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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23
Hollands German Bilters

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tracts. Tho Roots, Herbs, and BariLa
are gathered - Germany.
are eNtractcdW frOm them by
n acienti a N chemist. These
sxtracts are then forwarded so thla
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manufacture ofthese Bftters. There IL
no alcoholic substance OF Kind used
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cases where stlmulRnts are
not advisable.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23
Withdrawals.

Tho names ofthe following persons
were withdrawn from the considera-
ton Of the Convention:
Jesse Seaman, who had been IN
nounced as candidate for Clerk; Fin. R.
Hanna, for Prosecuting Attorney;
Richard MElhany, for Commissioner;
and Joseph MDonald, for Infrmary
Director.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23

The following rules to govern the
Convention were adopted
Thatto make a nomination by this
Convention,
Each township shall be entitled to
cast its full number Of votes.
That a majority Of all the votes cast
shall be necessary to make a choice.
That where there is more than one
candidate for nomination, the same
shall be by ballot.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23

say F. Sill z Co., have for sale
Trunk, Valises, and Travelling Bags
a fresh supply Of Wooden ware, Brass
and Tinware-a good assortment of
House FURNISHING goods.
July 2-3t.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23

Market days. Tuesdays, Thursday and
Saturdays. The best Of all kinds at meat
furnished at the lowest prices.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23

Prompt and careful attention given to
the sale Of country pr oduce. All packages
should be macked as TO the kind aud guam
.ity in the owners name, on every box or
barrel alec, advise by mail as 10 shipment
with any special instructions. Our terms
are five per cent on sales, including Gov
eanment tax and storage. Flour md grain
sold on arrival as per agreement.
Es- Send for a price current.
Aprii 6-gni.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23

PENDLEroN's Speech crowds out
many important items.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23

DOUBTLESS our pntr ons wercm much
disappointed ut receiving the prin-
ted inside Of the Conservative last
week, with the outside blank, IL
is but true to state that, however
great their disappointment, the
publisher of the paper was equally
disappointed. The hot weather
had melted tho roller with which
the type is mixed and it was I'M.
possible to get any ono to mako q
now. ono. The only regular em'
ployeo of the office was SICK and il
was impossible TO get aay one Il
take his place. We are in hopes
that no such train of unfortunate CIR,
cumstRnces will again beset us.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23
". n. BALL. n. ?. PowEH,
BALL & POWER,
Attorneys AT Law.
MCONNELSvILLE, OHIO.
OFFICE Over Stone's Store.
& DEVOL

J. c. MORRISON. sANuTL DEvoL.
(Latc Of Coal Run, Ohio.)
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23

TIE great speech Of Hon. Goo. II.
Pcndlcton will be read with dc ep
interest. The Radicals have at.
tempted 10 mako trouble in the
Democratic ranks by asserting that
thu New York Convention, and the
nominees, were against the Demo-
cratic plan of paying of tho five
twenty bonds in greenbacks. Pen
dleton's speech will give all such
Radical gentlemen II back.set in
their course Of wanton misreprosen-
taLiOn. Read his views Of the plat
torn, and his opinion us To the
candidates.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23

Produce and General Commission Mor
chants and dealers in Grain, Flour, and al
kinds Of Farm Products, No. 76 Waite.
Street, P%ittsburg, Pa.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23

The Radical Congressional Cons
vontion, heldin Marietta yesterday,
nominated Z. II. Moore, Esq, of
Athens, as their candidate for Cone
gross.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23
RETAIL DIARKET,

Athena, Ohio. July 9, '6s.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23
NEW AD-VERTTSEMENTS.
MARKET.

