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Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-21

.'s The oyer-zealous administration Sena- tors who opposed in the beginning the raising of a Retrenchment Committee with powers equal to that of last year, have evidently become aware of their blunder and now make haste to welcome investiga- tion. A wise change of policy.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-21
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The SALISBURY News reports the recent discovery of valuable ore. by tbe heirs of Holley and Coffing, on al tract nf land
 north of the Davis bed. It was bouoht by that firm forty years ago. and ineffsct-
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-21

In opposing restrictions upon the Chi cago appropriation in the House, Friday, MT. Garfield aptly illustrated the folly of attempting to foresee all the future needs of a country like ours by reference to a remarkable vote passed by the Colonial legislature of Massachusetts. They es- tablished Q ''hie waie" (so spelled) 12 miles westward from the town of Salem, closing with the sentence, ''which is probably as far in the West as a road will ever be
 naadod D te4 -
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-21
Washington.

The January Magazines 0 Buell. & Wheeler's, West St.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25
Sunshine and sleep.

Sleepless people-and there are
many in America-should court the
sun. The very worst sOpOriiic is
laudanum, and the very best. sun
shine. Therefore, it is very plain
that poor sleepers should pass as
few hours as possible in the shade.
Many women are martyrs, and yet
they do not know it. They shut the
sunshine out of their houses and
their hearts; they wear wells, they
carry parasOls, they do all possible
to keep of the subtlest and yet most
potent influence which is Intended
to give them strength and beauty
and cheertulness. Is il not time to
change this, and SO get color and ro-
ses in our pale checks, strength in
our weak backs and courage in our
weak souls? The women of Amer
lea are pale and delicate; they may
be blooming and strong and the sun
light will be potent influence in
this transformation.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25
The schurz movement.

The New York San goes, teeth
and nails, bag and baggage, boots
and spurs, horse, foot and little ar
tillery, plump into the Schurz move
ment. CAN other questions" it
tells us, ''all other questions that
have hitherto devided this Ameri-
can people disappear before this
one Can public robbery be put
down? Can political frauds besup-
pressed and prevented ? Can bri-
berry and present-taking be banish-
ed from political affairs ?" Then il
adds:
Ten years ago the great question
was slavery. 1t was settled through
the war of the rebellion, with its
immense losses oflife and treasure
and its Gigantic heritage of public
debt. Since then other questions
growing out of the war have arisen.
Fortunately, they are now ended
and cleared away; and there Is no
other subject to distract the atten-
tion of the people from this one SUI
preme issue Can robbers, thieves,
bribe giVers, bribe-takers, present.
takers, and official black-mailers be
driven from power and honest men
put in their places ? Can the fatal
system of corruption now so univer-
sal be brought to a close, and sys-
tenn of honesty, frugality, and puri-
ty be substituted in its place !! If
our pubic affairs continue tor five
years longer upon the same down.
ward course as they have done for
the five years since the close of the
rebellion, we shall no longer have
country to be proud of ; and the
great American experiment of self
government, in which the hopes of
all humanity were bound up, will
end in rOttenness and shame.
The conclusion reached by the
Sun, after this summing up of the
political situation, is that there
must be a new cut and shuffie.-
"This is not a NATTER" it says, "to
be disposed of by either of the exis-
ting parties. Both of them are alike
in a state of putrefaction, and no
spirit of life and of safety can come
forth from either. If the Republic
is to be saved at all, the work must
be done IN the nation as 1t was done
in this city On Tuesday. Upright
and patriotic men of all parties
must combine for this exclusive
purpose. Democrats and Republi-
cans must forget their old quarrels,
and strike hands in one united ef-
fort. What are the differences of
opinion and of policy that have
hitherto separated them compared
with this one all-embracing, all alb
sorbing danger? And of what use
will it be to them to continue to call
themselves Republicans or Demo-
Gratis, if all that is worth living for
in our free institutions is destroyed
by robbers like Tweed, or by pre-
sent-takers and corrupters Of the
public conscience like Grant ?"-
Courier Journal.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25
NEhat ven IIave pIea Fsr.


