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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10
why ELI Perkins Went to Cincinnati,
IAN going to the Cincinnati Convcn.

IAN going to the Cincinnati Conven.
tion.
Pm sick of politics, and Tn going to
quit the regular Republican ship and
start on this farewell voyage with Mr.
Greeley. Yes, I've joined Horace and
Charles. l like fighting men. / like
men who, when the life of the Republic
was threatened, shouldered their muskets
and and. | don't like men who,
like Grant, staid in New York during the
war and abused the fighting Generals
Grant won't do for me. o, MOI l want
military mana man who, like Mr..
Greeley, risked his life, and carried the
old flag all over-the City Hall yard and
who rallied at the bugle call of freedom
up at Cbappaqua.
Don't talk to me about signing our po-
litical death warrantsl Don't we remem-
ber the splendid success of Henry J.
Raymond when he seeded from the party
and went over to Philadelphia? Don t
we have before US the brilliant history of
Senator Doolittle? Don't we refer with
pride to the triumphant success of Sena-
tor Grimes? Have we not before us the
brilliant examples of Chief Justice Chase
and Andy Johnson, who marched on to
glory, and left the old Republican ship,
with Grant and Wilson and Morton to 90
to the d-dev-devil?
Yes, history will repeat itself, and the
same glory awaits us that awaited Chase,
and Grimes, and Doolittle. Don't talk to
Horace and 1; the old political hive is
full, and we are bound to swarm. We
leave the old hive and the old Republican
honey gathered from Kansas, and from
emancipation, and republic saved, to
Grant and Sickles, and those scoundrels
who carried the old stars and stripes from
safe places in Boston and Philadelphia,
and ruthlessly exposed the dear old flag to
be shot at by the rebels of Virginia and
South Carolina.
We are bound to be right If you ask
us if we are high tariff to suit New Eng,
land, or low tariff to suit the West, we
answer emphatically-yesl
We propose to abolish all crime-to do
away vita custom-houses, and have all
vessels land at some other place.
We propose to stop taxation and pay
the national debt out of our own pocket
if we have to steal every cent in the
Treasury to do it. In fact, if there is
anything in this world which we, as Il
party, openly detest, it is one thing more
than another-and we pledge ourselves to
abolish it.
If you ask us if we are for high tariff
to suit Mr.. Greeley, or low tariff to suit
George Pendleton, we admit emphatically
that we are.
Grant has only three principles in
view-to have peace, cOntentment, and
pay the national debt, while we have eight
principles-five loaves, two fishes, and q
| place in the custom house.
Grant says let Jeff Davis and Beauregard
stay where they are, while we say give
them amnesty and front seats in Congress
and the Senate.
For this reason 1 to-day become &
prodigal, and go off with Mr.. Greeley to
live on the Cincinnati husks, resolving
never to come back till they promise tC
kill the fatted customhouse calf, ant
| give us the sweat thread and sirloin.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10

