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pie of your manhood, your freedom and
self-respect, and submit yourselves soul
and body to be used by these unprinci-
pied demagogues to aid them in carry
ing ont their selfish and corrupt purpo-
ses Tho inquiry may arise as to the
cause of this great excitement in
the country, aud what especial interests
of the people are in danger, that would
Justify our Radical rulers in getting up
the present alarming and dangerous
state of affairs. The answer, and the
only answer, is, the party, or shotild
have said, the leaders of the party now
in power, at the risk of the peace of the
country. at the risk of war, at the
risk of involving the nation in one of
the blOodiest civil strifes the world ever
witnessed, are resolved and determined
that the negro shall be placed upon an
equality with the whites, socially aad
politically. r..
Your Representatives call upon you,
men of Marshall, to shoulder your mus
kets and force this negro equality upon
the people at the point of the bayonet.
You will, am sure, at the next cleo
tion, condemn these men and turn them
Oub VI OihSCJ hbu pun III bhOli
places who will legislate for the white
race, aud make laws that will secure
peace and happiness to oil classes of the
people The great heart of the nation
is at this moment throbbiDg with in-
tense excitement. The. people every
where are giving attention to the pres
ent imminent peril that the country is
placed in, and now that they are
aroused and made sensible of the
danger that threatens them, there
is hope for better future. The
masses cannot be led astray when they
properly understand what is their duty
in emergencies like the present.
In conclusion, should like to know
who gave our Representatives author
ity to say that the people of Marshall
were ready to take sides with Congress
in the war that is row being waged
against the President? They have had
no instructions to that effect, and yet
they take it upon themselves to hand
over the people to Congress like sheep
in the market, to be, led forth to be
slaughtered and offered up as sacri-
fetal offering upon the altar they have
erected in honor Of Ethiopia, at whose
shrine the Anglo Saxon must bow and
worship and give homage TO the black
deity. ,.ss &io6MARSHALL.
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How the Peoples Money IL squnn


