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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-29

The Annual Festival of the Wilson Indus-
trial school VIII be hcld AZ No. 1877 Ave A. connencn
at II O'Clock to-day. The Rev. j. O. Murray d. ID and
the Rev. T. H. Booth d. D. expected to address the
children After Che exercises the usual Christmas l1;ts
Will De- distributed o."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-29
THE SUICIDE OF MRS. DICKENS.

Concerning tho suicide of Mrs. Dickens n
Mr. Augustus Dickens s s living IN England. and has
boon supported by Charles Dickens ever snae ner ns
Whose apoaasa N luu uQepaend"
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-29
EXCITEMENT At CoNFEDEBATE x ROADS.

JOE BIGLBR REDUCES ANDREW JOHNsoE'S THE
DRIES TO PRACrICE-DEACOE BASCOM'S
BLANK ASTONISHMEET-A CLINCH, FIGHT,
AND TUMBf E--TIIE REV. PETROLEUM "
NAsBYS IMPROVEMENT UPON a. JonNSON's
PLAN.
The I0iedO Blade is responsible for the fol-
lowing vivid description OF the reading, At Confederate
Cross Roads, 0f Mr. A. JOhnsons recent dslustion upon
tho natjouaI finances.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22
RgEETORfC IIVNBTG.

Among the many utterly worthless
books which are continually swarming
from the press, those which profess to
teach the art Of composition-the
textbooks of Rhetoric-arc the most
hopo!cssly useless. Their rules are
for the most part, arbitrary their So
called principles exist but in the minds
of their authors, and all that is really
useful in them might be summed up in
the simple rule, "Fir5t have an idea,
and then express it as clearly as posi-
! ble."
Style can never be taught,-it must
be self-acquired. An amusing cvi-
dence of the futility of the attempt to
reduce correctness ofstyle to an exact
science, is seen in the replies with
which a writer, wLo attacks the purity
of another's style, is sure to be met.
Dean Afford writes a volume to show
how inplcgant and incorrect various
authors are in their use of language ;
wheveupon Mr.. Moon Immediately re-
torts by pointing out theliterary errors
Of the Dean, while still another critic
charges Mr.. Moon with similar often
ces, and triumphantly proves him
guilty.
1t is not too much to say, that there
is no such science as Rhetoric, and
that he who pins his faith to the text
books wastes the time spent in their
study quite as much as those who
write them. In writing one is sup
posed to be possessed of some idea
which he wishes to express in words.
His aim should be to express this idea
in the fewest words which will serve
the purpose. If the idea is true, or
beautiful, it will appear to best advan-
tage when it is easiest seen.
Whenever the reader is forced to ask
what meaning is concealed under a
thick shower of sparkling words, or
is required to follow the scent of an
idea through a long paragraph, among
tangled vines ofuseless ropes orthrough
thick growths of impertinent verbiage
before he can reach the authors mean
ing, he needs no rule of Rhetoric to
tell him that the writer's style is Who'll
ly bad. Clcarness is the first, last,
and only element of a good style.
1t includes all other desirable quail
ties.
The more appropriately and exactly
the words convey the authors mean
ing, the more nearly is excellence and
beauty ofstylc attained. If the idea
is beautiful, the clearest, or-what is
the same thing-the most appropriate
language will show it in all its beau
ty; while on the other hand, poor
or false idea can never be made attrac-
tive by any of the rules of which
Rhetoric can boast. No trickery of
trinkets can make an ugly woman
beautiful, and no witchery of words can
transform dullncss or insipidity into
grace and brilliancv.-Ctisen.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22
,rR. WELLS REPORT.

