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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-12-21
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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-12-21

THE following are the names of vessels
that have gone into winter quarters at
this port:
Schooner, Anna Thorine
Pilot
Cappella
" Island
Uncle Sam
Josephlnei
Jesse Phillips
" Transit
c. L. Johnston
Luna
Espindola
=" Glen Cuyler
g Franklin
80 Mariner
- Magic
Hanna ETY.
Scow Blue Bell
Prop. Sky Lark
Str. Manitowoc.
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POCKET BOOK LOST!

ON the Calumet road between Steiner's Tavern AMI
the road to Clark's Mills. Saturday
December I'd ISL a Pocket Book containing about
thirty-three dollars in money and two notes. for
$780, the other for Sl10 both payable to the under
signed. Whoever returnes the said property will be
literally rewarded by -..
NILS OLESON Il EGSBAKEN,
SITS Eaton 2. o., Manitowoe, Wis.
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EXPRE$S!i
CTAGES will leave the
w INDIATE HOUSE

in this City every morning Sunday excepted at "a
O'Clock for SheoNca carry express passengers.
Returning, viii leave Sheboygrn Immediately upon
the arrival of the train rom Fond du Lac. Persons
desiring 10 make the Toand trip in day he
commoda,ed. THOS. WINDIATE, Proprietor.
1854
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-12-21
CHICAGO, TWO MONTHS Aztec
THE TIRE.

Ed. TRIBUNE SO, much has been
already said and written about the great
FIRE, that / shall presume your readers
are all aware Of the fact, that Chicago
has been burned That in one wild night
the city fell,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-12-21

Rise stricken city from thee throw
The ashen sackcloth of thy voc:
And build as Thebans toAmphions strain,
To songs of cheer thy walls again."
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29
GIVE HIM A CHANCE,

Poor soulf he is down at the foot of the hill
And despairing. we see at a glance
Besetwith temptation surrounded by sin
ARn't spun him Just give him chance.
Wereyou ih'hisrplne, and tempted as he,
You might be as bad, even worse
Then give HIM your hands, and blessing
besides, .... ......
Instead Of kick or a curscl
So hunted, so branded, by merciless men,
No wonder he eyes you askance,
No wonder he thinks you are like all the
Oh. rest ...r ..
Be mercifnl! Give him a chance. d ...
lie is somebody's som" in childhood per-
q hsps, -.... ... ..
lie shared fond mothers caress-
Oh, give him lift, kind cheering word,
You surely can do nothing less
To exercise charity, Christ-like to him,
Will only your pleasure enhance;
Then as you hope for mercy from heaven
above,
Have mercy, and give him a chance.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29

/ know there is that in the Scrip
lures which has grit to it. / know
there is a book which has gone through
tempestuous ages, assailed, buffeted,
cast hither and thither, and yet has
retained the confidence of mankind,
because il has that in it which masters
sorrow, takes hold of trouble, gives
strength where there is weakness, and
supplies an anchor to those who are
tempest-tossed. There is that in the
Word of God which supports the poor
and the ignorant, taking hold of the
fundamental wants of human nature
with power which no other literature
and no other thing ever did.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29

The ONLY IssUE-All other ques>
tions that have hitherto divided the
American people disappear before this
one: Can public corruption be stops
pedi Can public robbery be put down?
Can political frauds be suppressed and
prevented? Can bribery and presents
taking be banished from political af-
fairs?
Ten years ago the great question
was slavery. 1t was settled through
the war of the rebellion, with its inn
mense losses of life and treasure, and
its gigantic heritage of public debt.
Since then other questions growing out
of the war have arisen. Fortunately,
they are now all ended and cleared
away; and there is no other subject 10
distract the attention OF the people
from this one supreme issue Can rob-
bers, thieves, bribe-givers, bribe-takers,
present>takers. and official blackmail-
ers Re driven from power and honest
men put in their place? Can the fatal
system of corr upton now so universal
be brought to a close, and system of
honesty, frugality, and purity be SUBJ
stituted in its place?
If our public affairs continue for five
years longer upon the same downward
course as they have done for the five
years since the close of the rebellion,
we shall no longer have a country to
be proud of; and the great American
experiment of selfgovernment, in
which the hopes of all humanity were
bound up, will end in rottenness and
shame.
| This is not matter to be disposed
of by either of the existing parties
Both of them are alike In a state Of
putrefaction, and no spirit of life ant
of safety can come forth from either
If the Republics is to be saved at all
, the work must be done in the natioI
as it was done in this city on Tuesday
Upright and patriotic men of all par
ties must combine for this exclusiy,
purpose. Democrats and Republican,
must forget their old quarrels, anC
strike hands in one united effort
| What are the differences of opinion
and of policy that have hitherto sep
paratcd them, compared with this on,
all-embracing, all-absorbing danger
And of what use will it be to them tc
continue to call themselves Republi,
cans or Democrats if all that is worth
living for in our free institutions i.
destroyed by robbers like Tweed, OF
| by present-takers and corrupters of the
public conscience like Grant?-Er.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29

