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The death of Berryer will be severe
blow!to the opposition party in France,
which must now depend almost entirely
upon NJ, Thiers for a leader. As pri-
vate character Berryer was great spend
thrift, Although his practice brought
him an enormous yearly income his reck-
less expenditures Of. money compelled
him to frequently appeal to his friends
| for assistance.
A colored firm in Newark New Jersey
having suffered some pecuniary embar-
rasments recently, closed business, and
the senior member gave to the public
the following notice: ''De disholution Of
co-parsnip heretofore resisting twixt me
and Moses Jones in the barber profes
sion, am heretofore resolved. Pussons
who oes must pay de scribcr. Dem what
de firm oes must call on Jones, as the
firm is insolved" .asa 50 lf
| Parties from Salt Lake City report that
the grading of the Central Pacific rail
way has been completed one hundred ant
ten miles west of that place. The re
naming eighty miles to the end of tn,
track will be graded in three weeks. NJ
interruption to the laying of the tract
has occurred thus tar, and none is ex
lpected during the winter until the roae
reaches the Wassach Mountains, east o
Salt Lake. b. aSr.8 e.e;s.. III
The annual fall and winter business o
pork packing, in which Chicago lead
the world, is about to commence witt
vigor. Last year the imposing numbe
of ss3 373 hogs we're received here, /,
03s lis were shipped and 7s6,225 wer
packed 4 OF cattle, the great army Q
| 3I3, ,797 were received, 203,561 shipped
and 55,s46 packed. The figures for 1856
bid fair to exceed al these.
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-
The statement OF the public debt, on
November 80. shows an increase in the
debtcf $11, 100000. -.
= Married Methodist ministers in the
Cincinnati Conference average S925; a
wear, and the bachelors $545. go
j. C. Burgoyne, Of Franklin county,
Indiana, awoke from q sound sleep,
Monday morning and found his wife
dead by his side. 81 3td 2 q 1dear7
At 4 recent Milwaukee wedding be-
tween bridegroom of 61 and a bride of
81, the couple danced a reel with great
spirit, the bride remarking that she al
ways wanted a young husband.
:, The British government has ordered
the fortress of Gibraltar to be placed on
awar footing, which has SO annoyed the
provisional government of Spain that
thew have. addressed a note of com
plant to the Cabinet of st. James.
The moderate terms which General
Sherman granted to the rebel General
Johnston ON the capitulation of the latter
are pronounced to be entirely and per-
enrptoriIy' those of the then President
Lincoln. Sherman, it appears, objected
to their leniency, but Lincoln's proverb
ialtenderness of heart prevailed over the
protest of the soldier. aIss tssf lies
seThe ladies of the Universalist denom-
nation in Illinois are pledged to raise
$4,000 with which to erect aacollegiate
building for the accommodation of lady
studentsat Galesburg. A vigorous can
vas Of the whole State isIto be immedi-
ately commenceds to be followed, if ne
eessary BY series Of grand fairs through
ddatsfhes State. The building is to pc
commenced wken $4,000 ara obtain
~
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A N N Al rOE T
c 0 NJ NJ l S 81 o N E r S
MONROE COUNTY, OHIO,

