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Hfa", tHouIh ne is intellectually incapable
OF analyzing the distinction-unable. be-
cause he is IA fool, to see wherein he is
treated like one-is still dimiy di>quleted
and made instinctively conscious OF "a vast
unpleasant difference between the rectp-
tioa accorded to him by his feminine ado
rers and that which he MEETS with from
their brothers and husbands and mascu-
line unmuslcal friends. So he naturally
avoids the~fros,s of rnat,iy conten,pf 10
bask IN the sunshine of womanly svmpa-
thy; he degeneratts into a morningcaIler,
aud rears in matntinal drawing-rooms,
surrounded aud inspired by appreciarive
beauty, a paradise of melody and slmper-
ing iuanity where ideas are not, aud the
serpent, knowledge, never enters.
A man who is entirely great as a pianist
or a violinist or a cornetiSt is seldom found
&c be a person of liberal culture AID cx-
banded intellect. Music is an imptrious
mistress who exacts the entire homage of
her votaries, and is apt to make all things
else seem subservient and secondary to
herself. The professional musician who
aSplreS to be master of the art which
finally ensIaves him, has little time aud
less inclination for excursions into outside
fields of alien knowledge; and as the mere
process of lingering the keys of a piano
or an organ, however it may serve to
develop ones taste. does very little to-
wards %disciplining ones intellect, il is
not surprising to find that he generally
carries a music box where most other
people wear a head. Sill. we do not
purpose to discuss the intellectull short
comings of The professional musician, but
to attempt to Indicate family the nature
of his counterfeit presentment, the anna
teur, the musical man of society.
1t is not difficult to recognise him.
He is the gentleman who parts his hair in
the middle because Mario did, and whose
first move on entering the drawIng-room
is to sit down and squlrm on the piano.
stool and begin vaguely lingering the
KEYS or turning over the music who en-
l~ivens the conversation with a softly
hummed running accompaniment of the
choice morceauT from the latest opera ;
who, indeed, resents all conversation as
Il nuisance and an outrage which does not
introduce the subjec of music, and give
Mrs. Jones an opportunity of begging
him 10 favour the company with that de-
lightful waltz Of Thingumbob's he plays
so divinely. Then he scars at once i"'o
animation and energy, and if he does not
continue to favour the company for the
remainder of the evening, it is only be-
cause Mrs. Jones has on hand others Of
his tribe whom it is necessary to propitiatp,
and for whose presumptuons inferIority
he scornfulIy makes way. 1t is not ne
cessary that he should play much. how
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never tiled ; he Is CONSCIOUS III himself
Of an immrns,. latent CAPACITY, aud then
he is SO passionatrly fond of music, aud
so sensitive. One meets him al every
opera, keeping time To the singing with
feet, legs. hands, rms, and head al once,
aud altogether dIsporting himself like an
exaggerated Jumping Jack u"dtr the in
hnencr of Il Sttong shock of electricity j;
and his homeward way one traces pain
fnl4y by ehsill anI=a,h4lani prrversinnS- of
the score.
The musical man differs according to
the Instrument he affects, aud which he
is generally trying 10 learn 10 play On.
A keen observer will find that the gen.
tIennln who t~orturrs The violin is altoSe-
ther unlike the individual who racks you
10y his eccentric g,mbols on the flute;
the rom IN lc yo1lh who frehly but III
efftctnaIIy Imitatrs the trouha our on
his light guitar IN no res ,ect resembles
the devntee of the accordion ; the shap-
less creature who pours his dIScordnnt
soul lntO the key-hugle is. another being
from The Sombrt enthusiast who sqnand-
ers himself on the violonc, llo. AID the
amateur pianist diff,rS again from all
these, and is much thu worst OF all, be-
cause, naturally gregarIous, he is pro-
tec'ed by a certain social countenance
aud federation which is d, MED t. his CO.
workers in iniqnIty. The violinis; aud
the tfuiist aud the kev-huslrr have, added
ia-.-=-r.a.i.. nAaur"l asel'r'at1on to solitude
which the cultivation of these lnsiru-
mehts seems of itself 10 develop, n force
al ,.1hfI. .o i,~ .rs.o .lu.. ,-l,ot, -
would b. vain tn oppose or deny. No
mar In his right senses would attempt to
play The key.bugle anywhere hui in the
attic, and on the f'sr floor one is tolrra-
bly, safe. And at the worst one can al
ways fight him with his own weapons !;
one can practice on the trombone or the
ketlIedrum or lie ophicleide or the bag
pipes, or, falling this, fur lively plug his
horn or snap his fiddle strings or slit his
IA last resort, leave his npighhourhood.
But all these drfrnces fail before The
devllish malice of the pianist. Those are
occasional nuisanctS, but he chronic.
H attacks YOU only in society under The
protection of common hosplta ity, when
pnliteneSs demands that YOU shall not
only endure the horror, but tv' n pretend
to he p'ra<rd, thonsh you know Ina your
praises VIII pfooabty elicit IA repetition Of
the torture.
We have tried Ia sketch the musical
man as we usually fad him. OF course,
10 this, as to every other gen raj rule,
there are many and great exceptions.
We know, rs doubt ess everybody knows,
men VIII" JOIN to The d.ttr>t mastery Of
keys or strings al! manner of social and
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OF the Receipt ofDepnsits at the ST Crnix
SAVING B A N X.
On Saturday, 19th December 1868.
Receivers:

