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Decrease in monthes S43 6la rs 45
Here we haYe shown by figures that
can not be twisted out of shape by the
Enquirer or any other calculation, that
since the 3lst of March-four months
the public<debt has been reduced S43.-
629, rs 45.f This. too, has been accom-
plishedt without increasing the taxes
No newfburden has been placed upon
the people. The gangs of thieves that
stole a portion OF the taxes, under john
s9a's administration, have been broken
up; small army of officeholders, who
had httleito do except to draw their
salaries at the close of each month, have
been discharged; expenditures generally
have been largely reduced, and thus the
revenue is made to afford large sur.
plus, which is applied to reduction of
the national debt. i..5sa ~
At the rate of reduction which MIR.
Boutwell, has succeeded in making. the
principal of the debt will be cut down
in the first year of Grant administra-
tiOu l20 millions. 1t is entirely safe o
calculate upon reduction of 100 mil
lions. This will tell upon the national
credit. The reduction thus far made has
already told upon our credit. So great
has been the advance in the price of
bonds in New York, that the per cents
now selling at equal to 80 cents in gold.
This is bad for the Democratic party;
but it is good for the country. Grant
promised honesty and economy. He
has kept the promise, and the result
stands out boldly in figures that every
body can see and appreciate.
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rhe Public Debt.

| Honesty and economy was one of the
lesding mottoes upon which the Repub-
lit-.us conducted the Presidential CAM
! paiyn of 1855 and elected Grant. In
accepting the nomination Grant dis
! tinctly recognized this feature, and in
lthis regard he has not forgotten hsi
| promise. With special reference. to
! honesty and economy his administration
| was organized aud is being conducted,
I and nothing is more annoying 10 Dem
ocrstic demagogues, ana such papers as
the Cincinnati Enquirer, than the sue
cess that has already been achieved
Witness the following from tine Enquir-
er of the Sd instant:
A correspondent from Jackson county,
Ohio, desires US to give the amount OF
the public debt at varions times since
the war closed. in April. 1855. He will
find II in the figures below. We omit
the cents:
September l. ....... 2'757 .esD57I
November /, 4Ul ,5Hi50
NovemDcr az, ,l2o o32
Jaiy UZi
The above tells the official story, and
shows how false are the statements OF
the Radical press that the. public debt il
being rapidly paid off. II Is larger noac
than II scas on the lstof Norena0er, 1865,
6y oper one hundred million dollars. BY
deducting the amount OF means on
hand, it would appear to be fifty million
dollars less, but that deduction was not
made at the other times with which we
make comparison, and is therefore
uniform. AS it is evident that the debt
Ii considerably larger now than il was
when the war closed, it may be taken
for granted that we are not paying it off
very rapidly. Indeed. at that rate, it
would be some time after eternity closed
before we should reduce it.
Npv, see how fgnres are made TO lie. |
On the lst of April. 1865, our armies |
were IN the field, and the debt, accord |
ing TO the official report of Secretary
McCulloch, was increasing at the rate |
of S3,0U0, 900 per day. II is useless,
therefore, to GO back to that time for a |
comparison. Even in September, 1865, |
the debt was not all on the books, and I
could not be determined The total debt
at this date, not Including accrued |
interest. or deducting the cash on hand,
was s., 753 ,6S9, ,571.. The interest at the |
time was officially reported at S13S, ,031 -
623, which, added To the debt, as is now
done by Mr.. Boutwell,, would swell the
s., ,S8l, ,72l ,l98. We pass this
by, however, and come down to Noyein- /
Der, 1867, since which time the state
ments have been uniform, except that
then the accrued interest was not adj
ded to the debt. while now this item
is given on the debtor side. The figures
given by the Enquirer compare with
the correct exhibits as follows: I'4 's5l'til
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a4lFsss a4lsss q oSADsasTislae
AS An ADVERTISING MEprul
drinking. They should eatplain, healthy
food, and not TOO much OF it.-[New
York Indepsndent.
sThe Richest B.y i'm America,


