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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25
THE NEW YORK ELECTION.
An Overwhelming Demo-
cratic Victory.
$4,000 Majority in the State
Dem CULLBD TROOPS" LICKED.
NEw YORK, May Il, 1870.

The negro was in his glory to. day.
With the Fifteenth Amendment be-
fore his eyes, he made the most Of
the opportunity offered him to ex-
ercise the right ofsuffrago. Never
before did he assume such an air Of
Importance. How we'll he began
his work as an elector is seen in the
fact that in several instances he
marched to the polls, and made a
bold effort to vote illegally, The
only arrests for illegal voters to day
were those of colored repcaters.
In the Ninth Ward there was a
rich scene when an old negress in.
sisted on voting. She told the In.
spector, "pat all de niggers oughter
vote, de women as well as dc men,
and dats what was de matter. -
Upon being informed that her time
had not yet come, she rushed wild.
ly into the street urging everybody
to vote ain favor OBJ dc Sixteenth
menmont." Notwithstanding tho
negro vote, the Democratic majori-
ty in the city is about 60,00O,-
Thirteen Of tho twenty-five wards
thus far reported, give Church,
Democrat, for Chief Justice Of Court
of Appeals, 55,943; and SeIdon, Re-
publican, II ,815. The Eighth Ward,
in which colored registration was
the heaviest, gives the largest ma
jority of any, viz 1896, in q total
of 9,512 votes.
Theindications are that Brooklyn
has given 10000 to $4,000 Demo
cratic majority, and the Democratic
city ticket 5000 to $4,000. Eighty
nine cities and towns and districts,
scattered through the State, give
total majorties of 9,395 for Church,
and 3,2O4 for Selden, indicating the
State outside the city has gone
heavily for the Democrats, The in
dications are that the Democratic
majority in the State will exceed
$4,000.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25
How Sam Made a Dollar.

An enterprising business man Of
Hartford, Connecticut, runs two
branches Of trade, to wit, a grocery
and a fish market. The grocery he
runs himself, the fish market by q
deputy, and every night the latter
makes returns Of the proceeds Of the
days business to the proprietor. A
day or two since the grocer found
in his fish market returns a coun-
terfeit five dollar bill. He didn't
like to lose it, and he didn't quite
want to take the chances of trying
to pass it, So he called on an old
darkey who was hanging about the
premises, and said to him:
"Sam, here's a five. dollar bill that's
q little doubtful. If you'll take it
and pass it, I'll give you a dollar
out Of the change"
every WE'LL" said Sam, and he
took the bill and went off. Later
in tho day he returned, having ac-
complished the feat, and handed
over four dollars in good money to
the grocer, That night the grocer,
in counting over the cash returns
from his fish market, was more sur
prised than delighted to see the
identical five in the pile.
"Look here" said he sharply, to
his market clerk, "heres counter
felt bill--who dye take it Of? Didn't
you know twas bad?"
Clerk took it and looked at it a
moment.
"0-yes," said he, ~ remember
now; l took it of Sam the darkey.-
| thought it was a littlo doubtful,
and wasn't going to take it, but he
said he got it Of you, so 1 thought
it was ell right"
Further explanation was unncc-
essary,
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25

The Fifteenth Amendment will
add largely to the Republican vote.
Press.
Yes, and that was the sole obiect
of its being proposed and adopted.
Nearly all the leading measures OF
the Radical party since it got into
power have been based upon parti,
san considerations. Congress has
not legislated for the good of the
country, but for the benefit Of the
party. To regain power and the
plumber it affords has been the
whole end and aim Of the Radical
leaders from the beginning, IF
they had supposed the negro vote
would have been given to the DEM
ocratic party, or even divided be-
tween the two parties, they would
never have forced suffrage upon the
negro at the point of the bayonot, as
they have done. The probabilities
are that the negro vote will yet be
controlled by their old white mas
ters, and when that time comes
those who have forced negro suf-
frago and now exult over it, will be
found denouncing the negroes as
unreliable and unworthy the right
to vote. Negro suffrage will be
popular with them just so long as it
subserves their own partisan, selfish
and no longer. The time
is not far distant when they will
find the majority Of the negroes vo-
ting against carpet -bagiSm and seal
awagsm, and then the merits of the
fifteenth amendment will appear
entirely different to Forney and the
whole dishonest crew.-Er.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25
Master and Servant.

