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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23
ROguery and Superstition.

THE Jeuish Times, as an illustration of
the way in which INSCRIPTIONS rogues
often play upon the credulity of the igno-
rant for the advancement of their own
schemes, tells the following story, the
scene of which is laid in a small Austrian
town:
"A peasant woman of that place lately
lost her husband, to whom she was fondly
attached. Her grief was heartrending,
and she refused to be quieted, until one
night she heard somebody knock at her
window, and, on investigation, figure
yelled in white presented himself, who
pretended to be no less parsonage than
the heavenly doorkeeper, st. Peter He
told the widow that he came at the re-
quest of her husband, who was in search
of dwelling-place in Heaven, but could
not find one, not having 200 florins, the
sum required in payment of it. The
woman fastened to hand him the required
money. A few evenings thereafter his
holiness again made his appearance and
Informed the woman that for the price of
800 florins house in Heaven would be
secured for her in advance. She, not
having the the money told the ghost to
come again the next night, and in the
morning she went to the bank to get the
money The bank officers suspected some
trick, and, questioning the woman, were
informed of the fact. They gave her the
money, but, at the same time, gave notice
to tho police authorities. who caught the
ghost, and assigned to him house, not as
airy and comfortable as the heavenly
abo5a
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23
Rejoicing In North Carolina.

GREENSBORO, N. c., August H.
Judge Settle addressed a mass meeting
here last evening. He claimed that thew
were celebrating one of the greatest polit-
ical victories ever achieved in Moth Car
olina. The new party with no name had
declared, as North Carolina went in Au-
gust so would go the Union in Novem-
Der, and it made better fight than it ever
will be able to make again. 1t fought,
however, under a, black flag observing
none of the rules of honorable warfare,
aided by Tammany money and emissaries
skilled in all its manipulating of registra-
tion books, ballot-boxes and election re-
turns. In spite of all, however, the Re-
publicans elected Caldwell by 1000 ma
jority, and the Executive Department of
the State will be in the hands of an hon
est man for the next four years, although,
by gerymandering, the Democrats have
elected majority of the Legislature. In
regard to himself, he believed he was
fairly elected to Congress, but the refusal
of rights to vote of hundreds by the Ku-
Klux and Tammanyites in his District
leaves an apparent majority for his oppo-
nent. He claimed that the Republicans
gained over 1000 votes in the recent cleo
ton, mostly among white people in the
Western part of the State. He reviewed
the past history of Greeley, and said the
colored people of the South will not sup
port him, as they saw him in one night
trade away his lifetime principles for Ku-
Klux votes. Under Grants Administra-
tion peace had been brought to their fire
sides, hundreds saved from murder, and
thousands from scourglngs. He closed
win on eulogy Of President Grant,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23
to him from his betrothed. She remained

to him from his betrOthed. she renamed
constant.
After getting his money together, Mr..
Holmes visited Iowa for the purpose of
making the sweetheart wife, A girl
who had proven so true to lover could
not well prove false to any one, and when
one of her brothers WAS pronounced con-
sumptive she was not long in announcing
her determination to stay by him and
minister to his wants. Mr.. Holmes told
him of the wonderful air of California,
and used all his means to induce him to
go there, but without avail. The failing
man was determined on never leaving the
old homestead, under whose roof the
father and mother had passed from earth.
The sisters duty was plain, and she met it
as true woman would.
The pledges of constancy were renewed
the lover returned to California, feeling
keenly the truth of the sentiment: Hope
deferred maketh the heart sick" He gave
his undivided attention to business, meet
ing with good success in all his undertak-
ings, and to day is worth over q hundred
thousand dollars.
In the meantime the separated lovers
corresponded regularly. The invalid
brother at times was thought to be on the
high road to health, and at others, very
near deaths door. But for many months
he had steadily declined, and when the
last springtime ushered in the green leaves
and the singing birds, he was laid to rest.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Holmes made an
other visit to Iowa, when the hopes of
years were realized, the faithful pair be-
ing united in marriage last Sabbath even
ing.
In appearance, the lovers have been
sadly CHANGED bv time and care and sOr-
row, but that their hearts are as young as
ever, is as certain as that purity remain
eth bright forever" They looked yester-
day more like people who had been mar
ried for twenty years than like a newly
welded couple, the husband being forty
three and the wife thirty e.-Omatd
T13I1lOe
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23
Short Meter.

