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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-01-04

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Il l. aid that epsia !. the oI az.
oas Of The natioas which nneoa ,.,
tioaaliy supports the temporal P'
Of The tsps,
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Al Alahana editor recently u liz,
. Wholesale black mail sPecani,.'V"If
by anseuasing that IL oo ON! IL
chaupsigss should b. seat M" .,
would refrain from Usnt'on'nt IA
certain little sGsir" He fee'' ';,l
ssvsa bottlss frou seven persons ..s
ssvss sosss requesting him 10 ''
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- On Thursday sight. ths military
arrested Mr. ". II. Poland, and wevs h
search Of Capt u AcEsy. bs, failed to
fiod hin. On Friday ncrnI~f W wsvs
Informed, he r.1.cr'ea a, eaaps We
da .ss kws,w the vroas@;s II these A.
rests, but pressae they are coaAeclsd
with the disturbance At ti.c late radical
meetins fs Iii
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-01-04

On Monday last Jadyr Caldwell,
ore Of the Associate judges Of the
Supreme Court, Of This STATE, mn d.
miiitari appointment, sceompaaiS
hys negro mao armed seipio Mex &c,
attempted to hold a radical meeting
ia this place. whicA rcsui,nd in Il.
being broken up, BY body of eiii.
gems. Tho facts, briefly detailed, are
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was particularly the Case in the car.
Tier stsges Of tho govorameut, and
vas steadily maintained BY several
Of the States until within the last
ten or twelve years. Evcn now.
there ere thousands Of minors, and
all the women Of the couatry, far
more intelligent than the blacks,
who have never been allowed TO vote.
Hut the Radicals not oaly propose
to give The aegro The privilege VI
votiay, which, ssdsr ali we'll o,xa,.
lied govssnwsata, = eeslbsrsd onlv
upon Tie istslllgsat, bot 10 ssrs evcr
toe entire State 20 their control.
Why aia act JSags Caldwell, asd
aia unworthy white colleagues, state
tie proposition fully and hirlv :
Why sndsavor 10 nislssd aud hiisd
TIE negroes, hy .akiAg then believe
nat taoss Asesg who's sAsy have
bees boss ssd nissl, we're tAsir .ss.
mixes, aad Thus preAues . sea,, r.
"ss~~ VoooOs VUt uet0l0Ato
's9urioasly to both racssy
Gen Nortoa followed 10 ~ islan.
'natory speech He seksovl,dred
hat, hitherto he had givea 40 e..
preston Of his political views, be.
AUS he vas 20 latent upos bushes
md IN the pursuit Of money, that
se c.sssd to take interest il politics,
1st O'hello's occupation was eose !
Ne was IL busiaess for a very brief
psr'od, making very good .ais., for
10 time, until blk customer cane
'ions a.d hosght ost The essirs
took II vas The largest sad hsst
sie OF the season CH;s aouss,
Nsylsad 1 Cos. } va elossa : ~
lays sgo By The Sheriff. He Dc.
I'D having been originally a. abo.
Itieeist; talked iacohsrently ana
''iidly about being rss Of FROG -
tate, hseaase the psople waited to
'ase hin saa Governor Pssss, d..
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THE LATEST.

New Orleans, Dec 3l--Mr aud hra
Jefferson Davis arrived at ! o'clock this
evening The steamer Henry Ames ar
rived this morning from Memphis. with
3,6yu bales of cotton and while being
unloaied her cuaois, Oh both sides. gave
way and prccipita,ins large portion oil
her cargo oYorboayd and ahou, ,wenty
men. white and hiack, were drowned
Broyct MAJOR General A d, McLcnon
tls ic,n relieved l.y lsrcget Bfie Con
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SATURDAY. MORNING, OCTOBER "a, 1868.

