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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-12-07
American Politics,


Political life is a curious study. In
England the most dazzling prizes are
political. In the English novels politi-
cal success is represented as the greatest
triumph. However illustrious in rank a
man may be, however rich, the real
crown of his life is political distinction.
It is very much so in fact. Men of the
highest culture, of the utmost refinement
and delicacy of nature, enter the lists.
Parliament, to the young and accom-
plished English gentlemen of to-day, is
what the tournament and the field were
to his ancestor The Church, the army,
and political life are the three careers
open to gentleman. And of these
the highest in general estimation is un-
questionably the last. It is hardly less
so in France. The hero in the vaude-
vile, which is picture of contemporary
life, triumphs at last in receiving his
appointment as ambassador. Upon the
actual stage of life scholars, historians,
saUons, are politicians and statesmen
also. Guizot, Theirs, Lamartine, Arago,
do not disdain an active part in politics,
and are doubtless as proud of their po-
htical position as of their literary fame.
To cross the Atlantic to America is to
reverse the fact altogether. The Amer
lean gentleman upon his travels,
who remembers with more real pride
than any other incident of his tour the
fact that he was invited to dinner by the
Prime Minister in England, or by the
Foreign Minister in France, in his own
country wonders that any gentleman
can dabble in the dirty pool of politics
His charitable excuse for his neighbor
who interests himself in political af-
fairs is, that he is rather needy, and
would like respectable living as Minis
ter to Monaco, and SO pays the necessa-
ry price, by shutting his eyes and roll
ing little in the dirt. If you ask him
whether Mr.. Gladstone and ohm Bright,
Canning, Burke, and Lord Chatham, al
SO rolled In the dirt, he smiles, and
says that they manage things different
ly in England. If you ask him wheth
er, upon the whole, those men could
have employed their talents more use
fully, and would have done more wisely
for themselves and for civilization, if
they had left politics to inferior men, he
is astonished that man of your sense
should not be able to make distinctions.
If you ask him again whether he is of
opinion that government like ours
would be more honestly and economi
cally administered if it were left wholly
to blackguards, he shakes his head. If
you then press him to know whether
such government will take care of it
self if decent and honorable men decline
to take any interest in its management,
he bows politely, and wishes you good
morning.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-12-07

PETRoLIA ANN is the name of a baby
recently born at Oil City.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-12-07

DR.. NATHAN BARRows, of Claremont,
n. H., says that the fora of that State
is characterized by the abundance of
willows, duck weeds, pond weeds, ladies'
slippers md ferns. eve have LAT
towering plants, and 40 of the lower
orders, making total of l, 900 species
of plants in the State. The SUBMITS of
New Hampshire are said by the Doctor
TO be islands of Arctic Vegetation, hav-
ing no parallel this side of the Missis-
sippi. Over fifty are found nowhere
else in New England, four being quite
common on the very tip-top of Mount
Washington. All are perennials. and
are in no wise dwarfed Seventy-nine
per cent. of them are found on similar
SUBMITS in Europe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-12-07

'PRINcIPLEs of Comedy and Dramatic
Effect, +" by Percy Fitzgerald, author of
''The Life of Garaick," is announced
for publication in London.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-12-07

II recounting the signs of the times
as bearing upon the Adventist theory of
the earth's destruction, at the Concord
On. H.) Unitarian church last Sunday
evening, Elder Couch affirmed that there
were more earthquakes during the last
five years than during the preceding
$500 years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-12-07

On the occasion of the organization of
the North Carolina House of Represen-
tatives, few days since, the presiding
officer gave expression to sentiments in
every way commendable. "We meet,
he said, "not to legislate for party or
clique, but for the people of the whole
state. Every man, white or black, rich
or poor, distinguished or humble, must
be made to feel and to know that he is
secure in the enjoyment of life, liberty
and property, and that he will be pro-
tected by the strong arm of the law in
all the rights now guaranteed to him by
the Constitution and the laws of the
land. All men, of every position in life,
must know that the law will be swift to
avenge his wrongs and speedy to punish
his crimes. There are two evils of leg
islation to be avoided, one is legislation
that is wrong per Sc; the other is too
much legislation"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-12-07

THE London "Church Review" says !:
4" When we see a parson we instructive
ly look at his neck, and we sum him up
accordingly. There are parsons with
cravats and collars; these are, as rule,
Low Church. There are parsons with
cravats and no collars; these are, as a
rule, High Church; and there are par
sons with collars and no cravats; these
are, as rule, Broad Church. We do
not, of course, pretend that this is an
exact classification, but the distinctions
are sufficiently accurate for general pur-
noses P" N'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-12-07

