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Year: 1868

The proposition to continue the five-
twenty loan, and ultimately to pay 1t
in gold, is Objectionable because it con-
tinues burden undiminished, when
we have the right as well as the ability
to make it lighter, and put II in form
more satisfactory to those who are COM
PEELED to carry it. The loyal people,
rich and poor, who stepped forward in
the time of tue nations trial, and mani
tested their cOnfdence in the ultimate
trinmph Of loyal arms, by purchasing
Government bonds, are entitled to the
gratitude of the country, and to the
honest profit which resulted from their
investEnentssv They have lost thus far
nothing bg their loyalty. In fact those
who had most confidence in che final
success of our arms, made and deserved
to make the greatest pecuniRry gains.
The war Is over and we can make bet
ter terms now, simply because that
which many before considered doubtful
is now a realized certainty


The depressed and struggling opera
tor, engaged In some new enterprise,
the final success Of which many doubt,
is compelled TO obtain money upon the
best terms he can. He must pay for the
Year: 1868

A WEsTBURY (Vt) subscriber Of the
New England Farmer thus writes about
the effect of bone dust:


I see a great deal in your paper about
the use of bone dust or -four. I have
thought good many times I would give
you a little Of my experience in that
matter, In 1874 I lived in a house OF
an independent farmer, and planted about
three-fOurths Of an acre Of corn on a
pine plain. That farmer had been for
many years gathering all the bones he
could find. That spring he carried them
to a plaster mill and got them ground.
He gave me a peck Of the -four, which I
put on one half of my piece Of corn. 1t
had wonderful effect The stalks grew
foot taller than on the other half and
wrro dlrker colored, and the ears we're
from two TO four in"hcs longer The
difference through the season was sucn
that Iossrrs bv o ten called uron me 10
know whit unje the ference I could
only tell lhrm that dry homes dill it,


The larmer rxprrmrnted W tn il by
putting bone on two gOGs, plaster u
Year: 1868

IT Is with the utmost reluctance that
we sound the call to party organization
in this county. Butitisa sense Of duty
to The men with whom we are politically
associated hat prompts Us, and We FEEL
that We woul7 be reoreant to trust and
| faith less tn a class Of citizens IS loyal. ss
. triotic. as devoted 70 the Constitution
and the Union as any in the whole land.
| if we di1 not rouse them TO the danger
of total disfranchisement, if not absolute
enslavement with which they are men,
aced.


Our abhorrence Of the damned trea-
son of jeff. Davis and his confederates
our desire for his and their utter and
eternal overthrow our most devout and
earnest aspiration for the vindication of
the Constitution and the maintenance Of
the law had almost obFiterated party
predictions from our mind.


But whcn we see it announced by the
Republicans at our own door that thew
will enforce party discipline; that we
and the truehearted, patriotic men of
the party with whom we deem it high
honor to be identified; who, with us.
have fought, at the utter sacrifice of po-
litiral Advancement, amid calumny, and
.insolence. and persecution, in the holy
cause of fraternal Union among the
States, are to be prescribed that no Of
fee Of trust, no place of honor is for
them; that they are to be taxed to the
last extent, and their blood to be spilled
if need be but still subject TO the des-
potism Of an arrogant maiority--it
obates no iot of our loyalty to the
Union. to the Constitution and the laws :;
but it inspires US with the determination
Of resistance which will follow to the
extent that the most resolute will lead
rather than tame and ignominiOus sub
mission.


Tf-fn the midst of this terrible war
we must canvass It's causes. and fix
responsibility, and lay bare to the public
gaze the most amazing and infamous cor
ruption that ever was pracfiee1 hy anv
party. sect or faction since the Govern
ment had an existence then be IT so


We hope however, that the RepubIi-
cans viii disavowthe unwise. ungenerous.
unpatrio'ic. and most dangerous policy
to which some of their leaders are com
mitting them -Lo7Gn Gazette.
Year: 1868

A BOYS DESCRIPTION OF A DANCE.
The following has been handed US for
publication in the Telegraph. We don't
know where it appeared originally, but
we have no doubt it will prove a rib
ticker to more than one Harrisburger.
We command its perusal:


A boy of sixtoon, who had never
been to a dance. and had no idea of
what it was, hearing that there was to
be one a few miles from his fathers
house, felt great desire to go. As his
parents had no particular objections, ne
went. But, it was not much over an
hour after he had left home, when he
came back, running as fast as his legs
could carry him, aud nearly out Of
strength and breath. As soon as be had
recovered a little, he related what he
saw as follows:


When I come to town, I went into
the room Of the tavern where the dance
was To be. It was almost filed with peo-
PIE In one corner sat a man that had
some KIND of longnecksd animal, which
he took in his hands, and pinched its
ears, and thon stroked its back with a
stick; and then it began to scream, and
the people got frightened and began to
run around the room, hunting for the
door, and could not fDd it. Nobody, I
believe, found it but me, and I alone es.
capped and got home again.
Year: 1868

Paris on the adjoining two, house ashes
on the next two, then two with nothing
but the manure, which was applied alike
70 the whole fed. Thus contrasted, the
effect WIS wOnderful: I am not able to
give the difference in the yield Of corn
when harvested, as it has been so long
that I have forgotten; bat do remem-
Der very plainly how the corn looked
when growing, aud that there was great
difference in the appearance Of the rows
experimental with.
Year: 1868

The Democracy, says the Milwaukee


Sentanel insist that the crisis presented
IN the present campaign are all new.
They tell the public through their news
papers from day to day, that the rebel
lion and slavery are things of the past
and that it is impertinent to scan the


record of candidates for the highest
offices in the gift of the people. Why
then, do they devote so much time
to whitewashing Seymour's record? You
can hardly pick up Democratic paper
that does not devote from one to two
columns to the hopeless attempt to prove
that Seymour was patriotic during the
rebellion. The publication of Stanton s
order, Opdyke's letter, the resolution of
the New York Legislature and long edito-
rials besides to establish Seymour's 10y
atty is, in the first place, an admission
that the war record of their candidate
is a legitimate subject of inquiry, and
in the second place, that there is no little
doubt in regard to the character of that
record. Who thinks of questioning the
loyalty of Grant? What Republican
paper finds it necessary to publish column
after column to prove that Grant acted
the part of a patriot during the rebellion?
Year: 1868

One of the most Infamous outrages
ever committed on the records of any
State was perpetrated in Connecticut by
political partisans, sometime between
Saturday and Tuesday morning last.
The office of the Secretary Of State was
broken open, and the new election law,
passed after a very bitter and partisan
discussion ON Saturday last, was so multi
lated as to change the entire sense of the
act The New Haven't Journal and Cour-
ier of yesterday, give, the particulars of
the high handed outrage. 1t says:


"On the re-assembling of the Legisla-
ture the Engrossing Committee took up
the bill, and were astonished to find that
it had been deliberately systematically
altered in several important particulars,
so as to materially change its sense and
make it conform to the amendments that
the Democrats had attempted in vain to
engraft upon it. Some body (who it has
not yet been finally ascertainedl, gained
access to the Secretary office, and evi-
IDENTIFY knowing where the bill was depos-
tied, took it and proceeded to make the
alterations Acids were used to erase GER
tain words, and in their place others were
written so that the sense of entire sections
HCIC OildiISCu ANO lCSS lldli cI8HU VI
such alterations were detected, and there
may be others. For instance, the pro-
visions that the Boord for the admission
Of electors should only sit in the day time
were all changed so that the Board could
sit in the evening This was point
that was vainly fought for by the Demo
Gratis in both Houses and was rejected by
a party vote. Another serious of changes
was the alteration of positive obligations
on the .seIectment to simple permission.
The whole purpose was to render the
law ineffective, and it was evidently done
by democrats, and by men Of more than
usual ingenuity. No ignorant scoundrel
achieved the fraud Somebody who had
access to the Office of the Secretary
somebody acquainted with the location of
the papers there: somebody who knew
what the law was, and the precise alter
ations needed in section after section, to
make the fraud consistent with itself
somebody who was confident that he
would not be disturbed during the hours
that must huye been expended on the
work. Some such an one was in the
plot and directed its execution. That
somebody stood behind with money and
advice is not to be doubted. That they
were democrats, is beyond contradiction
Fortunately the Fraud was discovered
before it was too late, and both branches
of the legislature have taken prompt
action to institute investigation.
Year: 1868

