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the ground that it was carried b,
fraud and intimidation.
] The full official vote Of Pennsylva
ma gives Grant $3.50 maj. Tota
vote, 265, 1862.
TheTribune says inreference to the
financial situation, that there is q
feeling ofgrcat uncertainty in regard
to the future, and the money mar.
ket is Influenced by every ramor.-
The money market is easy but the
confidence which this would natural.
" inspire, is neutralized by the
knowledge that it 10 in the power ot
combination to withhold money from
the market any time and renew the
stingency. The money market was
excited at the close and serious troub
le is feared TO day. s
Seward contradicts the report that
he disapproves Of the course Of tho
Great American Toady, Reverdy
johnson, in huggermugging with
the robber, murder, and Pirate
Laird.
Grants official majority in Illinois
20 far, is 45,452, with most Of the
counties in.
Bismark's daughter is to wed
Count Luxenburg, Of Bavaria.
The Cuban Fillib ustering expedi
tion is gathering strength, many men,
and officers, have already left N. Y,
and N. o., to make . descent on that
Island, which will be materially fav-
ored by the revolt that is now raging
there, against the Bourbon govern.
ment-
Syracuse, Nov. 13.
The Sherman House, with a mum
Der ofstores and Offices adjacent were
destroyed by 6re this morning. Loss
about $3.50, 900. Insured for 365, 900
The destroyed property is in the
heart Of the city.
The New York Tribune to-day
editorially urges the enfranchisement
of all who are now disfranchised, be
cause Of the rebellion as we'll as color,
and submits the following Constitu-
tional Amendment on the subject of
naturalization
Let. Restrict naturalization to U $
Courts and Commissioners.
I'd. Print the official records of the
names of all persons naturalized, with
date of naturalization respectively:
Sd. Allow any foreigner who
swears he is now an actual resident
of the U s. and expects to remain SO
and has committed no crime other
than rebellion or treason and tenders
hearty and exclusive allegiance to
our Union and its constitution and to
become citizen atany time without
exacting any preliminary residence
or declaration of fpretentions.
4th. Acc0rds the right of suffrage
to every person who has been natu-
ralixed not less than 18 months, and
swears he has meantime committed
no crime known to our laws.
5th. Punish as felony the manufac-
ture Of use Of illegal certificates Of
naturalization and all voting or At
tempts to vote by emigrants not quail
ified as aforesaid.
Such an amendment it trusts would
be ratified and would powerfully aid
General Grant in securing lasting
and general peace.
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rFrom the Troy Times, October 3s.l
The murder Of 1t least one of the
Union men whose lives have been
sacrificed in the South, since the war
closed, comes home to us with pain
full forcc and effect. Hon James
Kinds, whose assassination at Little
Rock, Arkansas, on the 22d instant,
has been already announced, was q
native ofSalem, Washington county,
where his aged mother still resides;
and his brother, DR.. Kinds, resides at
this time, in Schaghticokc, in this
county. Many friends Of the deceas-
cd, living in Washington county, tes-
tify to his character and brilliant
promise as man. Mr.. Kinds re-
moved from Salem to st. Peters,
Minnesota, in 1853, and engaged in
the practice Of the law. Thence he
removed to Little Rock in 1864, hav--
ing been appointed by President
Johnson, immediately after Mr.. Lin
coins assassination, one Of the Judges
of the Arkansas Supreme court. This
Office he held until 1866. In March,
1867, he was elected TO Congress,
and served through the several ses-.
sions Of the national Legislature
since that time. The report Of his
assassination has been confirmed BY
. telegraphic despatch sent by Gov
ernor Clayton to DR.. Kinds. The
remains Of the murdered man are
now on their way to Salem, where
his family, consisting of q wife and
two children, are visiting his mother.
The assassination Of Mr.. Kinds
brings, a. We have said, the Southern
murders close to our own DOORS
Here was . man who, in 1853, left
his peaceful home to seek q livelihood
for his family and eminence for him
self, in the practice Of his profession
in one OF the younger States Of our
country. His talents bvought him
to the attention of the President Of
the United States. who appointed
him loyal Judge in one of the dis
loyal States. Removing thi.her, for
two years he proves himself an able
upright and impartial Judge, and
his fellow-citizens, impressed with
his worth, elect him to Congress, -
Here he serves few months, and on
returning home to his constituents,
is assassinated in the. midst of the
people who had honored him. He
falls . victim to that fell spirit Of
lawlessness and crime, which, en-
couraged by Democratic utterances,
has produced second revolution at
the South, and is numbering scores of
Northern men-our o~-n brothers
for loyalty to the flag and the Gov
ernment.