South East side Of Pulio Square,
McCONMELLSVlDDE, OHIO.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23

At the hour agreed upon, the Con.
vention again assembled and proceeded
10 business.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23

DELEGATES to the Democratic
Congressional Convention, to be- held
IN Marietta on Wednesday; the 10Th,
will be pleased 10 learn that the
Steamer OH CRY will leave
McConnolsville for Marietta, on
Tuesday, tho 2Sth, at five o'clock,
p. NJ, and will return here on Wcdr
nesday evening.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23

CnmsroPHER Fox, ahod-carrier on the
new school-house building, was slightly
injured by the falling ola scaiIold while
at his work on Saturday last.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-09-08
Points of Difference.

The Democratic party propose to lei the people govern themselves. The Radicals undertake to govern them by martial law.
 The Democracy arc in favor of let ting the majority govern.
 The Radicals, on the contrary, arc ir favor of the greatest good for tho smallest number. The Democrats believe In econom, and cheap government.
 The Radicals act on the principle that a National Debt is National Blessing
 The Democracy is the only real Union party. Its great leader, An. drew Jackson, said, "The Union must and shall be preserved"
 The Radical doctrine Is, on the other hand, that the Union is "a league with death and covenant with hell.'- (See Garrison" The Democratic party is the party oi the Constitution. Radical leaders have pronounced that Constitution an "atrocious bargain" The Democratic policy aims to en. courage American industry. The Radical policy Is to crush out American industry, and to build ur that of foreign nations. (See how the5 have thrown the great ship building interest, for example, into European handsp
 The Democracy believe in the soy. ereignty of the Ballot-Box.
 Bullets, not Ballots, are the mainstay of the Radicals.
 Under Democratic administration the country always had peace.
 Under Radical administrations the country always had war;
 Under Democratic administrations the national, debt, at the worst times, was less than & handred millions of dollars.
 Under Radical administration 1t has run up to thousands of millions.
 The Democracy always gave us a gold and silver currency.
 The Radicals have given us nothing but rags.
 An American dollar, under Demo- cratic management, was good for dol lar all the world over.
 Under Radical fnanciering, it Is good for dollar nowherc-not even at home.
 When the Democratic party ruled the country, the laws were equal and exact.
 The Radicals, on the contrary, have one set of laws for the Rich and an other for the Poor--with
 High Tariffs and Big Bounties for the Puritan Oligarchy of New Eng land.
 Taxes, and nothing but Taxes, for the Mechanic. Laborer, Farmer, the Sal aried Clerk, etc.--N. Y. Express.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-09-08
From the Tupelo Mississippian.] CrOmWell's Address to Pnrlla- meNt.

In view of tho corruption that now prevails at Washington, the address of Oliver Cromwell, when dispersing the Long Parliament, will strike sensible people as being very appropriate way in which to talk to the American Con- gress:
 "It is high tiine for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which ye have dishonorcd by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by the practice of every vice.. Ye arc factious crow, and enemies to all good government. Ye are pack of mercenary wretches, and would, like Esau, sell your country for mess of pottage, and, like Judas, betray your God for a few pieces of silver. Is there single virtue now re- maining in you2 Is there one vice you do not possess2 You have no moro religion than my horse. Gold Is your god. Which of you have not bartered away your conscience for bribes2 Is there a man among you that has the least care for the good of tho commons wealth? You sordid prostitutes Have you not defiled this sacred plate, and turned the Lords temple into a den of thieves9 By your immortal principles and wicked practices ye have grown intolerably odious to whole nation. You, who were deputed here by the people to get their grievances redrcsscd, arc yourselves become their greatest grievance. Your country, therefore, calls upon me to clean this Augean stable by putting final period to your iniquitous proceedings in this house, and which, by Gods help and the strength he has given me, now intend to do. command you, there- fore, upon the peril of your lives, to de- part immediately out of this place. Col Get outl Make haste Ye venal slaves, begonel Take away that shining bauble there (the Speakers mace,) and lock up the doors."
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-09-08
A COlOred Mans Experience.

