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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
HOW TO SOLVE THE TEMPER
ANCE PROBLEM.

We extract the following from an ar
ticle contributed by Horace Greeley to
the New York Lzae6snaent:
The peril of Prohibition is that too
many regard and treat it as though it
were Intended to supplant, not supple
ment, voluntary efforts. Having re-
solved for and carried Prohibitory law,
too many regard that as rendering fur
ther effort on their part superhuous. So,
laying their heads cOntentedly on the
statute, they fall asleep; and awake after
a while, to find the act nullity and the
Liquor Traffic more prevalent and more
destructive than ever before.
Hence, l am impelled to regard with
favor the principle which would enable
each locality to license or prohibit the
Liquor Traffic as a majority of its legal
voters shall decide. I would prefer to
take the question by counties, and I
would not object to its decision by each
city and township for ITSELF l would
prefer to have the question resubmitted
annually-say, at the State election
the decision to be operative throughout
the year ensuing. This would bring the
matter home to thousands who now
drinlc-often to excess-without having
once earnestly considered the right or
wrong of so doing. would like often
to commend the question of Indulgence
or Abstinence to the consideration and
decision of every voter. l would like to
make every one who tacitly upholds the
Liquor Traffic fully conscious that he
does so. There are thousands who are
pillars Of the temple of Bacchus who
would shrink from admitting the fact,
even to themselves.
/ could wish also to make the advo-
Gates of Total Abstinence realize that
their duty is but half discharged by their
personal abstinence from strong drink
I would have them vote as they feel, and
then act as they will have voted. If two
thirds of the voters in a township shall
vote to have no more grOg-shOps therein,
they will inevitably feel impelled to sec
Ond their vote by acts. They will pro-
ceed to enforce the laws which they have
pronounced righteous, the penalties they
have declared just and benefcent The
vote against license will be public notice
to rumsellers to quit, and to Temperance
men that, should the traffic be persisted
in, it is their duty to enforce the laws
which forbid it.
Solon being asked if his code was the
best possible, responded that it was the
best that his people would bear Jesus
clearly implies that Moses respected a
kindred limitation. purpose to be ad-
monished and instructed by his trans
cendent wisdom.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
THE SOLDIERS ORPHANS HOME
LAW.


The following is a brief, but carefully
written synopsis of the provisions of the
law.
1t provides that the Governor shall aP-
point a board of seven managers to serve
without compensation. expenses paid,
who shall meet first on the call of the
Governor, and organize by choosing a
President and Secretary, and a Treasur-
er for each home Treasu-
rers to give bond in the sum of $50, 900
each; that the board shall at once take
charge of the buildings and property of
White Sulphur Springs, except so much
as may be necessary to accommodate the
Girls Reform School, and open a Sol
diers' Orphans Home, at an expense
for repairs and equipments not exceeding
81 900; that when the board ascertain
that such buildings are not sufficient to
accommodate comfortably and well all
the children to be cared for, they may
accept a donation of not less than 100
acres of suitable land, with buildings and
equipments, to accommodate $50 or
phans, and open and establish a home
thereon; that the board may make all
contracts necessary to the carrying on of
the homes, and all rules and regulations
for the government thereof, and accept
all contributions and hold in trust all
donations therefor; that the children un-
der 10 years of age of deceased and per-
manently disabled and INDECENT soldiers,
without the means of support and educa-
ton, and when there is room, other Or
phan INDECENT children, residing IN ONO,
Shall be received into the homes that
the board shall appoint superintendent
and matron, and all necessary teachers
and assistants for each home-the salary
IS S,,1e,.intendent not to exceed 81 900
that all expenses and charges authorized
bv the act and attested by the President
and Secretary shall be paid on the war
rant of the Auditor of State, but the ex-
pense Be, capita in each home shall not
exceed $3.50 for the first 100, nor $40
for any in addition that any institution
now or hereafter organized according to
law, for the care Of soldiers orphans
may draw from the State Treasury an
amount Per capita for the care Of such
orphans authorized by this act, but Moth
ing shall be drawn on account of any or
phans in county in6rmaries.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
THE PRESIDENTS HOME LIFE.

