarity which distinguishes the
CAT GUT Cushion and renders it superior
10 all others, is the tightened cord of cat
gut which oycrlics the face and edge of the
rubber, and running the full length of the
Cushion, which prevents the ball from bed
ding into the rubber and jumping from the
table. The addition of the cat-gut cord
also adds much to the elasticity of the Cush.
ion.-
The CAT-GUT Cushion has already been
applied TO over 1000 tables which are in
constant use. 1t can be applied TO tables
of any make, for SO per set
KAVANAGH g. DECKER'S Factory, Mt
the corner Of Centre and Canal Streets, n.
Y, is the most complete of its kind in the
world. The machinery is of the most i'm.
proved character, the lumber drying room
the largest in the United States, the nate
rial used the best that can be purchased,
md the workmen thoroughly skilled.
Billiard Cloth, Balls, Cues and Trim
mings, all of the best make, constantly on
hand.
Kayanagh and Decker are the only agents
in this country for KAY'S CUE CEMENT,
adjudged by competent authorities to be
the best cement ever used
Fall Size Tables cut down for 500.
Send J0r Illustrated Price List.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-06-13
Selected Aoetru..

Only withered rosebud
But she wore IL in her hair,
When she, in glorious beauty,
Was like that rose bud fair;
But, as the how'ret's wither
In dewy morning tide, .E
With all their sweetness round them,
SO she, fair rosebud died II. '
And now, alas, she's sleeping ..
Where the rose.t trees earliest bloom
Seatters its fragrant tear-drops
7 In sorrow Ger her tomb. .....,
Only an old time balladl
But song she used to sing; .-.
Though worthless, perhaps, to others,
To me a sacred thing.
All, that grave, in it the music
OF my heart lies buried deep, <
Since that sunny summer morning
When they laid her there to sleep.
Oh, the long, long years I've Waited,
Oh the years that yet may come,
Ere join the sweet'voiced singer
In our Fathers happy home
Only few old letters, ........ ...
Yellow and dim with years.
But oft this faded writing
Hath been baptized W it'll tears
For she whose dear hand wrote them
Lies meath the churchyard sod;
And up in the starry heavens
Her spirit lives with God.
Oh that those gates would open,
And she, with outstretched hand,
Would lead me to the G ories
Of the far-off better land.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-06-13

WE sometimes think our winter days
are rather short, but we ought to be
thankful for the daylight we get, when
compared with that vouchsafed to some
of the latitudes of Europe. At Peters
burg, for example, city of more than
100000 population, and in latitude six,
ty-the sun rises at present at a quarter
past nine, and sets at quarter before
three. At Alchaugel, town of %,
600 population, in latitude sixty-fonr,
the day lasts only from twenty-four
minutes past ten to twenty minutes be.
fore two. t..r..' '.,..
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-06-13
QSlh County 0irettorp.

COUNTY OFFICERS.
President Judge-R. G. White.
additional Law Judge-Henry W.
Williams.
Associate Judges-E. G. Schultze,
Jesse kyler.
District Attorney-L. j. Blakely.
SheriiF-James A. Malone.
Prothonotary, &c.-G. A. Rathbun
Treasurer-James Coyne.
Co Suporintendent-James Blakely.
Commissioners-William A. BLY,, j.
w. Taylor, Louis Vollmer.
Auditors-Clark Wilcox, Byron j.
Jones, Jacob McCaulcy.
County Surveyor-Gco. Walmsley
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-06-13

TINE OF HOLDING COURT.
Second Monday in January,
Last Monday in April.
First Monday in August.
First Monday in November.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-06-13
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Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-31

THE London Times, speaking Of the Hyde
Park meeting, says the public were surprised
TO hear that the government permitted the
demonstration, and resolved not 10 interfere.
The authorities had sworn in 5000 consta-
bles as reiutorcoments, the military were Or
dered from Aldershott the cavalry brought
up, and plan Of military operations against
the park perfected In case the police were
inadequate. Forty or fily thousand people
were present, and the crowd was one Of the
most orderly ever assembled.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-31
THE RIOT AND Ifs LESSONS.