Colonel Montgomery was shot in
a duel about a dog; Colonel Ramsey
in one about a servant; Mr.. Feather
stone in one about recruit; Sterne's
father in one about a goose, aud an
other gentleman in one about an
acre OF anchovies; one officer was
challenged for merely asking his OPP
pOnent 90 enjoy the second goblet;
and another was compelled TO fight
about pinch Of snuff; Gen. Barry
was challenged by a Captain Smith
for declining wine at a dinner on a
steamboat, although the General
had pleaded as an excuse that wine
invariably made him sick, and Lieut.
enant Cowther lost his life in duel
because he was refused admittance
to club of pigeon shooters. In
1877 q duel occurred In New York
CITY, between Lieutenant Feather
stOnehaugh of the 10th, aud Captain
McPncrsOn, of the ADD British reg
iment, in regard to the manner OF.
eating an ear of corn, one contend
ing that the best eating was from
the cob, and the. other that the grain
should be cut or from the cob be-
fore eating. Lieutenant Feather
stonehaugh lost his right arm, the
bali from his antagonists pistol
shattering the limb dreadfully. so
that il had TO be amputated. Ora
ham, Major Noah's assistant editor
OF the National Advocate, lost his
life in 1927; at the dueling ground at
uoboken, with Barton, the sOn-in-
law of Edward Livingston, in sim
pie dispute about what was
trumps" in a game Of cards
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25

The Democracy of New York be-
longs now to the past. A few gal
liant men may struggle for the name
and the ancient fame of the party,
but the great mass of the people viii
quickly abandon all association with
an organization which has SO dis
graced itself, and forever blasted all
hopes Of resuseitation-
Ii only remains to drive the Radi-
cal party TO like proofs of tbs iuhe-
rent viciOusness, cOrroption and i'm
morality when this is done, the
honest and patriotic of the land will
discover that the only hope for the
Republic rests upon ''Reunion and
Reform party" composed of the
honest of both parties, and banded
together against all robbers, cor
ruptiOnists, spoil-seekers and defa-
mers of the name and traditions of
the Republic.-Netc Orleans Times.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25
HOPE ON, HOPE EVER.
By GERALD MASSEY.

By GERALD MASSEY.
Hope on, hope ever. Though to-day be dark
The sweet sunburst may smile on thee to-
morrow;
Tho thou art lonely, there's an eye will
mark
Thy loneliness, and suerdon all thy sor-
row!
Tho thou must toil midst cold and sordid
men,
With none to echo back thy thought, or
love thee,
Cheer up, poor heart. thou dOst not beat in
vain.
Hope on, hope ever!
The iron may enter and pierce thy soul,
But cannot kill the love within thee
burning;
The tears OF misery, thy bitter dole,
Can never quench thy true hearts seraph
yearning
For better things; nor crush thy arduous
trust,
That error from the mind shall be uproot-
ed,
That truths shall dawn, as flowers spring
from the dust,
And love be cherished where Hate was
embraced!
Hope on, hope ever!
1 know tits hard to bear the sneer and
taunt,-
With the hearts honest pride at mid
night wrestle,
To feel the killing canker werm Of Want,
While nch rogues in their stolen luxury
nestle;
For have felt it. Yet from earth's cold
real,
My soul looks on coming things, and
cheerful
The warm sunrise floods all the land ideal,
And still it whispers to the worn and
fearful,
Hope on, nope ever!
Hope on, hope ever. after darkest night
Comes full of loving life, the laughing
morning,
Hope on, hope everi spring-tide flushed
with light,
Age crowns old winter with her rich
adorning,
Hopeon, hope ever! yet the time shall come,
When man to man shall be friend and
brother,
And this old world shall be a happy home,
And all earth's family love one another!
Hope on, hope ever.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25
saturday Night.

Saturday night makes people hu-
man, sets their hearts TO beating, as
they used TO do before the world
turned them into drums, and jarred
them to pieces with tattoos. The
ledger closes with q clash, the IRON
doOred vaults come to with bang
up 90 the shutters with a will, click
goes the key in the lock. It is Sat
night, and we breathe free again.
,HOmeward, no! The door that has
been ajar all the week closes behind
us; the world is shut out. Shut in,
rather. Here are our treasures a.
ter all, and not in the vault, and not
in the boOk-save the old record in
the old family Blble-and not in the
bank. Maybe you are a bachelor,
frosty and forty. Then, poor fel-
low, Saturday night is nothing to
you, just as you are nothing to no
body. Get a wife, blue-eyed or
brown-eyed, but above all true-eyed.
Get little hOme-no matter how
little; a sofa, just to hold tive, or two
and a half, and then get two, ortwO
and a half init of a Saturday night,
and then read this paragraph bv the
light of your wife's eyes, and thank
heaven and take courage.-E.r.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25

