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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03
COlfax for Grants Reelection.

In the Independent, Vice President Col
fax-who, it will be remembered, has an
nounced his positive retirement from pub
Tic life at the close of his present term
briefly reviews the noble record of the
Republican party, and adds:
What wiser, better platform can be de-
vised for the present time than this terse,
compact, irrefutable one embodied in the
conclusion of President Grants last mes
sage?
1. Thorough enforcement of every law.
2. Faithful collection of every tax.
8. Economy in disbursement.
4. Prompt payment of every debt of the
nation.
5. Reduction of the taxes as rapidly as
the requirements of the country will ad-
NIT.
6. Reduction of taxation and tariff, to
be so arranged as to afford the great relief
to the greatest number.
Z. Honest and fair dealing with all its
blighting consequences, may be avoided ;
but without surrendering any right or OBJ
legation due to us.
s. Reform in the treatment of Indians,
| and in the whole civil service of the
country
8. Securing pure, untrammeled ballot,
where every man entitled to cast vote
may do so just once at each election, with
out fear of molestation or prescription on
account of his political faith nativity or
color.
Is it not striking fact that, out of all
our forty millions of pc pie, no critic has
been found, of any party, who has attempt
ed to antagonize single one of these nine
points embodied in the Presidents plat
| form?
His faith that Gen. Grant will again lead
the Republican party to victory in 1872 is
thus emphatically expressed:
"With such a record, and on the platform
already written by the Presidents hand
with whatever additions the intervening
two years may prove essential to the ma
tional veal, Gen. Grant with some one OF
the many prominent Republicans East OIL
South, whom all confide in and delight tC
honor, associated with him) will, / sincere
believe, lead the Republican phalanx, as
he has often led those under his banner, tC
signal and auspicious victory And il
will be victory that will give stability
and rest to the country, by ending forever
as it will, all hopes of a Democratic reac
ton against the results of the war as EN-
| bodied in our Constitution and laws"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03

ture in the village, and my friend went,
not to hear Cough, but to see Miss Jennie
Morton at distance Somehow, in the
stupefaction of revived hope, he had not
thought of going to the house to see her
yet He had postponed his departure, and
had thrown away his scruples. Knowing
how much opposition he would have to
contend with, he thought, If he thought at
all, that he must proceed with caution.
But some time after the lecture began, he
discovered the Morton family, without
Jennie Slowly II dawned upon him. She
was at home, waiting for him. He was
near the front of the church, in which the
lecture was held, and every inch of aisle
was full of people. To get out was not
easy. But as he thought of Jennie wait
ing, 1t became matter of life and death
If the house had been on fire, he would
not have been more intent on making his
exit. He reached the door, he passed the
happiest evening of his life only to awake
to sorrow, for Jennie's father is dead set
against the match"
:" He has no right to interfere" said the
doctor, vehemently. you see stand by
my principles"
"But if tell the story out, am afraid
you would not" said Hubert.
why, isn't it doneY'
al beg your pardon, doctor, for having
used little craft. had much at stake. /
have disguised this story in its details. But
it is true, am the hero
The doctor looked quickly towards his
daughter. Her head was bent low over
her book Her long hair hung about it
like a curtain, shutting out all view of the
face. The doctor walked to the other
window and looked out. Hubert sat like
mummy. After minute, DR.. Hood
spoke.
Comeliaw
She lifted face that was afame. Tears
| glistened in hes eyes, and doubt not there
was prayer in her heart.
You are a brave girl. l had other
plans. You have right to choose for
yourself God bless you both. But it's a
great pity Hu is not lawyer He pleads
well" So saying, he put on his hat and
walked out.
This is the conversation that Hubert re-
peated to me that day sittingin his own lit
| tie parsonage in Allenville. A minute after
his wife came in. She had been prescrib-
| ing for the miuor ailments of some poor
neighbOrs. She took the baby from her
crib, and bent over her till that same long
hair curtained mother and child from
sight.
q think" said Hubert, "that you folks
who write love stories make great mis-
take in stopping at marriage. The honey
moon never truly begins until conjugal af-
fection is enriched by this holy partner
ship of loving hearts in the life of a child.
The climax of love story is not the we'd
ding. 1t is the babyw
What do you call herr" I asked.
Hope" said the mother.
Hope Valentine" added the father
with a significant smile.
And you spell the hope with an a.
believe" said.
"You naughty Hu," said Mrs. Cornelia
love story is interesting to others because
you enjoy it so much r'-Seribner'
| MOuthLU
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03

