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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03
'FHR DEMOCRATIC PRESS.
HOME.

- - - - - - ~ ~
In early days, when childhood's charm
Hangs sweetly round our happy hearts,
When loves caress is wild and warm,
And pure the joy which life imparts;
When home is HOME, and friends though few,
Watch Ger our veal with anxious eye,
'Tis THEN life wears its brightest hue,
And memory takes IT, deepest dyefnls;
Long years may lift their leaden tramp,
y tC1 And checker life with hopes and fears,
Misfortune light her lurid lamp,
And feed its fiame with naught but tears,
Or friendship bless, or fortune smile,
= or pleasure wait, where e'er we ROAM
Still-still will memory oft beguile
From each, from all. a tlsought Of HOME.
Twas there our sun of being rose,
, 81 And there we fain would have It set; -
There many . sweet and foweret glows
With dew of dawn that fingers yet,
Like midday drops where friends repose,
,7ad ! By yew-tree's bough or cypress shaded.
Or like some wild autumnal rose,
- Freshest when all 1r around sf is faded ed
-saqI would not that a stranger land sza,ss -,1
rag Should hold for me the dreamless pillow;
.ffsI would not that stranger hand ;e'l '=a
7" -, should plant DER me the weeping Willow
lr The sod so often lightly pressed s4aaf
.p' would on my bosom press most lightly;
TAe stars that have my childhood blessed
Would DER my slumber beam most brightly
Omay the breeze that kissed my brow
Fer life had known a single sorrow,
Breathe out the wave-tOned requiem low
For sleep that knows no dawning morrow.
And when the sun is meath the wave,
And faintly beams the star of even,
Then bear me to my wood -girt grave
Il +, 8 Z And let prayer ascend to Heaven. ,..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03
CRIME AMONG THE SOUTHERN NE
GROES

The Grand Jury sitting in Colum-
bus, Miss, have presented report in
which, among other things, they state:
We are glad to report that, despite
the prophesies of moral deterioration
on account of the late war and the con-
stantly repeated charge of lawlessness
on the part of the political party, now
controlling the government, our white
population are maintaining their form
er high position for integrity and obe
dience to law, and that although we
have no regularly recognized State
government, our people are, clinging
with increasing tenacitya to. the old
forms of legal administration, as eyi-
deneed by their respect and obedience
to the claims and judgments of this
honorable Court and all other judicial
bodies. Your Grand jury have found
an unusually small number of indict-
ments against white citizens of the
county. We are sorry we cannot
make equally as good a report of our
colored population. Crime among
them appears to be frightfully upon
the increase, especially larceny, va
grancy, Sabbath breaking and prosti-
tuition. The civil officers inform us
that they will be compelled to over
look cases of petty larceny until our
crowded jails and places of confine-
ment are enlarged and increased, and
that unless other forms of penalty are
devised they will be unable to protect
the property of the county, and just
in proportion as the criminals escape
punishment so Vagrancy and stealing
will increase. Your Grand Jury had
hoped with freedom and the prospect
of elevation as race the colored peo-
pie would look with higher regard
upon the martial relation and endeav-
OF to inculcate more elevated views of
chastity and virtue. But we find the
very reverse to be true. Fornication,
adultery and bigamy, almost univer-
sal, are tolerated practices among
them and the fruitful cause of many
of the disturbances of the peace, and
even of the murders committed. The
temptations held out by the bad white
men of our cities will not account for
the prevalence of these crimes, but
we find them equally as common in
the country and upon the plantations
as elsewhere. The very nature of
these infractions of law are such as to
prevent your juries from obtaining
necessary evidence for Indictment,
and they can only hope that they may
be abated by the moral counsels and
rigid example of the better educated
and superior race of whites, with
whom they are brought in contact.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03
A GENTLEMAN IN one ofthe Depart

