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WHY GEN. GRANT Is RUNNING FOR A
SECOND TERM.-Talking with Herald re-
porter while sailing on the st. Lawrence
river among the Thousand islands, Gen.
Grant explained why he was candidate
for re- election "I was not anxious to be
president second term, but l consented
to receive the nomination simply because
/ tn ought that was the best way of discov
ering whether my countrymen, or the ma
jority of them, really believed all that was
alleged against my administration and
against myself personally. The asperites
of an election campaign will give my po-
ltical opponents and my personal enemies
an opportunity and an excuse TO say all
that can be said against me. That oppor-
tunity do not grudge them, and depend
on the people TO rebuke or indorse me, as
they see fit. All those who have treated
me unfairly have now a chance to declare
themselves. The mere fact of my having
occupied the position have already enjoy
ed was an honor to me, which, i trust, 1
shall duly appreciate. But attacks were
made upon me long before had fulfilled
my term and before l had ever thought of
a second term. I reluctantly consented to
enter upon this second struggle, and I
would not have done SO at all if did not
feel desire TO know whether the majority
of my fellow citizens were willing TO aid
my enemies in fastening ISLANDERS upon me.
Besides am anxious TO ascertain whether
the republican party, whose choice l again
happen to be, is to have its policy sustain
ed or not"
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NO. 81.

the work of preparing The way for the es-
tablishment of a system of free schools.
But the Republican party has aided di-
rectly in this work. Reconstruction was
made TO hinge on this as one of its cardinal
principles. The Republicans of tho South
everywhere embodied the common school
policy in their new constitutions. Every.
where they made compulsory taxation for
their support leading feature. Every
where they endowed them with all the
means available, giving, as in the case of
Texas, the entire proceeds Of her one bun.
dred million acres Of public lands. Con-
gress, through its Republican maiorities
carefully searched the new constitutions to
sec that this cornerstone of free institutions
was firmly embedded therein. II has aided
them in other ways for the same purpose
Agricultural college scrip has been issued
to the reconstructed States as fast ne nracti-
cable. One branch has already passed an
act setting aside the proceeds of the public
domain as an endowment for the common
schools Of the several States, dividing il
pro rata among them, as conditions de-
signed especially to encourage and benefit
the Southern and new States in their efforts
to obtain the blessing of free schools. This
measure will, in some practical form event.
ually pass the Senate, and thus become
law, for tho President urged it.
Against the measure known as the
"IToar" bill Mr.. Greeley's Democratic al
lies are bitterly hostile. Everywhere in
the Southern States they are inimical TO the
common school. When they obtained con-
troll of Tennessee they abolished the State
uperintendency and provided that each
county might elect or not to maintain free
schools. In the States where the Kuklux
organization has most manifested ITSELF
the numbering and whipping of teachers
and the burning of school-houses have
been the leading acts of the conspirators.
In Texas, Georgia, Virginia, and now in
North Carolina the Greeley Democracy
have either nullitied the common school
provisions of the State constitutions or are
endeavoring to have them stricken out by
abolishing the requirements for taxation.
This is what Mr.. Greeley's friends are do
ing in North Carolina. Who, then, are the
true friends of the South ?-Circuldr Of
Union Republican Committee.
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THE FISH THAT WOULD FISHING &c