A WRITER in the Utica Herald is for
l. The Ku.Klux are for Greeley. l
wish to differ with masked assassins and
murderers.
II. Disunionists are for Greeley, and
Democrats in the North sympathized
with the rebellion. Rebels were all Dem
ocrats.
Ill. Democracy has been historically
pro-slavery. / am for freedom.
~. The rum interest is Democratic,
and always for the Democratic candidate.
V. Tammany thieves have long been
ruling spirits and acknowledged masters
of Democracy in the Empire State.
vi. The Five Points, New York, are
for Greeley.
VII. A Republican Democratic candi-
date is an absurdity in terms. Yet Gree
ley, in his position, is not only this, but
a Liberal Republican Democrat also.
VIII. He has changed of late, and, be-
ing in transition state, or one of met
amorphosis, who can tell what fantastic
shapes he may yet assume
TX. / have long and ably been instruct
ed by Horace Greeley to vote for Grant,
and never with the Democrats.
X fear that Gratz Brown drinks too
muCn Dranuy ana SWearS accordingly,
and therefore cannot vote for his ticket
Such Vice-President as he would be
likely to make is not what the good of the
country demands.
XI. U. S. Grant has done more good for
his country during the last eight years
than all Democrats put together, and
could not now be so well spared from Of
flee as the whole of them
XII. "He will be better qualified for his
second term than he was for his first" 1"
So said Horace Greeley, the illustrious
predecessor of Greeley Horace.
XIII, l think Wilson will run better
than Gratz Brown, and should be pre-.
ferred.
XIV. I glory in the brilliant record of
the Republican party, that has
1. Suppressed rebellion.
2. Preserved the Union.
3. Destroyed slavery.
4. Whipped the Democrats.
For these reasons, and others that
might be named, l shall vote for Grant
and Wilson, and advise others to do so,
if life is spared until election day, in No
Vember.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23

During the forenoon, to-day, the members
of the Cabinet then in town, Belknap, Cres-
well and Williams, visited President
Grant on business the last named in rela-
tion to the Ku-Klux convicts in the
Albany Pententiary. The report in
the case, made by Colonel Whitley,
having been read to the President, he direct
ed that a pardon be made out in behalf of
those especially recommended to Executive
clemency, namely, David Collins, William
Teal, Amos Owen and William Scrugg,
who were represented TO be old men, and
one or two in poor health, and who joined
the Ku-Klux in ignorance of its real objects.
SO ne days will elapse before they will be set
at liberty, as it will first be necessary to as
certain when and where they were convicted.
After these cases shall be disposed of, the
President will consider the suggestions of
Colonel Whitley relative to eighteen Of the
Others nowlin the Albany Penitentiary."
There were twenty three cases of sun
stroke in New York city on the 14th, FIVE of
which were fatal. Seven cases were reported
in Brooklyn.
The Sheriff of New York City received no.
tice on the 18th, from the Attorney.G eneral,
not to arrest Andrew Garvey in the civil
suits pending against him.
Horace Greeley arrived at Portland on the
18th, and delivered speech in response to
the welcome rendered him.
Joe Perry has been acquitted of completely
in the murder of Mrs. Matthews, of Yates
City, III.
The wife of Robert Miller, of Lacon, ILL.,,
recently undertook to fill burning kerosene
lamp, which exploded, and her child, sitting
at the table, was burned to death.
McVicker's new theater in Chicago was
formally opened on the evening of the 18th.
The crowd in attendance was immense.
The National Camp Meeting at Urbana,
Ohio, closed on the 18th. The attendance
was decided to hold a meeting in the same
place again next year.
Henry Waldron is the Republican candi.
date for Congress from the First Michigan
District; Jackson Orr (Republican) has been
re-nominated in the Ninth Iowa District.
The Liberals and Democrats have nominated
Judge G. d. A. Parks in the Seventh Illinois
District, and r. r. Hudson in the Fifteenth
Ohio District.
A recent Washington dispatch announces
that the new Government building at Chi
cago would be commenced as soon as the
title to the ground should be secured to the
United States.
The Alabama Republican State Conven.
tion, at Montgomery on the 18th, nominated
David P. Lewis for Governor; Alexander
McKinistry for Lieutenant Governor; Pat
rick Bayland for Secretary of State; R. G.
Smith for Auditor; A. Bingham for Treas
urer; James II. Speed for Superintendent of
Education; Benz. Gardner for Attorney G en-
eral; Thomas Lambert for Commissioner of
Industrial Resources.
The Florida Conservative State Conven-
tion has nominated Hon. w. D. Blaxham
for Governor, Gen. Robert Bullock for Lieu
tenant Governor, G. L. Niblack and c. Jones
| for Congress.
c. w. Mlliken is the Democratic candidate
for Congress in the Third Kentucky Dis
trict.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23
The Prospects.

