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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-10
General Banks Letter DecHaF-
ing for Greeley.
The 1llowing is the full text of Gen

The bllOWing is the full text of Gen
eral Banks letter:
Boston, July 81, 1872.
My Dear Sir-T have the honor to ac-
knowledge by this note, in addition to
our conversation to-day, the receipt of
your invitation to address the citizens
of Lynn, on Thursday evening, in sup
port of the reelection of the Grant pol
cy and his administration. No invita-
tatiOn could have greater weight with
me from any part OF the country, or
from any part of my feIlGw-citizens,
and it gives me pleasure to assure you
that nothing could be added to your
suggestions, as the representatives of
the citizens of Lynn, to induce me to
acceed to their request. =
Their kindness to me many years ago
is Il continued life remembrance, and
nothing could give me greater satisfac-
ton than to renew my association with
them, but | regret to say that [ am not
in accord with them in the presidential
canvass. Against my wishes and per-
sOnal interests | am compelled to be-
lieve and to say that the pursuit of the
present policy of the government is not
for the advantage Of the country and
that it will not tend to establish it's for
mer good and prosperity, nO~rtopromOte
the interest of any class of citizens.
No personal feeling of any form or
I character enters into this Judgment it
is in view of general principles andpnb-
lie interests alone that I am led to this
Notwithstanding of the masses of
all parties, sections and races. in sup
port of the grand results of the war is
Indispensable to the permanent estab-
llshment OF a general reorganization of
| these PpSultS-it ean ha sonrra1 NV M
other means. We shall all be forced to
this conclusion sO0ne or later. This
united action on this basis has been the
hope of my life. I fervently desired It
during the war andin the reconstruction
of the States subsequent to the war.
/ believe it is now rendered in good
| faith in the nomination of Mr.. Greeley,
and fOrOne | can nOtrejectit; it was what
| desired. Its contamination, although
sudden and startling, does not alarm
me. My duty to my country andmyself
requires me to give him. my support.
| cannot advocate before our friends q
different course, which neither my iudg-
ment nor my heart approves.
1t grleves me most deeply to separate
in thought or action from any of those
with whom I have so long been asso-
ciated, and to whom [ am so greatly in
debted but / believe the result will
justify my action-giye to the country
peace and prosperity, which is the OBJ
iect of our labors, and secure to
every citizen civil and political equal
ity and freedom, which were won by the
sacrifice of so many valuable lives.
Accept the assurance of my lasting
friendship and esteem, and believe me
yours truly, n. p. BANKS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18
THE DEAD FAVORITE.

Put by the cage, dear One more link
Is lost Us from the chains that shrink
So sadly fast, year after year.
Now human love unfolds it's wings
And leaves us and now humber thing
Depart, that helped to make life dear
IT'S but tiny bird, indeed,
That lies there mid the wasted seed
But. ali, tits one songs sunshine fled
To us it was sound of home,
And though thousand songsters roam,
Our one small welcome guest is dead
Among the roses, that will shed
Their snow and blood above it's bed,
Come, let us scoop little grave.
Our sweetest flowers where it lies
Shall whisper of the tropic skies
That were its home beyond the wave.
SO let it sleep And we? We wait
For what shall be beyond The Gate,
Where our own loved shall glad ou
eyes.
we know it-1Ue are sure to meet
But when the loved and lost we greet,
Say, will there be fresh surprise ?
And shall we in that dim Beyond
Find all the small links, true and fond.
mat clnnR so closely round d s here
Home Is SO dear on earth, we doubt
If we should know our Home without
The humble things that made it dear,
Put by the cage No more. love. here
Twill dabble in the water clear.
Or ripened stalks of plantain pull,
But ne shall recognize the note
Among the myriad songs that float
- ~ = A ~ ~pna sltifrrI
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18
SUMMER.
BY ORPHEUS !. KERR