An Irishman had been sick a long
time, and while in this state would
occasionally cease breathing, and life be
apparently extinct for some time, when
he would again come 10. On one OF
these occasions, when awakened from
his sleep, Patrick asked. "An' how'll
we know, Jenny, when you're deadS
You're after waking up iviry time. ="
"Bring me a glass of grog. an say 10
me, Heres to yees, JemmyP an if ]
don't raise up an drink, thin bury me, "
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29
Especial Correspondence.
ST.. LOUIS, Now- l5, 1871.
RETROSPECT We, ETC

E RETROSPECTIVE, ETC
Eiitor telegraph: Did you ever,
when sojorrning among a strange peo-
pile, with no familiar face or .eh5ect to
greet the eve and cheer fhe hears-did
yos ever, Mr.. Editor, when thus stu
ated, experience the inexpressisle de-
3ight of meeting unexpectedly some old
friend aud boon compsnion, whom it
was always a pleasure to see, but a
thousand fold more so Nnder tire pecu-
liar circumstances. If so, yeu can
in small degree appreciate the pleas
urable emotions of the writer yesterday
at finding, in the editorial room of a
city journal, a recent copy of the Wast-
iagton Telegraph. Mahommed never
priced his sacred Koran" more highly
than did that precious folio sheet,
nor devoured its contents with more
ayidity. The pleasant "reminiscences
of the past awakened by perusal of
its interesting columns is the only
apology l have to offer you-and
through you, the kind reader-for this
rambling epistle.
have a peculiar affection for the
Telegraph kind of veneration-
something akin to that love which a
child entertains for its mother. My
mind never reverts back to my native
heath-the scenes of my childhood
good old Hampstead county-and the
happy days of the past--but the dear
old hebdominal and the many pleasant
years passed among its types occupy a
large share of my thoughts. Twenty
years ago-ah, how time flies! Ieseems
scarcely decade-yes, score of years
have come and gone since the writer
first assumed the responsible role Of ye
"printer's devil, and entered upon his
career as an apprentice in the Office Of
the Telegraph, then under the proprie-
torship of the lamented William ii.
Nitnr, than whom no nobler soul ever
breathed the air of heaven.
What food-tile Of reoollections
come rushing upon the brain. as look
back over those long years. Old fa-
miliar faces and objects crowd upon
the memory in succession and in such
web Ct confusion as to quite bewilder
the senses, and almost cause me to
doubt the real flight of time and events,
When / look over the columns of the
Telegraph, and there find men engaged
10 commercial and professional pur>
n suits, whom but yesterday, Ii seems,
were in their swaddling clothes--with
whom, but few brief Sears ago, we
sported at leap.frog on the greensward
played marbles on the street, ran foot
races up and down the highways, and
went swimming in the cooling brook
tits dificalt to persuade the mind that
It is not the base fabric of dream,
instead of living, actual reality. l
"HH
often think of those once happy, inne-
cent, youthful companions, and ask
myself how many of them still survive
the ravages Of time. With many, very
many, it is true, Iifo's ftful fever was
over years ago, and they sleep the sleep
that knows no waking. Others, who
.dryiyed to mans estate, were cut of
prematurely by that cruel, relentless
war, from the effects of which the un'
happy Southern land has yet scarcely
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29

1t is worthy of remark that Boss
Tweed, Of New York, amassed a very
handsome competence in a very few
years through politics. We wouldn't
like to swear that when man makes
ten million dollars in politics in ten
years that he does it honestly. We
never lost any sleep troubling about
MIR, Tweed, but we do know of gen.
tleman who went into politics about ten
years ago bankrupt who is now worth
a million of dollars. One hundred
thousand dollars a year, without the
investment of any capital whatever, is
rather unfavorable. The name of this
young man is Grant. His father re-
sides in Covington. If any body is
inclined to doubt what we say they can
ask the oldgentle man. n.-Cincinnati En-
qiirer.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29
A WANDERING PARLIAMENT