panic stricken till the robbers mounted their
horses and dashed out. The citizens then
organized and started in pursuit. The Pres
ident of the bank has offered reward OF
e., 800 for the murderers and robbers, or
81 900 for either. The villains got about
$4,000 in bonds.
The North Carolina State Democratic Con-
vention met at Greensboro on the 1st. Hon.
A. s. Merriman was nominated for Gov
ernor
1t was stated in New York on the I'd that
Messrs. Graham and Gerry had withdrawn
from the defense in the Stokes case, and 1t
was officially asserted that the cause Of the
withdrawal was letter published in the
newspapers by Stokes authority, in which
the play Of "Black Friday" is so sharply crit
icised as being unjust TO Stokes.
The New York Assembly, on the I'd, inn
peached Judge Barnard, of New York city,
by vote of 93 to IS.
The report of the expert appointed by DR..
Carleton to examine the accounts of the
Methodist Book Concern substantiates DR..
Lanahan's charges, and condems the man
agement of the Book Concern.
Committee of the Central Workingmen' IS
Union of the State of New York have issued
call for National Convention, TO be held
in New York city on. the 23d Of May, to
nominate candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States.
The Reunion and Reform Convention met
in Cincinnati on the 1st, and effected tenn
porary organization by the election of Judge
j. b. Stallo, of Cincinnati, as Chairman On
the I'd, Hon. Rufus P. Ranney, of Ohio, was
chosen permanent President, and several
ice-Presdcnts and Secretaries were chosen.
The Labor Reform party Executive Com
mittee, in session in Cincinnati on the I'd,
passed a resolution indorsing their nomina-
ton of Judge Davis for the Presidency.
In the United States Court, at Charleston,
on the 1st, fifteen persons who had pleaded
guilty to conspiracy were sentenced to i'm
prisonment for terms ranging from one
month to eight years, and fines ranging
from $40 to $500.
| The Florida Senate on the 1st resolved to
proceed as a high court of impeachment to
try Governor Harrison Reed.
The North Carolina Democratic State Con
vention on the 2d nominated John Hughes
| for Lieutenant Governor, John w. Graham
for Treasurer, VIM. NJ. Shipp present Attor
ney-General, for same office, and John A
! Momack for Secretary of State.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10
The Cincinnati Convention.
FIRST DAYS PROCEEDINGS.


CINCINNATI, May 1.
Exposition Hall was deliberately prepared
and tastefully decorated for the occasion of
the Convention. The hall had been SO great
ly improved by alterations and additions
that not only were no serious difficulties en-
eountered which had been apprehended rel
ative to defective acoustic capacity, but
speakers could be distinctly heard in every
part of the building. The chair in which
John Adams sat when he signed the Deelara-
ton of Independence was set for the Fresl-
dent of the Convention.
By the time of meeting the body OF the
hall was filled with delegates, while the gal
leries were rapidly filling with citizens and
spectators, among whom was included
goodly share of ladies.
At one o'clock the gathering had assem-
blQd, Colonel Grosvenor Chairman OF the
Liberal Republican Committee of Missouri,
called the assembhge to order, and, after
remarks appropriate TO the occasion, nomi-
mated Judge Stanley Matthews, OF ohio, TO
be temporary Chairman.
The motion was carried unanimously, ana
Judge Matthews assumed the position in q
speech setting forth the objects and purposes
OF the Convention.
Mr.. Grosvenor then, by request OF the Ex-
ecutive Committee, proposed as temporary
Secretaries of the Convention, George Ward
Nichols, of Ohio; g. w. Palmer of Illinois,
and Joseph Pulitzer, of Missouri
The following resolution was adopted'
Resolved, That when the Convention adjourn u
adjourn to meet again tomorrow at ten O'Clock,
and that In the meantime the several State delega'
! tons elect from among their numbers delegates
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10
TILE NEW MORLn.

Gold closed in New York on the I'd at
11219.
At New Scotland, N. Y, on the morning
of the 26th, a dwelling occupied by family
consisting of Mr. Volmer, his wife and five
children, Volmers mother and his wife's
step-father, was burned. volmer, his wife
and one child, who occupied the first floor,
escaped. All the others perished in the
flames.
The Jubilee Coliseum building in Boston,
partially completed, was blown down and
completely wrecked by severe gale of wind
on the 26th. No lives were lost. The acci-
dent will cause only temporary delay In
building operations.
meeting of the workingmen of New
Albany Ind, on the night of the 25th is
sued an address calling mass Convention
of Labor Reformers of the State, at New
Albany June 81 also elected delegates to
the Cincinnati Convention.
The Maryland Republican State Conven-
tion has instructed its delegates to Philadel-
phia to vote for the denomination of Grant
and Colfax.
The Democratic State Central Committee
of Kentucky have issued call for a State
Convention at Frankfort, on Thursday,
June 30
Memorial day was observed at Selma, Ala,
on the Goth. Fire companies, the Chamber
of Commerce and the citizens en- naGsSe form
ed a procession, headed by the children Of
the different schools, and repaired to the
cemetery, where they decorated with flowers
equally the graves Of those who had worn
the blue and the gray.
Acting Secretary of the Treasury Richard
son has directed the Assistant Treasurer at
New York to purchase s2,O0OOO0 of bonds
each Wednesday, and sell s2,00o,0oo Of gold
each Thursday during May, in all Sl0,OOOOO(
of each.
A Washington special to the New Yorh
Times OF the 27th says; Sensational dis
patches. sent from here recently, regarding
the action OF the Government on the cues
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10