employment of volunteers composed of
settlers. fighting for their homes and
families, as more efficient and cheaper than
regular troops.
raid with mounted troops has recently
been made in the mountain regions of
Tennessee. 1t resulted in the destruction
of seven Illicit distilleries and about $4,000
gallons of mash. Eleven other stills were
found, but as they were not running they
could not be molested. The raid occupied
eight days.
A large meeting was held at Cincinnati
on the night of the 23d, to raise funds for
the exiled Fenians. Fifteen hundred per
sons were present, and a handsome purse
was contributed.
The recent suspension OF the Suffolk
County Bank, of Sag Harbor, N. Y, has
caused great excitement on Long Island.
Many of the depositors are poor people,
who are likely to lose largely.
The New England Labor Reform League
commenced its third anniversary meeting
at Boston on the oath.
The preliminary report of Prof New
comb, U. s. N, of his observation of the
late eclipse at Gibralter, has been received
at the Navy Department in Washington,
and shows that, notwithstanding some adj
verse circumstances, he was successful
| therein.
A San Francisco dispatch of the oath
says the rains were believed to be suff1-
cient to secure an abundant wheat crop in
California. Farmers were planting as
rapidly IS possible.
The Supreme Court of Illinois, on the
oath, announced its decision in the case of
Bishop Chase et aI., Us. Rev. Chas. E.
Cheney, of Chicago, reversing the decision
in the lower court.
A New York dispatch of the 25th says
it is stated ON apparently good authority
that the President had ordered the imme-
diate dscontinuance of the sales of sur
plus arms and munitions of every kind.
Secretary Boutwell, was before the Com
mittee of Ways and Means of the House
on the 25th resisting the abolition of the
income tax. He represented that the prob
able revenue from that source would be
between thirteen and fourteen millions,
while the additional cost of collection
would not be half million.
By direction of the President, the head
quarters of the department of the South
is transferred from Atlanta, Ga, to Louis
vile, KY, the latter being the head
quarters of General Halleck.
The official returns of the Bureau of Sta.
tistics at Washington show the decrease in
immigration for the year 1870 to be 3D.
11S.
Another severe snow storm prevailed al
the East on the Goth. Weather cold.
The strike among the Pennsylvania Goa
miners continued on the 9th, with little
prospect of an early resumption of work.
A gas explosion occurred in the Brook
lyn gas works on the 9th, and the en-
gineer, Frederick Anderson, was killed
The loss by the explosion was estimated
at $150,OO0.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03
Hon. Robert G. Schenck.

Hon. ROBERT c. ScHENcK, United
States Minister to England, is gentleman
whose eminent fitness for this high posi-
ton is generally acknowledged, even by
his political opponents. During the thirty
years past he has occupied prominent po-
sitions in the public service; and none
who have followed his course with any
care can doubt that in him the United
States will have an able and energetic rep
resentative at the Court of st. James.
He was born in Franklin, Warren Co.,
Ohio, October A, 1909 graduated with high
honors at the Miami University in 1897,
where he remained two years as tutor;
was admitted to the bar in 1881, and set
tied in Dayton where he has since resided.
In 1910 he was elected to the Ohio Legis-
lature, was reelected in 1912, and was
representative in Congress from Ohio
from 1843 to 1851, serving on many i'm
portant committees, and during the Thir-
tieth Congress as Chairman of the Com
mittee on Roads and Canals. On his re-
tirement from Congress he was appointed
by President Fillmore Minister to Brazil,
where he negotiated number of treaties.
In 1861 he served as BrigadieT, and was
promoted Major General of the Union
army for his conduct at the second battle
of Bull Run, in which he was severely
wounded; and in 1862 was elected to the
Thirty eighth Congress, serving as Chair
man of the Committee on Military Affairs.
He was reelected to the Thirty. ninth Con-
gress and in 1865 he was appointed by
| the President a member of the Board of
Visitors to the West Point Academy, and
was President of the Board. He served
ON the Committee on the Death of Pr esi-
dent Lincoln, and again at the head of the
Committee on Military Affairs; was a
member of the National Committee ap-
pointed to accompany the remains of Pres
ident Lincoln to Illinois; also of the Com
mittee on Retrenchment, and was one OF
the representatives of the House designat-
ed to attend the funeral of General Scott
in 1866; he was also a delegate to the
Philadelphia "Loyalist Convention" Of
1866, and to the Soldiers Convention, held
at Pittsburgh. He was reelected to the
| Fortieth Congress, serving rs Chairman OF
the Committee on Ordnance, and again OF
that on Military Affairs. He was re-elect'
ed to the Forty-first Congress, in which he
served as Chairman of the Committee on
Ways and Means. Throughout his whole
Congressional career Mr. Schenck ap
proved himself statesman OF enlarged
and liberal views, an able debater, and q
skillful political manager. The important
positions he has held on committees show
the high estimation placed ON his abilities
by the party to which he belongs. 1t Ii
claimed that he was legally elected TO th'
Forty second Congress, though the Ger
tiicate was given to his Democratic com
petitor, and had he not accepted the po
sition Of Minister to England, the election
would probably have been contested
Hdrper's Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03
The Education Of Boys.

