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Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-11-11
COrbfn.
The Washington correspondent of the
PHILADELPHIA Press, says:-

The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press, says
sit is asserted on thoroughly reliable au
thority that the President and Mrs. Grant
ceased all social connections with their rela
tive, Mr.. A. Ii. Corbin, of New York. Their
reason for this is evidently his duplicity in
connecting them with the New York gold
conspiracy. 1t is also ascertained that
when the President sold his house 10 Cen
eral Sherman he gave his wife twelve thous-
and dollars Of the proceeds, which she
forthwith transferred to Corbin, he then
being in Washington on a bridal trip,
to be put in New Jersey real estate.
This is the only money ever given to him
by any of the Presidents family, and it is
not improbable that he used 1t for the pur-
pose of conveying to Fisk & Gould the i'm
preston that he was the broker of the Grant
family. 1t is certain that he did carry such
an impression to them, and that they were
greatly influenced by it in their operations.
The sale of gold finally dspeled it, and dis
closed Corbin in all the hideous duplicity OF
his character
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-11-11
NUMBER. 149.

il appropriate. All who knew Miss Julia
Gardiner remember the charm of her con-
versation, h:r wit, her piquancy, and her
radiant countenance, bewitchiDg grave and
gay, old and young. She was one Of those
born TO shine, to carry hearts by storm. The
daughter Of the Hon. David Gardiner Of
Garliner's Island, she was educated in refine
ment and luxury, and early showed her pos
session Of mind of rare powers. When
she entered society, of a very youthful age.
many were the poetic tributes that proved
her attraetons-and grave Senators, Judges,
and State Governors, were among the suit
ors for her hand yet she remained heart
whole and fancy free. Her parents took
their two daughters, Julia and Margaret,
abroad, and their beauty and grace every
where met with distinguishing attention.
The recipients Of homage from men Of
princely rank and fortune, had they been
less true to their American instincts their
dQstinies would have been cast in q foreign
land. Miss Gardiner was unmoved by rank
and wealth, and refused to exchange her re-
publican home for one under monarchical
government
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-11-11

it is now we'll ascertained, were almost inva
riably due TO the bad faith and duplicity
of our own people, and especially our off
cials, are well indicated in the case of the
Indians at this Agency. Their chiefs were
taken to Washington, last winter, and a sale
of their present lands agreed upon, at rates
much below their actual value. The terms
of the treaty have become known and great
dissatisfaction is expressed. We shall state
the particulars of this case, more fully, in
another article
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-11-11

1t seems there are to be two democratic
tickets in Dorchester, after all. The second
ticket calls itself the Conservative" and
an effort is made by the democratic papers
to prove that it Is republican attempt to
Introduce discord into the camp of the faith
full but the truth seems to be that 1t is q
purely spontaneous movement inside tbs
democratic party, with which the repubn-
cans, who are running their own ticket,
! have nothing to do.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-11-11

Maryland voters should remember that
they must vote for school commissioners on
q separate ticket.
Rome, Michigan, is astounded at the
perfidy Of the editor who has carried away
| the funds raised by the business men of the
place three years ago to aid him in establish
| ing his Journal
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-11-11

In Boston, on Friday night, eight or ten
lager beer saloons were visited by State con-
stables, and their contents were seized.
This sudden enforcement of the prohlbitory
law, after an election adverse to it, bewil
ders the Bostonians.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-11-11

The sheriff, his deputy, and the district
clerk al Victoria, Texas, are under arrest,
charged with the release of prisoner tried
for murder.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-11-11

the author says;--
As the marriage of the President took
place This wear, a brief mention of his bride
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-12-04
Select 'Poctry.
The Mothers Benediction.
BY 4. X. SHERWOOD.