The tickle year is in its golden prime;
The world is dreaming in hay luster,
And round the affairs of our Summer cline
The blushing roses cluster.
Upon the mountain dwells impassioned
light,
And in the valley sleeps shade depress
While fields of waving wealth enchant the
sight,
Like gold Of Gods own blessing.
The plowman rests beneath the wayside
tree,
The stream curls slowly round the hoofs
of cattle
And DER the meadow floats the droning
bee,
Fresh from Lis flowery battle.
Soft through the southern meshes Of the
vine,
hear the birds unto each other calling
And in the casket of the eglantine
The tropic deWs are falling.
Far in the distance rolls the sluggish sea,
With not enough of life in all its breath
ing
To bid the sail from it's rude bonds go free,
And spurn it's hempen Wreathlng.
On all there rests halo and hush,
The spell of poesy is on the blossom.
And Natures spirit slumbers in blush,
Caught from high heavens bosom.
The past and future blend in one sweet
sleep,
The worlds dream, and care hidden
murmur,
Whose tears, however sadly he may weep,
Are but the dews of Summer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18
A JAPANESE LETTER CARRIER.

The japanese do not have the same ar
rapgements for carrying and delivering
letters as we do in our Postofice depart
ment; they employ couriers, or men who
carry tbs letters over their shoulders In
water. proof satchels or wrappers OF
water proof paper. These men in warm
weather go almost naked, wearing moth
ing but a breech. cloth about ther loins.
They do this so that they may run the
easier, for they travel at very fast gait,
and keep it up for four or five hours at a
time. This must by very fatiguing, for a
japanese courier RUS nearly as fast as a
horse will trot before of one our common
country wagons. Sometimes these men
are tattoeed as you see sailors tattooed on
their arms or hands-that is, marked
with blue or redifgures, made with India
ink. gunpowder, and other pigments.
Sometimes you will see courier with
figure of a large crab between his Shout
ders, or some bright colored fishes on his
chest, or perhaps cottage, besides other
cufious and brilliant colored figures.
Some men are tattooed all over, and then
they look like clowns or like Harlequin
in the pantomine.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18
A HOT WATERLOO DAY"
From the New York Times. I

"Waterloo Day" the 18th of June, is
described by the London papers as the
hottest known in that city for many years
The statistics given enable us to contrast
the heat with that which is experienced
here. At s o'clock in the morning of the
18th according to the Pail Mall Gazette
the thermometer marked 100 in the
shade, and by 2 P. NJ it had reached
80 2 The suffering was very great, and
in the afternoon there were, what we
should be glad of in this region just now,
tremendous thunder storms all over the
Kingdom. What we should not be so glad
of were the attendant casualties, some of
which were of an extraordinary character
Two ships were struck by lightning in
the Mersey, and one. q cotton.shlp, the
Memphis, was set on fire. At the same
hour, vessel called the Ten Brothers,
coming out of the Tyne. was also struck,
when one man was killed outright and
two badly hurt. Several other persons
were killed by the electric fluid in differ
ent parts of the country. simultaneously
with these accidents, but how far attribu-
table to the lightning is not stated, a
boiler burst at place called Ouseborne,
and part of the boiler was hurled through
the air to the line Of the North eastern
Railway, where it fell exactly in front of
the coming express train. Fortunately
the train was stopped in time to prevent
an appalling catastrophe. although at the
cost of life. On the Midland Road, the
Scotch express was stopped by different
obstacle. A milldam burst on the hill.
side, over Thackley Tunnel, and effectu-
ally closed the line by making lake
over it. In Liverpool, the vlvidness of
the lightning, and the overwhelming roar
Of the thunder, exceeded anything ever
known there by living residents. There,
however, the damage was happily limited
to property.
These phenomena and the heat that
preceded and chiefly occasioned them,
illustrate the purely relative character Of
atmospheric vicissitudes. The tempera
ture Of Waterloo Day in London we
should have thought cool ano temperate
any time these last few days in New York.
In the tropics, where the mercury seme-
times surges up to 105 or 10 degrees in
the shade--and stays there-our late hot
spell would seem correspondingly moder
ate The difference between what the
heat is at an exceptional time and in av'
erage times is the great source of incon.
venience and suffering, and we have no
doubt people experienced as much of the
former, at least, in London with the ther'
at IS Q, as we have done who
have so often of late gone dozen degrees
''better" in New York. 4st..t
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18
"a ~ -
STRATA.

