davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1869-07-05

done 70 within 500 But no part OF the Appro-
prtation has Jet enrred 10 the benefit Of hts ad-
rninnt4a,,on. He h.s strong hopes thar his sales
! will nearly or quite met. his expenses for soua
| months 70 cone. Before AE. Perkins was mp
pointed, the other TWO Commissioners had become,
Ike Gene5al Dornbla.er dissatisfied with Nj. Held
coatYol OF the rn4nccA, and Ind passed fesoln-
uon thu, the board should only Set through Hs
n a.os,,y, which endei The teses.cy Of III. Reid
They also required fhat the Wardens rcsidence
should be vacated By Mr. Reid SO As 10 he ayana-
bic for the purpose for which Il Wa oullt' olneo
these resolutions ~err passed, three 1ac-
| tlous have been aciise II stimulating
| eor1nstnt AGAINST the present management.
These a1e: l. Nj. Reld's friends. who Naturally
desire 10 restore bis regency, 9, Certatu Of the
rortmen and er.rda, who hare either recently
t<cu discharged, Or WHO expect soon TO have lnell
ue!yiccs dispensed with, or who arc dissatscee
with some Of The Gets Of the new "A.ten'
and, s Those who asc IN favor Of leasing III
! renircntlarT, sud returning to Buckuaster aao
. the Aah
AMONG the se:s OF the rew Il atdcu which e1
cite the orp osttIon Of some Of the fo1cmen- 4
tne creation cf general s:ore. where all the mis-
, cel!aneous supplies required IN The Sa5'ou
, ! xnrksnops cau he dispensed as the.
!, a-r van1cd+ and eaztfuNy Charge
, Ia the tcterneu who Use them, and sucn an Ac
eorut kept ~ will stop all leakage and compel d.
A | OF CQDGI tu4eT Lille biA y 49-%AtH $A>N 49,
4 were delivered dssce4r to the shop where The
:, ! were teeu.,et7 and theTe 1As no cGctens pH1 10
;. determining whether or how they wert ssoleu
!. The new Warlen, however, has made but fe'
: chsnges md those look only to the fnnef employ
rocnt Of The men, raising the srneunt Of work n
IA ouired IL . s.andsrd days wurk, ieasenlng II
e nav 10. o7e.wori. engaging orders in advance fc
y the ren to work up 10, and stopping pnfe'1ni
j. lie has no "narahs parney notions "a II
r subject ot discipline, does not place tni
" abundant talsh, Which some ontatdt1s nS1tbu1
g to MIN IN the eflescy Of the religions society
~ among the cons1c,s as Eeaas Of reform, thonf
B. he encourages ii for Whist it Is Eor1h. He regEe
n that the IHgtslaufc has wholly abolished
AZ rse OF the lash and while be would prefer Ehou
lie hr, zazci. ae used, he would prefer that II saou
tr be known that the otrcefs ot the r1ssoo have +
me- power to Csc It on emergencies In TITS ne =
de- Inclined to dider rrosn hiuu Afser listening fro
H. the mouths Of convirts and OF former Comm
cd slouers TO the ho1Eo1s Of tne laAh unae1 tho
Il, | regime, Nc beltere the LeGts!aar
q dId well In todIenzat,y abollshinE I aatogeta'
IN when Major Arnold took possession Of the d
I'd ttp!iot Of the PRISON tho lash had been for {
tr, months anol.saed, nothing had BEEN substituted
~ lis place, Lad the discipline Of the prison Has
70 The most feas1ul and psceal1or1 STATE SeEeSt
, 1869-07-05

