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tle as We had too much trouble - e., shns s Sr, =, ~
On Friday / left Chicago baoeuno uiu no. hNom NV,
what In 40 some laases gave me q pass To New
York m church. ana came on here. 10 made me
70 cad and sick to remain in Chicago haf tn0ugnt
would rather go anywhere than stay there. TWO
OF these ladies who are with me PROMISED 20
take me with them AZ they have some friends
here, but they very poor themselves and don't
Know wnat they will do. My fatner nau some
money In the hank, but don's know in what bank.
or how much 1t was, 80 that suppose that Is gone
TOO. am just fourteen years OF age, and nave
nothing the world but just what Is on me. think
II could get back home to my own country lnieht
get something. DON'T know what 10 do. have
scarcely thought about II yet for
MY POOR FATHER AND MOTHER
they did everything for me. AL the people were
very kind to me since lett Chicago got some
thing cat at Buffalo. and then the people ON the
train gave ~ something as We came. along. Tne
police were unusually kind TO us when we came
here and u makes up little 10 us to ind 30 much
charity and feeling in the people.
Miss Frls IL an interesting looking young lady; she
speaks English freely; and AZ soon as the present
grief OF her loss and tine bewilderment OF the
strange situation sne 1nds herself IN wear on,
would prove great acquisition to many prtvate
family IN some position, as she Is willing 70 work.
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eu,eACo AND TEE NEWARK CHURCHES.

Special services relative to Chicago were held
yesterday Id all the Newark churches, without DC,
Donnationai distinction, with very lew exceptions.
The occupant OF nearly every pulpit had something
10 say about the recent terrible calamity. few OF
the preachers declared The lire was . visitation of
COD ana seut by the Almighty az Judgment Tor the
wIckedncss OF the city Tue amounts collected IN
the various churches will probably foot up from three
10 four thousand dollars. In the Second Reformed
church the service was commemorative OF The hun
dredth anniversary OF the establishment OF the
Cnnrch under the American regime me pastor
announced that next Sunday the collection would
bc devoted 10 the assistance OF Holland, in Mlchl-
gan, where was located college for the education
U Reformed Church clergymen. Holland IS among
Lc places devastated by the recent fes IN the far
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Importont Action Of the Ycung Mems Chii.-
tim AssOcia tiOEs.

PHILADELPHIA Oct 15 1871.
George II. Stuart OF this city, has received tele-
graphic despatch from DR.. Robert Patterson, Of
Chicago entreating him to organize work sinillnr
to the Christian Commission, to aid the suffering
thousands who have been left homeless and penni-
less ny the recent terrible connagration
in that city. Mr.. Stuart recommends tDat
the Young Mems Christian Associations
throughout the land organize at once
committees 10 collect and take charge Of the funds
and supplies 10 be rwardcd Immediately to d. L.
Moody, Chairman Of the Relief Committee OF the
Young Mems Christian Association at Chicago. The
committee OF which Mr. Moody Ia chairman en-
braces the following well known Christian mem
John D. Farrell, b. +. Jacobs, Rev. G. E. Cheney
and Major ID. w. whitte. This committee has estab-
lshed Its headquarters in the Seventh Presbyterian
church, corner OF Jackson and Peoria streets,
Chicago DIR. E. n. Hutchns, Of the Philadelphia
Association, who returned from Chicago yesterday
morplng represents the urgent need Of systematic
plan by which those really needy may be immc-
diatey supplied lie says the suffering is very
great, especially among tie women ana children,
and there Is special want Of cooking utenss shawis
The New York herald., 1871-10-16
BROoKLYS,s CHaRITABLE WORK