Sambo was a slave to a master
who was constitutionalIy addicted
to lying. Being strongly attached
to his master, he had, by dint Of
long practice, made himself an adept
in giving plausibility to his MASTER s
stories.
One day, when his master was
entertaining his guests in his custo,
mary manner, he related an incident
which took place on one of his hunt.
ing excursions.
"I fred at a buck" said he, "at q
hundred yards distance, the ball
passing through his left hind foot
and through his head just back Of
the ear"
This evidently producing Oome
little doubt in the minds Of his
guests, he called upon Sambo to cor
roborate him.
eyes, massa," said the almost
confounded slave, after a moments
hesitation, "me see de ball hit him.
Jes' as massa lift up de gun to de
eye, de old buck lift up him foot to
scratch him car; massa's bali went
clear through him heel an head
at de same time"
The guests were perfectly salts
fled with sambo's explanation, and
swallowed the VIII ole without hesi-
tation; but when the guests were
gone, Sambo ventured so far upon
his masters good -humor as to re-
mOnstrate:
"For goodness sake, massa, when
you tell 'nudder such big lie, dont t
put 'um so far apart-me had hard
work to get 'um together"
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25
How They live.

The Steubenvllle Herald throws
light on a much agitated question,
as follows "Wash. Mclean and
Murat Halstead, the bolligerent
Cincinnati editors, have to be kept
in ice houses, in different parts of
the city, There is a perceptibIe
coolnoss between these gentlemen,
occasioned by too frequent read
ing Of the code. "
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25
Land Grabbing.

There are now two hundred
and forty bills before Congress
asking for grants of land to
railroads and other like purpo'
ses, covering nearly six hun
dred millions of acres. Nearly
two hundred millions of acres
have already been donated, as
it is called, but stolen is the
proper term, and if the other
bills are passed, nearly eight
hundred millions Of acres will
be required. With all this
immense stealing in prospect is
it any wonder that when the
North. Pacific bill was under
consideration, a day or two
since, ex Governors, ex-Mem-
bers of Congress, representa-
tives of big banning houses,
lawyers, etc, were on the floor
of the House all day, taking
the deepest interest in the
scheme. Two years more of
Radical rule, and the United
States will be comparatively
landless.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25
Massachusetts and Rhode i

Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
are two "loyal'' States. "No cop
perhead' holds Office there !" Now
listen The Radical party prides
itself on "cqual and exact justice to
all men," In Massachusetts $4,000
whites are disfranchised by an edu,
cational test, and in Rhode Island
1000 are disfranchised because they
do not own 1874 worth of Real Es-
tate. Both of these States ratified
the 18th amendment, giving negroes
the right to vote without making
such tests the requisite to the right
of suffrage, White men, think of
thisl Where is the Abolition phi
lanthropist who ever raised his
voice in favor Of those poor white
men2 DO you call such work as
this equal and exact justice to all
men?"
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25
MISCELL A N z o U S.
Freaks of q Circuit Rider.

.FFedks of q Circuit Rider.
Edgar county, Illinois, is
one Of them, Not long since
there moved into that county
q Methodist circuit-rider, nam
ed Cushmer. A more loyal,
nigger,loving delegate never
blew his nose in that section
of country. He preached re-
ligion once in a while, but
politics was his great theme.
He rode the circuit and rode
it well--so we'll that three
sisters Of his flock have made
earnest and extended com
plants covering several pages
Of foolscap. They complain
that the Rev. circuit.rider,
who had more politics than
religion, took improper liber-
ties with their persons-that
he spoke unpretty words to
them-that he, on sundry
occasions, would squeeze his
eye at them, and endeavor by
looks ode amorosity" to en-
tice them from the teachings
Of the church, and the virtu.
GUS ones Of that vicinity. And
the end of all this is not yet.
Misfortunes come not singly,
Not long since another one Of
them, Rv. Richard Hovey,
married a young widow lady
after a few months courtship !;
and this wedding was perform.
cd at Vermillion Station, on
the Terre Haute, Alton and
st. Louis Railroad. For sew
enty-two hours Rev. Richard
Hovey lived a happy life. On
the seventy.third hour - in
such an hour as he thought-a
sheriff's officer Hove-d in sight,
with some little documents re.
ouirino the aforesaid officer to
dislocste the aforesaid Hovey
from the bosom of his family
and lodge him in the county
jail, where he still remains
Nothing but bigamy ! No
cards Brother Hovey is of
the Baptist persuasion, and his
immersion seems to be in hot
rather than cold water. this
time. For a long time he has
preached great deal of poll
tics, and a very little of gos-
pei; while his practicing has
been somewhat indiscriminate.
AS if @ big.amiable, political
preacher cannot indulge in
bigamy without SO much fuss
being made about it In. Y.
Democrat.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25

