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Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05

A gentleman, travelling inside coach,
was endeayoring, with considerable earn
estness, to impress some argument on
fcllow-passcnger, who was seated in the
same vehicle, aud who appeared rather
dull of comprehension at length, being
slightly irritatcd, he exclaimed: Why,
sir, it's as plain as A B c." "That may
be-" quietly replied the other, "but am
ID Ell"
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Punch tells of a Bolgrayian mamma,
who has succeeded in getting her own sew
en- daughters "well off her hands," and
has determined to extend to others tho
benefit of her "system" She is going to
open a "class'' for the instruction of Young
ladies in the art of misunderstanding. il
is to be called the i" School of Desienr'
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Pleasure unattained is the hare which
We hold in chase, cheered on by the ardor
of competition, the exhilarating cry of the
dogs, the shouts of the hunters, the echo of
the horn, and the ambition of being in at
the death. Pleasure attained is the same
hare hanging up in the sportsman's larder,
worthless, disregarded, dcspisod, dead.
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Our Olio,

Scratches in horses, it is asserted, can
be cured by applying every morning a
mixture composed of one drachm of sui
phate of zinc and two ounces of glycerine.
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An old salt-Lot's wife. A dangerous
chasm-Sar-easm. Tight pants,-Asth-
matieal breathins. A minor chord "A
short load of wood. Engagcd-Occupie
for time in making fool of man. Fa-
ther-The only author who does not ex-
poet his works to pay. gE =
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$lolitiMl Gffajrs,
RenorleAlar Me .E.lalelonn zt1nscriuL.

COMPLIMENT TO MAJ. BIGGS.
consrat atriIatory ETecting-scrcnade- -Fricnd-
~ GreetimSs-G Iospitality-Spcc-
olles, t&c.
A large number Of the friends and
ncighbors of Major Biggs, from Middle
town and Odessa, called upon him at his
residence, onl'riday evening, 2sth ult. 10
tender their congratulations upon his nom-
nation for Congress. The party were yo-
ry cordially received and Hospitality enter
tuned by the Major. They were accom-
panied by the Amphion Band, of Middle
town, wh,sh en!i9caed the occasion by
playing "a number of their popular airs.
After an hour spent in social converse, re-
freshments were announced, and the party
assembled around the hospitable board, to
which fall justice was lone. IL. a. Now
land, Esq. then stepped forward, and in
behalf of the visitors, addressed Major
Ei&es in the following congratulatory
speech.
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05

Said a member of church to another,
" | can give five dollars for this object and
not feel it" 'Then," said his compan-
ion, " give ten and feel it,"
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05

An article in London magazine dilatos
ON the palatable quality of steaks from IL
ons and tigers. 1t is not certain about IL
ons; but it is said that those who eight
the tigcr" rarely get their stakes
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05
REMARKS OF II. A. XowLANp, ESQ.

MAJ BrGes We your political and
personal friends, make this call to tender
you our sincere congratulations upon your
nomination as Representative to the Con-
gress of the United States. No greater
pleasure ever dcvolved upon me individu-
ally, or this body collectively, than the
rendering Of our congratulations. We feel
that our reprcs entatiyts in convention on
Wednesday last, did their work faithfully
and well land without disparagemcnt to
any gentleman whose name was before that
conyention-that in your selection they
have but responded to the demands Of the
democratic masses.
Whatever differences may have existed
as to the claims Of any of those gentlemen
all bow in acknowledgment to their wis
dom in the selection of candidate AL
though | have been resident of your
State but few short years, you have not
been unknown to me- This, sir, calls to
mind the first speech | had the pleasure
of hearing you deliver, 1t was immedi-
atcly after the dissolution of the old Whig
party, of which party you had been an
honored member. 1t was at time when
a small cloud ON the North East horizon,
then no larger than mans hand. The
dangerous tendencies Of this organization
you clearly forcsaw, and forgetting the
prejudices engenderod by party strife, you
allied yourself to the constitutional denoc-
racy. In that speech you clearly Fore
shadowcd the. inevitable results flowing
from what was then known as the Know
Nothing party. In the good work you
have never faltered where the work was
warmest, the fight hottest, you there stood
in the front ranks of your party. A faith
full servant should be remembered for his
services. by your srocord-by our love
for the constitution, liberty and law, we
will make you the Representative upon the
floor of Congress, of the Diamond State of
the Federal Union.
You will be called upon to assist in the
great work of sustaining democratic adj
ministraton.-In bringing back the gov
ernment in sight OF the land marks OF cur
fathers.-To assist in restoring to their
proper and legitimate relations what once
constituted great States Of the Union, that
are now clothed in the habiiimcnts Of
mourning give stability to our credit
provide means to liquidate our national
Indebtedness by other means than from
the hard earnings and scanty resources OF
the laboring and industrial classes. New
er, never in our history were the issues
greater, and the consequences flowing from
a decision in favor of the Radical party
must disastrously affect the character Of
the government for all future Time From
our intercourse with you, we know you
are alive to their Importance tliat from
! the banks of the Drandywine to the cx.
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05

