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MIsFoRTUNEs are said never to come
singly, but in battahons." This is pecu-
liarly the case just now with the Radical
party, inasmuch as the desertions of original
Republicans from Grant to Greeley are as
Stunning the most fearful proportions. AL
ExANDER G.. MULLIN, Esq, now of Ash
land, in Schuylkin county, was for many
years citizen of this place, where he Is
held in honored remembrance as a gentle
man of high integrity and unsullied repu-
tation. He was an old line Wing, and as
such was elected from this county to the
Assembly in 1860. 1t viii be seen from
the following, which we take from last
weeks number of the PottSville Standard,
that MIR. Mullin is now the President of a
Greeley and Brown Club in the borough
where he resides. We commend his wise
and patriotic example to his old political
friends and associates in Ebensburg:
ASHLAND LIBERAL CLUB
Notwithstanding the assertion of "a certain
Grant-and- -plunder organ, that there were
no Greeley Republicans in the Borough of
Ashland, large and enthusiastic gathering g
ofLiberal Republicans convened on w edneS-
day evening, and organized Greeley and
Brown Club. To the dismay of the Grant
ties they discovered that between thirty and
forty prominent and influential members
heretofore of the Radical party, whose polit-
ical orthodoxy was deemed above suspicion,
were on hand and ready in public manner
to proclaim their intention to march here
after under the banner of Liberalism and
Reform.
The meeting was organized by the cleo
tion of A. &. Mullin, Esq, as President,
and F. Herwig, Esq, as Secretary. Short
and spirited addresses were made, and the
meeting adjourned amid great enthusiasm.
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4 WANT has been felt and a>,,,o.,.,..., H.
physicians, fora safe and reliable pur0atiye.
such want is now supplied in P9rSa,sy
PItrg0tfre Pts. - - S0'.S
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HENRY X. BOND of jefferson, Maine,
was cured of splitting blood, soreness and
weakness of the stomach, by the use of
yohnsOn's AHodyne LtRtment
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WAsHINGToN, July 18, 1872.

q. l.. WATKINS, ESq--My Dear Slr:-l
was much pleased to receive from you your
| kind and encouraging letter of the 10Th
inst. You are right i'll stating that know
something of General Grants business
qualifications as well as his character for
honor, honesty and truth. / had n bust
ness transaction with him in which he
cheated me out of S21 900 with GOODNESS
and deliberation that would do credit to
any blackleg. In the mail that carries this
letter | send a copy of the Transcript, a
paper published in this city, containing an
article relating to the transaction alluded
to, every word of which is true, as / stand
ready to prove by Grants letter and the
original contract in my possession. Indeed
the Transcript has dared the Grant papers
here and elsewhere to deny a single allega-
ton in the article, which they have not
had the temerity to do, as everybody in
Washington knows it is true i'll every fea-
ture. intend to prosecute Grant before
our Courts, and have made arrangements
to commence suit against him at the next
term, when the whole matter will be shown
up to the world in evidence that cannot be
disputed. This affair is only an index to
Grant, private character. He is miserly,
sOrdid man, and will resort to anything
evasion or invasion of law and Justice or
anything else that an honorable person
would desplse, to put money in his pocket
By his speculatiOns III Seneca stone rings
and other scandalous jobs, through his
military cOterie about the White House,
his presents, and farming out of official po-
sitions, he will leave the Presidency on the
4th of March next as rich as Jew and as
infamous as he who betrayed his Lord and
master for thirty pieces of silver. His
habits are of the worst possible kind, and
his associates of the lowest order. Indeed.
his instincts are low and vulgar, and he is
never so well satisfied as when in company
with horse jockeys, smoking cigars, drink
ing whisky, and talking horse" Demor-
alzation and corruption are the order of
the day in all sections of the country, and
these have their origin in the White House
and at Long Branch. Examples set there
are followed by their parasites until their
influence has ramified every town and coun-
try in the nation. Greeley will end this in
a trice. Your friend, &c.
S. J. bowen
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Democratic state Ticket.