A GENTLEMAN IN one of the Depart
ments, says theNatioaal- -Intelltgencer,
has made a very curious discovery,
which we publish below. He NUNS
bers each letter of the alphabet and
then adds the numbers corresponding
to the letters composing the two tick
ets-SEYMoUR andsBLAIR, and GRANT
and CoLFAX.s The result shows one
hundred and ,seyenty-seven for SEY-
,roUR and BLAIR and: one hundred
and fofty for GRANT and CoLFAx, the
total being three hundred andseven-
teen, which is the number of votes in
the. Electoral College. +iTAns,. f....,.,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03
'I,WH wH1RLw1ND VIM AND ! wHHIIRaLPooL. HIRa1


n Last Sunday afternoon, about five
o'clock, during a. severe thunder
storm, a ,whilwind passed over Har-
rison and across; Anonymous. Pond.
When it struck the pond it took the
water up to about the height OF. one
hundred feet, the column being about
thirty or forty feet in diameter. 1t
travelled diagonally across the pond
in this. fashion distance of two
miles, and would haye been a tough
customer for such, vessels. at least. as
navigate our fresh water lakes to en-
counter. After leaving. the pond it
amused itself by, tipping over few
good sized trees, several fences, and
laying down corn and grain altogeth-
.er too early in, the season to suit the
convenience. of farmers. 1t was said
that in crossing road it took up an
unfortunate pedestrian and tossed him
-oxnr- " into an -adiaing field. What be-
came of it after it left that vicinity we
do not know, but we presume Mr.. Sc
ward will be after it to put with his
collection.-Portld1ad Press, 4Mg. 10.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03
DYING WORDS OF GREAT q MEN.
,eIEllE nr sNooKs. aR. - -

u
The other night, after eating late supper and
drinking seven glasses of lager beer, retired to
my couch and had a dream 1t was large
dream, and a dream that in all probability will
come to pass. L. Q -ii.t53 Vl'ii 30 f-
q Thought it twas the year of grace 19Oo and
was seated in shady grove smoking a two cent
cigar and reading the "Police Gazette" when
my gaze fell upon the following article, which
give rer6dtiaa ct iteratim: ,,..:-....~ ,--.-,.H
"DYING WORDS OF GREAT MEN,
I feel that am busted cuss-3 tN'-ti %.
don't want any lunch .n"' ~
= Let the Union go to smash,
But mix me a whisky punchi
5'- z i-issi'iii jE HJENF-U. s. GRANT.
Spoons! Spoons! Take 'em away, They come
toward me: they stretch out their hands; they
clutch me by the breeches. Oh, take the horrid
spoons awayEB. F. BUTLER.
The Impeachment now is over, --t
u % 'li And I've come home to die;
(, Dear mother, kiss me once again, -.-
~ I'm off for the hole in the skye!
'''s'i ''-i ~ BOUTWELL,.
Good bye, dear friends; I'm of to join old
Abrahamus Put the latest Press in my pocket,
and give me one more drink. I'll ask for no
more. Adieu! I'm going up-T'm Dead d"ck!
oh. I wish was in Congress, -Ett
r Where used to look SO well; .-
But Inever shall get there again,
For I'm on the road to h-li -.a f
-J.A.J. cREsSwRLL.
Five hundred dollars column, Bonner, and
not cent less! Do you say you'll give it'll Then
give me PEN ink and paper, and I'll beat " Nor
srOod" all to stIash III. WARD BEEcHER.
I'm, rsoi11p tn a distant land
That everybody knows;
And, dear mother, when go,
a-' Send me my summer clothes!
. .'..--l r..r.... s.-..rs 5. ben WADE.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03


A member of the bar once entered
the Court of Appeals of New York
while Il councillor was arguing an i'm
portant case. J"Who is that gentle
man addressing the Court?Y said he
speaking to Charles O'Connor, who
was sitting near him. That, sir, is
Daniel Lord, Junior, and he puts on
the. "JUN1oR so that he may not be
mistaken for the Lord Almighty" 1t
may be inferred thrt these two, profess
sionals resembled neither Damon and
Pythias, nor Jonathan and David, in
their affection for each other.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03
THE LUXURY OF OLD ROME.

