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nishsy sa,Isfactoyy Reasoning.

ErEs0sy H1NhsSCtSaJ Hc0sotHS5'
To subserve partisan ends at the ex-
penss OF early reform, the Radical, Of
the Ohio Legislature have determined
to stays off The election for delegates to
the Constitutional Convention until the
Presidential election
Mon not familiar with the serpentins
ways Of politicians naturally inquire why
this is to DO done. We can only give
such snsvers as We fnd in the Radical
papers.
The Democrats want the delegates
elected st the Spring election,in order to
have as little partisan politics in til cleo.
ton ss possible To this the Radicals
deem it sufficient to reply, that politics
cannot be kept out Of the election, so it
might as well go over till Fall.
The reason assigned for not electne
them in October is, that it would be
highly improper to mix up the election
of delegates to 4 Constitutions Conven
ton with the exciting issues Of State
election.
When it is objected that the Presiieu
tial election is likely to be mo:e exciting
than the State election, it is reiterated
You can't keep politics out anyhow, Sc
what is the difference.
| These shallow subteriuges will doubt
less satisfy Radicals as they have become
accustomed to accept such reasoning a
quite conclusive.
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According to the statement in the
Pail Mall Gazette, the abuse of strong
drinks in that country extends to the
nursery aid the school room. 1t has
been quite common practice of late
years, says that paper: for complaisant
practitioners to order wine for children
as well as grown people, and port wine
has, been great panacea of late, fol
paleness and lassitude in children al
home and in schools.
1t has been known for long time
that milk left standing in a room where
patients are sick becomes permeatet
with the subtle poison of the disease
Contagion has, also been spread through
milk, by reason of persons recovering
from sickness attending to the labor O
the dairy. The kind of grass or fodder
on which the cows feed also gives pc
culiar flavor and quality to their milk
A serious political conundrum is Just
now confronting the people of Alsact
and Lorraine. In May next the popu
lation of those provinces are to decide
officially whether they will remain a
their homes and be Germanized or, emf
CRATE The inminence of this compul
sorry selection has led to a great emf
grafton from the provinces into France
of those who remain faithful to theil
patriotic traditions.
The Volksblatt charges "that small
but powerful party of Administration
politicians in Washington would like tc
see war begun for the purpose O.
strengthening the rather saaky position
of the Administration. Morton and
Butler are the principal grunters in this
direction
l9 The largest libraries in Ohio are-the
State Library, $4,000 Yonng Mems
Mercantile Library, Cincinnati, about
0,000; Marietta College, $4,000 vol
umes. .Els
The regular spring trial Of Mrs. Glenn
of Indiana, will take place this year in
the Boone County Court.
Governor Reed, of Florida,is accused
of corruption, fraud, stealing, lying
and corrupt use of Executive patron
age" Is that all I?
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Governor Reeds Impeachment.

SCseFhOT ReeNs kNNpcsCHaNsHAs
Speaking, editorially, of the recent
impeachment of.Goverhor Reed, Of
Flo fias, the New York Evening Postpf
Saturday says: s
hfE Harrison Reed viii be remember
ed as one o. the ''foysl Governors who
travel through the Northern States in
1868 with reports Of the dreadful deeds
Of the Southern secessionists. He sp-
| peared upon one occasion at a rati6ca-
ten meeting in Cooper Institrse, and
! was greatly applauded for his patriotic
sentiments. He proposed to restore
Florida To proud position in the
Union. Mr.. Reed was elected Govern
or that year Not many months after
wards rumors of corruption began to
circulate in Florida. More than year
ago an incident happened which pointed
to Governor Reed more directly. as one
Of a rapacioGs railroad ring which had
connections in several ofsthe Southern
States. North Carolina changed the
political character OF its. government,
and the thieves who had made their
headquarters in Raleigh fed from that
State The leader among them was
Mr.. Milton S. Littleield, who published
the Raleigh Standard in the interest OF
the rings. He ran to Florida, where he
has since been protected by Governor
Reed against every requisition or sum,
mons. lie has been plying his old vo
cation with equal success as in North
Carolina
One after another the corrupt rings
which have ruled the Southern States
seem to be crumbling. When they are
all broken peace will return, and ther,
will probably oe no call for Ku klu,
laws. The ring Governors of NORTH
Carolina and Georgia have already teef
driven away by the force of public opin
ion, and the maladministration in Souti
Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkan
sas must soon give way before the pop
ular zeal for reform in those States
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Stokes Convicted.