THREE-CENT street car far is promised
in Chicago if the compressed air motor
tested in that city the other day works
all right.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-12-07

DURING the earthquake last month an
oil well at South Olive, Ohio, threw up
set of tools that had been buried in it
for months
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17
Tnsults "a BEAD Heroes

mn ~ soldiers and their friends read the
following paragraphs.
uFor the duration of the war, for its cnst
as well AS tor its conc en- cement, the Re-
publican party is alone responsible. But
for IL there would have been no war, and
but for its shameful incapacity and mis-
management, 1t would not have lasted a
year. 1t wss carried On apparent 10
beneh thievitg contractors II the source
of stealing had not dried up. 1t would
prob olv have been In existence now
Cincinnati AnqItsreT.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17
INDIANA ITEMS.

Mon law seems to prevail in Jefer-
son County.
RoCKPoRT boasts base ball club
which can afford a uniform.
PUTNAM County glassware is OF
exhibition in Green Castle.
THE Newburgh Recorder was delayed
last week on account of a rush of jot
work and the absence of the editor
THE Mitchell Commercial thinks
that Moses f. Dunn, Esq, will be the
Republican candidate for Congress in
that District.
CoNANT & Co.. contractors fol
building the BIT. Vernon & GRANVILLE
road, will have a corps of engineers
in Mt. Vernon in few days.
THE Democrat says the road be-
tween Mt. Vernon and New Harmony
is a disgrace to any civilized commu-
nifty.
THE Terre Haute E:rpress says pas
senger trains will be put on the new
st. Louis road about the first of
June.
Mt. CARMEL voted on Monday, on
a proposition to aid the New Albany
& st. Louis Railroad. We presume
the aid was voted.
THE New Albany Commercial, of
Friday publishes, as local news, a
brief description of the "seven won
ders of the world"
The Grand Lodge and Grand En-
campment I. o. D. E. of Indiana, hold
their annual session in Indianapolis
this week.
THE Studabaker Bros. Manufac-
turing Company. of South Bend. took
the first premium on wagons and car
riages at the -ecent fair in New Or
leans.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Newburgh
Recorder hopes the Republican Con-
vention which meets at Princeton
will nominate Judge Robinson as
candidate for Congress.
JOSEPH CoLLETT, President of the
Evansville. Terre Haute & Chicago
Railway Co., reports that the con-
struction of the road bed is progress
ing very rapidly.
Col. PREsCoTT, one Of the principal
contractors on the new indianapolis
and Terre Haute road, thinks the
last rail will be laid by the end of the
present months.
THE Lafayette Journal thinks the
earnest solicitude of the Indianapolis
that the people of Tippecanoe
County shall not be taxed as much as
hey ought to be. until the taxes can
20 into a Democratic Treasury, is
ouehiug in the extreme.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17

WATERLOO REvENGED.-Our Eng.
lish cousins are growing over the in
vasion of London by an army of
French tradespeople, who have liter
ally taken possession of many of the
principal fashionable streets, and.
having started their shops, are driv-
ing the British shopkeepers nearly
distracted with their COMPOUNDED
gibberish" and their low prices. There
are now French shops in London for
every conceivable thing. This novel
turn in the affairs of trade has com
pletely bewildered Mr.. Bull, and that
very irascible old gentleman does
nothing but swear at the French, who
shrug their shoulders and go on un-
derselIing BIN with the most exas-
perating sang froid. Thus, not satis-
fed with debating the fashion for the
world, the Parisians are revenging
Waterloo by forcing the Britishers to
buy everything of fashionable ma
ture from them.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17
A F0rInnafa nAn0sit.

An elderly man, who evidently had
experienced the ups and downs of life
apparently more of the downs than
tho ups-called at the Sacramento
Savings Bank, about three weeks ago,
and exhibited a few scraps of paper,
seemingly portions of passbook, but
from which the printed or written
matter had been almost entirely
erased, through rough usage in its
owners pocket, and stated that in
1850 he came to this coast; but pre-
viously to doing so, as means of
providing securely against a rainy
day, placed in a savings bank in New
York about $500 on deposit. So long
time had elapsed since then, that
the name Of the bank had escaped
his memory, and his hopes of regain
ing the money was very light; never
theless, he wished the bank officers in
this city to try and discover where it
was. They consented, ind closely ex-
paper for clue, which was at last
found IN the words for Savings whic b
were printed on the top of one Of the
pieces. and had evidently formed part
of the title, The Bank for Savings
The location of this bank was found
and statement of the facts written
on. Yesterday letter was received
here, which conveyed the gratifying
information that on the 11th of De-
cember, 1850, deposit was made by a
person of the name given, in the sum
of $540; the account still remained
open on the ledger, and the semi-an-
nual interest had been added to the
amount regularly, making total. on
the 8th of January. to the credit of the
depositor, of 81 ,445 72l For this sum
the owner will send, without delay,
power of attorney, and will thus, in
few days, be possessed of nice lit
tie stake to make the DECLINE of life
easy.-SacraneRt Union, Apfl q.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17