If anything more were wanted to
give us an idea of Roman magnifi
cence, we would turn our eyes from
public monuments, and idemoraliMng
games and grand professions we
would forget the statues in brass and
marble, which Outnumbered the living
inhabitants, so numerous that one hum
dred thousand have been recovered
and still embe1fish Italy, and would
descend into the lower sphere of ma
terial life-to those things which at
test luxury and taste--to ornaments,
dresses, sumptuous living and rich
furniture. The art of working metals
and cutting precious stones surpassed
anything known at the present day;
In the decoration of houses, in social
entertainments, in cookery, the Ro-
mans were remarkable. The mosaics,
I'signet rings, canoes, bracelets, bronzes,
chains, vases, couches, banqueting -ta-
bies, lamps, chariots, colored glass,
gildings, mirrors, mattresses, cosmet-
les, perfumes, lhair-dyes, silk robes,
potteries, all attest great elegance and
beauty. The tables of thuga root and
Delian bronze were as expensive as
the sideboards of Spanish walnut SO
much admired at the great exhibition
at LondonYhi Wood and ivory We're
carved as exquisitely as in Japan and
China. Mirrors were made of pol
ished silver. Glass cutters could imi-.
tate the colors of precious stones so
well that the Portland vase, from the
tomb of Alexander Severus, was long
considered as genuine sardonyx.
Brass could be hardened SO as to cut
stote.@z The palace Moro -glittered
with gold and jewels. Perfumes and
flowers were showered from ivory
ceilings. The halls of Heliogabulus
were hung with cloth of gold, en-
riched with jewels. His beds We're
silver, and his tables of gold. Tibe-
rius. gave a million of sesterces, for a
picture of his bedroom. A banquet
dish of Drusus was of gold. TUNES
were embroidered with the figures of
various animals. Sandals were gar
nished with precious stones. Paulina
wore jewels, when she paid visits,
valued ateight hundred thousand dol
lars. Drinking cups were engraved
with scenes from the poets. Libraries
were adorned with, presses of rare
woods. Sofas were inlaid with, tor
toise shells, and covered with gorgeous
purple. .HIII z 4 g.
..r The Roman grandees rode in gilded
chariots, bathed in marble baths, dined
from golden plates, drank from crystal
cups, slept on beds of down, reclined on
luxurious couches, wore embroidered
robes, and were adorned with precious
stones. They ransacked the earth and
the seas. for rare dishes for their ban
quets, and ornamented their houses
with carpets from Babylon, onyx
cups from Bythinia, marbles from
Nuinidia, bronzes from Corinth, stat
ues' from thens-whatever, in short,
was precious and rare or curious in
the most distant countries. The lux
uries of the bath almost exceed belief,
and ON the walls were magnificent
lfrescoes and paintings, exhibiting an
inexhaHstible productiVeness in land
.scape and NEUROLOGICAL scehes.@
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03


DISCOVERY OF EXTENSIVE RUINS IN
AR1zoNA.-A party of surveyors in
Arizona, engaged in exploring the
country for railroad routes, lately
came upon some very extensive ruins
on the banks of the Little Colorado
River. They extend along the river
for many miles. Some of the walls
of buildings are yet in their places,
and stand six OF eight feet high. The
streets may be traced for miles. The
old irrigatingr canals and bitches are
yet in fair state of preservation, and
may be traced for miles also. The
ground is strewed with broken crock
ery-ware. The party found some
nearly whole vessels of curious form.
The ware seems to be of different
quality and, finer than that found at
most of the ruins in Arizona. Many
of the walls of the buildings were
built of hewn stone, and put up in a
workmanlike manner. To all appear
ance here once stood a city of, many
thousands of inhabitants. Who they
were or to what tribes they belonged
there is no record left to show. On
the east bank are the ruins of large
structure or castle, covering several
acres of land; some of the walls are
yet standing to the height of 20 or 30
feet. sutas 1a Dsfs.57 ts gsl .-a-ae 79.i-..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03

A CLERGYMAN was reading the buri-
al service over an Irish corpse, and
having forgot which sex it was, on
coming to that part of the cetemony
which read thus: "Our dear brother
or sister, @ the reverend gentleman
stopped, and seeing Pat standing by,
stepped back, and whispering to him,
said, as it a brother or sister2Y Pat
says, Friend, tits neither, it's only a
Teldtion!"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03
coURTsHIp AND MARR1AGE.


