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New Work EISrkst.
TsIsgrapbed 20 the Ansus.
NswYoRK, April %.
Cotton. Dull; heavy middling 142-
Net receipts at all points yesterday, Of cotton
1892; stock 6o5l05.
Flour-Quotsd weak.
Wheat-Weak ut 81 57al 85.
Corn-Steady at 764.
Oats-Dull and nominal at 65s67c.
Mess Pork Lively at $I9 so.
Lard-Dull at I14aI1Ac.
Cattle-Quiet at lsa14c. Receipts GOO.
Hogs Steady at $63a7. Receipts 1000.
Whisky-Steady ut 81.
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Gold LII IA.

E1oohs and 1GonsY.
TslesrAphsd 60 the AAsrs.
Exw ToRK, April %
Money Market-EaEy at 496 per cent.
Sterling Exchange-NominAl st e3ass.
e4old-Clossd at $I.09S
Governmsnss-Stsady.
Coupons-S's of 'sl, LII; s-90's, 's1,l.19i
'64, Liz; '65, l.l2; new, l.I0s; 'oT, l.10s; 81
I.l0s; l0-4O's, large l.06s; small LOG.
Stocks steady.
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Pacific Mail, ABA.
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AIKEN at the sign of the Golden Eagle Is
selling all dress goods at cost.
All hosiery and gloves at cost.
All hannels at cost.
All cassimeres a. cost.
All real aud imitation laces at cost.
All fancy goods at cost.
All bleAched and brown sheetings and
shr:ings at less prices than they can be had
elsewhere.
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Proverbs tor the season; ; "Use Renne's
Magic Ou.r "CAn't keep house without it. F"
at works like charm" "a few more bot
ties left" "a Yankee invention worth try
ing" Cures quickly for . little money.
For sale by John Bengston.
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DR.. PRrCE's CREAM BAKING POWDER was
nsei last year in eight hundred thousand
families and proved the ne plus ultra Oi
Baking Powders. Poor -four is helped BY
its use, and with good -four the best OF Bls
cults, Cakes, Pis-crust, etc., are Achievable
Try DR. PRICE's CREAM BAKING POWDER
also, his SPECIAL FLAvoRINGs, of Lemon
Vanilla, etc, and none other will find it
way into your house. All groosrs sell them
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PALMER HOUSE,

CHICAGO, ILL.
This new and magnificent Hotel (the fneIt
west OF Now York;, situated corner State aad
Quincy streets, WAS completed and opened Sept.
26, 1870. 1t has two hundred and fifty rooms
| (msny of which have bath rooms and water clos
cts attaehedl, which are made accessible from
the ground floor, where the grand rotunds and
office is situated, by Otis Tufts beat passenger
elevator. WIPE hEsERVE, Prop.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CHILDREN TO TAKE.

DARrfEs DESIRING TO TAKE oHILD-
L REM 70 bring up, are requested to call on
Supervisor G. B. Knox, Of this oily There are
eight or ten bright intelligent girls ana boys
aged from one month to eight and ten years,
now st the County House for whom good homes
are desired. Full legal rights will be given to
those taking then. For further particulars call
upon Mr.. Bailey or Supervisor Knox.
daaIQ-d w-tf
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SEE advertisement Of DR.. Butts Dispen>
sary, headed Book for the Million-MAR-
RAGE GUIDE-in another column. Il
should be read by all.
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LOCAL NOTICE s.

4 FAcr.-Dr. Henry's Root and Plant
Pills are safe aud effective family cAthar
tic medicine. Try them. See advertisement,
in another column.
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AN ADvaRTxsEndzDz

ofthis space. IA lines, (or one inch ui Coz. Gh'
every other week. in Fifty of the very best daily
nsmocr.tie % and Republican newspapers in the
Western States, mot including Chicago or et'
y'"N medium for reaching Merchants,
Msnnfscturers, Publishers, Inventors, ETC.,
through the daily press, no better selection could
h. found. For daily Fifty List, ana furtner m
formation
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Chicago live stock,

Cbicago xive stock.
Telegraphsd TO the ARsUs.
UEIos s@eoK YARDs, April y.
| Cattle-ssles about as yesterday, no decided
change.
Hoss-Firm at s. T5s6 05.gOod to extra; S. 80
| s5 S. for common to fair.
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0Aleago 1GaFAet.
7sIsgrsp he'd to the ARsUs.
ozIcAso, April %.
Fiour-Dull and unchanged.
Wheat--Irregular at 81 254al 254 seller May
ST. 264.
COrn-Quet at SIC.
OAts-S tsady closing at Ate.
Rye-Nery dull at at 7e2aSOc.
Barley--Quiet, but prices unchanged.
Pork-Quiet at SIS 90
Hiehvines---Firm at S7AS73c.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-04-22