THE FISH THAT WOULD A. FISHING Go.
The Lophius is sometimes five or six feet
in length with an enormous head in pro-
portion TO the rest of its body, and with
huge sacs like bag-nets attached to its gill
covers in which it slows its victims; and
with cayernous mouth. Surely fish so
repulsive, and with a capacity so vast and
apparently omnivorous. would frgbion
from the neighborhood all other fish, and
would, ii its powers of locomotion were in
accordance with its size, be the terror of
the seas to fish smaller than itself; but
Providence knoweth how to temper its
gifts, and the Lophius is but an Indifferent
swimmer, and is too lclumsy to support a
predatory existence by the heetness of its
motions. How, then, is this huge capacity
satisfied? Mark those two elongated tent
acles with springs from the creatures nose,
and how they taper away like vertable
fshing-rods, 70 the end Of them is at
tached, by line or slender filament, a
small glittering morsel of membrane. This
Is the bait. Tho hooks are set in the mouth
of the fisherman down below. But how is
the animal TO induce the fish to venture
within reach of those formidable hooks?
Now mark this perfect feat of angling.
How does the Thames fisherman attract
the gudgeons? They are shy; he must
not let them see him, yet he must draw
them to him, and he docs 1t by stirring up
the mud upon the bottom. "In that cloud
of mud is food" say the gudgeons. Then
the angler plies the rod and bait Just so
the Lophius proceeds, and he too stirs up
the mud with his fins and tail. This serves
not only to hide him, but to attract the
fish. Then he plies his rod, and the glitter
ing bait waves to and fro like living in
sect glancing through the turbld water.
The gudgeons, or rather gobies, rush to-
ward IL. "Beware! beware I" But when
did gudgeon attend to warning YETI Sud
denly, up rises the cavernous Nemesis from
the cloud below, and 'snap" the gobles
are entombed in the bag-net, thence to be
transferred to the Lophius's stomach, when
there are enough of them collected to form
a satisfactory mouthful.-Iopnidr Science
Monthly for September.
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Poet1y.
sTHIKE TnROUGH Tus K.vOT

I well remember, years ago, how I, little lad,
To split knoty stick, essayed, with all the strength
had;
In vain hacked about that knot, and chips few round
the door;
And wcaried, laid down the axe and thought Idtry
no more.
Just then, old passing by, who chanced to
my plight
Cried out aloud, Hold, hold, my boy, you have not
tried Alright;
This hacking spllnters will not gain the object you
have sought,
But split it through the knot my boy directly through
the knot"
I tried once more, and on the knot struck hard to
make it twain;
Once twice. thrice and the stick was split, dropped
my again;
hAnd now" quoth he, by this you see just how 1t ia
in life,
All the way through you'll find hard knots and sor-
rows, care and strfe.
"And should you only hack at them you1l make but
sorry speed;
Bat II you strike them rpanfuy, you surely win sue
coed;
The lives of great men always lead through many
troubled way
l say"
Thus did he speak, and ever since I've found his
words so true.
That will give received. the advice to you,
And If you heed IT, you will fnd others have, wot
Tho wisest plan, and surest way, is striking through
the knot
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STENCIL PLATES AND MATRIMoNY.-Tbe
story of the old lady who bought door
plate with the name OF Thomson on it is
well known, but that old lady did not util-
ize her acquisition as did fond and eco
nomical mother in San Francisco lately.
The daughter of the last mentioned lady
had indiscreetly purchased a stencil bear
ing the joint initials of herself and a
young man to whom she was about to be
married, and with the blackest of indeli-
BILE ink had marked her wedding linen
Herewith But alas the young man ed
unworthy of the conhding trust so touch
insly displayed. Nothing daunted, how
ever, the mother of the betrayed one start
ed out, and after dIligent search succeeded
in finding yonng man bearing the initials
of her daughters faithless lover. Him she
straightway took along, and forthwith mar
rled him to her daughter. Thus were the
yearnings of the fair one soothed and her
stencil plate utilized.-Caicago Times.
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to make our government the best of all
governments except to take II out of the
hands OF self-soeking and Office seeking
politicians, and to place in power those
whom the people regard as their bcst men,.
Until this can be done, place will bring
personal honor to no mau, and our repub-
lcanism will be as contemplate among
nations as IL is unworthy in itselG-J. o..
Holland, IN iScribners for September.
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BUSINESS CARDS.