! f. Z. !" q What made, you get married., if
you don't like it?" Why 1 was de-
luded into it-fairly deluded. L had
nothing to do of evenings, SO Il went
"a courting. Now-courting's fun
enough, I hav'r1t got a word to say
agin courtin. It's about as good a
way of killing an evening ASH know
of. Wash your face, put on clean
dickey, and go and talk as sweet as
sugar or 1nolasses candy an hour OF
two-to say nothing of few kisses
behind the door, as your sweet heart
goes to the step with you. When I
was single man. the world wagged
well enough. 1t was justlike an om=
nibus; I was passenger, paid my levy,
and hadn't anything more to do with
it than to sit down and not care but
ton for any thing. s,posing the ON
nibus got upset-I walks off, and
leaves the man to pick up the pieces.
But then / must take a wife and be
hanged to me. It's very well for a
man a wilile,;;s-.-but afterwards, it's
plaguy like owning an upset omnibus y
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03

u RADICAL PHRASE Book.-To advo-
cate the repeal of the reconstruction
acts is to surrender the results of
the war" To desire the removal of
the F'reetlman's Bureau, is to sap the
foundations of the republic To de-
ny the equality of that part of the
Chicago platform, which declares that
the negro is good enough to vote,
serve on juries, pass laws and hold
office in the Southern States, and that
he is not good enough to do nything
of the sort in the North, is '"a i,ebell-i
ious attempt to restore slavery and
reopen the African trade" To re-
fuse to admit carpet 'baggeis and seal
awags to the society Of ladies and
is "rebel riffianism."-
To question the financial honesty of
the Radicals, is "repudiation," and to
express a determination to vote for
SEYMOUR and BLAIR, is ga renewal of
the war;" ''''li i' >" '7 WV '''' ''''''
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03


+, "WHY ARE THE IRISH DEMOCRATS ?''
Because the Republican party is the
party that puts "none but Americans
on guard.g zger,, ,slls sa1.,<s 81
le Because they get enough of bad
government at home-had enough of
military disposition ON the. Green
Isle. ,3aa ,.s, is,-,lT-c- -,5..l.,,.s <.
Because they don't think that 'party
friendly to them, which calls them
" Irish cattle.' -.s ans ..f.,
Because they hate sumptuary, ty-
rannical and unconstitutional laws.
Il Because they object to being, re-
duced to the social and political level
of an Interior race.
Because am hishman don't see the
justice CT poor man paying one cent
tax on every bunch Of matches with
which he lights his fire, while rich
rolls in wealth and PAYS
no tax on his bonds. '''' 'eiii u
Because Democrats have ALWAYS
been their friends, and true son of
Erin never deserts. "2 "nst iiiH
These are a few Of the reasons why
The Irish are Democrats. $40 9lii'"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03

- -.H s. ~
GOVERNOR. CURTIN ON GOVERNOR
SEYMOUR" Governor Curtin, of
Pennsylvania, says the Buffalo Cour-
ier, was asked the. other day, in the
Union League Club House of ,Phila-
delphia, what was his opinion of Gov
ernor Seymour. He replied :."",Well
sir, if were asked to mention a man
who, in my estimation, possessed the
attributes of a perfect gentleman a
cultivated scholar, a thorough states
man, and a sincere Christian. I would,
without hesitation, name Horatio
Seymour, of New York" !" How
about Seymour's loyalty ?"r@ After
the dispatches that l sent Gov. Sey-
mour at the time of the rebel raid in
to Pennsylvania, /" replied the, Govern
or " it would hardly become me to
impugn his loyalty. the fact is, have
never doubted it. 1 understand that
Belmont, is having all the dispatches
sent by Stanton and myself printed,
and l have no doubt they win be in
the hands Of every Democratic stump
speaker through the campaign. We
had better give up attacking Sey-
mour's loyalty, for. the, opposition
hold the trump card in that matter"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03

A LAWYER having found purse,
and returned it to the owner, one of
the papers says it may be honest and
honorable, but it is exceedingly un-
professional. Neutrality-suspicious.
himself on the ground that there was
nothing in it. = ll,z.af r...,..,, ra- II
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-06-19
Too Much Question.