A WANDERING PARLIAMENT.-
The Gipsy Parliament, which meets
once in every seven years, and consists
of delegates from all the countries of
Europe, is expected to assemble soon
near Cronstadt, in Germany. The
king of this nomadic race is one Joseph
Reinhard, who has reached the vener>
able age Of ninety eight years. He has
had seven wives, and is the father of
forty-five children. Our American
idea of the whole Gipsy tribe is rather
unfavorable. They are regarded gen :
orally as set of horse and children
stealers, as few in numbers, and with
out organization or government. But
we find that there are in Spain about
40, 200, in England more than Is, 900,
while Austria has $1,000, and Molda-
via and Walachia are the chosen
homes of 100000 more. Their relig>
ion has been the subject of much unsat-
isfactory discussion. Perhaps the Hin
doc saying, there are scventy-two
religions and a half in the world, the
half being the religion of the that's Cor
Gipsies) comes as near the truth as
any. gs lal
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29

BLAIR.-Robert Mckee, one of the
ablest and most polished of Southern
writers, thus speaks of General Frank
Blair in the Selma Gala. Argus:
This distinguished Missourian is one
of the few men who can see beyond the
mlsts Of the present hour, and are capa-
BILE of lifting themselvesabove partisan
prejudices and local and personal in.
terests in dealing with public affairs.
lie is the most sagacious, audacious,
and courageous of the conservative
leaders; and he never speaksbut to say
something worthy of the consideration
ofhis countrymen.
Gen. Blair "has never funked and
never lied" He fought us for con-
science sake, with as faultless cour-
age as great Cesar's, and as considerate
courtesy as peerless Bayard's. At
the close of the war he turned his back
on his party of cowardly hate and
malignant prescription, and seemingly
sacrificed himself in what appeared a
hopeless effort to protect the conquered
South.
In 1856, while others covered and
trembled before an issue they dared
not meet, or struggled desperately and
blindly for the spoils of victory, he.
with firm, rude hand, tore aside the
veil which enwrapped the future, and
showed his amazed countrymen the
choice which they could no longer
postpone-the choice between republi-
canism and Imperialism.
There was chance, in million, to
restore the republic; and he staked all
on it. He lost-lost all it seemed
when the people of the United States
declared for Grant and centralized
government. The Broadhead letter
was to its heroic author what Appo-
mattox was to the Confederacy; and
those who had hated and feared him,
rejciced in the vain thought that he
had buried himself beneath a noun
tain of odium from which no lapse of
time nor change of circumstances
could restore him to public life and
political influence. Ant@us-like, he
has risen from his fall, and in rising
has givA liberty and law to the people
of Missouri, who were but two years
ago the voiceless and powerless subjects
of an irresponsible despotism.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29
RFBuILDrsq THE CITY.

Although the fairest and wealthiest
portion Of Chicago is to>day in ashes,
including her splendid business struc-
tures, it will be speedily rebuilt. Re
s,Ugam is the motto of the devastated
metropolis. Though the citizens lit.
orally Yept in sackcioth and ashes for
a few days, there is nothing of the
kind now. Fifteen thousand mechan-
les and laborers, arc at work rebuild
ing the city, and the cry is still for
more. Thousands of mechanics have
gone thither from other cities, but the
demand is yet greater than the supply.
Chicago will continue to weld the
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29

"Mr. Speaker" said member of
the Jamaica Legislature, discussing
bill for the regulation of the timber
trade, 81 know these timber merchants
to be most cgregious rascals. / was in
the timber line myself twelve years"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29

A South Carolina Presbyterian
thinks that Grants "Let US have
peace must have referred to that
peace which ''passeth all understand,
ing" ' rtt
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29
Lou. III. DnURY.

One of the most pleasant afternoons
| have passed for 10, these many years,
was recently spent under the hospitable
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.


THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
There is no Disgusting the fact that
the recent elections are extremely dis
couraging to the cause of conservatism.
They plainly foreshadow the fact that,
if the coming Presidential contest is
to be fought squarely between Demo
cracy and Radicalisn, the country will
have to endure another four years of
Grants rule, unless there should, in
the interim, be an extraordinary re-
vulsion of pcpSlar sentiment, of which
there is scarcely shadow of hope.
The recent declaration by that innu.
ential conservative organ, the Missouri
Republican, in favor of non-action,
which, at first, was rather coldly re-
ceived by the Democracy, is beginning
to be more favorable looked upon.
Many influential journals and promi-
nent members Of the party in different
sections have fallen into line, and are
advocating the same policy. In view
Of the recent disasters 10 the party,
and the almost utter hopelessness of
over throwing Grant and Radicalism
ona square party issue, sound judg-
ment would seem to dictate this as the
wisest course the democrats and conser-
vatives of the country could pursue.
Its much better to accept half loaf
than no loaf at all. 1t is infinitely
wiser to accept a liberal Repub-
lican Ike Gratz Brown or honest Joe
Medill, than endure another term of
the miserable, imbecile, contemplate
Grant. If the Democracy abstain
from making any nomination, such
man can be elected with the utmost
ease. The whole country is ripe for it
Illinois even-and, / verify believe,
every Western and Northen State
would go solidly against Grant in such
an event, Let the fiat go forth that
no Democratic horse IL to be entered
in the race, and there will be such an
uprising Of liberal Republicapism as
will astonish the country, and cause
Ulysses |. to shake in his little boots.
Such men as Senator TrLmbulle, Gov
ernor Palmer, John A. Logan, Gov.
BrosJ and Joseph Medill, and such
newspapers as the Chicago Tribune,
Chicago. Journal, st. Louis Democrat
and others no less prominent, would
give their adhesion to the movement,
and success would be assured beyond
peradventure. h
0
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29

