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" heat quiet and heavy. Corn unc hanged
TIE 5OkEI6N MARKETS
IN LIVERPOOL, lay -The cotton shipments from
robaJ since the last report to the 5th instant are
p!~ ceiee Sales OF cotton on ship usmei at
thariestcn or Savannah are made ct I'D
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n VARIETY OF FIhB NEW A0CORDAone
a and OOHCERrIEOe. for -sale e oost-
BIZ q, L.WItp . 1R0s
Inventor; e,S e the rsssst Dca;
Instrumeun senerauy- Tuains snd Repairing
faithfully aftsoosa@, oha-o
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BANKERS.

MIDDLETOU q co.
WI BANKERS.
1897 Y Street, 1.-TWO doors from u. D. Treasury De-
WASHING TON, ID. C.
Receive Deposits, and transact General Banking
Business.
Exchange on the principal cities taken and given
at par to our deposifors.
Information cheerfully furnished i'm regard 10 all
securities.
Loans neeotistsd on the best terms
Claims before all the Unitsd States Departments
have our personal care.
del0-ifu 0IDpLETON co.
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THE sUPRRkE COUNT OF THI pf,TRIOT
i OF COLUMBIA,

As sosd Dtssvtcf.
To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. GREETING !:
Eoscr ID b. reby given Thst O toe u day OF Octo
pareI aud Armament were captured in the Bay Of
Tan ealvad-r, Brazil, prize By the United states
etesmef w schusett, aud the same are Hboifed and
proeecrteS in this court In the Of the On ted
Dtates rcoudemnatiol for the reasoas In the libel
City Hail, in the tity Of Washington. on the first
Monday Of June next, when and where ell persons
ton should not be and intervene for ther
interests B y.0Bl0B. CLERK.
April "a, ISL ap IS eoi3ts
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H6G, Ga R-Ths Onicer. Of the NEW POST Of
the Grand Army will be elected TT Is
EskhIke at Grand Army He'll All Cemraies
hIeIesttd are requested to be present 1T
w tkAhkLIn ENUAMPMENT HEPTA-
QS sOPHSo or 3. ". M.-Oficers aud members
Ar r.Ius sted TO attend stated meeting at Ship
hAhD HALL. corner 7th strs ct ana Louisiana
ayenue. on TUESDAY EvHNIEG, May OH, as
matters of imp rtaEce viii be br,ugot q 10 for ac-
non lmy6 81 WIN. II. NORTON. b ..
1STHE MEMBERS OF HIRAM LODGE
~ No: II. lNHEPENDENf ORDER rr
SU.D SAMARITAHs AND DAU9RTEkj or
sAn AhI are Iequested to meet at No 4Oo A
q Get. :. T., TO MORROW Sunday AFTER
kooN, Q, one clock to attend the funeral of our
deceased bro her. BDw Ar BIZ OWN Mcnbers ~
~, er Lodges are Cordially invited to sttsnd
GtO. j BEANES, wor nv Chjef
1Fho OE COLUMBIA LoD4E. No
~ 1915. G, u. U. F-The members Of IL
ILinbia Lodge No. ls.6, of the @ u o. Off r a.
Mrpy o. tnen 70 meet at their Hall on SUNDAY
~ at I6e hour Of u. noon for the puroe.e
sr,tbAsLEs q ROSS, from his late residence Shsn.
~, aley, ke;ween ana streets. IN tie rear ~
~ nSIeet Sister lodges and all member. of The
U. OF in good standing are coraiau,
T. 'eu 10 ateId the funerA. BY order N q.
r u BROWN, Secretary,
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hsriGis Twelfth Annual nay Ball will take
place
MONDAY, MAY 18th,
at al arfui tail. l. street bet we IN 9th and nth
Tickets for sale at EIlIss snd Motzsrott's music
VI fnts
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The members OF the wAsHINGTON sCHUEr
I'm .EbElN and their families are respectfuiIy
inyir.o 20 be Present at The Park on SUNDAY
AfTEhkoON. May 7; the Washins ton Se No erbund
and AIion Qusrtette Club, assisted by Dopsh 5
bsbd having Kindly consented TO give q Sacred
Concert for theiT entert ainment MOL. hut m
v i'll be admitted my1st
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5sy Cooke 90. furnish the following tod
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F. RsIoN.
SUNDAY. MAY Z, 1871,
30 MILES DOWN TIE POTOMAC AND
RETUKN

