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A Democratic MOle.hiII.

From The ". r. Tribune.
No petty mountain, but the World has been
in labor for now six entire days-as long
time rs went to the making of world as inn
portant even as this-and at last the redicu-
lous mouse is born. For its dimensions, aud
aspect, and features, see the card signed
August Belmonte.
We learn from it that Seymour is great
statesman, but we regret to say that We do
not learn from it that Blair is a great states
man, or that he is great soldier or, indeed,
that there is a man by the name of Blair.
We learn also that one victory will be enough
for the Democracy, which, considering the
pauoity of their supply in that line, strikes
us as a happy adaptation Of their desires to
their means. They are evidently in the con-
dition to which the economist brought his
borse-they are ready to live on one oat day
and be thankful for that. But if that oat
should fail them, - .,..
They take great pains to inform us that
they mean peace-in fact peace is the burden
of their song. We beg to inform them that
they are in error; and that the extorted ex-
plaDation OF mere executive committee of
party in the eleventh hour of the battle aud
on the verge of the manifest defeat is not an
authoritative exposition OF that party's pur-
pose. Francis P. Blair, Jr, is their candidate
for the Vice Presidency. They have not
dared to revolt against him, and they cannot
pretend to be in favor of Blair but opposed to
his enforcement. Mr.. Blair's voice is not for
peace. The National Conventions voice was
not for peace. The one said the reconstruc-
ton legislation was uncopstitutonal revou-
tionary, and void, and the other said it must
be trampled into the dust and now, in fresh
and elaborate letters, defends his declaration.
That is the position of the Democratic party,
resolved upon in National Convention, and
carefully written down in the platform. That
Is the opinion of the candidate selected by that
Convention to place upon that platform. No
Executive Committee eau deny the one or ig-
more the other; the business of such Com
mttee is to execute orders, not to undo the
work of the body that created it.
Mr.. August Belmont has discharged his last
gun, and is already fleeing from the field.
From the cafe retreats beyond the Atlantic he
can the more pleasantly contemplate the rout.
Meantime Republicans will press hard the
fight. Their, antagonists are in utter and
hopeless confusion, revolving against their
leaders, but not daring to depose them
sinking their platform, but not
daring to cancel it = shufflipg when
they should be fighting - trying to per-
| suade the public. .ho oosS tney can say,
that their deliberate utterances heretofore
have been meaningless. While they wrangle,
let us seize the hour of victory. Push things
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their duty to preserve the peace, aud to pre-
vent whatever seems likely to disturb IL. The
attempt to hold an election in S ates having no
recognized government, aud under provisions
framed and Administered by Rebels, wOuli
most assuredly imperil order to an extent
which should be guarded against in time by
those whom the Law has invested with ample
power.
As to the ability of the Democracy to carry
the reconstructed States, 1t seems to us that
in five Of the seven there can b9 no chan -
for that party, unless it apply on an extended
scale the murderous agencies which are
already actively at work in Louisiana aud
Arkansas. They may hinder negroes from
voting by killing or IN aiming them. Or they
may reJnact the frauds which served their
friends SO we'll in Pennsylvania, OHIO, and
Indiana. Except by the free use of one or
the other of these agencies, their prospect Of
carrying more than single Southern State is
dim indeed.
We hope to see the election decided ire
speotive of the Southern vote. And according
to present appearances it will be.
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A Vigorous Fighf.

From ue Boston Post.
What encouragement the too exultant radi-
cal press may have derived from the falter-
ing tone Of single Democratic paper, it re-
luotantly finds itself obliged to surrender be-
fore the same could be made of any effect
The mere suggestion of a change of front
has been secuted by the Democracy of the
country in q spirit that betrays anything but
decentralization or even doubt. The peoples
cause in their cause, and it will finally
triumph. The three great central States
which have just tried their strength are by
ne means radical States. Their intelligent
population are not ready yet to repudate
republican government in favor OF military
dynasty for one-half of the country and the
tyranny of directory for the other half.
The issues are more clearly comprehended by
them than ever before. They are leaving the
party that has wickedly betrayed every
trust, and hocking TO the Democratic stan.
dard Of the Union and the Constitution.
Pennsylvania eau, with effort, he wholly re-
deemed in November. Indiana is aA raadv
to give her verdict for the cause upheld "
the Democracy. And Ohio offers no encour-
agemsnt for her sister States, to the right
and left OF her, to oonide any longer in the
broken pledges and empty professions of the
party in power. ..r.
This fight for the complete restoration of
constitutional principles must go on till it is
ended in their triumph, There can be no such
thing as compromise between those who would
conserve and those who would destroy the
very groundwork of free government. The
incentives TO combined exertiOn for the saliva
ton OF ilsuch a government have by recent
events been multiplied fonrfold. The victory
we would snatch IRON this temporary defeat is
not for party, but for the country and its free
Institutions. While Southern nsn are re-
spending In such sincerity to John Quincy
Adams as the leaders of public opinion are in
South Carolina, shall we relax single effort
to re-establish that equal Union under the
Constitution, which, as 1t is their hearts de
sire. go Il is the only permanent basis of peAcel
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BOOTS AND SHOES.

