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The Platform which Won.

The folloHing is the platform which remov- ed "the disgrace" fromthe State ofNew Hamp-
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san Diege and san Francisco.

The San Diego Union publishes private letter to the editor. written by prominent
 gentleman at San Francisco, from which we
 copy the folOwing-not very complimentary of the people of San Francisco, in their view of
 the currency question
 San Francisco is jealous of the growth of San Diego, and therefore you need expect no sympathy from this quarter. Rely upon your
 selves and such assistance as you can obtain from Eastern capital. Eastern capital is the only formidable rival of the un-American cap
 ital of San Francisco, Fight it out on thIa
 line: standardization capitaIl V < The AltG has, for long time, been throwing cold water upon every manifestation of feeling in favor of the national currency. This city win never recover until greenbacks shall be the oasis of business transactions. Let San Diego take the lead you will be certain to come out right.
 'The trade with China and Japan is loom- ing up, By the last steamer over 13, GOO pack ages of tea were received and sent overland 45 ears were required to carry it; $500 pack ages uent through to New York Can anyone doubt that with your facilities San Diego will not have full share eff this great trade, when the Texas Pacific Railroad is completed ?
 "Lst your motto then be: Direct trade with the East-currency-Eastern capital, And le; liberal, wlse, and far sighted policy be the substrGtum ofyour rising city.
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No l6
Boys and Girls.


 Boys and girls are not the sane They are born dferont and show it while they are iu- fanis Cha baby-boy is restless and uneasy ID its mothers arms He is never stili except when asleep and even then tumbles from side to side iu his crib with sudden hipgs of arss and legs When he grows beyond baby-hooa he plays differently Without ever being told of it he instinctiveIy turns away from dollsi lays them aside in indifference, and freely do- mates them to whatever little girl will have them. He demands balls and bats and drumsi he turns down chairs orhorses, lays hold on all strings in the house for lines, wants all the little sticks made into whips, mounts loun~ ges and drives four in hand he asks for guns, and wants you to tell him stories of bears and lions and tigers, and is amused beyond meR- snre at their leaping upon aud eating up COWS ard oxea The girl-6aby is gentle, even from the first, and lookaquietly out ofthe blus eyea. Ter laughngIy out of the dark ones. Shetakes naturally to her dolls, and never wearies of dressing then and arranging the baby house; she is gentle in her plays, and would be tright- ened with " tt would fill her brother WitA paroxysm of delight; she loves fairy tale, and will not laugh and ask some absurd quss- ton about the babes in tue wood, but rather cries over their sorrows.
 The sister will smooth pussy and hold her lovingly in her lap, while tho brother wants 10 see if the cat can jump, and when she tries to get cut of his undesirable company will detain her by the leg or tail, And these same divergencies of disposition and character per petuate themselves as the boy or girl gFswE older. Thers are some exceptions, i. is true some boys have all the taste and gentleness cf feminine nature, and some girls have much that is masculine. do not regret seeing it 1n each Tho gentle boy will not make any the less noble man because there was so much that was girl-Hks in his childhood, nor will the girl that was, in her rudsness. often csllad boy, be any the less, but perhaps all tho more true and lovely womsn.-Dr, Aikmon's Lite at Home
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ide4 Grant is very apt to be sileut.

sidef Grant IS very apt to be sileut. Fist when he has nothing to say, And
 his is difficult and rare merit in man or lTouRn.
 Second when he is still in doubt as to the topic introduced.
 Third, when he is not sure of his com pany,
 Fourth, whan he dialikes his company.
 Under any of these condition he is inylncloly speeehless his face wears discouraging sx- pression; no amount of emb arrassment on the part of those who are with him can batray him to take pity on them by anything more than the eloquenee of "a monosyllable.
 But reverse these conditions, and mira" eulOus, transformation takes place., All his personal friends know that he is reat tal- ker. Thereia never any animation inhis ont ward manner, but he talks on and on, not ill any ratting way out urgently and without intermission, till he has fully uttered himself. And he talks we'll An exacting critic night indeed speak of some flaws in the outEard costume of his conyersStion-a certain Wes- tern aatness and aridity oftons, a provincial pronunciation, an occasional sin against syn tax, But ia spite of these, ho talks well. He picks up the plain, plant words of the market and the street; he puts them together terseIy; and without an effort. he utters them in very pithy way, His whole manner is simple and anassumiug He has no verbal ambition He makes no attempt at shining. He lacks ease variety and mental agility.
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Grants Silence and His Talk.