mtcbell, will leave her wharf, foot of -
, mh street rec a, m, Proceeding forty
t1iuIuf noe view OF the fisheries, ard stoppins n,
SD mont golng and returning Tickets rs cents.
Vi saie on ooa'd, or by b. p. BLOWN RON
~ Corntr 18th street and New Inrk aranma
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-04
Insanity Cured by a Surgical
Operation.

SOME months ago a colored man
named Tyler was brought to the Cen
tral Lunatic Asylum, suffering from in
sanity OF the most furious and dangerous
character, resulting from the kick of a
horse, which crushed the skull and pushed
down large piece of bone upon the brain.
His condition required the severest re-
straint, and it was found necessary to con-
fine him to close cell and to keep him in
hand cuffs, and even then he found oppor-
tunities to attack his attendants. DR.
Conrad, the Superintendent, then called
the attention of DR.. Hunter Mcclure to
the case. and DR. McG., after an examina-
ton, determined to attempt the removal of
the bone, which was pressing upon and
into the brain. The operation was sue
,ssfully performed, and piece two and a
half inches long and one inch wide was
removed. This was three months ago,
and though previous to this time the pa
tient had been constantly having epileptic
fits, and as many as three or four per day,
he has wholly recovered from then.
There is now no insanity, and though the
mind is considerably enfeebled, its power
is fast returning. The wound caused by
the surgical operation has cured up, and
tae mau is walking about without restraint,
and promises to get entirely well. He
has no recollection what has occurred
during the seven years-the period of his
insanity being an entire blank in his mem
ory. The case is an exceedingly interest
ing one to surgeons and Psychologists, and
the cure for it is now safe to characterize
it as cure-is one of the most remarkable
ones on record.-Ric7tnaorod Enquirer.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-04
VOLUME XVI.

Smith and his two companions seemed
alike struck with wonder.
There is some mistake here, gentle
men" said Smith
There is" said the husband; cone of
those men is this lady's father, and the
other is a neighbor.
Mutual explanations followed. The gen.
tleman and lady were runaways, and in
tended to be married as soon as they
reached St. Charles. The irate father
having learned in what direction his
daughter and her intended had gone, sue
ceeded in getting neighbor to Join him
In trying to rescue her. They cut across
the country and intercepted the coach.
The other three men were st. Louis de-
tectives. Having overheard plan to rob
the coach they had come up as passengers,
hoping to thwart the villains. The coach
being six or seven hours late the robbers
had probably given up the job. When
the father and neighbor stopped the coach
they felt sure they had the right fellows
now, and went to work in earnt st with the
result we have stated. Smith proposed
that the young folks should be married at
once. A minister was summoned and the
knot tied. The two men were then un-
bound, and left, swearing vengeance
against mankind generally and vowing
somebody should pay dearly for that job;
but guess their ardor cooled considera-
bly, by the time they walked back to where
they had left their horses, which was five
miles away; leastwise never heard any
more of them Cincinnati Times
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-04

emony, to be presented as bloody witness
of the Just and faithful execution Of the
orders of Mikado and demands Of the
law.
The two mandarins who had represent
ed the Mikado now left their places, and,
approaching us, asked US if We were fully
satisfied that the sentence of death upon
Taxi Zenzaburo had been faithfully exc
cuted, and after having given our testimo-
ny, the ceremony was over and we left the
temple.
The whole horrible transaction, from
beginning to end, bore witness of the mar
velous cold-bloodedness, and the intense
feeling of caste and honor that form such
distinguished trait in the character of q
japanese nobleman- In this instance, at
least, no substitute was used; the culprit
executed was Taxi Zenzaburo himself,
whom and several others knew perfectly
well by sight While horrifed at the
crime he had committed and at his fearful
punishment, we could not but admire the
candor with which he admitted his sin,
which was exclusively his own, and the
stolidity and unfinching firmness with
which he perpetrated the horrible penalty
upon himself.
No less wonderful to behold was the
energy and dexteriiy with which the
kaishaku fulfilled his part of the duty. No
fact could better prove what an eminent
teacher he had had in Taxi Every Sam
ursi, or gentleman of the military clan or
service, is taught from earliest childhood
to consider hara-kiri as something by
which he may perhaps at some time or
other be compelled to assist" either in
the capacity as Kaishaku, or as The indi-
vidual upon whose body the operationis to
be performed. The boys of the noble
families are taught that the performance of
hara-k -kiri, when properly done, according
to the rules on this subject handed down
from generation to generation, will atone
for every crime and obliterate any spot
from stained escutcheon. This, perhaps,
accounts for the frequency with which
this "pastime is sometimes indulged in
by prominent members of the japanese
aristocracy.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-04
A Trick ON the Auracanian Indians.