o little hands that with such sweet caressing
Steal Ger my brow when pain Is brooding
Luling to cnlmncss like all angels blessing,
When wildly roll the bilowings OF cares
0 little hands when time shall find you toll
Braveify at work, though pain and woe dis
May Heaven bless you in your hours of moil-
With IFS best boon-a soothing child-carcss.
o little feet so gaily, gladly tripping
Tiptoe and soft if pain is in the door
Gladness and mirth and JOY is in your skip
ping,
Music whose echo fingers evermore;
o little feetl the path is long and drcarY,
Which you must tread, and thorns are in the
way,
Peace bring her balm when failing and awcary,
Closing with rest the trials of the day.
o pretty eyes | with truth and candor beaming,
Brimful of laughing innocence and glee,
Hope like sunshine in your depths are gleam-
Chased by its love-light deepest shadows
fee
o pretty eyes when Times relentless fingers
Steal slowly over like mist of tears,
Yours by the sacred inner sight that fingers
years. ...
pretty lips whose little, lisping phrases
Fill all my soul with tender, trusting pride,
Sweet'ning the ceaseless Mother-toil with
praises,
Richer the worlds dull ffattery beside;
o pretty lips so soft and warm and glowing,
Light be your impress from the hand of care
And close you may in pain or passion growing
God grant the sweetness still may lingeI
there.
o loving hearts whose warm impulses shower
| Untold delights along litc's troubled ways,
| Stillng the heart-sobs of an evil hour,
And the sad murmurs of unhappy days;
o loving hearts when art would teach you
smother
All tender thoughts and tender sympathy,
Yours be the faith that binds you 10 YOU
| brother,
Reaching from time into eternity.
o loving sousl by earth and time untainted,
Safe in the fold of spotless purity,
Types the dear Lord has given TO the sainted,
Kobcd in the light of immUrtalitY;
o loving souls! though subtle sin stand plead
ing
In the bright robes the Temper loves Il
wear,
Cling to the Cross. 'Twere bliss 10 bear
bleeding
In the rest our Father shall prepare.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-12-04
Rather Rough--A Government De-
teotlVe Badly Sold.

a few days since, well dressed and
dapper little person was seen TO manifest
a very inquisitive interest in the manu-
factory of our enterprising young citi-
zen, Henry Bonnabel, Esq. He inspected
internally with great care, and appar-
emily made notes with pencil. Was
he purchaser or a special artist detailed
to present to the public a view of the
manutactory Of the bi-sulphate OF lime !:
Nerv soon this observant visitor met the
active proprietor, who was engaged with
some other gentlemen in making SOME
change in his business arrangements.
With all the dignity of new clothes the
visitor presented his card, the Hon. {.
Sneaken, detective extraordinary III the
service OF the internal revenue.
"Allow me TO inquire" asked he Of
Mr.. Bonnabcl, 'arc these whisky bar
rels?"
'They were, SIR"
"Will you allow me to see your
receipt for the manufacture Of this
whisky"
Il never made h gallon"
"1hcn this is not a distillery?" OBJ.
served the detective, with slight shade
OF Disappointment -,
"No, sir. 1t is manufactort OF BIZ
sulphate Of lime"
'Allow me to inquire, sir, what is bi-
sulphate of lime 7" asked the detective.
o. lit is a chemical preparation of lime,
used by sugar planters TO promote the
granulation and purity OF sugar"
The detective was not TO be thus
thrown off the track Of rich forfeiture
This bi-sulphate was CANNON. 1t could
not fool a New Yorker.
"Will you," persisted he, "permit me
TO have one of these barrels opened!"
"lIerc, Owen!" sung out Mr.. Bonna
bel, 'knock the bung out of barrel
The gentleman says we are manufaciur
ing whisky without paying license"
owen was indignant that "thaie o.
a guager" should have crossed over iron
Ireland to prosecute honest people; Sc
he struck a barrel such vehemeen
thump that the bung bounced out, anC
the detective thrust his official nose int
the opening. The effect OF the pent-ul
sulphuric vapor Oh probOscis, lungs, an'
eyes OF the dapper gentleman from New
y ork was alike sudden and conclusive
He tumbled over like bedbug exposed
to corrosive sublimate. 1t was only will
the aid of Owen and some other dlsln
terested spectators that he was taken T.
his room, and il is said 70 have been som
days before he could leave his bed an
, resume his "wild hunt" after whisky. Q
Men alp on water when it is frozen and o
whisky when IL i6'nt
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-12-04
ASHTABULA, OHIQ SATURDAY, DECEMBER a, 1863

