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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-01-20

Ex-CoNGREssMAN Beck, was elected U.
S. Senator from Kentucky by the legisla-
ture of that State on Tuesday.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-01-20

THERE is a truce in the amnesty battle
in Congress. A renewal of hostilities is
expected before long.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-01-20

GEN. BEAUREGARD has petitiOned Con-
gress to remove his political disabilities.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-01-20
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
ESTATE OF SARAH BAUGHN.

YNHE undersigned has been appointed and duly
qualified as administrator of the estate OF
Sarah Baughn, late of Fayette county, Ohio. de-
ceased. JOE. N. WILSON.
Dated this 7th day of Jan, 1876. lows
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-01-20

The National Temperance Society has
issued call for an international temper
ance conference in Philadelphia, June Is.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-01-20
Assignees' Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersign-
IN ed assignees of Cornelius Tway. will sell
at public auction on Friday, the 18th day of Feb
ruary 1876, at the residence on the farm of said
Tway. in Paint township, Fayette County. Ohio.
the following personal pro perty and real estate,
to-wit: $50 Shocks of Fodder Top Buggy, 1
Hogs. Also the following real estate. 9S7S acres
of land, being the farm said Tway lives on.
Sale to commence at 10 A. NJ.
TERMS OF SALE
On personal property, all sums over IS a
credit of four months with two approved sure
ties. On real estate, one-half cash; the balance
in one year, secured by mortgage on the premi-
ses.
Also at the same time and place will be sold as
the property of Cornelius TWay 1 or more
Horses, Hogs. Farming utensils, and House
hold and Kitchen Furniture; the terms to be
made known on day of sale.
ACE GREGG.
A. r. DREAMER.
Assignees OF Cornelius Tway.
jan 30, 1876 Iowa
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-01-20

TIE widow of Andrew Johnson died at
GreenYille, Tenn, on the 10Th.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-01-20

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
In that the undersigned have been app ointed
and qualified as assigneeS of Cornelius Tway.
and that all creditors are required to present
their claims, duly verified for allowance, within
six months from the date hereof, or they Will be
rejected. ACE GREGG.
A. r. DREAMER.
This JAN 20, 1876 IOw3,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-01-20
Town Property For Sale.

THE undersigned offers for sale the property
now occupied by him as a Cabine Shop
and residence The lot fronts Al u feet on Court
street. in good business location, and will be
sold at a bargain
10 I'm r. KRAUSER.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-01-20
SETTLEMENT NOTICE.

A LII persons indebted to John Miser, are re-
IN quested to call at the Mayors office, where
my books are in charge of my son, John Miser,
Jr., and make payment to him of their accounts,
at their earliest convenience.
1OW2 JOHN MISER.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-01-20

Both MI. Hill and MI. Cox are catching
it on all sides, for the revision of their
speeches on the amnesty question, before
they would allow them to appear in the
Congressional Record. Even the New
York Tribune gets indignant and says:
''There is no more disgusting piece of dis
honesty about Washington than this tam
pering with the records of debate. What
we want in a report is what the speaker
said, not what, some hours or even days
afterward, he wishes he had said.''
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-01-20