THE PREsIDENT's HOME LIFE.
| From Grace Greenwood's Correspondence
with the New York Tribune.l
1t is surprising to observe how few
marks of WEAKNESS or heavy care the
face of President Grant presents, after
more than year of burdensome official
responsibility and worriment of, to him,
unprecedented confinement and labor.
Still fresh-looking, comfortable, quiet,
self-possessed, strong of will and of
nerve is he, a man who keeps his own
counsel, and "a multitude of counsel
Ors, who can keep silent amid the
eternal blathering," interviewing and
inquisition of the talllingest and asking
est Capital in the world Yet no man is
pleasanter, kinder, or gentler in private
life, than President Grant. I think it
ought to be known, for it is a good
thing to know that the domestic life of
the President of the United States is
singularly happy and beautiful noble
example for American homes. I have
this from the best authority-from friends
who have of late been guests at the
White House, and who, day after day,
have been witnesses of the harmony
and loving-zindness of its inmates, un-
spoiled by prosperity, fattery, fame, and
power. That White House stands like
a light house, surged about by a sea of
hungry office-seeking, and more hungry
curiosity-but what privacy they can Sc
cure is doubly sweet to that merry and
affectiOnate family circle, who find moth
ing better in their exalted position, in
State dinners. balls, and receptions, than
the dear old love that united them in
their home on the Western prairies, and
which they wisely brought along with
them, as their chief household god. No
one can deny to the President and his
wife rare propriety and evenness of man
ner, alike without touch of arrogance
or superciliousness. Under their mar
velously changed condition of life re-
main yet the real man and the real
woman marvelously unchanged. This
is difficult topic to treat of just here,
where genuine old-fashioned hero-wor-
ship gives way to sycophantic subserv-
iency or blind party animosity, and
where honest, respectful loyalty toward
rulers and magistrates, land all having
authority over us" is ian exploded
idea"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
NO. f..
TARDY JUSTICE.

In one of his Washington Letters to
the Cincinnati Gazette General Boynton
concludes a review of the battle Of Chan
cellorsviIle as follows:
The records of the army, then, furnish
no ground for the generally received be-
lief that the conduct of the nth Corps on
the I'd of May was either cowardly or
disgraceful nor do they support any
reflection even upon the valOr or efficien-
cy of the troops composing that Organi-
zation. 1t was the Hzigf0Tzzl1ze, not the
fault, of a large portion of that corps to
be placed in a position in which no
troops could have fought, and to have
been kept there in spite of orders, and
of the remonStranCes of prominent Off
GERS. Those regiments, whose situation
permitted them to fight, did hold their
ground under the most disheartening
circumstances, against terrible odds-one
against ten-against the best soldiers Of
the Southern army, and the most brill
liant of the rebel generals, as long as any
other troops would have done. In ad-
dition to the sting of defeat, they have
had to endure the sting of public oblo-
guy.
Many efforts to procure them justice
failed. Applications from division COM
manders for permission to publish their
official reports, and for a Court of In
quiry, were both refused by Gen. Hal
leck. Perhaps it was to be expected that
one who had long been plotting against
Hooker, as Halleck had. would refuse
such requests, lest they might vindicate
Hooker. But this is a subject for a sep
arate letter.
The nth Corps was sacrificed on the
field of battle, and to this time has re-
manned sacrificed in public opinion. The
records do not in any degree justify the
and the country can not
afford to be unjust. Bad, bad enough,
was the official murder of the corps at
Charlottesville, but worse, far worse,
has been the execution of the living
which the public has continued ever
since.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22