IN w. STODDARD,
lLs ATTORNEY COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
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Gentlemen, in thus answering your

Gentlemen, in thus answering your
two INQUIRIES l have shown why you,
"a colored fellow citizens, and also all
who would uphold your rights and
save the colored race from indignlty,
should refuse to sanction the re-clec-
ton of President Grant and put your
trust in Mr.. Greeley. Isought to add
that with him will be associated as
vice President, Brown whom | have
known for years rs q most detcrmin-
ed abolitionist. The two together
will carry into the national govern
mcnt an answering devotion to your
rights not to be disturbed by partisan
dictation or sectional prejudice. Be-
sides all this which may ftly guide
you in determining between the two
candidates, it is my duty to recon-
mend you that as citizens of the Uni
ted States and part of the country
your welfare is indissolubly associa-
ted with that of the whole country,
where all prosperous you will be gain
ers. Therefore while justly careful OF
your own rights you cannot be indlt-
ferent to the blessings of good gov
ernment. 1t is for you to consider II
the time has not come for something
better than the sword, and whether
character like Horace Greeley does
not give stronger assurance of good
government than can be found in the
insulter of the colored race already
famous for the rings about him, and
his plan in aptitude for civil life.
Speaking for myself, l have to say
that my vote will be given for Horace
Greeley, but in giving it, l do not 60
to the Democratic party, nor am l
any less Republican. On the con-
trary, am so much of Republican,
that | cannot support q candidate
whose conduct in civil life shows an
incapacity to appreciate Republican
principles, and whose administration
is marked by acts of delinquency, es.
pecially towards the colored race and
by the side of which tho allegations
on the impeachment of Andrew John
son were technical and trivial.
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A PoLYGLoT BUSINESS. ss.-The wide
spread influence of American skill and
enterprise has outstripped the compre-
tensions of the Americans themselves.
The fabrics of our mills clothe the sava-
ges of both continents. They wrap the
loins of Africa, and the tawny skins OF
South American pampas. But wider
still are spread the products of our rkill
in medicines. A late visit to DR.. J. G.
Aver e. Co.'s laboratory and office in
Lowell, show, us that the whole sur
face of the habitable globe pays It's trib-
ute there; there they cater to and serve
the requirements of almost all nations.
Their publications are in the many
tongues that widely-severed peoples
use. Their letters must be read from
and written in many tongues, for which
there sit long range of correspondents
with the indispensable accomplishments
of their duties. Their dailymail of half
a bushel of letters brings them advices,
orders and remittances from the circle of
the world. We were over elwhelmed with
amazement, and our readers would be
by an insp pection Of this wonderfully
extensive, health-dealing enterprise
Holly Springs (Miss.) Conservative.
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AN INc1pENT.-It is related of Gov
ernor Vance, that while speaking in a
certain town of this State, few days
ago, an individual from the rural dis
tricts, mounted on q jackass, rode up to
within few steps fthe stand and halt
ed, when, after few moments, the ami,
NAL suddenly burst forth with loud
and long continued braying, which,
startled the speaker, who turned and
the meantime indicating feeling OF
both mirth and disgust, and when the
brute stopped he exclaimed, "Look here,
my Radical friend, I did not agree to
divide time with you!" Amid the up
roar of laughter and applause which en-.
sued, our country friend and his beast
suddenly disappeared, and Vance pro
ceeded with his speech Wilmington
Star.
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A nEpT OF Two MILLION DOLLARS

A DEBT OF Two MILLION DOLLARS
ASSULLED.-The Columbia correspon.
dent of the Charleston News writes:
Judge Willard announced his decision
to-day in the case of the State ex rela-
tione Edwin F. Gary, auditor, vs. PARK
er and others, State and county treasur-
ers. This Is the Blue Ridge scrip case.
The decision is very lengthy, and en-
tirely satisfactory to the plaintiffs. The
act of Assembly under which the scrip
was issued is pronounced null and void,
as contravening the clause of the Con-
stitution of the United States prohibit
ing the States from issuing bills of cred
It: and the Injunction heretofore granted
against the receipt of the scrip. for taxes
and the issuing of it is sustained, and
remains of fullforce. The counsel in
the case were Pope and Haskell for the
plaintiffs, Magrath, Melton and Cham
bcrlain for the defendants. The amount
saved the State is something over two
million dollars. The opinion of Judge
Willard concludes as follows: "Consid-
ering the act in its entire aspect, as well
as its integral parts, it is clear that the
Legislature intended that the scrip
should circulate as money, and that for
this reason the provisions Of the act au-
thorising the issue of scrip are in conflict
with the prohibitions Of the Constltu-
ton of the United States as to the ennis
sion of bills of credit by States. The
act being unconstitutional, it is void:
So far as it contemplates the issue OF
revenue bond scrip it is unimportant,
therefore, to inquire whether the scrip
that was actually issued was cohforma-
BILE to, and authorized by, the act. The
injunction heretofore issued must be
continued until the final hearing and
determination of the action"
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The Life Harp.