New YORK, August 1s.
Hon. HENRY WILSON said yesterday,
to an interviewing reporters {" In 1ndi-
ana the Republicans have begun the strug-
gle with an energy that is sweeping the
State from one end to the other. / spoke
in a dozen places, and everywhere the
meetings were attended by immense
crowds of people, and the enthusiasm
was such as | have never witnessed be-
fore, though MY political experience has
been pretty extensive. The Republican
party there mean not only not to let the
election go against them by default, but
to carry the country by heavier majorities
than ever before. Our ticket will carry
every free State but two, l am sure, and
in these two there are strong, very
strong, hopes of victory. These two are
New York and New Hampshire, though
the result is doubtful. l think all the
signs of the times point to the success of
the Republicans everywhere, and l may
say the same of New Hampshire, where
the fight is always very close one. l
find very cheering sign everywhere, and
that is that the vast majority of young men
are Republicans. In Indiana there are
electioneering regiments with a regular
Grant uniform, and mounted, and who
are doing splendid service in animating
and rousing all loyal men and friends of
good government to sense of their duty
All of these organizations are composed
of young men, most of whom served in
the war and helped to save the Union"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23
General News Summary.
THE OLD WORLD.

Cosuscormdjouk, a village on the Asiatie
bank Of the Bosphorus, inhabited by poor
Jews and Greeks, has been destroyed by
FIRE. Upwards of one thousand families are
homeless and destitute
The session of the British Parliament was
prorogued by the Queen on the 10th. Her
speech was delivered by proxy, she not being
personally present. Among other things,
she offered congratulations at the amicable
settlement of the 'ndirect claims" contro-
versy with this country.
One Of the most extensive cotton factories
In Geneva, Switzerland, was destroyed by
fire on the night of the 18th. Loss estimated
at 1o,000,00Of. Eight hundred operatives
are thrown out of employment.
Prince Bismark has celebrated, at Varzin,
his silver wedding. Only small number of
near relations and old friends were present
on the occasion, but every minute brought
some testimony of the interest with which
the day was regarded, even beyond the
bounds of Germany.
A special dispatch from Madrid to the
London Times of the 18th says: king
Amadeus has not, as reported, signed the
bill providing for the gradual abolition of
slavery in Cuba. The Porto Rico document,
which he signed, is simply code of rules
for providing for the enforcement of law
passed by the Cortes in 1869 preparing for
the emancipation of slaves in the Spanish
colonies"
A Southampton letter says when General
Sherman was visiting the American feet
there the Prince Of Wales carried him mes
sage from the Queen, apprising him and
Commodore Allen of her desire to receive
them and the officers of the feet at her
court, at Osborne, next day. The Queens
cordiality.
NJ. Beck, General of the Order of Jesuits,
has convoked an assembly of the Jesuits at
Rome to consider project of changing the
name and dress OF the Jesuits who have been
expelled from Prussia, and making as many
as possible enter into the orders which are
still suffered to remain there.
At the annual meeting of the British
Science Association, in London on the even.
ing Of the l4th, DR.. Carpenter eulogized Dr.
Livingstone, and praised Stanley for his
bravery. Stanley was frequently cheered
and acknowledged the tribute by bowing.
Nap Foleon was present.
a London dispatch Of the 18th says the
strike of the agricultural laborers for higher
wages continued in Oxfordshire. The Gov.
crnment had placed number of soldiers al
the disposal Of the farmers, and the crops
which were in danger, were being harvested
The officers Of the National Agricultural
Union protested against this proceeding OF
the authorities.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23
Married After an Engagement OF
Eighteen Years.

