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Sheriff Sale.
Charles G. Smith
John Funk.

RY virtue of an order of sale to me directed
roe County, Ohio, will offer for sale at the
front door of the Court House, in the town
of Woodsfeld, between the hours of 10
o'clock a. m. and o'clock p. m, on
Monday, the 10Th day of February, 1862
the following described real estate situate in
said county, 20 wit: The northeast quarter OF
the northeast quarter of section two township
four range four, containing forty acres more
or less; also, part of the northwest quarter
of the northeast quarter of. same section.
township and range, beginning at the north
west corner Of said forty acre lot; thence
east to the center of Niger run; thence with
said run to the line running from east to west
on the south boundary of said. forty acre lot;
thence from the center of said sun west to the
southwest corner of said forty acre lot; thence
north eighty rods to the place of beginning,
eleven acres more or less; and
also the following described tract, beginning
at the southwest corner of the southeast
quarter of the southwest quarter of section
three township four and range four; thence
north about sixty-four rods " certain run;
thence south with said run TO the southeast
corner OF said forty acre lot; thence west
eighty rods to the place of beginning, contain
ing fifteen acres more or less.
Ordered to be sold as the property of John
Funk at the suit of Charles G. Smith.
JOSEPH MYERS,
jan12w5. Sheriff NJ CO.
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A Brilliant Hseroration.
From the N. Y. Herald, January Al

A certain political speaker closed an
address in behalf of his party with the
following forid peroration:
Build 4 worm fence around winter S
supply of summer. weather, skim the
clouds from the sky with teaspoon
catch thunderbolt in bladder; break
a hurricane to harness; ground sluice an
earthquake; bake h-ll in an ice-house
lasso an avalanche pin diaper on the
crater of an active volcano hive all the
stars in nail-keg; hang the ocean on a
grapevine to dry; put the sky to soak in
a gourd; unbucllle the belly band of
eternity, and paste TO let on the sun
and moon, but never, sir-never for a
moment, sir-delude yourself with the
idea that any ticket or party can beat
our candidates"
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Libel Suits.

We reproduce the following, italics and
all, from the Cincinnati Commercial,
which says:
The New York Tribune expresses the
good sense of the journalists of the coun
try concerning personalities of the press,
in the following terms:
IAN important truth has seldom been
stated more tersely than Mr. Bowles hit
the real error of the press, and the pre-
else character of the average libel suit,in
his letter to Gov. Bullock and other Bos
ton notables, in reply to their tender of
public dinner. My own observation
says Mr.. Bowles, lis that the press rarely
does injustice to Thoroughly honest man
or cause. It may be deceived with re-
gard to a private Individual, and misrep
resent him for time; but with refer
ence to public men and measures, its
knowledge is more intimate and complete
than that of any other agency possibly
can be, and L knoU that 1t rithholds IN
justly to the public one hundred times
,chere it speaks ,crOngly once Of the mdi-
ridudL Certainly, nine out Of ten Of all
libel suits against the press are brought
by adrenturers, and spectators, and
scoundrels, whose contrivances to rob the
public have been exposed There never
was truer saying. We hare or oun
share Of libel salts, achich ,ce endure like
the other diSconyorts Uhich the discharge
Of Oetr duty brings; but ,ce are conscious
Of hdriag done tcrong nhen ,re haze fail
ed to expose an erl- -doer far oftener than
,chcn, because Of an exposure, we hare
been held to anS,rer in the courts, at the
suit Of some chdracteyless adrenturer,
,rhO claims that ,re hare done his char
Gcter q hundred thousand dollars worth
Of damages by telling the truth about
him. Newspapers are, of course, liable
to many mistakes; but we speak from
wide experience in saying that the mis-
takes as to persons are quite as liable to
be those of suppression as Of utterance."
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Progress of the suez Canal,

The Suez Canal is being pushed for
ward with an activity scarcely exceeded
by the rapidity with which we urge
westward our Pacific Railroad In one
month over two millions of cubic metres
of earth have been removed. The total
amount Of earth originally required to
be removed was seventy-fve million me-
tres. Twenty-million metres yet remain,
or about one-fourth of the whole. AT
the present rate, and allowing for dcten-
tons, the canal should be finished by
January J, 1870 Political as well as
commercial considerations are pushing
this canal forward. Latin Europe is
preparing for the enjoyment of its ben
Gifts Two millions of dollars have
lately been appropriated to improve the
commercial facilities of the port OF
Venice aal other ports of the Mediter-
ranean are also feeling the general move
ment
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A Republican Estimate of Carpet
bag COngreSSmen.