wants AS money; they make bargain
and exchange commodities to mutual
advantage. II b. does his work faith.
fully and well, he is under no more obli-
CATION to A. than A. is under TO him.
But If A. don't want BIS work, but is
importuned into hiring him in order TO
keep him out of the alnlshousc, then the
case is bravely altered. b. is now
cringing beggar, eating the bitter bread
of dependence and virtual charity. lie
has sunk from manhood's high estate
and has dragged Labor good way after
him. Every workingman is injured and
degraded by him.
There are hundred thousand men IN
this city to-day who ought TO have long
since found their way to the Public
Lands, each 1secured q quarter.section
thereof, and made of it home evermore.
Had they done this, they would have
aided to elevate Labor, instead of con-
spring to drag it down.
But "the slothful man says, there is a
lion in the way !" 1t costs money to
reach the Public Lands; it costs years
OF patient, earnest labor to make of a
wild quarter-section comfortable home.
The poor pioneer must put up very
rough log-cabin and be content with its
shelter for years he must live on coarse,
simple food, and wear coarse, patched
clothing; and he must work hard through
nearly every hour'of light, Sundays ex
cepted. He must "work out" for the
means which pay for breaking up hi>
virgin prairie: if he gets each acre bro
ken for week of his own faithful labor
he must be thankful. The lite of ;
thrifty pioneer is by no means an easy
one; and it will take him from ten t,
twenty years to improve and fence hi
tract so as to secure him the comforts o
life. And yet there are hundreds 0
thousands now living who have reason
bitterly to lament that they did not al
tempt this ten to thirty years ago.
No man is obliged 10 be a pioneer
but it is every ones duty TO find some
thing 20 do and then do IL. Aud it il
very dubious charity and worse econom,
to set men or women to doing work tha
is not wanted rather than feed them anC
start them along to some place wher
their services are really needed.
In summer, when almost every farme
wants more help and pays good wages
and when travelling is "a luxury, cNel
though You go atoot and sleep under
} tree, thousands cling to the city in idle
ness, vainly looking for something L
do" Now that winter is at hand, thi
class say, "Why should we go into tn
. country? The weather is inclemeut
and nobody wants to hire US" Perhap
not, if you arc a dead-beat, who can d
nothing; but you should look for labo
where it may be found, rather than wher
you know that it can not be. Ii yo
!, can render aught OF real service to mar
kind, in the way of productive labor
you will fnd a chance, if at all, wher
much is to done and there are but few t
, do it. Don't settle down into hopeles
beggary, but put off while you have sti
shoe-leath her, and keep on Till you fin
, something to do IN Y. 7ri6mte.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-12-04
From the Toledo Blade.
NASBY,

INr. Nasty IN Neo York again, he is
started az business 6y tile DenOcr0tic
Managers aud has q good thing IN his
hamds. But eohiSky dHghtS his pros
poets, as ii las many times Jetore.
Moo York, Nov. 9. 1869.
Retrospex may be profitable, but when
yoo cast your piercin eye back and onto
Il time yoo made cussid ass Nv yourself,
they are far from bein pleasant. l am
dom that thing ct this present moment.
Wunst agin torchoon hek been within
my grasp, and wunst again hev per-
mltted 1t TO slip from me Ijeot? Fool !
Loohatic ] arrived in this city two
days before the recent elpckshun, teelin
that whcr votes waz in sich a demand
there must be suthin to be made for me.
BY inquiry found where the head-quar-
ters of the Democratic General Com
mittee for the city wuz located, and at
about 10, A. NJ, which means in the
mornin, l went there inteudin to offer
myself ez man NV all work for the two
days succeedin. l found there vast
crowd Nv men, who were all NV EN- like
me Ill some respects yaryin, NV course,
in many pints, but all NV the same species
The chairman NV the committee was dis
tributin funds to EN- to he yoozed, and
they waz walking up to get iustruc-
| tions in a sort NV procession. Noticin
that the biznis was bein done loosely, l
dropped into the procession, and shoor
enutf the man distributin handid me a
package, sayin "Terence, be shoor you
git EN- all up from the ship-Barncy
McShans will give yez the papers foI
EN-, and tell yez wat names to vote EN-
under!"
He mistook me for Terence some body,
Shood | undececye him Never! So
slippin the package into my pocket an
swercd, assomin the Irish brogue;
"Arrah, musha, be jabers my jewel
I'm the bye"
FortunitlY l wuz crowded out before
had time to air much more Irish.
wuzn't a success ez talkin lrishman
At the foot ov the stairs | opened my
package. 1t wuz greenbax "Thi:
money" | sed to myself, "wuz given mC
to further the COZ NV Democrisy; fol
that purpose I'll use it. I'll start a gro
cery." And forthwith that day LEASED
room IN Democratic locality, pur
chased a counter, barl ov whiskey,
dozen tumblers, lithograph portrate ~
Gineral jackson and Governor Hoffman
aud wuz all ready for bizness the mornil
NV eleckshun. #.
There wUz rush the moment too
the shutters down, and l took in none
faster than ever had before in my lite
'At last" sed ] to myself, exultinly
sat last hev found my speer. Nasty
yoor in luck-luck. I'll drink to m
luck" s.a. ..a...
And / took nip. Skasely wuz
. down before ward politishun cum j
with three or four voters, wich he wuE
takin care Nv. They drank, the leede
NV the party askin me to jine 'em, vic
, / did. Ez they went out, couldn
f avoid drinkin to the success nv til
5 ticket then to the confooshen of Horr
!. Greeley; then to tho memory OF jaime
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-12-04