WYP $50 per day, to
WE sell the celebrated HoME SHUTTLE SEW
VHI ING MACHINE. Has the sadsr-feed, IN axes
GM the clock stiteh" (alike on both sides,
W and is fully licensed. The bestAnd cheap
" est family Sewing Machine in the mar
ket Address, JOHNSON, CLARK CO., Bos-
.su. Mass, Pittsburgh, Pa, Chicsgo, ILL.,, OF st
Louis Mo.
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union HOTEL,
EVERETT HOUSE.
BRIGGS HOUSE.
Cor. 4th and MyFtle strsete

The undersigDed takes pleasure in Announo-
ing to his former patrons and the public th at he
has associated himself with the management Of
tie Briggs House, Chicago, where he will be
pleased to entertain his friends, and where every
effort viii be nade 10 secure the comfort snd en-
joyment of all who favor the house with their
patronage. RIO4ARb sOMERs,
mchl0 Lste of the Richmond House.
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"HLTFIELD'S EKETCHER"
a MACHINE
THAT WILL
DRAW A PICTURE I!
FHE ONLY PRACTICAL
Drawing Machine
IN THE WORLD.

SIMPLE IN ITS CONSTRUCTION, EAfY
~ ofoperation.
This Mach inc is indispensable to Artists, AM
ateur and Professional, and to any enc, is a val
liable and desirable article. 1t is endorsed by
our best artists, and the Professors Of the high
est Institutes in the United States.
As an article Of amusement 1t cannot be sur
passed, allowing one to take faithful portrait
of their friends.
With it, pictures Of Lands scapes may be taken
in Eve minutes, that would otherwise require
hours Of effort.
Prices, $500, $500 and $1,000. Reasonatl lie
discount made ON sll orders over five.
Send in mail or P. 0. Order, or sloo in letter
with order to send machine to your address G
0. D., (which must be written plain.)
PATENT SECURED.
Direct ell communications to
BLANCHARD & HATFIELD,
Manufacturers of Paper Boxes Of all descriptions
Nos. rs end II Wabash Avenae,
CHICAGO, ..... ..............,.. .-.........aAA m
sps20-dw1m
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To Carpenters and Builders.

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE
~ ceived by the Rock Island Glass Company
until Saturday, April 22d, 1871, for building q
Frame Warehouse and Once 40 by 100 feet.
Plans and specifications may be seen at the
First National Bank of Rock sland.
PORTER SKINNER,1
GEORGE MTXTER, Committee.
P. L. MITCHELL,
Rock Island, April Is. 1871. I5-d1w
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TO MEN
WHO ADVERTISE.

AN ADVERTISE n9ENT
Of this space, 10 lines will cost but Sixty Dol
lars peI week, or Two Hundred DollArs pei
month in our List of 600 Western weekly papers
Our list embraces superior class of country pa
pers, reaching larger number ofresders IN their
counties than any other medium 'hat
could be selected. Send for list Of papers,
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DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

THE 0o-PARTNERsHIP HERETOFORE
Il existing, for the transaction of the grocery
business, under the firm name of WelOh d
Grigg, is hereby dissolved by mutual consent.
lillian O. Weloh viii settle all accounts for or
against the late firm. W.. WHICH,
April LIST, 1871. JOS. K. GREGG.
The undersignad will continue the business
at the old stand. Thankful for past patron age
be hopes for a continuance of the same.
apr19-d3w VIM C WEIGH.
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Tickets S1.OO Each


ident Citizens National Bank.
Tickets S1.0O Each
Admitting one person to the concert and sDti-
ting the holder TO chance in the distribution
Of prizes. A discount Of Eve per cent. will be
made to clubs Of individuals Purchasing fifty
ieksts more.
HOBBS, SMELL & TW0MBLY.
Managers, Box 44e Davenport. Iowa.
To whom all communications must be addressed.
CERTIFICATES.
We hereby certify that the Committee from
the Locomotive Engineers Grand Gift Concert
and Scheme, appointed to select musical instIu u
ments, have purchased one Mathushek Orehss-
trial Square Grand Pisno, one Mathushek Coli
bri and one octavo piano case Melodson, all OF
which we fully warrant to be fret class instru-
ments.
WILKINS & KING,
General Agents Mathushsk Piano Go.
The above articles Of Watches and Jewelry
have this day been contracted for with US, and
We warrant every article to be hrst class and Of
the best material.e Specimens can be inspected
at our store. COOS KIRCHER, Jewellers,
mehI3d3m 26 W I'd ct. Davenport
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GIFT CONCERT.
GRA ND
Musical Entertainment
GIFT CONCERT !
To be given at the
Burtis Opera House,
DAVEhPoRT, IOWA,
June 40, 1871,