The following are some Of eremarl-s
of Senator Catch made when the Sol
diers' Orphans Home Bill was pending
in the Legislature There are proyis-
ions in this bill, and which have been i'm
iected into il since It's first appearance
uDon our desks, which are unworthy OF
a place in a bill so manifcstly just and
impartial in its terms as this one was
when il first came from the hands o4 lC
author-provisions, sir, which have The
ring Of harshness and cruelty. which
SAVIOR more Of the spirit and bearing of
an autocrat towards his serfs and vagrant
paupers than of the spirit and bearing
of an honorable debtor towards a long
forbearing, neglected, and suffering
creditor. While n measure having loi
its object what is claimed for tins one
should carry with It at least all the cn4ll,y
and all the honor that are conceded 20
the inmates Of our asylums, ana ~ -l
dition to that, a fulhliment Of our eol.s.,
tions as debtors 70 these rePie71i = -
of our fallen soldiers, yet It mas i,''-so tl
IN As ro the charity proposed, &c ls
al. al, ,1-.-s ~ sav this bill. in its present
49, is a perfect blank. AS % the
I,I,-,or II proposes to confer, Il provides
foy Inc removal Of these children away
to an obscure, secluded, and desolatc
place, away from our public thorough
fares, away from family, friends and
acouaintances, and away from society,
out Of the reach of those kindly nlnlslIl-
tons so essential especially TO children
deprived of parental care, as wen in
bealth as in afiliction and distress. And
sir this is not all. IL proposes to stow
these children away i'm the old, deserted
tents that were constructed 1iginaily for
summer use only, and which arc unit
for anything else, but more recently de
signed. as declared In the act Of last
winter. for evil-dispOsed and vicious
girls, taken there by the sheTifts, upon
criminal warrants issued by the probate
iudres of the several counties OF the sla.te'
And dis is the honor it proposes 70 confer;
While our idiotic and other ehli9t-n oi
the in6rm element of society are honol-
ed with stately mansions in our gfea
cities. and especially here in the ea3i11l
of our state, surely, these representattes
of the men we once delighted 90 honor,
at least with promises and latter
nothing else, have fallen greatly
par. As to any fuldiirsea, q o ~.
cations as de6t, q 20 these eaiio. ~
IS noa the frst sign Of q recosn
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
For Sale.

FARM OF I25 Acres In Berkshire
- n township. This farm is situated about
one mile south Of Berkshire. has a very su-
peFiOr frame dwelling of 8 rooms upon It.
LbOut s. acres cleared, balance in timber. a
-g,lOd apple aud petcn orchard on the place.
The land lies beautifully; the distance to
Nfalena from the farm II only two miles.
VIII be sold VERY reasonable and on very
easy terms, and only because the owner
wishes to change his business. A fine opuOr-
tunity to secure a desirable place.
Apply to HURLBUTI & LYBRAND,
Herald Office, or
A. T. CARPENTER
the Drau7fsaE
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22

The Methodist Episcopal Church has
of late suffered in a remarkable manner
from the death or retirement of its lead
ing men.
At the close of last year there were
nine Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church NORTH, viz: Thomas A. Morris,
Edmund S. lanes, Levi Scott, Matthew
Simpson, Osmon c. Baker, Edward r..
Ames, Davis w. Clark, Edward Thom-
son, and Calvin Kingsley. The last
two. have recently died. Bishop Morris
is unable to attend to any duties, and is
gradually sinking into the grave. Bishop
lanes is very feeble, and scarcely able to
attend to his duties. Bishop Scott,
through increasing infrmities, is able to
do but littleoficial work. Bishop Clark has
recently had apoplectic attacks, leaving
the work largely to Bishops James, Simp-
son, and Ames. The death of Bishop
Kingsley, and the falling health Of others
renders it probable that an extra session
of the General Conference will soon be
called, which, if done, will be the FIRST
time in the history of the NJ. +. Church
that such meeting has been held.
The Discipline provides for this emer-
gency in Part H., Chap, l., Sec, 1, and
IS as follows;
The General Conference shall meet
on the Ist day of May, in the year of our
Lord 1872, in the City of New York. and
thenceforward on the Ist day Of May,
once in four years perpetually, in such
place or places as shall be fixed on by
the General Conference from time to
time, but the General SuperintendentS, or a
majority of them, by or with the advice e
of two-thirds of all the Annual Confer
ences, or if there be no General ouPellll- S-il
tendents, two-t birds Of the Annual Con
ferences shall have power to can an eN-
fra session of the General Conference az
anv time, to be constituted IN the usual
way.
There are about 70 Annual Confer
ences in the Church, and it will require
two-thirds of them to call the extra sess-
ion.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
For sale.

FARM Of sO4 acres, joins C. c. c
"A & /. Railroad at Lewis Center; a good
fF;ime house aud large frame barn three
wells and one cistern and plenty of running
stocE gater al all times of the year; 50 acres
of timber, the balance in corn and grass
his season; young orchard containing
200 trees; also grapes aud shrubbeFy of near
ly all sorts; there is also four miles of young
Usage hedge Set out L. fence. The farm is
one of the best in Orange township; the
ssIil is a deep black loan. Price, SiXty-five
dollars per acre, long credit and small in
tere>t; enough paid down to secure the
sale. Would AXE a house and lot in Della
ware as part payment. Apply to
HURLBUTT & LYBRAND.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
ANOTHER GEM OF DEMOCRATIC
LEGISLATION.
From the Morrow County sentinel.J