Tho following is an extract from a let. ter to the Charleston News, from Aaron Wood, famous South Carolina colored preacher. He says:
 :, was radical once; I'll tell you what changed me: When 1 came to this place in January had not bread for my family to eat. There I was with my dear little tender ones suffering for something to cat. Oh, Bretheron, how my hear' was made to bleed by the cries of my starving children. l went to my radical friends. They would not lend me bushe of corn, but the gracious Lord, in his in finite wisdom, directed me to the demo crats-those who I once called my enc mics 1 found food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, and am now happy, because I feel that have friends. They will let me have what I want, but We can't gel any thing from the radicals unless we gel the democratic man to stand our security Which of the two act like our friends l tell you now, if you are uot working to support your southern friends, you had better, ere you learn to do so to your sor. row."
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-09-08
Effect OfPaper Money On Labor
 ing Men and Taxpayers.

The following are plain figures, which every day-laborer and every tax payer can understand. "A Laboring Man writes the following to the Ban- gor (Me.) Democrat:
 For Four days work in 1859 l could buy barrel of excellent flour. For an equally good barrel now have to work eight days
 For one days work in 1859 I could buy five pounds of tea. For same days work I can now buy but two pounds.
 For one days work then could buy thirty pounds of sugar. For days work now I can get but fifteen pounds.
 For day's work in 1859 Icould buy eight pounds of tobacco. For days work now can buy. but three pounds.
 For days work in 1859 I could buy fifteen pounds of coffee. For days work now I can buy but five pounds.
 For one months work in 1859 l could clothe myself and family for one year. To do the same now I am obliged to work two months and half.
 I might thus go through the whole list of articles that laboring man and his family consume. The fact is that we are permitted to enjoy but ono half of the fruits of labor; the other half goes to the public Treasury.
 Is it not time for me and my fellow laborers to look around us, ascertain the cause of this robbery of labor, and apply the remedy?
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-09-08
From the Bolivar (Tenn. Bulletin, Is. ]
 Great Discovery.

For months past we have longed to
 lay before the public tho fact that a most wonderful discovery had been
 made in the art of telegraphing by two
 of our fellow citizens. George M.
 Dugan, Booker Ford, and Colonel Coleman, of Memphis, and shall now
 proceed to record what we have seen in operation at the telegraph office in this place for weeks past. The discov- cry made does away with all the jars and fluids heretofore used in telegraph offices, and a current of electricity sufficiently strong for all purposes is drawn from mother earth by means of one sheet of copper, and one sheet of zinc, which are buried to the depth of two feet, and having about four inches
 of earth between them. To the copper plato wires are attached, and the cur
 rent thus procured seems ineXhausti- ble. The operators at the telegraph office here long since dispensed with fluids of all kinds, and every message sent from Bolivar now is recorded by an instrument which receives it's power
 from the buried battery, and which consists of nothing but one sheet of copper and one of zinc. The inventors have applied for patient, and it is hoped that their prayer will be speed fly answered, as this discovery oi theirs is destined to work most wonderful change in the art of tcle- graphing. Hereafter we shall endeavor to give a full and complete account of this truly great discovery, and are proud to say that to Hardeman county belongs the credit. Those who doubt the truth of what we have related can go to the depot and see for themselves ; as the new battery is in full and con- stant operation, and has never failed to do all and even more than the old cost 1 ly jars and fluids can do. This inven- ton will save thousands of dollars to the telegraph companies and is destined to become universally adopted on ac- count of the cheapness and durability
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-09-08
old Maids and Why.

