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The Coiored Troops in the Arkansas
Var.
The performances Of the negroes in both
e armies wero subjects If common amuse-
mcut, The Baxterites were particularly proud
Of their negro battalion. as 1t Indicated to the
world that the African mind did not all run ono
way One dark night Brooks soldier slipped
IN to Baxter negro and said, Cuf{eo, let me
show you bow to bold your gun" CuGee, sup
nosins that it vas tho officer Of tho guard, en7e
IN his gun and squared himself for instruction,
Ehen. to his amazement, the point of the bay
onot waa applied to the Termination of his YER
tebral column, and he was marched off to the
Brooks camp, miserable prisoner OF War.
A few nights afterwards a Ea1terlte tried the
picket. and kindly offered to show him how to
bold his gun. The unsuspectlng negro warrior
gave up hi. mueket, when he was told to trot.
But q second negro picket covered the Baxtey1te
with his gun, aud marched hun of to the guard
house.
Gen. Blocker, of the Baxter forces, was prord
of the negro warriors, and especially boastod Of
their efficacy as guards and pickets. One day
the General wanted wee drop OF something
side the lines A negro picket was on duty. The
General, preeuming his rank. attempted to pass.
.sNhar you guinc :' nalsed the guard.
II am going to moisten ny WHISTLE answered
tho General.
.Have yer got arr pass ?"
"No, 7 am General Of the srmy;"
"Can't help that" said the faithful darkey;
"Whar did you SAY you's gwine:" :" ..~.,
IL am going to get drink" said tho General
sharply.
told two tales bout 1t a]ready!"
And the General didn't get through. Te had
told t1o different stories a. to his er1and-
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PERE HIACINTHE.

