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Year: 1868

The New York World fo-cibly argues tina,
the longing for Grant as their candidate, by
certain of the Radical leaders, is confession
of the weakness Of that cause, as demonstra.
ted BY recent events; that they dare not
choose man with positive and pronunced
Radical views, but seek, under fass and feath-
ers and gilt stars and gunpowder glory, to
delude the people. 1t thus dissects the great
epaulletted dummy:


What has the fact that General Grant COM
manded certain Of our armies to do with the
momentous political issues now before US
What light can he shed on these great ques-
tions2 He has contributed no more to the
political thought of the country than the
horse on which he rides. If bis horse
were talked Of for PRESIDENT we could get
just as many political ideas out of him, as
anybody has succeeded in getting out of his
rider. General Grant, the victor, is of just
as little political significance as was Captain
Grant, the tanner. That the tanner rose to
be General Is no argument either for negro
governments in the South or against them.
What could be more contemplate and irrele-
want than to ssy, " General Grant fought the
battle of the Wilderness, therefore the ne
groes are qualified to govern the South p
" General Grant, by vast superiority of num-
bers defeated General Lee, therefore the
Southern States are not in the Union f"--
But II this be not the reasoning which con-
meets General Grant with reconstruction,
what is it2 He may say "yes" to the Re-
publican policy because the Republicarspro-
pose to nominate him; he may say Z" no" TO
the Democratic policy because the Democrats
do not propose to nominate him; but any
sensible man is as capable of this reach of
craftsmanship as General Grant. But what
is he capable of contributing, to the eluci-
dation Of the great questions which occupy
the public mind? He has never been credi-
ted with an original idea even in military
strategy. His success was due TO hard fight
ing and unsparing expediture of life; the
success Of superior numbers, not of superior
brains. A man who is no thinker in his own
profession is not likely to be thinker out Of
it. Is a political zero plus pair Of epauettes
competent to solve great questions of public
policy2 Nobody has ever cared to know
chat General Grunt thinks ON public ques-
tions, but only to know on wkieh side he
thinks. It is taken for granted that his po-
litical capacity is only sufficient to chose a
party, not sufficient to throw any new light
on policy. But is this time for poverty
of thought to take the place of statesman
ship? Shall the country set up dumb idol
when IL needs the inspiration of q god
Year: 1868

what a patriotic officer can do, whose desire
Is TO heal the wounds of q PROSTATE and
bleeding country.


But do not complain. My only purpose
now is TO repel your unjust and cruel asper-
sion, and 10 put on record my protest against
your mOnstrous tyranny.


will leave my native State tomorrow, in
deep sorrow and dependency, 10 seek q sup
port for my wife and children, in hosptable
Georgia, where l am assured of hearty
welcome. Thank God, In my temporary ex-
ile-for am coming back when you go--I
will be sustained by tho consciousness of
having done my duty, and the full confidence
that the people, the great judges in this case,
will soon do justice TO you and to me.


Very respectfully, sir, your obd't serv't.,


A. p. ALDRicB,


Law Judge Of South Carolina.
Major General Candy, Commanding Mill
tary District.
Year: 1868

The DrvrsRkson.--This time last year
planters were drumming up nigges in every
hole and corner, and offering them from ten
to twenty dollars per month TO make cotton,
and Sambo was putting on airs and talking
very independent. He didn't care abou. hir-
ing nohow, and thought he could make more
doing little jobs around town. Times have
changed since then, and Sambo Is stirring
around pretty lively in search of employ
ment. He is now hunting up the white
man, calling him ole massa" as In days of
yore, and is willing to 20 to work for some
thing less than he did last year. The bottom
rail is no longer on top the white men are
masters Of the situation, and Sambo is COM
PEELED to come to terms or starve. We
don't believe one-half the negroes In this
county can find employment at any price,
Brandon Mss Rpsblican.
Year: 1868

The sprin6eld (lL) Republican informs
all interested that the negro and Southern
question will not be the foremost one in the
Presidential election. 1t says:


Tho great question which must be met
and decided in the next Presidential cam.
paign will be the adjustment Of the National
debt and the reduction of the peoples taxes.
There wl be no reconstruction under Radi-
cal rule. The whites viii never submit to
negro rule. All that Is settled-the people
are in possession of all the information they
desire upon the negro issues. What they
want to know now what they are fully re-
solved upon--is to know what the Radicals
propose to do, aud what the Democrats pro
pose to do, TO relieve them speedily Of debt,
taxation, despotism and tyranny. The Rad
icals will strive In vain TO dodge the real,
living issues Of the day which the people
are forcing upon them.
Year: 1868

BY retiring from the War Depart
ment, Grant has thrown himself into
the arms, Of the Radicals and that in


defiance of his superior officer. 1t
seems to be part of the Radical pro-
gramme to show their contempt for
the people by insulting the President


on all occasions. Grant has com.
mitted an act Of gross insubordina-
ton as bid for Radical favor and
because he consides himself beyond
the reach of the punishment he SO
richly deserves. His conduct gives
an additional complication to the
Presidential question. 1t knocks
Chase out of the ring very effectually
unless he can enter it again, by play
ing Conservative and, by his decisions
in the Supreme Court, rally to his
support such of his party as are not
willing to sec the Republic over
thrown and despotism established
Year: 1868




Mr.. EprroR.-I am an old friend of yours,


though not an old man, albeit you may
not know me under my assumed name,
and which Is more to the purpose, am
paying subscriber to your paper. write
my Dear sir, to congratulate you on the
stand you have taken In favor of the De-
mocracy, knowing that you were an Old
Line Wing, and being well acquainted with
your lifelong opposition to the Democratic
party. ] could not but feel that in your
leading editorial Of the 10th inst, you had
given another evidence, and one which none
but a man of strong and lasting convictions
could appreciate, of patriotism of the purest
kind, of the most exalted character. ! con-
gratulate you sir, on the stand you have
taken and on the advice you gave your read
ers in the article referred to. To conserve or
preserve the present order of things in the
State Of Tennessee is what but few of the
thinking men Of the State desire. So much
for the Conservatives (so-called). And as to
the independents have been running ''on that
line" too much all my life, and will just say
to my Brother Independents (if there ever
was any Brotherhood among Independently,
that find it very difficult "to fght it out on
that line" anc to remind them of the motto,
"united we stand, divided we fall" Let us
then, Americans! Freemen! not of an hour,
but home-reared and practiced Freemen, arise
from our slumbers, our slough of despond,
and grapple this mighty error, this progress
i've absurdity that is about to take the already
half civilized negroes back into the jungles
of Africa, and the white race along with
them, What would the mighty wrong, $50
called, of bringing barbarians here and half
civilizing them, even if we did make them
work for an honest livelihood, be, compared
with now sinking the negro to his former
status and dragging the white man down
with him, down from his lofty pedestal of
moral, social and political worth. And this
we are told by Puritanical New England is
our sacred duty: we are to Africanize, bru-
talize, miscegenationize our land for the sake
of these sweet scented sons and daughters of
Ham, and at the ipse Dirt of the "Please
God Barebones Cod Fish Aristocsacy' of
New England. But this, Mr.. Editor, is all
balderdash. They know better than this
they know there is no sacred duty in the
matter at all, at all. 1t is the loaves and
fishes sir, the control of the government, it
is getting to be big thing, and it pays
handsomely to run the machine and Quashee
Sambo's vote counts as much as yours. If
this Government is not saved by the Democ-
racy, and that speedily, it will become a
stencil in the nostrils of all Christendom. A
political cesspool such as the world never
saw before corruption without and corrup-
tion within, in high places and low places
from Gen. Butler to Hunnicutt. But let us
all put our hands to the oars, as you say, and
soon the old Democratic ship will ride safely
at anchor in the Capitol and then | trust all
will be well again.