Or earlier If tickets earlier disposed Of
4 GaAND RAILROAD SERENE under the
management of Locomotive Engineers, Of
ths O. R. l. & P. Il. H., Company.
Should any change of time be n ade due no.
ties will be given Ticket Holders.
At the conclusion Of the concert the propertJ
nemed in the list given below will be distributed
80 holders of prize tickets by q committee to be
then and there chosen hy the tieket holders
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-04-22

| A GENTS WANTED-- $22s A MONTH
n by the AMERICAN KNITTING MA
CHINE CO., Bo ston, Mass, or st. Louis, Mo.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31

ESCAPE OF PRISONERS PROM
MONTPELIER JAIL.-Chas. Barton,
one Of the Waterbury bank robbers
and Tim McAvoy, who stabbed q
man at Montpelier 10 . drunken row
on st. Patrick's day. escaped from
Montpelier jail on Monday evening,
and $500 reward is offered for their
return. A. p. Squires, a Claremont
IN. H. detective, had been into the
prison for the ostensible purpose Of
bidding good by to Handin, the bur.
glar just sentenced to the State
Prison. As Squires was coming out
there was q rush, and the office or
ante.room door was locked, where.
upon Barton and McAvoy climbed
out of window over the door aud
escaped in the darkness. 1t ia sus.
pected by the Montpelier officials
that Squires was bribed TO assist
them out, from the unusual circum.
stances Of going into the prison af.
ter 8 o'clock at night, and the mixed
stories he tells about being knocked
down, etc.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31

James II. Langdon and George e.
Shepard of Montpelier, have been
sued tor their subscriptions to the
capital stock of the Montpelier and
Wells River Railroad, the former
for $4,000 and the the latter for
$4,000. Mr.. Langdon is the veal
thiest man in Central Vermont.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31
The @axkets.
Watertown Union Live Stock

| WatertoWn Union Live Stock
Market,
Fer the week ending March -.
AMOUNT oy LIVE STOCK AT MARKET
Cattle Sheep I Lambs. Swine
This week, 81 A,is9 $40
Last week, l9t 3,6a5 400
One year ago. ~ 3,09 800
Prices Of Market Beef-Extra. @i9.5O TO
@i2.0O; arst quality, $3.50 to 1iiOo; second
quality. $500 to eieoo third quality, $50
to ESQ
Prices Of store Csttlc--working Oxen Per
pair, $50 goo, ESQ, to t275.
Mich cows and calves, tsc, go, Us, to as.
Yesrlinxs, 90 to &!; two years old, W to
>36; three years old, ~ 70 90,
Western fat Swine, live 81 to l0ic; dressed
l0t to IOic.
Prices Of Sheep and Lambs-ln lots, e. 50,
o., $3.50. e3.75. to each; extra, e\.oO to >.A75
from 5 to l?c pnr ID.
Spring lambs. - to $3.50
Veal Calves, q To ei2.
Prices ct Hides, Tallo~ and skins--Hidcs,
7ic per ID. Tallow. SIC to &c per ID. Pelts,
vle2o TO 10 chch Coii Skihs 10 10 NC per 10.
Prices of Poultry-EXtra, 1871 to zoe prime,
ISL to Ice; good Is TO lstc; medium lie to
III poor to medium, he to l6
N. Is. Beef-Extra and first quality In
cludes nothing but the hest, large. fat, oxen
Second and third quality includes oxen aud
two and three years oil Steers.
Sheep-Extra includes Cosscts. and when
hose of inferior quality sre thrown out
Cattle-Supples are increasing. and not on.
ly supplies, but prices have advanced &c per
pound. Butchers an1ions, and were buying
Arly to secure thrir complement. The most
of the cattle were of better grade. Some
really fancy, 4 head, the best, were sold by j.
i. Cook, at Medford, at l4c per pound, dress
$3.50 lbs. each, New lamps. ire Cattle.)
Sheep-Reccipts about 500 rsore than last
week from the North. The market Oh Sheep
is improving in like proportion Us Cattle. The
q ,alty averages better. Some HocEs weighed
between 1870 and lao lbs. per head
Poultrymen are paying better prices for live
now that the Western Poultry is ont of the
way. The bulk Of supplies must now be re-
ceived from the North. Best lots were sold |
by DeWolf & Brown at 20c per pound, mostly |
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31

Why are so many buying the
Wheeler 4 Wilson sewing machine 7
Because they are the best; being
the easiest and stillest running, but
one tension and no Shuttle to both
err with.
J. NJ. WARDEN, Agent.
Bradford, Vt.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31
Local and State Matters.
The building Of the Engine House
in this Village was sold BY auction
10 Andrew Sargent, for e734.5O.

