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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-07-02
ELECTION OF PREsTDENTBK
THE PEOPLE.
From the N Y. PostI

The JouTnaI Of Social Sc.eHce for
June, JUST published by Messrs. Ley
poIdt a. Holt, has an interesting paper
from Mr.. Charles Francis Adams, Jr.,
upon the protection IF the bellot. Mr..
Adams points out several Of the ju-
huences which are cOrIupfiu@ popular
elections, and which threaten - corrupt
them still more hereafter. A. uII- the
most powerfui OF these h. pI ces the
present constitutional provisions for
the election of President ind Vice
President Of thpaUnited SAFE.
The ''electors'' were intended to
choose the President: but thy have
never done so. They merely register
the will Of those who have chosen
them. But they do not do q IS accu-
rstely, nor with certainty, The sys-
tenn, says Mr.. Adams with fervor, His
thoroughly useless" but it holds out
"more inducement to corruption, more
opportunity for fraud it creates more
Inequalities of influence, and thre4tens
greater danger 10 our system, than al
most any other system which human
ingenuity could have devised. TbiS
language is strong, butthe hguers must
pear it out"
He gives many facts TO prove this
charge. General Grants majority in
the popular vote was five per cent. In
the Electoral College II was f0rtV-four
pei COhts III lAGuN paws
votes were VIGOROUSLY cast in large
numbers. Three great states-New
York, Pennsylvania and Ind aua-
were the real BATTLE-GROUND, and il was
believed that a majority OF On4 vote IN
each of these might make a President.
The contest was 50 close that in reality
Gen eral Grant had a majority in these
states of but one and a half Per cent.
in the aggregate vote ; and on the stat
tickets the majority was nearly the
same against his party. Here, there
fore, all possible Inducements 10 fraud
were combined.
Again, Mr.. Adams continues, New
York has just as many electors as Hi
nOiS, Massachusetts, and to-
gether. Ten thousand majority one
way in New York cOunterbalance one
hundred and sixty thousand majority
the other way in the other three States.
A change of ten thousand votes in
Pennsylvania and New York would
actually have n-eutralized the whole
weight in the election of Illinois,
Massachusetts,, Michigan, Maine, Wis
consin and Iowa together, with their
quarter of million majority for Grant
4 change of less than $4,000 votes
in seven states would make Seymour
President, against a popular majority
two hundred and eighty thousand
Thus the system itself places a pre-
MUM on fraud. Each party has men
who appeal to corruption as a political
necessity to meet that of their oppo-
nents: and the public conscience is
rapidly debased. The rapid growth of
this tendency so alarms MI. Adams
that he declares "Fraud-energetic,
well directed fraud-will probably
soon decide every closely contested
Presidential election, unless the sys-
tenn of Electoral Colleges is reformed
out of existence"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-07-02