The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Herald has been studying the Pres
idential question, and comes to the con-
clusion that the nomination on the
Republican side now lies between Mr..
Blaine and Senator Morton, with a very
large possibility that Governor Hayes may
come in as a compromise candidate. Sen
atOr Conkling, he thinks, is only strong
in ''the ability to derange the plans Of
whom the Democratic nomination to-day
is possible are Hendricks and Thurman s.
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the conditions requisite for the evolution
OF distinctive college world.
The insulating drift Of academic life, and
the pei tnacity of its impressions, may nc
count for what otherwise seems inscruta-
bic, the species of torpor and sterilty
which almost invariably overtake the
first scholar. In spite of the attempt com
mon enough among undergraduates 10
establish independent tests OF merit, the
respect openly or tacitly accorded to sue
cessful aspirants for college honors Is lu-
dicrously disproportionatc to tho scope
and significance of the performance. 1t is
scarcely surprising that the victims OF
prepostcrous adulation should abide for
years in self-satisfied inaction or Sc
questered self-culture, awaiting the large
functions and high honors which they had
been taught to imagine the community
would eagerly confer upon them. Dsen-
chanted ut last. and Disguised by the in
difference of the world, they prefer, for
the most part TO nurse in "A country viii
lage the memory of juvenile distinction and
the conviction OF superior worth. Here,
at all events, they evinco sagacity, since
none of the triumphs attainable in n
broader field would be likely to enhance
their self-respcct. 81 have spent twenty
years OF my life" said Il distinguished man
who deemed himself TO have been handi-
capped by high college rank, "in the eff
fort to regain that place in my own es-
teen which | held in my Senior year. !"
my son has graduated at the head Of his
class" said another to HORACE GREELEY (;
:, will il help or hurt him in after lifer
"Well." said GREELEY thoughtfully, Its
agin HIM"
The same phenomenon has been OBJ
served in England among the high-honor
men of oxford and Cambridge. A dozen
years after DOMINIC a bachelors gown.
wranglers and double flrsts must be sought
in college common-rooms, rural rectories,
or dreary chambers, unvsited by briefs or
men in the Temple or Lucoln's Inn; and
their querulous, cynical tones may be
recognized in the Saturday Rericr. The
numerous apparent exceptions to this rule
are furnished by those fortunate young
men whose rank or high connection brings
| them in early or close contact with ma
| tured and accomplished intellects. In
such relations the priggishness aud bump
tiousness developed by university success
give way to Difference and self-deprecia.
| ton. On the other hand, there does not
exist more insufferable or thoroughly
useless person than the average oxford
Don whose fellowship has been gained 10y
proficiency in the mere technics Of scho
lastic education.
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The Crime of Being Found Out.

Mr.. Acknowledgement PIERREPoNr says
his letter, containing the direction, Let
no guilty man escape was confidential.
He may have intended II to be so. We
presume he did so intend. But what
reason was there for its being kept secret?
No reason but one: and that was that II
was Il letter which ought not to have been
written, and the exposure Of which would
bring disgrace on the Administration.
The real meaning of the letter was that
the parties without whose testimony BAH
COCK could not be convicted, should not
be encouraged to testify by the promise of
exemption from prosecution to them
selves.
pIEnREPoNT and GRANT were willing to
give privately an instruction, the publica-
ton of which they knew would be very
injurious to them. They did not think
il would be published. But BABcocK got
hold of 1t, and BABCoCK cared more for
himself than for PTrRREPoNr and GRANT,
and BABcoCk printed it.
The letter which il was no crime in them
To concoct, 1t was high crime in him TO
make publcl And then he fcll IN the
grace of the President, and the White
House shall know HIM no more. Guilty of
anything he might he; but 10 Ice found
out-that was an uupardonablc SIN.
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Home, that is TO say, about ono TO the
acre. The drain Oh tho fund would be
less and good Investment would be made
if the lone and the adjacent lands were
sold, and the invahds and the officers Ill
charge OF them sent TO board at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, where they could be all
fed, with unlimited whiskey and cigars
thrown in, for very much less than it
costs now.
There is another aspect to this subject
worth considering. A large part Of the
Soldiers Home fund is accumulated from
the stoppagos accruing to the Treasury
from oourt-martal sentences. Now, this
money, which is not all necessary to the
support of the Home, should be made by
law of Congress TO pass to the credit either
OF the pay department or the appropria-
ton for the establishment and support of
military prisons. For this last object,
Congress has just been asked to appropriate
large sum.
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New York the Place for the Capital.

