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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25
"SWeet Home. :,


sweet Homel" OH b1issful, holy place,
Where perfect love and peace are found
Within its shedding Joy and grace
To make the thfesh5id ihall0Wed ground
When heart to heart and hand to hand
Are closely linked by silken chains;
Where each one shares the fears and cares
The hopes, the pleasures and the pains
Where open deeds and guf1eiess speech
Dissolve al clouds OF mean Deceit;
Where honest eyes without disguise
Look straight into the eyes they meet
Where Manhood, Infancy, and Age,
With simple faith and earnest trust,
In lOWly reverence hear tfie pare
In which It's written "Be Ee just"
Where words that preach 'sG5ood witt to ali, u
Anu wildly herald peace on EARTH
Are heard in gentle tones to fall
Like music Of seraphic birth;
Where the rich flower of Conduct blows
From the pure bud Of Christian Thought;
And living practice daily throws
Truths halo round the precept taught;
Where the merry song and harmless Jest
At festal tide are heard to blend;
Wnere welcome" greets the stranger guest
And loud rejoicing" halls the friend
Sweet Homel'' Oh, bIissfut hrIy plaoe;
Where Home is all that Home should
be;
And Man, despite his fallen race,
Some trace Of Eden still can see.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25
Legal Notice.

TIE STATE or OHIO, DELAWARE COUNTY, IS,
Mary Ann Ciamihgs, Petition for Divorce and
against SAlimOny, in Delaware
Abraham Cummings. Common Pleas.
THE SAID DEFENDANT. ABRAHAM CUMMINGS.
i whose place Of resldence is unknown. vii
hereby take notice that on she 18th dav cf Au-
gust A. D. 1865 the said Petitioner, Mary Ann
C11miugss sled her pet itiOn in the Clerks Office
Of the Court nf Commen Pleas within and for Del
aware county in the State Of Ohio and the same
is now pending therein-fn which petition she
sets forth her marriage with said defendant. and
charges him therein with
1. Grose neglect ef duty for more than three
years..
2. With wilf1lly absenting himself from said
Petitioner for more than three years.
3. With adultery with persons whose names
are unknown.
And asking the Court TO grant her divorce
from said defendant to restore her to her maiden
name Of Mary Ann Case, and 70 decree her reason
able alimOny.
said case VIII be for bearing ii the next term
OF the said Court Of Common Pleas, to be holden
in the county Of Delaware, Ohio.
MARY ANN CUMMINGS,
By Reid & Powell, her Attorneys.
Delaware, o., Aug. 2s, 6s-st
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25
ID ~ WoRTH - CogT-

Let me express my profound con
Yictlon that, as purely economic
question, tho loar 1giU pay for itself
since The Increased production Of tHs
southern states, a0bicb lgjU f0IZ0t5 tie
abolition of SLAVERY, agtH in the nect
f1CeHtg gears more than pay the entire
cost Of the lgaT by a1bicb Slavery ggas
eRded. The question Of taxation Is
therefore a mere question Of dishibu-
ton Of the burden, and we must see
tOit thatithe late rebel states do not
throw off all the burden and reap only
the benft by allowing them to aid the
democratic party In repuaiating the
debt
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25
EXAMINATION NOTICE.
5chOOl RxamineFss Notice,

school hammers Notice.
HYHE school Examiners 81 DelaWare county viii
u meet, during the year 1883, for the examina-
tiOn Of teachers, at the Following places and times
namely
At ths COURT ROOM in Delaware, March Tth
and 2Ist April 4th aud 18th May "a Septem-
Der 26th October 10th and 24th November TIN
and 1Ath December 5tb.
At the SCHOOL HOUSE ID bsiFander, March 2sth
April 11ths At the SCHOOL HOUSE in Lewis Cen
SCHOOL HOUSE IN sunbury, May 9tn and October
lfth.
Candidates must present satisfactory testimo-
mails Of good moral character "a the law re-
quires, as eohditioH Of exqRint ,lPV, that each
applicant Tor certificate Fhail pay q fee Of 30
cents. .,--s. os
No certificate is sgranted saisas the candidate is
Qualified 70 leach Att. the branches named in the
law nAu3sff sOrthography, Reading Writing,
Ariths1etiC, Biography, English Grammar and
possesses an adequate knowledge Of the theory and
practice OF teaching"
r No candidate, after second failHre, viii be ad-
mitted to REORGANIZATION within six months,
Examinations viii commence at 40 O'Clock, A.
N. and close At o'cloek. P. Il, and no applicant
win be admitted after IL O'Clock The exercises
will be conducted as far as possible in writing.
Each candidate IS requested to bring paper, and
pencil and a stamped envelope directed to him
sell, n which the CerGecate awarded Will be
mailed 70 him, or notice Of are.
Feb "A, 1865 III 80 -rt Clerk.
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lEWE[RY &c.
HOusekeepers