FOR GOVERNOR:
hCHAS. r. BCCKALEw, of Columbia Cou nty
FOR SUPREME JUDGE:
JAMES THOMPSON, of Erie County.
FOR x1IJFToR GrES,sR AL
WILLIAM HARTLEY, OF Bedford County.
FOR CONGREsSMES AT LARGE:
RICHARD Walk. or Philadelphia.
JAMES H. HOPKINS, OF Pittsburgh
HENDRICk .. RIGHT, of LuZerne County
Delegates TO CoRst titutfondl pOnrentt@li.
l. GEORGE w. WOODWARD, Philadelphia
2. JEREMIAH :. BLACK, York
3. WILLIAM BIGLRsS- Cearfeld-
4. WILLIAM J. BAER, Somerset
>. WILLIAM II. SMITH, Allegheny.
@. F. b. GowEN, Philadelphia.
:. JOHN II. CAMPBELL, Philadelphia
:. :. Ii. REYNOLDS, Lancaster,
T. JAMES ELLIS SchuylkiA
IL. 5. Z. T. DoDR, NenangO-
i. G.. Y. DALLAS, philadelphia.
L. Il. y. LAMBERTON, Dauphtn-
13. a. a. PURMAN, Greene.
Ii. WILLIAM NJ. CORBEFT, Clarion,
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Hoping to see all my old customers 'l
many new ones this Spring. | return ny
most sincere thanks fer the very liberal r.
tronage | have already received, and W =,
endeavor TO please all who may csll, was'-'
er they buy or not.
FRANCIS ". Hay
Johnstown. March T. 1867,
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SUGAR KETTLES AND CAULDRON
of all sizes constantly on hand.
Special attention given to
JObbing in Tin, Copper and Sheet-Ir''
at lowest possible rates.

WHOLESALE MERCHANTS LISTS
now ready, and will be sent on Applicant
by mail or in person
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From the Auburn Democrat.l

u
The following letter was written to Geo.
l.. Watkins, Esq, who resides in Scipio.
The writer is no less a parsonage than ex-
Mayor and late Postmaster of the capital
Of the United States, Sayles J. Bowen. 1t
will explain itself well as one of the dis
honest acts of him whom the Republican
party have elected to the Presidency. and
whom portion of the same men are try
ing to do again:
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GRANT TO BE SUED.

Ex-MayCr Bowen. of Washington. Cheated Out of
$25.VoI-He Styles Grant a :. BIackIeg - suit
to be Commenced in the Washington Courts Next
Term The Presidential Tweed Decentralization
and dishonesty at the White House and Long
Branch. &c, &C. &C.
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Address DRs. OLDsHUF
No. 1872 GFaHt Street, PITT
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20

the metals, which aie inclined to be drawn
up the chimney by the draught.
In the bottom of the ore chamber is an
opening L) which extends TO the outside Of
the furnace on an incline plain, and through
which the ore is drawn off after roasting.
Thus Ear have explained the first part Of
my method or process for desuip iphurizing and
dsintcgra;ng ores, which differs from the
usual method of roasting only in the form
and arrangement of the furnace and the use
of a jet of steam for settling any light par,i-
ces of metals which are inclined to be drawn
off by The diaught.
1t is essential in working ores by my
method that the ores should be thoroughly
calcned, in order that all the volatile parts
be driven off. Dy this process ores of the
most refractory nature can be treated, when.
in fact, it would refuse to be acted upon by
mercury if treated by the ordinary method.
| therefore claim the advantage over
other processes, in the use of a jet Of steam
to prevent waste of metals and to assist in
roasting.
The second part of my mothod is solu-
lion that will cause The most refractory ores
to ama|gamaie.
There is no need of boiler on the furnace
if it is erected along side of steam mill, as
the use of steam from the mill will answer
the same purpose. Three pounds of steam
for each furnace is required.
For further particulars address
RoBEET BURNS,
Auburn, Placer County, Cal.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20