1T Is not little curious, says the Lade-
pendaeaate of Chile, to know how the tele-
graph wires and posts have been preserved
from injury by Indians, otherwise the
communication of the frontier forts with
one another could not have been kept up.
The following strategem was hit upon and
related by traveller recently from the
frontiers, who was asked how this was
He says when the posts were erected there
was some forty or fifty Indian prisoners in
the camp of the army. General Pinto,
fearing that they might destroy this i'm
portant work of civilization, called them
together and brought in an electric bat
terry:
do you see this wire which is placed
herey'
"Yes, General"
"Well, then, 1 have caused it to be
placed there so that you should not pass
to the other side or touch it, because, if
you do, your hands will adhere to the
wire" The Indians smiled with an in
credulous look. The General called them
one by one, and made them lay hold of
the wires of battery and then set it
agoing.
"Let go the wires, I tell you"
81 cannot, sir, my hands are benumbed." "
On cutting off the current of course
they dropped the wires. Each Indian was
made to experiment for himself Before
letting them go the General recommended
them to keep the secret and not tell it to
their countrymen.
Of course they did quite the contrary
and told every Indian what they had seer
and what had happened to them. Since
then not a wire has been damaged, be
cause they now all believe that if they
touched the wires they would be caugh
and held prisoners until the troops came
up.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-04
A Touching Incident.

SOME years ago we visited Portsmouth,
n. H., to attend a mass meeting of the
Washingtonians AS we were passing
along one of the principal streets, our at
tention was attracted by the noise of q
bell, succeeded by the stentorian tones of
the sturdy crier, who was announcing the
meeting As he approached nearer we
said to him:
"FriendI hope you are personally In
terested in the object about which you
are making so much noise for the benefit
of others"
ABR said he, Z" / am glad you men.
toned it. / want to tell You about it /
am ashamed to tell you | was an awful
drunkard. I'll tell you what turned me
round. l was terribly dry, one morning.
and wanted some rum / handed my
youngest boy, only six years old, some
coppers and jug, and told him to 90 and
get me a pint of rum Ii was real cold
morning and Willie's trowsers were thin
and ragged, and he had no great coat nor
mittens. Willie didn't want 10 go; but |
scolded him, and he started a few steps,
and then stopped and said:
"'Father, wish you would give me
cent TO buy a stick of candy
81 told him TO go along, and not bother
me about stick of candy. The little
IcltOW DS9dn 20 CTS anu slau4IntIcu Out.
+" Father, you never give me any money
to buy candy. Tommy Jones (he was the
rumseller's boy) has candy every day, and
he says can't have any because my faith
er's drunkard.'
II felt as though lightning had struck
me. Good GodF said l, has it come
to this? Have / been paying my money
to support the rumseller aud his wife in
luxury, while my own little boy could not
have a single cent for candy? Yes, l am
a drunkard; but old Jones children won't
sneer at Willie and me any longer
81 called my boy back, and took the jug
and the money. Here are the coppers
said he, taking them from his pOcket-fve
of them; l will keep them as long as l
live, and when / die, leave them as a sacred
legacy to my children. have got six,
and good wife besides. You don't look
upon drunkard nowi Thank God, am
saved, and my home is happyi ] will do
what / can to save others. Stranger-that
Jug don't go to Jones now, and my boys
as smart as his," Having told me "about
it," he again rang his bell and walked
away, proclaimiDg, as before, the invita-
ton to attend the great convention. The
name of the noble man has passed from
memory; but his history is fresh in our
mind. and is given very nearly in his
own words.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-04
A Brave Woman Farmer.

