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VaIIaudigIlam as u Martyr.

Mr.. Clement l.. Nallandigham wa>
\ good man-pcrhips a great man.
but hc had done many bal aud wick.
ed things. lie had favored slavery.
resisted tho Government when it was
Il lishtin, for its life, outraged the log.
atty Of the land, and insultc1 the in
s,iiutionS of free speech AMI free
press. His sins were grievouS AMI
mauiiioll His good deeds, national
ones few and FAR between.
However, he rcpcn,ed he &C
knowlcdged the error of his ways ad-
mittcd that the negro was fitted for n
higher condition than seryitudc that
the war which he opposed was just
one, and conducted in proper man
ner that its results were binding.
and that the Rcplblican party and its
leaders had been right in all that il
and they hal done, and he wrong
For this wc fOrgavc him, sp kc Of
him kindly, conloncd his faults, anl
praised his virtles. In this we took
no cue from the statement Of Lin
coin and Stanton, Covoie and Thom-
as, by the Democratic journals. None
Of these, even when they were in their
graves, wero free from mllovolent
gossip or mean inuonlo The Sian
ders upon their memory, while they
may have been short Of libcls 10 a c-
cal sense. were none the less coward
" and cruel, notwithstanding, that
ever cmauated from malice or the
gangrened natures that ill certain
Democratic editorial chairs and retail
their venom to an illtcratc and de-
based constituency. This may be
strong language. but 1t is weak com
pared to that Of which we speak.
These traducers Of the honorel dead
Of the Republic are now engaged in
making q martyr of Nallandgham
II is a tas'; for which they are not
fitted, and in which they will not sue
coed. This frem one Of th'm will
serve as a sample Of the whole "ln
1916 he was elected to Congress and
reelected in 1853 and 1860. Here
his bold denunciation Of the outrages
Of the Constitution, under the pro
tcncc Of saving it, by the Administra-
tioa. made him tho target against
which tho cnvenOmcd shafts Of NAL
ice and vindictive hatred were c,ntin
ually levelled. This feeling culmina-
ted when in 1868, at the dead hour OF
night, his house wus broken into, his
wife insultcd, and himself arrested
without warrant. upon the ipse dird
o. the infamous Stanton, backed by
his willing tool, the Rhole Island
Burnside. Ills farce of a trial. his
banshmcnt beyond the rebel lines
his escape to Canada and return to
bis native State in dci,ncc Of the Al
minlsirafion and its myrmidons, in
time to take his seat as u delegate to
the Chicago Convention of 1864, are
still fresh in the recollection Of the
public" In this brief extract the
characters Of two loyal men arc black
encd and that Of one traitor extolled
in as many liues.-ifesa
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. Tnr Dcn,crd'ir II;Hcin,na, pub
lshcl at Belefon,c, little while ago
did dccllre.
"Iic norDr ran c,ccpt Mc tIticcnh
amendment, and ,ce say that ii shouid
amt OF right ouJht 10 be- r,pcoicd. And
We hold that it will be he duiy ~ Tie
Democracy 10 rcpeal Il Wheaerr
hcy get The pOTcr 10 do So. It we
thought they would not do so at the
proper time, our faith iD the integrity
and and purity Of our party would b.
greatly shaken
1t now Mcckly cats humble pie and
obeys dicta,ion from Mr. Wallace as
follows
democrats may differ as much rs
they please in regard to the ninth
resolution, but our opponents must
not hattcr themselves that there is TO
be any inharmoaious action in the
Democratic party in consequence. We
believe that Democratic editors NAV
properly discuss that resolution with
out any interruption Of the harmon
GUS relations Of the party. For our
part, we don't endorse il ; we don't
believe in il; nor do we believe there
was any sense in passing it. At the
Same timc, We intend that our advo.
cacy Of our principles aud our caudi-
dates shall not lie the less vigorous or
ardent because Of it. We shall let /,
go, believing it mistake that may
be rcmedicd n, another time
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ANOTHER OUTBREAK.
The Democracy Of Chester
County Wont swallow the
ghysiC

