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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-06-11
How the Herring Kissed the
ls OYSTER.

oyster.
A herring loved an oyster,
An oyster in the South;
And all the herring longed for
Was kiss from her pearly mouth.
But the oyster she was scornful,
And ever staid at home,
Shut up in her tight shell castle,
Where never kiss could come.
Twas on a summer evening,
Her shell was opened wide,
To see her charms reflected
On the silver cleaning tide.
Quick came the iove-lorn herring,
Like lightning flew his fin;
Z" And now" thought he, :" or never,
sweet love, my kiss I'll win.'
But, as toward the oyster,
Too far his head he leaned,
Snap came the shells together,
And he was guillotineG.
All in the glowing sunset,
He fioated from the shore,
And from the neck came gurgling,
81 IL ne 'er love oyster more"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-06-11

H In New Orleans few days
ago an ice cart was struck by light
ming. The bolt descended on q
block of ice, shivering it into thou
sand pieces and scattering it in all
directions. Singular to state, the
driver, mule and vehicle escaped With
out injury.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-06-11

R Some months ago the Pitts
burg Post, one of the most respecta-
BILE of the democratic papers of Penn
sylvania, contained leader under
the caption of "The Duty of the Dem
ocratic Party in certain Event."
from which we take the salient par
agraphs without further comment.
They speak for themselves:
Suppose that contrary to the wish
of some of the leading Radical Black
Republicans, who want the office
| themselves, General Grant should be
nominated for the Presidency by the
Republican party, what course ought
the Democratic party to pursue ?
Ought we to nominate man in op-
position to General Grant9 Ought
We to charge him with being an en-
envy to his country, or in favor of un-
just measures, merely because he may
have received said nomination
4 y
We are inclined to believe that
more depends upon General Grant
now than upon any other individual
in the United States. We believe
him to be far superior to the major
ity of the farsighted politicians who
have been ruling the nation without
bringing peace or economy'to our
legislation. He is known to all the
people as straightforward man, and
so far as can be judged, a man well
disposed to deal fairly with the peo-
pie of all sections of the Union. Our
aim should be to strengthen his hands;
to render him as much as possible in
dependent OF party, and to elect him
as the President of the people. If
unanimously, so much the better.
We solemnly believe that if the
people generally Of the United States
can come together with real unanim-
ity on General Grant, in regard to
the Presidency, it will be the happiest
thing for our country that could pos
sibly occur. The future good effects
of this course are almost incalculable.
We earnstly ask our Democratic
friends everywhere to consider this
subject carefully.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-06-11

From the Toledo Blade. .....
PosT OFFS, CoEFEDRIT X ROADS.
(Which is in the State NV Kentucky,
...-... ed, Nav "A. 1868.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-06-11

- WASHINGTON, June |.
The following is Geu. Grants re-
ply to the nomination of the Chicago
Convention.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
Democracy and the Ladies.

A telegram from the state Of Iowa, re-
counting the enthusiasm and success OF
several democratic demonstrations, says OF
one, that there were 500 ladies on horse
back in the procession. The streets were
alsoTepresented by thirty six young girls,
dressed in red, white and blue. The at
fractions were SO great that the number of
people who assembled was not less than
10000.
Local democratic leaders can find in this
a suggestion, which, put into practice in a
variety of ways, as it may be, Will accom-
plish great things for the cause. The
ladies are the best democrats in the world.
And they can accomplish more fer the
cause, individually and In assemblies, than
half the influences that are brought to bear
at election times. shst
Let democratic women manifest that in
terest which they really feel They know
how to do it without forfeiting any of their
womanly characteristics, for they are
women OF good sense and good manners.
Let them remember that there have been
instances in which a single woman has
turned the tide of adversely into that of
prosperity. An English election was once
gained by handsome, intelligent, and
we'll loved woman, who felt interest enough
to give kiss to every man who would vete
for the ticket which she favored. Her
cause was successful by large majority.
If the women would have those good old
times return when they could supply all
their family necessities and still save money
for future emergencies, let them nse their
influence in the democratic cause. If they
would have the burden of taxation, which
is now weighing down their husbands, re-
moved, let them induce those husbands to
vote the democratic ticket. If they feel a
patriotic interest in the welfare of the
country, and desire to see the cause Sc
cured for which their sweethearts, hus-
bands, fathers, and brothers fought, let
them use their persuasive powers with
every one of their male friends for the
democracy.
Democratic women of all rural districts
should turn out as the Iowa women did.
Their presence would lend an attraction
that could be secured in no other way. If
they listen to democratic arguments, they
will hear good common sense which they
will know how to appreciate. They can
turn it to advantage in the domestic circle.
Their influence will insure democratic sue
cess everywhere, and that success will
bring them reward in renewed prosperity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
Our Candidate for President