From the Morrow County Sentinell
A very characteristic piece of work
has been the attempt of a number Of
Democrats in our State Legislature to
have the proposed home for the soldiers
orphans located at White Sulphur
Springs, and in connection with the al
ready established reform school for girls.
The Democracy fought as long as there
was a shadow of hope, against allowing
the home to be established at all. But
when they found themselves unable to
prevent this, they hit upon the happy
idea of putting it beside the reform
school and bringing the children Of the
dead soldiers into an atmosphere which
under the circumstances, would be pollu-
ton itself. The reform school for girls
is a noble institution in itself, but its
work is as far from that of the Orphans
Home as it could possibly be. of all the
State institutions, that for the reform Of
dissolute girls demands the mostinviolate
seclusion from all associations, and it
was in view of this fact that it IS placed
where it now is. The idea of putting
soldiers orphan upon a level with the
class of girls that inhabit a reform school
and of exposing them to the peril that
such an association would engender, is
one so peculiarly Democratic that itnat-
urally received very warm support from
that wing of the Legislature.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
NOTICE.
Guardian Sale of Real
Estate.

IN pursuance of an order granted by
i the Probate Court of Delaware county,
Ohio, we will offer fOf sale, at public auc-
tiOn, on Monday, the
ed Day OF May, A. ID. 1870,
between the hours of 10 o'clock A. NJ. and
O'Clock p. M, at the door of the Court
House, IN the town of Delaware, the follow
ing described real estate:
Situate in the County of Delaware, and
state of Ohio, to-wit In Range 49, Town
ship 4, Section 3, United states Military
1tnos, bounded and described as follows
Ine east half OF lot No. p, estimated to con-
tain hfty acres more or less.
Also the following tract of land sit17ated
in Delaware county State of Ohio. to-vVft;
The west half of the fOIlowinzy dascrihe,j
tract: The west half of lot No Is IN Sec-
ton g. Township 4, Range l9. United states
west corner OF the said lot, thence South
50 degrees minutes rast 96 $40 poles to the
line between lots l3 and Is to post thence
South "a degrees west I02 9-lH poles to n post
on the south line of the lot; thence North
$50 degrees west SO 9-l0 poles on the south
rad to a post; thence North II degrees
east 1857 poles on the line between lots II
and lS to he place of beginning. Contain
ing 621z acres of land. To be sold free of
First described traot appraised At 5000 900 @ %
Terms Of SaIe-One-third in hand, one
third in one year and one-third in two
years from the day of sale, with interest on
deferred payments, which are to be secured
by mortgage on the premises.
REUBEN HARDEN,
Guardian of William f. Harden, et al,
JOSIAH LUKE
| JONES & HIPPLE,
Att'ys for Guardians. aprs-4wpfsIl %
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22

tain the incarcerated. At night he was
secured by unusual precautions. At
daybreak in the morning the prisoner
was found dressed in his suit of red, Ia
British uniform probably,l sitting on the
peak of the roof of the jail, and csozV-
ing, thus exhibiting his Indifference to
restraints as well as his indisposition to
escape. c. MORTIMER JAMES.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
At the same hour Pope dispatched to
Mcdowell

F." The reader will bear in mind that at
the date named, (Aug. I6,D Gen. Lee had his
headquarters at GOIdonsvilie, as the cap
turt letter snow d; that General Pope still
held the line of the Rapihan; and that Gen
era1 Mcclellan was engaged In putting his
army on shipboari at Harrison's Landing,
twenty miles below Richmond.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22

Those California Democrats who pro-
pose to resist nogro suffrage with ply
sical force" ought to be put in straight
jackets. They are crazy. There are
about a million men in these States who
would like nothing better than TO make
a trip to the Pacific coast at government
expense.-O Ohio STATE Journal
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
For SAID.

FARM Of 23O acres, mine miles
n from Delaware, situated IA Oxford
township, on Ashley and Delhi gravel road;
$50 acres under cultivation; the balance
good heavy timber; two good orchards !;
Que fine new brick house, good cellar and
cistern good barn, stable and oLher out
buildings; also, log house for tenant; good
soil. and adapted 70 grass, corn or wheat.
Ents Il as good farm there is In the
township; churches OF all deuomI nations,
within three-fourths to one and half
miles. sulphur well on place. Sixty dol
lars per acre S4,O 600 down, balance in three
annual payments. Apply to
HURLBUTT & LYBRAND.
Herald Office or
]. p. CLARK,
on the nPaTnfSa
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22

During the delivery Of lecture by
Mrs. DIR. Mary Walker. in Kansas a few
days ago, a precocious youth in the
audience cried out, "Are you the Mary
that had a little lamb p mo - was the
ready reply. "But your mother had a
little jackass g.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
THE FIFTEENTH AmENDMENT.