There is one point about Mr.. Blair S
letter which strikes us as very singular.
He is the first candidate for the Vice
Presidency that ever in his letter of ac-
ceptance went out of his way to personally
abuse his opponent. We can imagine
nothing so indecent as this. Politicians
on the stump, in the excitement of de-
bate, may say indiscreet and intemperate
things; but that General who aspires
to be the Vice President of the United
States should deliberately sit down and
attack Gen. Grant, especially when he
should remember that not long since he
was proud to serve under him and tc
receive favors from him, is astonishing


Mr.. Blair has always been an audacious
man; but we do not think even his owr
career can parallel his last attempt.
Year: 1868

The Waupacca Criterion does not
like it because the Milwaukee papers
state that the TRIBUNE is out strongly
for Sawyer, on the strength of an article
we copied from, and gave full credit to.
the Criterion. We admit, Perry, that
we copied good article from you've
would not have loaded and endorsed it if
it had not been-but so far as the Mil
waukee papers are concerned they have
seen many just such articles in the TRIB-
UNE, on, the same subject, previous to
the publication OF your article. We
have said all we could in favor of Mr..
Sawyer, because we believe him to be the
right man in the right place, and be-
cause the interests of the district demand
his return to position which he has
honored.
Year: 1868

The senior editor of this paper, by the
advice of his physician, has resigned his
chair for a time and proposes to seek re-
lief for a weakness of the eyes, which is
pronounced paralysis of the optic nerve.
1t gives him pain to leave post at which
he has stood for over three years, even tho
the time be but for month or two. Yet
he has over-worked his eyes at times
when he has had no exercise and must
now seek physical strength in out door
labor and recreation. He leaves one in
his place who is fully competent to man.
age the paper, and he goes away all the
more willingly as he feels that the TRI-
BUNE will not suffer during his absence.
Year: 1868

The New York San surveys the field
and concludes the Democratic prospect is
very poor. 1t says:


''The result, therefore, of this survey
of the field is, that in the North and in
the South the Seymour and Blair ticket
is no stronger than the Democratic ticket,
while in the West it is rather weaker.
From this standpoint the impartial eye
will not regard the prospects of its sue
cess as bright, but, on the contrary, rath
er gloomy"
Year: 1868

Thomas T. Bowie, Governor elect of
Maryland, at Democratic meeting in
Baltimore, spoke as follows concerning
the bond holders eff there be any class
of men [ would sooner TAX, it would be
those men who furnish means to carry on
the most unholy, wicked and cruel war
in history. Applause. l would not
tax them as property, because | can read
upon the face of these bonds a contribu-
ton to an unholy and wicked purpose. y
Year: 1868

A lady ''out West has been fined
$40 for kissing young man against his
will. a. Western paper wants to know
how much the Democratic Convention
should be fined for forcing nomination
on Seymour against his WILL
Year: 1868

CONGRESSIONAL RECESS From the
Proceedings Of Congress we notice that
the two Houses have passed resolution
to take recess from the 9th of July to
the Sd Monday in September. In view
of the present condition of the country
we deem this course a wise one. 4
long adjournm ent Of Congress would be
hazardous to the country at this time /;
and we are glad that the majority have
decided upon short recess, instead of
an adjournment. This body should keep
itself in working order, an It work, till
the 4th of next March. when Gen. Graut
will take the helm, and can be trusted
with entire safety to the best interests OF
the country.
Year: 1868

CHCAGO, July ZoCn, 1oOo.
EDS. TRIBUNE


In accordance with the liberal support
and encouragement which Chicago gives
to all worthy enterprises, great efforts are
now being made to secure the entire sue
cess of the great wool exposition which S
to be held here on the 4th 9Th and 9th OF
August. It will be attended by all the
principal wool growers and manufacturers
of the United States and will doubtless
have an excellent effect in regulating the
growth and traffic in this article upon a
much more even and profitable basis than
heretofore.


The Coopers of Chicago have been
holding several meetings lately to protest
against the continued employment of
convict labor in the manufacture of their
class of work. They pronounced it an
unjust depreciation Of the value of free
labor and complain Of its very injurious
effect upon their interests The same
action on the part of the shoemakers and
stone cutters, in New York, created a
great deal of excitement, few years ago
and will no doubt do so here also. The
sympathy of al classes of laborers is with
the coopers IL their protest.


