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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-02-08
NOTICE no PARENTS.
MISS sALLIE CORNELIUS

WILL OPEN A SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AND
W small Boys, on the ID JANUARY, 1858
at the residence OF DR.. o. r Early, on Jones
avenue, fifth door from Alabama street, and
Immediately IN the rear OF st. Msry's Church,
for girls and small boys. decA
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-02-08
q hrnhifnni and FInplnPeT,

Architect and Engineer.
rF,F4E. undersigned would respectfully inform
his friends and the public LAat ne = pre-
nara3 10 devote his whole attention 20 Design
ing p ans and experimenting Bu4lelnEs, WIKI
A. In;1ca energy and attention to his pa5r2lF
interest as he did Tor the Cily 1nIsi est VINE
City Engineer.
OFFICE-StiIlu2sn Block, Second and Mail--
son streets. Charges reasonable.
J. n. MCCLURE, .
rrI.ILa.. .r-L I--..lr,a.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-08-13

of suffrage. He refers to the demands Of
the tax gatherers. Men are admitted as
the representatives of some Southern
States, with declarations upon their lips
that they cannot live in the States which
they claim to represent, without military
protection. They owe their seats to the
disorder of the South, and that very fact
prompts them to keep it in anarchy. In
vain the wisest Republicans have protested
against this policy. There is hardly an
able man who helped to build the Repub-
lican organization, who has not in the past
three years warned it against excuses,
while many have been driven from its
ranks. Personally, the Presidential Office
has no attractions for him. During the
war he had given sixteen thousand COM
missions to officers of the army, and he
knows they demand the Union that they
fought for, The largest meeting of these
gallant soldiers ever held endorsed the ac-
ton OF the Democratic Convention. He
does not doubt triumph which will bring
back peace and prosperity to our land,
and give us once more the blessings of
wise, economical and honest govern
ment.
A skeptical young collcgian confronted
an old Quaker with the statement that he
did not believe in the Bible. Said the
Quaker.
"Does thee believe in France 2"
eyes, for though l have not seen it l
have seen others that have; besides there
is plenty of cOrroborative proof that such
country does exist"
"Then thee will not believe anything
thee or others has not SEEM"
"NO, to be sure | WON'T"
"Did thee ever see thy own brainsw
"NO."
"Ever see anybody that did ~
"No."
"Docs thee believe thee has any,"
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-08-13
Oryille Grant.

One member of the Grant family was
not trotted out at the Chicago Radical
Convention. This was Orville Grant, Esq /.
brother to the General, and a prominent
and respectable merchant in Chicago. AL
though so near at hand as to render his
presence easily obtained, he was neglect
ed, and not allowed to render his tribute
to his brothers many merits. The state
of the case, as we understand it, is that
Oryille Grant refuses to vote for his
brother, considering him unfit, by his
character and habits to occupy the Presi-
dental chair; that he lately presented to
Chicago church, of which he is men,
Der, the sum of $500, and to the Chicago
Democratic Club the sum of $1,000. A
clergyman who suggested to him that it
would have been better to reverse these
gifts, was informed by Mr.. Grant, in re-
ply, that upon a careful consideration of
the state Of the country and the character
of the two candidates, he rather thought
he ought to have doubled the present to
the Democratic Club 1t is also said that
Mr.. Gage, the proprietor of the Sherman
House at Chicago, who would have voted
the Republican ticket had another candi-
bate been nominated, is now for Seymour,
and willing that the Democratic Clubs of
Chicago should make his celebrated hotel
their headquarters. Another indication
of the way the tide is setting in that city
was the presence Of five or six hundred
Republicans at the Seymour ratification
meeting in Chicago, who cheered as Justify
as any of the Democrats.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-08-13
GI.Owls From the Beast