Don Piatt, the Washington correspon-
dent of the Cincinnati Commercial,
writes as follows of carpet-bag Con
gressmen from the South:
And in all sober earnestness to write,
in ''a frank and manly way" the net
purport and upshot of our rcconstruc-
ton measures at the South. as Seen in
Congress, is not pleasant. No amount
of certificates of election and formalities
of an oath can make these gentlemen
of the hand baggage real NJ. Cs. When
one make his appearance on the floor we
cannot look each other in the countc-
nance without audible smiles that are
indecorous. If the gentlemen would
only indulge in little disguise to help
ON the delusion, something might be
gained, but not only is the voice the
voic. of the enemy, but the look, man
ner, dress, and above all, the vote is the
vote of the allen.
The antagonism between New Eng
land civilization and that of the South,
previous to the war, was not more dead
ly than is the antagonism Of interest
now between these localities, and yet
these gentlemen of the paper collar and
extra dickey follow New England, and
vote all the time against the interests of
their own constituents. ...
l had a long talk with one of these
representatives ad interim last night
and tried to convince him that it would
be well, just for the appearance of the
thing, to cast vote now and then for
the region he claimed to represent. But,
no! l found my friend had an intense
contempt for onehalf of his people,
and Il deadly hatred for the other half
1t was Connecticut Congressman elect
ed in the South.
Having no very high opinion of my
self, and Il contempt for the rest of hui
manity, l can put up with the grotesque
and absurd as we'll as any one. But
there is point, you know, beyond
which l find it difficult to keep my coun-
tenance, and the New England carpet
bagger carries me there. l wrinkle and
haw-haw-I can't help it--when the gen.
tleman of the paper dickey, from New
England, gravely takes his seat as a rep
resentatiwe from the South.
Better cut the South into provinces,
and give them military Governors to
keep the peace until The negro is educa-
ted, the white master subdued, and time,
the consolor, heals the wounds of war,
than thus to make caricature of rep
resentative Government, and stultify our
selves.
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Grants Opinion of Prominent
Ngar

Il know nothiug,personally, of Wen
dell Phillips" said General Grant, late
ly. II should have respected llim and
accredited him with more honesty of
purpose if he had opposed my election -
Logan is the coming man of Illinois.
Senator Morton is too much of Il poll
tician to be safe financier.
Bennett is a Scotchman. No man
born in Scotland becomes acclimated i'll
this country"
''TIenry Ward Beecfer don't Nafft
office; but he would be better preacher
if he were less Of politician, and a
better politician if he were less preach
er' 1t is impossible to have philan-
throphy that will cover whole nation,
and yet fit Plymouth Church.
General Mcclellan is an able soldier,
good citizen and pure man. He has
great powers of organization. The
Army ofthe Potomac was the best organ
lied, best equipped and best disciplined
army the world ever saw. For accom-
plishing this the country is indebted to
Mcclellan. While to large extent Nc
Cltllan lost the confidence of the coun-
try, he never lost the confidence Of his
army"
Butler is hot so bad as his enemies
imagine. have no i'll will toward him.
and am satisfied there would never have
been any difference between us if it had
not been for the misrepresentation of
third parties
''Greeley is great and good man, and
a faithful honest, efficient advocate OF
the cause of human liberty. He always
seemed to me to eXaggerate the bright
side of human nature, and underrate its
dark side. He exaggerated the capacity
of the negro, while he undertakes the
crime of jeff. Davis. Such men are al
ways the dupes of men of inferior abil
tiles"
Raymond always reminds me of q
jumping jack He is heads up or tails
up, just as Seward or Weed moves him
When Raymond goes wrong l feel like
forgiving him, for he knows not what he
does. Nobody supposes him to be any
thing but the mouth-piece of Seward
and Weed, though he is brilliant writer
if he would be independent.
Seward is man of very great abil
ity and very little principle. If he haG
not intrusted his politics to Weed h'
might have been a statesman, but Weed
being very corrupt politician, Seward
was dragged down from the elevation O
craftsmanship to the lowest depths O.
demagoguery. Johnson would have re
manned pure, true patriot and wist
President if he had been removed from
the baneful influence of Seward"
"Grant regards +. B. Washburne q:
honest and economical, and to him :
friend in need. He can have what h,
wants from Grant. Grant consider:
Rawlins as brother. who is capable o
filing any place, but too poor to take ;
Cabinet position, Senator Morgan mere
ly as bag Of dollars, all his Senatorial
labors being to secure his reelection
Fessenden, as the ablest statesman il
the Senate, man of high order of in
tellect, catholic views, large and well
improved experience and great mora
courage; Sumner as great scholar, fin
ished orator and faithful representative
/ of his State.
There now! GRANT has spoken anc
what does it amount to? Oh! what
President, "Iet us have peace"
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what congress HAS Done.