RELIGIOUS VIEWS OF JEFFERSON. = A
glimpse at Mr.. Jefelson's religious views is
flashed upon the reader 10y the following cx-
tract from letter which he wrote TO the
Rev. Isaac Story, in reply 10 some specula-
lions which that gentleman had sent him on
the transmigration Of souls. Mr.. Jefferson
says:
"The laws of nature have withheld from
us the meaning Of physical knowledge of the
country, and revelation has, for reasons un-
known TO us, chosen 10 leave us in darkness
as we were. When was young | was
fond of speculaticns which seemed TO promise
some insight into that hidden country; but
observing at length that they left nc in The
same ignorance in which they had found me,
| have for many pears ceased to read or
think concerning them, and have reposed my
head on that pillow of ignorance, which a
benifcent Creator has made so soft for us,
knowing how much we should be forced to
use it. have thought it better, by nour-
ishing the good passions and controlling the
bad, to merit an inheritance in a state Of be-
ing Of which can know so little. and to
trust for The future to Him who has been SO
good in the past.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20

FINGER MARKs.-A short time ago gen
tleman employed mason 10 do some work
for him, aud among oiher things to thin
whten" the walls Of one of his chambers
This thin whitening is almost colorless until
dried. The gentleman was much surprised
on Che next morning afler the chamber was
finished TO find on The drawer of a bureau
standing in his room white finger marks
Opening tie drawer he found The same on
the articles in it, aud on pocket book. An
examination revealed the same on the con-
tents of bag. This proved clearly that
the mason, with bis wet hands, had opened
the drawer and searched the bag, which
contained no money, and then closed The
drawer without once thinking anyone would
know it. The thin whitening which hap
pened to be on his hands did not show at
first, and probably he had no idea that u
hours drying would reveal his weakness.
Beware of evil thoughts and deeds! They
will leave their fnger-marks, which will one
day be revealed. They,may be almost, if
not quite, invisible at first. But even if
they should not be seen during any of your
days ON earth, yet there is day coming in
which all will be made manifest.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20
ItUBFIT DURNS,
Auburn, Placer County, Cal.

THROAT diseases are so prevalent at this
time that we commend to our friends new
remedy which is fully described in late
number of the PaciJfc Medical Journal. 1t
is bisulphite of soda, in large and continuous
doses. Dipthelia, inflammation of the ton
ss, aud quinsy, through local exhibitions,
have their source in poisonous fermentations
of the blood, the same as scarlet fever and
other zymoc diseases. 1t is held that the
salt prescribed enters into the circulation and
retards puirefactive fermentation. DIR. Tyrell
failed of success when he administered it in
small doses and in three-hour intervals; but
when he gave thirly-grain doses every hour,
day aud night, so as to saturate The system
with the salt, he was almost invariably sue
cessiul in removing all the severe symptoms
in twenty-four hours. The object of publ
cation is to induce physicians to give this
medicine trial, that the curative effects
may have more extended proofs.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20

MEMORY'S GARDEN.
Beck on its golden hinges

Beck on its golden hinges
The gate of Memory swings;
And my healt goes into the garden,
And walks with the olden things.
The old time Joys and pleasures,
The loves that it used to know,
1t meets there in the garden,
And they wonder to and fro.
1T healeth peal Of laughter;
1t seeth a face most fair;
1t thrills with wild, strange rapture,
At Che glance of a dark eye there
1t stayeth under the sunset,
In the midst of a merry throng,
And beats in tuneful measure .r
To the snatch of floating song.
1t heareth strain Of music
Swell ON the dreamy air;
A strain that is never sounded
Save in the garden there.
1t wanders among the re ses,
And thrills at long lost kiss,
And glows at the touch Of fingers,
In Il iremor OF foolish bliss.
But all is not fair in the garden;
There's a so,Towing sob Of pain:
Thete are tear-drops, b;ttei, scalding,
And the roses aie tellpest-slan.
And I shct the gate of The Sa.den,
And walk in the Presents ways,
For its quiet paths are better
Than the pain of those vanished days.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20

SORROWS. - There are many fruits that
never turn sweet until the frost has lain upon
them. And there are many elements of life
that never grow sweet and beautiful until
sorrow touches them. Sorrows gather around
great souls as storms do around great noun
tains, but like them, they break the storms,
purify the air of the plain beneath them.
Every heavy burden of sorrow seems like a
stone hung around the neck; yet they are
often like the stones used by pearl divers,
which enable them to reach their prize, and
to rise enriched. "A small sorrow distracts,
a great one makes us collected; as bell
loses its clear tone when slightly cracked,
and RECEIVERS it when the fssure is enlarged.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20
WHAT IL LIFE p!