The Hon. David A. Wells, Com
missioner of Revenue, in his report
just published, states that the sum of
sl30,O00,00O per annum in gold may
be regarded as the constant" quanti-
ty required to pay the interest on our
National Debt. In this there is no
room for retrenchmcnt, except by pay
ing off the principal, or by reducing
the rate Of interest at which it can be
borrowed. The ordinary expenses of
Government, exclusive OF the above,
for the year ending June 80, 1867,
were S191 ,564,677, being S5,3l per
capita while the same expenses for
the last year preceding the war were
$62,537 900, OF only So, 3,32 per capita.
MIR. Wells assumes that we ought to
pay S50,0O0,O00 per annum on ac-
count Of the principal of the National
Debt. The custom Revenue for the
past 30 months has averaged a rate of
Sl7O,000,000 per annum, and cannot
probably fall below $150,000,O00. Al
though Mr. Wells regards the tariff as
prohibitory on some articles formerly
of extensive importation (the internal
revenue taxes are equally prohibitory
of articles formerly extensively man
utactured), yet he thinks no system of
taxation has been devised which op-
crates 50 equally and certainly as the
tariff. No doubt exists, therefore,
that our tariff will always pay our
gold interest, with a considerable sur
plus.
Having required $lSo,0Oo,O00 as a
Constant" Of revenue, for the pay
ment of the annual interest, and S50,-
100000 of the principal of the Ma
tional Debt, retrenchment, if at all,
must be made in the ordinary expenses
Of the Government, which last year
exceeded s19l, 100000. Mr.. Wells
does not claim they can be made as
low as before the war, but denies that
that they need be 206 per cent great
er. He urges the reduction of the
Navy to a mere "policc of the seas"
of the, Army to the minimum, with no
new ordinance or Notifications, no new
public works, no payment of damages
sustained in consequence Of the rebel
lion, rigid economy, and the tewest
employees in the Departments, no
purchase of foreign territory, or trea-
ties diminishing our revenue. These
means, he thinks, would reduce the
S190,000,000 of last yearto $4,000,
600. This would unable us to remove
nearly the whole burden from our
cotton, woolen, carpets, iron, steel,
machinery, hats, leather, and similar
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22
THE WEARING OF MOURNING.

1t is not a custom Of our people TO
symbolic their feelings by change
Of fdress, with this solitary exception.
If man become bankrupt, or has his
house burned down, or loses heavily
in commercial operations or has son
in disgrace Or a child misled by evil
company, Or any other greivous ex-
perience, he does not change his garb.
The one solitary and exceptional case
is bereavement But there is in do
me5tic sorrow delicacy, or ought to
be, which should shrink from an os-
tentatiousness such as mourning APP
parel cannot fail to have. No one has
a right so to express his sorrows as to
introduce them upon every eve wher-
ever he goes.
Custom has long justified it, other
wise it would be esteemed an indeli-
cacy for one to be walking adver-
tisement Of ones own private griefs.
But, even if one were permi tied to an
nounce this one side ofdomestic afllic-
ton by change of garb, the question
still remains, whether expression
should be given to the weakness OF
neutral feeling, or the triumphs of
Christian faith, Whether we should
symbolic the darkness Of the grave as
unenlightened nature shows it or the
grave made luminous by the triumph
of our Saviour and the glorics Of
immortality beyond it? We may be
sure that there is something wrong in
a Christian community where death is
surrounded by associations of terror,
where the young are reared to horror
of the sepulchre, where present griet
rises up like dark cloud, and shuts
out the heaven, wherein sermon,
services, conversation and dress
everything conspires to shroud death
and the grave in darkness. Has sor-
row a right to be selfish? May it
bear false witness against immortality
Has christian under bereavement a
right to declare by his conduct: There
is no light in the grave, none beyond
it, and no comfort for the bercaved
but only black, black, black sorrow :?
| never meet one mutiled in black
without certain horror The smell of
Grape to me is like the smell of a char
mel housel
Did it ever occur to mourners to
ask, what, if those for whom | grieve
were to speak to me out of their bis
ful rest in heaven, would be their
choice-that | should he shrouded
like one who mourns but with Chris
tian hopc?-H w. Beccher,
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22
Selrtt Ara!linN.
THE ROAD To uORGASTOWN.