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La Paris letter writer v ho saw Vic
ria in that city says: IS The is q lit
B, dnmpy, red-faced old lady, Dress
in black, and having in her eye .
hll sort of gleam, which makes ono
voluntarily think ofa 10 ,natic asy~
|n."
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I. r. Wallace, Of allace 4 Co,
LETT for the East last night to puI
chase an additi onal stock of stove
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y ~ B0O ST. - q W 0ks M ~
The iron will be laid down to
Moulton, eight miles this side Of the
No. State line BY tomorrow, says
9irthe Bloomfield Rspu6lican.
From the same source we find the
following letter from President Bates
addressed to J. H. Sanders, Of Sigour-
ney:
PaEsIDENr'r OrFIcE,
NORTH Missouri RAILROAD Co.,
81. LoCIs, October %, 1868.
J.H. SAnDsas, ESQ, sroouasEY.
DlAa Sla:-I have yours Of Octo-
Dor g. We now hope to be able to
Goon with the road 70 Ottumwa
witAout delay. We have not yet
besn able to get parties to take Ill
iga TIE bonds, bat hope to do so--the
Y promises which We have made are
Conditional upon all being taken. Az
- or stopping ct Ottumwa we have
no notion Of doing 80 if VIC can help
q it, nor do We regard Sigourney as .
stopping place. We intend if we
4 can, TO get the road through to Ce~
dar Rapids 80 Is to reach the connec-
tions there. As the extension hey ond
the State line to Ottumwa is impor-
tant to our own road, 30 the continu.
alton beyond Ottumwa is important
- . feeder to that part between the
Z Statc line and Ottumwa as we'll a. of
our own road. That we are not able
70 do more ct this timc than try to
ret to Ottumwa is our misfortune. If
We tried to do more now we wo'd fail
altogether, and we think that part
10 better than none, and hope to get
- lSast . portion of the remainder
next year. But we will not make
~ promises, until we feel pretty sure
M we will be able to keep them. l
X think you ought to be satisfied with
4 the knowlsdge Of our earnest desire
to extend the road to Cedar Rapids.
e Yours h.,
BARTON BATES, President.
bgrt s4 Hk.s-
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- A iretrate assortment o
good mata can be found 1T
r. r. WALLACE 4 CO.'S
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'MATRTMoNIAL EprGRAM

.r,.-. - MATRIMONIAL EPIGRAM.
- Syohn, 81 I ssi. ! 2 2 '}s7
What rock does true loye build up
on7's
RsotA John, and grinnsd from car 70
ear,
3 Assock Of yondsr cradle, dear"
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To Produce the Grecian Bend

A young lady Of this place has dis
covered the most economical way to
produce the Grecian Bend, and is
anxious that we should give the pub
lie the benefit of her discovery
Here it is: Rise in the morning be.
fore breakfast, on an empty stomach
eat one pint of green chestnuts, two
large, hard green apples, one stale
watermelon, half pound Of raw cab
bage. and q quarter of q pound Of
honey. A little milk and vinegar
will add to the effect. The bend in
the most approved form will appear
in about half an hour, and tho young
lady can put . camp kettle on her
back tor hump, and take the street
with the most confident assurance
that the bend will continue for sew.
eral hours. .-[New Lisbon Journal.
The indianapolis Mirror gives the
following as the facts regarding Geo.
D. Prentice'srelations with the Louis
vile Journal "He was dismissed by
Mr.. Henderson, but the act aroused
intense indignation. The board Of
trade and the citizens were up in q
moment. Measures were inaugura-
ted to withdraw all patronage from
the Journal, and to purchase . CON-
plete outfit for new paper, with Q
fund to float it, and make it . present
to Mr.. Prentice. Henderson then
tried to get Prentice back. He re.
fused to do 90. Clarence Prentice
now appeared on the scene, remind
ing Henderson that when be (Clar-
ence) sold out his interest in the
Journal, it was with the distinct un-
derstanding that his father should
have q salary Of $40 per week during
life, whether he did anything to earn
it or not. He signified very plainly
to Henderson that justice must be
done, or unpleasant consequences
would follow. The final result ofthe
affair was the reinstatement Of Mr..