In CHRISTIANSTED:
II. E Mrndes. Esq, Trustee.
G. B Meyer, Esq Member.
In FREDERIKSTED:
w. PEBBLES, Esq, Trustee.
Amount offormer deposits $780, 45 OF 4
3 deposits Of 20 cents each.
19 above 20 cts. and under /.
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Farmers, Look Here.

In looking over our Democratic ex-
changes of last week, we noticed in
one of them the following:
HAppY AGAIN.-The farmers for sew
eral years past have been very un-
happy They have been suffering from
poor crops and cursed Radical rule.
But things are changing. They have
this year secured good harvest, and
Radical rule is fast disappearing, and
they are now perfectly happy, and in
tend to vote the Democratic ticket so
they will not be compelled to pay out
all realized from their crops to support
a bonded aristocracy, and feed thou
sands of dirty, lazy negroes in the
South, and military satraps, who are
running large niger boarding house
called the Freedmen's Bureau.
Now the farmers in some counties
may be fools, but that is not the case
with the farmers of Jackson county.
And so we propose to submit some
facts for their consideration. That the
Democratic rebellion would cost some
body something, is evident But un-
der "radical rule" it has been so man
aged as not to cost the farmers any
thing.
We have been examining the income
returns for Jackson county, and not
find any farmers who Ipay an income
tax on their farming operations.
BUTT may be claimed that prices Of
produce ruin them under "radical rule. "
Let us see.
We refer to the market reports in
our files for March, 1861, when Mr.
Lincoln came into Office, and compare
prices of farm products with the prices
for March, 1868:
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Mr.. DuHApwAr, in his speech OF

Mr.. DuHADwAY, in his speech on
last Saturday night, said that the ma
tional debt is now about three billions
of dollars. Wesuppose he meant three
thousand millions. He only fell short
of the truth about ,fce hundred and ten
millions.
We do not remember shat he said so,
but it is often charged, that the debt is
larger now than at the close of the war.
The following figures, condensed by
the N. Y. Tribune from the official
papers, will show the actual amount Of
the debt, and the amount paid since
the close of the war:
"The bi-monthly exhibit of the Ma
tional Debt for August has just been
issued from the Treasury Department.
1t shows a total of So ,0S8, 371 300 of
Debt bearing Coin interest, $s4,604,-
800 of Debt bearing Currency interest,
$18, ,O99, ,l75 which formerly paid inter-
est, but which draws interest no longer
(as the Government stands ready to
redeem it on presentation, beside
33,21O,O00 of bonds issued to the
several Pacific Railroad Companies,
drawing interests but this, as well
as the principal, is payable by the
companies. The Debt bearing no in
terest (Greenbacks, &c.) is $41O, ,3O9,-
S81. The Public Debt of all kinds
amounts, therefore, to 50, 633, 588, ,756;
from which deduct $110,O54,276 cash
in the Treasury 1888, ,409,9l7 of it in
coin), and the actual Debt is So, $780,
534 ,84s; from which deduct the $685.
210 900 of bonds issued to Pacific Rail
road Companies and payable, principal
and interest, by them, and the actual
Debt is but S2, 49O,324 ,848. This is
over 1887, 900, 900 less than it was on
the first of August, l865-three years
ago; beside which we have paid more
than 500, 100000 for Soldiers Boun-
ties, State War Claims, and other
forms of National Debt, since that time
Thus far, we have reduced the actual
National Debt by more than 800,
900 per annum since our Volunteers
were generally paid off and mustered
out; and we should have kept on the
taxes and persisted in paying at least
that sum per annum till the last dime
was paid off"
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A NIieht mistake.