Report Of the Commissioners Of Hon
roe County, Ohio, to the Court Of Common
Pleas for the gear ending September, 1868, and
Reports Of Uarious County Officers for tie
same Term. ra} ~
To the Hon. the Judge Of the Court of Common
Pleas for the Eighth Judicial District of the
State of Ohio: = asf :
In presenting the Annual Report of the Com
missioners or Monroe County, it will be seen
the different Funds collected have been sufficient
for the expenditures with the exception of the
County Expense Fund. ., From inquiries made
in other counties your Commissioners believe it
would be true economy to construct iron brid-
ges instead of wooden ones; their durability has
been proved, ard were the abutments to give way
the bridge could be relaid at q ttiAing expense.
We have contracted for three iron bridges vbiGs,
will be erected this year Interested parties Or
Suntish Creek made proposals to the CoUui.is-
sioners to erect two wooden bridges across the
creek, with approaches TO the salife, one near
Ford's mill for $500, the other near Clingan' 5
mill for s 900; as these SUMS wero considerably
less than one bridge would have cost, and both
of them on roads considerably travelled, one be-
ing ON the road from Malaga ~ Woodsfeld and
the other to Miltonsburg and up Suntish Creek,
they contracted with the parties for their cree
ton at the sums mentioned. The Commission
ers, agreeably to an act of the Legislature for
the erection Of Court House, proceeded to in
speet several Court Houses in the State and de-
cided upon a structure on the plan of the jack
son Court House, with some alterations, and
Mr.. w. w. Mccoy being the lowest bidder, the
contract of building was awarded to him for the
sum of $26, 400, exclusive of brick. The new
building will be credit to the county, combin-
ing elegance of design with utility and dura-
bility. There are five fire proof vaults in the
offices, so that records, books, &c, will be safe;
the building will be covered in this fall and
ready for occupation the 1st of June, 1869. Your
Commissioners have endeavored to the best of
their Judgment to expend the Road Funds en-
trusted to them, in altering, grading and max
ing roads through the several parts of the coun-
ty, where the principal thoroughfares are situa-
ted and the public. interest demanded. The
foregoing Report is respectfully submitted.
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The Moscow Gazette, under date of
the 14th ult., publishes the following sta
,tistics relative to the present state of the
Russian army: The figure of the active
force is fixed ats778, 900 infantry, $4,000
cavalry, IA, 900 artillery and II 600 en-
gineers, in all 923, ,000men. In time Of
peace the effective force is reduced to
only 515, 5,00o. The force destined to the
inland or interior service during time Of
peace is 272, 900, in time of war 500, ,00O
men, besides the irregular troops of Cos
sacks, which in time of war ought to
number 229, 600 men. Deducting the
majority OF the latter for interior ser
vice, the effective force of the army in
time Of war ought to figure up 100000
men. Presuming about zoo, 600 men to
be divided between the Caucasus, Siberia
and Turkistan, Russia can still offer 800
600 men against any movement from
Western Europe.
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EA parson was picturing to an old
sinner upon his death-bed the .glories
that awaited him If he would repent
He promised him, among other things,
that he would soon be ali angel. "Don't
talk that way, please, parson," said the
dying man; eif there is anything l have
ahorror of, It's, of being an angel, sit
ting on a damp cloud, picking . harp in
the moonshine." ~, 4 eef- S..r.s s-4.. y
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New England and New York.

At the late election New York State
gave total vote on the electoral ticket
of $40, ,751- The six New England State
gives a total vote for President Of 541,-
502. u
"Thus it will be seen that New York
polls 100000 more votes than all the
New England States. New England has
twelve United States Senators, and New
York only two. New York has thirty
three electoral votes, while the New En-
gland States have thirty nine. ."-Al6auy
Argus. 't-i
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h~Don Piatt, the correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial, pays the fol
lowing compliment to the Republican
(party: a ei-. ls -
All the proper people attacked Butler.
1 am so sick of nice people in our party.
/ abhor the respectable platitudes. Pos
sessing more real rascality than any Or
ganization ever known to humanity, We
are dying of an overdose of propriety.
Our thievish fingers are covered with kid
gloves, and we plunder the poor agricul-
turists and rob the Treasury with grace
and refinement really beautiful.
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Carriage Of Petroleum onPassen-
~ .9 ger Steamers. Il fsji

The Secretary of the Treasury has
ordered the Supervising Inspector Of
the district in which the recent disaster
on the Ohio river occurred to make 9
rigid examination Of the causes Of the
same. ..,+..s...s..s,,s. s,ss-.- !,
Il is also understood that Mr., McCul.
loch has recommended to the, House
Committee on Commerce the repeal Of
all laws or parts Of laws authorizing the
carriage as freight Of petroleum on
steamers carrying passengers.
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Tob~A late minister of PEBBLES had
been discoursing on the sin of falsehood
and had portrayed the unhallowcd con
sequences of indnlging in the practice
Asmall trader in the place, whose con
science had been for the moment arous
ed, exclaimed to a neighbor on going
home. aThe minister medina hae beer
sac hard, for there's plentyo' leers in Pee
bles be sides met sd ls.9i IL II 1si
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SEVERAL DAYS AFTER CHRIST