The noiseless moving hours are bringing
Changes; ever changes ringing
On the harp Of life, whose measures
With low tones of misery mourning,
Slowly, sadly, in the morning..
But the shades of evening stealing
Ger us hear its merry pealing.
Changing, changing, ever changing,
Nh life harp thy strains are blending
EsrttIv tones with heavenly breathing,
HOLY thoughts with cares enWrcathlng'
O'er earth's wide wilderness 1t sings
rT;N death with rude hands sweeps the
One wailing song, the harp is broken,
It's diving notes are sadly spoken.
But when the strings are rudely rlvcn,
The echo sounds afar in heaven
And preets the soul just newly come
In welcome to its heavenly home.
Thro' the days of our rejoicing,
Thro' the days of prayer and fasting,
When demon doubts around us sweep;
In darkening robes and bid US weep;
When hope, with gentle guiding hand,
Points upward to the better land,
Its measured murmurs still beat on,
AS fall the life one by one.
Oh! dear life harp, what hand would
Thy fitfal @ music for one day!
One hour, one moment let it be,
In life or death tits destiny.
We would not know when we were blest
If all hours were hours of rest;
Nor would we know the doubts OF love,
If human hearts could never rove.
For those who suffer most, love best,
Know most, feel most, from out the past
They lessons learn, and memories sad'
OF other days make these seem glad
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Strong Testimony.
STEUBENvILLE, OHIO,
SeDtember 1, 1871.

STEUBENvILLE, OHIO,
September 4, 1871. !
DR.. VIM. II. Tut:
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and to suffering humanity to make pub
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forming large ulcers in some places, and
attended with rheumatic pains. Tongue
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icine. sent for half dozen bottles,
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nv sickness resulted from q taint OF
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With deep gratitude to you,
I am ever your friend,
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pg" It is evident, the Neso York
9Vorld remarks, that Mr., Boutwell, in
his speech delivered at Greensborough,
in North Carolina, on the 18th instant,
has essayed to strike the keynote of the
Radical campaign during the Presiden-
tial canvass. In that speech he distinct,
" avowed that it is the purpose and
policy of the party with which he acts
and for which he speaks to resist the
impulse now melting the men of the
North and of the South to "clasp hands
across the bloody chasm" made by our
late civil war.
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Col. Aiken is still on his agricultural
tour. He has already visited a number
of the Counties of the State-making
agricultural speeches and organizing
oranges.
He is about to visit the Counties OF
Laurens, Barnwell, Edgefleld and Lex
ington. After this he expects to visit
Union, Spartanburg, Greenville and
other upper Counties.-Carolanian.
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fectual remedy than any other. Those who havo
tried It, know that it cured them; those who have
MOI. know that It cures theirneighbors and fiendss
and all know that what It does once II does al-
ways-that Il never fails through any fult or neg.
thousands ofcertifcates Of their remarkable cures
Of the following complaints, but such cures arc
known IN every nelghborhood, and we need NOS
publish them. Adapted to all ages and c9ndinons
In all climates; containing neither calomei norany
deleterious drug, they may be taken with safety
by anybody. Their sugar-coating preserves mem
ever fresh and makes them pleasant to take, while
being purely vegetable, no harm can arise nom
They operate by their powerful influence on tho
internal viscere to purify the blood ana stmuete
1t into healthy action remove the obsuucuons
Of the stomach bowels, liver, and other organs 9.
and by correcting, wherever they exist, such 90
rangements as are the first origin g disease.
Minute directions are given In the wrapper on
the box, for the following complaints, which tnese
For DyspepsIa or Iadigestisn, Ldssless.
ness, Lnnsuor and Loss Of ApPestse, they
should be taken moderately to stimulate the stom'
sDds I various symp
toms, Bilious Hcaslache, Sick Head.
ache, JaunSaice or Green Sfck1ess, IA:
ions CoHc and Bilious Fever1, they shouio
be judciously taken for each case. 10 correct the
diseased action or remove the distinctions which
cause 1t.
For Dysentery or Btarrhoea, but ona
mild dose Is generally required.
For Rheumatasn1, Gout, Grave1, FaAs
pftation Of the Acart, Pai1 In tho
Side, Back and Leans, they should be contin:
action action Of f the system. With such change those
complaints disappear.
For Dropsy and. Drorsical swellinss
they should be taken in large and frequent doses
to produce the effect of a drastic purge.
For Suppression a Large dose should De
taken as it produces the desired effect BY SYM
AS a Dinner PHI, take one or two Piits to
promote digestion and relieve the stomach.
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach ana
bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite,
and invigorates the system. Hence 1t Is often aa'
yantageous where no serious arrangement e&istss
One who feels tolerably well, often fnds tnat
dose of these PiLs makes him feel decidediy per
ter, from their cleansing and renovating enccs On
the digestive apparatus.
DR.. J.C. AVER co., Practical Che"stssss
LOWELL. MASS, q. 8. A.
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Ex-senator Hendricks, the distin-
guished Indiana statesman, made his
opening campaign speech on a recent
oceas;on at Indianapolis. lie advocated
the cordial union OF Liberal Republicans
and Demecrats, and showed in what
respect he considered both Greeley ana
Brown worthy of support. Greeley's
administration he contended would be
safe and thrifty. Mr.. Hendrlcks sug,,
cested as the watchword of the Liberal
campaignerS, "just laws and pubic Vlr-
tue"
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7 STILL LIVE.