4aha ceasad knocking, he mpttered. to,him.
sclfss.i she will but understand me-" >. /,
Minntes3of stiffness land anxious watching
passeds Again, the old man thundered at the
doots AS he ceased, q noise was lnnle within,
followed blythe pattiug OF footsteps, and the
hursSed movements of u person. Then bolt
wassdrawn back, and the figure Of a Polish
dragoon stood at the entrance ;a. 3, <s...,.
A@fcry Of joy and surprise arose upon the
air. The soldiers lifted him in their arms and
started down tho staircase. Reaching tho open
ali, they bound him and then mounting their
horses rode off s. LII. ,,..
s3tle SOUND of their horses Loofs died
away Shylock unlocked the other chamber
dooIaand thrusting his head within, whisper
cd i: ss~
Come forth AL is safe"
Iae true Vincent DuYier, pale and trenb-
lingsstoppcd into the entry. 4. Ills
,'tfuvc they gone 2" he asked
"yhey huve." .f
"lsut, ,.who-who have they taken %
sAy daughter" responded Shylock.
'slSour daughter? Oh, heaven, man what
havsISyou doncy y-This is more than asked
Of you salhas
"Never mind" was the reply. sThcrc is
one &thing now ask of you she must be re-
turned"
Vincent clasped him by the hand, crying
''she shall be , returned, though at tho cost
of NY life"
He kept his word
4Atter ti' much trouble, an exchange was ef-
ftctsd, and old Shylock once more claspcd his
daughter to his breast.
About a year after a marriage took place at
the mountain homestead. The bride was Shy
lockssfair daughter. 1t is needless to state
whosthc other was
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General sickles has q lecture in prepafa: Il
tion,5a ,asiitsH . aas.sas,ss gaefbs4sEs Ysls
Mrs. Stanton is 'sodspifiaE to inasooauutrs
b!oe::'esss:a ,f rs.' .sea..a ssfs asssg
The californis gold minss assi doiHa aasasssss
s'ualiy rell' -spa alT s.a ..fss& esss - t;tafsi
New Orleans boasts Of dariag sssns,4bas.ss
glar. tssss - 5ssiss =.
Hungary has at last got a coinsgs a6f5ass
Elliott, the portrait painter; was born ssffsa sffsas
saw-m'ii' ~ as7osa@ Aasi -, .4aalig ssxas&
The G ermans are building a new gtiiestfssifiss
Philadelphia. 3; sse sSssrssz hs,s; ss.ss i
The military asylum at Gardinef, Me. ,hass
lou inmates -'iS4srs * sob !; ssss.--. ssssss
A mountain of magnetic iron has been Toaidas
IN Lapiand.ss aie7ssi:s sA sgs@aay q ss.
Ozone is now manufactured sin Francs sbyss
the aid of electricity sosyszas ,szsssg -s,,s
The pope is the 6hi5 EatUtedH B1tsfelgt
who does not smoke s.l5 II. ss !,4ss slte ~ u
1t is said Pattireceived $40 900 for lsinginas
ten nights at Hamburg: = vs4sss : a.s,..ts.
AN EnglishmaH proposes te siaHgbtsf, ssaks:s
by means Of electricity; Ss ~ es s,,e.
The widow of DIR. Kane is giving spifisssis
seances in New York: M s.,., 5sysys.s,. s.,.ss y
The British hHssam saHsaiAs tAsHt3.assrt
miles of. book shelves: "a, 5.sl 4 2sesje
A French college has given a girl tho ssdugs
gree OF Bachelor df Science. ,,s, sl,ss.a,. .ss
A man made saO,Obt gathefiHe taistsfaa
seed III California last year. Il, s. q s.,
INSURANCE companies lost 1886; 600 i'd Moss
York city frea last laodtH tsass ssa3s.s s,s "A
The cotton ctbp Of MOTH Usfuais6 ilsa
be equal to that Of last ssaf.
& Constant Meyer new picture sis Il siitssiF
teacnsI IN " olius.ss ;,ss -
More than fifty oteratofa Ill y Hail strssk Il
made otgf 81 100000 last 3sat: ,.,..,s
The latest Paris selocipedess eassies two pet;
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SELECTED STORY
Old Shylock's $ Ruse.
BY JOHN NJ. HARTLEY.