1t is exceedingly bad husbandry to har-
row up the feelings of your wife, : to rake
up old quarrcis, to hoe grudge, and to
SOW discord.
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05

A negro, after gazing at the Chinese,
exclaimed, q If dc white folks is dark as
dat out dare, wonder what's dc color OBJ
de niggcrs ?''
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05

A wag suggests that suitable litanical
response for many city choirs would be,
go Lord! have mercy on us, miserable
singers"
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05

Cedar Shingles, Siding, and Rails,
NOR Sale.-Cedar Shingles, Siding and Rails,
l. Of prime quality, for sale, near Taylor 5
Bridge, Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle
county, Del. Apply to
Aug. l-3m. ROBERT JOHNSON.
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05

A writer may be said to be more free
than king, inasmuch as he can "choose
his own subjects"
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05

As cross word begcts word that i
cross, so will kind one beget its own like
ness.
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05

Eye-A telegraph Office whose superin-
tcndent has a pupil always ready to take
your message or fash back reply. -
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The worlds opinion-A mean man is
person with "a small income who lives with
in it.
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NOTICE.

IfE and board without just cause or proyoca-
ton this is 10 warn all persons from trusting her
on my account, as | will pay no debts ot Ter con-
tracing. JOHN SNODELL.
Aug l5-3W
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05

Making ox-head cheese and ox-tail soup
may properly be considered making both
ends meet -
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05

Fashionable dresses are short-so arc
fashionable husbands who pay for them
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05

The most Popular Ycrscs-The diverse
and reverse Of current coins.
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05
w esleyan Female College,

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.
HNnIS institution offers superior advantages for
l. the thorough and complete education of
young ladies.
The next annual session will begin on Sep
tember 10th, 1868. For information or cata-
logucs, address
Rev. JOHN WILSON, A. NJ Pres't.
August lin.
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HARNESS MAKING.
NOT

4 N Instalment, of one Dollar per Share upon
"A the Capital Stock of the Nliddletown Hall
Company will be due, and payable to John r.
Hall, Esq on Thursday, Sept. oath, 1868. As the
work is now rapidly progressing prompt pay
BY order Of the Board
WM. II. BARR
August 22-1w Secretary.
New-York tribune., 1868-05-29
lilly DO THY TREMBLE,

The opponents of impeachment could have
taken no course so well calculated to strengthen
the public belief that the one vote acquitting
the President was the result of corruption, as
their furious denuncations of the publicity
which has been given to the kilograms which
form chief link in the chain OF proof, and
their attempts in the Senate to excuse Senators
from attending and testifying before the In
vestgating Committee of the House. When
the question of investigation was before the
House. and while the debate was pending, few
days ago, it is reported that one Of the a"seven
Senators" went upon the floor of the House
to instill certain sentiments into the ear of
Representative Baker of Illinois, who thereupon
arose and assailed the Impeachment Committee
as unfit to conduct such an investigation, be-
cause there were no Democrats upon it.
could you Investigate impartially in such a
matter7" asked Mr.. Butler.
Certainly replied Mr., Baker.
Believe, then, that your political associates
could do the same" replied Butler. ~
Was the Senator unwilling to have his
conduct investigated by a Committee COM
posed entirely of members of his own party 7
Why do the seven Senators and their
insulted because certain kilograms passing
between Wooley and Webster in Washington
aud Shook and Weed in NewYork have been
publishedi What interest have they in these
kilograms or in aught that they can proves
IL these kilograms prove that $4,000 were
raised by the Whisky Ring and sent to
Washington to buy the votes of Senators,
as well might burglar denounce a policeman
for seizing his tools and the evidences of his
guilt as for these Senators and their friends
to denounce the seizure of the kilograms.
There is no sanctity in kilograms which
exempts them from being demanded as evil
dence and published, in the same manner as
letters or any other writings All papers or
letters, however confidential or private, and in
whOsesoever hands they may be, are subject
to the subpoena of the humblest court, and
m1st he produced and published whenever
the purposes of justice require. The Western
Union Telegraph Company has no more power
OF right than pOStbOy OF clerk TO resist
New-York tribune., 1868-05-29