thought of my two-foot rule; but, alas
in my CONSERVATION ] had let it
drop. On went the sermon;
"beat, beat" went my heart. The
bellows-top was now touching my nose,
and the sharp points were being gradually
driven into the back of my neck, | strug
gled, but in vain. 1t was no use. | was
wedged in, like some poor victim, in a
torture-machine of the Inquisition.
"Pump, pump" went the bellows handle; /;
down came the blood from innumerable
punctures in the back of my neck. My
agony was intense. My face was literally
iammed between the ever-risng bellows
below, and those hideous spikes above
dare not cry out; for was not the Dean in
the finest passage of his perorationP In
the midst of my agony heard sound
and felt movement in the mechanism
near me. 1t was the organist pulling out
the great organ stops At the same in
stant my eyes caught sight of the pull
downs" leading from the great organ wind
chest. Some little demon whispered IN
my ear; and In o moment / saw my only
hope of roloase from the Intense and
increasing agony | was suffering. must
open the nearest pipes, and thus release
the accumulating wind l knew, of
course, the uproar l should cause, and
still heard the interminable Dean at his
interminable sermon. But | could not
help it. With one hand grasped about
eight of the bass "pull-downs," !"
and with the other l laid hold of
the nearest pedal-trackers. A roar of the
most awful character ensued it was as
though fifty healthy bulls and FIVE active
volcanoes had burst into the chapel The
Deans sermon was effectually quenched
One of his finest periods was brought to
an unexpected full-stop. The unfortu-
nate organist bounded off his stool, and
swore audibly. The bellows-blower
rushed of, thinking, no doubt, the devil
was inside the organ. But, oh Joy the
bellows sank, and in fainting state /
clambered over the top, stumbled out
| through the little side.door, and fell into
the arms of two Senior Fellows who had
fastened up to the scene of the disaster.
The commotion among the gownsmen in
the chapel, | was afterwards told, beg
| CARED description. Laughter, horror, ex-
| CARNATIONS of surprise and indignation,
were all to the front by turns. The Bless
ing was pronounced amidst the greatest
! confusion and altogether, the scene was
such as those sacred walls had never wit
messed before.
was politely conducted to my rooms.
! The next morning | appeared before the
Master and Seniors, and, though pleaded
loud and long, | was rusticated for two
terms. / never went back to Cambridge.
| always considered that had been very
badly treated. Temple Bar tor april.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10
The President and Reform.

The intelligent people of this country,
says Hdrper's Weekly, who sincerely wish
that the public service should be con,
stantly elevated and improved, and cease
to be regarded as the booty of a victorious
party, will not forget the words in which,
forty years ago, that evil system was jus,
titled by Democratic leader, "To the
victor belong the spoils of the enemy"
The constitutional theory of that party
having been rejected by the country its
great policy of government by the aristo-
cratic element having failed, its chief po.
litical support-the interest of human
slavery-having been swept away, Re
publican President quietly states what he
believes to be the true policy of a free
popular government, in officially declar.
ing that
"The utmost fidelity and diligence will be ex.
pected of all officers In every branch Of the pub
lie service. Political assessments, as they are
called, have been forbidden within the various de-
partments; and while the right of all persons IN
official position to take part in pol.
itics is acknowledged, and the elective
franchise is recognized as high trust to be dis
charged by all entitled TO its exercise, whether In
the employment OF the Government or in private
life honesty aud efficiency, not political activity,
will determine the tenure OF office"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10