The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial (Republican),
thus exposes the manner in which the
peoples money is squandered upon
prints, whose columns are lent to the
use of the Radicals for electioneering
purposes: rge ~frrstr
"The Chronicle, every day for week
past, has contained 10 or II columns, of
post-route advertising, for which For
ney hopes to receive regular rates.
Does anybody ever see these advertise
ments outside of the District If not
why pay immense sums for them I Why
doesn't Mr.. Washburne, who aspires to
be the great retrencher, call the atten-
tion of the House to this subject Is 1t
because Forney's two papers (both dai-
Jy,) are for Grant as Presidential can
didate. He spends all his time picking
five cent pieces ont of appropriation
bills, but here is q chance for real and
needed retrenchment which be entirely
overlooks. The whole system of gov
eminent advertising needs revision.
AS it stands, it is meaningless expense
of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The newspapers selected for the "pat-
ronage" are, those which nobody ever
reads. Fifty per cent. of this amount
annually paid for this purpose could be
saved, besides the real benefit of adver-
tising be attained by pursuing the true
policy, which would be to advertise in
q few newspapers of the largest circula-
ton, at the regular rates. But at any
rate this Forney business ought to be
looked into. If the people are to be
taxed to support "both dailies," they
ought to know it. But they don't get
their moneys worth in the eleemosyna-
ry journal now printed under the title
of the Chronicle.
Here is another specimen furnished
by the Washington correspondent ofthe
New York Tribune:
The following advertisement from to-
days Chronicle shows how the govern
ment is swindled in the matter OF adver-
tisipg: .L-n r.E.-.t ~ .1~ti.- i-'-
"DEPoT QUARTERMAsTER'sG OFFICE
SANrANToNIo, TEXAS, Jan. 2S, 1868. F,
SALE OF HoRsEs.-Will be sold at
public auction, at the Alamo yard in
this city, on Thursday, the 18th of Feb
ruary, commencing at II o'clock A. NJ,
six cavalry horses, condemned as unfit
for public service. Delivery imme-
diately after sale. Terms cash in govern
ment funds. j. c. c. LEE.
Bvt. Lieutenant Col, and A. Q. NJ. U. S.
Army.
February i3."
This advertisement of six government
horses for sale at San Antonio Texas, on
the 13 inst. appeared in the Chronicle,
published at Washington, 20OO miles
distant, on the day of the auction.
While Forney, is thus robbing the
government in his advertising columns,
by the connivauce of the "divine" Stan
ton, ne isdenouncing Democrats rs "cOp-
perheads," TRAITORS" &C., in his editor
Ial space.
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MoUNDSvILLE, MARSHAL Co., WA, I
February Goth, 1868 !
Editor Of the Register:
| see by the proceedings of the Leg
stature that the services of the State OF
West Virginia have been rendered to
Congress for the purpose of aiding that
revolutionary rump to subvert and de-
stroy our present form Unconstitutional
government. The Legislature, COM
posed of such as cdrpet-sack Ferguson
and pOrk FarnswOTth, take the liberty
and aud assume the power to put the
,cople of our noble little State upon
the war path, and thereby bring about a
war of determination here in our midst,
where we now have peace and quiet
ness, and to considerable extent
friendly relations between those
differing ia politics. These bad
men must know that a war Of
this kind would only end in one
grand carnival of blood, and that all
ages, sexes and conditions, would fall
victims to its mad fury, and yet they
are willing that it should 60 on. The
dispute and difficulty between the Presi-
dent and Congress, the President pro-
poses to have settled by the United
States Court. The radical Congress,
refuses and spurns this peaceable mode
of adjustment, and are pushing their ex-
treme measures to such an extent, as
will, in all human probability, involve
the nation in q war such rs have de-
scrlbed. All good men every where
now desire peace and tranquility, an
the country, but lawful and peaceable
adjustment of this matter in dispute,
dees not suit those brave and ehival-
rous knights, who constitute, the pres
ent Legislature. They must let slip
the dogs of war, and issue their edicts
and commands, requiring the people to
30 TO work and butcher each other.
They could Just as easily have
passed a resolution instructing our Sen
atorS and Representatives in Congress
10 use their influence and votes In
tayor of a peaceable settlement OF
Tins question, as the war-like one they
ana pass, but / presume their natural
instincts are belligerent, fierce and i'm
PetuOus, aud this will account for the
hostile attitude that they now occupy
towards the President and all others
who are not in favor of their present
doings. The Radical party have
brought this whole trouble upon the
people. A President and Congress of
their own selection are now contending
one against the other, and the baleful
influence of the strife is now being felt
from Maine TO California, and may yet
overthrow and destroy the very foun-
dation of this once prosperous and hap
py country.
Fellow-citizens of Marshall, what
think you of the difficulty that Con-
gress and your Legislature have placed
you inf If the demagogues who rule
IN the Legislature of your State and
country are suffered tO.go on in theil
mad, revolutionary career, what will be
The RESULT You will be required) q:
they have indicated) to leave your com
Portable homes and all their endearine
associations, aud 60 forth to meet those
who are now our friends, in deadly strife
and this to crafty the hellish hate and
ever craving political ambition of these
men. Will you submit to this 7 Art
Sou ready to compromise every prinei
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o.o,h OF nm Old Citizen

1o,lS GALLAWER, Esq, died ut his res
;,.rce in Mouudsville, on Sunday
morning, the 5th inst, in the 75th year
This age. Mr.. GALLAHER was former
i. promiueut merchant of this city,
ard was we'll known and highly respec-
,ea nv his business contemporaries. His
,snntation for honor and integrity was
ooe Of the highest order, and there are
many now in this community whose
n.st intercourse with him enables them
= testify TO the answering correctness
of his character.
Socially he was highly esteemed: as
. father he was kind and indulgent, and
AZ friend and Il neighbor he secured
,b, regard of all who shared his inti-
MAZE acquaintance. We tender bis
family our deep sympathy in this, the
bour of their severe afflictiOn.
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at the performance of the Grand
Duchesse" in New York the other even
ing the prima donna received many
boquetical expressions of approval, and
one young man bestowed shower OF
oranges and apples, and ended the dis
play with stuffed rabbit. This I'M
usual mark of approval brought the ap-
proven to the estatlon-house.
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In that part of Northern Maine known
as Madawaska, it is said that all debts
are paid in shingles and buckwheat
Cakes of the latter article are served at
taverns in that section, some of which
have been found to measure two feet in
diameter. s~i -...ss-
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tbs positively ascertained that those
people who 60 out of concert rooms and
theatres before the performances end,
live at cheap boarding houses, where
the doors are locked at an early hour OF
the night. Most of them are sorry to
disturb the audience, but they dare not
remain after hours. so
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Agassiz repudiated the prediction as
cribed to him last fall, thatwe would
have thirty.six snew storms this winter.
Had he kept silent, he could have add
ed the dignity of weather prophet to
his other titular laurels.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-03-10