writer in the Golden Age gives the fol- lowing account of Presiden. Grant, on both the taciturn and the talkative side:
 h short President Grant is both the most taciturn and the loquacioas man now going. There are times when you cannot geta chance for word out of him. There are times when you cannot geat chance for word of ysur- self Under the following circumstaIees Pre-
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Josh Billing thus describes new asricul- turaI implement. to which he calls the atten~ ton offarmers
 John Rogers revolving, expanding uncsrs7 moniOus, self-contraktiDg. sslf-shsrpening self greasing and self righteous hOss raik is nov and forever offered to Q generous publik This raik iz az sazy 10 keepin repair az hitcbinE- post, and will raik up q paper of piss soSed broadkast in a ten aker fotofwhsas stubblss. These rsiks can be used in Winter fer hen roost, or be sawed up on atove wood for ths kitchen fire. No farmer ofgood mora ksrsk- ter should be without this raik, even if he hs' to steal one.
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Lfe at Home

"Ths only way" says the Herald Gin which the so-eaIsd disclosures of Mir Sumner have influenced
 us iu the least is by showing that even New Engs
 land has become disgusted with the military style of government, the only style-it must be admitted of which General Grant has the faintsst idea As it has ever been the aim of the Herald to
 faithfully represent the enlightened sentiment of the nation, so it is at the present crisis and ac cordingly, the President must excuse if he can
 no longer receive our support except he develops
 some traits of statesmanship of which have not
 vet seen even the semblance. We agree with
 MT. Sumner that the President has far transoendsa his power by sending tho fleets of the United States to San Domingo for the purpose of cosrcing the peopla of that island to annexation, so that hs mirht obtain glory or secure his re-slectioR by that means nor can we deny that ia doing 30 he is guilty to certain extent of usurpation. Nay, we will % farther, and acknowledge that neither king nor emperor would do hImseIf, hi1 govern ment or the nation over which hs rules any credit by pursuing such course for the purpose of Ie- curing now subjects or new territories as that Of which the President sf this republic may now ss regarded az convicted before the world,''
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John Logan was long fsrocioUs poker player and the smartest hand with deck of cards in the world, but he has experienced re- Iigion and reformed. The following scene oc~ cured some time ago, after he had passed his full period of probation in the Methodist Church:
 Enter to Joka rather indurated and worn pohlican and sinner, saying, before company !:
 iJackI haint seen you since our game of draw-poker, when you won nay little two huu- drsd."
 9Sh-h-h-h !" said Logan.
 The publican and sinner was mum.
 q hsvs been" said Logan after an avk- ward pause received into fall membership in the DI. E. Church, and though once did play games of chance, don't do it any mora
 "Jack," said the publican andsinnner, "why wsrn't you received into full membership be- fore you baggsd my little two hundred r
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We had asmall game,
 And Blanc took haud- RsoolstrGction the same--
 lie did no. understand, Bat hs smiled as he talked to us of 1t, A bmle tha. waa ehildlike and bland. Twas March the Gfsento,
 And quite soit were the skies, Which 1t might be inferred
 That Blaine was likewise Yet he played 1t that day upon Grant And ms oin way l dsspiSe, Yes, the game he had stocked
 h way that l grieye And my feelings were shocked,
 For .coaid not believe That one SC child-like and simpls
 Coald come iu that way to deceive. Bat the game that he played
 Was right up tree, And the points that he made
 Were quite frightful to see Till at 'ast he put Cox up, and Randall, Which the same had been turned OCT
 to me
 SPEAKER BLLIEE's REPLY TO BUTLER. Which ny name it is Blaine,
 l don't want to call names, But must to begin,
 Say just this of Ben Butler l-- That l an convinced he Is rather
 Well ID in the sinfulest games. And sbOut that smalI gamS:- did not understand, So made 1t my aim,
 With he smile that was bland, A~-r --ye..-sil- oyap ot ,ha;r bAacons Oa Butler, as he dealt the first hand Which is why remark,
 And ny language is plain, IAstfor ways that are dark, And for trieksthst arc vain, Bs1lsuin 9utler is peculiar Winch the same an free to maintsin-
 CHORUS BY THE DEMOCRATS, ia the scene that did enrue,
 We did not take hand And the air it vas blue "th the generations of the hand composed of the Radical members "nlch vas game they DID understand Which is vhy We remark. And our language is plair. mat tor ways that are dark Ana for tricks that arc vain, NIlleallsm VI, is peculiar, "nieh the Game we are free to proclaim
 THE PoET'a REFLECTIONS. 'I ,l'epi do I dream ? 10 wonder aud doubt2 S o 'aings what they seem, O's vision about? Caf civilization faiIEre9 VI Is tAe Radical party played out, 1
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< SCENE

