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Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

The name of August Belmont,
stands at the head OF the National
Democratic Executive conmitte, a.
Chairman thereof. TO say that the
appointment of Mr.. Belmont as
chairman of that COMMITTEES was an
appointment mot it 60 be made /"
would nos fully express our disgust
At the appointment OF . man to the
Girst and controlling position on the
National Democratic COMMITTEES,
who, though Claiming 30 be q Demo
crat has no views In common or SYM
pafhies with the great mass OF the
.sarty. The fact thai Mr, Belmont,
. known Bondholder, was at the
head OF the Democratic COMMITTEES,
lost to the party many thousand
votes In the Western States and tn
fureher fac4, that ne did not vote fol
tho nominees ogthe party = sufai-
Client cause for his removal from tn
position that be now holds upon IN
COMMITTEES.
| The 81. Louis 1Ensss after reeOunt
| Ing the causes that brought Aw. Bel
saont to the position, and rcyiewlr,
lhis course during the campaign cSsl
cludes with the following remark
which we heartily endorse
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10
w easdimgs a HaRdrea
Years age

1t may be of interest 10 know how
they arranged weddings hundred
years ago An old paper has the
following description basEing upoa
this subject Married in June 100,
Mr., William DOukin, q considera-
ble farmer, of Great LaSia near
Roxbufy / in the county Of Cumber-
land, to Hiss Einora Stutten,
an agreeble geutle woman OF the
same place. The entertainment on
the occasion was very grand, there
being no less than one-hundn8d and
twenty quarters of lamb, forty foar
quarters Of veal, twenty quarters OF
mutton and great quantity Oh
beef twelve hams, with suitable
number of chickens, etc, which Was
concluded with eight hampers oil
brandy made into punch, twelve
dozen of cider, a great many gallons
OF wine and ninety bushels Of malt
made into beer. The company con-
sisted of Ave hundred ladies and
gentlemen, who concluded with the
music of twenty fiddles and plpers,
and the whole was conducted with
the utmost order and unaRimity."
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

Another Democrat has been 'aforn
from the bosom OF his family and
thrust intoa Republican bastile. -
One week ago last Monday, John
Brainard, Of Northern Ohio, was
stslt 10 the State prison for two years
having been coveted of Illegally
voting for SeynlOug. Leureaacorta
Dtslie ia.
Served him right. Every man
who votes illegally, as the editor OF
the Bilitstia did here at the Snvegn
Der election, knowing that he had
no right 10 vote here, ought to be
sent TO the penatenfiary, and should
he receive his just deserts he can
then write, Another Radical torn
from the bosom OF his family and
thrust into Republican tsastiie,
having been convicted of illegally
voting for'' Grant and colfax.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

snousand bondholders. W.
blame him for protecting his no not
anteFests and those Of his elas me- oSn
lef him recruit his own ARM o.ls
support his own troops. anu
Plainly enough to our mind -.
guy ea AE. kelssofft Is to resipn me
Lei him render to the parfv -
things that belong to The party 70, ne
cAiefess OF which IL the powar 'I 10
wage q perfectly justidable NO
against an interest which l. onnrF,s ~
Ing labor and dividing eaumnrp itis.
into two antagonistie classes -
him resign, not at some future t,ms
but aoao. The injury he has done ,,s
may not be forgotten +; but the =, -
jury he might do LIN, whether r. eau M
tempIafed or not, cannot be oyerloot
ed. In the name of q respecfahIo
portion OF the Western DemorTscU,'
therefore, we call upon him to r..
sign.' AZ
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

LONDON At MIDyIGHT.-It Is
perhaps at night, near twelve O'Clock
during the three nssnths OF winter,
that the hideous aspect OF London
pBverty IL best seen. The hum 0i
life has ceased. The shops are closed.
rhe gin palaces have thrust ouf theiE
beastiy crowd, some TO seek shelter
under the benches In the parks, 9th
ers in the inches OF the public blild~
ings, and others still In the litter OF
the markets. The only living ere4a-
lures that still haunt the streets are
the wretched magdalens. On door
steps crouch homeless children. In
the usl-heaps are burrowed the rag
pickers. And, where the main is
being mended and the gas fiaunts tia
ragged flame, a crowd of shiveFiBg
Wretches are stretched among piles
of stone and mounds of earth. In
Playhouse Yard, where the Re
fugen gives grataitolsly to each I
the first six h4ndred applicants, al
ter Bow Bells has gone ntlnigti, a
bed for re~t ard u loaf for breakfast ,
more than twice than number is as
sembIed. The blue, shoeless feet Oh
children pale infants at the breasts
nj half starved mothers; the wang
ing OF greedy men anf boys Tor
places nearest the bsrs that guarl
the door beggars nf everv race ant
every craft and calling 1.-The friend
less and pennies, the imposter and
unfortunate, the Lascar and the
Pole, seeking eleemssynary sbelteI
| aud bread with the savage craving
| of starving wolves events a
certain to come as midnight.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