Mr.. DuHadway told the people in
his speech on last Saturday night, that
the human mind could not comprehend
the vast amount of the public debt.
He said that the calculation had been
made, and it was ascertained that if q
one dollar greenbsck had been made
every second since the birth of Christ
to the present time, it would take one
thousand years yet to make enough to
pay the debt.
Now we ask some little boy to to get
his slate. In one year there are over
thirty one and a halfmillions of seconds.
Put a cipher to that, and you have over
three hundred millions for ten years
Add another cipher, and you have over
three thousand millions for one hundred
years.
There you see that in one hundred
years You could pay seven hundred mil
lions more than the debt, and this pub
lie teacher of Democracy was only
twenty seven hundred and sixty eight
years wrong in his calculation.
All, Porter, how can you expect peo-
pie to believe anything you say, even if
it should be true, after such wild state
ments as the abovei
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egMr. DuHadway said in his speech,
that If a bondholder had a million of
dollars in bonds, he did not pay cent
of taxes. Get your slate again little
boy, and give this ex-School Examiner
a lesson The interest on one million
dollars at 1910 per cent is about
$4,000. Take out one thousand,
exempt by law, and you have left S72,
900. The income tax of FIVE per cent
on this which the bondholder pays, is
$4,000 SO Porter made a little mis-
take here of only thirty six hundred
dollars,
The truth is, the bondholder pays
Just as much tax as the farmer, II
either makes over one thousand dollars
on his capital invested, he pays five per
cent upon it. Taxation is nor equal.
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Answers Wanted.

Will the Portsmouth Tribune, Iron
ton Register, Jackson Standard, or 9TH
er Radical papers of this district, an
swer a question or twol
Are you in favor of paying the fve-
twenty bonds in legal-tendcr hottest
Do you believe that the true system
of taxation is to levy on every descrip-
tion of property according to its true
value in money!
DO you believe that the general gov
ernment has the right to tax government
bonds7 and if 80, are you in favor Of
such taxi
Do you approve of the bill known as
the Funding Bill, which lately passed
both houses Of Congress, and which
the President killed by refusing to sign3
We would be pleased to receive can
did and unequivocal answers to the
above qestions, from any of these jour
mails. -PUtSmOmh Times.
Yes.
To the first question, no. A promise
to. pay is no payment at all.
To the second, no. We believe in
taxing the gold watch, the piano, the
pleasure carriage, the gold and silver
plate of the rich, and let the COW, the
bed, the wash tub, the sewing machine
of the poor soldiers widow go free Of
taxation.
Right here let us ask you question.
You pay the General Government ten
dollars special tax on your printing
office. Do you want that taken off you,
and saddled upon the cradles ofsoldiers'
widows? Ifyou do, shame on you.
To the third question no, 1t would
be downright stealing if an individual
should attempt such thing. 1t is nc
better ifattempted by the Government.
To the last question we will say that
we are not very familiar with the fund
ing bill. But our present impression il
thst it is a good thing. We will look
up this matter.
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NeighbOrhood News.