NKTH0 desire to refnrnish OF SIT up win find Al
w No. 3, Williams Block, large assortment
O. Breakfast and Dinner CassOrs, Silver Tea-Sets
spoons, Forks, and Fine Table Cutlery all OF the
best quality, and selling at lowest city cash prices
Elars. oo.Lf. G p. ATT
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25

At the end of the fiscal year en-
ding June 30, 1868, it was ....,.S2 511 ,0O0, 900
But in this amount there were
included SIT, 900, 600, of bonds
loaned to the Pacific Railroad.
and to be paid by them. ......... $4,000, 600
Net debit. ......-..... Sass. 600 900
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25
LEGAL NOTICES.
Legal Notice

Olive L. YoaBg. FTIHE DEFENDANT, whose
against "a place uT residence is
William A. TOuBg. unknown, VII take notice
that the plaintiff on the 81 day Of September.
d. IS65, fled her petition charging the said de-
fendant with WIIlful absence for more than three
years last past, and gross neglect OF duty, aud
asking for the custody Of her children, and for
divorce and alImOny. said petition viii be for
hearing al the next term Of the Common Pleas
Geurt OF DeiAwHre Cduntg, Ohio
CARPER VAN DEMAN.
sepI1--sWpf $ 25. Atiys for Petitioner.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25

Total ,...sss.. .sss ,....ssss 'ssa atH iNteN
The above statements, derived from
tho books and accounts Of the Treasury
Department, are believed to be- sub
stantially correct,
] am yours, very respectfully
DAVID A. WELLS.
u. S, Special Commissioner OF Revenue
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25
INDUSTRY GROWING.


Second-Here let me again quote
the language of Mr. Wells, as l have
his high authority for tho statement:
"Since the termination of the war
more iron furnaces have been erected
more pig irons meltcd;more bars rolled
more steel made, more coal mined;
more lumber sawed and heWed, more
vessels built upon our inland waters,
more houses constructed; more manu-
factories of different kinds started,
more cotton spun and woven, more
petroleum collected, refined and ex-
ported-than in any equal period ia
the history of the country, either be
fore, during or since the war.
RAILROADS EXTENDING.
Third-We may say that during the
war, or soon after its commencement,
the railroad system Of the North was
made a unit by the completion of va
rious connections, and il will never be
known how much this added to our
war power. But I will again quote
Mr.. Wells; be says "since the termin-
alton Of the war over five thousand
miles of new railroad have been con
structed and opened for use in the
United States, to say nothing of the
lines in the southern states which have
been restored and reopened.
Gentlemen when you hear US who
are business men complaining of dull
ness and stagnation, please referto the
tables of the comparative receipts Of
several of the great railroads which
are given week by week in the Finan-
cial Chronicle, and when you see how
they increase year by year, although
rates are lower, ask who exchanges all
these commodities on which the
freight is paid, and then consider
whether the use of paper money may
not have induced too many men to en-
gage in exchange, or to become traders
rather than producers.
AGRICULTURE MORE PRODUCTIVE
Fourth-The agricultural products
Of the United States have steadily in
creased both in quantity and value
since the termination Of the war,
and the products Of agriculture in
creased in quantity all through the
war. We are rapidly restoring the
number of animals, both horses and
cattle, to their normal proportion. Ii
may be that this year the crop OF
grain will be in full proportion to what
| II would have been had there been no
unnatural or forced stimulus to man
ufaeturcs by which labor has been di-
verted from agriculture.
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
Fhth-Lot us glance at the condi.
ton of the South. 1t is alleged that
the recous uuction plan of Congres;
/ has been a failure Let us test it by
economic results. 1t is alleged tha
the South has been ground down un
der a military despotism; that their
/ has been no labor that could be RELIEF
upon, and lastly that they have no cap
ital, The last allegation We will ad
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25
AUTOMATIC WAFER GATE.