The papers are telling about boy in
New England, now fourteen years of
age, which is supposed to be the richest
boy in the United States, because he has
q great deal Of money. To our mind,
the richest boy In America Is one who
IL good hearted. honest, Intelligent, am
who loves his mother, and always has q
kind void for her, who loves his broth
ers or sisters, and tries to help them, and
regards them with true affection. He is
the boy who does not call his father the
old man, but who loves him, and tries
to help him as the hairs Of old age gather
fast upon his brow. e.r.s..-r $500.
The richest boy is one who has pluck
to fight his own destiny and future, be
is the one who has the manhood to do
right and be honest, and is striving to be
somebody, who is above mean action
who would not tell lie to screen him.
self or betray friend. He is the boy
whs has heart for others, whose young
mind is full of noble thoughts for 1the
future, and is determined to win . name
by good deeds. He is one who is look
ing forward to the time when he can
have q wife-a dear, good girl-loved
by him with all the depth of his nature,
and for whom he will labor to make a
good home and a good husband. This
Is the richest boy in America. Which
one of our readers is it? =. --....,...
This boy we like, we would be glad to
see, would like to take by the hand and
tell him to go on earnestly, that success
might crown his efforts. And if he is q
poor boy We should meet him at the
bid him enter, and give him
good advice, well and kindly meant
That other boy down in New England
we don't care anything about, for there
are fools and snubs enough to worship,
iatter, and spoil him. -
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THE LORDS PRAYER.-A maiden
knelt in the twilight hour, and clasping
her hands, breathed fervently forth -
Our Father, who art in heaven, hall
lowed be Thy Name"
A mother in deep agony of grief,
gazed on her child, sleeping her long
last sleep, q smile wreathing her soft lips,
and white hands folded across that still
and pulseless heart, and kneeling there,
the living beside the dead, she prays -
Thy will be DONE"
As the early beams of the orient gilds
the sleeping land, q widow with her suf-
fering little ones, chilled by poverty and
woe, bows at the throue of grace, and
fervently prays: "Give US this day our
daily bread"
An agedfather, as his.loved and loving
boy goes forth from his paternal care, to
brave the cold frowns of life, kneeIs be-
side him on the eve of departure. and
pleads LEAD him not into temptation,
but deliver him from evil, for thine is
the kingdom, the power, and the glory,
forever and ever. Amen"
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The Value OF Br.ius.

/ Working as an ordinary hand in 8
Philadelphia shipyard, until within q
| few years, was a man named John L.
| Knowlton. His popularity was that,
while other of his class were st the ale
house, or indulging In jolification, he
was necessarily engaged in studying
upon mechanical combinations. One Of
his companions secured q poodle dog.
and spent six months IN teaching the
quadruped to execute ajig upon his hind
legs. Knowlton spent the same period
in discovering some method by which
he could saw out ship timber in abeveled
form.
The first man taught his dog to dance
I-knowlton, in the same time discover
ed mechanical combination that ena-
bled him TO do In two hours the work
that would occupy dozen men, by slow
and laborious process, an entire day
That saw is now in use in all the ship
yards of the country. It cuts beam to
curved shape as quickly as an ordinary
saw-miil saw rips up q straight plank.
knowlton continued his sexperiments.
He took no part in parades or target
shootings, and in a short Lime afterwards
he secured patent for a machine that
turns any material whatever into a per-
feet spherical form. He sold a portion
of his patent for sum that is equivalen,
to fortune. The machine was used in
cleaning off cannon balls for the Gov
ernment. O. 1 5if4. -r II sI'r l-ltf-rH
When the ball comes from the mold
the surface is incrusted, and theordinary
process Of smoothing was slow and wear
isome. This machine almost in an in
slant, and with mathematical accuracy,
peels it to the surface of the metal, at the
same time smoothing out any deviationsi
from the spheroidal form.
The same unassuming man has in
vented boaring machine, that was
tested in the presence of q number of
scientific gentlemen. It bored at the
rate of twenty-five inches an hour,
through block ofgranite, with a pres
sure of but three hur dred pounds upon
the drill. A gentleman present offered
him ten thousand dollars upon the spot
for part interest in the invention, in |
Europe, and the offer was then accepted. /
The moral of all this is, that people |
who keep OH studying are sure to |
achieve something. Mr.. Knowlton |
doesn't consider himself by any means |
brilliant, but If once inspired with an
idea, he pursues it until be forces it into |
tangible shape. If everybody would |
follow copy, the world would be less fill |
ed with idlers, and the streets with |
grumblers and malcontenss.
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BUILDING CHARAcTER.-There is q
structure which everybody is building,
young, and old, each one for himself
1t is called character, and in every act
of life is stone. If day by day we be
careful to build our lives with pure,
noble, upright deeds, at the end will stand
a fair temple. honored by God and man.
But, as one leak will sink ship, and
one flaw break chain, so one mean,
dishonorable, untruthful act or word
let the several deeds unite to form day,
and one by one the days grow into noble
years, and the years, as they slowly
pass, will raise at last q beautiful edifice,
enduring for ever to our praise.-l Agri-
culturist.
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General Wn- 8. Rsseerans, In CaliFsrnts,
VS.. General Wn. o. hssecrans. In
Ohts--A Californian Has ssme.
thing to Say. - 4