u EVI LEVY & BEN
~ HUNT haze NS@GW SneneeI IoT. !" " where
thev will give strict attention to their
business and a hearty welcome " a'F
friends.
June 5, 1877, 1T
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SEA-F0AM
BAKING POWDER,
STRAINED HONEY.

CREsYLIC OINTMENT,
For Cure Of Foot Rot in Horses.
LEE g. P PARKER.
april 10, 1872, 52-tf
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DR.. TUFTS Liver Pill are mild and
gentle purgative, possessing the peculiar
merit Of acting rs powerful agent IN
relieving congestive or torpid liver.
They have no equal.
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By the published rates of the Uni,
yersal Life Insurance Co., man 5O
years old, only pays s37.15 yearly on
$1,000 Policy.
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gentle purgative, possessing tne pecullar
merit of acting rs q powerful agent IN
relieving congestive or torpid liver.
They have no equal.
DR.. TUFTS Hair Dye is endorsed by the
Beot Chemists,
If YOU desire rosy cheeks and q COM
plexion fair and free from pimples,
blotches and eruptions, purify your
blood by taking DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery.
YEAS AND NE1aHs.-If horses could
make themselves understood in human
language, they would signify by uni
yersal 3Yea,n their assent to the state
ment that the Mustang Liniment is the
hest remedy extant for all these external
ailments, and by o most emphatic
MNeiohI u, show their displeasure at
everv attempt to use any other prepara-
t;on In it's stead. Ever since its intro
duction ut St. Louis, at the close of the
Mexican War, in 1S49, it has proved q
SIGNAL blessing to horse and man-cu-
ring, with absolute certainty ana won
derful dispatch, such equlnine diseases
as SPAWN, ringbonc, poll evil, scratchEs,
hoofale, &C., and relieving ana Hnally
removing the painful affections Wnlcn
attack the muscles, sineWs and external
glands of human beings. 1t is 1act
beyond contradiction that for all injuries
or complaints of man or quadruPeos 10
which an external remedy is applicable,
the Mustang Linimcnt is preteraoie 10
every other.
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Ayers Cathartic Pills,
For all the purposes Of 8 Laxative

Perhaps no onemeii.
cine Is 80 universally
required by every.
body as . catharhc,
nor was ever any be-
fore 80 universally
adopted into use, In
every country and
among all classes, as
this mild but efficient
pmgatiye PM. The
obvious reason is,
that tits amore relia-
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