Besse's Patent Automatlg, Or Self-Ae-
ting Water Gate,
TIRE chly durable and rei able Gate for fencing
/ streams and felds which liable to be
overlooked, It simple, cheap. efficient and du-
rable, ard every farmer in the United States who
has a stream running through bis farm, should at
sonce secure a farm right. Great inducements for
those wishing to buy territory. Those applying
nrsf can have first choice Of territory. 1 will sell
Individual, Township, County, and State rights,
so cheap that those seeing the gate cannot help
but buy. For particulars apply in person or by
letter 20 the Patentee. H BESSE,
Jan. 10 '6s-1y. Delaware, Ohio.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25

troll of General Grant these we vii
have.
CONFIRMED BY MR.. BOUTWELL,.
also desire to say that I did moi
fully realize the great importance OF
the force of the statement of the real
| maximum debt Of the United States
at a giFen date, until I read the speech
Of Hon. George s. Boutwell, upon the
| funding bill, in which speech is a CON-
pact statement substantially agreeing
with the exhibit am about to make.
The condition Of active war termin-
ated with the surrender Of the rebel
armies in April 1865, but the COhdi-
tion of passive war did not then cease
nor will it cease until every citizen of
the southern states shall be safe under
the protection of loyal state govern
ments, elected by the ballots of all
freemen or freedmen-free not only
from the chains Of slavery, but from
the fear of viOlence or fraud by which
they are now intimidated.
WHAT bib VIZ o#E IN 1855
The ascertaned debt of the United
States on the first day of April 1865,
as entered upon the books of the
Treasury Department, amounted to
81, ,366, ,966, OF. -Four months later,
on the 1st of Augusty 1866, the debt
represented on tie books athothted to
$2,757, ,689,571; and the latter sum has
been assumed Of late to have been the
maximum debt of the country at any
one time.
Bit such was very far from being
the fact. These figures tkbressst on
ly the amount of debt actually entered
upon the books of the Treasury De-
partment. but there existed at that
time liability for very large sum
not entered, but for which the govern
tnent was bound as much as if bonds
had been issued, d liability since re-
cognised and since paid.
At that time the democratic party
leaders asserted what they now find it
convenient to forget; viz: that the bur-
den of the debt imposed on the country
by the war was three or four thous
and million dollors, and for once they
were right; the true liability of the
United States caused~b the war which
the democratic party Of the South had
Waged Upon the government amounted
in the year 1866 tor the sum Of So,
2S7, ,733, ,329; and since that date the
republican party has paid over $780,
900, ,000,, or one-qUarter of the princi-
pal of the entire debt, Besides paying
the interest.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25

Gentlemen In short address I
propose to justify, not to defend, the
fiscal policy of the Republican party.
As the honered chairman of our State
Central Committee has we'll said, its
fiscal record needs no defense; it is a
record of which We may well be
proud.
In speaking to you I shall pass rap
idly over the details,, but you will find
my statement verified in detail In the
printed reports.
If there is any merit in the follow
ing analysis of the expenditures of the
last three years, 1 can only claim the
plan and method upon which it is
placed before you, Ali the. data, have
been furnished me by the Hon. David
A, Wells. 1 long since perceived that
the statement commonly accepted as
that of the maximum debt of the Uni
ted States was not one which covered
the liability of the government on the
1st Of August 1865, BY many millions
of dollars.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25
Hair TeweIrv.
Solid Silver.

CSPECIAL attention given to filling orders in this
- beautiful art, with neatuess and dispatch al
the Jeweiry Store Of c. PLATT,
decl3'67t. No 3 Williams Block
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YOnderf


10 shadows yonder!
All light and song;
Each day / wonder,
And say, How long
Shall time me sunder
From that dear throng.
No weeping. yondefi
,.AH fed aWayi
While here I wander,
Each weary day,
And sigh and ponder
Ny long, long stay.
No parting yonder
Time and space never
Again shall sunderi
Hearts cannot seFefi
DeRrer. and fbndef
Hands clasp forever.
None wanting yonder,
Bought by the Lamb!
All gathered under
The evergreen palm;
Loud as nigh5's thunder
Ascends the glad psalm.
H0TdtiIs Bondr
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25

THE BEsr VE-yTI1 ATED AND BfosT LJxuRIoUs SLEEP
ING COAoHNs Hz-IN THE WORLDS aceompa-
ny all night trains on this railway.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25

CtPOONS, Forks, Napkin Rings, and other Table
- furniture Just received Prices reduced less
than Columbus rates, tNo. 8, Williams Block
AayS'6of C. PLATT.
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THE DEBT IN 1865.