1.-The following from the Washington
correspondent of the ". Y. Herald, Jan
8, is far from complimentary to the pow
srs at Washington, engaged in robbing
the people and legislating for the Ne
sgrocs. Our readers will please bear in
mind the fact THAT the He,old is Radi-
cal paper:
.,.'...T '...Thus far in this the third session of
the Fortieth Congress, which in the mean
while has cost the country about $780,
600 in, salaries and other forms of ex-
pense, really nothing In the way of bust
ness has been transacted. Ten bills
shave passed beth houses of; Congress,
fiveof whichlare for removing political
disabilities from some loyal adherents of
the Radical party in the South, several
are for pensions to some newly discov-
cred heroes of the war of 1872, one in
reference to the tax on tobacco, and an
other repeating the prohibition against
the organization of militia in the recon-
structed States. The latter is the only
one ofxany importance that has become
b law; buts;t is of such very question
sblc benefit to the people that it can hard
!, ly be placed in the category of serious
and useful legislation. The game is GER
tainly not worth the candle, judging by
this exhibit. ia a9H.4
.sfii" And yet what a vast field Of legisla-
-ti6n rcmains--what n host of important
tsubjects are to. There is the
tinancialquestion comparatively untouch-
ed, the tariff, the internal revenue and
the settlement of reconstruction once and
forever still neglected. Nothing has
been broached concerning the encour-
agement which the shipping interests of
the country so vitality demand Nothing
has bcendone or is likely to be done to
satisfactorily adjust our Indian difficulty
except the action of the House to trans
sfcr the Indian Bureau to the War Depart
ment. 1t may be pleaded that time suf
fcient has not been allowed to bring up
these various questions; and that in the
ensuing two months everything will be
fully and satisfactorily attended to; but
unfortunately we have two preccdents
before us in the past sessions Of this
Congress illustrating how much time can
be consumed and how much talk expen-
ded without great deal of work being
accomplished. This session will be like
its predecessors, fruitful of theory and
barren of practice. There will be a vast
deal said about the finances, and the in
evit;tble nigger will crop out once more
in the discussion. about reconstructing
over. again the State of Georgia and di-
yiding the State of Texas. Indian af-
fairs will be debated for time, and in
tile, end some tinkering will be done,
leaving matters worse than they were be-
fore"
Taxpayers, did the Radicals tell you
the truth during the last campaign ?
lGRAsFvotors don't complain You vo-
ted to continue the present state of
,tMiigs ..,srg ,,.
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Japan.

Our advices from Japan indicate that
the power of the Mil1ado is in part re-
stored. This is due to the assumption
of the Office by the young Milkado, who
has now attained his majority. He has
commenced his rule by quieting many of
the civil war elements which for some
time past have been struggling for the
mastery throughout the country. Still
this is nowa a period when Japan, feel
ing the effects Of contact with the mod
ern world, requires strong heart and
we'll balanced head to guide its people in
the best track. If the Mikado recogni-
yes the new era of progress and closely
allies himself with the United States and
the European Atlantic nations he may
make the most brilliant mark in the his
tory of his line.
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Master Commissioners Sale.
David Glover
Stephen Coen and Wife.