The South American opal is affected
by the atmosphere of the body and by
electricity. 1t is a fact that it will
change its color, growing paler or more
brilliant according as the wearer is ex-
cited or depressed, and this it what has
given rise to the superstition connected
with these beautiful gems.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-03-10

Mrs. Stowe, in her new book, says
that her brother, Henry Ward Beeeher,
was turned out of school when he was
eleven years old, because he was an IN
vcterate joker and an Indifferent
scholar. ....
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We find tie following very tough
storyiti an exchange. We believe it of
course: 'r.'
At Wilson'S skating park. near the
Riverside House, Springfield, Michigan,
"Silas," negro, bet that he could
skate three times around the bay on his
head A large skate made of iron for
the express occasion, was strapped on
his top knot, and by the assistance of
two umpires they placed him upon his
head, each one holding his pedal ex-
tremitiss. By movement of the head and
the muscles of the neck, he propelled
around the bay three times in just nine
minutes, but on the home stretch his
guides landed him in an air-hole in the
ice and he went down four feet in the
river. Hewas Immediately rescued, and
no damage done. D.n ..
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Greenwood Cemetery,

Greenwood Cemetery,
SITUATED ON THE NATIONAL
y ROAD, three miles East of the city, is now
ready for Interments, sale and Improvement Of
lots. 1t contains 81 acres of land, and is laid
out in the most modern andimproved style--can
be easily reached at all seasons by the National
Road and for three-fourths of the year by the
Hempfeld Railroad. II is perfectly secure, and
intended to be beautiGed by every variety OF
trees, shrubbery, public vault, chapel, artificial
lake, fountains, &C., to make it equal to the best
Rural Cemeteries in the country. Ample pro-
vision is also made for its enlargement, order
and care in perpetuity. .....,rg
Persons desirous Of purchasing lots can exam.
ne the grovnd with the Superintendent, who
has plat, or secure them by calling at the office
Of the Secretary, ON Main street, over the Bank
of Wheeling.
Persons wishing TO make interments viii call
on the Secretary 10 obtain permits therefor.
Tickets Of admission to lot boldsrs and visit
tors will be issued by the Secretary.
A. j. SWEENEY, Pres't.
r. G. BoNHAN, Sec'y.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS .---
A. j. Sweeney, John A. Armstrong,
J. s. Rhodes George AdamS,
John G. Mutb, r. G. Jordan,
Geo. Mendel, {. A. Hildreth,
Joseph Bel. angst
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SOLICITORS In CmANCERY.

Office, n Main street, over tho Bank Of wheel
ing, Wheeling, w. Va Practice In the State
and Federal Courts in West Virginia, and IN the
y. s. Supreme Court at Washington.
II Particular attention giveR 20 the e0llee-
tiOn and securing Of claims-aBd fie money al
ways remittsd By the TIRsT NAL after IL receipt
sep6.Iy
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Holm TEECE.

MALsTER AND HOP DEALER,
u1 Water Street, Centre Wheeling, West
Virginia. Highest cash price paid lor Barley
aug30 ly
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.AAEs PAUL
LAMB.
ANTEL LAME. JASEs }
LAMB 6 PAUL.,

A AT LAW, WHkKL-
courts Of Ohio Comfy and adjoining Counties
Office on East side Of Fourth Street, near the
Court House. OctI0
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LFRED CALDWELL GRo. n. CAJDwF
Alfred Caldwell & Son,

SUCCESSORS TO ALFRED CALDWELL,
- 10 Caldwell & Flesher, and 10 Caldwell 4
Boyd-running through \ period Of D years
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Letters from the People
FROM MARSHALL COUNTY