Contributions to the ChicagO Sufferers.
4 collection was taken up ut the regular services
held yesterday morning at the Second Unitarian
church. Rev. John ". Chadwick. Clinton strcet,
Brooklyn The sum OF 81, 500 was collected among
the people and donated TO Rev. Robert Colyer, pas
TOR OF Unity church. Chicago. The church In ques-
ton. together with the paroclllal residence, was
burned during the IRE, which destroyed the homes
and business houses OF nlne-enths or hts congrega-
ton. A collection Tor general purposes In and Vt
the Cnicag0ans will be taken up In Mir. Chadwick'S
cnuren on Sunday next.
Rev. Richard Meredith preached last night to his
mock, the congregation OF Inc simpson Methodist
Episcopal church. corner Clermont and WilioughDy
avcnues in ad OF the sufferers by tile Chicago fire.
contribution Of $1,000 was made by the congrega-
Ion.
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wEsTCHEsTER SYMPATHY FOR CHICAGO.

number Of the principal citizens OF the village
OF westchester, Westchcster county, have called
public meeting to be held at the Town Hall In that
place tomorrow evening, for the purpose Of solicit
ing a,d for the sufferers by the dreadful calamity In
chicago. II Ia expected that the meeting VIII be
largely attended anu mat the Contributions wii be
uperek
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PARIS. Oct. Is, 1871.

PARIS, Oct Is, 1871.
meeting OF cirzens OF the United states now ia
PJris was held last night ut the rooms OF the WASH
ingon CluD response to the call OF the American
Minister TO take action for the relief OF Chicago.
Minister Washburnc PRESIDED and made an eo-
qucni appeal.
Speeches were also made by General N. P. Banks,
Mr.. J. Meredith Read American Consul General,
and Mr.. Topper, Of Georgia.
The SUN OF 100000 francs was subscribed on the
spot.
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THE RELIEF FUHD.
New York saluto5 Chicago with Over Two MI
lors-Col,ections in the Churches
Yesterday.

Collections were made yesterday in aid Of the
sufferers by the chicago fire in most of the churches
Of the following denominations :-protestant Epis-
copal Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Unitarian,
Baptist and Lutheran. In most instances the pas
tors made touching appeals to their congregations
TO contribute liberay TO a charity which appealed
to every humane heart. The following are the
amounts OF the collections at the leading churches.
collections In the Catholic churcnes viii be made
next Sunday =
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TIE LATEST FROM CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. 4.

CHICAGO, III, Oct. 10, 1871.
Passes are being ISSUED by the Relief Committee
TO the utterly destitute TO all points in the United
States wnere such persons can ind work and
shelter.
All passes win hereafter be signed by George n.
Pullman, Chairman, and conntersigned Dv agents
appointed Dy each or the railroads -ch recelyc
Roads forming parts Of lines leading from Chi
cag0 are respectfully requested to notify the Char
man oil the Committee OF their willingness 10 honor
sucn passes X. b. MASON, Mayor.
THE POSTAL SERVICE RESUMED.
Colonel Wood. Assistant Superintendent Of the
Railway Mail Service, to-day issued order to oil
postmasters, postal clerks and route agents revok
ing previous orders and directing man matter 70 be
sent to Chicago as before the fire.
FURIOUS GALE AND ALARM.
furious gale pre- vailed In this city last night.
1t became almost O hurricane by midnight, but sub
sided before morning. 1t caused much alarm to The
citlzens especially to those residing in the icvny OF
the late fire. Firebrands were blown In every direc
ton, skeleton walls were prostrated, shaking build
ings IN the vicinity from foundation to apex The ex-
citement and alarm were scarcely less than on the
night OF the great disaster. Fortunately, 1t had
raned for twenty four hours previous thus prevent
Ing any confagration as the result OF the tornado.
RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS FRATERNIZINa.
The Sabbath has been recognized In a marked
manner In all the churches LEFT standing. In many
instances two and three congregations OF different
religious tenets have worshipped in the same ediace
at different hours.
The Chicago National Banks.
CHICAGO. Oct. Is, 1871.
A meeting of the officers Of the National Banks OF
Chicago was held on Sunday evening, for the pur.
pose Of conierring with Mr.. Hurlburt, Comptroller
OF Currency. J. irwin Pearce, President OF the
Third National Bank occupied the char. Henry
Greenbaum Of the German National Bank, Secre-
tary.
A full exchange Of views touching the condition
Of the Chicago banks, as effected by the fire, was
had.
1t was ascertained, upon comparison Of liabilities
and resources, that all the banks were perfectly
sound, ana should resume business at once. The
only delay asked by any OF the banks was for sunl.
clent time TO convey their safes from the ruins TO
new places OF business and TO arrange their books
and offce furniture.
After considerable discussion, in which the Comp
trolier participated resolution, heretofore passed,
TO Day fifteen per cent cash Immediately was unani.
mOusly rescnded ami o resolution adopted TO open
for regular transactions Of business at ten A. NJ
the 18th inst. es. MHr0
The following address has been issued to the
public
Having asceraincd from personal Investigation
National banks of Chicago solvent INSTITUTIONAL
and that Notwithstanding late fire, able
ready to pay all claims presentation. hereby
their doors for the transaction OF business Tues
day. the 18th instant, at ten ocock A. M and hereby
press my bcet 10 Their ability 70 meet all their legitimate
H. r. HURLpJRT, Comptroller Of Currency.
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The Ro.fnn Churches.