THE following is none the less good be
cause its authortSs belongs to the race newlI
enfran nchised.-EDS- GAZETTE.
Beneath the burdens o. our joy
TFemble, o wires. from East TO West
Fashion with words your tongues of fire
To tell the nations high behest.
Outstrip the winds and leave behinQ
The murmur of the restlesS waves;
Nor tarry WITH your glorious news
Amid the oceans coral caves.
Shake of the dust, o rising race,
Crowned brother and a man;
Justice tO-Ci4y asS-rts her claim,
And rom thy brow fades out the ban.
With Freedoms chrism on thy head,
Her precious ensign IN thy hand,
Go, place thy once deSpised name
Amid the noblest of the lend!
o Oransomed race. give God the praise,
Who led thee through crimson sea
And mid the storm OF fire and blood
Turned out the War-clOud's s light on thee.
FRANCES z. W. HARPER
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
F0r Sale.

DROPERTK on SaMduslxy Street
4 Lot Z6 feet trout by rods deep; Frame
uOuse, dwelling and store combined; the
part has four rooms and a large
Kitchen; the store part has a room 18X19
fest on ground door, with room above it
4 the same dimensions. Viii be sold very
ea~onably, for cash or good payments. APP
ply to HURLBUTT & LYBRAND.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
Farms For Sale.

Farms For Sale.
TWO Farms In Porter Township,
i two miles east from Olive Green, on
the line of the proposed Pittsburg, MI. Yer
non & Indianapolis Railroad.
The frs contains $50 acres, 1000 which is
cleared, the remaining 80 is the very best OF
timner. All in good repair, and the quality
of the soil excellent
The second contains 200 acres, 150 of which
is cleared, the remaining 80 acres in fine
timber; lDrge frame house, nearly new /;
gOO,i barn and out-buiIdingS also a saw
mil in running order, two large orchards
uf choice fruit, and has neVSr-faIling water
in nearly every field. This is one OF the
best stuck farms in the county.
Either of the above viii be sold at a bar
gain. For particulars apply to
HENRI SNYDER,
Or Delaware, o.
GEORGE SNYDER,
on the premises ian2Stf
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
Zoe saIe.

DESIRABLE Business Lot on sam
A. dusky street, opposite the University
grounds. This lot is the third lot north Of
Hill street, and next to the brick block on
the corner. Twenty-four feet front by sixty
Get deep. viii be solo very reasonably.
Apply to HURLBUTF & LYBRAND.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
For Sale.

FARM OF lis acres, IS acres 0f
IA which is heavy timber. There is good
frame dwelling, two tenant houses, three
O-,rns, zone a large fTame), on the premises.
There are three orchards on the ptace, two
plenty OF water at all times OF the year.
This farm is situated un the Berlin road, ~
miles south OF Delaware. This is an ex-
.llent farm and can be bought at Il reason
able price. apply TO
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
What has become OF TYc
Mighty Men i'm Buckram9'

w E have had eur Banner on the
outer wan, with PRICES 50 Low that
no firm in the State Of Ohio undertook to
meet US We have driven our foe to the
wall, and occupy the field without fear.
We have silenced all men who years ago
assumed some powerof competition. They
are now willing to confess conhdentIalIy
that there is no use trying to meet or beat
us in prices, because we are game on a
Clothing "set-to." Their only hope is in the
ignorance Of their customers, who viii not
look around to see the difference in our
prices and theirs, which amounts to at least
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
FOR SALE.
over ONE Hundred


Also, for sale the premises on Winter
street recently purchased by said Hilliard
of p. T. Engard.
Lot so feet front, 2O8 feet deep, with wide
alleys on the east and north of the lot, and
the town.
A convenient brick house with nine
rooms, lately repaired and refitted through
out. Very durable property for residence
or business purposes.
For particulars inquire of
T. E. POWELL.
April 8, '69-tf. Real Estate Agent.