.t VuK O8uuluatS lux CoAUCAs
HoRATIo SEYMoUR-is one of the purest
and most gifted men of the present age
an able statesman, ripe scholar, an earn
est patriot, and citizen without reproach.
The election Of Horatio Seymour, of which
there can be no reasonable donbt, will In
augurate return to the better days of the
republic, when only the highest intelli
gence, coupled with spotless integrity,
ruled in the land. 1t is the re-establish-
ment of the rule the Office should seek
the man, and not the man the ofhce.s
Whatever personal preferences there might
have been prior to the action of the con-
yention ; whatever differences of opinion in
regard to measures; no Democrat, no con-
servative man, no man who regards the
honor Of his country as the first public OBJ
ject, can except to the platform or the can
didate. As true as God reigns and justice
and truth are bound to triumph, SO sure is
it that the American people will vindicate
their manhood, their respect for law, their
love for liberty, their devotion to the COM
mon country, by the election of New York S
favorite son President of the United States
of America, once more free and independ>
ent a#tHr e..9+ ft+f4tt. te 81 e
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
Adaptation.

There is no quality so characteristic OF
the Radical party as its facility OF adapta-
ton of its principles to circumstances. We
recollect notorious but generally unsuc
eesstul office seeker, defining his position
before political convention, who closed
his speech in these words:
These, gentlemen, are my views, but il
they do not accord with your opinions,
will modify them as you may suggest.
General GRANT expresses himself in the
same manner in his reply to the committee
who officially announced to him his nomi.
nation for President:
You have truly said in the course OIL
your address, that shall have no policy oil
my own to interfere against the will of the
people. I'D ta
The $" will of the people," as understood
by the Radical party, is what the congress
ional caucus may determine. The last de-
claration of political sentiments by General
GRANT, of which there is any public record,
was made id Missouri, in 1861, when he
was the Colonel of an Illinois regiment, and
is as follows: ~ fn. ~
81 am Democrat; every man in my
regiment is Democrat, aud when / shall
be convinced that this war has not for its
object that which [ have mentioned, or the
government designs using its soldiers to ex-
ecute the purposes of the abolitionists,
pledge you my honor as man and a sol
der, that will not'Ony resign my commits
hIt WI IN oer INV sword an thu nthpr
side and cast my lot with that people,. ..
General GRANTS personal opionions are
those of Democrat; his public opinions
are anything the Radical caucus may die
tate. His honor as man and soldier"
was pledged and forfeited when he be-
trayed the President to serve the Radical
party. II IL =. ~ Al ------ :
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
WHAT A SOLDIER THINKS.