At the city of Modena, in Italy, and
about four miles around it, wherever
the earth is dug, when the workmen ar
rive at q distance Of sixty. three feet,
they come to bed Of chalk, which they
bore with an auger to the depth Of five
feet. They then withdraw from the pit
before the anger is removed, and upon
its extraction the water bursts through
the aperture with great violence, and
quickly fills this newly made we'll which
continues full, and is affected neither by
ms or droughts. But what IS most
remarkable in this operation is the lay
ers of earth as we descended. At the
depth of fourteen feet are found the
ruins of an ancient city, paved streets,
houses, floors, and different pieces of mo
sale work Under this was found q soft,
oozy earth, made up of vegetables, and
twenty.six feet deep, large trees entire,
such as walnut trees with the waInuts
sticking to the stem, and the leaves and
branches in perfect state of preserva-
ton. At twenty eight feet deep, soft
chalk is found mixed with 1t large guam.
tity Of shells, and this bed is eleven feet
thick. Under this, vegetables are again
found.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18
GREELEY AND THE DEMOCRACY.

Mr.. Robert Vance of North Carolina,
brother Of the ex. governor, has come out,
in speech delivered at Wilson, in favor
of Mr.. Greeley's nomination by the Balti-
more convention. He illustrates his posi-
ton, the Iribaus tells us-and the illus
tration is too good not to be repeated at
length-by a humorous story of an old
preacher into whose hymn book some bad
boy had pasted the old song, odd Grimes
is dead, that good old man, we meier snail
see HIM more" On opening his book one
day, before sermon, his eyes fell on this
hymn. He read the first verse,and stopped
with surprise. He wiped his specs and
read it again, and said Brethren, I have
been singing out of this book for forty
years: have never recognized this as q
hymn before, but it's here, and [ amt
agwine TO go back on nay books now so
please raise the tune and we'll sing it
through if it kills u.s. Now, said Mr..
Vance, we have been singing democratic
hymns for forty years down here, and we
have never recognized Greeley as Dem
ocrat before but if the Baltimore con-
ventlon puts him in our hymn book, We'll
sing him through if it kills uz." What
makes the story and the illustration it
conveys the more piquant, is the remem-
brance OF an editorial article, consisting
Of three words, printed in the Tribune on
the occasion Of certain negative vote
cast by the United States senator from
Iowa, friend Of Senator TrumbulPs in
late impeachment trial. These three
words were "Grimes is Dead" -NGtiOn.
|
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18

up in moment. "Do you feel better,
| Tomnlie?
81 guess III feel better now. I was so
hot Can't you come up some night when
it's cold, mother ?"
She made no answer, but bathed his
burning temples with cool water, changed
the heated pillow, and soon the weary
eyes closed again. The boy slept, but she
sat WATCHING. Suddenly he woke with a
start, "It's my birthday Have you got
my-oh," with little scowl of pain as he
remembered
"You shall have your present, Tommie. "
GIVE got over my birthday, now; y and
again he was off in the land Of shadows.
All day long he dozed, waking occasion
ally, and always finding his mother at his
side. So strange so strange He Won
dercd who YVES doing the washing and
the scrubbing- the - doughnuts--
but he didn't ask, he was too tired
That night the doctor looked very sober,
He had long talk with them ALL down
stairs, after which father looked ten years
older, mothers face was white and bag
gard, aad poor old grandpa wrung his
hands. Alas alas
Mother" said Tommie the next morn
ing owe had my present; father needn't
buy it" The little voice was weak and
faint, but almost gleeful
what was it, my darling ?"
| A flush that was not fever crept over
the pale face at the endearing name. "You
do like me, don't you, mCthsr?" he cried
exultantly.
Like him? The artless question, with
its unspoken reproach, was too much fol
her
Don't cry, mother, don't I'll he good
Don't you make my head tired"
She stopped instantly.
"You made me forget about my pres
emit" he exclaimed, utmost pettishly. al
was great big picture book-as big-as
this room. God showed me the pictures
'Tisn't wicked to say that,is it mother?'
he asked anxiously.
ono, Tommie"
"He showed me Johnnie and Charlie
and ever so many more. Can't I-hav5
-picture-t0oken mother Bometlme?'
She promised, but he didn't hear IL
was asleep again.
That evening they all sat by the bed
! SA~~' = ~ JILL ""o S5OAAo NOW II, IAo ldo'
rays falling benignantly upon the corr
fields in which the poor father had taken
SO much pride. Oh, if he could give up
every acre now, and keep his boy Bu
the little life was going-going. They
saw it, and were too full to speak.
All at once the black eyes, luminous
with heavens own glory, opened, gave tc
each searching glance, but rested longes
upon grandpa's aged figure, trembling
with the grief he Vainly tried to control.
Don't be-sorry- grandpa-1-gues,
-God'll-let-me-cOme-for-you."
There was a long, long, loving gaze
which seemed to take them all in>~anC
then
"He's dropped off again." said tn,
mother with a pitiful self deceit.
"Ab, yes faltered grandpa, weeping
"hes dropped off, but not to sleep. He'
wide awake now.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18