E1-Congrcssman Stokes, Of Tenncs-
see, was to-day convicted in the Grim
inal Court here for receiving money for
prosecuting claims, which were also
fraudulent, against the Government
while be was a member Of Congress-
The case appeared to be as full of fraud,
bribery and perjury as charged last fall
il the newspapers; and Stokes boast
ing appeal from the latter to the Court
hss been properly answered. The bo-
gus company for which Stokes got
bounties was exposed in the evidence
and considerable merriment was caused
by the description of its Captain of the
formation of his company, he stating
that he formed and commissioned him
self Captain, that there was one wood
en-leggcd soldier in it, with boy, who
ran errands, ,etc.-R Rashinqton Telegram
18Th inst, .. d..
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Ono Reply and No Answer.

Two or three weeks ago We courte-
ously asked the Radical papers of this
district to say whether SrEAGUE repre-
sentcd the views Of his party in the dis.
trict in voting against amnesty, and
assinst proposition to change the
Constitution 80 as to max. nsturaized
citizen eligible to the Presidency.
TO the first question not one OF them
answers one word. Tho reason, We in
fer, is, that they would rather sacrifice
their csndor than emharrass their party.
To The second question the Ponerov
Telegraph, only, attempts y reply. 1t
presents a>haIf column article, without
giving the .lightes. hint at an answer to
the question. We give a specimen OF
its style:
/ I'VE hrd noticed the introduction OF
the propdSQaA-by Morgan, a demago-
que Of the most iafnilesimal sort, and
that was all. We know the fellow pref
ty we'll, having resided in the same town
with him for some years, and enjoyed
good opportunities for studying his
character. If he ever had motive fol-
any thing he did higher than self o.
party agsrandi-emeut, he never gave
evidence OF the fact ty his conduct
while we knew him. Ordinarily he is
all sris,ocrss Of the strictest sort, pas
stag a laboring man by as some thing
beneath his notice; but on election day
We have seen him walking arm-in aru
with bali inebristed Irishman up ant
down the streets Of Mt Vernon, ,endesv
ering to overcome his objections to vo
ting the Democratic ticket, and wher
he had succeeded, going with him I,
the polls te watch him put in the ticke
lie had given him."
Readers, judging by this extract
would naturally suppose the editor O
the Telegraph to be an abusive blather
| skite, but he is hot. He is, as we hav
said on several occasions heretofore
the most candid and reasonable Radios
editor in the. district, and, we have n
doubt, is already heartily ashamed G
his unbecoming reply.
The Telegraph's article deserves ful
ther attention because it illustrates tn
means to which the fairest Radical ed
tors are compelled to resort in order t
defend their leaders. They must us
q such arms as they have, dirty thong
they be,or abandon the contest. Whctl
er it be better to join the noncomba
ants, or foul ones hands with such weaI
ons is question which every one has
right to decide for himself, but in OF
opinion the Telegraph has made bs
choice. - . .e IT, 49,. b.
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sFThe New York SUMS correspon.