HAVING ALTERED AND ENLARG sd MY
Ii Store, No. 230 N. NINTH street, invite Rttsn
nOn To my Increased stock (of my ma faeture)
" hue B0OgS, SHOES GAITEHS, ETC., OF the latest
lB 3n ERNRS'r sOPP.
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BOARDING.
GOVERNMENT SALES.
ILE OF CONDEMNED ORDNANCE AND

~ ORDNANCE = Torres.
OBFICE u. b, ORDNANCE AGENCY. \
Cor. HoUsIo ION GREENE SITS (entrance on Greene)
NEW YORK tITY, Sept. "A, 1868. (P. q. Box IslIj
this oce aasii 6cso6sr q a. gsss az y y
for the purchasing OF condemned cannon. shot,
ordnance stores located at the following points on
the Atlantic coast, 10 wit:-FCrt Hamilton and Re-
schuyler, and Castle Williams in New York Harbors
Fort Trumbull, New London Harbor, Conn; Fort
Constituu, a, Portsmouth HaIbor, N. H: For k nox'
Buckspo.t and Forts Preoe and SCANNED, Portland
HaI6or, e.; Forts Pickens and Barrancas Pens
Hafoori H Fla. mobile; and Forts Gaines and Morgan,
This sale contem plates the disposition OF
~ cannon In New York Harbor, estimated as weigh.
Ing 4S7 oSS pounds; 28 cannon In Portland Har6or,
Newport Harbor estimated weight 26s 500 pounds;
10 cannon In New London HarDor eslim ated
Dor, s,ima.ed ss weighing 81 6S7 pounds; 20
In "a ooie e. Harbor, estimated as weighing l6s 400
estimated as weighing lo996t pounds
Also smaller lots at Fort Niagara, Youngstown,
4; foit Ontario, oswego ~. r., aud Sacketrs
The condemned Ehot and she'll amounting In the
aggregate TO sO464 ponLds, are IN quantity al each
OF the abOv e. mentioned iorIk; also, scrap wrought
ron ron amount,Dg Ia the asgGess 90 4SS,sSi pounds
offered can be mad on application 10 this office. the
mandins ofhcer of he dinei Snt forts Terms CASH
ten per cent on the dsy Lt sale. aod tue remAinder
allowed tor the removal heavy ordinances; all othe
stores VIII be required 10 be removed within ten days
The Ordnance department reserves the right to
reject eli Ids not deemed Satisfactory Prior TO the
acceptance Of any BID, win have 10 be approved by
BlddeIs VIII state explicitly the forts where
= ey will accept soIes, ana The NUMBER ana KINDS
they propo 10 purchase.
DeliveTlts VIII only be made at the forts. 49,,
Crspin, Msj0r OF Ord aDce, U 5 a, indorsed Pro
pos ais for purchasing condemned 9rdpanee aga ord
BTevet- Colonel u Z. A.
924iw Major of Ordnance
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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

EDITORIAL OPINIONS OF THE LEADING JOURNALS
UPoN CURRENT ToPIcs-coMPILED EvERf
DAY FOR THE EVENING TRLRoRAPH'
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MUSICAL INSTRUCTION.

A MEXICAN CONS RRVAT0RY or MUSIC,
Il =. II. CORNkk kNIH AND WALNUT II rs,
"A few vacancies for brgiDne and adv dvanced pupils
may be sc cuI ed this and week. ~ 20 tutbs3ts
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IaIuKe OF Pennsy Ivanta, 1885. s~
Office. Southeast corner THIRD and WALNUT
Str eets PDiladelohls
MARINE INSURAN, ,E5
On Vessels, Cargo, and Freight all parts of tho
World. O
INLAND ms URANCES
On Goods by liver, canal lake, land rsges To
all paris OF the Urfop. ~" w
FIRE ASSURANCES,
on merchandise generally.
ON Sores ID yelling Houses, elC
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PROPOSALS.
GAS FEATURES.