BOsToN, Oct ib 1871.
The Chicago conna-ratIon wa. alluded TO In
nearly all city pupts to-day, and members OF the
congregations WHO had not previously given TO tho
relief fund were Invited hanL their contributions
10 the church officers. In churches the collec
tons were taken Ia the usual way.
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q. se'aenoesg . o.. ..;...

Grand total by the Chamber OF Commerce Com,
psocoS 20
NorE.-The subscription for $500 reported IN the
papers OF the l2h inst. from the esatc OF the ale
Robert u. Ml1turn wns subscribed " N. q. Minturn
personally. Mr.. q Ben0ts contributed &20o, when
was erroneousIy reported ~ being consrbuted By y.
Bendict
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DEEDS BETTER Than WORDS.
The "SileNt'' Speeches Of
Our People.
Sunshine PeeriDg Throug
the Clouds.
Many Thousands More for
tho Sufferers.

~ win be seen from the list published below that
the various interests engaged in collecting funds
for ChicagOs re-stricken citizens were NOT ile on
Saturday, as large sums not reported IN SUNDAYS
HERALD ore now produced. The Chamber OF U0nl-
marce especially deserves to realize Mayor Masons
three woro prayer, "G0d bless your
The New York herald., 1871-10-16

BRUSSELS, Oct. 49, 1871.
Responding to the call OF the New York Chamoer
OF Commerce the merchants OF the Brussels Ex-
change have appointed committee, which s re-
cciving subscriptions for the Chicago Relief Fund.
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I.sberaIity OF New Haven.

NEW HAVEN UCt- is, ISII.
New Haven has contributed about $1,000 thus
far to Chicago. Subscriptions were taken up In
most Of the churches to-lay, nearly $4,000 being
taken. 1t is expected that S4o,o0O altogether will
III liScd.
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OLD WORLD RELIEF.
1tllsBaMs TO the new yOsx ReaALo.
Empress .ustn's Donation.

BERLIS, Oct. Is, 1871.
The Empress Augusta OF Germany, gratefully re-
memhermg the kindly feeling shown by the Amerl-
cans Tor Germany during the last war; sends loo
thaers to the committee formed IN this city Tor the
relief OF the sufferers In Chicago.
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r. ,bc Posi- OF Duty.

LONDON, UCt. 10, IctIs
Manv Americans are leaving for home on account
Of the calamity at Chicago
General burnside sails on Tuesday.
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Vienna.
y,rSSA Oct * 1871.