PhystC
The Democracy Of Chester county
very much resemble circus rider
trying 10 balance himself on on, leg
Their committee met at West Ches-
ter last week anl after reciing the
past history OF the party, resolved
that they would nick over the plat.
form. Lu; would supper. the cand-
dates. The following are tho rcsoln.
,ions
-P,s0ircd. That we regard the
action Of the majority Of the late Dem
ocra,ic Convention OF this State. in
voting for tho ninth resolution OF tn
so.callcd platform. as an unwlsc aud
unauthorized departure from th. po-
>ition heretofore avowci and main
taipcd by the Democracy of tht Uni
ed States an | this State, in relation
to the unconstitutional duings Of the
parry having control Of the general
Government.
2.-R,s,ircd, Tha, rs sail resolu-
ton was not unanimously accepted bv
the Convention as were the candidates
and other resolutions, but wa. opposed
to the last by The votes Of ~ of the
delegates in that body, it should b,
rcg.rlcd and treated during the pres.
Ont campaign AMI until the meeting
of tho State AMI National Cnvcn-
tious in -, not rs tho sentiment OF
tie Democratic party Of Pennsylva
oia, but simply rs the sentiment Of
the - delegates voiin. Tor it.
3 -Tesoiccd, That the oppo .ition
advocated By the mocratic party tu
the lirh and 18Th amendments to
tho Constitution Of the United States
is such only as is legal aud proper
and 10 be exercised solely through
the medium OF the ballot box and by
other lawful means, and By which we
have confidence the people and the
States can and will, in due timc, re-
iicvc themselves from tho wrongs
aud ou'ragcs imposed upon them by
the party in power.
i.-RcsD'rci, That we CIR lially ap
prove of.hc conduct ol the delegates
from Chester county in the late
State Convention, III voting against
the afJrcsal ninth resolution. bclic-
wing that in so doing they faithfully
represented the feelings and senti-
ments Of the Democrats OF Chester
county.
j.-R,soiced, That the Dom )cracy
Of Chester county believe, in the Ian.
qua re of the late stephen A. Douglas,
that this isa white mans govern
mcn'. formed BY white men, for white
men and their postcrIty forever"
u --Rcsoicei That the ninth rcso-
In,ion of the platform adoptc at
Harrisburg on the the 9th u!t. does
not represent the sentiments Of the
Democratic party of either this coun-
ty or Stitc thit TIA. issues il refers
TO were not before the paoplc of the
State when the de!cg ltcs to siid Con-
vcntion wer, elected. aud that had
they been, W. believe they wouli
have been, repulia'cd by nine-,cnths
Of the Democracy Of the S,at!.
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Az IMPORTANT CASE. -Wc learn
that bill in equity is to filed against
the committee appointed to distribute
the twenty thousand dollars apprc-
pria;e1 by the Legislature for all to
NEEDY and DESTITUTE suffering from
the great fire in Miiilin,own last win
ter. II is claimed, and very justly
too, that the money was not all ap
piled according to the intention of the
Legislature, as very large portion
went 10 those NOT NEEDY, or in any
manner requiring such ail. In fact
the committee and one man (and he
ono Of the wealthicst in that county,
took ono-ten,h Of the whole appropri-
alton. II must require grea, amornt
OF moral courage for member d this
committee, or onc Of tho wealthy re.
cipients Of this boun'y to put himself
before the public, aS candidate for
Office, with this recorl 30 fresh in the
memory OF the voters. -Bloomficl,!
Times.
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TBE burning Of the cody ship Don
Juan, which. left Macao May 4. for
Peru. with ESQ coolies oq bosrJ, IL
confirmed from two sources. The
ship was burned to the waters edge
within City miles Of Hong Kong. two
days after leaving Macao. But thir-
ty-fvc Of the crew have reached Ma
Gao. and oil soy that the coolies mu-
tined and set Gre to the ship aft in
the hopes Of forcing all forward, and
so to obtain possession Of the ship II
is reported that $50 co lies were fast
cncd under the matches. 500 of whom
were roasted alive, the Others escaping
wh n The matches were burnt OF Tn,
coolies state that there were fifty En-
ropcans on tic vessel.
/ TUE DEAD At GErrYSBrRG.-Thc
following sh 'ws the number of grave,
n the Gettysburg Cemetery, with the
different S,ats which they represent (:
NoS Yek, sDs Pcupa 435 Massa.
chu'ciis. lj9; Obin, l3l; Maine
l04 4; Michigan, III; Tud anna, so 1;
New Jersey. 7s; wi'cobsin, 20 Min.
ncsoti, 5j; Vermont. Gl; New
Hampshire. 81; Conncciicu', %
Maryl,ud -; Delaware, Is; Rhodc
Island, IL A; West Virginia, IL; III
nois, & regulars, 1873 unknown, o7s;
making an aggregate Of $40. ~
rcctly after the battle thousand,
were removed by friends and
relatives, leaving but comparatively
small number.
WOMAN's RiGuTS ~ tRAwFouD
CouSTY.-.At the Republican primary