Ilin Now Church.
London {June 24} Correspondence ef tho Ns,o York
Norid
The i" Old Catholics Of Switzerland hayo met
at Derne to lay the foundations Of their new eo-
clcsiastical organization. The meeting WAS cpm-
posed of nearly eighty delegates II from Basle.
Bcrne, Geneva, st. Gall, Luce1ne, Soleure. and
Zurich Out Of tile eighty, however, only four
were priests, OF ez-prests, to wit: Mr.. Ibyson,
plarrer Herxog, "whom general rcputo daHlg-
mates as tho first Bishop OF this Church, pfar-
rer Gaschwiud, and another Pfarre1. uame not
given. of Zurich. The title Of the new Church
voted down; "Liberal Catholic" mas strongly
advocated; but .Christlan Catholic" carried
the day. The Roman Catholic Church was
voted to bo no Church at all. but only corpora
is to be governed BY council, consisting OF the
Bishop, whom they get one, three priests, aud
five laymen, and the bishop can do nothing
without the Council. When the meeting bad
got thus far, member proposed that they
strong support. "An able Professor Of BcEae
Unitersity,'' delegate from Zoftlugeu, aud q
Baxle Deputy declared that Bishops were nuiH-
ance, aud that the naw Church would die if it
got B:show. At this point OF the proceedings
Mr.. Lo7eou and Pfar1er uerzog retired, and they
were only induced to return by beng informed
that the meeting had roted, 'anid much laugh
ter" on the suggestion Of Pfarrer Gaeclwlnd,
that III Bishop il necessity for us Catholics,
although 8 D6CeshAEy evil LhcA h1toA ki!lo
was settled and arrangements for stripping the
Bishop of ali authority were made. 80 great was
the fear Of the laymen that they made another
effort to rob the ogre Of some OF his tetrors by
calling him by another name. The term )" An
tistie was suggested, but this WAS ruled out by
reason Of the fact that this WAS the very word
used for Bishop in ths Roman Catholic maee.
And finally. moved by the remark of the tresl-
dent OF the meeting that il they changed the
name OF Bishop " tho Catholic folks will think
our religion q new one." they reluctantly con-
seuted to retain the dreaded appeliAtlon, but
with tho provlso that the Council might depose
the Bishop at any time. Tho question Of bow
they were to &c. Bishop and who was to con-
eecrato him WAS not discussed. ::
The correspondent through whom have OBJ
tanned the above interesting facts states that
the new Church has not yet made much prog
ress save III Geneva. Five of the priests are
already married." and the others are looking
out tor wives ..Coafession is no longer obliga-
tory" the election Of the clergy by the Unity is
fixed principle, and the nov. Church has OBJ
tained POSSESSION, BY the aid of the authorities,
OF four OF the cdttices which belonged to tho
Roman Catholica, these idoaters being now COM
PEELED to Worship in barns or in balls hired for
lie p1rpoee. The whole influence Of the present
SwlsB Government is thrown in favor Of tie new
Church, aud it il rather astonishing that its
progress has not been more marked than it ap-
pears to be. Perhaps when Dir. Loyson or Pfar-
rer Herzog is made Bishop it will spin along more
mDrtllY.
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OF e1udatlon Of albuminoCs matter. which
loosens the sutures or joints of tho plates in the
she4. BY. . powerful effort the crab then backs
OUT OF h1a skin, like knight, pulled out Of bis
craWls off into the mud to await the formation Of
another shell, which lns naked body hastecs to
extr11de de- BY the Kindly aid OF the elements. Per-
heEs the oysteE he hns eaten also supplies him
with bis neH clothes. This trick h4s not yet
been performed On any stage: backing out OF
shell, claws. suckers. and all, without breaking
It. The operation il short, generally accom-
p!1shed in day. Next day but ono the crab is
again an oyster-cannibal feeding On the molus-
cans banks.
Neaz the end Of the wharf, tied to cord, is d
large
weighing about eight pounds, with teeth biting
at right htle1eb to Lii breadth, and q noso shaped
water-pauther, and 60 with it into the depths Of
the sea-. But on the table he il q sweet boon,
and most a1nlable with a little egg~sauce.
Fish arc very cheap here. a couple Of black
fellows BOON came up, bringing a. very noble
string Of white perch aud rock, averaging about
tllree-quarters Of pound apiece. There being
sixteen pounds they received 95 ceuts for the
WHOLE Two glasses of grog materially reduced
this compensation, but Africa was appeased.
OFF FOR ST. 1N1ooEs.
At breakfast OF steak, waffles, fried oysters,
excellent coffee mud both Wheat and egg-pone
broad, smoking hot. l met. amongst .othors, Mr.
Fairbanks and family, Secretary OF m iron COM
pany. at Leavenworth, Kan.
''Why did yoa come here, across q thousand
miles Of land?" said I.
''Oh! read book called Forest and Stream.
and saw letter on bay fishing here"
Fairbanks had learned to scslll one OF the long,
cat-rigged canoes. Gko native. balancing hls
paddle on a bit Of end Of prov. Nothing u asked
here for the use OF boats and sail. Board Is SIS
q week apiece for adults.
Paving 81 for negro to sail and scull q
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Il is Yact, as I've been told.
That people, in the days Of old,
Got rich in silver and iu gold,
No matter what they bought or cold,
Dy mind1ng their own business.
They did not try to wound ones fame,
Or alander anybody's name;
They cared not when you went or came;
They pleased thcmselres,-you did the Same,
lit was your own business.
And If a man did what WIS right
In his own mind, and in the sight
OF God and Law, by day and night,
He went ahcud and fought the fight,
Determined on his business.
But, in degenerate modern daya,
There's guite change in peuple'a wayf,
And what person does or e@ya
Must lie held up unto the gazo
OF every busybody.
And If you do not tell them, too,
Who're you are going, and what to do,
They gct in such an awful stew,
They'll evcn watch and follow you,-
These very busybodies.
And then they surely think they know
Just when you come and when you go,
And they will whisper. 80 and SO,
To cvcry friend aud every foc,-
These very busybodies.
But, If we tnke the rains to zee
Who these same busybo1its he,
&c find there's not lo OF Eie
Who has decent history,
Among these busybodes.
But let US no moro notice take
OF evil tongues: but, tor their sake,
Well Eops and pray they soon 1,ay naEs
From wickednczs, and money lnake
By mindiug their own business. III
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AnTlTHESIS.