DY virtue of an order of sale to me directed
ID from the Court of Common Please of Mon
roe county, Ohio, will offer for sale at the
front door of the Court House in the town of
Woodsfield. between tire hours of 10 o'clock a.
m. and o'clock p. m.,'on
Moadag the 18th day Of February, 1869.
the following described real estate situate in
Monroe county, Ohio, to wit The northwest
quarter of the Southwest quarter of section
81, township and range four; Also all that
part of the northwest quarter of section, town
ship and range aforesaid lying south of the road
leading through said quarter to Woodsfeld,
containing in all one hundred and twenty acres
more or less, and being the'same land conveyed
by Bennett Coen in his life time to Stephen
Coen. All in Monroe County, Ohio
Ordered to- be sold as theproperty of Stephen
Coen at the suit of David Glover
JOSEPH MYERS,
lanl.vo Sheriff and Special Master,
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EyGRANT cries "Peace!'' and there
is no peace, because he stubbornly re-
fuses it. The hollowness of the peace
sentiment is made manifest in publish
ed conversation between GRANT and the
correspondent of Radical journal, Ac-
cordingsto that correspondent GRANT is
as bitterly hostile to the Southern peo-
pie as the most Radical of them all. He
favors confiscation of the lands ofSouth-
eners, "the proceeds to be used in re-
storing the country" Ito Radical rule,
Of course. He says, LET the lands
(of Southerners overflow, and stay un-
der water until their owners are willing
that Northern men and capitalists shall
come in and improve them"
Let the South be submerged! So
says GRANT.
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Pretty Waiter GirlS..NOxy n Con.
cert saloon Got Married by
Wholesale,

Some weeks ago, writes San Francis
co correspondent, a shrewd Yankee az
rived here from the East, and after look
ing around for time. and finding that
fully two thirds of the people of San
Francisco boarded in restaurants, con-
Guided to go into the business. He had
observed that all the restaurant keepers
employed fat, lazy and dirty men of all
nations for cooks and walters, and he
conceived the idea that if he employed
girls-neat, tidy, quick-witted and good
looking girls-for walters, he would Sc
cure large custom Immediately.
He accordingly ransacked the employ
ment offices for recruits, and finally Sc
cured twelve pretty girls two ofthese he
placed behind the counter for money
takers, and the remainder were instruct
ed to pass around the hash. The novel
ty ofthe thing made it take Immediate
ly; the restaurant was crowded from
morning till night. No one thought of
eating less than twenty-five cents worth.
{ You must know that person can eat a
fine meal for fifteen or twenty cents.
And when they devoured thirty-seven
sents worth, they would toss the money
takers fifty cent piece and walk away
with nonchalant air. The proprietor
was in ecstacies, and walked about rub
bing his hands with unctuous delight
Many Of the customers would call for
ice-cream and ask the fair mattresses to
join them. They were consequently
filled chock full of nice things all the
time. Matters progressed finely for sew
eral weeks, when the proprietor began to
find that this walters were not so atten-
tive as they ought to be they would serve
some good-looking fellow with what he
would order, and would sit down and
chat with him, while other customers
were waiting to be served. lie repri-
manded the girls several times, but with
out any effect; so he determined to Sc
cure another lot and discharge the whole
caboodle.
He began his search for substitutes,
saying nothing of his designs. Recently
however, he was staggered, for after the
duties of the day were concluded, and
the cash counted, he was asked TO attend
church with the girls, as one of them
was going to get married. Of course he
would go, and he would give away the
bride. If they had given him notice in
time he would have given them nice
wedding supper.
An hours time sufliced for the girls to
dress, and then they all proceeded to
church, were every one of them were
married. During their brief career of
four weeks in the restaurant they had
been wooed and won by young fellows
who were anxious to find companions
for life, but who, owing to the peculiar
mode oflivingin San Francisco had no
Of forming female acquain-
tances. This morning he was without
walters, and he is rushing around like a
chicken with his head cut off, looking for
more girls. His establishment is better
than matrimonial agency.
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Sheriff Sale,
William Boyd
Henry Carr.