s- M AS.
As sis sa :.
The feasting Of Christmas is over and
80 past, Saas ss%
The turkey and pudding and cakes,
And pies and confections, are eaten at
esss last 20
By the children who shoveled them in sd
q fast; @ S s'1ap
And many q child has stayed awake
AT night with certain familiar ache,
Which follows on eating more than
Sai enough Aza
pudding and turkey, and all such stuff
That funny old humbug, Kriss Kingen,
Whom the boys and girls love so well;
Has had the sense to go and clear out,
And hSsup thee chimney or up the spout
And the boys and girls are beginning to
:sgas count y sl3 ,sas7u,. a. .rr.
And trying to.reckon the whole amount
81 sa OF the jolly old lot
8e. x OF the presents they got,
And we'll help to reckon them up on the
Tis5s spot. @ @ ,7e
Betsie and Susie and Martha declare
That their elegant dolls have lost their
hair,
And marked their faces, and bruised their
ssstyElseyes,is sk0sseazG Tal3H fssssE z
And stiffsfed other mishaps on this wise
Jimmy's horse has lost ITS tail,
And his wooll5 dog, SO curly and frail,
Has shed about 4 teacup full 4il;4s
0fhis principal ornament, namely, wool
asem And Johnny's drum sa0 hi
hsen& To grief has COME, q',gsil
a b5ssu And is mute and dumb, br.5.ss
And no better than dead-- 81 Lrs graui
Fof Johnny's punched in the back Of its
ssn head, iie tIe7a ass 1lfr F.5ss
90 EiIn order that he u 9sa
,sisli The better might see
The inside of the drum, ia L,a .hr
And SO find out where the sound came
waiss from. iifflf s.,3 aS.!R .risqa oe
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mother in-law with some specimens Of
the handicraft by which he won what he
declares to be the best and dearest wife
in the world-Phrenological Journal
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The CONTESTED ELECTION CASES.
These cases were decided by Judge E. A.
Guthrie, on Tuesday afternoon Of last
week, after our paper went to press, in
favor of the Democrats.-Vinton Co.
Enqufrer. q 7Hy4lsis7s1
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New rendering by Grant-'T pro-
pose to fight it out on this line if it
takes all Seymour.
Seymour's physician says he is likely
to become crazy within a year. Be-
ware of Blair.
If the Democrats love the Union and
the Constitution so well, how is it that
they waged war on both for four yesrsl
The Ku-Klux go for Seymour and
Blair to man, with as much avidity as
they go for a defenseless negro or
Union man at midnight.
The Democrats account for their rat
ifcation fizzles by saying sits all owing
to Frank Blair; he has taken the stiff
enin' out of 'em."
Gen. N. B. Forrest will not address
a Seymour and Blair ratification meet
ing at Fort Pillow. The statement
that he will is untrue.
The Democratic party deliberately
sacrificed thousands of white men in
order to save their slaves, and yet it
calls itself white mans party.
The Democratic organ ofNew Hamp-
shire, with lively appreciation Of
Blair's recent letters, thanks God that
Gov. Seymour is not liable to delirium
tremens
The Republicans of Gold Hill, Neva-
da, elected their full ticket in the hard
est fought election ever held in that
city. The NeOs promises 800 for Grant
and Colfax.
The Boston Post says that the ex-
preston "my friends" by MIR. Sey-
mour, is a common expression" to
"peaceably disposed citizens" Yes,
but they were addressed to murder
Gus mob
The Democrats of Brockport at
tempted to hold a ratification meeting
few days since, and could not agree
in regard to the political soundness of
Blair, the Democratic candidate for
Vice-President.
A Vermont paper thinks it very
patural that "amnesty for all past Of
fenses" should form part of the plat
form framed by the Democratic Con-
vention; there we're SO many of them
who needed it.
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Taking Back Seats.

In his speech at the union meeting,
Nashville, in June, 1864, Governor
Andrew Johnson said
"Why all this carnage and desola-
ton? 1t was that treason might be
put down, and traitors punished
Therefore, l say that traitors should
take back seats in the work of restora-
ton. If there be but five thousand men
in Tennessee loyal to the Constitution,
loyal to freedom, loyal to justice, those
true and faithful men should control the
work of reorganization and reformation
absolutely. say that the traitor has
ceased to be a citizen, and, in joining
the rebellion, has become a public en-
emy lie forfeited his right to vote
with loyal men when he renounced his
citizenship, and sought to destroy our
Government"
This was very sound at the time it
was spoken, but events seem to show
that it was all sound, and nothing more.
The way traitors took back seats at the
Democratic Convention was shown by
the Committee on the Platform adopt
ing Wade Hampton's plank, that all
"the reconstruction acts of Congress
are unconstitutional, null and void"
We rather think that is giving traitors
seats with re'y high backs to them -
Soldiers Friend.
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JACKSON G. H. OHIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1868.