h the House sf Representatives, March 16, 1871
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PLAIN LANGUAGE BY BEN BUTLER. Which 1 wish to remark
 And my language is plain That ter ways that are dark
 And for tricks that ars vain Cur Speaker is pecuiiar-
 Winch the same l Eould rise to explain,
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years past and will continue TO diminish
henceforward. Even the war pensions will
fall off every year.
The amount of money the people of this
country have contributed to the support of
the Government aud payment of the debt in
the last ten years is stupendous. The contri-
buttons in the shape of taxes, in one way or
another, have averaged probably over four
hundred millions year for the last ten years,
or, in the aggregate, between four and five
thousand millions. Yes, the people have
paid from the earnings of their industry in
the short period of ten years a sum more than
double the amount of the present interest
bearing:debt-as sum far largerthan that raised
from the nation during the previous eighty
years and upwards of its history. Did ever
nation show such extraordinary resources be-
fore? Was there ever known more marvel
lous elasticity in the financial capabilities of
a country?
But that is not ALL This stupendous taxa
ton was borne at the time when millions of
men were taken away from industrial pur-
suits for the armies, and when thousands of
millions of property was destroyed the war.
The productive South was almost turned into
wilderness, and all the efforts of the North
were strained to an unparalleled extent to
carry on the gigantic struggle. 1t took several
years to restore industry, and though the
country generally, and the South especially,
have arisen from their PROSTATE condition in
an astonishing manner, the effects of the
war are still felt. 1t will take some time to
restore the vast wealth that was destroyed.
Now the question is, Ought the people who
have paid so much for the preservation Of the
Union-who have borne such enormous bur-
dens and lost so much blood and property
to be still heavily taxed to pay the balance of
the debt? Ought not our children, ought
not posterity, to pay portion of the debt
There is no longer any question, if there ever
was, as to the ability and purpose of the re-
| public to pay. We need not raise large
revenue and keep paying off the debt at the
rate of hundred millions year to establish
the credit of the Government. Then,
as wealth and population increase, the
people will feel less and less of the
debt With the surprising develop
ment of wealth and population the
people in ten years will be able to bear a
hundred millions of taxes better than we can
now fifty millions. small sinking fund, to
keep the debt constantly decreasing, is all
that is needed at present. The revenue can
be cut down a hundred millions year, and
then there will be left an ample amount fol
the current expenses of an economical gov
ernment and for sinking fund. This sum
left in the hands of the people woald be ap-
piled to industry, would stimulate produc-
tion and add vastly to the national wealth.
Instead of being anxious to pay the debt in o
hurry, as the Secretary of the Treasury is,
the taxes ought to be reduced to the lowest
amount possible. That would be national
economy and the proper course for a wise
| government to pursue.
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EXTRAORDINARY REDUCTION OF THE
PUBLIC DEBT.
From the N. Y. Herald.