II the exposure of the wretched archi-
tectural plans of the new State Capitol shall
result in calling peoples attention TO the
advantage OF removing tho capital TO
New York it will not have been in vain
that the Eve millions have been spent on
the foundations of that prepCsterous stIuc-
ture. The discussion of the question of
removal will enlighten the people as to
the advantage the State will gain by the
bringing Of the capital from the hilly,
summor-parchcd, and winter-chilcd town
OF Albany TO the more equable climate OF
the metropolis. Every one who has been
SO unfortunate ne TO be eXilod TO ALBANY
by political office will bear testimony to
the hardshps of n residence there.
From time mmemoral there has been n
sharp rivalry between Albany and Troy, its
near neiehbor. Not fercer were the con-
fiicts between the MoNTAGU rs and the CAP
ULETs than the fights between the Trojans
and the Albaniaus. Both are tircsome little
cities and if we were asked 10 decide
which was the more uncomfortable, we
should toss up cent and take the verdict
of heads or tails. one advantage Troy has.
1t is n hot as Tophet in summer, rs Albany
j.. II is a. cold rs Siberia in winter just
like Albany. 1t is neither more nor less
provincial than Albany. and has fully Is
great dearth OF objects or people of
interest. and resources for instruction or
entertainment, rs Albany its IT, But,
leaving out u blei k hill named Mount ldn
by the classical Trojans, you can get about
Troy on errands of business or pleasure
without sweating CO.. freezing up and down
streets rs steep as the sheep paths up a
precipice so much we must IN Justice say
for Troy but we beg To he allowed TO
otherwise remain entirely neutral in the
war waged between the Troinns aud
Alhauans TO settle which of them live ia
the more disagreeable town.
II viii take four and half millions To
finish the architectural abortion "a led the
new Capitol. That amount of money Is
ample 10 put up at New York fully rs
good Capitol as the state needs The
foundations of the Albany pile can be used
as a stone quarry; and if the work Is
pushed in two years time the capitol can
be lifted out Of the hole 1t is now in aud
placed on metropolitan site.
With the exception of the Alhannns
everybody in the State will rejoice AT ia,
removal; but especially viii the Troiau'
exult over the discontinue of their riva
city. This latter feeling, however, shoulc
not weigh in deciding the question O
removal. The Albanians are sufficiently
punished by nature in condenn.ng then
to live in that place.
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Dreams-Rubens,ein and Judge Brady.

Judge BRADY, according to his own ac-
count. has been almost rs remarkable
dreamer rs RUnENsTElN. Luckily, he has
not had the same occasion for ms dreams;
sull it cannot be denied that he has been
u very succ, ssful dreamer. lie had
dreamed the night before that he had
conversation with man whom he sent 10
state prison. The man, on being asked by
another If lie had been IN State prison,
said yes and, turning to the Judge, said {:
"You sent me there The next morning
this mans son came to him, asking his as
sistance TO get his father out. Again, when
the Judge was Il boy, he dreamed he found
two siXpenny pieces. On the following
day, one of his fathers clients gave HIM
two sixpenny pieces. Why did he not
dream he found larger sum while he was
about iti
There is one other question we will put
to this learned authority on dreams: Has
he ever dreamed he was reelected Judge
OF the Supreme Court? If so, we will tell
him dream the people have had. 1t is
that he is a little too thick with NOAH
DAVIS, whom they greatly distrust.
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The Belknaps Better than the HRrIaus and
Miltiamses.

II cannot be forgotten that while OK
Secretary Harlan was senator, Gen. BOynton OF
the Cincinnati Gazette copied from the Auditors
books IN the Treasury all OF the items OF family
expenditure that MIR. Harlan had charged 10 the
funds appropriated for the expenditures OF tho
Interior Department while lie was Secretary II
the same The bills paid were for the carpets In
his dweiling-house. and purchased and put
down 10y Mr. a. l. stewart of New York. The
Gazette published the scandal. he furniture
WAS paid for in the same way so were carriage,
horses, servants, his sons pony, aud his wifes
visiting and reception G rds. This exposure dad
not seem TO iniure Mr. Harlan with his brother
Senators, nor in his state, for, with the aid OF
nurand's ten thousand dollars, he was re-
elected.
Pending the confirmation Of ex-AttorneS-
General Williams as Cnief Justice OF the SUI
preme Court, IT was proved that he and his wife
had diverted the money appropriated for the
expenditures OF his department To private uses.
Not only did he pay Sl,5OO OF Government
money for his wife's landauet, but there were
many other Interpretations OF Government
funds. MIR. Williams remained in the Cabinet
eighteen months after these exposures, and his
wife was received the same as usual. Now, the
Belknaps have done nothing Of this sort. They
have been scrupulous in drawing a dividing
line between their own and Government funds
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The Soldiers Home.