Plainly, neither wit, beauty nor vir- tue is necessary to the woman who would marry. We frequently see married ladies who are ugly or shall low; and the light woman seldom fails to win husband. Neither is it needful to have been sought. We have all known matches where the men have succumbed to persistent courtship on the part of the woman. Audacity does so great deal, particularly when accom- panied by address. Many an old maid Is the victim of her own delicacy or of q too exclusive reading of the romances of chiyalry. But whatever the cause may be, here Is an army of women who wero made to give and receive love, to feel tho arms of children about their neoks, to sec beings of their own flesh and blood growing up about them, waxing as they wane, yet who arc doomed to perpetual loneliness and stcrllity, denied the crown of woman hood, fated to perish and be forgotten. -Pitiable itmsy be, but scarcely laugh able. What shall they do with all the hoardcd sweetnesses which were tn have welcomed tho husband and taught the babel What with the word of cheer and counsel which were to have strengthened and encouraged those loved onesp Where shall they employ all tho little innocent feminine wiles with which they would have embell. ished home7 Where exercise that gentle authority which Is the preroga- tive of the matron? Whom shall they be proud of7 How shall they get free breath when all these clinging tendrils, whose nature it is to grow outward, are turned back upon the heart3 Of course the old maid pcrceives that many of her married friends do not lead enviable lives; but she regrets not what is. but what might be, what God meant should be. Moreover, reason and philosophize as she may, she can not forget that the mother of sorrows was also the mother of lovc.-Round Table.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-09-08
From the Louisville Journal.
 The Dark Corner.

I INV SSssh A WI hA(As
 There is one incident in the life of Gen. Grant that seems to be enshrouded impen- etrable mystery. Personal and military biographies have been spread before us, but in all of them the Generals biogra- phers have found one period of his life ,rrrd incognita, or if familiar with the facts, have carefully avoided any explana- tion of the incident to which we alude. We have seen many accounts of his early military aspirations, and the circumstances under which he went to West Point; and and have read graphic descriptions of the manner in which the finger of fate point ed him out from number of clerks in a militia Adjutant Generals office as prop CT person to be commissioned Colonel of an Illinois regiment, thereby secureing to the army it's present Commanding Gener- al, and to the Radical party its candidate for the Presidency. But we must confess ourselves unable to understand why Gen. eral Grants friends should be so reluctant to give us any information as to why he left the army when he was Captain in the fourth infantry.
 The inclinations of men generally fol- How the bent of their genius. If General Grant is military genius, we may pre- sume that he had preference for mill tary life. He was educated at West Point, he had served in the army Q num- Der of years, and, as the saying is among military mon, he had nothing to resign on. Why, then, did he resigns And why have some of his friends not grati- fled the curiosity of the public on this pointS We would like to hear from General Budea or the elder Grant on this subject; or, if they will not give the de- tails, we should like to be informed by 1 General Buchanan, whose orders Gereral Grant was ruthlessly overhauling at New Orleans a few weeks ago, whether it is true that when he was a major in the 4th Infantry, and in command of Fort Van couver, Washington Territory, that Capt. U. s. Grant, who was stationed at tse same point, imbibed so freely and 60 con tinually that his whereabouts could not be learned for several days, and that when he was finally discovered his com handing officer gave him his choice, to submit to q trial by court-martial or to write out his resignation and place it in the commanding officers office tc be for wardcd on the next repetition of tho of fense We should like General Buchan- an to tell us whether Captain Grants res ignation was not so placed in his hands, and whether he did not forward 1t about month thereafter, and why he conclud- ed to forward it to the War Department
 It is we'll to know all of a mans histo- ry, as well as his opinions, before we make him President. We gave yesterday Grants orations entire. Will General Buchanan supply us this deficiency in Grants biog- raphy !?
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-09-08
The Newspaper Law.

We have before referred to the &C., ton of the late iarcical assemblage yclcpt legislature, in turning over the publication of legal notices to the radical press. The provisions of the law are sweeping. Orders of publica- ton, attachments and nonresident mo- tices, sales of land by dccrees, exccu- tion, mortgage, deeds of trust, and for taxes by shcriffs, collectors, clerks, and all other officers, together with all other advertisements required by law to be made and published in newspa- per, of whatever nature, must be pub lished in paper designated by the governor, else they are of no force or legality. The object is of course to build up the radical press of the state, and to weaken so far as practicable that of the opposition.
 It was not enough that, as heretofore, the distribution of patronage should be left to the instincts of parties in power to strengthen and pcrpctuatc them selves. The thing must be fixed ac- cording to the radical rule beyond the possibility of failure, whether commu- mites or individuals were made to suffer by distant, inconvenient or im- perfect notice of judicial proceedings or not.
 As illustrative of this, we instance the publication of the collectors ad- vcrtiscment of land sales for non-pay- mcnt of taxes, in the Pine Bluff Repub- lican, for lands lying in Ashley county, nearly one hundred miles distant, when there is paper published at the coun- ty seat of the latter county. The same thing must frequently occur under this law. How will radicals like it when a democratic governor, or any other honest man shall sit in the gubernato- rial chair and designate the medium of these publications ?-L. R. Gazette.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-09-08


