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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-11-18


Saturday. December LEI, ts7l.
100000 TICKETS OF ADMISSION, $40 EACH
CURRENCY; HALF TICKETS, IS; QUARTER
Tickets will be sent by registered letter the money
for them may be sent by p. o. money order, green
Each ticket consists OF four quarters value 50 30
each The holder is entitled admission to the Con
and the value of the gift AWARDED to it its
$500 900 IN GREENE Ck-, will be dstrib-
highest to SlOO the lowest, being 79l gifts in all
rn RG GfSfk HkSk s. q r. h / fEEEalSkn
and the CQrporators and Supervisors are the Hon;
twenty seven of the most distinguished and respect
able citizens of the State.
The undersigned, late principal business manager of
Mercantile Library at San Francisco, has been APP
pointed Agent and Manai er OF this Grand Gift Con
cert.
The drawing and distribution will take place in pub
lie, and everything will be done 70 satisfy the buyers
tickets that their interests will be well protected
II they personally present to superintend the
For tickets and information apply to
G.. X. PETERS, 100 Main ST., Louisville, Ky,
No Astor HoGse, New York.
IT, N, HemPsted No. 40 Broadway, Milwaukee, Wis.
NJ. \. French. Virginia City, Nevada
NJ 4. Wolff No. So Chestnut street, st. Louis
Tickets also for sale in every prominent place IN the
Owing to the general derangcmout of mails and adj
vertsements consequent the disastrous conilagra-
tions in the West the sale of tickets IN this ncrprise
is extended to Nov 20, 1871, at which time the main
ONCE ~ MAN street L0uishIf Ny To or no9s l%r
cept by mail will be received after Dec Isl, and no
York Office will close Dec 10th; other agencies Dec
5th. Every ticket unsold Dee nth Will he cancelled
BY is & The driving will ak place and nd PGn
tinue until the 72l gifts awarded. Payment OF
awards will commence Dee. 49, at o'clock a m Cir
they be issued correctly and will also be sent
to all ticket buyers soon as possible No order viii
CHtS. II. PETERS, Manager.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-11-18

" REMEMBER, life is but a shadow !;
its date the intermediate breath We
draw" Insure in The Mutual Life In
surance Company of Chicago.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-11-18

RUSSIA LEATHER Photographic albums
in the shape of a travelling bag are an
nounccd.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-11-18

HAPPY RELIEF FOR YOUNG MEE, from Nervous
Debility &c Books aud circulars sent free of charge
Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Phiadelphia,Pa
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Mixed Schools.

Hon CHARLES SUMNER has again moved on
the question of mixed schools in the District OF
Columbia, and has presented bill for the &C.
complshment of that object
Mixed schools must come sooner or later,
and there is no reason why it should not come
now. In the Legislative Council, the member
from the First Council District (l.EwIs H
DoUGLAss) introduced on Monday concur
rent resolution requesting the Delegate 10 Con,
gress from the District of Columbia to urge the
passage of law abolishing separate schools.
The resolution was referred t. a committee,
with the evident intention Of killing it. Our
separate schools have had to contend with all
the opposition that negro hate in this CON-
munity has been able to exert. Our schools
have been placed in out-of,the- way corners,
over stables, and in old barracks, &c. The
colored people want the same refining and ele-
waiting influence thrown around their children
as are enjoyed by the white children. Senator
SUMMERS bill allows no distinction in regard to
teachers for reason of race or color which does
away with the only objection to mixed schools
ever advanced by the very few colored persons
who have been weak enough to object to them.
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The Guarantee of B1r. Greeiey's
Fidelity.