NIKE years ago there was an old man
living in Duchess County, n. Y, who
owned farm of about 800 acres, and had
three children, a son and two daughters
He was an old man then, and past work,
and his son managed the farm.
Then the old man made a proposition.
He could not live long, and wanted to
divide the property in this manner: he
would divide it into halves; give the son
one half, and the other half to the two
daughters.
Then the son made proposition. The
property was worth from eleven to twelve
thousand dollars, and he said he would
sell his share to his sisters for five thou
sand, on condition that they would take
care of the old man as long as he lived.
One of these sisters, a small, delicate
person, acts for the other, who is some
thing of an invalid. They agreed to the
proposition, and then the first thing this
small person did, when she got hold of the
land and found herself in debt five thou
sand dollars, was to run in debt four thou
sand more, with which she bought new
stock and implements, put her buildings
and fences into good repair, and got
everything as woman likes to see it.
That was nine years ago. Her father
lived five years, and got to be so helpless
shave him, and wait on him hand and foot
She fell sick herself of the strain, and
could attend to nothing for some months.
But now that whole nine thousand dol
lars debt is paid. The farm is in better
condi ion than il was when she took il,
aud she has got so forehanded that she Is
able to go round visiting her friends, and
was sitting among you in this church the
first Sunday after vacation; and suppose
you would not know her, if she were here
o-night, from the lady who seldom goes
outside her own parlOr. She has had the
whole oversight of the place, sometimes
hiring foreman to work with the men
when she needed one, but never giving up
her own plan of ruling and guiding the
land.
One day, when she was not far on with
her work, her brother came to see how
things were going-not Indifferent, sup
pose, to his share of the property still in
vested. He saw some stone wall that was
just done, and said:
"You must not build q wall like that
the land will not afford it."
"What do you think that wall cost 2
she said.
The brother named the price it would
cost him. The sister brought out hel
book, showed him every item, and it wa!
not quite half as much as he had said i
cost But, then, he found that while the
woman did not touch the wall with the tiI
of her finger, she inspired and directeC
the men, so that they built as they bull
at the walls of Jerusalem in the days o
Ezra the Scribe; and so the wall was fin
ished.
All this she had done, and has raised {
poor lad beside, taught him farming
started him on a farm of his own in Mis-
souri,, and is now looking out for another
-Rer. Robert C0lyer.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-04
POLITICAL.

Sufficient returns have been received to
show that the several constitutional
amendments voted on in Florida were all
adopted, although the vote was extremely
light.
Several of the women in Washington
who offered to vote, but whose ballots
were rejected at the recent District OF Co
lumbia election, have employed counsel,
with the determination to try the question
of their constitutional right to vote.
The official returns of the recent cleo
ton in Wisconsin give Lyons, Republican
candidate for Supreme Court Judge, 70,074
votes; Pulling, Democrat, 5S,424.
In q recently published letter the Hon.
B. F. Wade declares that he is not can
didate for the Republican nomination for
Governor of Ohio, and that he could not
accept the office if it were rendered him.
He recommends Hon. Darius Caldwell, OF
Ashtabula, for the candidacy.
The Supreme Court of South Carolina
has lately decided in favor of the validity
of contracts in which slaves were the con-
sideration.
The Cincinnati Gazette of the 2Sth feels
warranted in saying that if the Republi-
can Convention should deem it best to
nominate Mr. Wade for the Governorship,
he would not decline, although he dses
not desire that or any other office.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-04
A Ghost Story.

