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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21
A NASHVILLE correspondent

A NASHVILLE correspondent
of the Commercial. thus sde
scribes the rush for Office a
the opening Of the Tennessee
Democratic Legislature:
Never before was there sucl
a rush for Offices as there hal
been this week. Men expe
rienced in rhe great Office mar
ket at Washington, say that
this beats anything that Wash
ington can do, or ever did,
There were more candidat Ell
before the Legislature for the
unimportant menial Offices Of
that body than there were
members. The desks Of the
members were literally Gov
cred with "cards," announcing
that this or that man was a
candidate for this or that office
Newspaper puffs were as thick
as snow. flakes, and every man
came backed by a puff or two
from his county paper, or from
the city journals. One man
needed The Office, for his family
was numerous and his health
poor Another was deaf, but
could write a splendid hand.
Another had lost a leg, fight
ing for the Lost Cause, and de,
served reward. Another was
the son Of an influential man,
who had done much for the
party. Another was poor, I'M
known, and chiefly relied upon
that fact for a recommends
ton. - ''
1t was a, -painfsl sight to
watch these poor fellows dur.
ing the balIoting. Some Of
them evinced as much interest
as they would have done pro-
vided the verdict was one OF
life and death. '
He also furnishes this item
OF the proceedings OF tile Sen,
ate, showing that in one thing,
at least-their fostering care
of ignorance and opposition to
intelligence and education
the Democracy are the same
every where, yesterday, to-diy,
and forever. He says !:
In the Senate Mr.. Slaughler
introduced a bill to repeal the
common school law, which was
passed, and referred to a COM
mlttee. Tennessee never had
a common school system until
the. Radicals establish ed it, and
there is nothing that is needed
more here. But, like every.
thing else, whether good, bad
or indifferent that is tainted
with Radicallsm, il. must go
overheard, II the last Legis-
lature had possessed the power
to regulate matters IN the next
world, as well as In this, and in
the exercise of that power had
made easy the road to heaven
by a special act, the present
Assembly wouldhave repealed
it by joint resolution, prefcr~
ring to take the chances OF
perdition than to 60 to heaven
by q Radical route. 1Dh1o 49,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

The following is the opinion
of the Richmond (Virginia)
Whig on the recent elections
in Ohio and Pennsylvania;
The effect Of these elections
can not fail to be dlscouraging
to the Democracy, and may
possibly lead to a temporary
dissolution of that party as a
national organization.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

A.. = ="
A MOST distressing accident
'6ccirred OH the 18th, hear
JoheSiStatioh, f6h iathe Uincin- :
NnatI 1damifton &Dayton Rail
road9o A. marriadC daughter of
Mr., 'Yinpedge, had come from
her home at !Crittenden, Ky,
to visit ihet4 father, who lives
near; Jones'a Station, bringing
with her a lchiiddiseyen teen
mouths DID, Tuesday evening
the child cried for something
to. eat, and tie nurse, a, girl
foGt. G.rteen years Old, took THE
little one and started down In
the cellar, carrying a butcher
khifetwith which toicJ;tt a slice
of bread. On the cellar stars
she !, slipped and e fell oa The
knife flew from her hand struck
a stair with the point upward,
and was poised in that position
tor a moment, when i the child
fell upon it, and dthe knife
blade PIERCED its, heart, killing
it instantly.-Csn. Gazette.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21
Fall Elections.


This Fall, State elections
take place as,follows: II.
October 23-West Virginia
November 1-Arkansas and
Louisiana. .'.
. November 2-Alabama, Flo
rida, Illinois, Kansas, Mary
land; Massachusetts. Michigan
Minnesota, Missouri, NewY ork
Wisconsin. .t'4 boa 9!97. y
November 22-South Caro-
lima. ''' ''-''- .'.' ' .'
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

NELSON PILES, an aged colored
man, who died in Chillicothe a
short time since, and who was
formerly slave, is said to have
been a son of Senator Giles,
of Virginia, and to have born e
a strong resemblance to his
father.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

A WOMAN gave birth to
twins on a Pennsylvania train
lately, She said it always did
make her sick to ride on the
cars.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

PRINCE ARTHUR has partially
promised to visit New York,
and the. bellies Of that city are
getting ready to kiss him tor
bis mother.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