There is some poetry" buta great deal
more trnth in the following little campaign
song, written By young Irlshman, who
served in the Union army as a private sol
der in the late war
Och Misther Radical Partly, IFS very fine
sthory q
That We tell Of the soier boys brave;
How they died on the field full Of murder and
glory,
The Sthars and Sthripes for to save
How the childer at home were sighin and
cryin'
For their father that had but q ditch for a
grave.
But don't we think that ye're lynn some what
whinf We spake it, i'+A ~ s<
And thryin' to buy up their votes with ye're
trash,
Else why do you pay off their pensions in pa
per,
While the bondholders handle the hard yel-
All! ye know that ye spake what is false as
ould Sathan;
But you'll fool US no more wild your barney
and trash. 1
Just look, if ye Place, at the boys that were
sojers, t e4d4
Broken down wild the wars, crippled veter-
ans anu poor,
Payin' their own and the bondholders' taxes,
While the bondholder handles his sinners
galore. -
Ye would pay off the rich men in gould, arrah,
would ye, a1tf SO
AM the poor man in shiuplasters, cause he
is poor
An We think that the boys are in love wild
we're Gheneral;
But there's where ye're fooled very badly
yen see;
He kept us poor boys penned up for the nay
gurs,
AM we shwore we'd be even if we ever got
free. ,sE,.Hff r 1Fsf ! Earft
An we'll tell Misther Grant he can stay from
the White House,
AM he'll mind what we tell him as sure as
He once used to tell us to move into battle,
Over hundreds and heaps OF the wounded
and slain,
AM smoke his cigar as though it was funnin'
But he'll never command us in that way
again; ia - :
Begorra we'll make him resign in November
Till he thinks he is tanned or a tanner again
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
Lincoln on Carpet Baggers.

Mr.. Lincoln had a.proper appreciation Of
carpet-baggers. Under date of November
81, 1868, he wrote as follows: izat
DEAR SIR: DR.. Kennedy, bearer of this,
has some apprehension that federal officers,
not citizens Of Louisiana, may be set UP as
candidates for congress in that state. In
my view there could be no possible object
in such an election. We do not particular.
ly need members of congress from those
states to enable US to get along with legis.
lation here. What we do want is conclu-
sive evidence that respectable citizens of
Louisiana are willing to be members of
congress, and to swear support to the con-
stitution and that other respectable citi-
zens there are willing to vote for them. To
send parcel of northern men here as rep
resentatives, elected. as they would be un-
derstood (and perhaps, really SOY ct the
point Of the bayonet, would be disgraceful
and outrageous and acGe l member OF
congress then, I acoaaa cote against admit
ting any such man to seat.
Such was President Lincoln opinion of
the carpet baggers-northern men going
south, merely to get Office. s6e
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
~h takes ncarlS twenty thon;


to garrison the south, and every Il
men draw a million and half II
treasury every year. The mainte|
the military force, therefore. Will
calism has made necessary in that
is an annual, bill of expense, amou
thirty millions Of dollars. Our eI
my expenditures for the fiscal yes
6S, reckoning in, as the English
ment does, pensions, engineer ser
the cost of maintaining the actua
were $50, loS, 7O6. This was for
Of fifty odd thousand men, and to
be added the cost Of the freedmen s
feeding idle negro voters, and CO
black muscle into indolent and
partisanship. England supports
men, or nearly three tines as man
at cost of seventy millioas, OF
twenty millions less This exh;h;!
is for the third year Of peace, too.
will be the bill for the fourth-and I
With such expenditures, far ou1
those of the most costly year of
tration previous to the war, how
these reckless radical leaders, wi
peace so badly, expect the people
it? A very few years must suffice
rupt US all if we are to 60 on at thi
Boston Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
Y Se1enade' to Seymour.

E5 a a2fa1n Utica, Aug Is.
The conservative veteran soldiers and
sailors of this city, held large and enthu-
siastic meeting this evening. 1t adjourned
at an early hour to serenade Gov Seymour
at his headquarters at the Butterfeld
House. There was vast assemblage in
front of the hotel, After music, Coy.
Seymour was introduced by Gen Jas Nc
Quade. He was received with immense
cheering, and spoke as follows: ,aa3ji
Soldiers of Oneida county, | thank you
for this mark of your good will. | know
better than most men the character of the
services rendered by our soldiers in the late
war; | gave them more than Is, 900 COM
missions. 1t was my official duty to mark
their upward progress in rank, as they
gained honors in the field. 1t was also my
sad duty to record the loss OF life of many
OF those with whom [ had often had pleas
ant intercourse in the Senate Chamber I
saw your regiments as they went forth to
war with ranks filled with men in the yigor
and prime of manhood. 1t was nay official
privilege to thank them in the name of the
State when they returned with thin ranks
and torn banners, which were made glori-
Gus by the proofs that they had been
borne by brave men into the thickest of the
fight. ll - e5ii,f
1t is pleasant thing amid all the harsh
ness Of political canvass to receive these
tokens of good will and confidence from
those who have shown their patriotism in
the battle field, and in return pledge
myself in whatever station [ may be
placed, in public or private life, to struggle
tor the restoration of that Union for which
you have periled your lives in the contest Of
arms. And in our struggle for constitutional
rights we are strengthened in our coDvic>
tons of duty by the fact that a majority of
our soldiers uphold US in this political con-
test.
In the course Of my life have received
many testimonials from political friends. as
well as from political opponents, from their
sense Of the services which | have been able
to render to our State and eur country !;
but none touch my heart SO much as these
proofs of respect which come from my
+neighbers, and particularly those given by
men who have served our country in the
ranks Of its armies. l.s., ,4. ~
Gov. Seymour retired amid enthusiastic
cheers .tA Aae73 ttN-1 - 3tt
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28