LORD BRoUeHAM tells the following
ghost story on his father:
"On all subjects my father was very
skeptical He was fond of telling story
in which he had been an actor, and, as he
used to say, in which his unbelieving OBJ
stlnacy had been the means of demolish-
ing what would have been very pretty
ghost story. He had been dining in Deans
Yard, Westminster, with party of young
men, one of whom was his intimate friend,
Mr.. Calmel. There was some talk about
the death of mrs. Nightingale, who had
recently died under some melancholy cir
cumstances, and had been buried in the
abbey. Some one offered to bet that no
one Of those present would 60 down into
the grave and drive nail into the coffin.
Calmel accepted the wager, only stipulat
ing that he might have lantern. He was
accordingly let into the cathedral by a
door out of the cloisters, and there left to
himself. The p.rty, after waiting an hour
or more for Calmel, began to think some
thing must have happened to him, and that
he ought to be looked after; so my father
and two or three more got light and
went to the grave, at the bottom of which
lay the apparently dead body of Mr.. Cal
mel. He was quickly transported to the
prebend's dining-room, and recovered out
of his fainting tit. AS soon as he could
find his tongue he said, "Well, have
won my wager, and you'll find the nail in
the coffin; but, by Jove! the lady rose up,
laid hold of me and pulled me down be-
fore could scramble out of the grave
Calmel stuck to his story in spite of all
the scofing of his friends; and the ghost
of Mrs. Nightingale would have been all
over the town but for my fathers obstinate
incredulity. Nothing would satisfy him
but an ocular inspection of the grave and
coffin; and SO, getting light, he and some
of the party returned to the grave. There,
sure enough, was the nail, we'll driven into
the coffin; but hard fixed by it was piece
of Mr.. Calmels coat tail So there was an
end of Mrs. Nightingale's ghost. This
grave afterward became remarkable for a
very beautiful piece of sculpture, by some
celebrated artist, representing Mr.. Night.
ingale vainly attempting to ward from his
dying wife the dart of DEATH"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-04
NUMBER 25.

witty narrative, while he himself the next
moment will offend against his own pre-
cautions in the most barefaced manner by
plunging headlong INTO your domestic
controversy, in which, to speak metaphor
ically, knives are freely used on both sides.
-MdcmiIdn's Magazine.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-04
PERSONAL,

The President arrived at Indianapolis,
Ind, ON the morning of the 22d, accom-
panied by Senator Morton. A public re-
ception was given in the evening, atwhich
speeches were made. At 10 80 the Presi-
dent started In special train for st. Louis,
where he arrived at eight o'clock the fol-
lowing morning.
Vice-President Colfax and family
reached their home at South Bend, Ind,
on the morning of the 22d.
A Normal, ILL.,, dispatch of the oath
says: Major Powell, the Colorado ex-
ploIer, starts to-day upon his second jour-
ney, at the head of an able and energetic
corps of assistants. He goes out under the
auspices of the Smithsonian Institute, and
with an appropriation of $24,0O0. The
party is well supplied with instruments,
boats, and all that is necessary for a COM
plete and accurate survey and explora-
ton. They intend making stay of two
years.
1t is announced that the President has
accepted an invitation to attend the ami.
versary meeting of the Army of the Poto.
uldS, may 10, III DOsIOh- oOh' nASoNS VIII
preside.
At St. Louis, on the 23d, the Chicago
White Stockings defeated the Empires, Of
the former city, in game of base ball
"a to 8.
The fifty-second anniversary of the es
tablishment of the Independent Order ol
Odd Fellows in this country was celebrat
ed in many of the leading cities on the
Goth. .....s. ..-....
The jury in the case of Laura d. Fair
on trial at San Francisco for the murder
of A. P. Crittenden, have returned a yer
dict of murder in the first degree.
President Grant and Vice Presiden
Colfax were at Lafayette, Ind, on tht
Goth, in attendance upon the Odd Fellow
I. celebration In that city. Mr.. Colfax de
livered the address, reviewing the history
and progress of Odd Fellowship in th'
United States,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-04

A MAN was recently arrested in Buffalo
for stealing a barrel of salt. When ar.
raigned in the court he pleaded destitu-
ton. You couldn't eat SALT" said the
Judge. ooh, yes could, with the meat
I intended to steal" This reply cost him
six months. The judge had no apprecia-
ton of delicate humoT.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-04

Many farmers for an extra dollar or
two, sell their best calves to the butcher,
and raise such as are not so valuable, and
think they gain by the practice; but the
few dollars they think they made, would in
many cases be worth at the milking age
of the stock, if the best had been kept
more than thirty dollars, instead of dol
lar or two.