While Congress is Of an inquiring turn
Of mind, we would suggest that one Of its
committees take drive out TO the beluti-
full rural retreat for tired oniceholders,
known as the Soldiers Home. An hour
or two might be prnhiably employed in
investigating its condition and manage
ment. While there are no charges of fraud
against the army officers who direct the
Home, those familiar with its affairs report
that the fund by which it is supported has
been extravagantly drawn upon, aud that
the object of its managers seems to be
rather the making of pleasant resort for
Washington swells, than comfortable and
not costly refuge for the aged veterans OF
our wars In fact the Home is known to
the well Informed ms the Washington
Park" The style maintained for the bene-
ut of the officials in charge, the purchase
not many months ago of two hundred ad-
dtional acres of land that lay adjacent to
the grounds, and the time, labor, aud mon
ey expended in ornamental and landscape
gardening certainly serve to deepen the
uufavorable impressions now prevalent as
TO the management OF this institution
Army officers on duty ut other stations
are obliged TO pay out OF their own
pockets for their furniture, table linen,
aud other necessaries of housekeeping, but
the favorites ordered to the Soldiers
Home have such articles provided Tor their
use out Of the fund for supporting the
Home. This is plainly n transportation
of money intended for the support of in
valid soldiers.
The veterans at the Home belong to a
class of meu who have learned by hard
and bitter experience 10 prize the s1pS
stanunls of life more than its superflnites
30 long "a they have n water-tight root
over their heads, good beds TO lie on, nour
ishlng food, "A certainty Tor the futLre, aud
an absence of unnecessary restraint, they
can get along very well without Ian lscap
gardens aud carrago drives, even when
the latter are enlvoned by the gorgeou
figures aud shoddY displays of Washlngto
high life. Indeed, II there were NOR
water tight roots, more beds and less parl
ut the Soldiers Home there would b
many more veterans found grouped anon
IT. venerable oaks.
There are at present go veterans at II
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Among the many disasters which during
the last few years have overtaken business men
Of all sorts, none Is more complete than that
which has swept away he assets Of Mr. EDWARD
J. MILLER. Mr.. MILLER is a colored hnancier,
who seems to have kept himself extended to a
degree not Justified by bis capital. Like many
another man, his mood in buying Is more san
guine than It Is when the bill comes In. The
consequence is that Mr.. MILLER has been re-
strained of his liberty In Ludlow street jail as
many ns 1--WE times IN eight months. At last, an
noyed by the prosecutions OF his creditors Mr.
MILLER came to the wise conclusion TO face bis
troubles like man, give up all bis assets without
reserve Of any sort whatsoever, and then stride
forth from Jail poor hut an honest man. Win
courage left to begin again the financial eight In
which no had been temporarily worsted Mt.
MILLER appeared before Judge CURTIS on
Thur day, and was examined under oath as to
his assets. lie at once emptied bis pockets and
displayed to the Judge how nearly complete had
been the destruction Of his property. Tue total
assets consisted OF one greasy ten-cent stamp
two lve-cent pieces, aud four nickel cents. Tue
hearts OF Mr.. MuLERs creditors must nave sunk
within them when they thus learned now nearly
dead broke their captive debtor was. Further
questioning revealed that Mr.. MIILER's only
other tsset was a dog, which he promptly
turned over along with the twentv-four cents 10
the receiver Of his estate appointed by Judge
CURTIS. II all the lDaUciers who buy with nc
nxed purpose OF paying, ard, worse still, take
other folks money on trust to squander It In
selfish culations or lend II ON poor security
were landed in Jail and compelled to disgoree
| the bank accounts OF hundreds OF deserving
| people would be larger. and what rs called re
spectacle and even fashionable society would
lose some Of Its conspicuous lights. As for Mr.
| MILLER, we advise him not to hereafter swell
the volume Of his transactions out of all proper
| g., ma
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-18