PERSONAL -~ We were mach
pleased this morning to meet In cur
sanctum Mr.. E. 8. Wilkinson, editor
Of the Rocky Mountain Gazette, at
Helena, Montana. Mr.. Wilkinson
gives glowing account of the pros
perity of Montana and its mining
interests, and assures Us that tie
Gazette Is increasing In business and
popular favor. 1t Ii the only Demo-
cratic paper in Helena, Ii published
DAHL, and Weekly, and in point of
material is one OF the best offices In
the Western country.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

no. In late letter, Mark Twain
writes They have ii revolution"
In Central America every time the
moon changes. AL you have tn do
l. to get out in the street, in Panama
or Aspinwall, and give whonp and
the thing is done. Shout down with
the administration and up with some
body else, aud revolution follows.
Nine tenths M the people break Tor
home, slam the doors behind them
and get under the bed. The other
tenth go and overturn the govern
ment and I,anish the officials, from
President down to notary public
Then for the next thirty days they
inquire anxioasly ofall coniers what
sort of stir their little shiuGree
made lin Europe and America. BY
that time the next revolution Ii
ready to be touched Of, and out they
90.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

rDn6eSe Ahrahan. n was
IL tho grandson Of Noah, with .
worn of 0titAbie materials ~ hard,
fsunxled the oldest city III sase stsaksd
--Lamascus. because Of Id age Ii
has IN especial Interest fur the anti
uthkfi&p. says ones
The early history Of Damascus be
ahrnudcd III the hdary rllsfs 81 asasiq
uity. Leave the naatten Nratten OF
Ii in the fixst eleven xhap04 VI the
Odd Hes&axaeak OF. aud n6 rekUft1ed
event hsss 0eruff<I Iii tie wIscltsshz<
Damascus was In existence to receive
1t. TO back Us fllr "a you Viii into
the vague past, there afasa Always =
Damascus. In toe writings Of every
country foF more than lssslg Thousand
years tt name IaS beNn mentioned
and Its praises sung. 10 Dalrfasssas.
years are only slsiineuts; DECADES
only Hitting tribes OF time. She
measures tune not by days aiasi
usoGsns and years, but BY the EN-
pires sha has seen rise and prspeT
and crumhla 10 ruin. She b type
of Immortality. She saw the soull-
UAI10A Oh GNAlibcS sAsaA AU1bso &s@s
Els1sess; she saw them grow into
mighty cities and aHlaze the world
with their grandeur, and she has.
lived 10 se . them dessslate, deserted
aud given up Ia the owls and the
bats. She saw the IsraciIiish empire
. exalted and she saw 1t alnihiia-
ted. She saw Greece rise AMI
flourish for two thousand year.,
and die. In her old age slae saw
Rome built she Saw it osefshasitsfs
the world with its power she saw
Ii perish. The few hundreds of
years nf Gene<e and Venetian might
and splsnslur were, to grave, OIL
Damascus only scintilIafi0n hardly
worth remembering. Damascus ha.s
seen all that has occurred on earth
aud still lives. Sire has looked upon
the dry bones Of thousand empires
and she viii live to see the tomb OF
a thousand more befnFe she dies.
Though another claim the name, Old
Danlas cus is by right the Eternal
City.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