meeting hell at Tltusville l. 'nllv.
female sufra.c was fairly inaugurated
by Mrs. Charles L. Brett, who walk
cd to the polls with her husband and
dcposcd straight ticket in favor OF
the candidates of her choice. A.
there Is nothing in the rules OF the
party prohibiting female suffrage at
the primary meeting, the election
board ruled that Mrs. Brett was cligi-
ble to the ballot, aud the lady, having
exercised her privilege, retired amid
the accIama,ious Of the hys,andcr'.
\ Band of kuklux entered the
town Of RntberfordtoD, 10 Rutherford
county, North CarOlini, the other
night, beat AMI maltrca,ed Rcpuhli
can member Of tho Legislature, then
destroyed the Office Of Republican
newspaper, and threatened tho lives
Of two Republican editors. Th, D.m-
ocratic papers Of North CJrolina al
NIT the occurrences, bat d.ly thai,
they grew out of politics.
The Republican State Ccn'r.l C,m.
mit'cc met at the Logan House in Al.
tona, on the 2lst inst. Hon. Russell
Errctt, Chairman OF the Committee,
pre'ilins. Gen. u II. Brigham wa,
elected Treasurer by acclam,tion. l..
u. Lytlc, Of Huntington, and Ez-a
Luca, and ID. +. Hois'on, of Phili-
dclphia, were chosen Secretaries. -
There was full attendance from all
parts Of the State.
\ mule thief WIS captured Il few
days ago about forty miles south OF
Fort Scott, in Kausa', by u party ol
five mon. Whilo in custody no stole
two revolvers from his captors, and
then, taking the best horse in the par
ty, rode jauntiiy away, firing several
shots as he left by way OF parting
compliments.
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lN Chcnango county, n. Y, ancvcl
lawsuit is exciting considerable Curl
osity. y Miss Evans is the plaintiff.
and Curtis Cooper defendant. Mr.
Cooper, itappcars, agreed to give Mis-,
Evcns one eve lamb aud its increase
until she was twcuty-one years ofagc
in consideration Of gold watch key.
The suit WIS brought to recover the
sheep or lis equivalent. Tn, evi.
dencc shovel that the incrIas, was
to be in eve lambs, and that tho nat
ural Increase of II a1ck of sheep would
double every year. According to this
estimate Miss Evans would have at
the end Of fifteen years l6,O6i eve
lambs. which at 81 per head, would
amount to s6l,256, The Justcs who
heard tho cvideuc, has reserved bis
judgement.
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TnE Democrats have not all " gone
back" on Jcff. Davis, There still re-
main few Of his old friends who
stick to him though most of his former
friends are now abrsing him on the
ground that he is damaging the pros.
poets Of the Democracy by giving cx-
preston 10 his robcl sentiments in
public speeches. Oac Of them who
edits paper in Missouri, is paincd at
the treatment Of HE patron saint
JEFF. by his Northern Lrc,hcru. lie
says;
NO man who ever wc.thily wore
the uniform OF the Confederate States
can behold The recent comment. OF
the so.callcd Democratic papers upon
scmc late public u.tcrance. Of that
great man and Christian gentleman,
Jefferson Davis, with, ut feeling OF
Modification, OF scli,coniempt. of loath
ing for partisan politics, stronger and
more disgusting than he would have
felt ifcyery soldier and officer in Dixie
had been compelled to go down on
his knees TO Abe Lincoln aud beg for
his life.
Next this valiant New Dcparturisl
pays his attention to those Democrats
who are engaged in that movement:
The crime Of Mr.. Davia, in tho es-
timation of this Democracy is that
he will not deliberately lie, and will
not aid them in plan to gain party
success by false pretenccs so transp,r-
mt that he who adopts them in good
faith is next Of kin to fool, and he
Who adopts them, knowing what they
arc, is nothing better than knave.
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TIT Chicago Tunes, the leading
Democratic Journal in tho Northwest
rin States, writes a. follow, TO the re-
bel leaders Somebody takes the
trouble to telegraph from Georgia
that Alexander II. Stevens has again
been vcntilating his views. What Of
ity There is no law in the country
10 prevent JEFF Davis, Stephens, or
any other man from making n fool Of
h m'clf And why prohibit persons
from making fools Of themselves when
1t is the only source of comfort the
poor devils have ~ this world ? JEFF
Davis, Stephens, and the icSt If the
rebel crew who arc still ia the flesh.
nrc as dead every way as John Ian
dolph's phospLorSsccn, macScrel. They
never shine without sinking. They
nrc, of course, unqualified nuisanrcs ;
but !; is probably only death or The
devil that will be able to aba,c them
Like many other dccaycd specimens
Of political nnslincss. they will 90 out
one of these days with bad smell
ln'il then the best that can DO done
is to keep to the wiudward Of them"
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pERrECTLY iIAppY.-Thc Ti.usyill