The Judiciary Committee of the New York
House of Assembly made report on the lst
in the case of Judge Cardozo recommending
his impeachment for corrupt conduct, high
crimes and misdemeanors.
The session of the Methodist General Con-
ference opened in the Academy of Music, in
Brooklyn, on the 1st. The house was filled.
Seventy-two Conferences were represented
by 2s5 ministerial and 92 lay delegates.
Bishop Jayne presided. Rev. DR.. Harris,
Secretary of the last Conference, was re-
elected Secretary. DR.. Peck made a
motion that the plan of lay delegation
be ratified, and the lay delegation now adj
mitted. After some discussion, the motion
was divided and voted on separately. The
vote to ratify the plan was, 233 yeas to SO
nays. The vote on the motion to admit lay
delegates was, 279 yeas, l nay.
On the afternoon of the Goth ult, five men,
mounted on splendid horses, dashed into the
town OF Columbia, KY, and stopped and
dismounted at the Deposit Bank Two, with
pistols in hand, held the horses, and three,
with revolvers, entered the bank. -Four un-
armed gentlemen, including the cashier, r.
A. G. Martin, member of the Legislature
and Jas. Garnett, were inside, The men
demanded the keys of the safe, and one at
tempted to shoot Garnett, but the latter
knocked up the pistol, the explosion OF
which burned his hand, All the gentlemen
in the bank escaped, except the cashier, who
stood to his post, refusing, under fearful
threats, to unlock the safe. One of the
scoundrels shot him dead, and the party
commenced TO pillage the bank OF all the
money out of the safe, which they could not
open. Meanwhile the two outside fired
pistols in all directions, driving every
one off the street. The raid was sc
sudden and brief that the town seemed
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10
"THE DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE"
BY LILLE ?. BARR.

BY LILLE ?. BARR.
o LOVE, what golden days were ours
Among the corn and cotton flowers;
Under the trees so thick and cool,
And at the heron-haunted pool,
And by The river deep and quick,
In Autumn when the nuts lay thick
What races DER the prairie free
What lingerings meath the vine-clad tree!
What fishing on the mountain lake
What squirrel hunts in cedar.brakcl
What gatherings by the pine fires blaze
What pure, what Edeu-tinted daysl
And what remains Of days 80 fary
A Memory that il half prayer;
A Love which owns immortal ties
And lifts its head above the skies
A Hope which gilds with Heavily light
The darkest hours of earthly night.
-Chrtstidn Union.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10

"A recent dispatch from DIR. Peters,
of Litchfield Observatory, Hamilton Col
lege, N. Y, announces the discovery by
him of another planet. 1t was in II hours,
So minutes, 80 seconds Of right ascension,
A degrees, 40 minutes south deelinationI,
with retrograde motion of 80 seconds
toward the north, minutes per day. 1t
is star between the 11th and 18th mag
nitude.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10
TIE mn MnRIn.

A Naples dispatch of the Goth announces
that fresh crater had opened in Mount We,
suyius. Ashes and lava threatened the viii
lagos on the mountain side, aud the inhabi'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10

THE MIDNIGHT RIDE

CROSSING long and thread-lke bridges,
Spanning streams and cleaying ridges,
Sweeping over broad, green meadows,
That In starless darkness lay
How the engine rocks and olatters,
showers OF fire round IL scatters,
While its blazing eye outpecr'hg
Looks Tor perils In the way
TO yon tunnel-drift careering.
In its brown mouth disappearing,
Past from sightand passed from hearing,
Silence follows like a spell;
Then n sudden sound-burst surges,
Az the train from earth emerges
with n scream of exultation,
with wild and joyous yell.
What q chariot swift OF Ares
Which god Of battle carries2
What the steeds the rash boy handled
Harnessed to the sun-god's wainY
Those are mythic; this Is real;
Born not Of the past ideal,
But Of craft and strength and purpose
Love Of speed aud thirst Of gain.
Oh! what wildnessl OH what gladness!
OH what Joy akin to madnessl
on what reckless feeling raises
Us to-day beyond Che stars
What to us all human ant-hills,
Fame, fools sigh for. land that man tills,
In the swinging and the clatterng
And the rattling Of the cars.
--iScyi5ner's Magazine
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10