~ A 8 x T u R N g.
VI MISKEY, MERRILL a THAOK ARA -
No. 7ls OHRsNUT Street.
mAnunctuterb OF Gas Fixtures, Lamps etc., eer,s
would call the attention OF the public their arge snX
elegant sssortmsnt Of Gas chAndeiera. Pendants.
Brackete, etc. They also Introduce pipes int0
dwellings and public buildings attend 10 extend
INF Altering. ierl and % repairing Kas-pipea.
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

Said a very good old man: some
folk are always complaining about the
weather, but am very thankful when l
wake I'D in the morning and ind any
weather at ALL" We may smile at Ine
simplicity of the old man, but still MS
language indicates spirit thaI co COLI I!fI
butes much to a calm ana PeaceluI Ltle.
r. is wis.r and better to cultivate that
tban to he continually complaining OF
th;nes as they are. Be thankful toI
Sncb mercies as you have, and if God
sees it will be for your good and Hi'
glory, he will give you many. AT least
do m not make yourself and those arount
vou unhappy by your ingratitude an'
complaints.
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

DOMESTIC CoMFoRTs.-lt is curious
to learn how long it took mankind to
discover the most obvious eonveniences
of civilized life. Sancho Pauza called
down blessings on the man who inyen7
ted sleep. Professor Fulton tells us
that one of the greatest improvements
introduced by the Greeks into the art
of sleeping was the practice of undress-
ing before going to bed-a thing un-
heard of until hit upon by their Inven-I
tive genius. Even now there are nations
who never enjoy the luxury of taking
| off their clothes at night. The Romans
went to bed to eat their dinners, and
there are whole races now who don't
know enough to sit down like rational
tbeings, but squat on their hams instead.
The Romans went to bed early because
they hadn't genius enough to invent a
candle They trundled off to bed as
the darkness began, and in Athens,
Egypt, Palestine, Asia Minor, every
where, the ancients went to bed like
good boys, from seven to nine o'clock.
De Quincy says ..Tarquinius might
be a superb fellow, but we doubt wheth-
er he ever saw a farehing rushlight."
This absence of extensive artificial
light among the ancients. was the cause
of all their magnificent shows going. on
by daylight. The exhibitions of the am
= phitheatre and the circus all took place
. in the day time. But how incomparably
a greater would have been the splendor
, by lamp-light! Even so simple matter
! as breakfast was not invented for seve-
9 raj centuries after the Republican era
= of Rome. 1t took as much time and re
search to arrive at that great discovery
!, as at the Copernican system. The
). morning meal of the Romans was bu
= a bit of biscuuit-tca and coffee had no
:. been heard of then. Probably our de
scendants, some centuries hence, viii
laugh at our ignorance of many of th'
" conveniences of life that will then be il
J. vogue. H5.
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30
Tup MErHop or DETERMININa THE

I frr1,, METHOD OF DETERMINING, THE
pRrssURE OF POPULATION IN PARIS
Tn the investigations into the necessitles
for new Improvements, the clty author
tiles not only look. at the questioh =,
health and beauty and military com
modify, but they take account Oh tne
flow of the population to one or the
other mart of the city. or in other words
TO the pressure of circulation on differ
ent points In city situated on mar
row tongue of land like Now York, the
| ereat pressure is necessarily on the md
dle elongitutiGfanal line; but Paris is STU
J atel in n great shallow basin, with tree
borders for expansion in every dlrectlon'
and with almost equal diameters. 20
that no one can say exactly III whal VI,
rection the pressure is going TO sui.
from year to year. gl
The Prefect therefore stations men
/ twice a wear at a dozen or more points,
4 TO count the numbers of persons ana
carriages which pass i'll given tlme
and he thus keeps himself informed o.
1 the li@htcs, shades of difference in ths
i pressure of the circulation. The las
observation of this kind, just pubhShed
, shows that in the afternoon 24,Ooo per
sons pass i'm an hour the point wher'
: the Rue Montmautre crosses the Douie
ward; that 10000 persons cross IN al
: hour the point in the Latin quar.e
, where the Rue Dauphine crosses de hu
E Buci; that more than 1000 carriages Tn
n hour pass at o'clock on the Place dc
!. Concorde; and, finally, that on race an
$ review days, as high as $4,000 carriage
q have been counted going into the Bol
5 de Bologne from to o'clock.
: BY these scraps the Prefect avoids
$ false appearances as well as false repr'
Is sentations of the growth and necessitie
s of the different quarters.-[ PARIS 20
I, n Y. Times. H tafa
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