A little c,ib HesiGe the bed,
A little fece above the spread,
A little ftock behind The door,
A little shoe upon the floor.
A httle lad, w;,h dark b.own hair,
A little blue-eyed face and fair,
A Little lane that leads to school,
A ln,le pencil, slare and rule.
A litile bliihsome, wipsom maid,
A llttle hand within his laid;
A little cottage, acres four,
A li,ue old-,ime fashioned store.
A little family gathering round,
A liitle turf-aea ped, tea -dewed mound,
little aGded to bis sod,
A little rest fcom ha dest toil.
A little silver IN his hair,
A |ittle stool aud easy chair;
A little night OF eatth-lit gloom,
A liiile cottage in the tomb.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20

Curious FACTS. A curious observer has
discovered that men aud boys invariably run
the heels of their boots aud shoes over out
wardIy, while women and girls always run
theirs over nwardy. Out of one hundred
aud forfy-seveu men and boys that passed
the observer at given point, this fact was
true in every instance. Out of siz;y-seven
women that passed, it was true in every in-
stance but one.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20

The use Of electricity as an agent in aid of
dental surgery is a novel scientific applca-
ion. DIR. Bonwil exhibited, at late meet
ing of the Franklin Institute, an electro
magnet, which was constructed to drive
plugging tool for filling teeth, BY its agency
the work Of dentistry is said to be greatly
essened and the time of an operation consid-
erably shortened.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20


The LAST BOYS WORK. The following
"boy's composition" is tie latest. The 10y
who manufactured it is bound to make
his mark in the literary world; who knows
but that some day he may be an editor.
GA goat is stronger than a pig, and gives
milk. lie looks at you. So does the doc
tor, but goat has four legs. My goat but
ted Mr.. Tillinghast and Il little calf would
not do so A boy without father is an
orphan, and if be hasn't got mother he is
two orphans. The goat don't give so much
milk as a cow, but more than an OK. We
saw one at a fair one day with card tied to
his left ear; he went in On family ticket.
Mother picks geese in the summer, and the
goat cats grass and jumps on a box. Some
don't like goats, but, as for me, give me a
mule with pant-brush tail The goat is a
useful ANIMAL but don't smell as sweet as
nice bears oil for the hair. If had too
much hair would wear a wig, as Captain
Peters does | will sell my goat for three
dollars and go to the circus and see the ele-
phmt, which is bigger as five goats. Father
is coming home tomorrow, and the baby
has got the Group bad.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20

A RECENTLY arrested Savannah woman
thrashed two constables and kiched Judge
down stairs, before her nerves were suhi-
GENTLY quiet to allow her to proceed to jail
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20

BEEF PACKING. - Latterly this business
has been transferred TO the State of Kansas,
in the neighborhood of vast plains of pastur-
age lying within and near the borders Of that
State.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20

Con, Tommy, that was abominahle in
you to cat your little sisters share of the
cake.
Why" said Tommy, GO did you not tell
me, mamma, that was always to take her
part? Z"
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20

A Toueu STORY Two old plowmcn down
East were telling tough stories of their ex-
ploits in breaking up new ground. "Twas
up in Dixnoumt," said one, "twenty-scvcn
years ago this Spring, l was plowing in
stump ground with toam of nine pair Of
cattle for Sol Cunningham; we were going
along, making not very smooth work among
rocks and stumps, Well, one day the point
of the plow struck against sunk stump
four feet thick, splt it square across the
heart, and was following the pow through
when the thought flashed through my mind
that the pesky stump might snap together
and puch my toes, 80 | jest grpped the
plowh handles firm, swung my feet up out of
the way, and the stump swung back and
catched the slack of my pantaloons. That
brought everything up standing Wei, |
tightened my hold, and jim Smithn, he and
Sol was drivin', they spoke to the cattle, and
we snaked that stump right out by tie roots,
and it had awful long ones" ''lt must
have been strainn' on your suspenders,
said the other. "My wife knit them" was
the reply.
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WE are told that there is nothing made in
vain. How about a pretty girl Isn't she
maiden vain?
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20
NUMBER %.