1 knew this from the fact that the
manufacturing corporations with
which am myself connected held at
that date several millions of dollars of
claims upon the government through
the contractors to whom they had sold
material for the tents and clothing for
the army, for which they had then
had no settlement. These accounts
were afterwards allowed, and we took
our pay in Z 3-10 notes, most of which
we sold to the various savings banks
of Massachusetts from whom we had
borrowed the money to enable us to
do the work and furnish the goods.
These notes were Of course convert
ed into fYe-tWenty bonds by the saw
ings banks, and now form Il portion of
the debt which the democratic party
proposes to repudiate by issuing green
| backs, or, in other words, substituting
failed paper bearing no interest for a
debt not yet due; the avowed purpose
of the southern wing of the party, who
at least may claim the need OF
praise for their bold avoWal, being to
render the greenbacks valueless and
/ then to repUdiate it.
In this scheme they are led by Geo.
! H. Pendleton aud covertly support
ed by Horatio Seymour, it being now
asserted by his supporters that he has
retracted his previous view, and that
! there Is a substantial agreement be.
tween himself and Pendleton as tc
what should be the fiscal policy of the
country.
HIS STATEMENTS ARE OFFICIAL.
]
[ have said that l have been able t.
make the statements which are in
cluded in this address by the aid of III,
! friend, David a. Wells, special com
missioner of the revenue, to whom
applied in order that I might have thr
force of an official statement to prov
my position. OF the value of his of
fetal statement you are we'll aware
| No man stands higher in the conf
dence of the people and no maj
deserves that confidence more.
/ With a single eye to the truth h
! gives to his work the force of an en-
thusiasm rarely to be found, and henc
the power and value of every docu
ment that comes from his hand.
For the use l have made of the fig
ures which he has given to me in ans
| W6I " NY Qu6S StAOuSaI dlUuG dLl I6SpO0
sible, and 1 desire that he shall hav
the credit of all the facts here stated
and l invite the blame of those VIII
will charge me with perverting theT
to party purposes.
The democratic party fears the trut
and viii make this charge. [ trus
) this maynot long be So The nam
of democrat, in its true significance,
one which | honor and cherish, and
hope the day is not far off when
shall no longer be prostituted to tn
purposes of a party which denies ever
principle indicated by its name, an
which has been the party of despol
ism and of oppression ever since
came to mans estate; a party whic
now rests its chance of success upo
the ignorance of its followers and pre-
poses TO inauguTate war, fraud an
violence, under the lead of Seymou
and Blair.
We demand peace and an honest ad
ministration, and under the wise con
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25

Two Sucker girls, driving in a bugEy
on "a plank road, were stopped ana ask
ed for toll. 'How much ia it II ttor
keeper, tsthe charge is fifty cgnts.H-
well, ,then,git out Of the wayifor we are
two gals and a mare. cit up, Jonuyl
And away they went leaving the man
in mute astonishmept,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25
a Avn sALAMANCA-By

FROM and arter Nay iIth 1868, Trains will leave
-.. In connection with all Western lines, as
follows
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WHAT BECAME OF THE MONEY.