Beast Butler was in town a day or tive
ago, on his way from Washington to Low.
ell.
a personal acquaintance accosting him
on the steps of the Hoffman House, asked
him what he thought Of political prospects
Builsr-"Well, things are looking well
enough, but they would look much better
if We hadn't so many Id lunatios con.
nected with Republican newspapers in this
city,"
Frisnd-"Who arc the luuatics, Cen
eral ~
Butlsr-"Who? Why, there's old
Greeley, who is eternally making an ass
of himself, especially on the financial ques-
ton. His Tribune is all wrong on the
bond business. We shall lose Ohio, sure,
and Pve great doubt whether we can make
much of fight even in Pennsylvania"
Friend-"By the way, General, see
the Herald of this morning has Topped
over again to our side. Bennett is going
in strong for Grant. Isn't that good
sign :"
Butler-"No; it's id bad sign.
The Copperheads, I have no doubt, have
hired old Bennett to oppose Seymour and
Blair, as one of the most effective modes
of electing them"
Friend-w say, General, how about
New York 7 Do you think we can carry
New York-the State, | mean, not the
cityW
Butler-No, don't think we can carry
New York; don't think we can reverse
the $4,000 Copperhead majority against
us year ago. But no matter. If we can
only get Grant into the White House, by
hook or by crook, we can easily put New
York under martial law, so that Seymour
and his friends will not be able to do any
serious mischief.
Frisnd-In that case, General, where
will your place be?
Butler-Here sir; right here! The
Hoffman House will be my headquarters.
l shall be Military Governor here. My
opportunity will then have come for set
ting accounts with those supporters of
Governor Seymour who pelted me with
rotten eggs in front of the City Hall two
summers since.
just at this moment the laundress of
the hotel was seen to be carefully packing
up her table linen, at the same time that
the landlord was packing up his spoons
and plate, as if some notorious thief was
near, occasioning such panic among the
bystanders (who we're notified just then to
"beware of pickpockets''), that the rest of
the conversation was lost.-Record.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-08-13
Seymour's Letter of A cceD-
tamce

Mr.. Seymour has written letter for
mally accepting the nomination by the
Democratic Convention. He says it was
unsought and unexpected, but he was
caught by the overwhelming tide which is
bearing the country on to great politi-
cal change, and he finds himself unable to
resist its pressure.
The resolutions adopted by the Conven-
ton accord with his views. He delayed
formal acceptance until the adjournment
OF Congress, for the purpose of seeing
what light the action Of Congress would
throw upon the interests of the country.
The Congressional party not only allied
itself with the military power, which is
to be brought to bear upon the elections
in many of the States, but holds itself in
perpetual session, with the avowed pur-
pose of making such laws as it shall see
fit, in view of the election soon to take
place. Never before has Congress taken
menacing attitude towards elections.
Under the influence of Congress, some of
the States are preparing to deprive the
people of the right to vote for Presiden-
tial electors, and thereby the first bold
step has been taken to destroy the rights
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-08-13
Albany Argus.
Calling Things BY Their
Right Names.

A subscriber wrote to us last week ia
stop his paper, as the Record was "too
abusive and scurrilous" to suit his taste
Our tastidious critic did not condescend
to point out the particular article that Of
Tended his sensitive organization, and
therefore left us to infer that it was the
general tone of the paper that he objected
Co. Well, tastes differ.
Now, we are in the habit of calling a
thief thief, and rufian a ruhian, and a
vagabond on pedestal is the same to us
as vagabond in pillory. We have not
one class of epithets for respectable mis-
creants and another for low-down wretch-
es, and in our eyes drunken loafer is not
less drunken loafer because he writes
General" before or after his name. So
thinking, we write. Our correspondent
would throw rose-wator upon rats; we
think bilge-water too good for them-and
there's where we differ.
We do not envy the man who can stop
to pick his words when crime is to be de-
nounced; whose tranquil blood no out
rage sets astounding; who can be cour-
teous to cutthroat and polite to a per-
Jurer; whose vocabulary has nothing
coarscr than sob, fe m and whose sickly
taste cannot tolerate plain English. Such,
OF course, will not like the Record. We
DO not expect they will-we are determin-
cd they never shall Met. Record.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-08-13
Gbe fmerunnsr.
sweetwater, Thursday, Aug. ID, 1868.
A SEWING MACHINE.