Caroliau. Regarding the statistics Of
elections up % 1860 as well as to the recent
registration, we should have excepted
Mississippi also, but the recent vote on the
constitution indicates that the democracy
rule there also
The Herald predicts similar results in
the north: rs
In the north the vote against the re-
pubIicans will be very heavy. Men who
know how far democratic misrule would go,
and what direction it would take, and they
! do not know the limit of radical madness
Judging it by the past, they find it difficult
| to conceive that the republican fury has
any definite limit. Hitherto it has hest
tated at nothing, has pushed recklessly on
wherever bounded 10y ambitious leaders,
and rather than be dragged where such a
party would go, the people will take the
chance of revolution with the democrats. "
The Herald is bitterly hostile to Sey-
mour and these predictions are by no
means colored by the personal preferences
of its managers.
Letters received in this state during the
past week from prominent citizens of the
states of Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania all
concur in the assurance that ra1icalism will
be swept out of existence in all those states
in November. This is the uniform judg.
ment of reliable men communicated pr.
vately, a nd without the slightest reference
to public effect.
! Our New York correspondents bust
ness man-in his letter published to>day,
states that New York is reliable for Sey-
mour by any majority our readers choose to
call for.
In our own state the indications are
scarcely less favorable. We learn Of one
town in which not less than fifty republi-
cans, including all the returned soldiers OF
the town with only four exceptions, are
supporting Seymour and Blair. This is
undoubtedly an exceptional case, but there
is no county in which the democracy are
not expecting considerable gain.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
THE SONG OF THE CARPET BAG
GER.

From New Hampshire's green mountains,
From old Nantucket's strand,
From Lake ntario's fountains,
And Huron's golden sand at
From old Wisconsin river
And famed Iowa,s plains,
We are coming to deliver
This State to negro chains! .f ~
We love the spicy breezes ...-...
That blow from Afric's shore,
A scent that so well pleases
Who would not thirst for more?
Thick lips and coal-black faces,
The gifts of God are shown,
Well take these dusky races
And mingle with our own.
Should We whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high,
Wait still to be invited
Before We hither HE ~ a sf
When Offices are waiting,
And plumber is to reap,
Not at the present stating,
While carpet-bags are cheap. Z
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
From the Milwaukee News.

It is nearly three months since the NOM
nation of Grant and over one month since
the nomination Of Seymour The oppor-
tuuity for public sentiment to become fixed
and tangible has been ample, and specula>
tons as to the grand result may now be ins
dulged in with tolerable safety. The New
York Herald Of Thursday reviews the stu
alton and comes to the following conclusion
as to the southern vote:
'.fhere is no point Of difference between
the people that will not dwindle to INSIGHT
ficance By comparisons with the difference
between the black and white. Tie conse~
quence in the south t1iH be that the democrats
lgiN carry erery southern state except South
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28

D0The radicalsin Indiana seem to have
commenced already the republican pro
gramme of putting down the democracy b,
force of arms. At franklin, in Clinton coun-
ty, the other day, democratic procession
was pelted with stones, one hit lady stand
ing among spectators, and inflicted a wound
from which she died. ri
1t may be wellto suggest to Jacobinleaders
that considerations Of prudence will cause
them to put an early stop to outrages Of
this character. The war is over, and large
majority of the American people not only
desire, the return of peace, but, in case OF
emergency, may be found rather resoIute
IN taking the necessary measures to bring
about that desirable state of things.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
A RATHER HEAVY Foo