MouNDsvILLE, MARSHAL Co., w. VA, !.
February Goth, 1868
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-10

THE Courier of Tuesday and Wed
nesday last contained long articles
entitled Political Issues of, the
Day Reviewed by a Conserva-
tive Republican" The writer evil
IDENTIFY occupies a Democratic-stand-
point, and has for several years past.
He forgets, or never knew, some
of the plainest political facts. in the
history of reconstruction. We give
one sample of the blunders which he
repeatedly makes. He says:
Why was not restoration accom-
plished under the good old COnstitu-
ton our fathers made? There is
ample reason to believe that the de
the Southern States caused the
Thirty ninth Congress to reject all
former plans of restoration under
the Constitution, and to propose an
amendment to that great work Of our
revolutionary fathers, by which
suffrage would be conferred on the
negro.
Ii is we'll known to every man who
has taken any pains to inform him
self, that the Thirty ninth Congress
never rejected any former plans of
restoration" The rejecting" was
all done by the rebel States, at the in
stigation of Mr.. JOHNSON. Two or
three propositions were submitted to
them which, had they been accepted,
would have given them admission to
Congress, aoithOM negro suffrage. But
these propositions were rejected by
the rebels, encouraged as they were
to do so, by the President and the
Democratic party of the Northern
States It was only when the a!terna-
tive was forced upon Congress to en-
franchise the blacks or surrender to
the demands of the rebel politicians
of the South, that the former was
preferred, Loyal men think Congress
acted wisely. The so-called Con-
servative Republican of the Courier
thinks differently. He has a legiti-.
mate right to think as he pleases, but
no right to misstate facts to sustain
the bad position that he has assumed.
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Hanclch.

The Pendletonians don't take kind
~ TO HANCOCK. The Washington
correspondent Of the Enquirer
whose sentiments on the subject are
endorsed editorially by the Enquirer
-telegraphs specially as follows:
THE statement that the message
of the President In reference to Gen
eral Hancock was presented by ar
rangement with the Democratic mem
bers, Is not true. Ii was his own vol
untary act, and the Democratic mem
,ers knew nothing Of it until it was
read in Congress. 1t may be added,
that while they consider Hancock en-
titled to all praise for his official con
duct in New Orleans, they scout the
idea OF running him for President for
any such reason"
The Democracy Of this district, it
seems, didn't like to endorse Pen
DLEToN. This may be because we d s
timely announced, months ago, that
we were for him as the Democratic
candidate. It appears, also, that the
State Convection were not disposed
to swallow him When the Demo
cratic delegates meet in national con
vention, Mr.. PENDLEToN had better
watch the Indiana delegation closely.
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Tempting Offers for Yearly
Subscribers i'm the City.

A large number of city patrons of til
DAILY JOURNAL have made it their an
nual custom to subscribe for it for twelv.
months, and thereby save the annoyanc
and Inconvenience of making week
payments to the carriers. In order to il
duce a g eater number to adopt that Gu
tom, we have determined to make som
tempting offers for annual subscription IS
made during the month Of january.
We hope for the new year to make IL
DAILY JOURNAL more attractive and va
liable to city readers than ever before.
There will be employed upoa thu Ci;v
Local, and River News two Edi oral itp-
porters, who viii make complete IN
interesting chronicle of every Locat Incl
dent.
Special prominence will be given in he
Editorial Department to those subject
which affect the prosperity and general
interests of Evansville.
The Review of III wholesale markets of
the city viii be prepared, as heretofore.
witlc care and reliability.
The Teiegraphic Reports will be NOR,
complete and better arranged than II &p.
other paper in the city.
As a FAMILY NEW&P PER We will
maze the DAILY JOURNAL equal TO t3iy l.,
the country. Special attention viii De
given to the . Ladies Reading" columns.
in which VIII be found the latest fashions
select cooking receipts, choice Original
and selected poetry and literary ex'ract>
A new and Interesting story will be put
ii he'd each week.
The weekly Religious Depart M ut,
which has become one Of tie accepted and
popular features Of the JOURNAL, viii be
maintained, ind continue to embrace the
news OF the c ty Churches and genera
Intelligence abr .ad.
In all respects we are determined 10
make the DAILY JOURNAL a worthy expo
nent of the enterprise of Evansville, and
an index of the future OF cur city.
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A Question for Mr. Hendricks.