Welcome" But they have done moth.
ing at all Of this.
Pretending to submit to the nationa
will, they have done 50 just as the an.
clients planted basil-with cursing and
swearing. Protesting to have consent.
ed to a genuine peace, they have COM
PEELED our loyal citizens who went
among them TO breathe what Froude
says Henry VII. breathed on his re-
turn from Bosworth Field-"an at
mosphere of suspended insurrection." ."
Proclaiming an eager welcome to good
settlers from the North, they have re-
ceived those settlers with suIlen inhos.
pitality; they have insulted them will
the name of carpet-baggers; they have
menaced them with the bloody orgies
of the Ku-Klux Klan.
The Father Of Poets put into the
mouth of Agamemnon this verdict:
"Jove will not prosper traitors" That
legend is as true in New Orleans and
in Richmond as it was under the walls
of Troy.
A great and benefcent Idea landed
on Plymouth Rock in the 18th century;
it wrote the Declaration of Independ-
ence in the 18th century; it received
the reverted sword of Gen. Lee in the
18th century. In the awful battle Of
centuries that Idea has won, That
Idea now owns this continent. No
where on this continent are men who
hold that Idea to be called carpet-bag-
gers.
Gentlemen of the South, the sooner
you comprehend this fact the better for
you. You do not like the looks of our
carpet bags! Would you like the
looks of our knapsacks any better
We commend to you a tale of the
writings of your friend Carlyle. In
the French National Assembly, while
Able Maury was speaking for throne,
for altar, and for tithes, shrill voice
from the gallery exclaimed: "Messieurs
af the clergy, you have to be shaved
II you wriggle too much, you will get
cut IN Y. Independent.
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WHOLE NO. 1903.

army, it seized our forts and custom
houses wherever it could overpower the
national forces, and then unfurled the
bloody standard of rebellion. Itcarried
on that war with an atrocity of cruelty
which no civilized nation of modern
times ever rivaled 1t starved our he
roic soldiers into idiocy and the grave,
it shot them down in cold blood on the
faintest pretexts it made ornaments Of
their bones for the necks of Southern
women. A million of men lie in un-
timely graves to-day--the ghastly tes-
timonies of what democracy has
done. This was the work of Demo
cracy untrammeled. In the Northern
States, where it was checked and SUBJ
ordinate, it opposed every effort to
suppress rebellion it rioted it burned
down orphan homes; it slaughtered the
police; it DETAINED every conspicuous
soldier of the nation; it sanctioned and
applauded every attempt to undermine
and destroy our credit and, crowning
infamy of all, after it was put under
foot and disarmed, it lodged an assass.
ms bullet in the brain of Abraham
Lincoln. This is a faint and shadowy
outline Of what democracy has done"
"IEEat is ii doing" 1t is endeavor-
ing to create a public opinion which
shall insist on the reputation of the
public debt; which shall annul the BEN
efits derived from the war; which shall
put the national wards in the power of
their enemies which shall again rein
state the rebels against the national au-
thority in its highest offices which
shall revoke the laws and proclamations
which have made our banner illustri-
Gus; which shall take down the statues
of Lincoln and Grant from the Ameri-
can Pantheon, and replace them with
those of johnson and Davis.
"TVhat ii tgiH do" 1t will falsify our
record, SANDER our champions, threaten
to renew the rebellion, and on the 4th
of March next it will adopt the old ad.
vice of Andrew Johnson, its present
patron unsaint, and take back seat in
the work of reconstruction.
This, briefly stated, is what "Dem-
ocracy has done, is doing, and will do"
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sons of Pogram, Gavitt and McPeIter
will take their places and carry forrid
the good work. They wuz a putting
down niger ekality by bleachin out
the nigger, and ef this community kin
be kept free from northerp men who
hev prejudis agin the nigger in any
shape, in four generashens ther wont
be show Nv black blood here to vex
us. Ez to bonds and greenbax / quite
agree with the Elder. Never hevin
paid cent NV taxes in my life, which
results from my never hevin any prop
erty to tax, / feel that am bein poundid
into the dust by the bloated bond-hold-
er. To manetane these leeches in
luxury Bascom hez to charge ten instid
NV five cents for drinks, witch hez doubled
the mortgages on Elder Pennibacker's
farm within two years. This is what
the Elder objeckS to; at this rate his
farm will fail him in his old age, and
then wat is he to do? No niggers to
work it, constooshnelly opposed to
workin hisself, and no likker cept for
money wich be hezn't and can't git.
Wat dreery prospeck ! weep, and
that we may heV more time to weep, l
adjourn this meetin. Well organize
this club at some fucher period ez I'm
too much Affected to go on with the bu-
siness now"
And we wuz compelled to adjourn.
But will organize yit.
PETROLEUM V. Massey, PM.
(Wich is Postmaster. J
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THE THREE LANDS.
by A. j. 81. DUGANNE.