How NITRO GLycERgNE is MADE This
wonderful explosive was discovered in lSlT,
by an Indian n,med Sobero, but It's pra, h
application was made by Alfred Noble, u
Swedish engineer. The process by which it
is made is thus described: Every enc who
knows what glvccrne is--l clear, syrupy
liquid, sweet to the taste, and somewhat
greasy to the touch. Its scope Of employ
ment ranges from the surgeon dispcnsary
to the lady's houdoir. A great number of
chemists term it IA triatomic alcohol, and il
may be deri> cd from the fat Of taow by
the action of time and sulphuric acid Its
properties are many and various, hut as thew
have no bearing upon the present SUBJECT, We
shall abstain from noticing them. If guam
tity of nitric acid he added to twice lis weight
of sulphuric acid, slycerinc poured into this
and carefully s,nred-lle whole being SIR
rounded by freezing miNlure-we obtain
that wonderful substance known us nitro
glyccrinc, which has ten times the explosive
force of gunpowder 1t forms ON the sur
face as an oily liquid, Of pale yellow color,
is perfectly inodorcus, and has "A sweet arc
matte taste. 1t is poisonous whether taken
inwardly or absorbed through the skin, and
small doses of it produce distressing head
aches 1t does not explode when brought in
contact with the fire, and remains unchanged
even when raised to the temperature Of boil
ing water, but at about 10 degrees FahrCn-
heit it becomes converted into an icy mass,
which merely requires friction to develop It's
explosive qualities.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20

How They DIsAPpEAR.-As an instance
showing the readiness with which human
bones disappear, Mr.. Penselly cites the fact
that the Dutch Government in 1853 drained
off the Harlem Lake on which there had
been many shipwrecks and naval fights, and
where thousands had found n watery grave
The canals and trenches dug to u considera-
bic depth through the rescued land must
have had an aggregate length of thousands
of miles, and yet not a human bone was
exhumed from first to last. Some weapons
and few coins, and one or two wrecked
vessels, alone rewarded the antiquares who
watched the operations with the hope of u
rich harvest. Here, as in earthen deposits
and river gravels generally, works Of art
alone furnish evidence of the existence of
man, even though no part of the deposit
could be more than three hundred yaal4 cid,
as the lake was formed by an inundation to-
ward the end of the sixteenth century.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-20


LITTLE Jessie had been doing something
which her mamma had told her she mustn't
do. She had been eating currants, and of
course got her mouth all stained. That's
the way she got found out. Her mother
said "You know you were forbidden to eat
currants!' "But, mother, Satan tempted
me-" "Why didn't you say, get thee
behind me, Satan?' 81 did say get thee
behind me, Satan, and he went and got be-
hind me and pushed me right into the cur
rant bushes"
CALIFORNIA contains 9S, 24O 900 acres Of
land. About one-third, 100000 acres
have been surveyed. 1t is estimated that
5000, 900 acres are suitable to some kind
of husbandry. OF these 40 900, coo acres
are fit for the plow, and 100000 acres
for grazing. fruit-growing, and other pur-
poses. The Commissioner of the General
Land Office says the agricultural area of
California exceeds that of Great Rgi;an and
Ireland, or the PeHinsulq Of Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-27

The Philadelphia Ledger has at last been
obliged to resort to supplementary sheets to
accommodate its embarrassing amount of adj
veItising. The difficulty with the Ledger, here
tofore, in the way of seeking relief by supple
ments, has been how to print and fold the sup
Elementary sheets with the enormous regular
edition in season to supply subscribers and
newsmen, but Mr.. Childs seems to have hit
upon some means of accomplishing it. The
remarkable success of the Ledger, conducted
without particle OF sensation " enterprise, /" OF
claI-traP, is a wholesome lesson, showing that
readers and advertisers alike prefer newspape,
that is run on Straightforward business prin-
ciples.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-27

The Senate Finance Committee declare man.
imeusiy in favor Of postponing the adjournment
or Congress until Monday, June 3D. There 4
so much business on hand-the tariff and IA,
bill, fortihesfion bill. &c.-that the postnone-
nent will undoubtedly be made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-27

The Greeley men are not quoting Senator
Ferry % much as they were. In his last letter
(to j. B. Fsrris) he says that to entrust our
great national interests .'to an administration
made up and controlled by Mr.. Greeley would
lie mere midsummer madness.n