The Portsmouth Tribune says that a
deaf and dumb boy named White was
run over by the cars near Webster, and
so injured that death ensued,
The political campaign is opening
with great vigor in the counties of
Lawrence and Scioto. A great meet
ing was held at Marion, in Lawrence
county on the 9Th, at which Gov. Hayes
made speech. These solid old Re-
publican counties will redeem them
selves this fall,
Tho Gallipols Bulletin says that
Gallipolis is still infested with burglars
The Ironton Register says that a
German peddler named Herman Hal
preth was robbed on the Hecla Furnace
road by man named Christopher
Sites. The robber was sent to jail by
Esq. Henthorn, of lronton,
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JACKSON, Aug. 8, 1868.
According to previous notice, the
Teachers Association of Jackson coun-
ty, Ohio, met at the Union School
House at | o'clock, P. NJ.
Vice President l. V. Steward in the
chair. On motion, officers for the
ensuing year were elected, as follows:
President-C. X. Crumit.
Vice Presidents-Thomas Hays, Jas.
Aleshire, and l. V. Steward.
Secretary-Columbus Weed.
Executive Committee-C. S. Smart,
D. Mackley, and Ache A. Warth.
Treasurer-A. w. Long.
A motion was made and adopted for
holding an Institute, commencing on
Monday, the 28th day of Dee 1868.
/. " STEWARD, Pres't.
A. J. EVANS, Sec'y.
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Compare the above carefully, and
you will SEQ that most of the principal
products of the farm have increased
from double, up to three or four times
the prices under Democratic rule
There have been no markets published
of Horses and cattle, but all farmers
will testify that they have gone up in
proportion. The cash price of COWS in
1861 was about fifteen dollars upon an
average. In March 1868, the price
was about fifty dollars.
But, it may be said, the farmer has
to pay so much higher for the necessa-
ries which he buys, that he is still a
loser. Let us see. The farmer is the
most independent man living, but there
are some things that he must buy.
Let us compare the prices of these,
at the same dates when we made the
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eT'1t is stated that a one-leggcd SOL
dier was removed from the olerkship of
the Senatorial Committee on Mining,
in order to make room for nigger, -
Reason-the soldier declined to vote
for Grant. - CrcleuHe Democrat,
That is right Every rebel who holds
Office should be removed, and his place
filed by some loyal man, either white
or black Jackson Standard,
The above soldier was in the Federal
army and had his leg shot off at Antie-
tam while gallantly leading his compa-
ny in which every commissioned officer
had been shot. For refusing to vote for
Grant be is removed, his place given to
a Digger, and is branded as traitor
by an old sneak who neither went to
the war nor sent his sons, If soldiers
indorse the above they should vote the
Radical ticket, as they are not wanted
in the'Democratic party y'"-W West Union
Defender.
We must have better authority than
your word for that Bro. Eylar. We
say that that soldier lost his leg in the
rebel army. We cannot believe you,
because we have caught you too often
A short time ago you charged us with
the crime Of being member of the NJ,
Il. Church We plead not guilty, and
you had to take it back.
Now you insinuate that we did not send
our son into the army. No. He went
without sending. You claimed thai
you was too young to go into the army
and so you sneaked along in the rear,
as a mule drtcr.. Our son was about
your age-no older. lie did not plead
the baby act, but carried his rife, at The
front, for thirty two months.
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eyWill the Jackson Standard tell us
what it means by "irredeemable paperi"
--PortSm0uM Times.
Yes. Webter says, page 625:
"Irredeemable, not subject to be paid
at the pleasure of governpenti as ure-
deemable debts; Tredeemabh certificates
of stock. Hamilton Smollet."
For definition OF paper, see Webster,
page 795. The definition is too long
to give here. Are you answered.
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NntiGA in Divorce.

TAMEs NJ. DEVALL, whose place of residence
- is unknown, Is hereby notified that Mary =.
Devall did, on the 18th day OF August, A. D.,
1868, file petition in the Office Of the Clerk Of
the Court of Common Pleas within aud for the
county of jackson and State of Ohio, charging
the said James M. Devall with wilful absence
for more than three years, and asking that she
may be divorced from the said James M. Devall,
which petition will stand for hearing OF the next
term of said Court.
Dated this 18th day of August, A. D., 1868.
MZRYE DEvALL.
Aug 1s, ,6S-6w By /. ROBERTs, her Atty.
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NUGH FULTON, Executor of Perthena Dix.
Il on; Pickett Clark, Executor of F. Nj.
Clark; William Powell, Administrator of Josiah
Daniel r. J. Backus, Administrator of Jacob
G. Stifier; David Lewis, Guardian of James A.
Hatten; Adam Lackey, Guardian of Elizabeth
A. Moler; and Sarah Powers Guardian of her
children, have filed their accounts for settlement
in the Probate Court of Jackson County, Ohio,
and the same Nill be heard and examined on the
3lst day of August, A. D., 1868.
J.W. LONGBON
Aug.6, 68-Sw Probate Judge
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sFWhen You hear a Copperhead
spouling about the heavy expense Of
the "Nigger Bureau" which goes to
feed lazy negroes, show him the con-
cluding portion of Gen. Howard's let
ter, in which he says "a large part
of these expenditures was for the BEN
eft of Southern 'ehites reduced to pow
erty by the rebellion"
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hFThe Democrats claim that the
Government bonds ought to be taxed.
They had a majority in the Ohio Leg
islature last winter. We have exam
ined the volume of laws enacted by
them, but we fail to find any law taxing
bonds. Why is this! Let us know
Mr.. DUNCAN.
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Notice of Redemption of Lands
Sold aG Delinquent Sale.