Tn aIe rsssaf sossiiscasiSn aasa sxei
rene = ! nj xnaf ton Of the ~srooay
al. - hiaf ] astile Lasases Ger ar
rusn Thy coaazsl, siesasied hat the
|n,tiaa i,'r q aasseng the indictment
auai,,ss .Iplierson Davis was we'll tax
u, asserting thai, under the ccfissi-
eutioaga naan cannot be punished
,wisss Tor the sasae elgenee, and that
|Davis hid Dat.a punished by the
adoption OF tlae Fourteenth Amend
uent 10 the Constitution. Judge
|fgn.lsras,hsi dissgreelng w'ith siae
:hlef Justice. the question was GER
|tifesl ag 10 4l,e Supreme Court ofthe
limited states at Washington City,
where wt, presume it will receive .
Iniens
Waiso We honestly believe that s.e
|E lief Justfe has 40 saeslre 10 sat on
Fl ,e ts:alog Mr.. DayEs, beeaass q:
|osi.ef tessel:1s tlfsn chose given, we
also .,slleve that the positioa he has
sasea relative to the nth amends
nienf - t~rrta.t, and Radiaalisna IN
t.,a fbseilig, ny arsssitnary action, the
sa,loption Of that amendment, over
Arss.chetl Itself, not only in the case OF
Dir, glavis. but in othsr esass-s yet ."
game az, or rather, that may herr
after e.1nle up for trhl.
Ra,iicaiista Is wnrried, that Is eFi-
issit Bat bet them howl, 1t viii avail
them nothing, theruiingof tue Chief
.Ias.ice, we as<l satisfied, will be sus-
tanned By the Suprnme Court at
Washington, and hr. Davis and MS
Abondslnen will be released. We
would have preferred, however, TO
Ihave laad the trial pIsSSessed wIth'
hit that we desire il particularly IN
tine tssse OF Mr.. Davis, bat because
~ desire the question should DO fal-
alg tested and settled.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

Advertising should not be neglect
ed by the business man any more
shan the sowing Of sesd by the fur
uIer, If good, proslpt ro.is, proiiia-
nle, active, paying business IL ex-
pected. The FARMER MY reap = itl,-
out sowing, but the crop would not
he the must protiiabsss glass aud
weeds would presiuiniliate. The nler-
chant may keep from pabiie view
his goods and enterprise, and a. ht
may have d personal acquaintance,
may do O limited business. SOME
men may be 50 constituted assto h
- tisEied. bur the active, progressive,
live, useful business man cosia MOI
I've eont1nt. An enlegprlsang Dsiaa'
mes Esan will invest haseapitasI In Al
ad verslsemcnt and expect resurr
with the same confidence ~ he Nosla
in his rent or In the goods he s&slls. :
.N. JosepA Herald.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

The Springfield Republicans says q
man and his wife who live In o ten~
eInent In that city have not spoken
la each other fur several years, and
they are not dumb either. 1t Is
merely q matter oil spunk, tosee who
win hold out the longer. When the
man wants 10 say anything to his
wife he addresses his remarks TO bis
little son, who also acts as the medis
am through which the wife eoTnnaH-
nicates With her husband. En-.
Omaha Republican please copy, a.
a specimen brick from sanity, re
fined, intellectual Massachusetts,"
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

La Tie Council B'uEis Bltgte Is
f;sr.sssus nj fiadsns mares nests. Its
lasE one h that tLe proposition eIni.-
mating frunl SOME very hlgh anu pat"
riotic quarters, that the National
Government take exclusive control
of sse saB,eet OF naturalization, IL a
E naoyenlelE sor tne uaian uE Church
and saas, ty,neoctesl by Puritan
Infi,Ial chlrc.l~State- Native Aneri-
c.Tb,i headers. fSsieh q jumbo ol non
i 4 .ihsiesal contradiction shows clearly
4 s;se,ta. III th-I B4ubitt II crazy on the
/ q i5fesSt of politics. aus really olighF
n i III be held Fesponaibls Tor what
he says.
In the sarna article he characterizes
NJ tsslchasetis "a the headquarters Oh
. fktrigtrsc sfi,tst;}aism.7 Religious,
refined, learned, intelligent, inteliee-
fs1ssT VI lSsachaSetts D . barbaric di-
abolissn!r That win do for an ex-
q.,isite stsurdity that nobody else
can hope to cHna up fn.-Ona1ed
lefp36ict:n.
Every word we said in the article
/ referred to In the above from the
o.a.lha Rs9a5tieesa, is susceptible OF
prnos, and that, too. without TIE least
e.fRf. 1t IL only necessary TO cite to
/ the leading men-Of that State rs the
1esdens Of the Radical party-Puri-
tans and Inddels tbs summers the
Wilson's. Ct 0nlBe, aad the PhiIlipses
a sti the Garrisnns, IT oHazae, and the
Puritan TnRdel ChurcfT-St State Ma
/ tive American " leaders, are at once
la0Sen.
4 That it il the headquarters oi
l slsarsaric diabolisn' Is equally a.
/ Susceptible of proof. i" Religious,
/ refined, learned, intelligent, intel
letfual Massachusetts,n has hes
I IseeelscrS, who proclaim that the
n Devil ii the elder hnsther of Chr st,
u and was rendered the mission to
n Earth before 1t was given TO Christ
i Nor are such the only men We might
refer tn, who wear the " cloth y sns
had the sanity of that refined State
tss prove that Massachusetts, Is th'
i headquarters of Earbaric diabolisn
III aar estimation there ID not an;
spher spot i'm the civilized work
where exists 50 much OF bsarbaric di
aaaiism as in Massachusetts,, wher
persecution in the name OF Religion
aad because OF political difference j
carried 10 50 lIevilish an extent.
The lRp,s5:icns can take ali tn
hanoT ii claims for a defense of BIAS
sssehusetts. the headquarters Of bar
barrie tlIaasaissn ever since the firs
Puritan foot WAS SIT upon Piynioui
RocS.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