A RATHER HEAVY Foa.-During q
heavy fog away down Rast, young man
was sent out to meadow to nail few
courses of shingles on on barn, the roof
OF which was nearly finished. ''At din.
ner, continues the farmer who is respon.
sible for the story, "the fellow comes UP
and seq -
That's mighty long barn of yourn. y
"Not very long" seq /.
r~as''Heii SEE he 1--WE been to work al
this forenoon and have not got one course
laid yet,
Well" sez /, you're lazy fellow,
that all have got to say. -
y $50 after dinner went to see what he
had been about, and III be Numbered il
he hadn't shingleJ more than a hundred
: feet tight out en- the fcg. :"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28

/ nara correspondent writes ITO see
Niagara, you buy eleven silk dresses for
your wife and six shirts for yourself. You
then get all the ready money you have,
borrow all your friends have, and make ar
rangements for unlimited credit at two or
three good, solvent banks. You then take
six trunks, some more money, a nurse, a
colored servant, some more money, and
| then, after getting some more money, and
extending your credit at one or two more
strong banks, you set out 1t is better if
possible, just before you leave, TO mortgage
your homestead and get some more money.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
GEORGE REED.

4 TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law,
n sumed the practice of his prof essioi
can now promise to give prompt attention
professional business entrusted to him.
lections made in any part of the State.
few weeks his office will be found at his
ing house. ...
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
nsA- The Louisville Courier saws

:" It is good indication that the regu.
lar soldiers vote the Democratic ticket,
and oppose making the negro superior
to the white man. We are told that the
soldiers stationed at this post, almost with
out exception, voted the Democratic tick.
ct. elFaH9
Il was so at the elections in the District
of Columbia, also. In Alabama. the sol
diers hurfahed for johnson and groaned
for Grant. In Leavenworth, recently, the
United States soldiers took conspicuous
part 10 the Democratic ratification meeting
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
s@The prospect of secession and W

The prospect Of secession and war
with Canada--if it should come to that
and the question whether the Republic
would. interfere-and the advantages aud
disadvantages OF annexation to the United
States-are topics upon which the people
of Nova Scotia are meditating with omin-
GUS earneStness.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
GEORGE N. WOODIN, i

A TTORNEY and Counsellor at Lapr !
n District Attorney for Manitowoc Coz
Wis All business entrusted to his care will
promptly and faithfully attended to. ADJ
honestly given, for which reasonable chsI
will be made. All parties liable TO Z" sue
be sued' please give me call. {" Be ye
deceivedro Office in Huebner's block, on
corner York and Eighth streets, where he ID
DC fcund from A. NJ until 6P n.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28

"When l goes shopping, VI
old lady, Il alters ask for what
and if they have it and it is SUITABLY
feel inclined to buy it, aad it is
and can't be got for less, l most all
it without clappering all day abb
some people do" 9
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
j. A. BROWN, M. D.,

PHYSICIAN, Surgeon and Accoucher.
L pecial attention will be given as heref
during q lengthy experience to Midwifer1
Sugery. Office on York Street, opposite
& Kcrn's store, where he may Away
found. Orders may be left at I. & J.
inson's drug store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
II. O,CONNOR,

DO0T and Shoe Maker, west side of
ID bards building, corner of Eighth
Buffalo streets, and will be ready at all
to manufacture Boots and Shoes to order
of and the best stock that can be found
ma rk of a
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
UORACE II. WOODRRIDG1

nCULIsT, having permanently located
" would respectfully solicit the Iatron
of those suffering with diseases of the eye, 4
lief guaranteed in every case. No cure
pay, are fair terms, and those who will
themselves under my care can avail th
Wis. ~ 8 9y50
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-08-28
DENTISTRY.

DR. A, J. PATCHEN. Dentist O|
- sherman Brick Block, Eighth
Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Particular att
given to all the different branches Of II
fession, and all work warranted TED
tracted without pain.