VIENNA, uct 10, 1871.
Mr. Jay The American Minister to Austria has
opeucd subscriptions Tor assistance 10 Chicago.
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AT Newcastle yesterday mass mcenns was he'o
ana fl,ooo sterling provided Tor tne cncSso Hele'
Fund.
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1t will be observed that the supplies the above
arc estimated. This Is the value placed upon those
which have been forwarded by the energy OF
Colonel Fisk, OF Erie fame, by DR.. Pollard, agent OF
Mr. Fisk; but probably 100000 or 100000 more
have gone by express and other modes Of convey
ance
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The Putnam Fire Insurance Company.
HARTFORD, Conn.,, Oct. Is, 1871.
Run ON n Snrramcasv Savings Bank.
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over 100000 have been already ralsed for the
benefit Of Chicago in san Francisco, and probably
s250W more VIII be collected. Some Chinese mer-
chants gave 1900 unsolicited.
Au uafouudcd rumor that the Sacramento Saw
ngs Eank had lost heavily by the Chicago fre
caused iun OH the bank, bul all demands were
met promptly.
TIE National Insurance Company Of Boston.
RUFFALO Oct 15 1871.
An annoacement was made here last night that
the National Insurance Company Of Boston yester-
day subscribed TO the guarantee fund sufficient 10
cover all their Chicago ana other losses
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ADDITIONAL SUMS COLLECTED.
OTHER CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS.

Additional Contributions TarOagh tho Cham-
her OF Commerce, Up to 12 A. NJ, Oc:oGer
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and blankets, underwear, ana all kinds Of clo,hine
fvr men. women and children.
Pastors OF Christian churches should feel the great
a1ltction wbich this fire entails upon their brother
ministers IN Chicago. Their congregations broken
mp and scattered. they must depend largely upon
the Christian Associaiioniof Chicago for help in
this their nour 0f need.
Persons who prefer it mag send money or sup
pines for the Chicago Association 70 Mr.. stuarts
oiices Is Bank street. PnnsdeiOhis, who viii for
ward The same free Of expense.
FhiladcIpbia subscrlpslous.
PHrLADB: YHIA. Oct Is. 1871.
The aggregate OF cash subscriptions for Chicago
on Saturday, the 1Ah was l21,soo, including the
IoAlowine itens:-NayIor d Companv, iron mer.
cnants. $1,000; Ph,adepnia Musioal Association.
$1,000; Dy Notions Trade, sl.eoe, Commercial ma
fiona Bank, $1,000; Coain h Altemires, 81 600;
James 3. Lowering, $1,000; naval onlcers and EN-.
p'o7es Of Philadelphia Navy Yard, 81 800; by whole
sale dry goods trade, $7.2sn.
CaI1ferrIa's CensrfhatIeus.
SAN FRAECIsCO, Uct 13 1871,
Nearly everybody in San Francisco u giving as
least two days salary. Many livery stables stores
Photograph galleries &C., are giving their entire 70
&c pts for one day. Over $sv 600 have already been
reali cd.
CoCSosssCnvV uao bosAs $SVvo~v Ioi tuc iOci
Of Chicago. Oakland will sea $4,000, and other
towns 10 proportion.
Money and sympa,ay FROM Salt Lake City.
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. IA, 1871.
Salt Lake City Is still occupied with relief for Chi
cago. About 5000 have been realized thus for.
Walker Bros merchants in this city, gave alto
getncr 1000 The Masonic lodges last night sub
scrbel 5000, and wilt rate a. much more. Four
hundred dollars were raised at the Skating Rink for
the same purpose An immense meeting Of SYM
front Of Salt Lake House. Governor Woods, Messrs.
Hampstead and Nuckles and others spoke. Salt
Lake City Is unti1ng in the good work Of relief for
prosvrate Chicago. Alreaiy $4,000 have been re-
mitted TO the Mayor Of that city.
The Putnam Fire Insurance Company.
HARTFORD Conn.,, Oct. 15 1871
The Putnam Fire Insurance Company OF this city
have Just received Information from their general
agent aG Chicago. ana announce tnat the company
must suspend business. The officers attempting
TO organize another company, with new capital
to take It's place Immediately with good prospects
OF success.
Ths Pacific Insurance COmpauy's LOSSES.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct II, 1911.
The Pacific Insurance Company has been the
heaviest losers by the Chicago fire among the Cali
fornia companies. The company have made al.
rangements to pay al their losses Immediately and
continue tacr business. Their original capital OF
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-12-07
Mnnners and mic.