A young pedestrian from La Crosse,
Wis, has arrived here completing great
feat of walking great number of miles,
[ forget how many, in few days The
number of which | do not recollect. l
have not yet found any one who takes
any more interest in it than myself.
Weston played cut pedestrianism in this
section.


The Republicans are preparing for
torchlight processiod here to come off
very shortly, which shall excel anything
OF the kind ever before attempted in
Chicago. Don
Year: 1868

The New York Citizen says: ''The
first thing to be done is to prove Seymour S
loyalty during the war; But that every
essential thing cannot be done, and hence
the cry has gone out, Drop the War
Record -
Year: 1868

Letter from Gov. sey1 1our Accepting the


Presidentisl NomiBstion.


New YORK, Aug 5.-Gov. Sey mour has written
a letter formally accepting the nomination by the
Democratic National Convention, in which he
says the nomination was unsought and une pected,
but he was caught up by the overwhelming tide
which is bearing the country on TO great politi-
cal charge, and ne finds himself unable TO resist
its pressure. The resolutions adopted by the con-
yebtion accord with his views. He delayed a
formal acceptance until the adjournment OF Con-
gress, for the purpose of seeing what light the
action of Congress would throw upon
the interests of the country. The
congressional party has not only allied
Itself with the military power which Is to be
brought to bear directly upon the elections in
many of the States, but holds itself in perpetual
session with the avowed purpose of making such
laws il shall see fit in view OF the election soon
to take place. Never before has Congress taken
q menaciDg attitude towards electors. Under the
influence OF Congress, some OF the States are pro-
posing to deprive the people OF the right to vote
for presidential electors thereby has the first
bold step been taken to destroy tue rights of suf
frage. He refers TO the demand Of tax gatherers
Men are admitted as representatives OF some OF
the Southern States with the declaration upon
their lips that they cannot live In the States they
claim to represent without military protection.
They owe their seats to the disorder at the South,
and that very fact prompts them to
keep it in anarchy iln vain the wisest Republicans
protested against this policy. There Il hardly an
able man who helped to build the Republican
organization who has not within the past three
years warned it against excesses, while many
have been driven from the ranks. Personally,
the presidential Office has no attraction for him.
During the war be had given sixteen thousand
commissions to officers of the army, aud he knew
they demanded the union they fought for. The
largest meeting Of these gallant soldiers ever held
indorses the action Of the convention. He does
not doubt a triumph, which will bring back peace
and prosperity TO our land, and give US Once1nOre
the blessings of wise, economical, aud honest
Year: 1868

SENTIMENTAL SwIdMgG.-I don't wonder wo-
men are not enamOred of bathing for the cos
tunes worn are rarely becoming 10 feminine
beauty. Out Of the window tcatch glimpse OF
a bue-eyed girl / tried TO teach to swim this
morning, though presume took more OF lesson
than gave. She is in that charmingly uncertain
condition between girlhood and "omsnhood, and
in her blue trousers and tunc, her little white feet
tresdinR symmetry into the sand aud her arch and
smiling face looking out from beneath straH.
hat she certainly looked more bewItching than sac
does at this moment. / carried her to wheraI
was obliged 10 hold her up. and then supporting
her gently told her to strike out. She die kos
womanfully. She seemed so pretty playing the
part Of the boy, that yielded TO the temp 4siou
10 let her slip from my hand, knowing sht would
be frightened and cling TO me like ivy. ! was
right She sank under the swell Of the Gsa, and
caught her in my arms as IL ] had done heroic
instead of merely sentimental thing. The little
creature was terribly alarmed, and lad 10 hold


her tightly for the remainder Of the bath. She
sfterWsTd told several persons bad 2ayed her lies
and as had no desire to receive credit dld nco


deserve. informed her privately cf my strategy.
She pouted, and looked pretuer than ever' aAd


assured me she would never go INTO the sea With
me again. Perhaps she won't But being man
Of ineorrigibIe vanity, and great grand father
beside | believe she will. What girl Of sixteen
| l. afraid of a man Of seventy, more or lessl We
| old fellows sometimes forget our age