Wav of manufactures, ours being rath-
er an agricultural district, the adapta-
ton of the soil to which, is unsoFpaSs-
ed by any equal extent of territory in
the county.
Quite a portion of our landis UNDER
layed by an extensive stratum o1lime-
stone. the upper layers of which vary
from one to twenty feet from the sur
face of the earth. This stone is what is
known as the Gray Limestone, being
much whittier or lighter than the stone
in the vicinity of your city, and while
your Delaware stone" Is preferable for
building; purposes, our isfar superior
for lime, of which we furnish a greater
portion used in this county, and quite
a quantity to counties adjoining. We
would not convey the idea however,
that these stone are not adapted for
building, while they are not generally
so, we find very far building stone
at the auarries of WiliamR Jones and
Philip Jones, who also with Messrs.
Dldine. Lawrence and Perry, burn
large quantities of lime,
Delhi, the village and Post town OF
the township, (the Post Office IS deslg-
mated Radnor,) is remarkable only toT
its Churches, of which there are I'VE,
viz: Methodist Episcopal, Methodist
Whitfield, Welsh Congregatlonallsti
Presbyterian (new SCHOOL,. and Baptist
All the church buildings, the house
used by the whitfield Methodist -ex-
cepted, are of brick, and ofrecent cree
ton, substantial and c~ommodioas, in
all of which, Sabbath after Sabbath
goodly congregations meet to worship
Him who has so wonderfully blessed
them in temporal and spiritual things
We also have a Lodge of the I. o. o
F., who number a respectable mem,
bership, and own a very fine Hall.
And there is one thing we can boast
of not having had in cur town fol
years, namely a Grog Shop. We are
therefore able to present a society thai
may be compared favorabIy with any
other rural portiOn of the State.
Preparations are being made oabu1IC
a two story brick school house. an item
of Improvement we have long needed
| The work on the Gravel Roads has
been suspended, to be resumed after
harvest.
Owing 20 the extreme wet weather
the farmers were late in getting IL
their corn crop. The wheat crop
which is extensive, will, should moth
ing befau it in the short space yet re
quired for its maturity be unusually
large. Meadows look splendid. ThC
apple crop will be light. The genera
health is good. Yours,
NVERUs.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-07-02
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enjoys, is derived from its cures, many Of
which are truly marvellous, lnVeteraUe
cases of Scrofulous disease, where the sys-
tenn seemed saturated with corruption have
been purified and Cured by it. Bcrofulous
affections and disorders, which We're aggra-
vated uS the scrofulOus Contamination un-
til they were painfully affecting, awe been
radically cured in such great number in al
most every section of the country, that the
public scarcely need to be informed OF Its
virtues or usesg
structive enemies of our race. Often this
unseen and unfeIt tenant of the organism
underm1nes the e~onstitut1ong ana invites
the attack of enfeebling n faial diseases,
without exciting a suspicion Of1ts presence.
Again, it seems to breed Infection through
out the body, and then, on some favorable
of its hideOus forms, either on The surface
or among the vitals. In the latter, tuUer-
Giles may be suddenly deposited in the lungs
or heart, or tuuors formed in the liver, or
it shows its presence by eruptions on the
skin, or foul alterations on somep part Of the
body. Hence the ucCasIOuaI use Of Il DULJle
Of nisSARSAPARLLLA is advisable, even
when no active ~ mptonls Of dlsease appear.
Persons aHicted with the fo4oWlng com
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Those who are LdHqUid and Lis3less, DegpOn-
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rs restorative power upon trial.
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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-07-02
GENOA LETTER.
GENOA. June 2R. 1850.

AL-AO2a q XIX @bg 4CUCs
EDITORS GAZETTE Having reId
your local correspondence with much
interest, ! propose giving a few items
from Genoa not that a record IiNe
ours will Q be forgOtten Chat Of bav-
ing furnished the most recruits for
Caoada durtng the war Of any tawa-
ship in the County,) but with a Iaul-
able spiriEOf emuiauon to show the
rapid advance of our people in intelii-
genee and public spirit since the ret. II
of "gentle peace"
As ''naught is so tedious as a twice
told tale" / viii say the crops, weeds,
and weather are ditto with the Harlem
letter in your last.
To give your readers some idea OF
the extent Of business carried on in
Genoa, other than farming, notice tire
fnllo wing directory 4. Chapman,
Blacksmith, w. Brown, Merchant.
There is PosJ-Othce al Maxwell, q.
Mann, Postmas' eraa
TIE mail starts from headquarters
and gees direct to Maxwell and returns
leaving the northeastern part OF The
township without a sight of a mail
carrier, but there IN occasionally a
fish peddler blowing his LOrn, afford
ing full compensation for the loss o.
the Maxweli mail.
There is a Presbyterian Church mn
der the charge of Rev. Nj. Sabine, of
Central College, and cone ected II ere
witty pleasant Sabbath school. At
Maxwell is a church OF The new dis
pensation, or Nasbyitts, presided over
ny RevereDds Stevenson, Mann. Smi d.
Dackworth, &c. dc, and when their
breath is exhausted, by D-acons Bpr-
nett, Sebringi Mainland others. The
Columbus mud Supbury i;,ck PASSES
through The township "a Stops not.
The a%ss0cift .ous OF tie TyopIa9 in rte
southwestern part of Ia l. wa are at
WeslerFille also their p ces al rolt
gious worship.
Should there be any omissions iuthe 7
directory hope some other Local will
correct. GENOA Local.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-07-02
FOr nc LeLaWaEe
NATURES SCENES.