q Let every Republican, when he is
asked by his Democratic neighbor
W neither he is in favor of paying the
bonds in greenbscks, reply by asking,
" What greenbacksg' Are they TO be
obtained by setting the printing press
in motion, or by piling new taxes on the
country? They must be procured in
one of these ways. ARd after an an
swer is obtained to this question, let it
be followed by another, viz; 'sHow are
the gteenbacks to be redeemedP The
final answer will be like that of the
Indian who was interrogated on the
subject Of his physical and mental con-
dition after visiting a certain grocery.
1t was in western New York, where they
once had law to prohibit the selling
of liquor to Indians on election day.
An election came of, and the usual
number of Indians were in town drunk.
The friends of the law and order were
exasperated. They resolved termske
an example of one of the principal
groggeries, To this end they subpoena
ed one of the most uproarious of the
redskins, and brought him before the
magistrate. The examination proceed,
ed as follows;
Lawyer-Were you in town on cleo
ton day9 Poe
Indian-Ughl
Lawyer-Were any other Indians
with you9
Indian-Ughl
Lawyer-Did you go into Mr.. Smiths
grocery3
Indian-Ugh!
Lawyer-Did you get any liquor
there?
Indian-Too much question:
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-06-19
The New Eastern Railway
Line.


, Although the exact route Of tbs
Toledo and Atlantic Railroad cannot be
definitely known until after surveys
subscriptions, and right of way have
been obtained, 1t is probable that ths
most direct line, the line which viii at
the same time give the shortest distance
to the main coal fields, and form the
shortest trunk line for a connection
from the Southern Michigan and Toledo
and Wabash Railroads on one end,
with the Atlantic q Great Westatn,
the Pennsylvania Central, and the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroads on The othst
viii be the line adopted. We ask every
citizen Of Toledo who has map to
draw the line as follows: From Toledo
to Woodville, thence to Fremont, thence
in direct line to Seville on the Atlantic
i Ct Western r r. Make the line
heavy, and then take survey Of the
position such a road viii occupy ss
trunk connection between the great
roads before mentioned. q Il runs
through rich old country al the way,
which will furnish a heavy local business.
ALI the country on the route, as well as
the ''great city" of Toledo, and all the
thrifty but coalIess eountgz west Of
Toledo, will deriye<ts coal supply from
this source. The coal and local trade
alone, should make it good paying stock.
Add the value given It as 8 main link in
the connection between great Eastern
and Western roads and it seems as if
nc, clear headed man can fail to be con
vinced that this will become one of the
strongest short roads in the country
Blade. eas isff
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-06-19
Real Estate Reaction in New
York.

b Real estate owners, who were unsat-
isfed with fair or even extraordinary
retnrns on their investments, but who,
in spite of the remonstrances of tenants,
raised their rents, are now, many of
them, reaping just reward. For years
with few local or temporary exceptions
real estate in this city bas been paying,
to its owners a larger percentage than
any other equally safe investment, to
say nothing of the fact that it has been
constantly increasing in value at the
rate of from 10 to 25 per cent. year,
and yet, so long were landlords in the
habit of raising their rents on the first
of May, or whenever the leases expired,
that the custom has become chronic.
This year, however, hundreds of dealers,
both wholesale and retail, and thousands
of families, found themselves with the
balance on the wrong side of the profit
and loss account, and felt that retrench--
ment must commence somewhere. On
receiving the, customary notice ''that
rents had advanced since last year,"
wholesale dealers demonstrated re-
tailers said that they should be obliged
to return as iourneymen to their trades !;
and heads of families announced their
determination to remove to Brooklyn
or New Jersey, or even to try their
fortunes in the country. Landlords
generally were inexorable.; they had
heard such threats before, and threw
out hints of other tenants standing
ready to take possession of vacated
property. For once they were deceived.
Wholesale dealers went out of business
or removed to cheaper stores; retailers
left the palatial houses on the great
thoroughfares for less pretentious ones
on smaller streets; families went to
Brooklyn and Jersey by thousands,
and to day "To,Let" is posted on some
of the most costly Wholesale stores
down town, on more of those occupied
by small dealers, and on hundreds of
dwellings, from the richly furnished
Fifth avenue brown stone fronts to the
mean tenements in the Fourth and
Seventeenth Wards. Perhaps real es-
tate owners may learn lessou.--New
York Tribune. -, ,,r-.r -.5.-.... g..