Dancing like leaflets,
With tremulous culver;
Glancing, like sunbeams
Crossing the river
Full of the music
OF fountain and breeze;
Full Of the fragrance
Of gardens and leas,
Thus the bright vision
OF Fortune enhancing,
Beekons our youth
To the Land of Romancing.
Dimly. through deserts
Where sultriness parches,
Grimly, like pilgrims
On wilderness marches,
Full of the terrOrs
Of warfare and spoil
Full Of the troublings
Of waiting and toll
Thus the sad shadows
Of childhoods ideal,
PhantOm-like lead
Through the Land of the Real.
Only when cheated
BY Fortunes bright fancles;
Lonely and laden
With Life's weary chances;
Full Of faint hOpings,
That tremble aud weep
Full Of strange longings
For rest aud for sleep
Thus we 60 down.
In our ashes so lowly,
Seeking a path
To the Land of the Holy
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PosT OFFS, CoNFEDRIT X ROADS, |
(which is in the Stait Nv Kentucky,)
July 27. 1868.
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jackson County Directory
Tor 1S6S.

~
Representative in Congress Hon. J. T. WILSON.
Representative LEVI DUNCAN
Common Pleas Jud0e-JOHN P. PLYLEY.
Probate Judge-JAMES w. LONGB0N.
Auditor-L. A. ATKINSON.
Recorder-CH ARIES RHODES.
Prosecuting AnOrNey---W. X. HASTINGS.
7rsasurerHADAM w. LONG.
CLERK Of Court-CHARLES Q. JAMES.
Sherif-JOSEPH H. WILSON.
SurvsyoY-BEVERLY KEENAN,.
Coroner--PETER EWING.
COmntissioners--J. A. SELL, ADAM LACKEY,
VINT0N POWERS.
NotGries PabEc--CHARLES RHODES, W.K.
HASTINGS, D. MACKLEY, ISAAC ROBERTS,
B. F. sTEARNS, j. ED. JONES, JAS. TRIPP.
Master CommissiOneT--J. w. LONGBON.
School ErGmiHers.--J0HN C.a STEVENSON,
A.W. LONG, D. MAoKLEY.
Town Officers.
HayOr-IRVINE DUNCAN.
Marshal-J0HN r. RATHBURN.
Recorder--J Ohm CONNELLY.
TreaMrer-C. 8. DICKAS0N.
WeighmGster-JoHN BRANS0N.
Street omnsissiOner--J0HN GORHAM.
Councitnsen--H: L. CHAPMAN. J. D. JAMES
JOHN Y0CHEM, A. W, LONG, A.A.WATSoN.
1x Church Directory.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH - Rev.
/. B. BRADEEIoK, Pastor. Services every
Sabbath at 101f A. NJ, and ~ Pm. Prayer
Meeting every Thursday night.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - Rev. GEORGE
FITcH, Pastor. Services every Sabbath at
101S A. NJ. and 71f P. NJ.
METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH NO
regular service.
CATHOLIC CHURCH-No regular Service.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH-No regular service.
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From the Toledo Blade. |
Nasby.

A Meeting at the COrners--.EIder
Penmibacker Goes Back ON the
Nominations,
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Butter Making.

When it is desirible to keep cream a
few days, during warm weather, the
application of a teacupful of salt to a
gallon of cream is recommended. The
salt may be placed in the crock first, or
added after the first gallon is put in.
As the quantity accumulates add salt
and sgitate. the mass several, times a
day til ready fof churning. Cream,
treated in this way, will obviate the
necessity of using much salt when the
butter is made, if designed for i'm
mediate use. If it is to be kept any
considerable time, an additional ounce
or 50 to the pound, may not be amiss.
The quantity, however, win depend
somewhat on the faithfulness with
which the buttermilk is washed out
In this there is a marked defcien-
cf in sriarge portion of the butter Of
fered' in the markets. II is streaky
and trsversed by rivulets of brine
making it repulsive to the sight as well
as offensive to the palate. Work well
and carefully, or go without the rep
utation of good butter maker.
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TIME AND MONTHLY PAYMENTS.
our sYsTEM oF TRADE.

Persons Of moderate means, or those who desire
economize can avail themselves OF this easy metho
Of getting instruments by paying monthly or qua1
terly. .,.