close of the war.
WHAT BECAME OF THE MONEY.
And now we come to the main ques-
ton. In what manner has this sum of
money, amounting to three ffths the
present amount of the public debt,
been disposed of?
This is a question which the people
have a right to ask, and which J. pro-
pose to answer-to answer in the most
simple and straightforward manner,
and in a manner which can be verified
by any man who will take the pains
to examine the finance reports Of the
last three years; issued by Hon. Hugh
McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury.
Although active hostilities virtually
ended with the surrender of the great
rebel armies in April, 1866, the ex-
penses of the war did not and of ne
cessity could not cease at once. The
military and naval force were at that
time in a state of the greatest eficien-
cy. In number they approximated to
a million of men in active service, and
preparations had been made for pros
ecuting the war at all points with the
greatest energy during the ensuing sea.
| son.
WAR EXPENSES AFTER THE WAR.
It was obviously impossible for the
government to say to its million of
soldiers and sailors the moment the
rebels laad down their arms-GO ! we
! have no further use for you To the
sick, wounded and disabled-take care
of yourselvesl To the owners of half
constructed vessels, and those who
had contracted in good faith to supply
/ food, clothing and urdnance-we re-
pudiate our contract and refuse your
supplies ! No; all these matters were
to be settled up"u principles of jus
tice and homer aud humanity; but to
accomplish such a result the treasury
found itself in a position Of embar
Tassment and danger which few either
knew or appreciated.
The credit of the government had
become greatly impaired, the z $40
loan was selling at less than par even
in currency, and all other means
adopted for raising money during the
preceding year had proved or were
then proving comparative failures
There were in A pril 1865, accounts
passed for payments-ando oYerdue--to
the extent of over one hundred and
twenty millions of dollars, while all
the available cash funds, coin and cur
rency, which the government could
then command was less all told, than
seventeen millions of dollars.
OUR CREDIT Low.
Treasury vouchers, issued for sup
plies to the army aud navy, were being
} sold with difficulty by their holders al
from ten to twenty per. discount, the
pay Of the army itself was and had for
months been largely in the arrears
} Seymourand other rich democrats were
, then refusing, as they had always re.
fused to subscribe for or to hold the
bonds ofthe United States. In short
the Treasury was so near to absolute
bankruptcy that the old officials, tC
whom almost alone these facts we're
known dreaded the collapse which
they feared might come at any day.
But fortunately the system Of inter,
nal revenue, the establishment oil
which had been only too long delayed
was beginning to prove effective, anG
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a2 to q Mlles tbe ghortast Route.

All Trains run directly through to New York,
lpa-4e0 MILES WITHOUT CHANGE or COACHES.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25

SECOND, RHDucr1oN on TAXATION.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25
- e Reann
H WHITE
,Drs. Whtte o Constant,
". .Toh1l Il. LiftEe.


OFFICE AT HIS RESIDENCE, Three doors Esst
" Of Shoub Hotel, William Street. WE HSsend
any calis-ToWR or Country. {arf.ke'57n.l
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25

Fifth-A crop Of tobacco so large as
to make it one Of our main dependen-
cies as an aFticle to be taxed.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25

Senator Fessedop's COnumdrum.-
Whyis &c SO hard 90 get "a. Johnson qut
of the Presidential chairf
Answer-Because he went in tight.
- Commercial
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25

THE GOVERNMENT CHEAPER THAN
BUCHANAN's
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25

Concerning the proportion of this eN-
penditure incurred by the Bureau for
the relief of the starving and destitute
Of both races and for educational and
other purposes the Treasury has no in-
formation.
According 70 the account of the Ireas-
ury, the expenditures contingent upon
the acts of Congress regulating Recon
struCdon,' - have been as toloWs'
Disbursements prior TO june
80, l60l s,...s.sss tsss' sss sssss'ts' -'l @ '
I Disbursements from July j.
1866 to June 80, lSbS.s,,..... ], ,iaaralu
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25

We claim that they might fairly
have exceeded any honest expendi-
ture in 1860, for we have five or six
millions more population and a vast
extent of new territory to guard and
control.
Ifit shall be alleged that we have
included all the expenses of the War
and Navy departments for fifteen
months after April, 1865, as war ex-
penses, and that there would have
been a moderate expenditure under
any circumstances. we will admit 1t !;
but the expenses Of the Indian war,
estimated at $50, 600, 900 to $40, 900, 600,
and the amount expended on river
and harbor improvement ($10, ,000, ,000)
for which we have made no allowance,
but have included as ordinary expen-
ses would fully Offset this claim.
It would therefore appear that when
paFtisans charge the Republicans Con-
gress- with extravaganza they charge
the last Democrats administration
with far greater.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25

More Truths for the People Conclu-
sion of Commissioner Wells Let
ter on Public Expenditures
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25
EDUCATIONAL.
Boys' School.

A RRANGEMENTs are being made to commence
a a Private School fer BOYS, the first week in
Octgesr, where they can be 0tted for College or
receive a thoroughly seiantNe or Classical edu-
cation, - FL
The School will be limited 70 p or 30 pupils
and is intended to be permanent
Those wishing to avail themselves Of its advan o.
tages, can do SO by making inAmed1ate application
to C. AILIS
Sept 4-4W Delaware Ohio