The Democratic Enquirer of
Vinton countyiS a lively sheet.
In one place he tells us that
flannel blankets are taxed 800
per cent. In another place he
tells us to call on Mr. Hawk
and get homemade hanuels at
ceny.loa0 figures. ,. Then he says
that money is so scarce that
nobody can getany. In anoth.
er place he says that by pGt.
ting up bonds ''money can be
borrowed at a less rate of in
terest than the government
pays" Then he complains
that the articles the poor man
wears are taxed $50 per cent;
and in another place he, says
and puts it in capitals, that al
the house Of Will & Co., who
deal in these things "The prices
are VERY LOW" Then he
goes off in a trade generally
and weakly about the high
Eprices the poor man has to pay
and winds up by saying thai
"the cost of living is nowruhng
loao on account OF the scarcity
of greenbacks," and finally
pitches intoathe 4 Freednian'.
Bureau for feedihg 1'niggers,
when the Bureau was abolish
ed long ago, after having pait
into the Treasury( (accordipg t
Mr., M'Cullochl through tn
tax on cotton, nearly 1000,
1000 more that it ever cost th'
country! l!nLogqn Repu9Iiean
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

uHTHE] Distileries at ,Waverly
propose feeding a large num-
ber of hogs theJ present sea
son. The number now on hand
lis estimated at over 1900.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

~ VIRGINIA, by a unanimous
vote OF her reconstructed Leg.
islaturs, has adopted the XVIII
Constitutional Amendment.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

The Memphis Avalanche
'(Democrstic) says that the
Democratic party will never
be forgiven by the people of
the North for its course during
the war, anI advises the aban>
donment of the party.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

-. =. Tns President has designa-
ted Thursday, Nov. 18th, as a
dav of thanksgiving and
prayer.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

The total value Of taxable
property in Scioto county is
s9,636-953, an increase over
last year of s250,s42.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

The vote or Lay Delegation
in the Ohio Conference stood
7s- for, So So against. :'>.-s
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21
The Issue Sauarely Met.

sO e~NlN'N~~
I The agreenback question
could not lave been put more
'tsqharely to lfIis people OF. Ohio
than twas in the canvass just
passed. General Gary Was put
forward as the leading speaker
on the Democratic side for his
known position on financial
policy and his supposed identi-
iication with the laboring in.
tereSt. He announced what
the policy of the Democracy
would be ifplaced in power
The currency would be inflated
as fast as printing presses
could manufacture the notes,
and the emission Of green
backs was not to stop till hun
dreds of millions had been is
sued to satisfy what he con-
ceived to- be the demands Of
production, industryrand COM
meree. The bonds were to be
paid of in these deprecated
notes, the National Banks ex
tinguished, and the old system
of State banking restored. In
brief, the theory of Mr.. Pen
dleton was announced with
such absurd improvements as
a financially uneducated dem.
agogue would be apt to add.
On the other hand, General
Hayes took the substantial
ground that the debt must be
paid in coin or its equivalent,
dollar for dollar, the true course
being not to increase the ex
isting volume of currency, but
to appreciate its value by an
honest collection of the reye-
nues, an economical adrninis-
tration, and the rapid reduc-
ton Of the debt. That there
might be no mistake as to the
policy of the administration
Secretary Boutwell, appeared
in Philadelphia, on the eve of
the election, and, in an admir-
able speech declared it to be
the purpose ofthe Government
to pay the public debt,
"principal and interest, ac~
cording to the terms Of the
contract, and in coin, or that
which men receive as the
equivalent Of coin" He pro
nounced all other schemes der
lusions, and asserted that there
is but one way out of the diff
Guilty, which is that of the hon
est merchant "that is, to meet
his obligations manfully, and
fulfill them to the last cent, if
he has it," He showed con.
clusi7ely that the American
people have the means, and
can pay off the entire debt in
fourteen years, at the present
rate OF taxation, or in twenty
two years if the taxes are re-
duced, and. we pay but fifty
millions of the debt per an
mum. -'' ..' '' JAZZ q" .'.
Mr.. Pendleton' $ strength lay |
in the supposed popularity Of
his financial plan. But when
the issue was squarely made,
the peopls'voted it down, and
its author With it. Neither
Cary'S extravagant 'oratory nor
Mr.. Pendleton's suavity were
of any avail, The course Of
the Administration stands in
.dorsed by 'ths people Of Ohio
and Pennsylvania, and will
grow in favorwith' them If it is
known at the end of each Fl
nan ;ial year one hundred mil
lions of the public debt has
been extinguished. To accom-
plish this IS the ambition Of
the President and his able
Secretary, and they will work
with an eye single to that pur'
pose.-Canciandti Commercial.
A MOST distressing accident
6ccurred on the 12th,' near
iJoheslStatioh, fBh iathe Cincin-
NnarB 1tamifton &Dayton Rail-
road9oAs marriedC daughter. of
Mr., Yinnedge. had come from
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