One of the kind that q man can love,
That wears n shawl and soft kid glove;
Has the merriest eye and the daintest foot,
And sports charming CATER boot
And bonnet with feathers, ribbons aud loops
And an indefinite number of hoops.
One that can dance and possibly hirt,
And make pudding as we'll as a Shirt
One that can sing without dropping stitch
And play the housewife, lady or witch;
Ready to give US the sagest advice,
And do up our collars and things SO nice.
We like that sort that can laugh and talk,
And our arm for an evenings walk
That do whatever the owners may choose,
With the slightest possible turn of the screws,
IT'S the cleyerest thing that ever was seen,
Our wonderful family sewing machine.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-08-13
General Buell..
The Evansville Courier SAYS:

Inc h'Hhs'llle courier says:
awe had the pleasure of meeting Gen.
D. c. Buell. YESTERDAY, who paid our city
a flying visit The Geleral expresses him
self greatly pleased with the nominations
made by the Democratic Convention, and
predicts for the ticket glorious victory"
General Buell is the man who saved
Grant and his shattered army from an in
glorious defeat at Shiloh. Because he was
an able aud patriotic General, and not
parasite of the Radical clique at Washing
ton, he fell victim to their foul Machine
tons. Had he been a pet of Stanton's and
the Washbumes, he would have been
placed in command, and Grant would have
been retired after that battle.
Albapu Argus.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-08-13

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The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-08-13
Radical ECONOMY.

we have before us statement of the
contingent expenses of the United States
House OF Representatives for several years
past. During the war these expenses in
creased to an alarming extent, but the
Radicals justified this increase on the
ground that we were engaged in civil war,
and the people then thought it was all right.
But war has closed, and the question re-
ours, have these expenses been curtailed :
The figures show that these expenses have
not diminished, but that they have really
increased The official statement before
us shows that the expenses of the House
of Representatives have increased as fol-
lows, since the war:
Increase in 1865 over 1864. ....$l2s, 254
Increase in 1866 over lS64....... l0S,SO8
Increase in 1867 over l864....... l4S,45l
Increase in 1868 over 1864. ..... 37l,925
Aggregate increase in four years $757,43S
Taxpayers look at and consider these
figures. Here, in period of profound
peace, we have an increase of seven hum
drsd and ffty-seuen thousand four hun
dred and thirty-eight dollars in the con-
tingent expenses Of the House of Repre-
sentatives alone! 1t is astounding. There
can be no excuse that any portion of this
large increase was caused for ''reconstruc-
tion," or any other object rendered neces-
sary by the war. 1t has simply been
wasted in gold pens, pen-knives, scissors,
pomades and other luxuries for the use of
the Radical members and their families.
Yes, under the eyes, and with the full
knowledge and permission of Schuyler
Colfax, Speaker of the House and candi.
date for Vice President, this wholesale
system of plumber and robbery has gone on
till the expenses of the House have become
enormous. These expenses for the fiscal
year ending the 30th of June alone,
amounted to the enormous sum of 1855
dollars, or $37l,925 more in year of
peace than in 1864 year of war Shall
these things continued Shall this whole
sale robbery 60 on from year to year until
the public treasury is depleted and the
government bankrupt 1t is with tho
people, the taxpayers, 10 say.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-10-27
I.uPRoT.E TEs RERsI.,gs.

With the return of the heightened
and pleasant cool evenings, comes the
query to all, how shall we best im.
prove them? There are thousand
pleasant ways Of spending fall or win.
ter evening within the reach of those
who have command Of their own time,
and prominent among these is induIg-
ence IN literary pursuits. How few,
comparatively Of the young people Of
the present day, appreciate Ms they
should the inestimable privileges they
enjoy Surrounded, as are the young
OF large cities, with all the opportunities
necessary for the cultivation Of a lite-
rary taste, not one in q thousand ap-
pears to improve these golden chances.
Occasionally, it is true, we meet with a
young man or a young woman who
firmly grasps the idea that knowledge
is power" but these, unfortunately, are
the exception, not the rule.
Thousands Of young men, who have
comfortable homes-whose parents are
willing to supply them with books and
paper instead Of ayailing themselves
oi these advantages, spend their long
fall and winter evenings either in idle
lounging around corners, or in compa-
ny with frivolous associates, male or fe-
male Ihns, winter after winter pass
es away, each one bringing them near
er TO the age Of manhood, but not fit
ing them for The proper discharge Of
the duties that fuil manhood re-
quires. They enter upon the busy
stage Of life with none Of those safe
guards which a cultivated intellect
throssaround IFS possessor. They start
out iaboring under thousand disad.
Yantagts and confronted BY innumera-
BILE obstacles, which disappear ike
shadows before weli-informed mind.
The fact that they do not contemplate
adopting professional career does not
~ any degree relieve them nom tbs
charge q being untrue 10 themselves.
their friends and their country, while
thus fritting away the most precious
hours Of their life IN idlo indifference,
and too frequently IN tho company Of
those, association with whom is con
tanination. How many Of them will
resolve 70 Turn over b new leaf. and
and improve the long evenings oi the
fall and winter
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-10-27
PR-FCrIC.TL Jskss.