We laid the turf above the waxed
form OF our darling, hiding the laugh
ing eyes and bright golden hesd from
the gaze of our longing eyes. Never
more will she gladden. our hearts
with her joyous, winning ways;
Ror at eventide, with hands meekly
folded and innocent eyes raised
heavenward, lisp her evening pray
er at our knee, then sink 20 the
sweet, deep sleep of childhood. For
she rests in the last long sleep "that
knows no wakening." The grave
closed over her. The home, once
glad and happy, is sad and silent
now. listened in vain for the bird
like voice aud the tiHkle of tiny
footballs, till it seemed my aching
heart must burst with It's grief.
Night came, aud darkness fell like
pail over the dreary earth. l wish
ed the sun might never rise again.
SO, heavy was my sorrow. And i
said, MY burden is greater than l
can bear" slept and never while
life remains shall forget the scenes
revealed to my spirit. / saw fthe
great White Throne and Him that
sat thereon" The pure river of
life hoWed by, and heavenly music
ravished my senses. Far below l
beheld from the waves of Deaths
cold river nv lost one emerge,
borne by bright angels TO. the Sa-
vicT's feet. Her face shone with the
glory and radiance of heaven as she
knelt at JESUS feet, a ransomed
one. | heard my Redeemer say,
Come hither, little one the
world was too dark and drear
home for thee" Then the
whole company of angels struck
their harps and sung praises
to COP. l aWoke and knew nv
loved one was not lost-Only "gOne
before" l took up my burden of
life, trusting my lamb with the great
Shepherd-waiting my Masters
time.
Who shall say that angels minis
ter not to our spirits when darkness
is over all
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25

sofa, then ran ont for a doctor, ard
brought in DIR. uopeill; who looked
very wise through his green glasses,
brushed his gray hair the wrong
way; and declared the young lady's
fall would prove very dangerous
one.
Fan At this burst into a loud laugh
and turned very crimson I'm the face,
which the doctor, looking still gra-
yer, pronounced symptoms OF in
sanity" lie spoke Of computation"
being necessary, while poor Fans
lady-mOther shFieked and tainted,
and when brought 10 her senses she
was so thoroughly alarmed for the
daughter that she forgot whether IL
was 1.-The fashion" to faint and Adol-
phus Charles said T: ,'Aw, il is hOr.
rible !" and lefLthe parlor, after bid
ding Mrs. Seton a fearful goodbye,
in which he stated that s'of course
he could not marry a cripple or era
zv girI,'' . and Mrs. Seton. TOO much
iurried and anxious, hardly missed
him, while the doctor looked wiser
than ever, fixed some powders for
the young lady, TO be given every
hour, and then bowed himself out
aud ran up stairs TO Clymer's room,
burst in upon him, caught that
Young man around his neck, and
nearly choked him.
'.It's done, ely; and l think Fans
folly has ended very sensibly, for
she has accepted me on condition
that frighten Chesterfield, and I've
done it pretty effectually, ] believe;
and Clymer, l love that darling
Z m 4 -.
better than the diploma with NJ. D.,
to il, that received last week /" and
Guy Lorne.pulled of the grey wig,
disclosing very dark hair, and with
out the green glasses his eyes were
very bright and brown.
And Fan, too ful of fun to re-
main long inactive, said that the
Doctors green glasses injured her
eyes, and his prescriptions (mostly
composed Of sugar) "Dauseated,"
and summOning up all her audacity
one day, she confessed to her NAM
una that she was not q bit injured,
and she gaessed that 10 was Guy
LOrns that was playing doctor, for
he had fallen in love with her and
said he would die OF a broken heart
III she, Fan, did not have him; and
she did rather admire her brothers
friend, etc. A sal i
And Mrs. Seton, with deep sigh
of relief that Fan had no. broken
limbs, gave q reluctant consent TO
Guy Lorne's marrying Fan, for Guy
was rich and talented, and bid fair
TO be an honor TO the profession, and
Mrs. Seton was so angray at her
once idol Adolphus, that she the
more readily consented, stipulating
that Guy should wait one year for
Fan.
He did wait, and thought her
worthy a longer service; and though
now years have flown since they
were made one, Guy still thinks
Fan "the sweetest little wife in the
world" and she retorts that ''any
fellow was better than that dancing
jack, Adolphus; and she only mar
ried him TO be rid OF Adolph.
Clymer Seton is always a well
come guest at their firesids, because
he has contributed so happily 10
Fans folly, and he is amply repaid
for his kindness as Fan leans to
press kisses on his brow.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25
GLEANINGS.