Within nay pleasant. rustic, woodland boF-
sit and dream through many a summer
Tbis e 4 peaeeful spot. a calm retreat
No sound but ripping brook ana
sweet.
The waving branches with their notes re-
Far so sylvester than the songs Of those re-
rbs R9 ToaF them forth rom out their little
rba t aEe9 T:arbling h-arnonizing notes.
And here. and there, theadeep IL Ky is
rbes e seaRnscinef foliage OF the trees between,
A vivid contrast pleasing 70 the eye,
The dark green branches and the azure SKY
The creeping moss and grass upon the
viii iF9 sWeet and modest wildwood flowers
The fragFant violet doth fear to show its
But hides so timidly withini its NOISY bed.
Round which the wild grapes elinging ten
The sIafey sank which reaches IA below.
To where the never eeasing waters now
Upon this bank besides the aowerets fair,
Mods many a tail and graceful fern so rare
ThO'some are tail, there3smany lowry one,
To q alike The breeze, the rain the sun
4 see blB clear pEAAuclu waters now
Within their pebbIy channel far below
And W-ater-mymphs, I seem to hear them
lave
! Beneath the current OF the ripping wave
The woodland nymphs must hold their
meetings here,
I seem to hear then voices drawing near;
tbs waited to me by the Wind'sI0W sigh,
Methinks that can Jeeftheir presence nigh,
o. is this naueht but my own imagery,
Or that which mortal eyes may never see:
I seem to hear their wild aud weird-lilce
song,
Which breezes echo SIS they pass along.
/ But lean catch no glimpse of fairies bright
! They surely are beyond the mortal sight
4 So I no more viii seek for fairy forms,
But ever be content with natures charms.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-07-02
WHAT ONE DETERMINED WO-
MAN CAN DO.


The Boston Journal has the follow
ing;
since in one of our suburban towns,
which is worthy of notice as ilIustra-
tive of the courage and presence of
mind of woman. Alady of refinement
Inc culture was excessively annoyed
one afternoon by hearing a coarse, brut-
al fellow numerically beat his horse,
at the same time using the most shock
ing profanity. Her husband was alb
sent, and there was no man about the
premises. She endured the inhiction
as long as her sensitive nature would
permit, and then, summOning her
courage, she stepped to the door, when
she found that a horse heavily loaded,
had been left without a driver to fol-
low another team, and having strayed
from the road a little, one wheel of the
cart had got into adeeprut, from which
the animal could not extricate it.
me 1nhuman driver, enraged at the
accident, was venting his spleen on the
morse by numerically beating him.
accompanying the same with a Volley
OF oaths, while the driver of one of the
oLher teams stood looking on with fold
ca arms. The sight only heightened
the 1ady's Indignation. and stepping
INTO street im~peratively command
eo the Fellow who was beating the
morse to desist, and take the animal
by the head. To the one who was
spectator of the scene she said: Take
hold of the wheel and help the horse
The fellows WerV amazed at the cool
and courage of the lady, and not
a moment questioning her authori-
ty, they did as they were bid, and the
team was o on the road alright. This |
lady deserves suitable recognition at
hands of the Society for the Pre- 4
ventiOn of Cruelty to Animals y
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-07-02
THE RELICS OF SOUTH CARoLE-l
Ma AT THE VAR DEPART
MEETs