IF all the land bills now
before Congress should pass,
it would plunder the country
of 100000 of acres. One
eighth of the area of the Uni
ted States has already been
gobbled up by railway and
other schemes of "public i'm
provement" for private ends.
The railroad bills now before
Congress propose to give
away 40O,0OO,0O0 acres of
land-a territory greater than
of the thirteen original States.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25

McFarland's beastiness, as shown
by Mrs. Netherlands statement, was
of the most degraded and unendu-
rable character, -Republic.
All right, if viewed from
that standpoint, of course, but
look at the other side of the
picture and it's not SO pretty.
Mrs, Mcfarland Richardson
seems lost to- all womanly feel
ing, and publishes an ex parte
statement about domestic af-
fairs that have undergone a
critical examination before the
courts, with the final verdict of
the court and public in favor
Of the husband. She has also
lost that motherly love for her
offspring which characterizes
pure womankind. She would
not notice by word or look in
the court room her son Percy,
because he is under the care of
the unfortunate father. When
she brushed passed in rustTing
silks littla percv nlaintivel "
called out ''mother," but there
was no word or token in an
swer to that cry from the stony
hearted prostitute, whose act
ions have destroyed the peace
of her own family and made
fatherless two innocent child
ren. Perhaps Richardson
was not alone to blame. This
woman may have first seduced
him. - Springfield Transcript.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25

The iron men who have turn
ed themselves inside out to de-
feat the Democracy in this dis
trict every Congressional year,
because the Democrats are not
sound on the tariff, have a
pleasant reward for their con-
temptible meanness in the act.
ion Of the ''house of their
friends" The tariff on iron
has been reduced from SO to
SIS per ton in the Lower House
of Congress. This, however,
is the end of the measure as
money enough has been raised
by the iron-mongers to buy
the Senate West Union De-
fender.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25

Alvin Adams, just thirty
years ago, began to run an
express between New York
and Boston. He was his own
messenger, and on his first
trip his way bill was worth
less than four dollars. The
Adams Express Company,
with it's immense business and
wealth, was the result of that
humble beginning; and it may
indeed be said that Mr.. Ad.
ans was the pioneer in the
express business Of this coun-
try.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25

1t was expressly charged
upon Judge Grover, one Of the
Democratic nominees for the
Court of Appeals in New
York, who has been elected by
$4,000 majority, that "his no.
tions in relation to the Govern
ment debt led us to believe
him q repudiator, especially of
our war debt" There is ev.
cry indication that this belief
largely contributed to his ma.
jority. 1t was contradicted no.
where. A word to the wise is
sufficient.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25

The self-denial which vice
exacts is greater by far than
that involved in the struggle
of virtuous indeayor.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25

T Modesty promotes worth, but
conceals it, just as leaves aid in
the growth of fruit, and hide
it from view,
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25
BREVITIES.

for 1870 provide for 1898
men. This includes the Indian
army. The reserve force is mi.
litia, volunteers, yeomanry, cav,
alry-number, 944, $3.50.
A Cincinnati railroad man
has been discharged because he
left work, without leave, to get
a surgeon to dress his hand,
smashed in coupling cars.
There are about two hun.
'dred and eighty species of oak
known to naturalists; Of these
one hundred and sixty species
belong to the Old World, and
one hundred and twenty to the
two Americas.
Some. fellow living near
Jamestown, Boone county, In
dian, has got mad at the l., B.
and W. Railroad Company,
and vents his rage by OCCASION
ally building a fence across the
track,
A poor man was killed in
Michigan a few weeks ago,
leaving his wife sick and PEN
niless. A bachelor friend in
terested himself in the matter,
and raised sixteen hundred dol,
lars for the widow, then pro
posed, and, being accepted,
married her and pocketed the
money himself.
Hon. W. H. West, of Logan
county, who, while Attorney
General, refused to have the
Morgan Raid Claims paid, has
been appointed Consul to Rio
Janeiro, the capital Of Bra2il.
The salary is $4,000 a year. 1t
is doubtful whether Mr.. West
will accept,
John F, Dunn, a prominent
citizen Of Newton, New Jer-
sey, has disappeared, and is
said to be a defaulter to the
amount of $4,000,
The Paris, Ohio, Citizen
says the wool buyers are begin
ming to stir themselves. They
are offering twenty-cents for
common and thirty five cents
for long wool,
Man must have occupation,
OF be miserabie-toil is the
price Of sleep and appetite-of
health and enjoyment. The
very necessity that overcomes
our natural sloth is a bless,
ing,
The richness and glory which
rest upon the language Of in
spiration are peculiar to itself,
We are never so assured that
we make people wise unto sal
walton as when we lead them
to be acquainted with the pure
Word of God itself.
The water Of a sulphur
spring in Philadelphia's park
tastes like damaged pork,
pickle drank out Of an old boot.
One hundred newspapers
have started and failed in CHI
cago, and $9O,000,0O0 have
been sunk in journalistic fail
ures in New York.
A Cincinnati druggist de-
clares that there are no less
than a thousand arsenic-eaters
in that city and immediate vi
cinity, mostly young women,
who take the drug for the com,
plexion.
A poor old lunatic was pur-
sued and stoned to death by
the people of Middle Village,
L. l., the other day, under tho
supposition that he was q bur
glar, who had broken into
some houses in the vicinity.
Every ton of iron imported
into the United States puts
nine dollars into the U. S.
Treasury, but so high is this
tariff little is imported. Every
ton manufactured in the United
States puts eight dollars into
IL alAL - Il - G.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25