"Using truth with pengrious fru-
| gality," is the latest attemptat call
ing a man liar without hurting his
feelings.
Queen Victoria gave s., 500 for the
relief of the Chicago sufferers, and
PRESIDENT Grant and Brigham
Young $1,000 each
The cOnstancy ofloye is beautiful
" Illustrated in the case of an aged
couple in Wisconsin, who have been
engaged to be married thirty years,
and during that time have never
been out of Jail together long enough
to have the ceremony solemnized.
An angry Western editor wrote
to poetieal correspondent the 9th
er day ''If you don't stop sending
me your abominable poetry, I'll
print piece of it some day with
your name appended in full, and
send a copy to your gal" The poe
try from that fountain was quickly
dried up.
Here is a good one on the "tatur
bugs" Three men were comparing
notes. One says, "there is two bugs
to every stalk" A second one says,
"They have cut down my early
crop, and are sitting on the fence
waiting for the late crop to come
up" "Pshaw 20 said the third,
''You don't know anything about il.
/ passed a seed store the other day,
aud the bugs were in there looking
over the books to see who had pur-
sSased seed potatoes"
A member of the Boston bar is
engaged in compiling and codifyiDg
the Mosaic law for the benefit of
his professional brethren who don't
know where TO find the original do
cuments.
The st. Louis girls were so badly
frightened by the experience of one
of their number who dislocated her
neck while resisting a kiss, that now
they hold their lips in the sOftest
and most comfortable position when
ever they see man anywhere near.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25
OUR NOVEMBER.

In the November number OF the OUer-
land Monthly Is = poem by Mrs. James
Neall, entitled, November" which j.
worthy to be eIassed with the best works OF
art. She sees the American November
from the American point Of view, and
dares 70 compliment IL, in spite Of All the
English poets who have chosen to abuse
that month, because, in their climate it Is
the synonym Of dreariness- Compare this
November with that OF Hoed, and you
get the difference OF English and American
seasons:
Our November.
son, delicious, balmy, tender.
Throwing Of her vail Of mist
For a crown OF amethyst
BIushing soft a she discloses
Summers last and lingering rose,
Like a spray Of corais rare
Plumed within her shining hair.
All! the dreamy days remember
OF our opaline November!
Gauzy vapOrs float around her,
Little mote Of gold surround her,
Violet clouds lie son above her,
MoOnbeams clasp her like a lover!
Touching with transparent fingers
Every spot where fragrance fingers,
She doth east upon the air
Essence and odOrs rare.
Wild blooms swOon in sudden heat
Where she praHks her dainty feet,
And the trailing autumn grasses
Bend in homage as she pssses,
Gladness, as Of elildhO0d's laughter,
All the woOing zephyrs wait her;
Shining in her mystic splendOr-
Waiting, rosy, soft and tender
Oh, we greet the radiant conner,
Amber-belted Indian summer
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25
BLIND TO THE BEAUTIrUI,


The world is too much with u; late and
soon,
Getting and spending. we lay waste our
powers;
Little we see in nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away. sordid
boon.
This sea that beares her bosom TO the moon:
The winds that will be bowling at all hours,
And are gathered now like sleeping how-
ers;
For this, for everything, we are out Of tune;
Itmoves US not-Great God I'd rather be
A pagan sucked in creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lee,
Have glimpses that would make me less for.
lorn;
Have sight OF Proteous rising from the Sea.
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed
horn. H
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25
The way the ohio Ku-kInx DO.

In one of the Ohio towns citizen
had rendered himself obnoxious to
the rest of the community, so he
was placed in the hands of a vagi-
lance committee for treatment. The
chairman of the committee made
the following report; 1--WE took the
theft down to the river, made hole
in the ice and proceeded to duck
him, but he slipped through our
hands and hid under the ice. All
our efforts to entice him out failed,
and he has now retained his point of
advantage some hours"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25
odd Fellowship and Political
Parties.