We will prize good manners at their
worth, which is high. when they are
truthful, when they faithfully represent
what the heart Is and wills. Good man
ners promise much; let the promise be
fulfilled If It Is not, they are false man
ners, however good they may look. There
is nothing hypocritical about the genuine
gentleman, and the heartiest would rath-
er have his outward mien below than
above his interior sell, and under no cir
cumstances other than simple.
Over-dressing is vulgar, especially in
women, for the glare of the sun-lit and
eye-lit street Toilets. even when taste
fol as to color and style, denote if habitu-
ally rich and snowy, mental vulgarity,
their apparent design beng by superficial
material means, to impress the beholder
The refined beholder is unfavorably I'M
pressed, suspecting such outward richness
to be the mask Of inward poverty A
prevalent fashion of costly dressing is a
sign of general vulgarity. The finest type
Of ladyhood wou d recoil offended from
her mirror at seeing herself besilked, anc
befeathered, and bejewelled, fer morning
walk or drive She will be as simply ele
CANT in her attire, in doors or out, as II
her manners, and will not exhibit, eithel
in the one or the other, the slightest etfor
to outvie her neighbors Il The Gentle
man." Calvert.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-12-07

A Charleston Is. c) correspondent of
the Richmond (Ky) Messenger thus al
ludes to political affairs in the old Pal
metto State:
Four-hfths of the members Of the legis-
lature are negroes, who have made from
three to one hundred thousand dollars
each. The Lieut.. Governor and Secretary
of State are mulattoes. and three out of
four members of Congress range in color
from a bottle of ink to a dirty piece OF
sole leather One OF the Associate J u.s.
tices of the Supreme Bench is so black
that chalk mark on his philanthroplc
physiognomy would look ike a lighthouse
in fog, while the ponderous gravity with
which he listens to the learned arguments
of the really learned lnen of the State.
who are forced to appear before him, has
its equal only in that ridiculous sedate-
ness with which you have seen q monkey
catch feas. The leader of the Legislature
is a Michigan negro. whose linguistic oili-
ness quickly brought him to the dingy
surface, and there he still floats in vanity
and wealth. He is called the "Black
Prince" and lives in style about seven
miles fIom Charleston. and owns twenty
horses and mules, with handsome carriages;
drives with fooLman, and bottle or two
Of Champagne with lavish hand to every
sight-seer who has a curiosity to visit an
ebony idol in his own home.
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n0MANISM AS IT IS.

An entirely new authen'ic, exhaustive and stand
ard work, eminently adapted the times. 1t
fully Il. covers the whole tomiSh system and ex-
poses IT. lnSidiuus workings 10 secure full con-
troll. T. XInA TEENs FOR THE WEST. CONN. PUB
I.I-tHI ": %. u ARTFNRn- CONN
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NEW DEPARTURE.,

The following article. from the Vieks-
burg Herald. is the best we have read on
the subject:
"a fellow was arrested and lodged in
Jail. After spending night in prison be
concluded to send for distinguished law
yer. The man of books came, and after
full statement of the case from his eli
ent, smiled sweetly and said: why, my
dear sir there is no trouble in your case.
They can't put you in jail for that. The
law and the constitution are both against
it The prisoner responded as follows: i
don't know any thing about the eOnstitu
ton and the laws. You say they can't
pat me in Jail. bat I'm id if amt in
Jail right now
Some say that the fourteenth and IF
teenth amendments are nullties, and yet,
under the fifteenth amendment, Alex h
Stephens could not be constable if every
man in the Union were TO vote for MIN,
and under the fifteenth amendment every
negro man is a voter & may be an Office
holder. we are in Jail right nOw.' bnt
Mr. Stephens says our imprisonment Is
nullity
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IN, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, THURSDAY DECEMBER T. 1871
wound, until the arrival Of his &c Sc
10 ma nnncr.,..n I'D IL q In. f.---lls ~