A WRITER in the Providence (R I)
Journal offers well-considered advice, as
follows:
Each child has a natural aptitude for,
and qualification in, some especial study
employment or pursuit. One takes to
music, another to mathematics some boy
turn spontaneously to mercantile under
takings, others are born book-worms; ; it is
the duty of parents to acquaint themselves
with, and direct these inherent tastes. Few
people can do many things well, but almost
all, with the proper training, could perform
successfully, if not with marked auperiori
ty, in some one line of life. Superadded
then, to the general education requisite in
all conditions, there should be the full
development of any particular valuable
faculty.
Excellent are our common and high
schools, and important as may be col
legiate education, there is the further neces
sity-if the highest attainable point is ia
be reached-that the dedication of the life
be made to that calling which the natural
capacity of the youth best fits him for
A large proportion of those who are
stranded in the early part of the voyage OF
life, are wrecked because they, or Others
for them, have mistaken their vocation
They go on year after year, like an {
that is always either rubbing in its be-.
ings, or hot from friction. They may rut
through with decent success, but it is by
hard effort and with an abiding dissatis
faction. We are inclined to think that the
rage for entering professional life is some
what abating, it having given place to tina
thirst for gold which is promised a speedie
satisfaction in commercial life. But every
youngsteI desires to begin where his fathe
left of, and most are likely to leave of
where their father began-in poverty,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03
PERSONAL.

The Methodist Book Concern Com
mittee, in session at New York, on the
Goth decided to end the investigation of
the charges against DR.. Lanahan, by a
vote of 10 to s.
It is now stated that there is no founda-
ton for the report of the resignation of
Oliver Ames as President of the Union
Pacific Railroad.
A banquet was given to Senator-elect
Blair at st. Louis, on the night of the 21st.
Nearly three hundred persons were
present.
Mexican Buchanan, while acting at the
Opera House at Norfolk, Va, on the night
of the 21st, was stricken with paralysis.
He will probably recover.
William Barrett, retired tobacco mer-
chant, aged eighty-four years. and one of
the wealthiest citizens of Richmond, Va,
was burned to death in that city on the
afternoon of the 21st, by his dressing gown
taking fire while he was in his study.
Judge w. p. Chiffon, Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ala
|
Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court of the
State
The following nominations were sent to
the Senate on the 23d: Reuben Elwood
Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Sec
ond District of Illinois; ]. E. Marsh, Sur
veyor of Customs for Kansas City, Mo-. j
s. Botsford, United States Attorney for the
Western District of Missouri; Geo. L
Woods, of Oregon, Governor of Utah
Postmasters james Howard, Mt. Sterling
KY; c. ] Rawling, Wheeling W. Va.
Henry Massie, Charlottesville, Va.
Among the nominations sent to the
Senate on the Gath were Leroy Tut
tie, to be Assistant Treasurer of the United
States Thomas j. McKenna, Superintend
ent of Indian Affairs in Washington Ter
ritory.
The following nominations were sent t.
the Senate on the 25th: Alexander II
Adams, Pension Agent, Lexington, KY
Postmasters-H. j. Brown, Anderson
Ind. j. c. Hannum, Delphi, Ind. ; G. L
Williams, Carrollton, Ill. F. Clenclerim
Morristown, H.; Elizabeth McAllisteI
fFairfield, Iowa
The unwilling of Winnie Ream's statu
of Lincoln took place on the night of tn
25th, in the rotunda of the Capitol a
Washington, which was brilliantly illumi
mated, and decorated with flags-one mad
of California silk being suspended owe
the statue President Grant, Vice-Presi
dent Oolfax, General Sherman, Judge Da
Wis, Committee on Public Buildings, an
orators for the occasion, occupied seats O.
the platform. There was large audience
Several addresses were delivered, eulogi'
tic of Mr.. Lincoln, and in congratulate
of the success of Miss Ream.
Mayor Robert Harkness, of Delava
has been appointed Judge of the Circui
Court of the First Wisconsin Judicia
Circuit, in place of Judge Lyon, prc
NOTED to the Wisconsin Supreme Coul
Bench.
The following named Fenians arrive
at New York city on the 27th, on II
: steamer Russia David Mulcahy, Tho
f. Burke, D. Edward Pomer, w, F, Rou
) tree, Edwin II. Clair, George Brow
2 Patrick Walsh, Peter Mangaur and PatriC
? Lennon. A large crowd collected at the O
Q nard dock, who greeted them with enth
5 siastic cheers, Congressman VIM. Rober
greeted them on behalf of the Tammar
! Reception Committee, and escorted the
a to Sweeney's Hotel, where they had I
e enthusiastic reception in the evening.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03
POLITICAL.