EFThe New York SUMS correspon
dent at Susquehanna Depot, Pennsyl
vania, says that on Sunday morning
three employees of the Erie railway
finding thirteen-year old negro boy
asleep in one of the company's build
ings, poured kerosene oil over his legs
and set it on fire.. Then they threw wa
tar on the fire, only to intensity it. The
boys shrieks were heard far from the
building, and it is said that the burning
was witnessed by men who will not ex
pose the monsters. The flesh was con
sumed to the bone. The boy can moi
live. He arrived in Susquehanna eat
urday morning, and being willing tc
work he was furnished with box anG
blacking brush, and had earned some
money, but not enough to warrant the
luxury of hotel lodgings, and he had
therefore, sought shelter in an Fri,
building.
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EFA Texas paper Of late date, il
the course Of an article on General Al
bert Sidney johnson, written by pro
fessed intimate friend, says that his high
sense of honor was the cause of his
death Because of his defeat at the bat
tie o. Donelson, he was bitterly denoun
ced by officers jealous Of his fame, an6
severe and untruthful articles against
him Published by q portion of the New
Orleans press. This so mortified and
exasperated him that, in the battle al
Bowling Green, he threw aside his rank
as a General, and went foremost in the
fight, where he received the mortaI
wound.
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T. Fitzgerald, of Hudson, New York,
aged 10S, threads cord of needles be,
fore breakfast.
The loafers are getting back to the
corners as the weather gets warmer.
The chignon is now styled the ladies'
supplement.
Never hug "gal'' in a public Assem-.
bly, nor "kiss her for her mother"
There are ten million COWS in the
United States. Counted 'em.
Winter carries off more single girls
than any frishtful epidemic.
Barnum is happy in the possession ot
the only living giraffes on this conti-
nent.
A war would be blow to tie people
who are inheriting "vast English esta-
tes"
A murderer who was recently hanged
told the attending minister that if he
had received half as much attention be
fore being put into prison, he would
The story OF man with three arms
is going the rounds of the press. Says
the Indianapolis Evening Journal: eve
sincerely hope this style of human arch
itecture will not become prevalent. Just
fancy State Printer with three arms -
A young girl was practicing the "Bat.
tie of Prague" on piano in Brooklyn
on Saturday last. After she had play
ed for two hours burglar shot at her
through the window, but, to the grief
of the neighborhoed, missed her.
Mr. j.. G.. Bennett, Jr. declines to
succeed Fisk, Jr., as Colonel OF the
Ninth Regiment because it is said to
cost $50, 900 year, to be ''a liberal and
public spirited Colonel" and he doesn't
love the military to that degree.
DR.. w. T. Collins, the defaulting Pen
sion Agent at Washington, spent the
SAC, 900 which he took in publishing the
Grand Army Journal. He is one Of the
Six persons in the army who survived
amputation at the hip joint.
Captain Scott, who testified before the
Congressional committee at New Or
leans, has challenged Senator Campbell,
and been challenged by Lucien Adams.
The first fight is to be with double bar
rel shot-guns, and No. 2 with swords.
Police Superintendent Badger has chal-
lenged Speaker Carter, and more fights
anticipated.
A Southern paper advertises as fol-
lows: WANTED, at this office, an able
bodied, featured, bsd-tempered,
MOTTO he-put of and. not-to-be- backed
down, freckled faced young man to col
lect fer this paper; must furnish his
own horse, saddlebags, pistols, whisky:
bowie knife and cowhide. We will fur
Aish the accouats. To such we prom
ice constant and lsborious employ
ment."
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HThe iron sea forts now in cours

@ The iron sea forts now in course
OF construction for the defense of the
prominent naval stations of Great Brit
ain, will, with the foundations, cost five
million dollars apiece. Tie iron shell
of one of the forts for Spithead, near
Portsmouth, has been shipped by rail
for that harbor from the works of the
Whiteworths, in the iron districts. This
shell or skeleton weighs twenty -four
hundred tons, and is to be fitted up with
fifteen inch iron plates twenty-six feet
in length. Each fort is to be seven
hundred feet in circumference and two
hundred and thirty feet, high. They are
to be armed with two tiers of guns, one
tier of twenty four 60O-peunders and
esother of twenty-five 400 Founders.
The guns, it is calculated. will pierce
twelve-inch armored ships at two thou
sand Yards distance.
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~ Grants notion of Revenue Re
form embraces the luminous PROPOSE
ton of releasing the duties on tea, cof-
fee, and sugar, which pay $75,000,O0C
of revenue directly into the Treasury.
and continuing the duties on building
materials, for instance, which pay Gov
ernment only S4,000,000, but tax the
people s50,000,000! On this system
to realize the sum paid by tea, coffee,
and sugar, the burthen to the people on
building materials would be over $3.50.
100000. In other words, Grants sys
tenn of Revenue Reform, if carried out,
would tax the people from $40 to $40
for every 81 of duty paid, and tax them
for the exclusive profit Of the monopo-
lists! No wonder the recent delega-
ton Of Pennsylvania protectionists ex.
pressed themselves perfectly satisfied
with the Presidents views. -. ...G
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The Clayton Enyesiigasimg Conn