tn he reo0trrd 10 make ~ many shoes per Inan per
dsy q the }orrpeJmep khoetnA1ers Of so1iet, anA,
If they fe shor1 theJ ought to BE- put ID the dark
cell or la.hed till they did II None but rnAn
| long accustomed Il contractor. ne<oe aseat o!
contractor, to loot at the suhject Ia the lfnt OF
tusatIshle xyArtce alone, could have expected co.,
ytc1a whe ha1e to be taught their trade, TO equal
in rap,ditJ the AyeraEe Of 1ourue5uRn ousslde, or
| could hare thought the lash anould De used be-
csust contractor failed to get - much work per
dry from = convict, who c.: him only oits cen0
~ from fou1neI1uan Nho cost hin 1out uEneA ~
much This t1lnstrattou shows how frequently the
contract essteun II the contractor Il not tcsoaate-
1S prevented trpu interfering With the discipline
, | r1cnt convert = peuitentia1J into P2noeuon!um
We a.lnde 70 the discipline here only to note thas
every contract for leasing the labor Of the naeo to
outsiders ignorant Of prison neeeas!hef, !s psta.
| t,rla1 10 discipline, and shou!d he aFo!ted Il pos
: HE. .....
, Thc COOPER shop Is stgl + lcaains hraueh, ant
eu1n,o4s 1so men, stonsh II has employed t1'ct
as tnanr Its present capacity Is 100 barrels PEI
;, osy Besides the above thert are soanafy en-
= ,lo..ng 8 men, caninet shop Working IS men.
l ha1ue.e tailoring and State shoe shop e;op!o5tpi
Co mcu. an Adatus-chatr shop employing - men.
n snpp lor making rustic chain, dc. employ1ns 10
: .eanexcst shop employing 3, while 1t ase en-
| c,oyed In cardeulne and buteheHnc, 1a IN ra11in
a hr,o5s II On tho railroad And cauA IN tAa!pg Au'
. un!1dtng and banding materials nndef guard. ~
= ~ n teno,ste.7 md I5osrE1 N toe !nsos. ttots
~ nrt employed in cooking, baking aad Other sei
y wees. Al the shops arc run py the Prison Con-
m.astoners for the STATE, except the Adaml
~ char, shoe and cigar thopa IN
- hn.1ness management and finances deEo1re On II
.. WARDEN, IS The aScn: Of The Commissioners Thi
IN the discipline is saper1ntenocd theo1edeahJ
If the warden, but practically hTa!s b! MS aepS
~ ". The present Warden, Nj. Perkins, has ne!ta'
disciplined t!ngIe prisoner nor discharged NJ
IN from discipline, DOL Eaaae any new rules OF +
ou,repeu,s in this respect The discipline .:
:. been exclusively in the hands Of the pepus!,
IT 1or Arnold, Who MS appointed h5 General DOE
o. blnse,. IN october, 1s6. Al the time vhen ese
II .pprenens.ons we're eutersatned thai tsonn
is ruu,d rzsue !eora the then recent asohnoo of Il
r. r. al b. the Legislature Major Arnold osea1
Ane to General Dotnhlaser In tue sefFsee' 'aaA
,tf so', reeosa tn the sickso0sa os
ae = pa1en, Ga, >edea hts reE!neussl serr'ee, nct
rss: sssc On sne san 81 enezl soeuEn In the pFeae
9er, dlsaSEee1eu' oet~ "a the pTton Commissioners
- Major Arnold as msu s-n,.,;1 - r reil ou.l.a
~ ~ TO ns,ntaau The discspltne -. nr.on.
eny Rejd The minority Con1n!adons4s,fo-7r -7rrd 70
~ " correspondent inst ne had no faaat '~aseYer
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-06-04
BUY THE BONDS AND PAY THE
DEBT.