4 HoSsE fair, open to the
world, comes off at Gallipolis,.
on the 2Olb, 21st and 22d.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

We will have ys9methipg t.
say in reply 10 the the .El4n El4nlquirFeerT'' iireT
article about JOB LucaS, ,tthhe the
Elk township Trustees 93 s.a1HdltHr and our
self next week. IN The mean o
time we will inform thSs hSs!f& N
quirer that we were, well laSar
OF the provisions of the uncpn'
stitutional voting lawlefi 1863
to which it refers, and are
ready to martyrize. In the
language of the immortal j. N.
"bring onlyour chainsP If not
too much trouble you may
bring along your thousand dol
lar check.los1is eli! 4noiG 10
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
Beccher on Grant. ,n-

Henry Ward Beecher has
come out in defence of PreSi
dent Grant against the carp
ings of the Democratic papers
that he was neglecting the
public business by travelling
about the country. The com
plants were so obviously the
offspring Of partisan malice,
that they hardly needed refu-
tation, but Mr.. Beecher has
stated the true view Of the
case so aptly, that we quote a
few words ....
"l'here has never, in any ad-
ministration within memory,
been as much executive eff
cheney "a; that shown by the
present one, in settling recon
sruchon, in bringing the de-
bauched revenue system back
to health and i'll putting the
national debt into a sound
shape. Yet this, too, has been
silently and unboastlully done.
Thus, in succession, war, peace,
reconstruction, financial re.
form, have followed each other.
We hear no buzz We receive
the accomplished results clean
and FURNISHED, without being
annoyed by the process Of the
shop. .... ...........-
When a man who has for
eight years so served the coun.
try takes the hot and unwhole.
some months of summer to
rest, tits a shame that citizens
should need to be told that
their great Alladin needs va.
cation, or that excuses or ex,
plantations should be anxious.
ly pleaded. .n.l 'sJp' eva
1t would be better for them,
and better for the country, il
our public men had more rest
They do not live out their
days. ...' %.
We have always admired
that quiet independence oI
Gen. Grant, which led him tl
do what he thought was right
without asking leave. He has
taken his summer vacation
and we hope he has enjoyed
himself. No man on this con
tinent has a better right to
Now, may heaven spare his
life, to shoY people that busi
ness can be performed witRod
cackling or crowing.n bauo' p
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

,-Aselgain New Hampshire
are a failure. ....::...
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

LUCY STONE said good thing
in the 0Womans Convention,
at Chicago, to wit:
""Some mean towards say if
women vote they should fight.
Now, she would ask, who perils
her life when, the soldier is
borne The mother is his quar-.
termaster until he is capable
of finding his own rations,"
The Cleveland Leader com
pliments that. quartermaster be
cause she don't feed the young
Soldier on hard tack. = + 4" ="
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21


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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

p Rev. Johs' HALL of New
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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

~tA III Z %secf-T T1-l
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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-10-21

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schools, either as teachers q raar
scholars. credit i-ar dE .,i
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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-13
illustrated Books and Papers.