years the city will have been rebuilt
more substantially than ever.
ST. LOUIS VS.. CHICAGO.
Writing, as do from st. Louis, it
would be an undeserved slight to the
mound city" were | to close this letter
without some mention of the good old
city. From the time of my first ad-
vent into this goodly burg, ! have
entertained a partiality for it above all
other Western cities. Her people are
sociable, hospitable, generous, honora'
bic and honest. Her business men
deal on the square, and would scorn
to take an unfair advantage of Gus
toner. They possess none of that
Yankee trickery and sharp business
practice so characteristic of Chicago
dealers. Perhaps-indeed, / think
there is no doubt of it-this is one
great source of the success and wonder.
fnl growth of the latter city. Chica-
go's commercial men are mostly shrewd
Yankees, restless, energetic, enterpris-
ing, never happy unless they are driv-
ing bargain, and getting the better
of the bargain. But while the Chica-
goans possess, in an eminent degree,
the forte Of driving sharp bargains and
making money rapidly, they are, al
the same time, a cold uDhospitable,
unsociable, uncompanionable, selfish
people-a people much more given to
Il e.worship of Mammon than of God.
For pleasant, sociable, high-toned
honorable citizens, commend me to St.
Louis. But as a commercial mart,
Chicago stands, and always will stand,
prominently ahead of all western cit.
los
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29

scepter of commercial supremacy OF
the Northwest, and in less than three
years the city will have been rebuilt
more substantially than ever.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-11-29

So, GEAR Mr.. Editor, and kind, in
dulgent Mr.. Reader, l make my pro-
foumaest obeisance and offer my hum.
blest apology for having trespassed so
heavily upon your time and patience
promising that, If you viii overlook
and criticize lightly the verbosity Of
these random. hastily-written sketches,
l will, at a future time, give you some
thing more readable, more interesting,
and more newsy. Au rcvOl.
" s, II. w.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-22
Bismarck'S Little Joke.

The following mot is making the
rounds of the European papers: When,
at the peace preliminaries, the sum Of
milliards-which now seems to sit so
lightly on France-was mentioned
Jules Favre, not exactly bursting into
tears, as before, yet appeared utterly
speechless with horror. When he had
recovered from his paroxysm, all he
could say was that "even if one were to
count from the time of Christ till now,
one could not manage to count such an
enormous sum- Upon which Bismarck
replied with a smile, " Don't let that
distress you. ! have thought of at
and therefore brought this gentleman"
pointing to Bleichroder, the Jewish
banker" with me. He counts from
the creation of the world"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-22
Ovcr-dOcfOrc d.

Without any dsrespect TO the members Of the medi-
cal profession profession honored by all thinking
men, il is only just to say that they too thick
the ground. The consequence is that the community
is doctored over much. When nature needs only the
gentle stimulant and Alternative, which has become
famous throughout the country reliable medi-
cine under the name Of Hostetters Stomach Btters.
she is not unfrequently dosed with dozen prescrip
This is evil and proves that the practice of medi
cine is far from being at all times healing art At
this period of the year. when the fall of the leaf ndi
Gates that decay has seized upon the vegetable king
dom, many harrassng diseases prevalent, Chief
among these may be mentioned intermittent fever
and bilious remittent. The eXhalations rising from
decomposng vegetation, and the heavy dews and
fogs very apt to generate these complaints The
wisest policy is 10 protect the system by of
Hostetters Stomach Btters ut the comm ,ncement of
the fall. Much suffering may thereby be avoided.
But if the disease has already begun its periodical
vitations may readily be checked and broken up by
this active yet harmless, vegetable tonic.
BE your guard against the charlatans who are
attempting to palm off, under various names. I'M
wholesome compounds. which they pretend to COM
pare fav orably with the great national elixir which
has long since swept formidable opposition from
the field. Bearin mind that every bottle of genuine
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is authenticated by a
spendidy engraved label and fac siie of the sign
manual of the firm. Put up in bottles only and cam
not be obtained in bulk.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-22
CIAL.
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Pamphlets. maps and full information. MS well as
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