Bradford Savings Bank has been
organized, with Albert Bailey, A.
Gould, L. +. Hale, Chas. r. Smith
and j. w. Bliss, Dir ctors. Albert
Bailey has been chosen President,
and L. +. Hale Secretary al !! Treas.
urer. 1t will probably 90 into ope.
ration some time in April.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31

A couple were married in Wards.
bOro not long since, whose united
ages were one hundred and fifty
seven nearly; the bridegroom being
IS, and the bride nearly so.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31

The Springfield Republican Of
Wednesday makes the following
note:
Col. Geo. A. Merrill, late Super.
inteudeut of the Rutland & Bur.
liugton Railroad, will tomorrow as.
sumo charge of the New London aud
Northern, with headquarters at
New London.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31

Daniel Dodge, Esq, died at Post
Mills. March Is. Mr.. Dodge has
repre snnted the town aud held many
offices.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31
Ayers
Hair Vigor,
For restoring Gray Hair ID
lis natural vitaiity and Color.

A dressing which
is at once agreeable;
healthy, and efect,lal
for preserving tho
hair. Faded or gray
hair is soon restored
to its original color
'r'M the g'oss and
freshness Of you'll:
Thin hair ia thirk.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31
Bradford village


southern nail closss ~ iols Al arrives
S.rtheru nail eessss ~ 800 ~; arrives
sv,Sscrs sssl clssss n 8 2, H.; arrives ct 10
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31
Report of the Condition of the
Orange Cosnty NATIONAL BANK Of chelsea, IT,

viduSc VVsn'! HhiiVHAu DAM VI ti'e'SA' W.,
AT CHOSE OF BUSINESS MARCH Is. 1871.
Resources.
LOaua & Discounts, $92, $50 -
Overdrafts, 2,6.7 -
L. ). Bonds, to secure circulation, 900. 900 90
do. aud securitN N hand S0,0jj 90
Natioual Bank of redemptA stock, 1000 90
Due from rcdecming & reserve agts, S.391 80
Banking House, 1870 Is
Current expenses, % "a
Cash iteWs Iiacluding Rev. stamps,) 1881 05
Bills of other National Banks, 20 90
Fract'nal currency (includng nickels) 53l 81
Specie. "a so
Legal Tender notes, HOO 90
per cent. certificates, $4,000 10
$425,7o2 Il
Liabilities.
Capital Stock paid in. $aCo. 900 90
Surplus fund I2.75l a.
Interest and Profit and Loss. 2O,3O5 IS
standing. 1865 90
Individual Deposits, 1879 81
Unpaid dividends, 2i0 90
$i25,7 50 -
J. C. HouGnroS. Jr., Cashr.
STATE OF VERMONT,
Orange County. IS.
ID. c. Houghton. Jr., Cashier Of the Or
ange County National Bank do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true, to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
j. G. HoUGRToS, JR., Cash'r.
Subscribed and sworn to before this 23d
day of March, 1871.
PERLEr c. JONES, Justice of the Pence. |
Corrcct.-Attest,
Il w RIRTIIOIoNrw
ELmU HYDE, Directors. !
JOHN II. BACON,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31

sned, falling hair checked, and bald:
ness often, though not always, cured
BY its use. Nothing can restore The
hair where the follicles are destroyed;
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. . Instead
Of fouiDS NJ hair with q pasty scdi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional nse will preveDs the hair
from Turning gny o. falling or aaa
cesssQsssssly prevsns badness. Free
from those dsleteriosn substances which
mako ssms preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hsir, The Vigor eaa
only benefit but not harm i. If wanted
n,crslv FIR n
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31

A second passenger train put MP.
on the Passumpsic road to make
close connections with the Grand
Trunk railroad, proved last season
a failure, so far as local travel was
concerned; aud it is u question
among railroad men if "a second
train, run at hours to accommodate
the local travel Of the valley, would
not be 4 good and profitable thing
to have.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31