AS the facts connected with the late rios
come out IRON time TO time, II appears very
clearly that the acts Of violence were coufin-
ed almost exclusively TO few turbulent and
disorderly colorcd men, who had gone to the
meeting prepared for violence. There wss
an aliercation between white citizen In ths
crowd and the Chief of Police. but we have
heard no evidence that II was ANYTHING mora
than verbal. Whatever II may have. been.
u was certainly Insignificant ia compar json
with the serious and bloody scenes that fol-
lowed. During the whole course Of the riot.
1t is remarkable fact, that not a s;nois col
ored man was injured, SO far as asccrtained.
The killed and wounded were all whites,
One negro was found dead at distance from
tue scene OF the disturbance--.at least half n
mile distant--but it Is entirely unknown who
killed him. 1t may have been n white or IL
may have been colored man did il. Nmay
have been deliberately done, or II NAV have
been the result of chance shot. II Ia r,-
mored-we know not on what evideoce-A. :.
that it was doae by a squad of soldiers. IN
defenseofa gentleman who had been attack
ed by several Of the rioters However this
may be, II is the only case vet sscer,ained Of
any injury sustained by the colored. race
The whites appear to have been attacked and
pursued with great fury by the rioters. with
out having given apy provocation,
Now, IT is not to be Inferred from this that
the colored people of Mobile. in general hav.
any sympathy with this lawless violence
ne are satisfied that she perpetrators of tho
outrages are comparatively few In number,
ana that they are set Of desperadoes, incl
ted to violence by the miserable adventurcrs
VINO nave come into the community TO arouse
ieehng OF hostility between the races for
their own selfish purposes. ;si3fs l
we kno" that the majority of the colored
people present at the meeting on Tuesday
night, left the ground precipitately, along
WIN the whites, as soon as the disturbance
began. The better, and, as we believe, tho
larger portion Of the colored people of the
SCUM are IN favor of peace and order.
But " behoves our colored friends to clear
themselves Of all suspicion Of sympathy with
the authors OF these outrages, by denouneing
and repiobating them. 1t Is time for them
to come out boldly and sqaarely, and give
the incendiaries to understand that they have
done mischief enough-that the evil has al
ready been carried too far, and must bo
checked. :. .
we say, 1t Is incumbent upon the colored
people TO do this. They arc made the pre-
text for the mischievious incendiarism of the
agitators, and II Is their part and duty to re-
iuse to oe made use Of any longer. Let them
come out and put to shame these wicked and
unprinciped adventurers who are doing
ther utmost to complete the ruin Of au already
well nigh ruined country, and TO involve both
white and black In destruction.
The freedmen are occupying a position Of
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-31

Hon. THOMAS A. r. NKLsoS.-This gentle
man addressed the Conservative Union Con-
vention at Greenville, In an able and SINCE
ing speech, on the 18th. He said that in
the present critical condition OF the country,
more dangerous to civil liberty than the era
of the rebellion, If his friends insisted, he
would, though unprepared, lit his voice to
warn the people, as be had done in 1861, OF
the evils threatened, yes, already upon us.
lie called upen the people, says the Greene
vile Uni0n, TO organize In every civil dis
trict; arouse, awake, enforce the Bill OF
Rights; assemble peaeeably and petition the
rulers; vindicate the God-given rights as
guaranteed them by the constitution, peace
ably, always peaceably If they can, but il
they must, then forcibly; aud by united ac-
tion. he assured the people, the bill of rights
aud the constitution could be entrusted in
safe hands this fall. He spoke an hour and
a quarter, receiving the closest attention and
interrupted only by outbursts Of applause
Union j Dispatch
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-31
A Radical Politician on Suffrage.