To the Eeditor Of the Commercial:
In the spring of 1866, VIM, s. Rose
Grams came to California; came there, as
he stated, to become citizen, and to
better his condition. sss5.-7
In June of that year there was con
vention held by the Democracy of the
State to nominate q Governor and q
majority of State officers. The Democ-
racy of California, who had been ''in the
short rows" for eight years, and in q
woeful minority, were sin a greatt strait
for q figure-head for the State tickets
man who would win the fight;they were,
Mr.. Editor, in something the condition
of the Democratic party of Ohio to-day.
One leader in the ranks suggested this
man. and another that just as your
honest, moral, political, and good-look-
ing neighbors-in a physical point
of view--of the Daily Enquirer, kept be-
fore their readers that honest, sober,
handed hardworking man General (?)
Samuel Fenton Cary. Casting about for
a.fguer-head for their ticket, General
Rosecrans. . Union General with DEM
ocratic antecedents, having arrived in
San Francisco, he was serenaded by tho
Democracy lat least they paid the brass
band who furnished the music)-they
feted and toasted him, ate and drank
him. and wanting q candidate for Gov
ernor, the leaders of the party went for
him." He said. firstly, that he had
come to California to "live and die, !"
and he came as permanent citizen;
that he had large family that he was
growing old, and must look out for his
young aud growing family, mostly Of
the female persuasion, Unfortunately
the way things stand at the present
writing. He declined the Austrian
Mission offered him by the late, ,lamented
Andrew johnson, because, as was the
fact, he could save nothing out of the
$4,000 year, payable in gold coin. He
took the Mexican appointment because,
as an old Cincinnati Councilman said Of
Newport and Covington, as regards this
city, it was Contagious" to California,
and he could save nearly, If not all, and
as the case in some Instances more than
his actual salary. -.s,-.
But to go back, the Democracy want
ed u candidate for Governor who they
thought would win in fact about those
days it was necessary for them to have
one of that kind. To some he said he
would under no circumstances run; that
he had never run on the Gauley, Black
water or Cheat Rivers, while to Others
he pledged himself 70 run like Henry
Archey kept tavern, and all your num-
erous readers know how that was
When the matter came to a direct issue,
committee of the State Democratic
Convention waited upon him to know if
he would accept the nominstion. To
the major part of the committee he de-
clared that he would under no circum-
stances accept nomination; to the mi
nority he pledged himself to stand the
nomination, provided the Convention
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-08-12

The Cincinnati Enquirer, the leading
Democratic organ in Ohio, does not ad-
mire the platform of the California
Democracy
We can tell these CALIFORNIA Democrats
that negro suffrage is q fixed fact, and
that the Southern Democrats, under 3
new organization, are using it with sue
cess, and that the Chinese are coming,
and that it is sheer nonsense to fight
them in California with Democratic res
olutions. Have these California Demo-
Gratis heard Of the Pacific Railroad and
who built it? This California platform
is the stupidest thing out since the seces-
sion ordinance of South CoreIina.
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THE Rev. Rowland Hill used to rid