RY virtue of an order of sale to me directed
ID from the Court of Common Pleas of Mon
roe county, Ohio, l will offer for sale at the
front door of the Court House in the the town
of Woodsield, on .-..-s,ss. :,
Monday, the 18th day Of February,1869,
between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and A
o'clock p m, the following described real estate
in said county of Monroe, to wit: The northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter and the
northeast quarter of the southwest quarter and
the east half of the north west quarter of sec
tion number twenty-eight t2S) in township three
and range four. Ie 5set,,tz
Appraised at $4,000. ,sea - : = s5-ss
JOSEPH MYERS,os
jan12w5 Sheriff, M. c. o.
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A Red Hot One.

The Bucyrus (Ohio) Forum has a
correspondent who signs himself Thom-
as Phoole. In late number of that
paper he says: 81 like Nasby. All the
Phoole family like Nasby. If l see a
man on the kyars readin' Nasty, l new
er ask an Introduction, but just march
right up to him and say, How do you
do, Mr.. Phoole, and l never yet failed
to find one of my first cuzzins, who
votes as he shot revolver, six times" :"
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The People Robbed 10 Enrich
Congressman and Railroad Con-
tractors. ..

One hundred and fifty mine railroad
bills and resolutions have been introduce
ed in the Fortieth Congress and twice as
many more are in preparation in the
lobby. One thousand million acres of
public land and S2O0,0O0,O00 United
States Bonds would not supply the de-
mands Of these cormorants. Corpora
tons created by Territorial Legislatures,
State Legislatures, and even by recon
struction Conventions, are all clamorous
for United States subsidy. Those that
have been subsidized once are demand.
ing more and the others their first sup.
ply. et
THE ATcHIsoN AND PIXIES PEAK RAILROAD
COMPANY, -
now known as the Union Pacific Central
Branch, has already received direct and
indirect aid from the Government,
amounting, it is estimated, to nearly IS,
100000, and Eow has bill pending in
the Senate granting it about $4,000
more. If it can be brought up when
there are but few Senators present, and
they not we'll informed in relation to the
job, it will pass. The more light it gets,
however, the poorer its chance.
THE DENVER PACIFIC RAILWAY AND TELE-
GRAPH COMPANY,
chartered Ivy the Colorado Territorial
Legislature, has already got bill through
the Senate. giving it about 100000
acres of land, said to be finely timbered
and worth about s1O,O0o,0OO. The bill
is now in the House, on the Speaker S
table. The more it is ventilated the bet
70 for
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EgAn old and respectable citizen of

EAn old and respectable citizen of
Jefferson, Texas, was shot and killed on
the Sd inst, and the affair is dismissed
by the remark, at Is supposed to have
been done by soldiers through mistake u
If negro had been shot for outragio
a white woman or child, the Radical
press would have been filled with clam
ors for vengeance upon the perpetrators
Of the deed - Wheeling Register.
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Indictments.

live have on exhibition the Athens
Comfy Indictments, by MOORE and
WiLDEs.
Perhaps our readers have forgotten
tho faetthat MOORE is the Congressman
elect and WIIDEs afull-fedged Brevet
Brigadier General. II 50 the mdict-
ments will refresh their memories. The
fact is prominent in both papers. La
lila! Haw.
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CHAPTER v.

THE CLERK RETURNS THE MONEY.
Finding themselves beaten at their own
game, the Clerk sent the folio wing letter
to our Attorneys:
OFFICE OF THE Courts, ATHENS County,,
ATHENS, O., Dec. 26, 1868,
MEssRs. AMOS & SrRIGGs-4Hys al
Lac, Woodsfeld, OBJ Sirs: Herewith
find four dollars, amount sent to me by
you for copies of Indictments against
West-which cannot be forwarded until
appearance of Def't is entered in the
actions. Very Respectfully,
I..-.-. ..- LOUIS w. Brown.