Practical joking is at discount
Practical jokes are voted as vulgar, wit
less, stupid, ill-natured; and il is rare
iy impossible TO deny that the popular
verdict rs correct one; but how anus
ing they often are.
You must, in your youth, have ei-
ther set or fallen into ''booby-trap .
1t consisted, you may remember Of
books, boots, etc, balanced on the top
Of a door, which left ajar, so that the
hrst Ineomer got solid shower bath.
Another trick was 10 pour water in
to stone ink-bottlo, cork It tightly
and slip IL between the bars Of a bows
crate on winters evening, when he
was returning to his room after tenn
orary absence-the nozzle, Of course
directed towards his chair. The ten
ant returned, aud sat down 10 his yers-
Is Or Translation; presently the water
began e boil, and the steam fred of
the cork a, him.
Perhaps the decline Of practical iok-
ing. both in The army aud among civil
ians, is due il great measure to the
abolition q dueIing II SCENE mean
to play trick upon a man who has no
redress in case be should take serions
oiiense' and this, undoubtedly. Is the
weak part of the practice. that il needs
AKictim. Ihs is lhecase, indeed with
majority 81 our amusemenb; fox
hunting Is unpleasant for tie for: aud
shooting entails pain and death upon
the objects of our sport; neither does
anybody. bowsyer good a face he mag
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-10-27
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oBe gal1ea msus. O. 4afrs' hotas ti,ore came
4hs AAke. boagtF q swaei btktst
Wa loving Cafe,
Atiine the h0aar prrparu.
faf Christ tAa i4sId shia da sllhil ie thy guesl
viii ave. 4flHs ihs heavenly message heard
A heig hBeh isll 0n her heart aad face
Asd glAag 10 hnd iro,
She shirpsrod l0s,
s.fisy Us pfcseuca shall make glad this place.
Lang hmrs che watched and sl,ile she bent be
And ihfQ che twilight strained her eager sight
4 shadow eFossed the agor
And - ihe dooT
ssd-eye1 child begged shelter for ths night
Bat Adias. waiting fot htr klagly guesi,
Miib hope and fear al Wag within her heart,
NJ thought ~ care
The WcarY child could spare.
And With angTsciuus slrns bade him depart,
Then sndIcnly the childish form was changed,
And with leuk that sfn0te her ike sword
Au fair and bright
III rOboa ~ slyegy whlta
Ne iafued and said, ''AdiDe, behold thy Lord ]"
And wldls with trembling hands her face she hid
The glory faded that thro The place hand sbone
The sheen Ui piniohs fair
swept thro' tho silent air,
And IN the twilight dim she stood alone.
stu Coz tho Masters coming Adine waits.
But hsip IRON those who need nc more Nithholds
FoT. eycrmme
IN all Who seek her door
Adino tile image u her Lord beholds
~ LilRs COTpOrdl
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Ans e shinas - r;tk sslsFi.sss ialaid.
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r. arHss.ats p.fFa&aft GA
1as tfsft4lsf ssss ID attf.
90 BE FaaE A08 eln.iing whF-
TIE hustssadHsan iA resting frsaa tasi.
"a as be@A 8 sNasEsseF DAY
arsund 4 ths muiLhta8os sistn.
We = go saaEif ~ AilArs IL prsynr
efoti csnEre - ns tEsf rgst fram thaT tsall
taaaett9 " asFttas suzlal; atsa care,
q, usaAs tiss t4auxbts q ths heart.
- 20 sista u ths ismFle = tfp3
Ana shiHs y the WurHaiVpefs tAhishsd and good
Niq nF b - oeafia have tFsii
Iisy rAuss i ihe - u iAeir soals.
uF ite3 came sith theif haftiens y bear,
Ia the sagAkht - eaatt. tho ereAing ~ age,
~ salse ~ g. sfasf sad despair,
Tl,sa pshot t. ihr church On tl.a hlli
Nhssr ~ rusty esd iarm u uI.Fusrr.
at q stANd ii iis tauhuesss ubere i aae stpad
lhFn&A iife stssrnia q haaart4 years.