pEasoSAL-Mr. A. r. Fulton,
wha is engaged in writing up a his
tory of the several counties OF Iowa
dropped in on us to-day. He will
be pleased 10 receive any informa'
ton relative to the early settlement,
present aud future prospects Of Pot
tawattamie county.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

sB- Spooner & jackson are now IN
their nav room, KeIier's block and
have rush OF customers IN tseir
most excellent stock of dress goods
and otheE articles ia their line. Give
them q call.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

A sick man, slightly cOnvaiescing,
rss'entiy in conversation with > plOus
friend, who congratulated him upon
his re overy, and asked him @he
lis physician was, replied: Dr.
Jones brought me through, NO,
no." said his friend, " God bronghs
you out Of your illness, not the doc
tar.o a. Well, maybe he did, but |
am certain the doctor win charge
me for it."
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

The following item Is going the
rounds of she press:
stTowa has los miles Of railroad,
which Gust 81 ,5O0, ssh'. In 1854 we
had only n, mile which cost 81"
0f0,0 o. Iowa has $50 miles more
than Missouri, ILL., more than Min
nesata. 80 more thsp Wisconsin. and
~ more than Michigan. Iowa Is
bound 10 le ID.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

ia III. Y. r. Bennett has disposed
of his interest In the Coppsrhead, and
withdrawn from the editorial corps.
Messrs. MeCuiiy 4 Evans will here
after have control of the editorial and
publishing departments Of that pa.
Nor
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

DoHAEY's LIVERY teams ara
just the thing for these sleigh riding
tinles-they are both fast and safe
and his sleighs and cutters are ~.
lish and strong. Fast young gents
and steady old men who want to
-taks q siaigh naa2o oanit DO better than
to go to Dohany's, on Murkvsss~~~-t
and get one of his rigs.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

The agent o. Wells, Fargo + Co.,
Says people are lSrIsu ior se ming
money by mail. We responded that
we supposed 1t la the game OF the
swimilers TO have every mail rDbbeSi
and thus compel ms all Ia pay them
one fourth per cent, for expressing
that which should be taken under,
the seventeen hundred thousand dbl
lar contract. - Frontier E,aftex.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10
sExcIusIom az Csagressm EN-.

In Georgia the legislature has de-
cssfed That negroes cannot hold
D.fiea. Tine Nav York Times insists
ffsaf this is suffi :ient excuse tor the
x@fasai of seats ta the GAliIgre<sinen
md Senator'S from that Sta.e.
Make this rule general and how
a,s,s,y senators anil Representatives
would be admitted New York
doe. not reepgnizs the right OF ne
ef3es % hold osiiee. scarcely a State
Hi 4i@ Uniun recognizes such a
fright. With two exceptions, all OF
The northern States refuse even the
ri.sllt III suffrage to negroes, except
In ana. or tg0 eases where restrictions
are imposed wisiea are mt applied
"a white men. Ef Georgia may not
[be re,,re-sated In Congress Cor this
rcasssn. New YORK should NIT be-,
pesmlsylvaiia should NIT be. And
"a OF Ohio, Michigan, Missouri and
<5ks1er States. Make tie rule uni
AVN. IsiJas af IlrFatd.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

aea- The New York Trihunecharg
an that sioo, f,1o, zoo are STOLEN from
the revenues IN New York, and as
serts that the men who sioae the
money ara either directly or midwest
IN connected with fhe revenae SER
vice. Greeley b right. ror even CAl-
'ilcost, In the Albany penitent1arys i
atm i revenue ozIseer under me tsn-
IRE of ofIice law,
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