Since tie overthrow of slavery and the resg
nation Of Collector MURPHY the principles Of
protection TO American industry has constituted
the politics and almost the relig Of Mr.
GREELEY. However divided his labors may
have been till the accomplishment of these great
objects, all the energies of his mind and the
affections of his heart have been given to that
object. All else, like his opposition to GRANT,
has been considered as of minor Importance
We have no reason to doubt that his support
Of the protective policy has been as sincere is
it has been earnest, and that he considers it of
taI less consequence TO the country than the
defeat or election of any particular Presidential
candidate. We have not, therefore, entertained
any fear that he will array himself against
candidate known to be sound upon that subject,
and support revenue reformer or open free
trader in 1872, as he must if he unite with the
dissfected Republicans and Democrats in the
EFFORT they are organizing for Gen. GRANTS de-
feat. Every one Of the men engaged in that
movement, and every man whose name has
been suggested as their candidate, except that
of Mr. GREELEY, is pledged to the destruction
Va tnc ptVeSOsifC POAiSy 1hi.ofEElEf mas 50 lonS
and so ably advocated. That, indeed, is one
of the main planks in their platform, and the
question upon which they chiefly rely to draw
off enough Republicans from the Republican
ticket to defeat Gen. GRANT and destroy the
thrift at the same time. If Mr. GREELEY has
been honest in his lifelong defense of the pro-
tective policy, which nobody doubts, he will
never be found In such company when the
scratch comes. He may continue to crafty his
dislike to President GRANT by au occasional
thrust, but he never will permit it to lead him
into rebellion to the Republican party, and into
opposition to a party of which, next to Henry
CLAY and HESRY G. CAREY, he is the oldest
as he has been the abless champion. Such
course would give the lie to his life long profess
sions, and go far to undermine the confidence
Of the people in the integrity of any of the
defenders Of the american system"
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How TOOmbs Didn't Fight Wade.