THE New York Standard describes
Mcfarland graphically, and, no doubt
truthfully, as follows:
As we understand him, he was a
thriftless, dreamy, literary man-with
enthusiasms and strange aspirations
early moved by the teachings oil
Fourier, and recently more given to
speculations upon Herbert Spencer
and Stuart Mill, than to the more
worldly duty of earning living for
himself and family. A man Of i'm
pulse and high imagination, whose
life was in a land of dreams! Even
his marriage showed this-for it was
the marriage of man, Tipened in life.
to fresh young girl from the noun
tains, young enough to be his daugh-
ter. 1t is not for US to go deeper
into their married life, but he Ger
tainly loved her, with an intense,
absorbing, frenzied love. We catch
strange glimpses of their union,
his fondness for his children,
the childish awe with which he
worshipped her,-the way he prattled
about her beauty,-her accomplish
ments, and her probable success on
the stage,-the extravaganza of his
endearments,-his frenzy and irresolu-
ton after the separation, as though a
great blow had fallen upon him, and
he knew not whittier to look for aid,
his wanderings from Tribune to In
dependent, from friends to enemies,-
(if he had any enemies, which we
doubt, his midnight strolls,-his un-
certainty and deep misfortune all Of
this makes to as strange, graphic,
mournful character, more like one
of Hugo's or Balzac's creations than
q living man.
Few will agree with the Standard,
however. in regarding McFarland's
marriage with fresh young girl from
the Eountains-possessing attractions
both of body and mind-as an indi-
cation that his life was in land of
dreams" 1t strikes us that this mar
riage showed that the accused was
not altogether dreamer. Wiser men
than Mcfarland have been captivated
with " fresh young girls from the
mountains" and their marriage with
them was not regarded as evidence
that they were living in land of
dreams.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17
Ahout JournaIlsm.

Harper's Baaar gossips splendidly
about journals and journalists as fol-
lows:
The Tribune property is estimated
to be worth a million dollars. which
includes two or three hundred thou
sand dollars of real estate. It is the
intention to take down the present
building within a year or two, and
erect in its place q superb edltce that
will contain every convenience and
appliance known to modern newspa-
per offices. The profits of the paper
| In 1869 were S163, 900. which is 1880
on each share. There are one hun
dred shares 10 the company, of which
Mr.. Sinclair, the publisher, owns the
| largest amount. or twenty one; Mr..
Greeley, twelve; the estate of Mr..
| Shephen Clark, its late money editor,
fourteen; DIR. j. @. Aver, the Low
ell medicine man, sixteen; the late
Mr.. T. N. Pooker, the foreman of the
composing department, five; Mr.. Run
kle. who has just married Mrs. Cal
houn. two; Oliver johnson, of the
Independent, one; Mr.. Cleveland
brother-in-law of Mr.. Greeley, one
two other of the printers, one each
Mr.. Smalley, the London correspond
ent. two; Solon Robinson, two; Solo
mon A. Cheney, three; John Hooper
two; and B. II. Camp. two. Mr.. Gree
ley now receives $4,000 year salary
and Mr.. Sinclair, the publisher, al
2 equal sum, while the pay Of Mr.. Reid
the managing editor, is $4,000, bu
will probably soon be increased t
$8, 300
The principal writer's on the WOrl'
are understood to be Mr.. Marble, tn
proprietor, Mr.. Chamberlain, MI
Hurlburt, Mr.. Evans, Mr. Schuyler
Mr.. Stilson. Mr.. Wheeler, Mr.. Hickey
Mr.. Calkins, Mr.. Kirwan, Mr.. For
and several others. The managiD
! editor is Mr.. D. g. Croly, very ca
/ pable and experienced man.
a Among the Sun writer's are MI
Dana, chief, Mr.. Bartlett, Mr.. 81. &
Stanton, Mr.. Hitchcock, Mr.. Wey
: man, Mr.. BoWman, Mr.. Comstocl
Mr.. Knox, DR.. Wood, and especial
that lively gentleman, Mr.. Amos .
!, Cummings, the managing editor.
d In the Times, now under the genel
= al management and control of Georg
|, Jones, one Of the largest proprietor
and Mr.. Sheppard, manager, Mr.: Ba
con, Mr.. L. j. Jennings, Mr.. 5. n
Chamberlain, late of the Buffalo Con
= mercial, Mr.. j. Z. Thompson, Mr.. T
w. Raymond, Mr.. Sinclair.
. The Herald. for some time undt
y the general charge of Mr.. T. d. Pu
j. nam, has on its staff DR.. Wallac
n Captain Lyons, Mr.. Hosmer, NJ
" Chase, Mr.. Phillips. Mr.. Glen. M
Smythe, Mr.. Leaning, and others.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17