Yours in the effort to rescue the country
from the madness Of the hour,


A FARMER UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
Year: 1868

To CLEAN GLovEs-Have little milk in
a saucer, and piece of common yellow soap.
Wrap around the forefngera piece of flannel,
and dip 1t into the milk, taking care not to
make the flannel too wet rub Il on the yellow
soap and Afterwards pass Il up and down the
glove until all the d,rt bc removed. This
will be very quickly done and the most deli
cate colors may be safely cleaned by this
easy process.
Year: 1868

The Cincinnati Gazette saws: The two
Congregational churches in Oberlin have
for some months past had under discussion
the eligibility of Free Masons to their men,
bership. There was much division of sen.
timent upon the subject, but the strong op-
position of President Finney to the order
finally triumphed, and alresolution was
adopted TO the effect that if, after due time
had been taken TO enlighten the candidate
and to develop his views and spirits, he
seemed at heart to endorse the institution,
and with an Intelligent apprehension of the
nature of Masonry, persisiently adhered TO
it, he cannot, in the nature of the case, give
the requisite evidence OF present piety, and
cannot be admitted TO church fellowship
Year: 1868

Being invited recently to deliver an agri-
cultural address before Harvest Homo
Association in Central New York, on the
occasion of their annual festival, the "Fat
Contributor" consented. We make the
following eloquent extractfrom his address:


although fortune (or perhaps the want
fiD cast my lot amid the struggling null
titude of great city, where you wouldn't
see farm ia a walk of several squares,
where there are no meadows with their
waving potato tops, or wheat fields ripe for
the woodman's axe, yet have always felt
a deep interest in the farming classes, and
l fiatter myself that know something of
the noble pursuit you follow. / win say
here that it has been the ambition of my
whole life to be an honest old farmer-to
earn my bread by the sweat of hired
mans brow How delightful life on farm
must be. can imagine what vigor is
impaired to the frame. and what strength
10 the muscles, By reclining in the shade
and watching the mowers as as they gayly
swing their threshing machines; and then
what an appetite one must acquire for the
noontide lunch by observing the merry
reapers at work digging their wheat, and
raking and binding their potatoes and their
fall apples. -. i.


slow often, in imagination, have fol
lowed you as you went forth on summers
morning when the dew was on the grass
seeds, neatly attired in white linen suits,
with patent leather boots, with your corn
shelters swung lightly over your shoulders
to cut your winters wood. ] have seemed
10 hear your merry songs sweeping up
from the meadows as you gathered your
watermelons and turnips into your-corn
houses, while mingled with the busy hum
of your sorghum eyaporators, came the
musical bleatine Of your cattle, and the
lowing of your sheep and poultry. can
imagine no greater delight than to gather
round the blazing fireplace. regardless of
the fascinations of the storm without, and
amuse yourself with apple pairing, knit
ting, base ball, seven up, and other athletic
games" =
Year: 1868

The object Of this Association Is to secure cash
payment within forty days after the death OF q
Elt niber. OF as many dollars a. there are members
IN the class to which he belongs, 20 his OF
hsfr
Year: 1868

REDUCTION OF PosTAGE.-An arrangement
has just been completed bet ween the Post
Office Departments of the United States and
Prince EdwaTd Island, by which the single
rate of postage on International letters will be
reduced after the lst Of November from ten to
six cents, If prepaid; If posted unpaid or insult
iciently prepaid, they will be subject to a
postage charge of ten cents per single In the
country OF destination. The authorized weight
Of a single letter will be sixteen grammes, (by
the metrical scale) in the United States, and
half an ounce in Prince Edward Island.
Year: 1868