 A POPULAR FALLACY.-That outdoor exercise before breakfast is hcathful. It is never so. And from the very na- ture of things is hurtful, especially to persons of poor health; although the very vigorous may practice it with inn punity. In winter, the body is easily chilled through and through, unless the stomach has been fortified with a good, warm breakfast; and in warm weather, miasmatic and malarious gas es and emanations speedily act upon the empty and weak stomach, in way to vitiate the circulation, and induce fever and ague, diarrhea and dysen- tery; entire families, who have arr ranged to eat their breakfast before leaving the house, and to take supper before sundown, have had complete exemption from fever and ague, while the whole country around them was suffering from it, from having neglect. ed these precautions.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-09-08
Whistllng.

Good whistling may sometimes b'
 heard, but the instances of it's occur
 rences are rare. Saatches of operati'
 airs, curiously intermingled with comic street songs, are the favorite subjects
 of the whistler, and these arc generally executed with careless disregard O
 time and tune which to any one who possesses the slightest pretentions to { musical ear must be most disagreeable
 As rule, a plough boy will outstriI any %ell-bred man in whistling. The reason is, probably, that he is never haunted by h sense of the ridiculous ness of his face as he purses his mouth into the form of whistling. A friend of mine, who enjoyed far-famed rep. utation for whistling, was repeatedly asked to exercise his talent at dinner and evening parties. On account oi some curious whim of his own, he would Cor cotld) ohlycomply with the request provided he might be permit ted to turn his back on the company. His demand was on all occasions granted, whereupon he would turn around and begin to whistle any tune he was desired. One day he was asked to favor his friends with a piece from ''La Sonambula," and as was his won't, he wheeled round, and fixing his eyes on the ground commenced whistling. Happening, however, to raise his eyes, towards the conclusion of the air, he saw in large mirror before him the countenanccs of his auditors, some of whom were trying to restrain their mirth; this was too much for him, and the tune was abruptly pat stop to, by loud burst of laughter from the gentleman himself. Whistling is not often appreciated enough to be sought after, as in Who case of my friend; and even a performance oh teapot is more attractive, if l may judge from the crowd of people I once saw in Oxford street, listening to boy who was ac- tually playing on cne of these useful articles. On the lid several holes were bored, on which the young urchin placed his fingers, whilst he supported the teapot by holding the bottom with his two thumbs. He blew through the spout, and, as supposs tie different notes were produced by some pipes inside the instrument, which was af- fixed to the holes before mentioned Who would believe it possible that tunes can be played on teapot? A correspondent, on whistling as a fine art, says; q heard the Spanish Mano- Ia, as a trio, whistled very well, in q little village tavccR, betwccn Frank fort and Hamburg, last year. Three rustics performed, and tho effect was not unpleasant. At the Horns, (Ken- nington,) about month ago, MT. Gra- ham whistled waltz, accompanying himself on the piano with his left hand, and on castanets with his right. It is now about six years sirftc an English man, named Chas. Groves, gave several specimens, in Montreal, of his skill in whistling, and got up class to teach it at Mechanics Institute. Of course there was giggling before the lesson actually commenced, but it was pres ently exhausted; and the class, with solemn faces, waited for the tutor who was trilling few preparatory canden- gas. The order came: 'Gentlemen, PREPARE TO rUCKER!" as lac purscd up his lips. The class got beyond that point. t."-Once Week.