Picture III your mind an old man with Il
shabby .grosteqnt reaching to his knees, and
mo long arms protrdding from its folds, aud
You viii have Old 'Shylock.
He was neither a. miscr nor a hermit, yet he
lived among the wilds, in dilapidated cottage,
whose walls seemed ready to meet at each fresh
sweep OF the wind. It consisted of four or
five apartments; two upon the first floor, which
were used for various purposes, and two upon
the second. These were chambers. one being
used BY Shylock and the other by his dnugh-
sfs.Aqnaint looking place for maidon's sleep
ing apartment it was. With it's rough plaster
cdiwalls; adorned here and there with grotcsquc
characters wrought in wood, weapons of war,
human skulls, skins of wild animals, long pipes
of clay, costumes Of warriors, ''heraldry of diff
iereuts nations, and innumerabc uniforms.
Old. Shylock .pridcd himself upon these.
Though quite poor, he used what little means
he possessed in purchasing antic dresses, rus
tic swords, shields, war clubs and in fact,
everything .that would strike his fancy as being
odd This @engendercd mo small amount of
gossip. Some termed him a necromancer, a
copjurer, while others whispered dark tales Of
Mitsheratt, Of departed spirits, and ,ogre-look-
ing figures fitting about the walls, at which
eShy lock would smile, caring neither to verify
SAor refute the accusationass2sq .sg4,ga.,. ,.,.
Tho war between Poland and Russia was at
its ,iieigths Numbers Of Polish refugees
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aud perhaps the aindiscretion of many have
placed it in the power of malice and misrepre-
sentatlon to injurc us, and seriously to damage
the common cause. We urge you, therefore
not only to prevent violence, but to abstain
from the appearance, Of it.. Wo arc dealing
with false and subtle foe-prolifc in in
ventions and vcnomous in purpose foe who
fully understands, the temporary profit of a
himblo lie, which too often achieves its end
before the truth can even buckle on her
| armor.
We heed not urge upon you tho policy and
the duty of oftreating, With great kindness and
forbearance, the colored population Of the
State. This you have ever done, and will
continue to do, asylong as you are permitted
We have no doubt you will make manifest the
untruth of the malicious Charge, that by force
you have compelled their votes or by intimi-
dation kept them from the polls. Their minds
are rapidly opening to the truth that the va
grant white man from the North, as we'll as
the renegade of the South, who live by de-
cciving and plundcring them, and who have
been driving them to destruction, are not true
friends, and are unworthy of confidence and
support With fair opportunity they will
return to you, as their cstrangement is owing
entirely to the false teachings and malignant
efforts of the Northern cmissary. 1t cannot
bc forgotten that the State voluntarily, in
1868, invested the colorcd population with
every civil right; and that the Democratic
party, in convention in April last, recognized
them, under the previous action of the State,
as an integral element in the body polite,
and expressed its willingness, when in powor,
to entranchise them to the extent which the
public veal and their own good might warrant.
The position then taken by the Convention,
and which was announced to the people of
the State and tho country, is now reaffirmed.
We beg you to remember that the Demo-
cratic party ofthe State was not organized for
the purpose merely of supporting the nomi:
uccs Of the party, but for higher purposes and
more enduring ends. Itis possible that our
present leaders maybe defeated, hut our prin-
eiples wilEsnrsiye.le The liberty Of the sindis
yidual, the bcing and welfire Of srcates tlie
Constitution of the United States and a Fede.
raj Unioa under it, are objects worthy Of pa.
tionco and enduring efforts. In the success
We hope for, our organization will be most use:
full and, in case of defeat, it will become es.
scntial. We, therefore, desire to impress up
on you the necessity Of preserving intact, and
in full energy, the admirable organizations Of
the Democratic party of South Carolina
WADE HAMPTON, ss
Chairman Executive Committee
J. D. POPE @r@
@- RI j. P. THOMAS. e1s7 Sh
z. w. McMASTEH.' 's'Ss'
" ". NJ. SHANNON. = s
S. MCGOWAN eISa
JAMES CHESTNUT,
Chairman Auxiliary Committee.
T. S. FAHROW.
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ho" " use tiiom. .sss fafs eSfsv gs--ee
4 Mormon cldet Mas fssshslyys ttessHtsa
with hirie Boys and Eve gltls tie sauie Nleaa-
ing. A falietohs pareiit.
A Massachusetts coihpaHy has bSagAt
Norway lake, and ptopcse % sell leo III Benz
don. 8,ys ssa S,,st 49, s.ss., sa8s - A. 3
Mrs. Polk, widow Of tRo late GsHsfsl Shd
Bishop PolR, has opehea a gifls, scliS;Si Ia New
'Urleais. sssf 4
Not even d ca5ial instaiics Of seitB# fsssr
has been reported iii New orleaas this sessoa,
Napoleon Has called afan ,.tAs bSets aas
composers of tile empire 10 get him d. asS
national hymn
A counterfeit fifty tcht hots manufaviSfs
has been broken up id New York, and si,u,ss
$500 in spurious ihohes captured b kssaS
A blind child 81 tAtee yeafs, plsys s,ls III, III.
ano in Baltimore in skilfHi tsatiuer; stsiae ia
elbows as well as its haads sss sss,ysas, 80
St. Louis pabets aahoaass tks dsasa III Stss
lsaso Wakes, leaving at cstats salisd a. sss.
eral millions Sf dollars: III r.
Paris bus sshools whers tho iise i Il the I ysIa.
'cipede isatausht spsfls I sss 1890.
Vfs3sS &s,E ~ S s}gssss &E EsyS .fs stsl
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Coop ADvIcE.-Make marriage a matter
Of moral Judgment.
Marry in your own religion.
Marry into a different blood and temper
amcat from your own.
Marry into a family which you have long
known.
Never talk at one another either alonc or in
company.
Never both manifest anger at the. same
time.
Never speak loud to one another unless the
house is on fire.
Let each one strive to yield oftcncst to the
wishes Of the other.
The very nearest approach to domestic
felicity on earth is in mutual cultivation of
an absolute unscl6shncss
Never find fault unless it is perfectly Ger
tain that fault has been committed; and
even then preclude it with kiss, and lov-
ingy.
Never taunt with Il past mistake.
Neglect the whole world bcsides, rather
than one another.
Never allow a request to be repeated.
IL forgot" is never an acceptable excuse.
Never part for u day without loving words
to think of during absence; it may be that
you will never meet again in life c
We commend the above to our youn,
friends who contemplate entering the mat.
rimonial state. They will find it contains
almost all that is Necessary to perfect domestic
happiness, everything else being equal
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-10-24