The London Ne,os, treating of the rage for
illustrations in books and magazines, says:-
"a books book, although there's nothing
in it," said Byron, ssrdonically; but book
nowadays Ia scarcely book at all, unless it
contains q number of woodouts. AS for the
'Monthlies," whose number is increasing
every quarter, pictures have almost become
their passport to popularity. Even the out
side cover of them must be pictorial. Some OF
them yet hold out in plain Quaker garb against
the snowy exterior of their younger rivals,
but we shrewdly suspect they are playing
losing game Of sobriety and economy, and will
have to be more frisky and costly before long,
II they do not intend to be beaten out of the
field. The character of the binding is key
to the character of the contents. Open your
shiilipg's worth, and the first thing. that
gIeets your eye is captivating frontispieoe
of young lady in possible or impossible
posture, sometimes alone, and sometimes
with a male or female companion as wonder
| fully made as herself. Turn few pages
another picture. Probably a young lady
| again, supernaturally tall or contortsd; or
perhaps q dark-browed villain, a relenting
papa, or adespairingly. .spooney lover. Verse,
that used to be thought better able to stand
alone than any other species of literature,
and, on account of its own supposed pictorial
| qualities, to be peculiarly capable of dispens-
| ing with fictitious aids and adjuno,s, can
| now no more make its appearance without an
| illustration than young lady can without a
chaperone-though We ought TO add that if
| chapeIopes We're usually as frolicsome and
addicted to levity as many of the illustrations
appended to monthly poetry, young ladies
would be better off without them
| AS long as editors publishers, and the pub
| lie insist upon having these things, they will
| be brought into the market as rapidly as ever
| they are wanted. The question ia, where will
| it End 2 And what is the cause of 1t ali II w
long will the few yet unillustrated monthlies
| hold out And when will the turn of the
| ouarterlies come When will the EdinburgI
| Reuiei0 first make its appearance with hume
rous woodcuts, and when may we look fol
It's conservative rival decked out In all thu
glory Of true blue etchiDgsf Nay, how muct
longer will the weekly journals be issued II
their present modest guisef Fer how mani
numbers more will the Saturday Rerislo bs abi
20 preserve its "beauty unadorned," AM
when may we expect to see the EcOnomis
made, bssntifui for ever And ourselves
We were forgetting ourselves "
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-13
Contested EIecsion Case;

Examiners Messick and Batturs met yesterday
afternoon 10 resume the municipal contested
election case. The box of the Sixteenth division
OF The Twentieth ward was produced by tue
Mayor and Recorder, the papers taken out and
submitted In evidence.
Mr. Gerf ard objected to the opening OF the
box tnr tue reason that there Is no specification
In regard 10 that division.
betore the Legislative Committeeln IN the ludicia'
contest when The ballot oox or tDe SlXteentn
diy,.Iop. Twentieth ward, was opene1, ana the
oailots counl ed. The vote @ns:-For Ehayer,
283: for Greenbank, 270. Tue nckels were
nearly all in bundles OF ten woes, out some VI
the bunolej contained only seven OF Green
hanks tickets, and were made up OF three oi
Thayers. 90 ,ho tas
Witness was asked how he knew the bundles
NJ tickets were not Thayer's made up OF Green
bauk's, aud he replied that IN all IN
stances the Greenbank tickets were ID lne
Tsyid +. Foley testified that he was re-
tnrn insDector at tue 0c'ob + election IN the
Sixteenth division, Twenuetn ward, from noon
TO the close OF tue Dolls. 80 .,.,-o.a
He observed, in the hrst bundle oil Ten tcke
counted by the Democratic return lnspec'ori
som. Republican tickets in 1t, and spoke OF ~
The right OF The witness 10 interfere was ques
tened. but the Judge decided tnat 1e "a ns one
riohi: The bundle vas then counted. ana cou'
ta,n.d hye Democratic aud ave hspupiI Ca.
tirkets: the votes were then sepaIaIeui hIte'
that he discovered 10 attempt 10 Iepeat ~
wben the witness entered the POLL there vas
General complaint of the manner IN wnicn INT
eI,ctlou was be ng conducted. .a
no the cross examination, the witness said d
hsS cone IN as return INSPECTOR, because tn'
o,heT n spector was sick, as be said, tnoueh WV
ness believed It was something else than sicA
nsss cert,6ed cory OF the return OF the election
.. sbe above precinct In 0aober was put y
Ia .ne oud chased as follows; FOR Dante
H. Fox. $40 votes; for Hector Tyndals, aso1C nsS
majorIy Tor Fox, g. AZ the SoSs~p aso, ResaS
ins MAN ~ rs; RepupLSaR Rsiorisy, ~; Whole ~
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-13

our turn must unquestionably come:
When is II TO bef When shall
we and our daily contemporaries be com-
PEELED to add to our expenses by maintaining
a staff of artists and engrsvers The state o.
health Of the Emperor Of the French or the
Pope will have to be represented by carte
few days previously. The --latest Intelli-
gepoe" will have to be pietorislly rendered,
with variety Of costume, and our own oorres-
popdents will have 10 send pen-and-ink
sketches from distant capitals taken on the
spot. The Police Court will provide rs an ind
nifty of interesting subjects, and even the
mopey article may sometimes neoessitate o
tableau of disappointed spsculators. To
be- perfectly serious, however, do net our
readers think that this rage for "pioture
books" has gone far enoughf Is 1t really a
wholesome signP Is il not rather one Of fri
volity and superficial habits of mindi