YESTERDAYS train carried west couple
whose like is seldom heard of, except in
romances. They were Mr.. and Mrs
Henry j. Holmes. the wife for many
years a resident of Prairie City, Iowa,
and the husband ranking with the Cali
fornia ''forty-niners. Eighteen years
ago, after the usual courtship, the couple
became engaged, the young lady agreeing
to wait until such time as her lovers
financial circumstances should justify the
performance of the marriage ceremonies.
AT that time Mr.. Holmes was on a visit
to his people, and returned shortly to
California, in the hope that his second
visit to the Golden State might be more
prosperous than the first one. HisTeturn
was frequently promised during the sue
ceedlng five or six years, but the tickle
dame fortune always played false Aban-
doning the mining fields, the young man
gave his time to other and surer indus
tries, and in two years had accumulated
a peat little sum of money. During all
this time not word Of complaint came
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23
An IneXtinguishabIe Lamp.

Much interest has been excited in mari
time circles by the invention of an mex
tinguishable and selfigniting signal lamp,
which is likely to be of great practical
value under many circumstances. Its
peculiarities are that it is self-igniting,
that its flame can neither be extinguished
by water nor any other means, and that
it is incapable of setting fire to objects,
while, at the same time, its light is cx-
tremely brilliant and of long duration.
The new lamp consists of a cylindrical
vessel of tin, with conical point, and
provided below with tube six inches in
length. The vessel is to be filled entirely
with fragments of phosphide of calcium,
and the tube soldered up air-tight, so that
the preparation can be kept for many
years without change. When the lamp
is to be used, the tip of the cone is to be
cut off, and an opening made at the end
of the narrow tube referred to, and the
lamp inserted in a wooden float, and
thrown into the water. The water pene-
trates through the lower end of the tube,
and comes in contact with the phosphide
of calcium, and is decomposed, with the
formation of a phosphuretted hydrogen
gas, which is developed in great quantity,
and which, escaping through the open
tube of the cone, becomes ignited and
burns in contact with the atmospheric
air. An experiment was lately made
with this signal light, in which the lamp
was thrown overheard from a steamer,
and drawn along behind by means of a
string, at a short distance from the
stern When the lamp touched the water
brilliant flame shot out Immediately
from the opening; and, although it was
continually dragged under water by the
motion of the vessel, the light remained
unextinguished, even after the lamp was
submerged. After time the string was
cut, and the lamp allowed to float behind
and it was visible for long distance
from the light disseminated around it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23

The Inter Ocean says there are two
Chicago men now working in the South
African diamond fields-Mr Nimrod Ian.
caster and Mr.. Frank Seiber-on whom
fortune seems to smile. They are explor-
ing the fields 800miles north of the Cape of
Good Hope. Mr.. Lancaster has found dis-
mond Weighing seventeen carats, and Mr..
Seiber has found one weighing six carats,
The latter is white diamond, and is
worth about $4,000 The former is a
little off color" and is not so valuable.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23

Plymouth Church will have a festi-
val on October 10, II, 10 and 13, the 25th
anniversary of Mr.. Beechers installation
All present and past members of Ply
mouth Church and SundaY-School are to
be invited, but pew-holders, not members
of the church, are to be counted out. The
house of worship is to be deliberately dec
GRATED, and the event is already named a
jubilee, or the silver wedding of Beecher
to the church.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23