Prentice"
NOT long since, yreen-lOOklng
Vermonter walked into the Office ol
DR.. G. 4. jackson, the chemist. "Dr.
Jackson, I presume ?" said he. "Yes,
SIR" care you aloneT Eyes, sir." !"
aMay l lock the door ?" and he did
SO; and having looked behind the 80.
fa aud satisfied him self that no one
was in the room, he placed a large
bundle done up in yellow bandan-
ma on the table and opened it
"There, doctor look at that
"Well," said the doctor, Il see it,"
"What do you call that, doctor?'' II
call it iron pyrites." "Whatr' said
the man, ssisn't that stuff gold %
"No," said the doctor, sits good for
nothing; it's pyrites;" and putting
some over the fire in q shovel it
evaporated up the chimney. "Wal,"
said the poor fellow with q woe be-
gon look, "thNre's widder woman
up in our town who has 3 whole hill
full of that, and I've been and mar
ried her"
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And methinks / see in my minds
eye Horasho, the sperit, the ghost nv
the departed Pogram (for he won't
survive it long), q hoverin over the
scene, ez Hamlick's father did. The
blessed shade will look in vain for his
house-on the spot wher it stood ther
will be an academy. He will turn
to Bascom's, but ther he will find .
deestrict skule. "To Pennibacksr's r.
he will gasp in sperit whisper, and
with eperitooal smack Of his sperit-
GOAL lips he will hover over it, but
the smell NV cheese in the place NV
the strengthen odors in wich he de-
lites will send . speritooal shudder
thru him. A COST Nv tear will rnn
down his speritooal nose, linger for o
minnit at the tip like dew drop on
the rose, and fall! Then will the dis.
satisfied gost demand to be taken
back to purgatory, . place less tryin
to his nerves.
Deekin Pogram has only britened
up wunst. A thot flashed over his
mind which gave him comfort for .
minnit. 'sIsn't ther . Booth fur Grant
ex ther wux for Linkin?" askt he.
"Ah" said l, in alarm, "wood you
kill Grant to hev Colfax in his placel
We mite kiln Colfax, say you. Alars |!
spos'n they'd elect Sumner ez Presi-
dent nv the Senit Kill Sumner p
Good Lord, no! They'd tnen elect
Butler Speaker NV the House. and he
can't be killed. No! No! We had
better bear the ills we hev than fly
to them we know not nv. It's gone.
All is up with me and us. shell stay
in Kentucky for the present, tho wat
may become Nv me the Lord only
knows"
PETROLEUM v. NAsBY, P. NJ,
(Which is Postmaster.)
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Ye Aged Bachelor.
When remember all
e.. The 4lrls I've INST teasther. IeTi
= @ol like Q rooster ID the Fail st
Sxposed TO every weather.
feo11fke o1e who treads alone 5sia
~ eoms barn-yard an deserted.
Whoee oaas are ned--whoso hens are
dead.
{ g. And Otto market started.
5c Mners now 10 Dean ~ Dirty,
new u Deaa the Dirty, bBi
s Where now 10 Dean the Dirty.
Z SAFE on Salt Rivers ahore. s
de went up On . one hoss manure
M went up on one hosa manure cart.
y WO3s mp on . one hon manure cart.
q g. 0aS soSat Rivers shore.
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ssTnden, this is Terrible

aTilden, this is Terrible"
Two more unfortunates,
Weary OF breath,
Rashly importunates.
Gone to their death!
Take them up tenderly,
Lift them with care;
Handle them gin9eriy,
Seymour and Blair!
Democratic sol,loquy:
We had Q little party once,
In which we took NO pride;
But ah 1t tried. carry Blair.
And doubled up and died.
The evening Of the October elec.
tion in Indiana, Governor Baker and
wife, and Senator Hendricks and
wife, occupied one Of the balconies oi
the Bates House, at indianapolis,
awaiting the reading Of the election
returns. During the conversation
Mrs. Hendricks, making sure that
her husband was the Governor elect
addressed /" Did Honesty" IS follows:
Governor Baker am going to sleep
tonight with tho Governor Of In
diana" "Well," said "Old Honesty, :
"Mrs, Hendricks, am sure / have nc
objection providing Mrs. Baker il
willing.