Says the Cincinnati Commercial: During
the heated debate which followed the attack
upon Sumner by Brooks, Toombs took occasion
to justify the act OF Brooks, while he denounced
sumner and bis antislavery associates in the
most offensive manner. Wade arose in his seat
aud pronounced Brooks cowardy assassin,
and placed his apo'ogst, Toombs, in the same
category. Before this Wade and TOombs were
personally on friendly terms Wade went to
his room, expecting a challenge in the course
OF the evening" but il did not come L. D.
Campbell, who was then member, went to
Wade'S room and told him he would be chal-
ienged; the Southern members were in caucus
supposed to be arranging for duel, and asked
Wade what he intended to do. Ills reply was,
Il shall accept the challenge. What else can
do? knew very we'll when used the Ian.
guage did that i, meant fight, and am going
to fight. WeH7- said Campbell. how will
you arrange it?' L will have rifles, at fifty
yards. Toombs shall have small piece of
white paper pinned to his coat, right over his
heart, and will have one the same size pinned
to my coat to match. Now, Lew, is your rife
In good order? Are the sights all right :?
Everything was right. Well, now, Lew, /
want you TO 90 out with me, and if | don't cut
that paper, you may set it down that | am
d-diy Hurried, for / can do it every time
when it is pinned to a board fence. Fighting
oSbSiCo nVIuiuR-lJ Is all ID nonsense but
l have got to kill Toombs-he has lived long
enough anyhow The evening passed, and no
challenge came. Another, aud still another
day--another caucas of tho ohivalry, and no
challenge. The gentlemen, during this time
occupied seats side by side on the floor of Con.
gress, without speaking together, till the fourth
day, when Toombs came in and said TO Wade
W hats the use OF being a ID fool?
w ade'S quick reply was There amt no use
II hut mo can't halo -
see that pleasant, personal relations were inter
rupted only four days, after which it was, why,
Ben, and Hello Bob;' but during that time
Bob had found a master.
The details of this little affair with
Toombs were given by Mr.. Wade, at the special
request of Mr.. Berry, OF Nashville, while we
were present at his room in Washington. The
day before the 'onpieasantness Wade and
Ioombs were practicing together with the rifle,
which may have had much to do in rcconcling
Toombs to the situation, as Mr.. Wade excelled
him as a marksman."
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A strong effort Is now being made TO secure
the repeal OF the present duty ON salt, and
petitions 70 Congress for the abolition Of the
lax are in circulation for signatures 1t is
stated that by the increased cost of the article
In consequence of the imposition of the duty
some SlO,oO0,000 goes annually into the hands
OF the salt mOnOpolsts, while the United States
Government receives in revenue from the col
lection OF the tax only 81 200, 600 yearly
Baltimore American.
Whoever has stated" any such thing as
that 100000 worth Of eat goes into the
hands OF salt monopolists, does great violence
TO truth. And the assumed cause of this al
legged accumulation, 1.-THE increased cost in
consequence of the imposition of the duty" il
equally groundless. The truth is, that salt is
cheaper now than it was ten years ago, before
the present duty was assessed. But if mo.
nopoists did yearly buy up $40 ,000, 900 worth
of salt for speculative purposes, and if the
price had been increased by the duty" is ii
not quite as likely they would do the same
thing il there had been no duty upon it and
the price less than it is! fit had been stated
that monopolsts in 1861, anticipating the i'm.
position OF a tariff on salt. had bought SlO
100000 worth, there would be some sens. in
1T. But the very sharp competition which ex.
lists between the salt manufacturers of New
York, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia, is
too powerful, and they make TOO much salt to Der
init would-be mcnopolists to succeed in forcing
up the price, or to retain year after year
Slo,oOO,0oo worth of it for that purpose
The statement is, therefore, as foolish as it is
false
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Inc anbellevers In the innate worth Of HUI
inanlty, the croaking tyrants who oppose free
dom because OF the natural unftness of men
for Its true appreciation, can find food for re-.
lection in the life of the late Lieutenant Gov.
ernor Dunn, Of Louisiana.
Let us 60 back from the grave Of Governor
Duhn TO New Orleans thirty years ago. Sla-
very was in its rank heyday then; the crack of
the slave whip was heard and the auctioneer' 8
hOa'se voice rang out in foul jests on the sale
OF beautiful octoroons. We take up the
ftcdy~ne, and turn to the place where dogs
and men were advertised, and rewards offered
Tor their return, dead or alive Here is a para
graph that reads like feyersh dream at this
hour of the day:
FIVE DOLLARS REwARD-Run away from
the subscriber, on the 23i of November last,
the negro boy Oscar Dunu, an apprentice to
the plastering trade He is of griffe color,
between 20 and Il years of age, and about five
feet 10 or III inches high. All persons are
cautioned not to harbor said boy, under penalty
of the law. Wilson & Patterson, corner St.
John and Common streets.
This negro boy" Oscar Dunn, of griffe
color aud perfect proportions, and the late
Governor OF Louisiana, were the same. What
stretch of history lies between the runaway
negro boy and the bier of the Governor f!
The years are not many, but the soul, whose
flight is not measured by years, but by events
has shot through cycles of common years in
that time. Your Oscar Dunns and YOUR Fred
erick Douglass in slavery would have simply
walked the lonely road from the plantation to
the hut and to the auction block the aspira
tons OF their souls as they beat against their
cages would have been felt only by the Great
Master. Liberty pucked them from slavery,
and nations have listened at their feet to their
wisdom and their eloquence
How many Fred. Douglasses, how many Os-
car Dunus have lived and died in the swamps
of Louisiana or in the DEVILS plantations of
the Red river?
How small are the conceptions of men who
locate greatness in particular climes or par
ticular colors. Hoy blind is the world which
clips the soul and cramps it in cages, for every
great soul broken and crushed in slavery is a
loss to all. Therefore, let US not henceforth
offend God by doubling that mankind are not
capable OF approaching liberty. TO doubt is
to dlsbelieve and to dsbslieve is blasphemy.-
Irish Republic.
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years without example in Our own affairs, and
without parallel in the affairs Of any other
government. 1t is because we know this to be
true that We beseech the free trade champions
to stop their tampering with the peoples in
terests, and to do nothing to interfere with this
extraordinary thrift. 1t is amazing that any
one at all familiar with the ruinous resu It's of
free trade, wherever the experiment has been
made, and with sense enough to trace effects and
causes, should persist in course so certain to
bring financial revulsion upon the country,
and disaster to all its industrial intere cts
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Political Z" DefauIters .,