GEN. GRANT.-The Mobile Tribune
says Grant made no objection to the re-
mOval of Ord, but he tore his shirt wide
open from the hem of the tail to the col
lar when he heard Pope and Swayne
were to be removed. Ord is the only dis
trict commander that pretended to be a
gentleman.
Pope and Swayne were both right bow
ers in the mongrel game of reconstTuc
| ton. 1t is with good reason that Grant
is the choice for the Presidency OF thu
| tsLoyal League"
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

A wIFE's PowER.-The power of a
wife for good or evil is irresistaoie.
Homo must be the seat of happiness, or
it must be unknown. A good wife is to
a man wisdom and courage, and strength
and endurance. a bad one is confusion,
weakness, discontinue and despair.
No condition is hopeless wheh the wife
possesses firmness, decision AMI econo-
nv. There is no outward prosperity
which can counteract Incidence, extraya7
gance and folly at home. No spirit can
endure bad domestic influences. Man
is strong, but his heart is not adamant.
He delights in enterprise and action;
but TO sustain him he needs tranquil
mind and u whole heart. he needs ms
morals in the conflicts of the world. 10
recover his equanimity and COMPOSE re-
home must be u place OF repose, cheer
fitness, peace, comfort; and his soni re-
news it's strength again, and goes torth
with fresh vigOr to encounter the tron-
bIes and labor of life. But IL at nome
he finds no rest, and is there met with
bad temper, sullenness or gloom, or com
plant. hope vanishes, and he slnKs
into des pair. f"t".@H
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

The correspondent of the New York
Work, writing from Meridian, Miss,
stated, as a fact derived from official
sources, that over two millions of acres
of land in Mississippi, one-seventh of all
in the State. were advertised for sale
under execution. The fact is perfectly
appalling. Two millions of acres OF
valuable land for sale in a single State
for debt; and no buyers for it because
Radicalism has shut out capital anC
closed the doors on immigration
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30
A nn,r nethod of Steam propulsion

A new method of steam propulsion lS
snol,pn of. as applied to steamboats, a
number of paddles are arranged on ,sn endn 80
side. and are made to work similar ,,;O W
the manner in which an Indian uses me
naddIe in propelling a canoe oInei
features i'll its favor are thaG inc ma ma,
chincry is very simple, takes o9t sn nVS,e
room and needs no large Wneei-uGpU r;s;1' =
Sn Scarcely above the deck. The inventor
Mr. s. ID. Merritt, of Mount Moarls
NIicbipan. feels confident that q Doa
constructed on this principle will riNal
locomotive in speed
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

WEAR A SMILE.-Which will you do'
smile and make others hasy' or os
grabbed and make eyerybody around
Won miserablel You can live among
beautiful flowers or singing bros or III
the mire surrounded by toGs anu C lnoss, 'ls,,
The amount of happiness which you eau
nrodnce m~ is incalcuiable, if you will only
show a smiling face, a kind heart, and
speak pleasant words. On the l othea 7
hand, by sour looks, cross words, anu nd,
fretful disposition, yon can make nun
dreds unhappy almost beyond endu-
r1nce. Which will you do! wear plea.
SAINT countenance, let joy beam ln your
eye and love glow on your t loIeneSJ Ai,s;.i,
s,,rinqs from a kind act or pleasant
deed, and you may feel it at night when zen
Won rest. and at morning when you rise,
, and throughout the day when apou'
YOUR business. moss rtrf k4e
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

WHY is hope like decayed cheese'
Recause thousands live on 1t. c,,.
WHY is a room full of married t toLks
like n room that is emptyf Because there
is not single person in it. AZ,
What insect would denote taat tne ns.
snaniards were defeated The Spanish
fly. ...,. ,rI,on aeizes
with the choieral Take sick.
What do you always do eeiore yV'
90 TO sleepl Shut your eyes.
What is that which is leogtneneu "
being cut at both ends! a % altcn.
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

E,DEIJTY.-Desert not your friend III
donger and distress. Too many there
arc in this world whose attachment 10
thosa they call friends is confined to the
dav of their prosperity. AS long as
thSt continues, they are, or appear 10
%a offactionate and cordial. But as
tI,air friend is under crowd, they begin
~ 1yitbdraw and separate their interests
60, his In friendship of this sort, the
hoart assuredly has never had much
noncorn For the greatest true friend
III ;s constancy in the hour of danger
aai,orence i'm the season of distress.
WHEN vour friend is cultivated, then Is
~ t;oe openIy and boldly to espouse
t';s cause When his situation is chan
n1s 5 ~ misfortunes are fast gathering
Sronnd him, then is the time OF anofu'
: ing prompt and Jealous aio. w nen ~
STIFFNESS or infirmity occasions MN to
he neglected by others, that IS Cne op
nortunity which every real ffieho VI. WI
seize of redoubling all the aeten'io' ~,
Q which love suggests. Ihese are !ne III =
e nortant duties, the sacred cls''us
L friendship, which religion anu NIu itH
enforce on every worthy mlno' 10 suV' aI
e yourselves warm in this manner III III vi
S cause of YOUR friend, commands esteeL
L even in those who have personal lIlte Iei
2: ests in opposing him. rms hoiot'D' ln y,
It zeal of friendship has, in every age !"
ot trocted the yeneration OF manklhu.
'r has consecrated to the latest posUeIll
"a the names of those who have gwen
is their fortunes and exposed their iiN' ,
t, i'm behalf of their friends WHOM lux
~ y, loved. I..
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