THE Mt. Vernon Union has been
resurreoted, with Charley Prosser
as editor and proprietor. The Posey I
County Republicans ought to support
the Union.
ONE hundred and eighteen patriot
ic citizens Of New Albany desire to
serve the municipality on the police
force. But twelve Of them can have
their desires gratifed.
THE Washington Telegraph says
John Thomas, of D&viess County,
has forty acres of corn from three to
FIVE inches high. and is now engaged
in plowiDg it over.
A MAN in Ripley County, Ind.
kicked his daughters beau out Of
doors, the other night. andwas shock
ingly beaten therefor by the daughter,
assisted by her amiable mamma.
IT is stated that the work on the
Lafayette, Muncie & Bloomington
railroad is beirg pushed forward as
; fast as possible, and the force of Ia
borers is being increased daily.
The Washington Telegraph speaks
in glowing terms of the Republican
! ticket in Daviess County. It says it
would have been impossible to make
/. better selections than the men Of
: which the entire ticket is composed.
4 THE editor of the New Harmony
:, Register is getting tired Of making
calls on delinquent subscribers, and
t will be compelled to resort TO other
t means in order to keep up the cfice
: THE New Albany Ledger says the
reaping and threshing machines ant
T other agricultural machines, received
by dealers in that city, ought to b,
Q manufactured in New Albany. Ger
v tainly. We manufacture them in E7
b ansville.
d PRoF. O'KANE, the famous vocal
IS ist and musical composer. will atten'
it the Indiana Conference Sunda
10 School Convention in New Albany
4 So will j. II. Vincent, editor of th
le Sunday School journal.
{ A BACHELOR club of Mt. Verno
at have resolved that any member OF th
"a club who shall marry before Januar
l, 1871, shall be fined $25 and bas
/. ket of champagne, to be paid With
1e ten days after marriage.
n, THE Lafayette Courier says tha
ut Mrs. Macher, who was so brutally Gu
a. to pieces with an ak in the hands c
D. her husband, has so far recovered a
of to be able to carry plate of soup t
IN the brute who now lapguishes in th
We county Jail. There's devotion 70
at youl
at New ALBANY seems TO be i
a. trouble over the subscription
I'd the Louisville, New Albany
IN st Louis Railroad. Some ar
to claiming that the subscri ption
~ illegal, majority of the taxpayer
or not having signed the petition o
is which the subscription was based.
"a IT is evident that Judge Morris
nc johnson is not the Ring" candidat
We for Circuit Judge of this Judici'
lc District. The Rockport Democrt
u County, that neither Judges Jones nc
a johnson are candidates. while Ar
II Dyer is very favorably spoken of i
rs connection with the position. Let
IN be understood that Major johnson
to a candidate for Circuit Judge.
he -----------
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17

THE New Harmony Register ad-
yises the JOURNAL to publish the
speeoh of Hon. William M. Holman,
of Indiana, in opposition to the grant
Of public lands to railroad corpora
tions, if it is really in favor Of stop
ping the outrageous squandering Of
the public lands. This is modest, on
the part of the Register. Had we
room for all the speeches against that
iniquity, we could find several that
excelled in merit that of the Honora-
BILE Representative from the Third
District. But we have question
for the Register. IF it is opposed to
squandering the public lands. why
don't it denounce Mr., Voorhees, for
voting with the monopolists? He is
the only Congressman from Indiana
who voted for the Northern Pacific
Railroad iniquity, and. so far as we
have seen, not solitary Democratic
~ S4fte ff 81, h 2 i 81 IL
tative voted the same way, these pa
pers would have been prompt in call
ing attention to his betrayal of his
constituents. 1t would have been
better had Mr.. Holman appealed to
the Democratic members of the
House-especially to his friend Voor-
hees, to aid in defeating this ''put up
job" of eastern capitalists to secure
vast tracts of western land.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17