- rs,i!seo - e
Ia still in session, and to night compile
ted the examination of f. Chamberlain.
The witnsss is Republican, who had
been member OF the Arkansas Legis
laturc- from Pulaski County, and he was
relied on by Clayton's friends to dis
prove the charge that Clayton made 8
bagain to give Edwards his Congress
certificate. Chamberlain, in fact, was
Clayton's principal witness, and this
confidence in him was probably due to
his having been appointed by Clayton a
Justice Of the Peace. The examination
commenced on Thursday last, but the
tone OF the witness soon satisfied the
Clayton attorneys that he was prepared
to state the truth, whereupon they re-
leased him after ten milutes' trial, The
cross examination then commenced and
lasted continuously from Thursday, du-
ring the session of the committee, until
this afternoon. The witness fully sus-
tanned the charge that Clayton had been
governed by ambitious personal mo-
Ilives in having issued the certificate to
Edwards, and swore positively that the
friends of Edwards and Clayton had
made an arrangement by which certain
votes were thrown ont in Pulaski Coun-
Ety. This action gave Clayton votes for
the Senate, and afforded him the pre-
text which be demanded to give Ed
wards the certificate Witness further
swore that members Of the Legislature
had told him that Clayton himself had
offered them bribes Of money and office
to have them vote for him for the Sen.
ate at the second election. T =
An amazing feature Of this cross-ex-
animation was su uggestions from Clay,
ton and his counsel that they proposed
to impeach Chamberlain but the com
miLtee, as a matter of course, decided il
was not competent fer them to impeact
their own witness. The testimony O
Chamberlain was very damaging tc
Clayton, and corrobrated the worst dlls
fgations made against the accused. Clay
ton still insists that the testimony shal
not be published, but last week he caus
ed the publication of an e1parte state
.ment of evidence given by his own ap
pointees. .-Washinyton Telegram, 12h
tiRSt. fi''aA ,'@Eefsf = ~
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A Savannah negro describes Summers S
civil rights bill as a strap to kill fool
iegers." He delivers himself thus !:
eYou see, sab, some fool niger will go
to the Pulaski House and jess set him
self down by 3 white man, and de white
man will jess fro dat ar niger out de
wirder and broke his neck"
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RHon. S S. Cox has finally got at
the pedigree Of the word syndicate. y
In his speech against the whitewashing
report of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, in the House, the other day, he
exhumed the eminently satisfactory ac-
count of this remarkable nondescript
given by Sir John Vaudeville in his
famous Travels in Cathay. "While
passing many contrees," writes Sir John.
"both by land and sea, 1 eherched on
the Chinese wall a strange animal Of the
lizard kind. He was known in ancient
books as chameleon. When the sun
did shine he took various colors; some,
times it wore golden hue, and some
times it had a green back. caught
him by means Of steele mirror, which
so bedazzled his eyne that he was easily
caught bring him home as a strauuge
beaste. 1t is called by the native sein-
dicate In other words, syndicate is
one of those things of which it is stri-
kingly said that now you see it and
now you don't"
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EThe New York Tribune says that
"the most revolving feature of the pres
ent investigation into the disorders of
our Custom house has been the open
and shameless perjury of the employees.
Whenever ono of them has been incul-
pated by the evidence of plundered
merchant, the delinquent is sent for by
the committee, or boldly presents him
self, to deny the charge. He usually
INDUCES in no research of Invention or
play of imagination. He contents him
self with coarse and brutal statement
that he never saw his accuser before in
his life"
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svThe Radical pudding heads in The
Ohio Senate and House have determined
to postpone the election of Delegates tc
In. Constitutional Convention TO the day
of the Presidential election next fall
This is done with the hope that they viii
carry the State and have a large msjori
ty in TIE Convention, which will enable
them TO frame a political machine, ir'
stesd of Constitution for the whole
ueople. Such i: -Radicslism in its pu
rifN
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SHERIFF'S SALE,
N+NtE. &A-A.f t,v -
George II. Davenport
VS..
Robert jackson.