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THE 0TlI'Tl'UlllIlRK Kt0 j d
Pss'i.Asd sssry z1ssday ltart.y
cALDwHLL. HoLpxH&oo q
Publishers end Propristors.
O'cs ." corner ef Main and Gree.
= 6Tssts, oosr Hisssy, Lssris d cb's
Drg Store. ssl
Ye Aged Bachelor.

oEyIcxAL orrY 4 cousrY PApEs
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ITEMS.
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Brigham Young is said to be th,
third largest depositor IN the Bank o
England. F1.
The Clinton Herald, after an exist
ence Of month or 90 as . daily, ha,
yielded mp to the force Of circum-
stances, and died an early death.
g. W. Clayton, (Dsm.) editor of
paper at Pere Marquette, Mich, cam.
near being elected County Treasura1
lately. He got 16 votes out af 25h
Secretary Stewards marriage il
said to have been prevented By the
remonstrance of his family against
his ringing that little belle.-Boston
Post. s3
BEHIND THE ScENss. Stage mana.
ger: eJohn, 60 and sec if the ballet
are all dressed, for il is time to ring
up the curtain" Boy returns: About
ready, sir; got most Of their clothes
off," f 5lo3 +
Hon. Charles Francis Adams made
. ludicrous mistake at the polls, in
Quincy, Mass, by depositing ! re-
ceipted bill for = written ballot. Be.
ing allowed to correct, he voted the
Republican Electoral and the Demo.
cratic State tickets.
The Chairman Of the Iowa State
Republican Committee telegraphs
that Grants majority in that State
will not be less than $4,000. The
Suffrage amendment is adopted by
30, 900 majority. And all this with
ont . single speech from Seymour in
that State! Well done, Iowa Nv
Y Tribune.
BRUTAL OUrRAoE.-About8 8 o'clock
last night as DIR. Shaffer, Secretary
ofthe Iowa State Agricultural Soci.
ETY., now on visit to this city, was
passing the corner Of the Catholic
Church, he was met and knocked
down by q blow from ono Of three
rufflans. Mr.. Goodin who happened
to be close in the rear Of the attack
ing party, hurried to the Doctors
assistance, surposing that he had met
with an accidental fall, when the
rufians took to fight in the direction
Of the Congregational Church. We
are glad to say that DIR. Skaters in.
juries are not of q serious nature
What was the object in making the
unprovoked assault isn now known
A RxMARKABLI BRID0H.-An OBJ
serving man who was travelling on .
train noticed Q gentleman and lady
seated in close juxtaposition, and,
Judging from their conduct, imagined
that they wore exceedingly intimate.
In front Of the comfortable pair sat
tive, Germans. Presently the train
passed through Q dark bridge
Amidst the rattling of the bridge
eould be heard . noise that sounded
tor all the world Ikea eoncussion of
lips. As the train emerged into day
light, one of the Germans, slowly
drew his spectacles down over his
nose, and exclaimed, "Vell, / tink
dish ish bad bridge. l hears him
crack, one, two, three, four times."-
The lady drew down he veil, and for
the trip looked mute and quiet.
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Take them up tenderly,
Lift them with care;
Handle them gingerly,
Seymour and Blair!
Democratic sol,loquy !:

We had Q little party once,
In which we took NO pride;
But ah! 1t tried. o carry Blair,
And doubled up and died.
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Brigham Young is said to be the
third largest depositor IN the Bank Of
England. m "A
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-16
4mmuruns department.
THAT DAM ROARING.

A young gentlemen went to see the daugh-
ter Of q Presbyterian elder lately, whose
house was near mill dam. It being spring
of the year, the water made considerable of a
roar as it tumbled over the dam. The mod
est young man tapped lightly at the door
at first, and received no answer. He tap
ped again-still no answer. Again and a.
gain he repeated his knock, but still he was
unheard. Mastering up some courage, he
proceeded to infict some severe thumps on
the door, which brought the staid old gen.
tleman out.