Ma Al The van
RGEETs
KENroN, o., June Z, 1863.
To the Editor Of the Commercial:
The three boxes of collected treas ue
recently brought forth from the VaUits
of the War Department at Washington
are the property of citizens of Camden,
South Carolina. The gold and silver,
as well as the principal portion Of tile
Confederate notes and bonds, belong
to the old Camden Bank The value Of
the diamonds and silver-Ware las been
greatly oVerestimated by your Wa~1l-
ngton correspondent
Upon the approach Of Shermsn's
army upon Camden, h citizens of sle
village collected their jewelry, SLY II
and plated ware and deposited ae
same in the safes of the Bank of CAM
den. The safes were loaded in wagons,
and b owners thereof sought safey
for their treasure IN flight but h for
agers-enterDrislnG fellows, who were
always about a days marchin advance
of the army-came upOn them not lar
from the Catawba RiVerand compelled
a surrender.
The captOrs We're composed of two
detachments, from the Third Bril-
! Gade. First Division, Twentieth Army
Corps. and the other from h Four
tenth Army Corps. It was d Z
/ custom of the fOEagers to cOnfsc4te
and divide captured property, but as
some disagreement sprung up as to tle
proper division, neither party feeling
I disposed to surrender their acqul4 ID
banking privileges, it was decided to
deliver the safes unopened to the Pro-
vost Marshal of the Army of Georgia.
The safes were opened by that officer
and found to contain gold and silver,
! Confederate bonds and notes, and IA
] diamonds. silverware, and jewelry Of
! the citizens. BY order of General Slser-
man the mules and wagons were "p-
/ proDriated for the use OF the army, stild
the other property was boxed up @Ad
forwarded to the War Department al
Washington, upon the arrival Of the
army at G"OldsbOrOught North carolina.
You are certainly mistaken IN your
statement in saying that as the for
ayers and " bummers came up to the
bridges, they were halted and thor
! Oughly searched, and the articles found
upon them bozod up and sent 10 ASH
/ ingtOn, No order was ever issued to
| search the " bummers." 1t would have
required all the army wagons
ed with Sherman's army to have haul
ed the plumber collected in one day by
the " bummers," and abandoned the
next. Nor was this property, as a
general thing, taken from h dwellings
| of the inhabitants, but 1t was fOund IN
the fields or the sWamps, where 1t had
been concealed by the owners. PROM
ertv thus captured was brought into
| camp at night, and after being exhibi-
ted, was, in very many instances, aban-
dOned. If the people on the line Of
march lac remained as home, and
treated our soldiers with common
civiIity, very few such depredations
would have been committed. In South
| Carolina it was a very cOmmon thing
for ~chivalrous ladies to call our soldiers
81 Vandals" and Northern hireling -
Of course, neither officers nor soldiers
felt very sOlicitOus concerning the safe
ty of their worldly effects.
TWENTIETH ARMY CORPs,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-07-02
RADNoR LETTER.


RADNoR, o., JUNE Is, 1869.
EDIroRs GAZETTE: Having been So
lieited to fUrnishyour paper with news
items from this locality, and not hay
ing Observation-Disclosures in that
regard, thought that an item or two.
of history would not be wholly unin-
teresting. RadnOr township is one of
the oldest settled portions of the cOuu-
ty; the greater portion of its popula-
ion being n~aturalized citizens of
Welsh birth, and their native descend
ants. Somethingnsar three quarters of
a century back, when the great State of
Ohio was comparatively new, Mr.. Dav-
i'd Pugh, q native of Wales, purchased
a large tract of Ian in this neighbor-
hood, which he sold IN liberal terms.
in small tracts, generally to others Of
his co-untrymen who left the shores OIL
oppression to find a home in this, now
emphatically, Our own free land. This
proved OF great advantage to these haT-
dy immigrants, who in common with
the great majority of foreigners who
find their way to this country, were posi-
sessed Of but little means; but indus
trlous, temperate and frugal, they have
by their energy and perseverance Sc
cured more or less of the soil, and bv
ati immense amount of labor have turn
ed the dense forest into fertile fields
beautiful homes for themselves
and children.
As before said, having but small
means it required some time before
they could place themselves in s'easv
circumstances -; and for a long period
the Log Cabin of the Pioneer, and
surroundings, were all the inn
provements made by way of tenement
comforts; of late years however, the
cabin isgiving place tosubstantial,
3ommouious and in,many cases not al
ogetherunpretentious frame and brick
dwellings,. While fine barns and other
y vns1NaE- - - -
.rees, with other surroundings, give
evidence that though they may not be
of opulence, they areof comfort
thrift. A happy medium between
,inching want and luxurious wealth. !
We have nothing to boast Of in the
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-07-02

RECENT SALES OF SHORT HoRNs.-
Judge =. G. Jones, of Delaware, has re-
Gently soli to parties in Ashland coun-
~, his short horn bull "Gen. Grant,
(by Duke f AIidtie,l bred by jeremiah
Duncan, Of X, utucky, and the htifers
Mary Grey AM Mtggie Renick, of Pick
away Coun Y, he hutl Major Duncan by
by IMPORTED o. untts ; and the bull
Duke of Scioto of d. Wiggand same
cu,tuty.
c. HJls, at Delaware, has sold the
two year old buli, Crystal Duke by
Duke Imperial, dam Crystal Queen 10y
Illinois and also a red Two year old
bull by Duke Imperial, dam Countess
to parties in Loraiu county.-Cohan6us
Journal.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-07-02