Meekness and modesty are
the rich and charming attire Of
the soul,
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25

Mrs Lincoln wants more money,
and she threatens to disclose ''some
painful secrets of the Republican
party, if Congress don't como down.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25

1t will require $95,50O,O 1000
to pay the interest on the
bonds falling due on the lst of
May,
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25

WHEN you feel cough or bron-
chial affection creeping on the lungs,
take ayers Cherry PectoraZ, and cure
it before it becomes incurable.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25

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Hang the sweetest grass
round the pigs neck, it will 60
and walloW in the mire.
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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25

The following is to be the chorus
Of the great Mongrel campaign song
in 1872.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-05-25

.'Thero's niggcr In do air,
see him on do wing;
There's nigger ebcry whcre---
lhearde angels slug"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-26
FARM AND GARDEN.
HINES ON WINE MAKING

/ - HINTS ON WINE MAkHfG.i 81
n No juice is capable Of being Converted
into sound durable wine that does moi
oontsinsugar enough to supply the alcos
hol needed 70 make it keep. of course,
then, where 1t does not exist it must be
s1Dnliea
Many of the juices are sufficiently uni
form'to make the scale and the measure
serve for ordinary purposes. Amorg
these are the juicesIof the common Chick
asaw. plum, the blackberry, dewberry,
muscadine, and common wild bunch
grapes. In ordinary seasons, one gallon
of the juice of either Of the above -nsmt d
fruits, one quart of water and three
pounds of good sugar, properly man
aged, will make good wine.
In extraordinary seasons, when there is
much rain, the juices of fruits are poor
comparatively, and need more sugar. No
mixture will make good wine that does
not contain sugar enough 10 foat fresh
egg sufficiently high to show an area
equal to that of silver quarter of a dol
lar--if any one can remember how that
looks All of the above juices, after
having been well mixed and strained,
should be allowed to remain in an open
tub thirty-six hours, after which the YES
sci must be filled to the brim and treated
as directed for orange wine. 1t is great
improvement to conduct the gases by q
bent or flexible tube, or siphon 70 base
of water, which will act as valve, allow
ing the gas to escape, and preventing the
return of the air. When the gas ceases
to bubble through the water the wine is
'fmade.n Most of these wines will be fit
for use in two months, but viii not be
excellent before the following winter.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-26
NASHVILLE UNION AND

experience with any of my competitors,
and as to our qualifications, you must de-
| termine between us.
II invite you to q careful examination of
| the experience, 66fsttJ and status, both
lppesent and pass, hof each of the aspirents,
Izrdo If you shah select me as your
standard besrer IN the coming contest, I
ftfust that you viii have no cause to re-
gret the confidence reposed No one has
felt more heavily the wrongs, insults and
outrages that have been perpetrsted by
4he dominant party upon q brave but de-
fenseless people than l have; nor will any
sone labor with more zeal and energy for
| your political emancipation than myself.
| In view of the fact that there is a great
anxiety to elect men who can certainly.
take their seats if elected, beg leave to
say thst have been relieved by Congress
from my disabilities, and will not be re-
quired to take the test oath which all are
compelled to take unless they have been
pardoned.s5
:. I shall at future day visit you in per-
son, and make known in full my views on
all the great questions of the day.
| JAMES ]. TURNER.