sis it not astonishing" said wealthy
individual, sthat large fortune was left
NE by person who had only seen me
oncel'' at would have been still more
astonishing" said wag, elf he had left
it to you after seeing you twice"
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

The following is recommended as re- re-
ceipt for making bologna sausage: 10
make genuine bologna sausage, take eel
skin and stuff it with ground cat; season
it with Scotch snuff and persimmoh OIL;
lay it on hog pen to dry, and tnen nan
it mn bv the tail in a grocery for three
months for flies to give the trade mark,
then it is ready for use"
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

In the town of S-there was shoe
maker, who at the time officiated as
preacher. He always wrote the notices
himself, in order to save the expenses OF
printing. Here is one of them: ''Ihere
will be preaching in the pines this sun
dav afternoon on the subject "All who
do not believe will be damned at three
| O'Clock"
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

An exchange says: If you don't IN
tend to marry, keep away from callco.
The moth that flutters about tallow uip
when lighted is no surer to get 'corc9eu
than is a verdant youth or rusty pacne-
| ior to fall into Cupid's flame, lthe oeg1lS LS
to circumnavigate around a bit Oh urS
goods on a dainty little maid
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

A member of the Mississippi conven-
tion wants to change the name OF the
State, because, as he says, 'she has act
ed so badly" How will he manage apout
the name of the riverl 1t the name mas
been disgraced he will have to change
that also.
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

The Boston Journal of Chemistry
says that pencil writing may be fixed al
most as indelible as ink by passing the
moistened tongue over it. Even breath
Ing slowly over the lines, after wrltlhg,
renders them much less liable to erasure
than when not subjected to that process
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

20 IL
THE GRAND JURY QUESTIoN.-Ihe
New Orleans Times has the following III
relation to the grand jury question III
the parish of Orleans:
The Grand Jury of the parish of Or
leans, selected from registry of voters
provided for by the laws of the State OF
Louisiana, recently indicted Chas. Nor
oan and Sam. Nelson, colored men, Tor
murder.
! Counsel for defence moved to quash
the Indictment upon the ground that the
inouest which had found the indictment
had not been chosen in accordance with
the provisions of the acts of Congress
proyiding for the reconstruction OF the
Southern States.
Judge Howe, presiding in the Grimm
nj court, and before whom this motor
was made, decided that the Grand Jury
which brought in the bill against Nor
gan and Nelson, was a legal body. Ihl
, decision is based upon tue ground ina
the laws of the State regulating the EN-
, paneling of grand juries has not Deei
affected by tie acts of Congress men
q toned above, and are therefore, still II
force. and will be in force until altere.
a or abolished by the department which
alone authorised under our republlca
: system of government. rms decision
: also supported by the order OF the Con
# manding General, which order state
q that to determine who shall or VINO sha
not be jurors appertains to the leglsi'
tive powers of the State.
Ie The motion to quash the lndlctmei
was, therefore, denied.
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

In Missouri the Germans havea a queer
marriage custom. Some young man is
selected to carry invitations to the we'd
ding. He rides about and each person
invited must attach to his hat not less
than a yard of highly colored ribbon.
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

A school-mistress, while taking down
the names and ages of her pupils, and
the names of their parents, atthe begin
ming of the term, asked one little FELLOW T
.sWhat's your fathers name"' oh ;
YOU needn't take down his name; hes
too old to go to school to a wom''n'
was the reply.
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

"Jane, what letter in the alphabet do
YOU like best" 80, :,
s'Well, don't like to say, Mr.. Smith
pooh, nonsense say rlgh5 OUT
Which do you like the bestF
SWELL" dropping her eyes, "I like
u the best.''
Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30

A Swiss physician has compiled a great
mass of statistics to show that winter
and spring are the seasons OF greatest
mortality in the north and center OF Eu-
rope, while in the south, on the contrary
summer and autumn are the most de
structive seasons.