'DY virtue Of vendi. ex, to me direct.
ID ed, from the court of common pleas Of
Monroe county, Ohio, will offer for sale, at
the front door of-the court house, in the town
of Woodsfeld, between the hours of 10 o'clock
a. m and o'clock p, m, on
Saturday, the 23d day Of March, 1872,
the following described real estate, situate in
Monroe county, Ohio, to wit:
Part of the northeast quarter of section
twenty township four of range five, con-
tanning one hundred and twenty acres.
Appraised at $4,000.
GEORGE CALDWKLb.
feb20w5. Sheriff M. C. O.
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wThs IT. Wayne, Indiana, Sentint

wThs TT. Wayne, Indiana, Senttne'
processes to have discovered acousin ol
GRANT who makes some rather startling
revelations in regard to GRANTS connec'
ton with the GOULD, CoRBIS Il Co,
BLACK Friday" transactions.
The fact that this cousin is represent
ed as holding no federal appointment
makes the whole story look apochry
phal. In the language of Mrs. CAMPS
I've don't believe there amt no such
person" A cousin of the President mol
qasrtered On the public treasury! Dom
!. belisye it.
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EE-A private letter to the New York
Evening Post, from gentleman now
in the Government service at Washing
ton, makes the following prediction: 81
fear that civil service reform has already
been condemned to death, and patron
age and ignorance will be its execution
ers, Patronage will not give up its priv
ilege of appointing said ignorance, and
ignorance will not forego the right OF
being appointed"
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An Expose OF the Administrator
Promised.

New York, February 11.-Before his
departure for Washington, Senator Cas-
serly said that the minority of the Gus
tom house Investigating Committee
would urge upon Congress a radical re-
form in the rotten custom revenue SER
vice here. He added that people should
soon have an opportunity to determine
what interests the Chief Magistrate has
personally had in the extortions which
have oppressed New York commerce.
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sns.,we Nave a war!

If the Administration thinks wal
with England necessary to ensure
GRANTS denomination and election, VIZ
answer yes.
Should the leaders, MORTON u Co
think the political situation all right
peace will prevail
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The Banner County.

Holmes County has the shortest de-
linquent list in the State.-GaNipolis
Journal.
You ought to have added that Holmes
is the banner Democratic county Of
Ohio Marietta Times.
Nor much Here are the figures from
1864 to 1871, inclusive, excepting 1866,
which we have mislaid:
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Wonder.mongers in Poland are jubi
lsting just now at the presence among
them of Russian peasant of gigantic
size This altitudinous parsonage is
nearly nine feet in height, and very
modestly claims to be the tsllest man in
the world.
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HThe Marietta Times suggests
TWEED as suitable candidate for Vice
President, to be put ca the ticket with
GRANT. ~'
1t won't do, Mr.. Times. Even the
Federal Capital is too small Rome for
two such sellers. .-. D..
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erMr s. s ,Minnsa showed ps ve

H Mr. 5. 5. 'Mlnuse showed us yes
day the feet Of ayoung ,porker that had
the best hold on sierra firma.' of any
that has come under our Observations
for some time. The animal was perfect
and well formed in every respect, save
that it lind on each leg two perfect and
well-formed feet, making eight in all =
They were no useless appendage or de-
,formity, as their well worn hoofs show
ed that they had been in equal use. The
hog was at the t, W. and W. depot
and weighed 1876 pounds dressed.-To
ledo Blade ,t><
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~It is announced that GRANT will
send Senator WILSON and other Radical
leaders to New Hampshire to assure vo-
ters that he has determined to abolish
the general order business in New York,
and throw LEET and STOCKING over
board.
That's very small catch and won't
hoodwink very many voters.
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When the editor of the Times makes
the correction. ne may add that Monroe
proposes to continue sthe banner Dem
ocrstic county Of Ohio"
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Good Place TO Begin.

If GRANT desires civil service reform
.s srdently as he would have voters be
lieye. he should show his sincerity and
contribute largely to the success Of that
measure hy--re.igning
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R-CoLFAx is now employing his fee,
BILE energies in declining to be a candi.
date for the Presidency.
It is useless to nominate him for an
office A man who has been declining
50 long and so rapidly as CoLFAx must
be utterly exhausted long before the
elnct;ou
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wIf We should unhappily get into
a war with England we have one import
ant advantage Of Johnny Bull. He can't
destroy our mercantile vessels, for we
have none The Radical tariff gave as
this superiority over him years ago.