We find in The Nation of May |S letter
asking for the words of The TRIBUNE of May
10 which justify the statement of The Nation
that in its issue of that day THE TRIBUNE
declared impeachment mistake" The
question is not of our asking, and we have the
slightest possible interest in the answer Ihe
Nation gives to the direct interrogatory OF
probably one of our subscribers. But more
discreditable figure than The Nation cuts in its
attempt to reply we have rarely had the mel
anchOly pleasure of contemplating. 1t would
have been more creditable to its intellect to
have followed the usual practice of The Herald
under similar circumstances, and declared that
it never said anything of the kind. Unable to
quote any words that by any amount OF twist
ing can be made to mean that we declared
Impeachment a mstake'-and we not only
never said it but never meant 1.-THE Editor Of
The Nation skulks out of the dilemma in a
way peculiar, we trust, to himself. Our read
ers will hardly believe it, but he declares that
our words Impeachment has been far other
ethan failure" are capable of no other inter
pretation, fairly considered, than Impeachment
"was a mistake y
New-York tribune., 1868-05-29

SENATE, May 2S.-The Senate insisted on its
amendments to the Army Appropriation bill,
and asked Committee of Conference.
Mr.. Morgan introduced joint resolution to
provide for the reduction of the interest on the
public debt.
: Mr.. Edmunds offered joint resolution tender
ing the thanks Of Congress to Secretary Stanton.
objection was made, and it went over.
Mr.. Ross offered resolution calling on the
House for the testimony taken by its Committee
Of Investigation on the alleged corruption in
the Court of Impeachment. Mr.. Sumner OBJ
jected, and the resolution went over.
The bill for the admission of Arkansas was
taken up, the question beng on MIR. FeTIys
amendment to strike out all conditions. The
amendment was debated by Messrs Drake,
Ferry Morton, and McCreery, but no action
was reached.
HOUSE, May 2S.--A joint resolution for the
Improvement of the harbor of Portland was
adopted.
A bill for the regulation of appraisement and
inspectiOn of imports was passed.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole and took up the Indian Appropriation
DILL but without final action.
4 Mr. Bingham reported resolution to assign
certain rooms in the Capitol as guard-roOms
for the Capitol Police, and moved the previous
question. A long series of dilatOTy motions
followed, by which the vote was, deferred
several hours, but the resolution finally passed.
Air. Bingham then offered q second resolution,
that the contumaciOus witness WOOley be put
an close confinement, but no vote was taken
on it. The House adjourned at 10 o'clock p. m
New-York tribune., 1868-05-29

The Northern Baptsts, in one of their an
nual assemblies, have discussed, like the Meth
odists, their relations to the Southern churches
of the same faith. The American Baptist
Home Missionary Society, in accordance with
resolution passed at last years meeting, sent
this year delegates to attend the meeting Of
the Southern Baptist Convention at Baltimore,
and to offer its aid to that Convention for the
prosecution of missionary work in the South
ern States The delegation was cordially re-
ceived, and the offer of the Home Missionary
Society accepted. The Southern Convention, in
its turn appointed delegates to attend the
anniversary of the American Baptist Home
Missionary Society, which has just been held
in our city. The Southern delegates have
been well received by their Northern brethren,
and we are glad to hear from their spokesmen
that thoy have learned great deal during the
Last two weeks that they consider Slavery as
New-York tribune., 1868-05-29

as to ascertain who have and who have not
right to be registered.
This involves weeks Of preliminary inquiry
and preparation.
We ought to have strong and able
Detective force quietly organized forthwith,
under sharp-eyed, knowing chief, to watch
the naturalizations and registrations of this
Summer and Autumn, and be ready to pounce
upon the rascals as fast as they develop their
purpose to swindle us out of our rights.
We ought to have the names of Ten Thou
sand of our substantial citizens, who will pledge
themselves to give time as well as money to
the work of keeping out illegal votes-pledge
themselves to take turns in watching the regis
tries, and every one give the whole day OF
election to the service of his country.
Men ard brethren! will you allow GRANT
and CoLFAx to be swindled out of the vote of
this StateP If not, you will have to WORK
not few of you, but maryland you ought to
begin NOW
New-York tribune., 1868-05-29