The following scene is said to have
actually occurred, in the carly settle
ment of this country, somewhere onthe
headwaters of Dunkard creek, near the
line between Monongalia and Greene
counties. 1t illustrates some peculi-
arities in the character Of the early set
tiers, and is not a bad example of the
manner in which roads are described
by many people even at the present
day. We publish part of the story
by request:
Sranger.-"My friend, can YOU tell
me the road to Morgantown ?"
Robin DQrah.-(Throwing d down
an armful of chips which he was car
rying from the yard.) BY the grace Of
God | can, as well as any man in the
county, for I've been there myself.
You came past old Joel Tuttlc's, didn't
you? with his lip sticL>in' out like
vour foot-the AMBER runnin' off his
lip sufficientto swim ducks-He chaws
tobacco, sir.
.Sranger.-I care nothing about him
I've "come past" there. | wish to get
on to Morgantown.
Darah-Well you'll take up the
hill past could blink-eyed Baldwin's, -
all the blacksmith we have in this
country-the cusscdest iron roaster
YOU ever saw in the day of your life.
He will burn up forty plow-shares a
year if you'll take EN- to him. A few
days ago, Jake-dang his name-and
Bets-ding her tail--Q can't think
of either of their names) was runnin' oil
to get married over in Pennsylvania,
and they stopt at old "Blind-Eyed
Baldwin's" to git their HOSES shod ;
and he put his iron in the fire, and
blow'd. and the devil a shoe he made,
and whether they got married or not
I'm not able to tell you. He's got a
little old stewed up woman fura wife
about as big as your fist-about so
Highland she keeps all the whole
country in an uproar with her lies,
running from house to house tattling,
and she's got her name up, so that Its
Matte Baldwin here, and Matte
Baldwin's in everybody's mouth, and
there's not lawsuit in the county
but what she's summoned as a witness
fur somebody, and whether she swears
lies or not Pm not able to tell We, but
/ believe she swears lies. You'll take
down the hill from there to Dave
Chews, that married old Aaron Eos.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22
5 other public lands, which was pass


ed.
Mr., Eggleston, of Ohio, offered a
resolution, which was referred, direct
ing the Committee Of Ways and
Means to inquire into the expediency
of selling to the highest bidder the
exclusive privilege to manufacture
distilled spirits in the United States
and territories for the term of ten
years for the sum of seventy-fve mill
ions of dollars per annum,
The House then debated for the
rest of the day the supplemental re-
construction bill, but came to no vote.
There was some excitement and Il
good deal of curiosity this morning to
know what would bo the upshot ofthe
Stanton imbroglio. There had been
all sorts of rumors as to what Stanton
would do, and what the President
wonld do, and there were vague init
nations that one or the other Of these
distinguished individuals would do
something desperate, but nothing Of
the kind has yet transpired. The
keys of the Secretary's private room
in the War Department were handed
to Mr.. Stanton at ten o'clock, and he
took quiet possession, remaining there
until 4 p. NJ, his usual hour for clos
ing his days labor, drawing pay in
the meantime to the amount of nearly
$4,000 for the time during which he
has been suspended. He was visited
By General Grant ut II o'clock, who
remained in conference with him for
nearly an hour. He had interviews
with other parties during the day, and
in the afternoon issued an order to the
employees of the department inform
ing them that he was again at the
head ofatlairs.
General Grant, by request of The
President, attended Cabinet meeting
to-day. Mr.. Stanton was not present
and probably will not be present at
any future meeting, as the president
has more than once expressed his de-
termination to this effect. A petition
was circulated iu the House of Repre-
sentatives to-day and signed by every
Republican member asking Stanton TO
remain in the War Office, and not to
resign, as it had been intimated he in
tended to do Immediately after his
reinstatement.
The first notice the President had,
however, of such change Of purpose,
was upon receipt oftho following note
from Grant to day, at about eleven
thirty A. NJ;
HEApQUAHrEEs ARMY /. s.,
January lith, 1868.
Ills Erccl'cncy, 4. johnson. Prcst U.s.,
SlR:-I have the honor tc
enclose herewith Il copy Of an official
notice received by me last evening Of
the action Of the Scuate Of the u. S.
in the case of the suspension Of the
Hon. +. NJ. Stanton, Secretary Of War.
According to the provisions Of section
two of an act regulating the tenure Of
ofcivil officers, my functions as Secre-
tary of War odiWerim ceased from the
moment ofthe receipt Of the within
notice. | have the honor to be, very
respectfully.
Your obcdient servant.
u. S, GRANT, General.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22

