The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-11-22
--NIoarAlIry. AMONG rnE rPREsIpEErs..z

I -shoarXMry.AmossT THE rPREsIpEsrs:=
There have been fifteen psrsonselectcd,by
tho people to the office Of President of the
United States. lOfthis number, the pres
ent incumbent is the only survivor. It is
true that Mossrs, Fillmore and Andrew
johnson, who. were chosen Vice Presi-
dents and become Presidents by the death
of their chiefs, Taylor and Lincoln, are
still living, This is extraordinary NOR
tnlity. a..j..i4, / tt.l
The first President, General Wasling-
ton, died while the second President was
in office. ', t F,1'''l = sisSt go
The second and third, John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson, deceased while the sixth
President was in office. i7'F ~ g'E.'
The fourth President, James Madison,
and tho fifth, James Monroe, expired du-
ring The administration Of President Jack
son, But the fifth President, James
Monroe, died Eve years before the fourth,
James Madison. '3V s'S f''' ~.
Tile sixth President, John Quincy
Adams, lived until 1858, and died when
James K. Polk, the tenth President, was
in Office. f'f sH y Q a
= The seventh President, General Aa-
drew jackson, died three years before his
predecessor, the sixth President siz; il
THE eighth, Martin Van Buren,, :ai died
il. il 1866 when q, Andrew johnson was in
The ninth, General Harrison, Expired
ono month after his inaag urA!ion,. ii tbe
year, 1S41. '9''7p' a T"E i''rHh',sM
sHTla tsnth,; James X. Polk, died within
three months after leaving the ! Office, in
General Taylor, tic g eleventh pgesii
dent, died in Office in July, 1850. ao',,T I
General franklin Pierce, tie. twelfth
President, has Just deceased. 'p9,ss. wy!
His successor, James Buchanan, de-
parted this life in juno Of last year, being
the Thirteenth President. ig'5 ~ i.p,s ~
Abraham Lincoln, The fourteenth Pres.
ident, as is we'll known, was assassinated
[in April, 1855, bling tho second month d
bis second term. "a W.. 3p92 I. IT. "'t
aeiAs INCIDENT 1vTHE!EARLY History o.
.GRErNBAcKs.- Texts Of Scripture have
oAcn been inscribedaupon coins. ( One Of
the most remarkable is'onl q copper coin
issued by the Papal Government, on
which arc the words We rebis dintibus
Fls"Wooc,o you whoiare ricll."plsWhcn
the greenbacks wore first issued by The
| United States; Mr.. Chase, i then Secretary
ofthe Treasury; consulted, among others,
the President Of one Of the philadelphia
banks I'M regard To- placing some motto
upon tthom-such- for example, as has
since been. impressed upon the 6ye!coni
pieces--.tIn G id We trust.n tAfter;men.
tioning several Scriptural texts that had
occurred toihim, the Secretary asked oul
bankers opinion. g"Porhnps,n vas The
4 reply "tha most appropriate would be-
, 'Silvsf'anl gold have l none but such
4 asl'Il have givosI theeg" 1.-THE project
vas ssbbsnqtenedl;Mi 4faggasipe
How A, Youssos GIRL ACTED WIFE,
BuRGLARs WE'RE ly THE HousE.-Lis
week xasss an exciting one. in the burg.
4 larious line ID North Davenport Among
the;acts ofthe burglars wasone Of ! move
and exciting charactc Mrs. Griswoid
who lives north ofJ.ocust strcctj in lie
I. vicinity Of the school-house,7 went from
Ehomc for ayisit toa ncighborin the coun.
lFtry. leaving her daughter, sixteen years
Foliage, withltwoilrl three othor smoller
childron, fsinF ipossession of'ethc house.
! That night burglar entered thcd house,
and rumaeed about generally Theyoube
Elady shcard him, but lay trembling aud
quiet. :s1qiloi
4 y At1ast The scoundrel entered her bed
room. sshe pretended 10 10 asleepElyiug
4 with her face togthc wall MIR. Burglar
4 went up tolithe bedside, bent over her.
] placed bis hand under her check, deliber.
} ,atcly turned her face upward !, and took a
long0look at IL by she'aid oelis dark Ian.
tern. The young girl isneyer moved q
muscle, 9and the burglar 1et the face care
fully back toits rcsting place on The pill.
low, aud cleft the room and the house.
4 The young lady cadghttd7 glimpse Of his
lace through her cyelids as he looked 1T
her. 1lc wore a mask, and shatIis all She
can tell.sbout hisIappearaneo. Nothing
was missed frem the house the next
morning. . The experience Of the tyouhg
|ladyis one which few of1 her sexlor Of
the sterhery sex, either. for that matter
would like TO encounter, Davenport
1 iClopu9 'GastNe,d14h. sniqqfd y h6a1
I TIE BACHELOR, IN LoyE--A, bachelor
in love loses a dimple or two, grows mel
aneholy, reads poetry, and looks atrtbe
moon; is nervous about his ncck. lie and
bis gloves; consults bis aunt rs ito, what
kind Of hat girls most admire !, changes
the style ofthisi frequently .butpis never