THE MONKEY AND THE CHILD. In the year
1918 vessel set sail from Jamaica Tor Eng
land, and among the passengers was lady, the
mother of an infant only few weeks Old.
The voyage was very pleasant, the weather re-
markably fine, and the passengers dld t6elr
best to make the time pass agrecably, One
beautiful afternoon the captain perceived dis
tant sail-a sight that is always welcome at
sea. The discovery attracted the attention OF
all on board and after the captain had graft
fed his own curiosity, he politely offered his
telescope to the lady, that she might have a
clearer view of the distant vessel. At that mo-
ment she had the baby in her arms; so wrap
ping q shawl about it, she placed It on sofa,
on which she had been sitting. The captain
assisted her to steady the glass; but scarcely
had she applied her eye to 1t than the nelms'
man cried out, "See what that mlschlevous
monkey has done!" The mothers feelings
may be imagined, when, on instantly turning
round, she saw that large, strong, and actlVe
monkey, which was on board the vessel, had
prasped the infant firmly with one arm, ana
with the other was nimbly climbing the shrouas,
with the evident intention OF reaching the very
ton Of the mainmast. The mother at the sight OF
her abe thns in a moment taken from her, faint
ed away The captain was at his wits end. lie
was afraid, If he sent the sailors after the mon
key, that it would drop the child, and endeaVor
to escape, by leaping from one mast to another
In the meantime the infant was heard to cry
and it was thought that it was suffering from
the grip of the monkey; but the animal was @
observed to initiate the motions OF nurse i by
dandling, soothing, and caressing the chIld, nI
and even endeavoring to hush it to sleep Inc
lady had been conveyed from the deck to the
cabin, and gradually restored to her senses )
but her cries were most distressing, and 1t was
only by force that she could be prevented IRON
going on deck and trying to climb the mast.
Many plan was tried to lure the monkey from
his lofty eminence, but all in vain. Atlength,
the captain ordered that every man should con-
ceal himself below. The order was promptly
obeyed, and the captain took seat where he
could see without being seen. 10 his great
relief the monkey, on finding the coast clear,
cautiously descended from the masthead, and
replaced the infant on the sofa from which it
had been taken, cold and frettul, and perhaps
frightened, but in every other respect tree from
injury. The mothers feelings of JOY and
gratitude, when the child was once more placed
in her arms, may be better imagined than
described.
Year: 1868

Is as extensive rs that of any Job
bing House in the States. These
goods have all been purchased
from First Hands upon the most
favorable terms, and will he offer
ed to dealers by the Package or
otherwise. IIs l.rlrT .rU ..s


Purchasers are informed that
this stock of goods is so extensive,
that their wants can be supplied
for an indefinite period, without
making any change in the quality
of the articles that they may adopt
for use. Our stock of o.
Year: 1868

lf~ Here'is story we find in one of
the journals OfParis: "A distinguished
party were fortnight ago the guests of
the Marquis Ga, in the Chateau Of
in the neighborhood of the Trouville.
The ladies of the party being bored, re-
solved somewhat ungratefully, in order
to amuse themselves, to play Off joke
on their host. So one night they placed
quantity Of -four between the sheets of
his bed. At his customary hour the
marquis retired to rest, but the strange
substance astonished him, and he jumped
up. He found himself as white as a
miller from head to foot A few mo-
ments reflection convinced him that he
was the victim Of trick. He coolly
rang for his valet and made the man
scrape him and wash him and change the
sheets. He then returned to bed.


The next morning he said not word
of what happened. Three evenings after
he proposed to drive to n small shooting
lodge in the neighborhood, where there
was a splendid view, and wheu he got
there he offered the ladies tea The cake
served with the liquid was extraordinari
ly good, and the fair danes, did ample
justice to it. They declared that they had
never seen like it in Paris. "Yet nothing
would be more SIMPLE than to make such
cakes, said the marquis. First take
your -four continued he with all the
solemnity Of cookary book. and then
roll man int The ladies looked
aghast Yes. mcsdames, the cake is
made Of the flour in which it was your
pleasure should be whitcncd the other
nightT Horreurl Quells Horrew :
screamed they
Year: 1868

Under the auspiees OF the Democratic State
Central Com,assceS f,c Gaxes,e nilioe. VIII
publish campaign paper, for general circu-
lation over the State. 1t will be issued at the
low price of 81 for four months. We trust
every Conservative man in the State, will see
the Importance of extending it, circulation
and putting it into the hands of the people in
every township in the State,


The following is from the Daily Gazette of
the l4th:


The Arkansas Campaign Gazette Is the dec
ignation of u paper which will be issued In Il
few days under the supervision of the demo-
cratic state central committee and will be the
Official organ of the new organization recent
ly set on f6ot to defeat negro rule. 1t will he
published on Friday OF each week. and i'm con-
nection with the eekly Gazette will make
Il semi-weekly issue. These journals are de-
signed for general distribution throughout
the state. and as the subscription for the two
for four months has been fixed at the low
price Of one dollar therecis no reason why a
large list of subscribers shuld not be obtain
ed.