The High Court of Impeachment con-
vened at Raleigh, N. c., on the 23d, and
Gov. Holden filed his answer to the articles
of impeachment The answer is very
voluminous document, and covers at least
200 pages of foolscap. The Managers re-
tain, as counsel, Ex-Governor Bragg, ex-
Governor Graham, and Fl. S. Merriman.
Governor Holden retains as counsel, II. II.
Smith, Edward Conigland, Richard @.
Badger, Hon. Nathaniel Boyd, and j. M
McCorkle.
The Democrats have nominated John
Kendrick, of Waterbury, for Member ol
Congress in the Second Connecticut Dis.
trict.
The New Jersey Legislature on the
oath elected Frederick T. Frelinghuysen
United States Senator, by joint ballot, AZ
against % for Governor Randolph. Six
members of the House and one Senator
were absent.
The Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage
Convention assembled at Boston on the
Gath.
The impeachment of Judge James T
Magbee before the Florida Legislature
has resulted in his acquittal.
The Republican Executive Committee
of Montgomery County, Ohio, have de
termined to discontinue the proceedings
in the contest with Campbell for the seat
in the next Congress from the Third Dis
trict.
Alexander Caldwell, of Leavenwerth
has been elected United States Senator by
the Kansas Legislature.
The Connecticut Republican Conven
tion, in session at New Haven on the 25th
renominated all of the present State Off
GERS by acclamation.
The Mississippi Legislature reassembleC
on the Gath.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03
DOMESTIC.

Gold closed in New York on the 9th at
HOS.
A Washington dispatch of the 21st says
An erroneous statement has been pub
lished that Commissioner Pleasanton has
decided that no stamps are required to be
affixed to the renewal of insurance poll
cies Such is not the case. Stamps are
required to be affixed when such policies
are renewed"
Gov Stafford, of Arizona in his annual
message, recommends war of extermina
ton against the Apaches. He favor the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03

What Business to Enter Upon.-A
Young man who says he is about to enter
upon business for himself, does not know
what to do. He does not like farming,
but thinks he would like to be a mechanic,
if that is as profitable. Asks what he shall
do. We answer, do that which you think
work and struggle to excel; be honest,
faithful, industrious and economical, and
you will find one business as profitable as
the other. 1t does not depend so much
upon the kind of business whether you
succeed or not, as it does upon yourself
Rural Ne0 Yorker.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03

Committee OF the Whole and passed, "A resolu-
ton was adopted that the Senate bill to repeal
so much OF the act approved July H. 1870, entitled
poses, a. continues the income tax after the 31st
day Of December, 1862 be returned TO that body
with the respectful suggestion on the part Of tho
House that section Of article 1 of the Constitu-
ton vests In the House of Representatives the sole
power 70 originate such meaenres. .AdOnrned.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03