When a man heavily in debt after
paying his interest as it accrues, finds
a large surplus of cash in his safe, all
hnanciers agree in saying that the right
thing for him to do is to reduce the
principal of his debt with it. What
should make it proper for nation to
do differently in like circumstances,
we are at a loss to determine. A man
should prefer to pay his debt at the
earliest possible moment. To allow
capital to lie idle, while interest is ac-
cumuIating, may be finaneiering, but
it is hardly a sensible or honest thing
to do. So the people welcome the an
nOuncement that Mr.. Boutwell, intends
to buy the bonds of the government
with the surplus gold now in the Treas
ury.
Mr.. Boutwell, has now SS7, 200, 900 in
coin and $40, ,O00, 200 in coin certificates.
With gold at I37 this would equal S146,-
800, 600 currency. The new five-tWen-
ties are quoted at 1l7%, but this in
cludes four months and half interest,
21z per cent. in gold or 8 42 per cent.
urrency-leaving the real cost 1141%.
This balance would therefore purchase
about I28 millions of bonds and stop
| interest at the rate of seven and half
millions of gold interest annually.
| The purchase of so large a sum for pur-
| poses of cancellation would no doubt
| cause so great a rise that the excess in
| price over present figures would equal
| the interest saved. Mr.. Boutwell, must
| therefore proceed cautiously so as not
/ to bull the market too much in which
| he is purchaser. And this lie prOpos-
| es to do. Doubtless a rise in the price
| of securities will be the effect of the
! announcement of his purpose to buy a
million a week, and the government
must buy at less advantage. After
keeping sufficient sum on hand for
contingencies large proportion of it
may be used to reduce our annual in
terest, and enhance our credit both at
home and abroad.
By all means let these bonds be re-
deemed-and when so in possession OF
the government let them never see the
light of the world again. The uncer-
taintY as to whether the bonds win be
cancelled, or by and by, on some ex-
cuse, re-issued, was the cause of the
decline in the confidence which the
first announcement of the Secretary
inspired. But the public are assured
that under no circumstances viii the
bonds be thrown upon the marker
again. The announcement is also made
of the Secretury's intention to keep nC
larger surplus ON hand than is neces
sarv for tile working of the Depart
ment and to prevent the possibility o
future embarrass ment. 4 definite
policy, intelligibly announced and con
sistently pursued, has been the greal
desideratum of our times, - Ioled
Blade
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-06-04
THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS.

Mr.. Joseph Medi1l, the successful
editOr-in-chief and princi pal owner of
the Chicago Tribune, in an address before
an Indiana Printers Convention, gives
the following reasonable and sensible
advice relative 10 conducting newspa-
per:
Establish a living scale for adverlis-
ing. and tenaciously adhere to it. If
your neighbor is so foolish as to cut
under you, and refuses to listen to rea-
son, do not follow his weak example,
for lie will hurt his own business far
more than he can yours. When a pub
Usher puts down his subscription rates,
people begiu to suspect be is "hard up, ="
and they decline to pay in advance, lest
he may fail and if he reduces his ad-
vertising rates below customary prices,
it will be taken for a confession that
his circulation is dininiutive and de-
clining. Such are always the effects of
the cut-under game of the player /;
for if you set low value on your SER
vices on paper the public is sure to
place a lower. How, then, are you
profited by insane efforts to cripple or
kill your neighbours paper? Rather
olive and let live" be the sentiment
that governs your action.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-06-04
KILLED ON THE DOME.

George Alfred Townsend, in his last
letter, gives a very entertaining ac-
count of the construction of the dome
of the capitol at Washington, from
which we extract:
1 asked if any casualties had happen
ed while they were working on the
dome, so high in the air.
" Nobody killed on the dome !" said
the former foreman of the painters to
me. q guess noti only threei three
was all!
Fust, there was Bob Sleight. He
was carrying a ladder across the der
rick that stood up yonder most high as
you see. Nobody see him fall, and he
never spoke afterwards. But we knew
he fell clear to the temporary dome
sixty fOot-and was mashed to lob
IoIly. He was getting six dollars a
day. His madame was put in the
Treasury Department by the help of
the architect.
g Next was Edgar Richardson. He
was a painter, if I don't forgit. He
fell in the running knot of rope that
got tangled about him and draWed
tight at both ends. 1t broke four of
his ribs, and he lived a mighty little
while. Mr.. Walter, the architect, went
to his funeral. Did we all like Mr..
Walter? I guess notl He'd go to any
body's funeral that worked on the cap
itol and died aworkin. I guess we
didn't like Mr.. Walter. Oh, mol
" Last and worst was Christy Connor.
He was worker in iron. He worked
up wonder under the drum, setting the
caps on them pilasters. He had little
scaffold swung, and cross-pieces pass
ing from the scaffold to the wall. He
stepped back on the end of board and
uptiIted. 1t pitched Christy Connor
headforemost about twenty feet, and
he struck the side of his skull agin the
iron edge of the peristyle, making a
crack wide as your finger, and a table
spoonful Of his brains came out. We
picked up Christy ConnOr and laid him
on settee, and walked him to the hos
pital. Mr.. Fowler was beside him.
Says Christy Connor:
e" Mr.. Fowler, am L hurt much p
His eyes and mind was as clear as
bell. The doctor at the hospital lifted
up the scalp, and Christy began to
bleed. The doctor says:
3" He's cut the main artery of the
brain. If I leave this up he'll die in
five minutes. If I shet it down he'll
live two weeks, and then die from in
fammation So he shet it down, and
Christy lived ten days, sensible to the
last. They got his wife work, and Mr..
Walter, he went to his funeral. That's
all the people killed on the dome
There was heap of falls, but no other
mashes.n
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-06-04
GRANT.