l, L. A. Atkinson, Auditor of the county OF
jackson, in the State of Ohio, hereby notify the
holder of the AUDITORS Certificate of Purchase
of the following described Lands, that applica-
tion has been duly made to me as said Auditor
for the Redemption Of the same, sold as Delin-
quent Lands on the third Tuesday in january,
A. D., 1868, to John Hamer, for Taxes and PEN
atty, then due thereon, for the years 1856 and
1867, tO-wit:
One half OF in-lot No. thirtv-eight (88) in
Hoffman's Addition to the town of Jackson,
jackson County, Ohio, and that an amount Of
money equal to that for which said land was
sold, and taxes subsequently, paid thereon, to-
gether with interest and 20 per cent penalty on
the whole amount paid BY the purchaser, &C.,
has been duly deposited according to law for the
Redemption thereof, with the Treasurer Of said
county Of jackson.
L. A. ATKINSON,
Aug. 20, 6S-3w Auditor.
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aTThe leaders of the Democracy in
the north are sorcly troubled at the
speeches made by Wade Hampton, and
other rebels, in behalf of the Demo
cratic ticket They tell these southern
rebels to keep shady until they can
elect Seymour and Blair, and then they
can .instate the lost cause; but that
the northern Democrats will not stand
these rebel speeches, But it is too late.
The people have heard them, and will
not vote to establish that which it took
so many lives, and so much treasure to
conquer.
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eTThere was a number of ladies at
the meeting on Monday night last. Let
them all come on next Monday night,
Seats will be reserved for them within
the bar.
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In Bankruptcy.

District Court of the United States, Southern Dis-
-trict Of Ohio
IN the matter of the application of Thomas B.
Il Dickson, Bankrupt, for q final discharge.
Pursuant to an order Of said Court TO me direct
ed notice is hereby given to all the creditors of
Thomas B. Dickson, of jackson, in the county Of
Jackson and State of Ohio, TO appear before me,
between Market and Court SITS, Portsmouth,
Ohio, on the 7th day of September, A. D., 1868,
at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, and show cause, If any
they have why discharge should nOtbe grant
cd said Bankrupt. And said creditors are fur
ther notified that the second and third meetings
of creditors will be held at the same time and
place, for the purposes provided in sections 27
and % of the Bankrupt Law.
ELIJAH GLOVER, Register.
Aug, 10, i6S-8w.
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T"The editor of the Jackson %. }
Standard, publishes his lucubrations un-
der the head of Random Thoughts.
They are we'll named-random shots
bit nothing."-Big Sandy Herald.
Ifthat be true, why do these shots
make such futtering among the Sc
oesh birdsl
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sT The meetings in the several town
ships were we'll attended on last Sat-
urday, and organizations were COM
pleted in all of them. Let the friends
of law and order work with energy,
and our county will give one of its old
fashioned maiorities this fall.
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s~oficial reports show that the ma
tional debt has been reduced by the Re-
publican party, since the war closed,
two hundred and sixty millions of dol
larS yet it is charged in Democratic
papers that the debt is larger now than
it was when tho war closed,
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Jo. WILLlAMs NOT TnAa.-The New

10. WILLIAMS NOT THAR.--The New
York Tribune sayS
"Several persons have written us in
quiring whether a Oolored man named
Ioe Williams was OF was not q dele.
gate to the late Seymour and Blair Con.
vention in our City We believe not.
We have known some very mean ne
groes, but we trust none Of them were
quite down to the level of the Tamma-
nv concern.
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SALE.

TTNHE undersigned will offer for sale, at public
IL auction, at the late residence Of Jephtha
Cherrngton, deceased, on the 2OGh day Of
August, 1858, the goods and chattes Of said
deceased, consisting Of Horses, Cattle alnep,
Corn in the Field, Oats, Wheat Hay, abcnt
10000 feet of good seasoned Lumber, such as
Flooring, Weatherboarding, Studding, Ceiling,
Joist, &C., one farm Wagon, Plows, Harrow,
and entertaining implements, Household Goods
and numerous other articles.
Sale to commence at o'clock, A. n
TERMs-Purchases amounting to three dollars
or less to be paid in cash-aboRe th1t sum, notes
at nine months, with two good securities, will
be taken. w. K. HASTINGS,
administrator.
ALSO-On the same day, at the same place,
and on the same terms as to credit, there will be
sold the following property Of G. X. Cherrington:
Horses Hogs Sheep, Corn in the Field, House
hold Goods and other personal property.
Aug 20--2w G. X. .CHERRINGTON.