fellor- Cftisrns: The election for President
and Ficc-P President Of the United States is
now close at hand. The great principles in-
volvcd in Inc contest, the magnitude Of the
interests at stake and the influence which this
State may have on the result, make this a
proper occasion to lay before you brief ad-
dress.
The tendency and purpose of the Radical
party, rs manifested in words and acts, arc the
absorption Of the liberty of the individual !;
the destruction Of States; the subversion Of
:hc constitution and the erection upon the
ruins Of individual and public liberty, grand,
grinding consolidated despoism. Already it
has made rapid strides in that direction Little
now is left for it to do but to fuse into one
mass, and then crystalize into permanent form
its various acquisitions of usurpcd power Its
caprlcIous acts; its wanton cruclties its cor
rupt practices; its enormous burdens you have
felt and do know Against these and more
than these you are now called upon to con.
tinuc resolutc fight with the peaceful, though
potent, weapon Of the ballot. The Democratic
party here and everywhere are striking with
you for the principles of liberty, and the forms
Of government to which We have been accus.
toned. for written constitution, Federal
Union aud n distinct existence of the States
Surely, then, the principles Of the contest
are important, and the interest great. Arouse,
therefore, to the magnitude Of the emergency,
and spare no efforts for success. When the
time for registration shall come, lot no man
fail to appear, and none fail to vote. Let
each one remember that his individual vote
may decide the election III his own District,
and that the electoral vote of the State may
turn the scale in favor Of tho Democratic
party.
| Our people must not dcspond, nor rclax
their efforts, il there should be failures else
where. On the contrary, they will have reason
to hope, and much to stimulate them to in
creased energy, for it is yet possible to win.
State elections arc influenced, and sometimes
controlled by local issues; and it has often
happened that these 60 one way, and in few
weeks thereafter, in the same place, the Prcsi-
dental elections another. This may be the
case in the present canvass and, indeed, we
have reason to hope so. Recently we have
received reports from all parts Of the State
which induce the belief that South Carolina,
with proper effort, will be carried for Seymour
and Blair. Let not tho failure to do so be
ascsibcd to you. sstG&f
The canvass in which you are now engaged
is full of excitement, which will probably con-
tinuo and increase to the end. We trust, there.
fore, that it will hotbe amss to drop you
word tf caution. The crimihality Of u few,
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Some of the Georgia negroes refuse to pay
any tax until the Legislature rc.racts it's ao.
tion in expelling the colorcd members oS
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HIT. Hcmbold has written d letter in fay.s
or Of Seymour and Blair,and given check
for forty thousand dollars, to be used to aid
thoir election ..@
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-17
Pleasant NcighbOrhOOds.