ns.th 14yes NJ no.a than Me.-S.ray f1sas-
Aye, mors /. gives repo-e
sxer:.r tl,au any HE can e'er tn1part:
Vas. depth Of peace, wirro every buzdeued hsas'
At 1su1th Will LOSS fss Eocz-
I lore not any creed
That txates OF deattIe4s Life teyond tbs snu.
Epough Of ll{e when these poor years. are doos:
I would hayt Tet: indeed!
tno. my priaon-bars:
buiid no topEling toNerB On shifting sands;
reach not apwatl With decaJiuS hands
To grasp the Lofty staz1-
The 1qwly grave Is dear.
Aud has no terrora 1t Is f1co from patas
It's couch ia downy and no seese: uaue
Ttiugs the reSretfut tear.
And life-its Wild uproar,
I.a fstitlees hopes it's withcred, bhgh:eo da1s,
Ia hours OF anguish. tura thu falltlnE gaia
THEo. ClKPETEn-
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-" Ah. see how the sun is gliding Jon distant
the steamer on which they were passengers was
nearing the port Of Milwaukee. "Aas, " gcoth
John Iifred, gazing io the direction indicated by
bia sweet companion, that's only 11luaulxo
street, and them things y0u see is ears."-Louis-
zi;9 CourieT-J Journal
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chrps with the sparrow, and OF hlnBe1 las
music quite original which he deals ungpar'ngly,
who can work Us well nt midnight as at noon.
.He il 9 genius, yolub1e and versatile, interfer-
ing in the affairs OF the bird-creation, yet 30
prosaic as be hops aud whistles that all the Top.
cannot therefore be genuine musician. at
this he executes several hundred klnds OF
r,irircs cat-ca!1s, and CAMS, sings Dixie and the
Watch on the Rhine, drops chord as plalntlve
and sarcastic together as one OF Helnes oal1ads.
and cries, as plain as speech: !" Let me out OF
this cage, and Ill chase SO all of tho globe with
sonpi" What d wcndrous savage! In MS
throat is tho incstimnble carbuuclc. He Ii d:a5
as Quaker, and all Italy is singing IN him. INC
negroes cago these birds and EEL IT, them m 1Gt ~
Eoar,y $50 years ago. this bird Was described IN
poetry, in the Gentte7nan's Magazine, IN En-
Gland. as heard near the spot where am Etand-
ing.
GRADS EATING OYSTERS.
At tho side of the boat-wharf IS great ralr OF
tongs Ike two iron 1Gkes riveted together, SO as
to open and shut and clasp peck of oysters III
tha Shell between them. The handles arc TWICE
as high as a mau. And there. around the tongs
as thoy lie in the water, IS large oyster-oed,
nerfectly beeet with c1abe, who arc feeding On
the OYSTERS Through the transparent water We
seo the whole performance. Tho Rreenlsh-gray
crab. with shell on hrs back Ike shield 1noen1-
cd and sharpened at the ends, swlns end"lse
with the velocity VI b11e AAAo 1eSA
his side. protected BY his two-armored and elbow
ed claws. When lie reaches the oyster bed. be be
thrugts claw in the party-open she!l and
browns tho oyster By keeping the shell open:
putting hs 9oss 5Ga S poate o eese G" nS
both Claws, liko bad boy eating Jolly. as he
is IL tie We observe On the a ps'G
Dropping the pork, the crab abandons tho oys-
nd sszss it With tue a 9 nos neT Is poIed
beneath lin, and ho is lifted, all furious ana
kicking into one Of the canoes WneTe m M ne fefp bpet
ily has the company of about tift5 OF hls ore'a-
Ieu. .,..
This is great sport for ladies. rem renemoe, n ta
last yenr carrying Gen. shcrman's family ou 10
see inlet Grabbing, and they seemed to ENJOY II
more than the original march to the sea.
CHANGING uIssHELL.
Hore, at Marshalrs ne have perfect oppof-
tunity to see the hard crab become soft-sheli,-
a piece of political apostasy which too often re-
suits in his expedition to the plate OF some res
taurant. His growth necessitates a !earls
change Of shell, "a these oysters are bound TO
fattcn him up to condition OF sn1socation. He
looseus this shell by system OF persplratlon'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20
candidate for supreme Judge.

We understand that Gen. Thomas
Powell, of Cincinnati, will be can
didate before the coming Democratic
State Convention, for Supreme Judge,
and that he will receive the entire
vote of the delegation from Hamilton
county. The General is gentleman
of fine legal requirements, of long ex-
perience in the practice of his profes-
sion. and q sound and unswerving
Democrat. He is in every way quali-
fed for the position, and would dis
charge its duties with honor to him-
self and aceeptablY to the people of
the State.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

THE Beecher-Tilton business drags
its weary length along. Moulton has
been before the committee but nothing
new was elected from him. He re-
fused to tell what he knew about the
matter. Beecher has made an exhaus-
tive statement that is, one that viii
exhaust the time and patience of the
reader who attempts to wade through
it, for it occupies sixteen columns of
fine type in the city dailies. Of course
it is able and eloquent, but it is un-
supported by either his own oath or
any other testimony than that of Mrs.
Tilton his alleged partner in guilt, and
it is hardly to be expected that either
he or she viii confess the crime with
which they stand charged. Accord
ing to his statement, the whole of
Beecher's offending consisted in the
fact that he had advised Mrs. Tilton.
through his wife, to separation from
her husband. 1t is difficult for one to
understand why he should wish him
self dead on this account, or declare
that he would die rather than that
others should be be incuIpated. The
statement is too thin to shake the al
ready formed judgment of the public
in the case.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