THE PERSIAN BRIDE.-The Persian
bride. when first purchased. isa queer
little body, in the eyes of Occidehtals.
Fatted up for the occasion with rice and
|sweetmeats, besmeared with cosmetics,
with collyrium in her almond-shaped
eyes to render them soft and languisbing,
with hair dyed either coal black or red,
dish brown, eyebrows 'plastered and
painted, cheeks, ditto, hands, feet and
fnger-nails of the color Of mahogany
from the use of henna, with no more
shape or figure than bolster, her per.
son covered with jewels, her mind en-
tirely uncultivated. she is nevertheless
not devoid of certain native talent, con.
verses iii fowery style of roses and
nightlngeles, and will often outwit the
wisest. Oriental graybeard, notwith-
standing her childlike ways and unde-
veloped mind.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18

BEN. Buffers WRATH WHEN OFFER
ED A BRIBE.-During the Generals Pro
consulship, he was sitting one day in his
Office when gentleman of mercantile an.
tecedents and u taste for SAB rosa fnan-
ciering, solicited and obtained an inter
view. He delivered himself of his GRAND
with the frank directness proper to man
Of the world. He and some friends of
his had little job on understanding
in the cotton or sugar line. There was Il
pile of money in it, "Now, we understand
all about this" continued the visitor.
" This is business. Of course, we shall do
the square thing by you-say twenty five
per cent"
The General lcaped from his chair, con-
fronted the tempter with virtuous indig-
nation stamped on every feature Of his
expressive face, and used this memorable
but improper language: "Why, you *
x = if you dare to insult me by men
tioning twenty-five per cent again, I will
kick you from here to No, Blank
street." By singular-not to say mex
plicable- coincidence, the number men
toned is said to have proved indentical
with that of the late Mr.. A. j. Buffers
office.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18

A Paradise of geologists is being open
ed up at Araphee Station, on the Kansas
Pacific, where a well digged, now at the
depth of four hundred feet, has been Tor
several days penetrating beds OF fossil
shade, filed with Faculties, ammoniteS
and a general variety Of creatures with
long names. I've hundred feet above it
passed through thick oyster bed, and
at the depth ofthree hundred and sigh.
ty nine feet took out the upper jaw OF q
repulse with tushes an inch In length.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18

On her hand jewel sparkled,
"Gem Of purest ray SERENE"
Jewel, that the proudest lady
Might have envied her, Ween.
And / thought of all the toiling
Wealth so great must represent,
DAYS of unromitting labor,
Nights in sleepless plannings spent.
And I said The work of ages
Rests upon the woman's hand.
She must be the proudest lady
In this democratic land.
She must have a royal dowry,
Untold wealth of golden store,
Gold to purchase books and culture,
Gold to lavish on the poor.
Gold for art and gold for travel,
Gold to purchase rest from'care,
What chrism of cCntentment
Such q soul must surely wear.
Gems are but the outward symbol
Of the spirits ray serene,
In her soul a something nObler
Than her Jewel shines, l ween.
To her face my eyes [ lifted,
AS to some Madonna saint.
Rock of ages for moment
All nv soul was sick and faint.
Ewes were but the light Of passion
FierceIy burned with banefnl glare,
Lips that wore the smiles internal,
Human demons learn to wear.
Not trace of spirit culture,
Not thought serene and chaste,
Not fowret bloomed in beauty
In her life's most arid waste.
Then anon she turned the jewel, ...
hnY 10 M
And no longer l sat dreaming
Her the proudest in the land.
All at once her jewel faded
To bit of shining stone.
Wealth is great for noble uses;
Gold is naught, as gold alone.
Aid I said: 0 woman, wretched,
What aVailS your proud attire,
Fettered ard enslaved by passion,
VasSal to base desire
Held in bondage to the service
Of all baser, meaner strife,
Serving all your lower nature.
Living an igHobie life
Clothed in rags, your face were fairer
If some EobIe thought were there A:
Base or noble art thou ever,
With the spirit thoU doSt 1Oeor.
Now thou smilest, vainly striving
All thy sin and shame to hide
"Blind is all the world" thou sayest,
II will smile, whate'er betide."
Woman woman! Natue babbles
Fatal secrets DER thy face,
And for all thy guarded smiling,
Sin leaves unmistakeu trace.
Only vulgar eyes are dazzled
With the splendor crime can wear
Clothed in rags thy face were talrer,
If some noble thong ht were there.
June 10.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18