PERFECTLY HAPPY Tho Ti;usvillc
Herald relates the following
a few days Sicc one of our wcll.to-
do oil operators. who has lived long
and pro-percd. and has q few quarts
Of spot oil on hand, in cisc of an cncr
gency, received letter written in n
delicate feminine hand, from an Eastern
city, in which the fair writer said 81
hear you are very wealthy, and would
not miss few dollars or so, aud a' ]
AN on the eve OF getting married to n
poor but Industrious young nan, ]
thought maybe you would send me q
little money. II you will send me
$4,000 it would make me perfectly
happy Our friend, at the time he
received this letter. did no, happen t.
hivc more than 5000 in his vest
pocket, and ,ha, ho was about to in
vest in n large SIZED Government bond
for his boy to paper his kitc with, 9th.
erwiso he would haze compile with
the yoan, ladvs request. and render.
ed her perfectly happy"
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TnE essential difference betwcs

TnE essential difference between
the Republican and Democratic rar.
ties is revealed 10 the reception OF
Nallnndieham's death. So far as our
observation goes, we h1ve a. yet to
see Republican journal that speaks
unkindly of the dead man. Nothing
but admiration for his talents, pity for
his un'imely end, and regret that he
ccnld not live 10 reach the goal Of his
ambition. How different this from
the treatment by the Democratic pres.
Of Lincoln. Stevens Stanton. Thomas.
and others Of the patriot dead Of the
Union mcn. who had never ialtered
in their devotion 10 he cause of their
country. II Is the fashion among the
Democratic press TO rovile these men
10 apply TO them sho most brutal ep.
iihels, and TO tarnish their memoric s
ty the revival Of tho worst SANDERS.
Robert l.. Lee received more consid.
srstions FROM tho Republican press
than did Edwin NJ. Stanton from the
pcwecratic.-PIess.
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THERE il dismay iu the Church
family of Shakers at Hancock, Mss.
its leu ling man having elopod with
one of tho fairest Of the fair Shaker
cssos. Who're they are now they
know not, and they mourn not only
because Ira aud Eliza, who have been
with them from childhood, havo gone
out among the wicked world people.
hut because they have taken some of
the Society's funds for their own sci.
ish uses.
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WHEN Col. McCaudless the Demo-
cratic candidate for Auditor General.
was rendered the commission Of Brig.
Gen. 10 spurned the appointment, and
wrote to tho Secretary Of War saying
that he JeiieUed that Me true position
@ a eat.ea rag II hVWc..' -
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SoME forty men where temporarily
i'm prisoped in coal mine, near Wilkes.
barre, last Thursday by the caving in
OF a slopo Of the Empire. mine. All
were rescued aud are expected to re-
cover from tho effects Of the forl dir
inbaifd by them.
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NATURES
HAIR RESTORATIVE
Contains no LAC SULrIIUR-No SUGAR
OF LEAD No LlTllARGE-No NJ
TRA1E OF SILVER, and is en-.
tircly face from Poisonous and