~" Ex'Attorney General Akeman, in writ
ing to the Chattanooga Herald on Southern
lawlessness, says; "Should Grant be re-
elected, the offenders will cease to hope for
impunity in crime, and will betake them.
selves to better ways or TO other countries.
Should Greeley be elected, they will feel that
their side has triumphed, and, in the lntoxi.
cation OF victory, WIN break out in violence,
the hereer from long eonsHalnt,n
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23

India rubber trees, it is stated, occupy
a belt of land around the globe for five
hundred miles south of the equator.
These trees yield on an average three table
spoonfuls of sap day, and can be tapped
for twenty successive seasons. In a tract
of country thirty miles long and eight
miles wide, there have been fOrty-three
thousand India rubber trees counted. In
Europe and the United States there are
one hundred and fifty manufactures of
India rubber goods, employing five hun
dred operatives each, and consuming over
ten millions pounds of gum every year.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23

The monks of La Trappe have a clock
in their large hall of the convent, which
is frightfully complete piece of handi
work and mechanicism. A perfect human
skeleton stands by the wall, pointing with
its fleshless fingers at the hours marked
upon a dial, which revolves. The picture
is a hideous one, but the monks see a
moral in its existence and lesson in its
death-like certainty.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23
Miscellaneous Reading.
I GOES UL KssEs STRAIGHT.

lnr FARMER nErNoLDs.
l amt got heeps Of iarnin',
And seldom srgy well,
But sorter form opinions,
which amt afraid to tell;
so says II square and open,
without fear OF small or great,
stand by the loyal party,
And goes Ulysses straigh
They talk about 'reformin',
And say our party's split,
That qreeley's awful honest,
And Grant haint any grit
hears their shaller blowin',
And I sees their crooked gait,
Bnt turns my back on Horace,
And goes Ulysses straight.
can't see how feller
Can mix with JEFF and sich;
Why, shun these Guessed critters
AS II they had the itch
And I'll never vote their ticket,
Nor knuckle to their hate,
But III think Of murdered Lincoln,
While goes Ulysses straight.
kinder get confounded
When hears the mongrel shout.
When larn how Blair and Sumner
Want to turn our leader outs
But never ftaked or tUdUered,
And Pm loyal up to date,
For stands by the loyal party,
hNu L BOcs ULYSSES hJrhlBHI.
can't explain the taxes,
q. But I've seen the niggers free,
And votin gin their masters
Is right enough for me;
ANITA cussed bulhcad,
To swaller rebel bait,
But keeps the side OF freedom
And goes Ulysses straight.
reckon Horace Greeley
Don't expect to get my vote,
But | never was traitor,
A turn-coat, or df0dt
A chap that's double-sided,
Whatever's in his pate,
Amt fit to be a President,
SO goes Ulysses straight.
can't forget them battles,
Nor the trials we have had,
And accept as blessed angels
Men proven false and bad
And think onr noble nation
81 Would meet fearful fate
In hands once raised agin her,
So goes Ulysses straight.
/ wasn't much on ightin',
But gin the praise where due,
And backs the dauntless chieftain,
Who led our boys in blue.
won't eat crow or 'possum,
Nor have 1t on my plate;
For love lOydi diet,
so goes Ulysses straight
We've tried his pluck at Shilo,
We've proved the reck'nin' sound,
He'll push a thief or rebel
As fox before hound
At Donelson and Nicksburg
He struck to save the state;
He's statesman and gineral,
So goes Uly sses straight
l sorter fear that Greeley
Don't tell us what he knows
About this fusion business,
And the way The bargin goes;
They say his beets lave cost him
from dollar up to eight
There's a coStHer beat ahead, Horace,
For Ue goes Ulysses straight.
amt got heaps of larnin',
And seldom argy well,
But sorter form opinions,
Which l amt afraid to tell;
So says 1t square and open,
Without fear of small or great,
stands by the loyal party,
And goes Ulysses straight.
--GrdRd Rapids Eagle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23

If speech is silver and silence gold,
how much Is dumb man WORTH