Bookahhon; then TO the memory Of
Franklin Pierce then to JEFF Davis, and
by this time found myself outside Nv
the bar, iuto the middle NV the room,
in conioosed state Of mind aud body.
In short, / wuz very drunk. MOO York
whisky amt like the Kentucky article.
AT this critical moment d man eptered
hurriedly, aud seein fne leanin agin the
wall, went behind the bar and helped
himself. Seem him behind the bar /
forgot that / WIZ the lanlord myself
| knowed | wuz in a grocery, that bein
where am most Nv the time, but in my
intoxica,ion forgot that was lanlord,
and the misable wretch behind the bar,
comprehendin the sitooaNhcn, let me go
on i'll my dclooshen. Staggerin up TO
the bar | sed, 'get en- up agin," wich he
did, and drank solemnly TO the memory
Nv George II. Pendieton and the other
dead Democracy NV my own whisky,
and then, like the loonatic ] wuz, | uaid
for it out Nv my own pockit, and kept
paying for whisky for Others ~ long ez |
he'd dollar The man behind the bar
then asked me to drink wich did /; then
| asked crowd NV fellows wich come in
10 drink with me, telling the new bar
keeper to charge ii, wich he sed he wood,
latin uproariousiy.
L needn't continyoo this confession.
Suffice it to say, that the next mornin
awoke in that identical room chilled
completely thru. There wuz no whiskey
in the barrel, not enuf for my mornin',
nip, and / hcdn't cent in my pokit, "a
| paid all that wuz left NV the committed,
money and wat he'd taken in carly il
the day for my own liker to the fellow
who took advantage Of my conGishun tC
usnrp my place .
| shel never succeed on that side Nv {
bar. am not kalkilated to take care uN
my own whisky.
Its astonishin how strong habit is
The moment ] found had credit, | com
menst improvin NV it, "Set EN- up"
shreekt ez each new squad come III. "Se
EN- up ~ and the alacrity with whicl
they drank wuz wonderful. The new
got out that in sich place there was ;
loonatc treatin every body who came i'll
and perfect stream rushed in.
remember but very little Nv wat oc
Cured. | recollcct distinctly NV votn!
three or four times and Nv returning eacl
time to my place and treatin crowd
teIliu the Oarkeeper to charge 1t. | IT
member wunst teelin bad tor him, AM
saying confidentially to man who WI
takim suthin with me that this hous
wouldn't last long ef 1t continyood t
give credit miscellaneously, torgettiu il
my drunkenness that it wuz my whisk,
wuz drinkin and giyin to others to drin
all the time
shell not, however, leave Moo York
We hev got the Legislature now, and
shel find suthin to du. We shel, u
, course, repeal the Metropolitan Poleec
, law, and all other laws wich takes cor
, troll out NV the hands Nv Democrat
otfishels, and ef amongst SO much steeli
| ez there IL goin to be, there amt suthi
| for me it will be slngler This is th
troo Democratic paradise. We hev ia
Ablshnists to tax, and the control is i
our hands, and here stay. To git a
offs l may hev to change my name t
Michael, ez did wunst before, but sh,
$ do it. l am too old to wander up an
, down the earth, and here stick.
s PETROLEUM V. Massey, p. NJ.
: witch wuz Post Mastery
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-12-04
Bobby RObb'S Singing Lesson.