ONES pleasure, af(er all, is much affected
by the quality of ones neighbors, even
though one may not be on speaking terms
with them. A pleasant, bright face at a
window is surely better than discon.
tented cross one; and a house that has the
air of being inhabited is preferable TO
closed shutters and unsociable blinds, eX.
cluding every ray of sunlight and SYM
pathy.
We like to see the glanciug, cheerful
lights through the windows, of Il cold
night, or watch them, as evening deepens
gradually creeping from the parlor to the
upper stories of the houses near us. We
like to watch the little children going in
and out the door, TO play or To school. We
like TO see while-robed baby dancing up
and down at the window in its mothers
arms, or the father reading his newspaper
there at evening, or any OF these cheerful,
impromptu home glimpses, which, though
we are no Paul Pry, we will assert go TO
make a pleasant ncighborhoOd TO those
who live FOR comfort instead of show.
Sad, indeed, some mornings, ON waking,
il is to see the blinds down and the shut
ters closed, and know that deaths angel,
while il spared our threshold, had crossed
that Of our cheerful neighbOr. Sad 10
miss the white robed baby from the win
dow, aud see the little coffin at nightiall
borne into the house. Sad TO see innocent
little faces pressed at oyentide against the
window-pane, watching for the "dear
papa who has gone 90 bis long home
RRrql Nee fofkeF,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-17
Married by Accident.

AN English divine, who has since risen
to eminence, owed his marriage and n
long and happy domestic life to mere
accident. He had contracted an affection
for lady of the nGighborhood in which
he first preached, but, through dread of a
refusal, could not bring himself to direct
proposal. The more he thought of it the
more he became dismaycd at the prospect
He was. not of that kind of men who can
quickly Interpret woman's feeling from
her looks and manners, but was overcome
with fear that she should never love him.
He had almost resolved to abandon the
field TO bolder if not better man, when
he suddenly took desperate resolution to
know the worst lie carefully prepared
and sealed two letters, each addressed to
the lady; in one of which he made an
earnest proposal of marriage, and in the
other merely requested the loan of u book.
Shaking them together in his hat, he
called his servant and bade him take one
and deliver It. (which oneYn asked the
servant EITHER" was the reply. And
the man took one at random and departed,
The minister threw the other into the fire
without examining 1t, and for the next
hour paced the floor of his study, anxious
and miserable. He had resolved to abide
by the event of this queer proceeding, and
that II the book came with the servant hc
would forever abandon all aspirations to
the lady's hand. At the end of that time
the man returned with note accepting
his offer and inviting him to tea. The
overoycd young man told his little expert.
ment to his bctrothcd over cup Of tea
that evening, and was soundly rated for
his dullncss in not comprehending the
signals of distress" which had been con.
tmually displayed To him from time tC
time. But some men are wonderfully
stupid about these matters.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-17
Railways in the United States.


We gather the following facts from Mr..
II. N-Poor's Manual on Rdiiwdgs: The
nIs, railway chartered was the Baltimore
enu en Uhlo. This was in 1927, and in 1881,
,,,, 0S nil'es were operated by horse power.
ne second was the railway from Albany
to Schenectady, and tho third was the
South Carolina in 1885, which was AT that
time the longest in the world In 1Sat we
possessed but little over 100 miles of rail
road in 1885, 1,09S miles; in 1867. m o44
miles In 1887, 224 miles of new truck
were laid in 1866, 2,227 miles of new
track In 1S43 only 159 miles were laid:
in 1866, 3,6i3 miles were opened, which Is
the largest number of miles of new track
laid in any year. In 1907, Mr.. Poor thinks
we shall have $4,000 miles in operation.
In 1867, New England had 3,93S miles laid (;
the Middle States, 0,652; the Southern
States, 10,007 and the Western States and
Pacific coast, 1926. Massachusetts has
the most for her territory-one mile for
every 81 square miles; New York has
one for every 141S square miles. The
gross earnings of all the railways is 81 per
cent Of the cost The expenses consume
70 per cent. of the earnings The whole
railway system has cost $1,600,000, 900, or
two.thirds of our national debt. If all the
country were furnished as well as Ohio,
we should have 800 miles; and if as
well as Massachusetts, 352, $50 miles.