From the ~ Y. Herald.
On September l, 1865, the public debt of
the United States was So, 757, ,6S9, 57l. This
was the largest amount Of debt the nation
ever owed 1t had been augmenting vastly
during the four years war, which closed in
the spring of 1865. For the first few months
after the close of the war-that is, from April
to September-s large amount of floating in
debtedness had to be adjusted, and it was
this that brought the debt up to the highest
figure in September. But from that time it
began to waste away. 1t has been steadily
and regularly decreasing since. On January
3, 1871, the debt was 81, 349, ,664, 1920. This
is the lowest point it has reached since Sep
tember, 1866. Thus, then, there has been
paid in the course of five years and four
months $40S, OPS, ,251.
During Johnson's administration, or,
rather, during the three years aud six months
of his administration from the time the debt
was adjusted and reached the highest figure,
there was paid $212, 1862, ,667. Since General
Grant has been President, or during one year
and ten months, there has been paid
$l95, ,372, 584 1t must be remembered, how
ever, that the claims upon the Treasury aris-
ing out OF the war, for the first two or three
years after it ended, were numerous and
large. Many Of these were settled before
General Grant entered the White House. ln-
deed, the amount of the war claims and ex-
penses OF the Government growing out of
the war have been less every year for several
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SHIP LINE are ALONE authorized to issue through
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connection with South Carolina Railroad Company.
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Vice. -Preeident q Ia
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ARE THE REPUBLICANS SHUT UP TO
THE RECOMMENDATION OF GRANT?

ARE THE REPUBLICANS SHUT UP TO
THE RECONCILIATION OF GRANT?
From the n. Y. Sun.
Hostility to the denomination of General
Grant permeates the Republican party to
far greater extent than is dreamed of ysome
of its leaders. His administration having
demonstrated that he is neither statesman
of broad views nor politician of even ordi-
nary shrewdness, the rank and file of the
party, who do not seek Office and have no
corrupt jobs to promote, are earnest in the
conviction that the campaign of 1872 ought
not to be embarrassed with the dead weight
of General Grants blunders and imbecilities.
In 1868 hundreds of thousands of men
voted for General Grant simply to close up
the work of reconstruction. They did not
expect much from him beyond this, and they
are not seriously disappointed at finding him
on the completion of this work a calamitous
failure They are not exactly dissatisfied
with his course on the measures growing out
of the war, but they have no confidence in
his ability to mark out policy for the
future; and, in plain English, they wish to
get rid of him at the close of his present
term.
II is absurd to say that the Republicans
cannot easily find an acceptable candidate for
1872. The great events of the last ten years.
in which their organization aAs borne lead
ing part, have brought into the foreground
many able and ambitious men, none of whom
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would decline to carry the Republican stan
dard in the campaign upon which the coun-
try is now entering, while some of them are
already grasping to get hold of it. Con-
spicuous among the possible candidates from
the East stand Mr.. Summer and Mr.. Bout
well; and at the West, Mr.. Morton and Mr..
Trumbull. Less prominent than these we
discover MIR. Banks and Mr.. FentoD on this
side of the Alleghanies, and over the noun
tains Mr.. Logan and Mr.. Colfax rise to view;
and General Butler is eagerly pushing, and
Senator Sherman is quietly waiting, and poor
Mr.. Greeley is entirely willing.
Outside of strict party lines, and occupy
ing Independent grounds but still claiming
to rank as Republicans, we may note b. Gratz
Brown and Charles Francis Adams; and,
even in spite of his precarious health, we
presume Chief Justice Chase's friends do
not abandon all hopes of his reaching the
Presidency.
We might swell this list by the addition Of
many names: for the late Theodore Parker
once said that the number of persons in the
United States who regarded themselves as
present, prospective, or possible candidates
for the Presidency was always one hundred
at the very lowest estimate. At all events,
it is consolation to know that the country
bas not yet run out of able men; the Reppo-
lican party may well claim that it possesses
q fair share of such, and therefore need not
be driven to the necessity of renominating
General Grant.
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DIRECTORS.
Arthur q. Comm, Francis II. Cope
Samuel w. Jones, Edward a. Trotter
John A. Brown, Edward B. Clarke,
Charles Taylor, 7. Charlton Henry,
Ambrose " Mite, Alfred D. Jessup,
William Welsh, Louis G. Madeira,
s. Morris Vain, Charles w. Cushman,
John Mason, Clement A. Griscom,
George L. Harrison, William Brockie
ARTHUR G. COFFIN, President.
CHARLES PLATT, President
MATTHIAS MABIs, Secretary.
. G. II. REEVES, Assistant Secretary. 90
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TRUE AND FALSE REPUBLICANS.

from the N. \. Times.
1t must be tolerably clear to all Republi-
cans who take an interest in public affairs
that these are not the times for encouraging
any elements Of discord OF weakness within
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