The church and society Of Rev.
VIM. II. Lord Of Montpelier are
highly gratifieI that he declines the
invitation to the Hartford Comm
Church. a delegation from the lat,
ter place has been up to Montpelier
the second time to urge a reconsid
Grafton of the subject, bu. Mr.. Lord
utterly refuses to hear them. 1t is
tue feeling among Mr.. Lords people
that this Hartford committee con.
siderably overdid the business.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31
HAIR DRESSING.

nothing else can be fosnd 30 desirable.
Containing neither 6il nor dye, 1t doss
not soil white cambria; and yet lssta
long on the hair, giving il . rich glossy
lustrs and d grateful perfume.
Prepared BY Dr.. J. c. Aver 4 Co.,
PRAcTicAL AND ANALYTICAL Crxxusrs.
LOWELL, MASS.
y11CD eco.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31

"Interviewing" is nothing new
it existed in Caesars time, for did
not the great julius ask, "WhO IL it
in the press that calls p
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31
Railway Trains.

vslnr south.-Man Tram leaves Bradford
~ io:IS 4. w.; Freight, ll.T An; Stock
'osinS North Mail Train leaves Bradford 1t
SSe " freight, io.%5Ax
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31

When Bliss n. Davis argues q
c'lse he has a habit of occasionally
speaking with his eyes closed. Some
years ago, when StOddard b. Colby
was arguing case against him, and
HeedIng something more than the
stren%h of his case to defeat Davis
oeiore the jury, got off a joke on
THIS peculiar habit which had the
deslred effect. "He reminds me-"
SAID Colby, "of the dancing deacon
VINO was called up before the church
10 answer for the sin of daucing.-|
ne knew it was wrong, but he shut
"'s eyes, put his trust IN Providence
ana let his heels fly. And SO it is
with my friend Davis, when he ar.
CUES what he can't believe himself.
&c shuts his eyes, puts his trust in the
Ivy ana lets his tongue fy.' Theju
y saw the point, aud by discredit.
lug All those statements made by
nas's with his eyes shut, were com. |
s.ed TO give the case to Colby
Caion
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31

A large number of the citizens of
St. Adams, embracing many bust
aees men not in any way connected
With the railroad, have united in ex.
tending ex Governor Smith an invi.
tation to public dinner, as an evil
dence Of their friendship and CRATE,
full appreciation Of his services to
his town and State. He has &C
cepted the Invitation, and the din
her will Ike given early in May.
There is u Mrs. Barnes living in
RoyaltOn who is now in her one
hundred and second year. She re.
tains her mental and physical racul.
ties to a remarkable degree; con,
verses freely with visitors; tells a
story Of incidents three fGurths of
century ago, and to all appearance,
is in fair way to live for several
years to come.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-31

The Lyndon onion publishes a
statement to the effect that a fellow
named Henry Buzzel, a horse. break.
rby occupation, recently undertook
to cure kicking mare in the follow.
ing manner: He cast her, and with
an axe, chopped her tail off within
two inches of her body. He then
whipped her until she was exhaust.
ed with excitement and loss OF blood
'and eft her in a pen, without doors
'or windows, exposed to the wind
and cold.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-20
The Rabble at Jackson's Inauguration.

When the Presidents address was con-
cluded. the barricades gave way before the
multitude, who forced passage to shake
hands with the choice of the people.
General Jackson mounted his horse,
having walked to the capitol, and then
such a cortege followed! Countrymen,
laborers-white and Disadvantages, wag-
ons, and carts, all pursuing him to the
Presidents house.
The closing scene was in disgusting con-
trast with the siplcity of the impressive
drama of the inaugural oath. The Presi-
dent was literelly pursued by mott y con-
course of people, riding, running heller
SHELTER, striving who should first gain adj
mittance into the executive mansion,
where it was understood refreshments were
to be distributed. The halls were filled
with disorderly rabble of negroes, boys,
women and children scrambling for the
refreshments designed for the drawing
rooms the people forcing their way into
the saloons, mingling with the foreigners
and citizens surrounding the President.
China and glass to the amount of several
| thousand dollars were broken in the strug
gle to get at the ices and cakes, though
punch and other drinkable had been car.
| ried out in tubs and buckets to the people :;
| but had it been in hogsheads it would have
| been insufficient, besides unsatisfactory to
the mob, who claimed equality in all
things. = \ The confusion became
more and more appalling. At one mo-
ment the President who had retreated I'M
til he was pressed against the wall of the
| apartment, could only be secured against
serious danger by a number of gentlemen
| drinking arms and forming themselves in
| to q barrier It was then that the win
ows were thrown open and the living tor
rant found an inlet K X
1t was the peoples day, the peoples
President and the people would rule
Letter Of Mrs. S. II. Smith, in the life Of
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