1t is reported that President GRANr
shows some signs of reformation He has
dismissed BABcocK, and the story runs
that he has sent agents to Montreal to
bring back CALEB r. MARSH Oh II promise
of pardon.
All this may he very well as some evidence
OF moral Improvement; but nobody Will
believe that GRANTS reformation has really
begun until he deals with SEcoR robson
as that extraordinary compartments
nary even for GRANTS Cabiuet-fully de-
serves.
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NORMAN WIZARD is going TO China to give
the Celestlals S6,COOOC0 worth OF experience in
practical gunnery. lie can probably do this
more effectively and with greater despatch
than any other man living. From a NAL
thusian point OF view the champion gun
burster will be blessing to the Fiowery
kingdom, which suffers now from the evils of
oyer-population. 1t had occurred to us that the
recent showers Of hashed meat In Kentucky
might be accounted for by the prevalence Of
strong west winds on the supposition that WIZARD
had arrived in China and had begun gun burst
ing. Unfortunately for this theory, however, he
Is still in San Francisco.
WIZARD has been in California for several
weeks, ready 10 project himself across the
Pacific in case of unpleasant developments at
Washington. The facts brought out by the
subcommittee of naval investigation on Thurs
{ ay would seem sufficiently unpleasant to
warrant his immediate departure. The com
mittes has ascertaned that tho amount paid
WIZARD for his ridiculous contrvances was not
less than $4,000. Part OF this sum went for the
| celebrated boiler attachment, and II IL Interest
| ing TO learn that WARD never took the trouble
| to get patent on that profitable absurdty.
| The lance of the swinde was based upon GER
tain patented PROBE cities, not OF WIZARDS inVen-
| ton, hut which were as worthless az II they had
been his own. Under these circumstances We
| M v exnect that the friend OF SEOoR RoBfsON
and II POKER scHEScK viii find II convenient 10
| sail for China at an early day.
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RALEIGH, n. c., Mach l5.-Much indig-
nation Is expressed here owing to the announce
ment that warrants have been issued 10y United
States officials for the arrest OF Gen. W. II. Cox,
Solicitor Of the Fourth District and Chairman
Of the Democratic state Executive Committee
and the Commissioners of the county OF Robe
son, on trumped-up charges OF having ICON
spired to defeat the will Of the people at the
election held for delegates to the State Consti-
tu,ional Convention" Gen. Cox is wealthy
and highly respected citizen, aud the arrest Is
intended to embarrass the Democracy In the
coming contest. 1t is rumored that prominent
Democratic editor at Raleigh will also be arrest
ed-probaby for making speeches IN opposition
TO the thievng OF the radical officials. In South
Carolina anil Alabama a reign OF terror among
honest citiz' ms is being inaugurated 10y United
States maTshais. who are arrestin9 and imprls-
Oning persons on tue most friy Olous charges.
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Conqrcqn,ionnIIsm In a Fcrmcnt.

TO TINE EDIION OF THE SUM W. " NOHgItgA-
unnai SUI ls ~ trrmCnt. That Is a ieci.
DR.. Sturlb'B recent Aduress On me subject OF inc
d,racurr Adylsoryl council sets forth the present
sutus The future The thing IL not yet developed
autUurN tuat some at the older professors were much
dist rbea 40, Ut President Pnrt rsgon&i" toe council
Neither President Day nor fltsldeht MoOlsty ~ouid
have attended, unnk"
The above is from letter written by a Con
nectcut Congregational minister. educated ac-
ademlcally and theologicaly at Yale. lie also
SAYS that Or. Porter, II he fances being an actor
in such matter, should arst end his connection
with Yale and save the college from disgrace
through l,s President. In all OF whlon i, "A ale
gr.du tea CongreGatiOnalist, concur, ana re-,
Anal HUMBu0.