THE Rev. Rowland Hill used to ride
to.and from church in carriage. This
gave offence to one of his members 1t
least, who went 30 far as to hand i'm,
among the notices, one requesting ''the
prayers Of the congregation for the pas
tor, who, yielding to pride, is in the
habit of riding in his carriage, not con-
tent, like his divine Master, to ride upon
ali ass" 1t was not until Mr.. Hill had
read the paper, and observed the sensa-
tion created, that he noticed its import;
and then, laying it down he said: ut is
true, brethren, ride in my carriage;
but il the author Of this notice win APP
pear at the door at the conclusion of the
service. saddled and bridIed, 1 will do
my best to ride him home"
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REMoVED-

lJISS NANCY B. FARIS, would inform her
Nl otd customers and The public generally. and
ladies particularly that she has removed TO the
room formerly occupied by Watson& Gressin-
ger West of the St. Clair Hotel, where she will
Keep full supply of MILLENERY, FANCY
GOODS, and TRIMMINGS, fresh from tne East
each season. to which she invites the attention
of buyers. Thankful for past fayors, she would
invite those wanting HATS or BONNETS
MADE or TRIMMED, to cali where they may
be expeditiousy and neatly supplied.
r-1, 1893
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IN 1860, Lincoln did not get vote in
Alabama, Arkansas, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Florida. In 1869 ali
these States are sound Republican
States; while Mississippi and Texas, in
neither of which was 1t safe to cast a
Republican ballot in 1860, will 20 for the
Republican party if there is anything
like q fair contest on the 30th Of
November. |
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1t is thus seen that in the first fraction
of a month the debt was decreased, un-
der the new administration. over five
and q half millions. -
4 Now we compare with the debt as il
stood on the. lst of April. Since that
date the exhibit has been uniform, in
Guiding the accrued interest, ,;:and deduct
ing the cash in the Treasury:
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: The Enquirer's Misrepresentation for
the month of July, it is seen, is over
tl0o hundred million dollars. And this
is the kind of information that people
who read only the Enquirer are supplied
with. s.,....... 80 '....-
The accrued interest on the 1st of
July, which Mr.. Boutwell, counted as
part of the debt, was $47, ,447 $40. This
we have deducted from the July exhibit
given above, in order to make a fair
comparison, the accrued interest not
having been counted by McCulloch; as
part of the debt. -
Now let us come down 10 the Begin
ming of Grants administration. Under
the plundering administration that ter
minated on the 4th of March, the
monthly debt statement showed an aI-
most steady increase for the preceding
year. on the lst of March, 1859, the
total debt, less cash in Treasury, not
the accrued interest, was S.
545 ,336, 9H. On the LIST of April, Mr..
Boutwell, issued his first statement. and
IN this he included $39, ,304, ,916 "a, ac-
crued interest. With this item added,
the debt, less cash in the Treasury, was
S., ,525. l96, ,46l "A. Mr.. McCulloch, how
ever, included in his exhibit $53, ,937, 900
bonds issued to Pacific railroads. This
is not embraced in Mr.. BoutweIIs foot
ings. Deducting this item from the
March statement, and the accrued inter-
est from the April statement, the figures
as follows:
March 49l 29s 9Of 80
April 81. 4S5, ,892 SIS 10
Dec-aova - Eo- o-o 40
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A BOOTY fellow was observed, the
other day, driving . ''rOrker," holding
on to his tail, and when asked what he
was doing, replied that he wss "studyin
go-hog-raphy." ai5 faE
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-08-12

"why, Sambo, how black you are"
said gentleman the other day to
negro waiter at hotel. How in the
name of wonder did you get so biackss'
"Why, look here, maasa, de reason am
dis: de day dis chile was born dere was
an eclipse"
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MIS-. r A MARTIN.

LAS REMOVED TO NJ KELLER'S ROOMS,
II where she is now opening new stock OF
MILLINERY GOODS, and is ready to accom-
modate all her old friends and many new ones.
Call and examine her goods and prices, before
purchasing elsewhere. The latest styles always
on hand, and work done to order. apZ-G
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REMOVED.

ISS PRISCILLA P. ALEXANDER, would
M infrom her old customers and the public
generally, that she has removed her MILLEN-
ERY STORE, to the room formerly occupied by
Mr.. Bickham, in Campbelrs Room on the cor
ner and West end of New Block. where she VIII
keep full supply of MILLENERI GOODS,
TRAININGS. and ready made BONN Els, Al
ways on hand at reduced prices. t
ap2- 1858. 49, +sA p - -
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Mininsry.
Millinery and Dress Making
MISS e. A. BUmGARNER. 4.