~ HaI1| :
Recent developments tend to- show
that Shepherd is the controlling spirit
of the Washington governments. The
old rings still retain power and gov
ern by proxy. The Commissioners
are under their influence and manipu-.
lafions. This will not surprise any
one. Shepherd, convicted of being
one of the most corrupt men in the
country by eYidence helming,
was nominated by President Grant as
one of the Commissioners of the new
government. The nomination was
reluctantly rejected by the Senate, but
the fact in itself dem onstrated the un-
Impaired confidence of Gen. Grant in
his servile instrument. The influence
of Shepherd, without doubt, controil-
ed the selection of the new govern-
ment. Why not? Mr.. Grant still re-
posed unbounded confidence in Shep-
herd; he regarded him as the most fit
person to be at the head of the new
government, and it is but reasonable
to suppose that he consulted him III
his appointments. Shepherd knew
too much to be dismissed. Had he
not prostituted his powers to enrich
his patrons? Had he not beautified
the grounds ofAttorneyGen Williams,
marked ont the best spots for Stewart,
Jones and others, and placed the city
of Washington and its taxpayers at
the mercy of a ring of political specn-
lators. All these persons were inter-
ested pecnniapily in retaining Shep-
herd. Failing in that, they resolved
to keep him as the power behind the
throne. This they have succeeded in
doing. 1t is on par with all of the
other great reforms accomplished s'in-
side of the Republican party"
The disclosures of the official cor
ruption brought about by the press ne-
cessitated committees of Investigation.
The Republican party were compell-
ed tonotice these things. Committees
were appointed. What has been their
action? Have they not whitewashed
and smothered everything2 They
have had but one rule-silence. The
case of the Washington frauds is not
an exception. There has been no re-
form and there never will be SO long
as the Republican party retains power.
81. Paul Dispatch. @.4
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20
Democratic State Convention.
Wednesday, August 26, 1871.

DEMOCRATIC STATECEE'L L CoMHIT-(
TEE Rooms, COLUMBUS, june 5. {
10 the Democracy Of Ohio:
At meeting of the State Central
Committee of Ohio, held this day, the
following resolutions were adopted
Res0LVed, That Delegate ConYen-
ton of the Democracy of Ohio bC
held in the city of Columbus, on
Wednesday, August 26, 1874,
at eleven o'clock, a. m, for the pur
pose of nominating
A Secretary of State.
A Commissioner of Common Schools
"A Judge OF the Supreme Court
A Member of Board of Public Works
"A Clerk of the Supreme Court,
and of transacting such other business
as may come before il.
ResoEUed, that the basis of repre-
sentation III said Convention be al
follows That each county in thG
State be entitled to one delegate fol
every five hundred votes cast for Hon
William Allen for Governor, at the
election held last October, and an ad
ditional delegate for every fraction o.
two hundred and fifty votes or over
so cast.
under the above basis Of appor.
tionment Portage County will be en-
titled to four delegates.
The importance of this Convention
can not be oyerestimated. Ii is, there
fore hoped that every county in thG
State will be represented by full
delegation of its best men.
The usual arrangements for carry.
ing persons attending the Convention
over the railroads running intoColum.
bus will be made, and announced il
due time. AT. WALLfNG,
Chairman State Cen. Com
JOHN G.. THOMPSON,
Chairman Executive Com
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20
Negro nu1ers IN soatb carolina,

CHARLEsTowN, S. c., August 16.-
Georgetown County, in this State, is
the scene of dangerous contest be.
tween negro factions led by Cowley
and Jones, negro members of the Leg
islature, each of whom seeks to con-
troll the county, in which The negroes
have large majority. A Cowley
meeting on Wednesday night was
broken up by the Jones faction, and
one colored bystander dangerously
wounded.
Runners were sent out, and. armed
Jones negroes poured into town dur
ing the night. Some of them next
morning attempted to kill Cowley,
and at midnight on Thursday there
was heavy firing, which was found to
be an attack on the house OF Jones,
who was slightly wounded. Some
other slight casualties occurred.
On Friday CowIey's house was at
tackled, and Cowley, to save his life,
surrendered to the Sheriff and is in
Jail. On Saturday at noon the excite
ment was still intense, and the town
was filed with armed negroes. None
but Radicals are in the riot.
The white citizens are alarmed lest
some careless word or act should
cause an attack on them, which they
have no means of meeting.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