II suppose" said the youngster, who
had by this time become slightly savage
from being compelled to wait so long. 81
suppose you could not hear my knocking
for the dam roaring"
s'The dam roaring What do you mean,
sir? How dare you speak in that way e
said the divine, somewhat angered by hear.
ing the young man swear in his presence.
II mean to say that [ suppose you could
not hear my knocking on account of the
dam roaring"
''Dam roaring again You young scoun'
drel! Have you the impudence to insult
me with a repetition of those words? Be-
gone sir"
'My dear sir" quoth the now bewilder'
ed youth, II intended to say that pre-.
sumed that could not be heard on account
of the dam roaring" laying particular
stress on the two last words.
s'Insult on insult !" shouted the infuria-
ted old man, and rushed at the poor fellow
with the evident intention of ejecting him
but was reststrained by the voice Of his
daughter exclaiming. .....
"Papa, I suppose the young man intend
ed to say that he could not be heard on &C
count of the roaring of the DAM"
"Oh-I beg your pardon, sir,--walk in
walk in, really-ah, we'll I declare! The
dam roaring! Capital! Come in, come
in. That is really too rich -
1t is needless to add that the youngstel
went in, and in the excellent society of the
young lady, soon forgot the 'dam roaring
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THE GREAT UNPUMPABLE.


A correspondent tells the following about
General Grant:
I heard story Of General Grant the
other day which shows how wholly sun.
punlpable" he 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
shrewd fellows piled Grant with wine, ho-
ping that it might loosen the Generals s
tongue. He had drank number of glass
es one evening, and deeming the occasion
and hour favorable, Seward remarked
"Wel, General, what do you think of
Ben. Butler ?" believing that, as U. s..
Grant hated Butler, he would be explicit
on the ubject. Grant seemed rejecting for
q few seconds, and then remarked very de-
liberately, "Ben. Butler? Well, I don't
believe in him much Stewards 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 discomftted
Seward, who is reported to have said after
wards, that Grant might make very good
horse;jockey, but he was not worth d-n
for President.
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IN SEARCH OF A RETAIL STORE.

A green appearing gehius, on his first
visit to Boston, observed a sign over store
thus: "Wholesale and Retail Store" He
worked his way through the crowd of ladies
until he faced one of the clerks, who was
exhibiting some article to q young lady,
when he broke out:
"Say, Mister, who's boss here? p
"The proprietor has just stepped out,
sir
"Well, is this a retailing store?"
eyes, sir"
"Guess you understand your trade?"
"Oh, yes" replied the clerk, wrapping
up bundle for his lady customer, "what
can I do for you?"
"Wcll, as the cold weather is coming,
thought I moug ght as well come and give
you q job"
| 81 don't understand you sir" replied the
clerk, who begun to think. the fellow had
got intothe wrong box"
"Zactly so; ; we'll, I'll tell you"
"Explain what you mean my friend, "
said the clerk, as he saw him produce o
bundle from under his coat.
"Well, as I said before, the cold wealth
er's coming on, and though J. might as
we'll be fxin' for it. Come mighty near
freezin' the other winter, tell you 1 did
but,-"
II hope you will tell me what you want,
so may serve you"
"Certainly, Squire, certainly; I always
do business in hurry and just as soon as
the old master will let you want you to re-
tail these old shirts-let 'em come down
about the knees, kase J. don't wear drawers. u
The effect can be imagined, but, as the
novelists say, can't be described.
The loud burst of laughter which follow.
ed, served to convince the poor fellow that
he had committed himself, and his long legs
we're soon put in motion for the door.
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A MEDICAL FAcT.-An Irish surgeon
who had couched cataract and restored
the sight of poor woman, in Dublin, OBJ
served in her case, what he deemed phe-
nomenon in optics, on which he called to-
gether his professional brethren, declaring
himself unequal to the solution. Hestated
to them, that the sight of his patient was
so perfectly restored, that she could see to
thread the smallest needle, or to perform
any other operation, which required particu-
lar accuracy of vision. But that when he
presented her with book, "she was not
capable of Distinguishing one letter from an;
other" This very singular case excited
the ingenuity of all the gentlemen present,
and various solutions we're offered, but
none could command the general assent.
Doubt crowded on doubt, and the problem
grew darker from every explanation, when
at length, by question put by the servant
who attended, it was dicovered that-Ihe
voman had 1euer learned to read!