A FAsHIoSABLEyoungladyin in Con
necticut, had heard that the French
ladies deem it better for the complex
ion to wipe the face with woolen
cloth than to wash it in water. Start
ing late for an evening meeting, in her
hurry, she brisllly rubbed her fair
visage with the flaps of coat hang
ing in the hall. It's owner, untortu-
nately, had worn it that day while
cleaning out a stove, and she swept
bewitchingly into church, her face as
black as ebony.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22

STUyK TO DEATH.-Petroleum v.
Nasty, in recent letter, gives the life
and death Of the Democracy as FOL-
lows:
ooh, how troo is it. We served
sin faithfully, and where are we? We
went to war for slavery and slavery is
dead. We fit for confetleracy,
and the confederacy is dead. We it
for State Rites, and State Rites arc
dead. And Democracy tied herselfto
all those corpses, and they have stunk
her to death"
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22

saw the young bride, in her beauty and pride,
Bedecked in her snowy array,
And the bright flush of joy mantled high on her
cheek,
And the future looked blooming and gay.
And with womans devotion she laid her fond
heart,
At the shrine of idOlatrOus love,
And she anchored her hopes to this pershing
earth
BY the chains which her tenderness wovc.
But saw when those hear-strings were bleed
ing and torn,
And the chain had been severed in two,
She had changed her white robes for the
sables Of grief,
And her bloom for the palencss of woe.
Bnt the Healer was there-pouring balm on hcr
heart
And wiping the tears from her eyes
He strengthened the chain He had broken In
twain,
And th.tened il firm to the skies,
There had whispered voice, twas the voice
OF her God,
81 love thee love thee--pass under the
rod"
saw young mother in tenderness bend
Ger the couch of her slumbering boy,
And she kissed the soN lips as they murmured
her name,
While the dreamerlay smiling in joy.
o sweet as the rosebud encircled with dew,
When its fragrance is flung on the air,
SO fresh and SO bright TO that mother he
seemed,
As he lay in his innocence there,
But saw, when she gazed on the same lonely
form.
Pale as marble, and silent--and cold
But paler and colder her beautiful boy,
And the tale Of her sorrow was told.
But the Healer was there who had stricken her
heart
And taken her treasure away
To allure her to Heaven lie placed it on high,
And the mourner will swcety obey.
There had whispered voice, twas the voice
OF her God,
81 love thee love thcc-pass under the
rod"
saws father and mother who leaned
On the arms OF their dear gifted sen,
And the star in the future grew brigh. to their
gaze,
As they saw the proud place he had Won,
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22

GIN. HANCOCK undertook to make
color the test of fitness by ordering
colored men out of the jury box.
Since then Judge Howe, in New Or
leans, has been compelled to dismiss a
white jury because they did not "pos-
sess the requisite intelligence" The
test of the judge-intelligence-is the
only true one for both iurymen and
voters. Gen. Hancock simply made
himself ridiculous.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22

The Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins, Pro-
tes,snt Episcopal Bishop of Vermont, died at
the Episcopal residence at Rock Point on
the 10th inst Bishop Hopkins was of Eng
Ilsh extraction. but was born in Dublin, jan
uary 30. I7a2. SO a, The time Of hi. death he
was rs yesrs old.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22

THE Cheyenne Argus Of the 30th
ult., has the following, which would
have soundcd somewhat oddlya dozen
years ago: The regular train will wait
a half hour this morning for the China
and Japan mail. Fit docs not arrive
then a special train will carry it
through.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22

TIE unrecognized bodies of the victims Of
the railroad disaster at Angola, seventeen in
all, were buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery,
Buffalo, in separate graYes. 1t is Intended to
erect a monument.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22