The Toledo Democrat and Herald
asserts that Hon. A. M. Pratt, the Rad
ieal candidate for Congress in the
Sixth District, declared in speect in
1868, that no person in the meeting he
was addressing, would live long
enough to see the war ended, and that
4the mistake we made was that we
did not let the Southern States go
without war at all" 1t makes little
difference with these saoil" screechers
what man did during "the dark and
bloody days" SO that he votes the
Radical ticket now, and Longstreet,
Mosby and men of that ilk arc among
the most loyal of their party.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

The crusaders keep up their business
at Wooster. The Wayne County DEM
ocrat of last week says;
son last Thursday half dozen of
the crusading women of Wooster came
to the Court House, and were sworn
to appear before the Grand Jury
against the liquor sellers. They were
admitted into the Grand Jury room,
where all wanted to address the jury
at one time. All were put ont but
one. She had no actual testimony to
give, and another was called, who also
bad nothing to tell. ALL were then
discharged. Isaac johnson Esq, was
their attorney, and wanted to go into
the jury room with them, but was re-
strained by Sheriff Wilson. They all
got their certificates of attendance
from the Clerk, and of course got
their seventY-five cents witness fees.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

Hon. DAVID NJ. WILSON. of Y oungs-
town, is spoken of as the Democratic
Candidate for Congress in the 18th
District. Mr., W., is a Democrat of
unquestioned ability and integrity, and
if nominated would stand good
chance ofan election over Woodwork
the present Radical member, who has
been re-nominated.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20

AN exchange says shrewd business
men always advertise largely in. dull
times, for at such times people are anx-
ious to secure bargains, and they are
looking about to see who offers the
greatest inducements for their trade,
aud they generally go the liberal ad-
vertiser. Our. readers would always
do well to consult our colnms when
intending to make purchases,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-08-20
Bescher.s Charge or Biark-zaInng
The New York Herald of Saturday

The New York Herald of Saturday
says;
A reporter of the Herald, who met
Mr.. Tilton on the Fulton ferry-boat
last evening, asked him what he
thought of Mr.. Beecher's charge OF
blaek-maiI.
81 think" replied Mr., TiltoD, q" that
probably nowhere else in the civilized
world was there a more dastardly act
committed than yesterday-no, not by
any member of the human race-than
Henry Ward Beecher's attack on Frank
Moulton as black-mailer. Mr.. Moul-
ton is rich enough to pay Mr.. Beecher s
salary as bagatelle. He is, moreover,
the most faithful friend that Mr.. Beech
er ever had, or ever will have again,
though he should live to be hundred
years old. Frank Moulton's services
to that man-the way he has put q
shield over him and guarded MIN year
by year for the last four years from
the exposure of his guilty secret-rhe
zeal and care with which he has striv-
en- to keep public ruin from overtak-
ing him in the pulpit, and disgrace
from shadoWing his children and
ndchildren-serVices like these are
rarely rendered by one man to anoth-
er, ana know of no instance of such
baseness of ingratitude as the desper-
ate Minister of Plymouth Church has
exhibited in thus striking a man
whose shoe-latchet he is unworthy to
unloose. care nothing for this pitt
full pretext of black mail, except so
saF as ii affects Mr. Moulton-if it
can affect him at all, which it will not,
for he is too proud man to be wound
ed by such a stab-he will simply be
filled with scorn. So far as myself
am concerned, the only money which
know of Mr.. Beecher's paying is in
q case which is one of the many proofs
of his guilt. "A young girl, servant
in my house, overheard. four years
ago, conversation bet.Teen Mrs, Til
ton and me concerning her intimacy
with Beecher. This conversation was
repeated by the listener to the family
relatives and to some friends. Her
disposition to repeat the story was
dangerous to the actors in it, and ac-
cordiHgly ii was deemed best to send
her-to the West to boarding school.
She remained there three year, and
the bills were paid by Mr.. Bee cher.
Perhaps he regards this as blackmail.
rs W nAo " buC
Golden Age, 1t is the first time that
any one connected with the Golden
Age has ever heard of it, If the cap
ital of that paper, which a humber OF
friends made up, contained a silent
and secret contribution from Henry
Ward Beecher, the knowledge of that
fact was carefully withheld from me
and my associates in that journal. II
Mr.. Beecher did contribute this money
innbeknoWn to me, and if he procured
/ it by a mortgage on his house, or in
any. other difficult way, then this fact
alone, without any other evidence
added, is enough convict him Of
every charge that have made. Mr.
Beecher's crime against me and mine
was enough Of a sin to answer for.
without adding to this baseness his
audacions and desperate attack upon
Mr.. Moulton and Mr.. Carpenter as
black -maiIers, to say nothing of my.
self. whom he includes in the accusa-
tion, he bids fair to sink as low as he
once stood high"