aIth'dcstroying Drugs
used in other Hair
Preparations.
Transparent and clear us crystal, il will
not soil the finest fnbric-pcrfecily safe.
clean and elicinnr - desidcralums long
sought for and found At last
II restores and prevents the hair from
becoming Gray, imparts n soft, glossy ap-
pearance, removes DandruG, is cool and
refreshing to the head, chCc! the the Hair
from falling of and restores it to n gr, at
extent VIXEN prematurely lost, prevents
llcaenohCs, cures all bumors, cutancous
eruplion., aud unnatural heat. As a dres
sing for the hair it is the best article in
market.
DR., q. Smith, Patentce, Groion Junction
Mass. Prepared only by PROCTOR
BROTHER s, Gloucei,er. Mars. The Gen
uinc is put up in n panel bottle, made ex-
pressly for il, with the name of the article
blown in the glass. Ask your druggist fer
Natures Hair Restorative, and take no
other.
Send n three cedt stamp 10 Proctor Bros
for n Treatise on the Human Hair. The
information it contains is worth $500 to
10 any person. & 10. i'm.
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Manhood: How Lost. How Restored

Just published. new edition Of DR. CrL.
vrRw LL's CEtrnRNrEn EssNY on the radi.
cal cure twithout mcdlcincl OF SrERNArHoU.
EuHA, or seminal WcRkress. Involuntary
seminal Losses, IMroTENCY Mental and Ply q
teal 1ncapaclty, 1mpcdlents t. MARRIAGE, etc /;
also, CoNSvMrrtoN, EriLErsY, and FtTs, In.
duced by self indulgence or sexual extraya.
gancc.
f5-Pricc. In seated envelope, only cents.
The celebrated author, In this admirable O..
SAT clearly dCiHOustrates from thirty years.
su 'ccssiul practice, that the alarming conse
quence' Of sclf abuse may 10 radically curel
without the dangerous use of Internal medicine
or the application of the knife pointing ont n
mode ofcurc at once, simple, cert iin and effect
ual, 10y means Cf which every sufferer no mat
ter what his condition may be, may cure himself
chenply, privately, and radically.
This Lecture should hc in the hands OF every
youth and every man In the land
sent, under seal, in plain envelope, to any
address, postpaid on receipt Of six cents, or two
post stamps.
price - cents.
Address tho Publishers,
CiAS. J. g. KLINE s Co.
l27 Bowcry, New York Post once Box 4,5s6.
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- ECEIPTS & EXpEN plTURES

~ ECEIPTS & EXPEN plTURES
~ of the School Board Of Franklin towushi u
tor the year commencing on the LIST day Of June,
1870.
Andrew KratZer, Collector and Treasurer, of
School Fund, in account with Franklin township.
DIR,
To amount Of Duplicate SiC3j,oj
10 cash from Isaac Beaver, late Col.
lector and Treasurer 1000
To cash from y, q. Schuch, former Col.
lectOr and Treasurer 1910
To bal. of order against Isaac Beaver,
former Collector and Treasurer, sS13
To order aghinst W. g. BOwe SIX Tor.
mer Collector and Treasurer aSoos
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$40 Made From so Cts !