The New York Standard has been
Informed that the Tribune paid Mr..
Junius Henri Brown 81 600 for Mrs.
Richardson's s statement. This is per-
haps the largest price ever paid for a
single article in a morning newspaper,
and is a fine example of enterprise" f"
Still, we cannot help thinking that
Mrs. Mcfarland committed great
error in permitting any one to specu-
late on a statement which was appa'
rently written as a vindication of heI
honor.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17

SOME of the sharp New Workers
have been victimized by forged bills
of lading, purporting to represent
shipments of cotton from Galveston,
Texas. Tt is said that advances on
these bills have been made, amount
+ ing to over 100000.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17

= The remains of Gen. Thomas are now
'leing cart. d from The Pacific to the Attain
SIC as a aide-shew. and every day furnishes
as with twenty columns of telegraph as 10
his whereabouts. We hone he may De
planted soon = Evansville Courier, ApTft 4.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17

THE Tribune thus disposes of one
of its assailants: Mr.. Fitz Hugh
Ludlow rushes into the newspapers to
assail the Tribune free-love clique.
This is in accordance with the fitness
of things. Considering the kind of
people who have been gnawing at that
particular file, we see how clearly Mr..
Ludlow belongs to the crowd.
"'Heroic stole, Cato, the sententious,
VINO lent his lady to his friend HorLen-
sius.'"
Fitz's wife is now another mans wife.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17
" our Attention

Enterprise CHARTERED by the Legis-
lature of Kentucky, and endorsed asd
recommended by every leading official IN
the State, and upwards of 500 of her most
prominent citizens.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17
5II Prizes, S3l4 $40!

Comprising the richest river bottom to-
baceo farms in the wealthy county ot
Henderson, Kentucky, with all their ap-
purtenances.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17

THE u. s. Senate is distinguishing
itself during the present session by
its indifference to measures in which
the people are greatly interested, and
the recklessness with which it votes
away public money. Last week it
put through the Northern Pacific
Railroad swindle and an appropria-
ton of half million dollars for the
commencement of new State Depart
ment. We are pleased to know that
Senators Morton and Pratt opposed
both of the appropriations.
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17

WE once read of a man made of
money; but just think of the Fenians
who arc all " greeDbacks."
The Evansville journal., 1870-05-17
French Lick Springs.

T NOWN AS COLONEL BOWLES'
- SPRINGS. The House is now open
for the reception of visitors. The Springs
can be reached via Orleans, on the Louis
vile, New Albany q Chicago Railroad,
and also from Shoals Station, on the Ohio
q Mississippi Railroad, from which points
there are daily Hack Lines to The Springs.
Music and amusementS will be on hand,
Inese waters, as analysis shows, contain
the nnest combination of medicinal in
gradients on the continent. send for cir
cuIar con- aiming analysis. For further
RYAN d TUCKER,
French Lick Springs, Orange County, In
u1aua. MAJ d4W WSW
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-05-11
NBNBERRI PBnALR
AGGDEMX
=: A. ?. PIFER, n. A.. Principal.
:. MISS FANNIE LEAVELL, Assistan.

F1HE next session Of this SCHOOL will
Il begin on the first Tuesday in JanuazEs
A. D., 1870. The Scholastic year will be di,
Tided into two sessions of 20 weeks each,
with 8 vacation of two months IN the Sum-
met: Terms per session of2o weeks as fol-
lows:
Primary CIass-speliing, Reading,
Writing and Arithmetic. .......... Slo.oO
(. Junior Class-Noderu Geography,
English Grammar, and including above $500
Senior Class-Phvsical and Ancient
Geography, History, Mental Philoso-
ply, Rhetoric, Composition, Latin,
Greek, Algebra, Geometry, ,Trigonome-
try. Natural Philosophy, Chemistry
and including above. e................. $1,000
One halfthe tuition mustinvariably be paid
in advance and the remainder at the end OF
each Session. No reduction made except in
cases Of prolonged illness.
French, German, Spanish and Music will
be taught by competent masters at moderate
rates. Particular attention will be given TO
the study of the English Language and Com
position,
For further information apply to
Col. S. FAIR, Pres. Board Trustees.
S. P. BOOZER, Sec. Board Trustees, or
the undersigned at Newberry, S. G..
A. r. PIER, Principal.
Dec %, Soft