The face Of the people, as we'll as of the
Administration. is set hard against official de-
faulters. They are looked upon aud punished
as thieves, except where the Democracy bear
rule The officer who betrays his trust by rob.
bling the Government under the present Repub-
lican regi me makes himself infamous, aud is
rendered infamous by tho law. But we do not
believe the moral turpitude Of betraying ones
official trust and turning thief is any greater
than the betrayal Of ones political TRUST. We
think the man, for instance, elected by the Re-
publican party, pledged to carry out certain
principles believed to be necessary to the we'll
being of the country, who violates that pledge
repudiates his party obligations, and uses his
Influence to defeat its policy, is as unmitigate
villain, aud should be considered as infamous
as official defaulters. However much better at
heart is that Senator or Representative who
secures his position from the Republican party
only to betray that party into the hands of
their opponents and the enemies of the coun-
try, than the man who steals few hundred
dollars!
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The New Political Party.

An earnest eifurt is making by q oertain Sc
OF politicians to organize political Joint stocE
company, made up of Democrats and those Re
publlcans who are supposed to be inimical to
the denomination Of Gen. Grant. These said
Republicans are TO be the directors OF the new
company, and Democrats are In supply the
largest part OF the working capital, and would.
oil course, expect to receive their proportional.
snare In the profits OF the concern. The special
ohlect o. the company is to prevent Gen Grant
rom being the next President of these United
states those who are to supply the Demo.
cratic part OF the capital are just now waiting
20 see now much stock Republicans will take.
Iney wiii probably have to wait until after the
next National Republican Convention aud
then 1t Will be too late to put the company in
working order In season to gain the end and
we do not believe that single prominent Re-
publican would then be willing TO join the con-
Germ. Moreover, Republicans of the anti rant
stripe. who have any reputation to preserve, or
any political interests worth being taken care
ot-such men, for example, as Mr.. Greeley. and
Senators Sumner, Fenton, and Schurz-will be
likely 10 think ut least twice before they go into
this operation. Itwould be far worse Tor the
than TO speculate in Wall street. Their politi
cal ruin with the Republican parry would be
an accomplished fact, with the Overwhelming
OF no compromising gain 1t is |
one thing honorabiy TO oppose the nomination |
of Gen. Grant, aud it would be quite another
hing to seek his defeat by joining with Demo |
;rats, In the event that be should be the nomi |
ice of the Republican Convention next year. /
Inc latter would be political death to the men /
guilty OF tn. I. Independent.
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There occurred on the Oregon and Cali o:
MIA Railroad between this city and Salem. on
/ of the most thrilling railroad incidents w
have ever heard of. The following particulars
furnished by an eye witness, may be rolet
! upon as true:
When the down train came near one of tn,
| stations on the road, it was running at full
! speed, in order to make up time as it was 8
| few minutes behind. The road at this poin
| runs through cut something more than q
mile In length, and in entering it the road
makes curve that the engineer cannot see
entirely throughit. He had hardly gotten into
the cut before he saw a woman riding leisurely
through 1t, and with perfect nonchalance, using
the centre of the track She was not more
than half way through the cut, and barely a
quarter OF mile ahead of him He immedi.
ately whistled down brakes, +" and then sound
ed the warning.
Inc woman, hearing the peculiar death
whistle or the locomotive, looked over her
shoulder and saw the train rushing at her. She
ala not Shrek, nor faint, nor give 10 all hone
but, like true Webfoot, her courage rose equal
to the emergency, end, without moments hes
itatlon, she commenced swinging her riding
whip from Que shoulder of her steed TO the
other, thereby urging him to exert his utmost
speed. The whip, and perhaps the shrieking
OF tue steam whistle caused the animal ridden
by the lady to do his best, and he made about
as rapid time as any animal ever seen iu Ore
gon; but each instant the iron horse gained
upon the one composed of bloodand muscle.
The shrieking of the locomotives whistle
caused the passengers to look out of the win
dows, and upon their discovering what was the
matter, the widest excitement ensued. Sew
eral jumped forward and seized the bell rope,
and commenced pulling it as if they could stop
the tram by that means. The brakemeu were
exertlng all their strength on the brakes, and
tue engineer had cut off the connection and
was doing all that he knew to stop the train.
while the woman was doing her best to make
that bit OF horse flesh rise to the speed of a
"Helmbold,' but all in vain the locomotive
Kept gaining on the horse and its rider, and
there was hardly person on the train who did
not expect that both the woman aud horse
would be killed.
There was, perhaps, thirty feet intervening
between the cowcatcher and the horses heels,
when, fortunately for the woman, she observed
a place which was little wider than usual and
with steady reign, she guided the fleeing
horse from the track and endesvored to press !
him against the wall of the cut in order that |
the train might pass by without injury. In |
DONG this the woman was encouraged by Mr. |
Samuel WIDans, the conductor, who had run |
forward and got out on the locomotive. A few
seconds only passed by when the fiery monster
poked Its nose past the rump of the horse. At
this moment MIR. Winans threw his whole force |
against the animal aud held him until the train
stopped, and then rousing cheer Of gratifca.
ton and Joy at the escape of the woman from |
terrible death was given Portland (Oregon) |
Bulletin.
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Model COpperLead Carpet.
Bagger.