ID RESPECTFULLY announces TO the public
N that she has purchased the establishment
OF Miss Alban and Miss Mitchell. nearly opPo-
site Weiday's Hall, where she proposes carrying
on the above business in its various branches.
call Ali work in her line VIII be neatly and
expeditiously executed.
Feb. 4, ls69-u
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The new 0ne-dollar greenback which
will be out about the first of September,
will have q vignette Of Washington,
aud representation of the discovery OF
America by Columbus, on the face, in
stead Of the vignette of Chief Justice
Chase, on those now in use. The new
two-dollar notes will have vignetts Of
Jefferson and view Of the Capitol, in
stead of the vignette of Franklin, on the
present one. The plates Of these nstes
have slrt ady been engraved at the
Treasury Department. The backs Of
the zones" sill be printed by the Ma
tional Ban Note Company Of New
York, and those of the ''twos" by the
american Company. Of the same city,
The designs for the new fives, tens,
twenties. and other denominations have
not yet been determined upon.
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One Instanee,


The Tribune after wide and frequent
advertising OF this question through its
columns, Have you any record Oh recol-
lection of an act passed by Democratic
Legislature, OF any State designed or
calculated to prevent Illegal voting if
SO, please reply ?r at length received q
a reply showing tina in one instance, viz:
in 1872, in Ohio, a Democratic Legisla-
ture did pass law intended to prevent
illegal voting. We record this fact as
arae and curious one-the only known
instance of the kind. 1t is the one bright
spot in the gloomy wilderness of Demo-
cratic politics. In no other Legislature,
aud not in the Ohio Legislature since
1912, is there any record of Democratic
Legislators making an honest effort to re-
strain and prevent fraudulent veting.-.
On the contrary, they have uniformly
opposed all bills designed to have that
effect, and they are doing 80 now in
every State where the question is before
the people as an issue. Why is it that
they are always found ranged against
any system which proposes to throw rea-
sOnable safeguards around the BALLOT?
There can be but one answer. They
must think that it is mere to their in
terests, that illegal voting should be
prevented and this could only proceed
from the knowledge or. the conscious
ness that the bulk of the fraudulent
voting was in their favor, which, indeed,
Is well known to be the fact.
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would allow him to write the platform
and resolutions. The committee on that
duty gave him to understand that they
would see him to the region that the
aforesaid Henry Archer kept tavern
like, which is, il all reports from there
are true, are little warmer than the
average temperature ofyour goodly city,
before they would submit They pro-
posed to write the platform and submit
I, TO him and allow him to decide wheth-
er he could or woufd stand upon it.
The result was-that Henry II. Haight,
the present Goyerner of California, was
nominated by the Convention and elect
ed by 10000 majority,
General Rosecrans came out in a long
letter indorsing my friend, and very
clever gentleman, the present Secretary
of the United States Senate, for Govern
or on the Republican ticket and went
fat-footed for manhood-that is negro
and Chinese-suffrage.
That is. Mr.. Editor, General Rose
crans' political record in California. He
is essentially the little joker on the race
course-"now you see it now you
don't see it," Whether he voted
the Republican, ticket the writer of this
can not say, for mems ballots are, like
rapes and arsons, difficult to prove, He
will decline the nomination on the
ground Of the want of citizenship, but
if you Ohioans paid your Governor q
decent salary, commensurate with the
brains required for the figure-head of the
second State in the Union, / think he
wccaaid accent. -
The papers stSie that there is a dis
patch FROM RI. ?. @. X. Y. z. Barber,
awaiting him In San Francisco unpaid, ],
him Of his nomination snd
also that Senator Allen G. Thurman,
provided with free pass by the Central
Pacific Railroad, is going over TO nanip-
ulate. him, but il is of no use-as least it
MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE
CONVENTION IN, CALIFORNIA, THAT
NOMINATED HENRY 81. HAIGHT.
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A photographer in Massachusetts, was
recently visited by q young woman,
who, with sweet simplicity, asked:
How long does it take TO get photo
graph after you leave your measure?".
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IN peace, patriotism really consists
In this, that every one sweeps his own
door, minds his own business and learns
his own lesson.