Colonel @. ]. Young, member of the
House of Representatives from Columbiana
County, Ohio, and editor of the Buckeye
State died suddenly on the afternoon Of
the 26th, as he entered the State House, of
hemorrhage of the lungs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03

of also building permits issued in
New York in 1870, 751 were for dwellings
of the first class, 352 for second. class
dwellings, 900 for those of the third class
and tenement houses. In Philadelphia,
during the same period, permits were 10
sued for 5,s97 buildings of all classes, of
which 4,527 were dwellings.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03
Miscellaneous Reading.
BINDING SHEA YES.
nj JEAN INoEIow.

BY JEAN INeELow.
HARKi lover binding sheaves.
t To bile maiden sings;
Flptter, hutter, 20 the leavea.
Larks drop their wings,
Little brooks, for all their mirth.
Are not 20 blIthe as he
Give me what the love IL worth
That give thee.
speech that cannot be forbore
Tells tho story through;
sowed my love in with the corn.
And they both grew.
- Count the world full wide of Qirth.
And hived honey sweet,
But count the love Of more worth
Laid at thy feet.
"honey's worth is house and land,
Velvet coat and vest,
Works worth is bread in hand.
Ay, and sweet rest.
VIII thou learn what love is WORTH
All, she sits above,
Signing, Weigh me not with earth.
Loves worth Is love >"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03
Personal RecOllectiOns of Distfn-
guished Men.
BY THE "FAT CONTRIBUTOR

MY only recoollection of Demosthenes
is his attempting to speak piece at a dis
trict-school exhibition when he was boy
and breaking down. He was recitiug the
familiar lines:
You'd scarce expect one of my age.
To speak in public, on the stage;
II should chance to fall below
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03

The business of one Boston milk
dealer has been reduced from 300 cans
per day to so, by the squeamishness about
the cattle disease.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-05-26
POLITICAL.

A resolution providing for an amend
ment to the State Constitution 10 confer
suffrage on women has been defeated in
the Massachusetts House, by a vote Of 6S
to 6S. The Senate rejected the bill to reg
ulate the hours of labor in factories, by a
large majority.
The new Territorial Government for
Columbia was inaugurated at Washington
on the 10Th. Frederick Douglass was
elected Vice President of the Council or
upper branch.
The registration of Richmond, Va,
shows the total number of voters in that
city to be ITO, of which 1914 are color
ed, leaving white majority of 951.
A letter writer from Dallas, Texas, says
that project for the division of Texas
into three States was about to be submitted
to vote of the people, and it would sure
ly carry at the next election.
Judge M. II. Cofer, of the Seventh
Judicial District of Kentucky has recently
decided that negroes are citizens, and have
the right to testify, if necessary for their
protection in the enjoyment of this right,
guaranteed by the Constitution of the
United States to citizens of the State
A large concourse of people was present
at the Inauguration of Governor Jewell
of Connecticut, on the 18th. In his mes
sage to the Legislature the Governor states
that the debt of the State had been re-
duced about 100000 during the past fis-
cal year.
The recent Pennsylvania Republican
State Convention nominated Colonel
David Stanner, of Beaver, for Auditor
General, and Robert b. Bath, of Schuyl-
kill, for Surveyor General.
The Republican State Convention of
Kentucky, at Frankfort, on the 18th, nom-
mated the following ticket: For Cover
nor, General John NJ Harlan, of Jeffer-
son; for Lieutenant Governor, George NJ
Thomas, of Lewis; for Attorney General,
VIM. Brown, of Fayette; for Treasurer,
General Speed S. Fry, of Boyle; for Audi
tor, VIM. Krippenstapel, of the Louisville
VoIks5Iatt; for Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Rev. w. E. Mobley, of Todd /;
for Register of the Land Office, John K.
McCleary, of Rockcastle.
In the United States Circuit Court, at
Richmond, Va, James NJ. Simms, col
ored member of the Georgia Legislature,
has obtained verdict of 81 800 damages
against the Richmond, Fredericksburg &
Potomac Railroad Company, for ejecting
him from the white peoples cabin of the
steamer Keyport, between Washington
and Richmond.