wound, until the arrival of his xffe SIG
came, accompanied by few ffTefds, aud
as heroic women bear their misfortunes,
she bore hers. Not a ward of reproacn
escaped her-words of cheerfulness only
came from her lips as tears coureed down
her cheeks. TO her inquiry as to the
eh-nces of her husbands recovery, the
doctor assured her there was no hope, that
the wound was mortal, and that in a feH
hours tho wounded man must die. She
sank down upon her knees, and invoked
the mercy OF forgiving God upon hfr
dying husband and his murderer. -
The glmbler knelt at the side of the
wounded man, and asked his forgiveness
for the wrong he had committed, and also
that of his afflicted wife, which was readi-
lY granted.
This" said he. "is for disobeying the
scored injunction of my aged father and
mother l have faced death a thousand
times, and still l have escaped; the balls
of an enemy have whistled past N.Y. ears
as thick as hailstones, and the bursting
bomb has exploded at my feet. Still
| have lived D God, and for this High
above the red tide of battle l have carried
my country's ensign, and that wop for me
\ a name among men. When no9one COM
rade was left to tell of t'battle, escap-
ed unscratched. Why was not killed
with the rest? All that was proud and
pleasing to man 1 have had and if could
recall this last act by living upon carrion,
sleeping in apauper's grave. and renonnc.
ing every proud act of my life, would
! do it. I was born in the same village with
| that man we were born beneath the same
roof, and-O God the same mother gave
'us birth He must not die-he is my
brother I" And the gambler sunk down
in swoon upon the floor.
The wounded man raised himself upon
his elbows; his glazed eyes wondered
about the room, as if searching for some
particular person.
Mary" said he. sis my brother Will
| liam here? -"
The words ehoked in his throat, the
gurgliug blood stopped his utterance, anc
he sank a corpse u pom his pillow.
The wife knelt again, but it was beside
q dead body, and invoked the blessing o
God upon his soul and forgiveness for the
murderer.
The gambler awoke from his swoen
staggered up to the wife and said
MARY, would it were otherwise, for
have nothing to live tor now the deac
and dying do not want anything in this
world take this certificate Of deposit tC
our aged father, and tell our parents w
are both dead but oh, do not tell then
how we died r.
Before the woman could reply, or any
one interfere, the report of the Pisto
sounded again, and the tratricide h0c
ceased 10 IiUe On the hill near Rincor
Point were two graves. few years age
enclosed with picket fence and one tomb
stone at their head, with the simple IN
scriptlon, BROTHERS
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rnrntion roc HeavY.


The offer of plantation of four hun
dred acres with good improvements. To-
calitv, says the Mariana Courier. for tho
same amount of cash which would be re-
allied from the sale of the crop on one
hundred and sixty acres which is now be-
ing harvested, was publcly made a few
days since by the owner without any one
profering to accept the bargain. Three
dollars and thirty eight cents taxation on
the one hundred dollars worth of fproperty
il causing others to notice the channel
whence the large amount Of the profits Of
their labor and industry flows, and to ap-
p-eciate the extent of their injury by the
high handed robbery now practiced upon
the people in the guise of taxation. It Is
truly an appalling condition Of affairs
when plantations are offered for what one
half Of the tillable land belonging to it
will produce But it is nevertheless a
painful fact continuing to increase in its
damaging kendecy without abatement, and
will ever SO continue until the present set
of dishonest scalawags and thieving car
pet -baggers are displaced from thepositions
they disgrace-SavannGh (GG.) Ne1ps.
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o. u. A. N.

Rxso.urtoS couScrE No 4, o. U. A. NJ. meets eve
~ Friday evening At 7l5 o'clock, in Danns
Vaiiler's new block. r. 8. CARRIER, G. s
J. w. GfLBERT, Sec'y. mAyll-u