Hon. James Hughes, of Indiana, the Rad.
ical leader in the Legislature Of that State,
recently made speech to his constituents at
Bloomington, portion Of which is thus re-
ported by correspondent of the Indianapo-
lis Herald
Ialways have been, am now, and always
expect to be, opposed to negro suffrage, but
it is fixed fact and will, in short time,
exist all over the country, North and South.
The Republican party is neither committed
for or against il, but If it shall commit itself
to this doctrine, shall not abandon the par
ty, but | shall accept the situation. pre-
dicted last fall, in speech at Harrodsburg,
in this county, that the Democratic party
would be in favor of negro suffrage aud my
prediction has already come true, for the
Democrats are counting on the negroes; and
there is but little doubt that they will vote
them in the South.
i am opposed to negro suffrage, not be-
cauae they are negroes, or are black, for those
are matters of taste and prejudice, but be-
cause the right of suffrage has already been
too much extended anu cheapened in this
country. While am opposed to extending
the right of suffrage TO the negroes, l am in
favor of DISTINGUISHING one-half of the white
people Of this country. Our fathers commit
ted great and fatal mistake in extending
as they did the right of suffrage. All histo-
ry proves that there is but one interest that
is conservative and that can be safely en-
trusted with the governing power, and that
is the property interest. When man is
possessed Of property, he has a stake in the
country, and desire a strong and stable gov
ernment, and will not endanger his property
by unwise legislation or by involving the
country in war. The great object in our
form Of government has been the want of
strength and power of the Federal Govern
ment. 1t will be impossible to govern this
vast and rapidly increasing crountry under
the operation of universal suffrage. Our
system of government has been materially
and radically changed during the war, aud it
can never be restored TO what 1t was prior
to the war. The Constitution is not worth
the paper upon which il is written. The
first effect of universal suffrage will be to
make the, Government nearly approach a
pure democracy, but this cannot last long.
We follow the example of other governments.
The strife of factions will 60 on until ulti-
matey the Senate or the President will as
sumo the control, when we will have strong
and stable government. The British Gov
ernment is the best Government that
has ever existed on Gods earth, and the
sooner ours assimilates itself to that of the
British Government, the better it will be for
the country. do not hesitate to declare, no
matter how unpopular it may be, that If the
negro race, and one-half of the white race,
has good masters and mistresses, they would
be much better of, and the Government
would be safer and stronger. sFfa
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-31
From the N.X Freeman's Journal.
Another Gem from Rev. Father A. J.
Ryan, OF Tennessee.
SENTINEL SONGS.

SENTINEL SONGS.
When sinks the soldier brave
Dead at the feet of Wrong,
The poet sings-and guards his grave
With senlinels Of Song.
"Go, Songs,"-he gives command
"Keep faithful watch and true;
The living and dead of the conquered land
Have now no guards save you"
"And, Ballads mark We well,
Thrice holy is your trust;
Go out the fields where warriors fell,
And sentinel their dust"
And the Songs, in stately rhyme,
With softly sounding tread,
March forth--to watch to the end of time,
Beside the silent dead.
And when the foeman's host
And hate have passed away,
Our guard of Songs shall keep their post
Around our soldiers clay.
A thousand dawns may grow,
A thousand days may wane,
The deathless songs where the dead lie low
True to the last, remain.
Yea, true! they will not yield
To tyrants or to time,
AT ev'ry grave, and on evry field
Where men died deaths sublime.
Lone vigils they win keep,
Obedient to their Bard,
And they will watch when we shall sleep
Our last and only guard.
What though our victors say
No column shall be built
Above the graves where the men in Grey
Lie mouldering in their guilt2
All let the tyrant curse
The dead he tramplvs down.
Our strong, brave Songs, in their sweet
sad verse,
Fear not the tyrants frown.
What though no sculptured shaft
Commemorate our Brave2
What though no monument epitaphed
Be built above their grave2
When marble wears away.
And monuments are dust
The Songs that guard our soldiers clay
viii still fulfill their trust I
KNoxvILLE, May 6, 1867. MONA.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-31