The Democracy, in their Conven-
ton at indianapolis on the 9Th, pro
esaed to be very much concerned
about the financial condition of the
country. Mr.. HENDRICKS, in his
speech, full report of which we pub
lished. had much to say about Sana-
tor MoRToN's views. 1t is pretty
generally agreed in Indiana that
it is important that Secretary
MCCULLOeH' policy Of contrac-
ton be stopped at once. A
resolution to this effect has p tssed
the Hou.e, and Senator MORTON has
made two or three attempts to have it
taken up ia the Senate, but he
has not yet accomplished his object.
We would like to know how active
Mr.. HENDRICKS has been in support
ing Senator MORTON. What has he
done to secure the passage Of
4 resolution so loudly called
for by his constituents? We have
not been able to ascertain that
he has manifested any special
anxiety % have it passed. 1t is pretty
well known that he is friend Of tn
Secretary of the Treasury Hs
frien Ish:p for him, and his Interest
as a Boudholder and National Bank
owner, N y have made him little
tardy in wing the active upp1rt
which was expected of him. Il is
hoped that h.s visit to indianapolis,
and his interview with his partisans,
fresh fromsthe people, will make him
aslittle more earnest in this matter.
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CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

Senate, Jan. 8. On motion of Morton,
the Senate took up his resolution to in
struct the Judiciary Committee. to report a
bull to abrogate the existing sta e Govern
meats in the South, ana provide Provis-
ionaI Governments instead ........ Freling
huyseu moved to amend by referring the
resolution TO the Judiciary Committee,
with authority to report such bili.............
Morton urged the necessity of such legis-
lation In view of Gen. Hsncock's course
aad o-her recent occurren ces, occupying
the attention of the Senate until the
morning hour expired erman STAT
ed hat S43, Z4474S compound interest notes
win mature during the next six months,
ard hat when all the compound interest
notes are paid our currency will be Teduc-
ID to about 500, 00000J, not much greater
nan before the war. Contraction should
De stopped.
House, Jan 9. = wilson, Of Iowa, in-
reduced a bill for protection in certain
cases to persons making disclosures as de-
lendants, or testifying as witnesses. Re
ferred 10 the Judiciary Committee-......
1.-The House proceeded to the consider
alton of the joint resolution requesting
the President to intercade with the Queen
OF Great Britain for the. release of Father
McNfahone ....-..ArnoId introduced a bill
to ameEd the Bankruptcy Ac., which was
referred TO the Judiciary Com mittee.--......
wood gave notice OF MS intention to in
:: oduce a joint resolution requesting the
President 10 interpose his Official authOri
t. TO effect the Immediate release of Col.
S. i'm Warner and w. j. Maggie, and any
other American citizens arrested in Ire
i.tnd, under the Habeas Corpus Act, and
uow ian prisoned without sufficient grounds
70 charge them with the commission of
any offense against the laws of Great
Britain.
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will also be Independent of this city,
and Mt. Vernon willssecures consider
able produce that is now sold here.
Our people will do well to keep their
eyes on these enterprises. Nothing
is more certain than that We will be
compelled to tap the Cairo Road, or
in some way secure the construction
and extension of the Bellville and
Carmi Road to this point.
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P. sEMONIr :. GEO. L.1IXO~. TT HUNT
SEM0XIN, DIXON & 60.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Jan. l. 18f
declI dIm,wIOt

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. l, 1868.
ETYE EEAyE. EEEES DAY. ASSDCE-
wv ated- ourselves toy -ther or tue pHr-
pose o; Coing a WhOIesdLe Boot and fhos
tltsineSs, IN his cry, und sC the firm name
Of SemouIu. j. xOn * Co.; also, TOR doing Il
mani fact urIng bnsiue>s in the town Of
Abb gtOn. Aiassachusetts. under the firm
name OF Hunt SemDnln u Co., CIBce a.
Ia Pearl street, Boston.
b. SE,NO%IN.
GEO. l. DIXON.
Il. J. HUNT.