The World says, in reference to the two
cases of mpeachment-Andrew johnson az
Washington, and Canal Commissioner Dorm az
Albary-that: ...... ......-
within its power and Brought all its party machinery tc
bear convict the official arragned At Albany the Ne
last 4ssemby endeayored to use The Glenn nTerans ~ tns
Committee to aid Mr.. Dorm, and held party caucus 70
which they invited the counsel Of that Official and thus
tried TO commit the party TO his acquittal without regard
to the evidence or testimony brought the trial
We have no recollection of any such caucus
at Albany; but we do lcnow-and so does The
WorId-that when Mr.. Jacobs presented arti-
cles of impeachment against Mr.. Dorm, and
asked for trial, every Republican then present
voted in favor of such trial. The vote was
Yeas, 1875; Nays, none; absent, only three. We
are sure that no Republican has done anything
to hinder full examination in this matter.
On the other hand, there was never step.
from first to last, taken or proposed, in the
Washington trial, that did not meet the solid and
stolid opposition of the whole Democratic force,
in the House and in the Senate. During the
whole trial there was no question of conse-
quence proposed that did not encounter the
full power Of the Democracy in favor Of the
defendant History does not record another
instance in which dozen leading and most Of
them able Legislators were so persistently Of
one mind on hundred different points of law
and evidence. At Washington, on the arraign-
ment of Democrat by Republican accusen,
every Democrat, whether accuser or juror
voted persistently "No;" at Albany, upon
Democratic accusation Of Republican officer,
every Republican promptly voted in favor Of
the fullest investigation.
New-York tribune., 1868-05-29

The complimentary concert given to Prof.. - y.
jay Watson AT DOdworth Hall last evening, previous "
his departure with ole Bull, complete sucoo5s
The house was filled TO overowng by an audience wo
greeted the artists with OF applause Duhk .ne
concert Mr. Watson forward, and after hgy , YIN
plnenmg Mr.. j. NJ Pattson, the pianist VINO was oeinN
encOred, presented him with god-headed cane
DIR. Olcott. SEN, the we'll known physician,
died yesterday OF peuro pneumonia at the Granno,y
HOTEL at the age OF g. The deceased gentlemen , ,s
been nearly his whole lifetime resident OF Jersey ~, ~
where ne has been esteemed as citizen and 10
his high professional character He was the rst eeo.oS
CITY Physician after the incorporation OF Jersey
In active nracee upti short time prevons TO his deaD
Early yesterday morning Joseph Stearn was was
found dead In an clubhouse the the rear of his
NJ ssa with pistol shot wound In his heau-
IT, 90 ~ he committed suicide. IL was ascer-
tsned that he left hs bed at ve o'clock and not
n The fsct alarmed his family, who searching Ioun
hi a dascrihed above Coroner Schirmer commehcea
an nauest hut as the pistol could not be found u was
iourned until to-day. stearn is said 70 ha'o U''-
partially insane.
New-York tribune., 1868-05-29
lead and would not reintroduce It If they could.

dead, and would not reintroduce it If they could.
They are desirous to cooperate with Northern
Baptists in the education of the negro; but as
to giving him the right of suffrage, which, we
are glad to see, is again recommended by the
Home Missionary Society, they cannot they
say indorse measure of purely political
character in an ecclesiastical assembly; and as
to the transfer of the political control of our
country to the hands of the colored people,
they cannot consent to it. Northern and
Southern Baptists, it will be seen, 90 not yet
agree in the treatment of the negro still, the
resumption of official relations, which has
this year been effected for the first time after
separation of more than 20 years, will, we
hope, bear good fruit. The men who, after
long opposition, have learned to accept Slavery
as dead, will not forever protest against recOg-
nzing the full manhood and the political
rights of the negro.
New-York tribune., 1868-05-29
The Democracy of Michigan are luminous