Something urgently needed by everybody
Call and see or u samples sent (postaSo
paid for 90 cts that retail easily for SiO
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Pcclot Prospectus Of the best Illustrated
Family Bible, published in both Frgljsh brI
" ctman, containing Bible History, DictIoperv
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NJ ANTED-AGENTS. 1920 per
w dayl g sell the celebrated HOME SHJ'r.
feed makes the 'lock stitch'' fqllkc on lnib
sdcs.l and Il inlly licensed. The hest ans, chesn
es' family sewing Machine I'm the market AL
Pittsburg, Pa, Chicago, Ill, or ST. Louis, Mo
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-09
Carpenters Meeting.


The carpenters met last evening Mr.. A. Z.
Bruce in the chair. Capt. S. G. Merely was
appointed Secretary
The object of the meeting was stated-to raise
means to defray the expenses to be incurred IN
the approaching demonstration of the mechan-
les.
W. H. Alexander was appointed treasurer
and the following gentlemen designated to col
lect funds for the purpose specified: James w.
Cotton Robert Murray. John Morton, w. Il.
Tilson. 81. A. Martin, Charles Williams, Edwin
Blanchard, Stephen Munding, John House
holder and VIM. Martin.
1t was decided to carry banner, inscribed
1.-THE Journeyman Carpenters of the city of
Knoxville" Messrs. Tilson, Morton and
Merely, were appointed committee to procure
the banner. Mr.. Dryden was appointed flag
bearer, with Messrs John Householder and
Joseph Worsham assistants
1t was resolved to have wagon, with speci-
mems of work, in the procession. Mr. Davis
offered a team Of horses and Mr.. G.. Roberts, a
wagon for the occasion Messrs. Collins and
Householder volunteered to prepare the wagon.
Mr.. Alexander, offered the use of a bench to be
placed in the wagon, and twas understood that
two nen work during the march.
After appropriate remarks by Mr.. Bruce,
Capt. Merely and others, the meeting adj
journed until Monday night the 22d inst
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-09
Horse Thieves Caught.

On last week two men stole a horse and bug
gy from Capt. James Bell, in Atlanta, and
made their way to East Tennessee. They stop
ped at the house of Rev. Mr.. Russell, between
Loudon and Kingston, to ascertain their route
and proceeded short distance beyond, hating
at a spring to refresh themselves. In few
moments after they had passed, Capt. Bell and
another gentleman came up and asked Mr.
Russell if he had seen two men in buggy and
described them, which description tailed with
those who had just left. Fk,f g
On being informed of their character, Mr..
Russell took his gun and went with Capt Bell
and his companion to arrest them. The scoun-
drels saw the party coming, however, and took
to the woods, leaving the horse and buggy,
which was re-captured. One of the thieves
was captured in thicket a considerable dis
lance off, but the other escaped. The captured
rascal had a large number of keys of different
sizes and styles in his possession. 5000
Capt Bell carried his prisoner back to At
lanta, where he will doubtless be tried for his
ofenses and meet with speedy punishment.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-09
Death Of a United States Ind.

Hon. Thos. j. Boynton, whose death in New
York on the 2nd inst, is recorded at length in
the New York Post, was q cousin to our well
known citizen Dr. D. T. Boynton. He was a
native of Ohio, and was appointed in 1851 by
President Lincoln when only twenty-five years
old, District Attorney for the Southern District
of Florida In 1868 he was made United States
District Judge for the same district, being at
the date of his appointment the youngest United
States Judge on the Bench. He was man of
the highest character, of fine ability, and re-
spected by all who knew him. He was for
some years preceding his death an invalid and
died from the effects of difficult surgical oper-
alton, the success Of which was his only hope
for longer lfe