Three letters mailed in December,
1869, have just reached Frankfort,
Kentucky. They were originally mailed
at Louisville, and have probably been
delayed at way office,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10

1t is possible that we may some day
be writing letters upon ironI Sheets AZ
this material are made so as TO adr,t ~
using the pen upon them now. "'g (
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10

spective States In the Electoral College, and that
when this Convention meets again at ten o'clock
tomorrow morning the delegates 30 elected report
themselves for the purpose Of proceeding TO the
transaction Of the business OF the Convention.
As the President was about to put motion
to adjourn, vociferous and persistent calls
were made for speech from Senator
Schurz, who finally made his appearance on
the platform and firmly declined to favor the
audience with Speech thanking them for
the cordial manner in which they had called
him out.
Amid cries for Cassius M. Clay and other
noted speakers, the Chairman then an
nounced that the Convention stood adjourned
until ten o'clock Thursday morning.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10

AN English writer advises young
ladies to look favorably upon those en-
gagged in agricultural pursuits, giving as
reason that their mother Eve married a
gardener. He forgot to add, however,
that the gardener lost his situation in CON
sequence of the match.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-12
Execution in Marshall.

Peter Taylor, a notorious desperate and
murderer, paid the extreme penalty of the
law at Marshall, Texas, on Friday last.
The Shreveport Southwestern says:
The circumstances attending the doubIe
murder tor which his life has been for
feited have already been detailed in our
columns, and as they must be fresh in the
memory of our readers, we shall not review
them, but c0nfine our remarks to the closing
scene of his earthly career.
At twelve o'clock, Friday, the prisoner
was escorted to the place of execution.
about three fourths of mile east of Mar.
shall, on the Shreveport road, where come
six thousand negroes and many whites
were assembled. After the usual religious
services were concluded, he made full con
fessiOn OF the crimes for which he had been
condemned, assigning as the immediate
cause, whisky and bad company. He also
confessed being a member of a band Of
horse thieves, who have for some time in.
tested what is known as the Cypress cOun-
try, whose names were given, and are in
possession of the District Attorney.
At twenty-five inmates past one O'Clock,
and without waiting for the sheriff to spring
the trap, he leaped from the plank upon
which he was standing, and was soon
dangling in the air. He renamed suspended
about forty minutes, and life being extinct,
he was cut down. Thus ended the being of
Peter Taylor, whose murderous hands were
imbued in human blood and may his end
be warning to all who vainly imagine that
escape the righteous judgments of violated
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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-12
The NIartinettl.Ravel Troupe.

The Martinetti-Ravel troupe closes their
successful engagement this evening. To
say that they were successful would be by
several degrees too faint to express the sue
cess they have met in this city. For two
weeks have crowded houses assembled in
the st. Charles Theatre, aud laughed at
the merriment that was created by the
Martinettis in their several specialties of
pantomimic eccentricity. They pleased
every one who witnessed them, and leave
many regrets for their departure by the
numerous friends they have made.
Paul performed the celebrated velOcipede
act in a style that startled the audience.
The little prodigies were as popular as
ever, and created considerable enthusiasm
among the auditors. Mr.. Huntley sang
several new songs, and performed his
banjo solos in a manner that few artists
could do. He, as a banjOist, is a success;
as musician, immense; and as an artist,
unequaled in the United States.
There is an attractive bill offered this
evening, and our citizens should not fail to
witness it.