Except the stamp tax, no taxes are
paid so readily, or with so little cvas-
ion, as the license tax. The Commits
sioner denounces the present systam
Of distributing the revenue Offices to
reward political services as a most ex-
pcnsivc and Improbable one for the
taxpayers, and recommends instead
that they be appointed only after an
examination by civil service board
of examiners, 10 consist Of five officers
of the Treasurers Department. TO
such board should not only be refer
red the questions ofappoiptments and
removals, but of rules and modes Of
collecting revenue, and changes in the
revenue laws. BY this means our rev.
enue system, which ought to be hexi-
bic, and not rigid, would at the same
time be consistent and systematic.
The suggestions made by the report
are the result of long and familiar ac-
quaintance with the details Of our rev.
cnuc, and give evidence of great clear
ness and impartiality in the investiga-
ton of the subject.-Tribune.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22
Terms OF Publication.

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The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22
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The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22

SUUNYW-UOJU-IaY ST.
Hrs. Durah-Robin the gentleman
don't know no more about the road
now than if you hadn't said q word.
DWrah-Hold you tongue, old wo-
man by the grace of God he can't
miss the way, and l know he recol-
lects it, for he said good morning
and said good morning and so we
parted.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-22
9ortru.
pass UNDER TIE ROD.

] saw the young bride, in her beauty and pride,
Bedecked in her snowy array,
And the bright flush of joy mantled high on her
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-08
AUCTEON SALES
MTOUNT VERNON COTTON FACTORY,
IEH FOR SALE

Under authority Of decd of trust from Abb
jah Thomas and wife to me; dated 22d Of Janu-
sale, by auction, to the highest bidder, on SA-
TUkDAY, the 9Th day Of November. 1868, at
LOT OF GROUND, with the BUILDINGS
and improvements thereon, in the city of Alex
andria, situated on the east side of Washington
street, and south side Of Pendleton street, at
their intersection, bounded on, the east by W.
g. Yestons ground, and on the south by the
grounS of Mrs l.. l.. Turner, on which standst the
Mount Vernon Cotton Factory buildings &C.,
together with all the engines, boilers fixtures,
machinery, apparatus and personal property
TERMS-One-fourth of the purchase.mon
in hand on the day of sale, and the residue in
6, IL, Is and "a months, equal instalments. from
that day, bearing interest payable half-yearly,
and secured by deed of trust upon the property
to my satisfaction, and the buildings and con-
tents, to be insured and kept insured for such
amount, as may direct at the expense Of the
purchaser, and the policies transferred to me, as
additional security. Z. JOHNSTON,
oct 2-eotd g." Trustee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-08
By Green a. Wise.

theAl EState hGctlOneeTS.j
COMMISSIONERS SALE.-By virtue Of q
y decree Of the Circuit Court Of the county of
Alexandria, rendered at its December term,
1853. in tho suit Of S. Bevan s. Co. VS.: Charles
B. Swami ct Tx, in chancery, thu undersigned
offers Tor sale, at public auction, on SATUk-
DAY. the 3lst day of October, 1868, at II o..
clock m, in front of the Mayors office, LOT
OF GROUND, south Of and binding on the old
lactoro road, in Alexandria county, containing
TWENTY ACRES and one porch, and ad-
joining the lands Of John J. Lloyd on the south,
and Graves on the west. Also, another LOT
OF GROUND, north Of and binding on the ola
factory road, in same county, containing L w EN-
TY ACRES, and adjoining the lands Of Sher-
wood on the west and 4. W. T. Swami on the
east, running back to -Four Mile Creek.
TEKMS-One.tenth Of the purchase. money .inaa
equal payments at 6, II and IS months from
the day OF sale, with interest; the deferred pay
ment8 to be secured by the bonds of the pur-
chaser, with personal security, and q retention
or the title. Stamps and costs Of conVoyancIng
at The expense ofthe purchaser. .
GEORGE w. BRENT,
oct It'd Comnlr. Of Sale.