One day when, as Bobby Robb said,
Everybody was out, only the girls" the
young gentleman proposed 10 have q
mHslc-lesson. . .......-. ..-
"AIl right" said tho girl', "we'll do
it."
"we'll have to hurry aforc the boys
come in COZ they always spoil the music
lessons hollvrin. But we haven't got
voices enough"
"What do you know about that -
laughed his sister Kitty.
"Why everything. Didn't ma say
you couldn't have consort without lots
OF voices? Fetch out your chilren."
At this, Kitty the eldest, Nannette the
youngest, aud Julia ;,Ie middle one, all
rushed for 'beir dolls, declaring, eyes, 80
they would, it would he splendid"
Then, under Bobby's directions, they
made sort of three-story bench Of the
NURSERY piano, and arranged the little la
dies in proper order.
Haven't you got some paper 10 pin
to their hands for music y asked Bobby,
looking around with troubled air.
"They don't Look like nothin' just sittin'
SO. Tha's right! Now stick out Nelly
AIMS feet, as il she was tryu' to sing
awful hard. Now pull some of their
eyes open wider % botheri wha's the
matter with the little one next to Nelly
Ann? Afore Id have chil'ren without
wires to their eyes , Nou, all 90 gel
your musics, and I'll fetch the barrel o
my gun for thing to shake time with.
Tha's right! Now take your places,
quick! Kitty TN all awful voice. you're
laughing"
"No, / didn't, upon my word didn't
Kitty answered sdlemnly. Il only look
ed so, coz like music lcssons''
swell, tha's right. Now look at your
inuscs while 'xplain what ina told me
You see little wbirIgig thing on th,
five lines at the beginning, kind o will
tail Z"
Yes"
"Well, tha's the tTemble clef An yor
see an 6, with jiggy line after it!''
go yes"
"Well, tha's to tell you to 90 up eve
SO far. \ lou see two funny is stuck to
getberS''
Lots OF 'eln," said Julie.
"Well, tha's-tha's-oh! yes, tha
means you must bang-no, you mus
holler-like forty. Tha's all | know
It's time to commence. Don't laugh SO
Now! All at oncet! Don't laugh
Sing %
BY this time, Bobby, between fyinl
about the room fer yun-barrel and bench
and lecturing and jumping upto his post
was SO out OF breath that for an lnstan
he could only stare and flourish his tick
"Don't get 50 excited said Nannette
breaking the chorus.
81 haceto be cited. Didn't the singir
teacher down 10 the Sumo ay-srhool cor
sort get cited Course he did. Now
you amt doing nothing but screecl
Sing Yankee Doodle" or Little drop
o water" or something! An if 70
don't stop laughn' | won't play. Tia
right Louder, all of you? Now your
goiu' nice"
Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the bOunteous land.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-12-04
80 80 ERIE RAIL WAY.
l4OO MILES under $50 Miles without
one management. Change of Coaches.

1-A---o S -
I4OO MILES under s6O MILES without
ono Mnnawement, Change of Coaches.
RRoAD GAITGE DoITBI E-TRACK- ROUTE
'0-'D YIN TO ''' ' ~
NEW YORK, BOSTON, ALBANY, PRINCIPAL
POINTS IN REV YORK, AND NEW ENG
LAND, AND THE OIL REGIONS OF
. Pennsylvania. - .'.
IT'S Poll W.v Extends from-
nooh1e.Ii W Nv NV I,i1 So0 9oN MI.
DuhHlTk 10 New nolh to0 toO ,Ii Hiiles'
Buffalo 10 New 1 orK 4So MI Mics, %;.,
Cleveland to New York 625 Miles.
Cincinnati to New York $50 Miles.
uos ,,o s,or.o.. .o,.a
All Trains run directly through to New York. $50
miles, without change OF Coaches .
From and after Nov. l5th, 1850, trains will
leave in connection with all Western lines as oioWs;
New York Day Express, leaves Cleveland from
Atlantic and Great Western Depot, by Columbus, o.
time daily, Saturdays exceptcd) at $40 p. M.
Buffalo from Depot cor. Exchange and Michigan Sts,
by New York time, daily, (Sundays eXceptedl at
quehanna a55 P. M, DincJ Turner's S.45 P. M.
(Supper) and arrives in New York 1O,4O p NJ; Con
and the celebrated Summer resort. Sharon Syringe,
at Great Bend with Delaware Lackawanna an, and
Western Raroad and az Jersey CltS win Mid-
night EXPRESS Train OF New Jersey Railroad Tor
Philadeipha'
Sleeping Coaches attached to this train at Ccve
land running through 10 horhellsVlle NDreakasp anu
new and Improved Drawing koom SoaGhes are attachea
at Buffalo running through 10 new iorR' -
Express Mail, loaves Dunkirk from mnl3h Dspot sp
and Bufao wa avon ana no VIA , uMNiy, My
Sori. ~ = M !. NJ NJ ~ ''OO " '' ''
,,u,,,ning Exnres.. Daily, leaves Cleveland 7
LiSn p;t,Ss pan';6 " a ;66 "W kWW RrseISasp
Meadyijle II as A. M, cDInel: Dunkirk fO35 A. NJ
BuiTao $50 p M Arrives al Hornesvilie 6.lg p
M 1supperJ, and arrives in New York 100 A. NJ
Connects at Elmira with Northern Central Rail.
way for Williamsport Harrisburg and the South
at Jersey City with morning Express Train of New
Jersey Railroad for Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington, and at New York with morning trains
for Boston and all the New England cities
seeppg Coaches are attached to this train at
burg Buffalo, running through to New York with
| out change.
Night Express, daily, Sundays excepted, leaves
Tnmer's 10 m A. NJ ibkfts \ New; York at 70 b5 A
| M connects at New York with steamers and after.
| noon trains for Boston and New England cities