If there be any man in the nation
who deserves the sympathy-yes, even
the pity-Of all good people, that man
is HIRAM ULYSSES GRANT, President of
the United States. We are, on princi-
pie, opposed to smoking have written
and published several wel1-pronOunced
protests against the habit, on moral
grounds /; have, in fact, quite unTe-
servedly commended Mr.. PartOn's con-
clusions, that it don't ''pay to smoke -
but we beg to make Mr.. Grant an ex-
ception to any arguments we may have
stated or assented to against the prac-
tice. We are glad to know that the
President does smoke, and that he can
draw comfort from his Havana; for, if
anybody on this foOtstoOl stands in
need of comfort, that person is the
President.
We have various pictures in our
memory of General Grant. From the
time he preferred his humble suit to be
permitted to serve the country as
volunteer, to the eliminating scene of
his brilliant career under the apple
tree at Appomatox Court House, there
are multitudes of episodes, any one of
which would make the subject of a
marked historical tableau, with Ulys-
ses as the central figure but in none
of them would he be more an object of
profound regard-We came near saying
ommiseration-than in his present
role of dispensing the ''spoils" of his
last great victory. We are free to say,
too, that the experiences of a four
years military campaign do not seem
to have been the best school to prepare
one for such important civil functions
as that of deciding upon rival claims
to postmastership or a postmistress-
ship in Podunk. It was all very well
and sublimely prophetic, as we now
see it-for the conquering hero, as he
entered ''the Wilderness, ,, to send back
his telegraphie assurance that he would
Eight it out" on a given line if it took
all aummer; but what knowledge, ex-
perience or patriotism can define to his
mental vision any cline" upon which
he can successfully fight out his pres
ent campaign?
Upon the authority of an excellent
witness, the President is "a very OBJ
stinate man :" and a cloud of witnesses
establish him as an ''inVeterate
smoker" F" and so, between his obstinacy
and his cigar, may we not hope that
the man who began the most brilliant
military career known to modern his
tory by a disastrous defeat, and ended
by debating to the enemy the terms of
an unconditional surrender, will repeat
that record in the civil administration
of the government whose very exist
ence is due, under God, to his instru-
mentality?
AS it took four years of military SER
vice to develop Grant as the first Cen
eral of his time, who shall say that
four years of civil service will not as
fully develop in him an intelligent,
honest, magnanimOus chief magistrate?
The inference is wholly justifiable.
q Let us have peace. ."-PGckGTd'S
Monthly.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-06-04
AN ACT
To Punish Frauds In Weighing Live
stock, Hay, Coal, Grain and Iron,
other COnmOdittes or Articles OF
Merchandise.