Ma- risa ) Tingilelsl, LII Regis
tss says that 4Degn0erits every
n lsere should rTmcinieT ttaattile New
Work lFortd newspaper protesting
|fu be Democratic in p,iii..s, iow
Ehkxas4s and takes credit 90 iIsssif for
ESlS4eazia.s seymour and blair I'm the
Eaie sxHsfssst because they were isni.1i
n4tesI ON grseat,ack piatfrssa. -
with wf1icss we ssnpiafitAily axres,
n0d Isope the iiam0esAts ssf lows
I'm aise the lHorJd no encourage
nSesSf a. efseuiattoss whatever. 1t 4
lHf tIke nxxnss Ct the bonsiia0Isiing
1<n1 nity, - wisnsn u sold out earl
- flse late campaign. Have 10 lit
- ~ - with the World ~ pssaible
~ ~ holy uaysslialsle N d Demo
r. nsaFsx fAfs Moines s. ssseNssdn
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

HoRRrBT.1~-A poor, miserable,
unfortunate. without money, home
or friends, was picked up on the
streets a few nigh since by the po-
lice, and after being lodged In jail as
long as her osfense would admit OF
under the Ct i Ordinances, was yess~
teriay again talrned loose homeless,
hope.less, friesdless, money! less per
hal,s "a die erhapa 10 scatter the
seeds of death aud desolation, of dis
ease and misty, for generations 10
earne, BECAUSE forsooth, the law pro
vidas no WAY by which IL IL made the
imperative d ~ of any offaces or ifa+,
stifutioa to re for her--0r to pro
tect and succps her-Tsad the Town
ship Trustees refuse to send her %
the Door-houss 6esasse she does not
5sloag berel She belongs In Eng III
$50 she must die or be a pest 10 the
world or and der way back to En-
gland. Oh, lively Christian civil.
xxsior. that gcea stark mad at though.
al poligansy and Brigham Young
w.
Sass Regissr.
Just SO. = Christian civilization
| that IL hosrisled at Brigham Young's
acts OF pollgaray, and Is constantly
brought In the foreground In laaesinf
the equality oil an inferior black race
prx,sidea 10 place Of refuge for home
less and hopeless nnfortunates Q
their own race and color Young
q relic OF Barhaviams " ID an improve
ment upon saca civilization" ana
those who uphold q Buraau for laz.
and worthless negroes ought . blusl
| for shame that they have made .
| provision gbT tl,eiR own race and CD
| or, who, though non residents, ar
esund g homeless hopeless, an
( friendloss - among u.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

Doom sPRTSG.--We had placed
upon nur saactum door, this morning
by Mr.. J. d. Bayglss, q patent India
rubber door spring. used either upon
doom or gates, and just the thing for
the closing Of doors or gates when
swung open and left by thoaghtiess
persons. The spring Is q very neat
nntrivance, occupying but little
space and operating like . charm.
rhe door 10 every business room.
md the gate 10 every private resi-
tience, should be supplied with one
II those India rubber springs. Mr..
8. !. Bayliss has the right for Iowa
and Nebraska, we understand, and
| Mr.. =. ID. Rayliss win supply them
on short notice TO xacties In the city
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

sss B-ssisA Ministry under tire
arx:l:p 81 Dsssasli has resigsa-
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

caused by the COLLISION on two BOATS.
which immediately hook fire and
burned.
snow has fallen 10 the depth OF
three feet in portions Of Canada.
BY the explosion Of kerosene
lamp, the residence Of Mrs. Henry
speilter, at Springfield, H., was de
ssroyed by fire IN Thursday night.
A fire In Clyde, Wayne county, n.
T., destroyed property to the value
II s25,oo0. including q hardware
store and several restaurants and
small stores. Insurance, ell 900.
On Thursday afternoon, q young
man employed by Francis Skinner
d Co, Franklin street, Boston. went
into the Bank of Commerce, which
ID up one flight OF stairs on State
street, TO get easlsed check OF VI !,
| Ngs. When coming out he was mel
| on the stairs by a man who threw
pepper In his lace, and grabbed foI
| the money. Young Skinner chung q
! il desperately and cried Justify fol
| assistance, which speedily came FIRM
| shs inside; but the robber had Ae<
| and escaped. On counting II.
money ii WA found that u $50 WI,
missing.
Il Congress met On yesterday and = ,
Hmssa called 10 order hy the speake
sffz aselosk. The roll was 1aates
!. | ansl one hundred and sixty faeHnlse
} ans yesel 10 their names. Thastasa
] of Virginia, Mississippi and Texa