To the uninitiated it seems impos-
sible that men of all political shades
can dwell together in unity, that
they can meet together night after
night in the most exciting political
campaigns, and never disagree a.
bout their political faith or princi-
pies. If we could only get the out
side world to understand that as
Odd Fellows, we labor to make men
better citizens and better fathers
and to convince them that the Gre.
ator of the world placed US here for
q higher object than to fight and
squable over who shall fill our Off
ces. We say that if we could only
get those outside our Order, TO un-
derstand this, it would then not be
hard to convince them that politics
never enter into our Lodges.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25
From the Richmond Whig.
MIR. TOM SCOTT.

The Enquirer wishes to know
what we think of Mr.. Tom Scott as
Presidential candidate, as he has
been recommended by two Demo-
cratic papers-the Pittsburg Post
and Cincinnati Enquirer. We
might reply in the words of the
Memphis Appeal, another Demo
cratic paper of the Bourbon type:
"The thorough, unmixed corrupt
'ness of the age is illustrated in the
.'fact that Tom Scott's leading ad-
''herents are Democratic newspa-
''pers."
And vet the appeal, which makes
this confession, indicates its willing
ness to take Scott, or anybody, to
/ break up the barracks-rule, which
now curses the land and threatens
/ the extinction of liberty. We might
concur. But this is different qUes-
tion from surrendering the indepen-
/ dence of our Commonwealth and
our most valuable franchises TO a
foreign Radical corporation. If the
I government at Washington must be
! held by a Radical, and one is less OBJ
! jectionable than another, we shall
go for the less Objectionable and hope
to see hdbeGS corpus restored. Any
thing that gives CLEAN of hope TO
break up the great Deep of Despot-
ism which seems to be settling upon
us. To fight the devil with fire is
legitimate warfare, and if Mr.. Tom
Scott can be made useful in the
emergency, well and good.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25
Wnat cen,tl.u,e. . Chnrshl


What constitutes a church? Not turra,
high,
And pointing spire, piercing the azure sky
And pealing organ, and q choral thrOng,
Rolling grand music the grOined rsOf aloHg-
Aud well-clad audience, and preacher
proud,
Charming, with eloquence Of earth the
crowd,
But united hand of men sincere,
Who In their hearts have ielt Jehovah /,
fear;
Who know their sins, 10y the Redeemsr's
blood,
Forever hidden from the sight Of God;
Who TO teach other cleave for Jesus sake,
And mutually OF joys aud cares partake;
Who, being flied with influence from
above,
show to the world how truly Christians
love;
Where each ehdeavors, n his means per
nit,
70 rescue others from the burning pitt
Where Ordinanees pure are rightly known,
Aud discipline impartially is shown;
Where a fond pastor leeds the fock OF God,
And grateful people bear that pastors lOSd.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25
The Two Glasses that Create TrOu-
BILE.

From the Louisville Courier JOurnal.l
Thele are two Glasses OF politi-
clans from whom the South can ex-
pect nothing but trOuOle-The pro-
fessioual Radicals and the amateur
Heroes. The .man who was a sim
cere Union man when Unionism re-
duired sacrifices, can not be and is
not a prOscriptiOnist, and the real
lighting hOrOes of the South sought
their battle and lost il seven years
AGO. These are succeeded by two
noisy, sham zealots-the Patriot
who has an Office, and proposes to
keep it at the point of the bayOnet,
and the Patriot who has no office,
but who thinks the way to get one
is to talk large and wait for some
thing to turn up. The one stirs up
the other, each contributing his
share to to the general stock of bad
blood and both manufacturing ma
terial for the use of the Grant party.
1t is for the people-the sObber mid
die classes of society-to take mat.
ters into their own hands, and by
bringing a wholesome public senti.
ment to play upon these disturber;
of our peace suppress them.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-25
The Fire FIend In Tenme1see.

The Ridge in Sumner county is re-
ported on fire, which originated
some time Sunday morning. The
fire can be seen Distinctly from Gal
latin a distance of some five or six
miles. The trees themselves are
seen in flames and is is feared much
damage may result, as the fire con-
tinued to rage apparently unabated,
Notwithstanding the rain. The ex-
tent of the fire is large, but what
destruction of property there may
be is not known.- Union, LIST.