Let rs have no sinking or dodging on
the Fifteen Amendment. It's the essence
of what we struggled for during all those
years-Ohio State J~OuTpdL'"
4'There it is, soldiers. You fought to Gle
vate the negrO-in defiance of the laws OF
God and white men-tOm max cuffy n voter.
ana not to save the Vs'ay D'''o-
Rural Democracy is slow in compre-
hending the fact that neither the intel
Iigent soldier nor the enlightened citi-
zen regrets having so fought or voted
as to elevate the negro. We have the
black people with US in these States by
millions, whether we want them or
not. They are here, and the sober,
practical question for every man is
whether it is not wiser and better to
adopt a policy that will elevate them,
that is, encourage them to become good
and useful citizens, than to pursue Il
calculated to degrade them, Keep them
down, and crush out of them all hope
fulness of a better future for them
selves and their children. 1t is in the
power of the white citizens of these
States to decide whether h cOlored
people shall be a vagabondizing, igno-
rant, idle class, without self-respect,
without hope, without aspirations, or
athrifty, educated, helpful, industrious
and respectable people We must
choose between II policy or ID OH
err; there can be no half-and-half bust
ness here. They must either be recog-
niZed as our equals before b law, and
as citizens entitled to equal political
rights and privileges. or be shut out al
together FROM citizenship, and declared
unfit for association in human govern
ment.
Here, in Ohio, we have been involved
in the absurdity of allowing half ne
groes and quarter-bloods to vote, but
debarring from that privilege those in
whom black blood predominatcs
Since laws, discriminating amongraces
and classes of men, were first made,
nothing o idiotically stupid and
utterly defenseIess, has been known.
There is not one good reason to be
urged in behalf of the nice distinction
made in this matter-not one-and the
sooner we do way with it, and admit
all adult male citizens to the polls, the
better for our credit as sane men,
Cincinnati Commercial.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-07-02
ANECDorE OF LINCOLN.


The following anecdote of Lincoln is
furnished by a friend, VIC vouches for
1t a. a rue and actual occurrence!
"Pl esident Lincoln has left behind
him the repu alton of being au honest
man but L have heard bin called dis
honest, and know OfOne occasion where
he gave an individual ample cause 10
pronounce him so. It was when Gen
eral Coreoran was at Wizards Hotel,
soon after his release from Richmond.
The President had invited him to din
ner, and had driven around 10 the hn-
tel in his own carriage, to take him to
the White House. l was at the time
standing talking 10 a friend near tire
entrance of the hotel, where a crowd
had assembled to catch a glimpse OF
the gallant COrcoTan when he should
ON OUT just then the Presidents
Carriage o up, and a servant was
sent inside 10 gtven notice to the general.
As the President sat waiting in the
carriage, a deformed and poorly clad
man reached over into the vehicle, AMI
presented hum with a dingy looking
communicating forth some claim to
charity. Mr.. Linculu slowly uurOlGed
and looked at il, as if reading. But The
affairs ofstate were weighing heavily
on his mind, and he held the paper :
long in the same position, any one
could have seen that he Was neither
thinking of the begger at his side non
the document in his hand. Though his
eyes weie seemingly fixed upon it Tor
full five minutt s, 1t was evident he was
altogether unconscious of it or ITS con-
tents. just then the general came out
AMI got into the carriage, the President
gu city folded up the poor mau's paper,
aud with one hand slipped it into his
pocket, while the other was extended
TO his DISTINGUISHED guest.
Up to this time the crowd was cur
ously scanning the President, and the
.odd-looking individual who stood be-
side him soliciting his charity. But, as
Lincoln was seen cDOIiy putting the
paper in his pocket, the effect was ire
sistiblp, and a burst of laughter broke
from the bystanders.
As the carriage went Whirling away
the aIms-seeker became very indignant
asking every n who it was that had
his paper, and loudly proclaim
the man TO be IA thief and a scoun-
dreI. '-O8GCdTd.