President johnson recently addressed a
note TO Mr.. Deilreees, the Superintendent oi
the Government printing cfsiee, asking him
10 give work 10 a poor printer he bad known
ia Tennessee aud whom he knew 10 be
needy aud deserving. Mr.. Deiirces replies.
that lie President had no claims On li.iu
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-31

FIVE years ago General Hunter issued his
emancipation proclamation in Missouri. an
act which was repudiated by the President,
and which brought down upon the unlucky
General the censures of scores Of those very
journals which would have us now believe
that they have been the special champions Of
the black man. Congress could have pro-
claimed negro outrage in the South just as
well two years ago as last March, but refused;
and, as striking illustration OF the temper
Of the Radical party, when they had the
power In Maryland, in 1864, while remodel
ing the constitution of that State, they re-
fused to confer the ballot on the blacks, and
again, when assembled in convention at
Philadelphia In September last, they declined
committing themselves 10 negro suiiraPe.--
The negroes may be ignorant, but there are
many OF them of sufficient intelligence 10
know, as General Garfield frankly admitted
IN a speech made last February, that The
Radicals have befricnded the negro not from
sympathy for him or from love Of justice, but
from interest. Who In the future will have
greater interest in doing the colored man
justice than tbs white men OF the South p
Nat0nGi in,eI9eneer.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-31

The selection Of Judge w. A. PSier 10 be
the Conservative standard bearer in Mont
gomery county gives TO the party an able
leader aud will give the people n faithful
representative. We know Judge PETER well.
lie IL man of varied capacity, at once ready
and prudent fluent aud reflective. Al tbs
late Convention he took high ground sss ~ =
the questions presented, served for his Con
gresslonal District upon the committee which
CONSTRUCTED the platform with signal credit,
and IN many ways contributed " The har-
mony Of that splendid occasion. lie IL Q
Northern maa, served in the Union army
through the war and settled at its elose in
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-31
A. RAwsos, JOHN A. nRiDoLASp.
JAMES y. DouCK. A. @. RAwsoN.
RAWSON, BRIDGLAND 4 co.,
Cotton and Tobacco Factors,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
No. ii, Broad ST., NEW YORK.
REFERENCES:

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Hughcs Chicago; J. h. Alexander 4 Co.,
ST. Louis VIM. II. Morrison, Esq, Indiansp-
oils, La winslow, l.anier h Co, Bankers,
New York; J.G Barret, ESQ, Cashier Cti-
sehs Bank, Louisville Kya N. B, Curtis,
ESQ.,, Cashier First National Bank, Peoria,
III; James f. Reeves Esq, Pres't First Ma
tioual Bank, Richmond, Ia. y. S. Davis
Prest First National Bapk, Memphis, Tenn.
ma. viii make liberal advances upon
shipments Of Tobacco, or olher produce, to
the above house. NJ. II. CLARK.
ClaIksville, Dee 30, ls66-Gm. II.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-31

IT proposed in various quarters-Repnb-
liean as well as Democratic impeach and
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-31

ToRAoco. The Tobacco is coming in free
ly A good deal Is being shipped by river
to New Orleans, and fair share is sent TO
Clarksvllle. So,ne parties have been hauling
their tobacco TO Gallalin and sending II by
railroad to Louisville. A majority, howey-
cr regard river transportation as much the
cheapest, aud ClsrksVlle as the besl market.
+ HvtsVills Yidstte lstA.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-31

l asked one of his colored listeners, after
the speech, what he thought of Mr.. Ethe-
ridge. swell, Boss, he's reaper sure--one
of these McKommic Reapers." l thought
it was very apt comparison, for he certain
ly did NOW down all of Mr.. Stokes rank
crop of weeds with the clean and wide
sweeping stroke Of NJ Oormick Reaper.