A somewhat laughable "ring" las been
formed in California where this years
grain crop is very large. Knowing this
fact, some willy gentlemen have by pur-
chase bagged the entire stock of grain
sacks, so that the farmers are at their
wits ends to know how to store their
grain.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18

The Court Journal notes as new sign
of the luxurious tendencies ofthe time,
the practices at grand dinner parties of
putting charming little posy of choice
flowers into the finger glass of each guest.
Also at bali in Belgrave Square, an elab-
crate bouquet was placed at the disposal
of each lady as she entered the dancing
room. These signs are not new IN New
York.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18

Receive at once the potent power
which will lift you above the ills Of life,
in the thousands of books which can be
had in this age. Read books, pham-
phlets, and newspapersevery thing useful
instructive, amusing, and full of lifs's
lessons. Get your mind on yourself, at
some rate, or you are doomed never to
amount to anything, or have a friend
worth having.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18

A statue of Venus, of the best work :
manship, has been found at Lucera, near
Foggia, besides vase of nine yards cir
cumfrence and mosaic floor, The usual
dolphin is at the feet Of the goddess,
which measures seven palms in height.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18

Vixen prison in Switzerland becomes
vacant white flag is hoisted on its tow
srs to apprise the world OF the TACT ana
such a standard now waves over the bat
Elements Of tue Jail at MOnsieTs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-18
P OET r Y.
From the Inter~Ocean.
A WOMAN'S RING.

BY AGNES LEONARD HILL.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-01-30
NUMBER 2.

an "opinion" tor three francs for nothing,
and they must follow tho lawyers advice.
He himself set the example at the head
of his laborers, and worked until all the
hay. was got in. The event seemed sent
on purpose to prove the wisdom of his
conduct, for the weather changed during
the night, sudden storm burst over the
village, and the next day at dawn they
perceived the river oyerhowing tho
meadows and carrying of the new cut
hay. The harvests of the neighboring
farmers were completely destroyed.
This first experience gave him such faith
in The lawyers opinion that from that
day be took it Tor the rule of his conduct,
and became, thanks to his regularity aud
diligence, one OF the richest farmers Of
The country. He never forgot, either,
the service NJ. Germondaio had rendered
him, but carried him every ysar, from
gratitude, a couple of his iattegt fowls,
and was accustomed 20 say to his neigh.
bors, whenever they spoke OF lawyers.
that "after the laws OF God and the
Church, the most profitable thing in the
world was lawyers opinion
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-01-30
Stlttt Storp.
From Arthur's Home Magazine
OUR AFGHAN.
A GIRLS STORY.
az Ct SSIE

Las, winter Ne five girls agreed in iorm
"a sort oi ''co operative" association. aud.
together, knit pretty wmm woo.cn nl
CHAN, ~ a ''Ctri>tml>" Tor 1.-THE mother, ="
vino MAS growing Io love her after linner
dozc on the lounge AltcI consultation
nn the matter, We finally decided tina,
each ct " should take one stripe and
make it Nll herself. aud when the presen-
tation Was made. u hand in with tho at.
CHAN our written experiences" # all
the little adventures that happened, or
the thoughts we "crOoned' over our
balls and needles At first We all wanted
the scarlet stripe. lit was such a becom-
ing color to light up our dark Afternoon
dresses Fan said. But Lou. the oldest.
told III we must draw lots. and have nn
disturbance So she wrote down all the
colors IN five strips OF paper and we each
drew Our stripe" LOUIS fell purple,
Nelrs yellow. Fans scarlet Hates green,
while the great white snowfall" was
left TO me. And here are our little stories
.s,yoyen in wool