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/ pat upon the matter. Ike q be made
game ot Bat 10 The last instances thoFs
is an element 81 treaehery which dis.
tngnishes if iron the others. 70 onsurs
the success oi a practical joke Il is gen-
erally necessary to luil thc victim into
false security
When a lady oondescends 10 a Irrae.
hcal ioke il isgenerslly very neat one.
N. Bancoprl. TIE reh anancier. was
very shngy 70 his wife IN the matter a
+ piu-money One day a lAdy. closely
yeiled. and verv anxious not 70 be rec.
ognized, called upon him and borrowed
large sum, leaving her diamonds a.
I pledge II was bis wife
/ The French thieves sometimes used
TO steal - funny that even their vic
Tins were half inclined TO pardon them
The Duke Of Frousac, nephew u
Marshall Riehelieu. was coming out Of
the opera one night in splendid dress
embroidered with pearls, when two
thloyes managed toout of has coat.tails.
He turned into his club, where every
body laughed at him, and so he found
out what had happened, and went home.
Early the next moruinga well-dressed
man called at the Dukes hotel, aud de.
manded to see him at once on matter
of most vital importance. Monsieur de
Frousac was awakened 'Monseigneur,
said the visitor i am an officer of the
police. Monsieur the lieutenant Of no.
lice has learned the accident which han
pened to you yesterday on leaving the
opera, and l have been sent by him 10
request you to order the coat placed
IN my hands that we may convict the
offenders by comparing il With the mu
tlated tails" The dress was given up
and the Duke was in raptures with the
vigilance OF the police. But it was a
new trick Of tho rogues who had stolen
the tails, by which he possessed himself
OF the entire garment.
The ancients used to indulge in prac-
tical Jokes to considerable extent; for
instance, the Thracians, at their drink
ing-parties, sometimes played the game
OF hanging, They fixed a moose to tho
bough OF tree, and placed underneath
a stone Of such shape that it would cas-
ily turn round when any one stood on
It, Then they drew lots; and he who
drew the lot took sickle in his hand
stood on the stone, aud put his neck in
TO the halter The stone was kicked
away; and II he could cut himself down
with the sickle well and good but il he
was not quick enough, he was hanged
outrighti and the rest laugh, thinking
it good SPORT"
Indeed, in the early stages ofciviliza
fion, practical wit is apt to bo grim; as
society advances jokes at other peoples
expense are not quite SO heartless;
when we reach certain pitch Of refine
ment nothing gives us pleasure which
causes pain to another, and then there
is chance Of practical joking dying out
altogether except ia the case of boys,
who will probably never be humanized.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-10-27

The northern boundary Of Yer.
mont, separating il from Canada, is 9(
miles in length
The southern boundar ofYermont
separating it from Massachusetts,, is Al
miles long.
The eastern line Of Vermont, sepa
rating il from New Hampshire, is lie
miles long.
The western line Of Vermont, sep.
a rating from New York, is about LIE
miles long.
The length OF the State Of Yer.
mont from north to south, is 157 miles
The average width Of the State Of
Vermont, from east TO west, is fifty-sev.
en- and half miles.
The area Of the State Of Vermont
is 90, 0,564 square miles.
The highest peak Of the Green
Mountains. is Mt. Mansfield, in Under
ill, the summit Of which is 1889 feet
above the level OF the sea.
More maple sugar is made in Yer
mont, than any other State, except
New York.
There are sixty Incorporated Acad-
emies in Vermont