long Branch Letter.
Year: 1868

Contrary to the expectation of great many, and certainly to the desire of 8 large majority of our people, the elcc- ton has resulted in favor of the Radi- cal candidates for President and vice. President. Whi.c we have little or no official news, yet, we have received suf1icient to warrant the conclusion that Grant and Colfax arc elected by q large majority. To say that we do not like this is 10 say, perhaps, too little. We cannot help thinking, nor will we Ycfrain from saying. that the election of these men will bring no such peace as the Radicals have prophesicd. How this election was brought aboUt, what particular wrong steps were taken by the Democracy which resulted in the defeat of our candidates, Of course, it is not for us nor are we prepared to cay. That frand, stupendous fraud has been employed as means to secure the triumph of Rsdicalism, will not for . moment be doubted. Backed by Governmental power, with registra- tion, and we might say, the ballot box in their own hands tho Radicals cer- tainly held very powerful lever with which to elevate themselves and their party into office. Yet while thcse things are facts and to every honest Democrat source of great discomfi- ture, still it is useless to grumble and quarrel although these facts tell us too plainly that Grant is to be onr next President. We confer that in this re- suit we arc amongst the many disap- pointed, yet we are not cowcd nor are fcady to give up the government as ruined, nor yet farther, to desert the Democratic party as having lost its chart and ready to go down beneath the mighty waves of defeat which have come upon it. The best we can do now is wait-wait and see in what di- rcction Grant will steer the ship of State, what line of policy he will pur- sue, and if new iniquities are attempt cd, additional political outrages per- petrated upon us, trust to time and Providence for the developement of a way of escape.
Year: 1868

STuPENDors FRAUDS DIscovEREp.- The most stupendous revenue frauds have been discovered in Washington. And so great is the power and wealth gained by the perpetrators that it is almost certain they will be able to laugh at the authorities and the laws. Tho prospects arc growing bright that we shall have plenty of taxation with representation as we'll as without. We have q small national debt to pay in gold. A debt not quite so large due from the States. And an unasccrtained debtsupposed 10 be about fifteen hun dred millions more. That will take one-half the property of the North if paid now. Or the whole in interest i f the payment is deferred. We don't take the South into the calculation, be- cause no blood can be squeezed out of our turnip. The blessings of poverty are manifold. The thieves will not do much in this quartcr.-Memphis Led ger.
Year: 1868

~We delayed the issue of our pa- per for one day iu order to get some 0flcial news of the election, but failed 10 get any. It will be a week or more yet before we can learn the exact vote ~f the State.
Year: 1868

A hundred millions Of taxation has
been taken of. and that chiefly TO benefit
a small portion of the community-the
manufacturers of the Eastern States
while the revenue is declining in every
direction and nowhere coming up to the
estimates. The expenditures have been
increasing, and in the War Department
enormously; the weight OF the debt bas
been increased by the mismansgement
of Mr.. McCnlloeh, for the aggregate ia
terest on the debt is much larger the
Treasury is being depleted and there Is
every prospect that within a short time
the income Of the Government will not
meet the demaDds. If there be not some
radical change for the better soon, the
Treasury will be bankrupt. Looking at
the extraordinary proceedings in Con-
gees on the tax bill, revenue laws and
other financial measures and at the in
capacity of mem bers, we fear the Gov
ernmeDt is approaching financial ruin.
We aIviss the people TO look out for
breakers ahead.-Nel0 York Herald
Year: 1868

Admiral FaTrsgut has invited King
Leopold to review the squadron under
his commend. The King has accepted
the invitation, and the review will take
place at an early day In the harbor Of
Ostend.
Year: 1868

Jokes ON JONES Jones is very fine old
gentleman-a gentleman of the "rale ould
stoch"-but will press his tansy too often on
occasions. Recently, he was on "run,
when friend of his took the opportunity OF
putting card inside the lining of his hat
every time he got chance. In few days
his hat became so tight, in sympathy with its
wearer, that it would not 60 on. Jones be>
came alarmed and consulted his friend, who
advised him to take black draught. Jones
did SO, and was very sick. His friend then
removed all the cards from the lining Of his
hat, and slipped it on with remarkable ease;
Jones told the singular story Of his head
swelling, and contracting again, lot some
time, but finally discovered the truth he
has not spoken to his friend since.