Our readers pretty we'll understand what our
opiuiou is of the man WALKER who now holds
and disgraces the Office Of Governor even Of
yirginia-that we believe him to be the mean
est and basest of ell men who ever bore that
title. We believe 80 because he has not only
proved himself contemplate sycopbant, but
doubly an apostate. He has proved false to
the Republican principles he "put on to Sc
cure his election, and false to the Government.
Though Northern man, he has been the most
malignant enemy of the North. But in that
he only illustrates the truth Of the old adage.
that 'one renegade is worse than ten Turks. y
We refer to the apostate now, however, for
the purpose of giving our readers an insight
into phase of his character that we have not
dwelt upon. II is from the parkersburg West
Virginia) Journal, and is card published by
the Commissioners recently sent from that
State to Richmond on official business. 1t
needs 70 explanation:
"The action Of Governor Walker, unless
some satisfactory explanation can be given can
be regarded only in the light of pr.rneditated
insult to our commissioners and through them
Walker it has been we'll understood that In this
matter Of the Virginia Debt he has been oper-
ating in the interest OF the New York Iammany
Ring. WHY be should swell himself to such
immense proportions after tweed mas oeeil
decapitated can only be explained In view oil
the fact that the tail of snake VIII wlggie Tor
a long time after it's head has been taken of.
A wear ago, in his annual message to the
Legislature, Governor Walker grossly mis-
represented West Virginia in reference to this
matter Of the public debt, and sought to force
our State into an unfair mode of settlement.
The plan suggested by Governor Walker was
connected by the WalLstreet stock jobbers, co
whom he was under obligations for his election.
But when the trap so iDgeniously set by the
Ring" FELL the ouly victims caught were the
carpet bag" Governor and bis stock gamb-
lers They were effectualiy hanked by the
appointment of commissioners by West Viz
ginia. Hence their rage when they saw their
trick TO rob West Virginia unmarked, and
when they discovered that we had adopted a
plan to bring about an honest settlement of the
differences between the two States. 1t Is evil
dent now that Governor Walker and his con-
federates don't intend to permit any settlement
OF the Virginia debt unless they can make a
good thing out of it for themselves. West Vir-
ginia is the goose that is to be pluchsl. We
must now insist upon a prompt settlement of
the differences between the two States on this
matter. A fair settlement will show that West
Virginia owes no part of the Virginia debt
But if any part is apportioned to her she can
pay it, both principal and interest Mean
time State like Virginia that can't even pay
the interest on her debt shouldn't, through an
inflated Chief Magistrate put on so many
airs"
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The African Repository for December pub
fishes list of two hundred and forty three
emigrants to Liberia who left the United States
to seek their fortune in the wilds Of Africa !;
most of them being farmers. These farmers
could have had land for almost nothing in the
United States without undergoing tenth
part Of the privations and risks of sickness and
death by the course they have been induced to
pursue by the Satan-inspired organization called
the Colonization Society. Colored men of the
South, there is plenty of room, and to spare,
10 the West, with all the attractions of fertile
land for no price, which will afford good homes
and in a country where all your rights will be
respected and wealth awaits you. Don't run
away from your native land to crafty the
6endish prejudice of any set of men.