To Punish Frauds in Weighing Live
StSeE' Com oSiIttes or arficIeS Of
Merchandise.
SECTION L. Be 1t enacted bV the General
assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That any
person or persons who shall knowing
ly and wilIfully sell, or direct or per
init any person or persons in his en-
plOy to sell, any commodity or article
of merchandise, and make or give any
false or short weight or measure, or
any person or persons owning or keep
ing or having charge of any scales or
steelyards for the purpose Of weighing
live stock, hay, grain, coal, or other
article of merchandise, who shall
knowingly and willfully report any
false or untrue weight, whereby amy
person or persons may be defrauded ul
Injured, such person or persons, upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined in
any sum not exceeding fifty dollars, 0T
be imprisoned in the jail of the county
not exceeding thirty days, or both, az
the discretion of the court, and also be
answerable to the party defrauded or
injured in double damages, to be col
lected in an action of debt before amy
court having competent jurisdiction.
SIC. 2. That whenever the person or
persons keeping such scales or steel
yards shall weigh any of the aforesaid
articles for hire or reward, he or they
shall, on demand of the party interest
ed, report the weight of such article or
articles in writing to the owner tneIe-
of, and shall also keep record OF the
same in a suitable book to be kept for
that purpose.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and
be i'm force from and after its passage.
+. w. THoRNHILL,
/ Sneaker Of the House Of Representatives.
4. j. GODFREY,
President pro TEN. Of the Senate.
! Passed March 10, 1869.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-06-04
HUMOROUS.

a blunder-bus - kissing the wrong
girl.
Bond-robbery stealing a marriage
certificate.
Dangerous associates-those who are
dressed to kill.
The life -preservers Oftenest used on
the battle-field-legs.
Long-absence makes the heart grow
fonder-Of some one else.
Mrs. Yell cowhided Mr.. Lay for not
performing promise to marry her. As
he wouldn't make her Lay, she made
him yell.
My dear sir" said candidate, ac-
costing a sturdy wag on the day of cleo
ton, Il am very glad to see you"
You needn't be" replied the wag;
g I've voted"
What is the difference between an ed
itOr and Wife2 One sets articles to
rights, and the other writes articles to
set.
Anything pite you dare ;" inquired
one Dutchman of another, while en-
gagged in angling. - No, nothing at all"
" VeII,' returned the other, noting
pite me too"
A young lady of Montgomery, Ala,
who was caught smoking a cigar, gave
as her. reason for the act, that it made
il smell as though there was a man
around.
q Dare are, - said sable orator, 1.-TWO
roads through this world, De one am
a broad and narrow road dat leads to
perdition, and de udder am a narrow
and broad road dat leads to sure de-
struction." " If dat am de case,' said
a sable hearer, % dis cullud individual
takes to de woods"
During the battle of Bull Run,
brigadier-general discovered a soldier
concealed in hole in the ground, and
ordered him to join his regiment. The
man, looking him full in the face, and
placing his thumb upon his nose. re-
piled, 'f No you don't, old fellow; you
want this hole yourself"
At country town in New Jersey, a
little boy who was jumping about and
bawling loudly, was asked why he
wept. The following reply touched all
hearts: want my nanny; that's
the matter. I told the darned thing
she'd lose me-"
An old bachelor, picking up a book,
exclaimed, upon seeing a wOOd-cut
representing a man kneeling at the feet
of a woman, Before I would kneel to
a woman I would encircle my neck
with a rope and stretch it." And then
turning to a young woman, he inquir-
ed, 81 Do Won not think it would be the
best could do?" Z" It would be the
best for the woman, undoubtedly, !" was
the sarcastic reply.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-06-04
MORGAN RAID.

The Cleveland Herald makes the fol-
lowing structures on the passage of the
Morgan Raid Bill:
"We have already given our opinion
on the Justice of the claims presented,
and recorded the extraordinary devices
resorted to by those interested in rush
ing through the legislative measures
looking to their payment. However
honest some of those claims may be,
there can scarcely be q question that q
large proportion of them were grossly
disproportiOned to the actual damage
received, and that the farmers and
others who suffered the damage were
not the parties most interested in the
passage of the bill for their relief,
Farmers are not lobbyists, and no mea-
sure ever run through the Legislature
bore the lobby mark more plainly
stamped upon it than did this Morgan
Raid legislation. When legislative ar
tifice failed to compass valid enact
ment, all regard for constitutional OBJ
legations or legislative decency was
thrown aside, and the bill declared a
law in defiance of the legislative jour
nails and the constitutional regulations,
which showed it to have been defeat
ed"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-06-04
MARK TWATN'S EXPERIENCE AT
VICKSBURG.