The Democracy of Michigan are luminous
party. They propose, in their recent State
platform, to straddIe all the political questions
now before the country. We have seen some
riders so sl1illful that they would ride two
horses, each going in opposite directions, but
we never knew one to ride both very long.
The Wolverines propose both to ......
Maintain the national faith inyiolate, and TO
tax the Government bonds.
Pay the Public Debt honOrably, and to pay
the Public Debt in greenbacks.
Do equal justice to all men, irrespective OF
color OF race, and to keep this white mans
government.
One is a Democratic horse, the other a Re-
publican. They are going in opposite diree-
tions. 1t does not require prophet to tell
where the Michigan Democrats will land If
they try to ride both.
New-York tribune., 1868-05-29

over $50 pure blooded horses in training and
the larger number of these horses will appe.,
at Jerome Park next month. The America
Jockey Club deserve credit for their attemn,
to abolish the Objectionable system Of pool.
selling. and their endeavor merits the support
of every true lover of the turf. That the ola
system fostered abuses alike dishonorabIe n
the buyers and to those concerned in the seu
ing of the pools, has long been known to ne,.
sons thoroughly conversant with racing. Tho
Club have set an example which should he
followed by associations in other cities. Rn,
the spirit of reform has not gone so far as wa
should wish. In view of the fatal accident AZ
Jerome Park last year. we regret to learn that
hurdle-racing is still thought necessary 70
attract the public. We cannot but regard thin
as mistake. The sport is too dangerous
Beyond the owners of horses attending thu
races, we believe the sentiment of the peoule
is almost unanimously against it, We need
hardly say the life of one human being ia
worth more than the whole racing season.
New-York tribune., 1868-05-29
HOTV TT CaME npuU1.

The Memphis Public Ledger lately contained
the following
uoRRBLE-The Montgomery Mail brings again to light
tho following atrocous editorial published In THE NEW
YORK TRIBUNE In 1865:
"whatever OF power and vitality there Is In the Amer
ican derived, not from its ADgoSaxOn progeni
tors but from all the different natonalties which TO
make up this people All that Is needed to make the
element which Providence has placed by side this
continent OF all the rich treasures OF blood vOuchsafed
the most Unlike any other that enters into the compost
tion OF our national Be, l&c &C. &c, through nearly
column
Two persons on this wide earth have writ
ten us to inquire-asi if in sober earnest-whether
the above extract ercr did appear as editorial
in THE TRIBUNE. Mournfully conscious that
the fools are not all dead yet, by several we
do not rest content with merely branding the
above as shameless forgery-we will en-
deayor to show what it was made of.
In the Winter of 1864, if we rightly recol-
lect couple of young Copperheads of this
City fancied a good thing might be made,
peeuniarily and politically, out of getting up a
pamphlet purportng to be written by some
one not a Copperhead but an Abolition
ist, gravely advocating the amalgama-
ton of the White and Black races in this
country. The title they gave to their bantling
was MScegenatOn. OF course they Oyerdid
the job so that any intelligent reader must
have seen the donkey-ears protruding from
under the lion-skin but there are readers
who could not see through ten-foot ladder,
and they may possibly have duped some of
these. The Copperhead journals, of course, saw
through the trick but they thought it "A good
"enough Morgan till after election" and made
the most of it, We believe none of them then
had the effrontery to charge this pamphlet, or
any portion of its contents, to The TRIBUNE;
but they boldly charged it upon the Repub-
lcans, even when they knew better.
The Election of 1864 being over dnd McClel-
Ian and Pendeton defeated, they let the cat
1" out Of the bag" and had hearty laugh all
round at the animals size and agility.
The Horrible matter paraded by The
Montgomery Mail and The Memphis Ledger, and
charged by them to THE TRIBUNE, is an ex-
tract, we are confident, from that Copperhead
electioneering pamphlet.
New-York tribune., 1868-05-29

President salnave, in being conquered by a
rnbelIion only shares a very common fate OF the
prosidcnts in Central and South America; but
IN his bTutal threat to burn the capital to the
ground if beaten, he has fortunately iew
emals. What we knew of the antecedents OF
Salnave led us to regret his accession to the
Presidency in consequence of successful
rebellion from what we have learned about
him since, we are still more glad at the pros
meets of his speedy removal