At diuner yesterday 1 helped myself
to a piece of pumpkin pie. The gem
tleman who had been so Cbliging as to
amuse ms ut an expense of seventy five
dollars, observing me eat the pie, rose
from the table with heavy frOwn on
his face. When had finished my din
ner and walked fOrWerd to the Social
Hall, he approached with "a drawn
bowie knife and sternly demanded Of
me where / was from. I told him after
a slight hesitation, that was born in
AlbermaTle county, Virginia, and that
I was a nephew of Colonel -. He
then said, "If that is the case sir, you
NAV continue to live; but, sir, /
thought you must be a d-m Yankee
from the way you eat that pumpkin
pie, and in that case should have re-
garded it as duty / owe my country
to cut your throat"
thanked him very pol tely for the
high regard he manifested for the place
of my birth and my family connections.
He then asked me if took part in the
rebellion. L said, yes. He inquired on
which side 1 replied on both; that 1
was visiting a relative by the name of
John NJ. Bolts at the time the war
broke OuJ, Land thatI remained there un-
til the war closed. lie seemed satisfied
with my answer, as1d asked me to in
tToduce him to General Blair. He told
the General he was the first man he
ever voted for that he had fought against;
that the South could never have been
conquered if he-ColOneI Jay Hawker
think he called himself-had been 10
command, or if they had been all like
him. He had lost very heavily by the
war. think he said be had lost an un-
Gle, migger, watch, and thirty dol
lars ia Confederate money.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-06-04
SUGGESTION.

The lad and lass were forced TO part,
They kissed and went along;
The sight went into the poets heart,
And it came out song.
The sun. down-sl0ping in the west,
Made gold the evening air;
The sight went into the painters breast
And grew to a picture fair.
The mother murmured to her child,
And hushed It yet again;
The sound, as the musician smiled,
Grew music in his brain.
The damsel turned, her hair to bind,
A flower was in her zone;
There grew from out the sculptor's mind
A damsel carved in stOnei
The song was sad, the tune was played,
The girl in marble stood,
The sunset in the picture stayed,
And all was sweet and good.
And God, who made these things to be.
q The damsel and the sun,
Color and sound, and you and me.
Was pleased to see it done;
And all the angels would be glad,
# in the world he built,
AlthOugh there must be some things sad
No drop of joy were split.
But all the beauty in the earth,
And skies, and hearts of men,
Were gently gathered at its birth,
And loved, and born again.
MadhetC Br0nlR.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-06-04
THE LAWS.

The volume of laws cannot be issued
so early as last year, for the reason that
more general laws were passed near
the close of the session than heretofore.
Up 10 Nav Ist, only sixty-seVen gener-
al acts were deposited in the Secretary
of States office, while between that
time and May 9TH, seventy-five
general acts were filed, including the
municipal code, and the code of Grim
inal procedure, and several other
lengthy acts. 1t is estimated that the
two codes alone will cover nearly two
hundred pages of the volume.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-06-04
Earn fnr Sale.

FARM of 127 acres; about 40
n acres cleared and under cultivation =
House. Barn, good bearing Orchard, &c, on
the land; situated in Washington township,
Union county, Ohio, on the Marysville and
KentOn State Road, two and a half miles
from Mt. Victory, or the BellefOntaine &
Indiana Railroad The land is rolling, the
soil good healthy and pleasant situation,
and convenient to Railroad Depot Stores,
School Houses, Mills, Post Office, &c.
For further information, call on OF address
J. G. SILVER,
Mar ), '69-tf Columbus ..