The Campaign Gazette will be, besides the
organ of the national democratic party of the
state and compendium of political informa
ton. first class AewSpaper containing the
latest news and markets by telegraph. On
Fridays it will be supplied to our daily sub
scribers, who will thereby be furnished with
a much larger amount OF reading matter and
be kept posted as to the progress of the CAM
paign. Our daily advertisers will also by this
means have their advertisements brought be-
fore several thousand more readers than now


The extraordinary low price for which these
La. i,.l1 a. A.
months, will place it within the means of
every one in the state to subscribe to them
We especially suggest 20 democratic township
and county organizations that they send up
large climbs of subscribers at their first meet
ings if not sooner.
Year: 1868

TNHE BOARD OF EDUCATION of the Rock
i Island School District will receive sealed
proposals for the erection Of school building
on block twenty (2Ol. Lower Addition TO Rock
Island, till the I2th day Of May, 1865.
Plans and specifications may be reen at he
City Council Room.
Bids will be received for the work for payment
in each, and also for payment in bonds of the
Board, bearing ten per cent. interest; and one
fifth of the principal payable annually.
The Board retain the right TO reject any and
all bids that may be made. Proposals may be
left with Jas. NJ. Buford. at the First National
Bank, Rock Island.


By order of the Board.


GEO MIXTER, Pres't-
Davenport Democrat and Gazette copy twice


may2iTt
Year: 1868

LINE ARouSb ArrLE TREfs.- =
We have known some farmers make
it regular pfstice for a succession
of years to throw caustic lime around
their apple trees in the spring and
summer. We once noticed that a
tree standing in the immediate Vi
cinity Of our dwelling had all at once
put forth with renewed energy, and
we were at loss for some time 10
define the cause. On examination,
we found that a quantity Of lime
which had accidentally been spilled,
and rendered worthless by becoming
mixed with the refuse on the stable
floor, had been thrown at the foot
and around the tree, and to this, as
the principal cause, we Immediately
accredited the revivescence ana re-
newed modification Of The tree.


Taking the hint from the incident
we purchased twelve casks Of lime,
and applied half bushel to each Of
the trees in our orchard, and found
that Il produced immediate beneficial
effects. Not the health Of the tree
only, bu, the quality Of the fruit also
was greatly improved. This appli.
cation will he especially bene6cal in
soils where there il a redundancy oI
vegetable matter. We would advise
our farmers in some places, especially
in new forest lands, to make trial
of this experiment and see whether
!, Is not deserving Of the high recon-
mendaiion IL secures.-Erchange.
Year: 1868

THE real political Significance OF the
late election Is not in the general re-
suit, but in the increasing Democratic
strength shown in the vote. The re-
turns prove large Democratic gains
Register.


Is 1t not singular then, that Penn
sylvania, which went Democratic last
year by thousand majority, now goes
Radical by ten thousand, and that
Ohio which went Republican last year
by less than three thousand now goes
Republican by from sixteen to eighteen
thousand; and that little Nebraska has
added nearly thirty per cent to her Re-
publican majority of two years ago ?
1t would seem there has been trifling
increase in the Republican strength
also. Is there no real political signifi
cance" in that? Well, If not wo are
very willing to let the ''increasinG DEM
ocratic strength" have the "slgnifi
cence" so long as itallows as the "gen-
erat result" The health OF party de.
pends on the general result after all.
These "large Democratic gains" have
been going on now ever since 1862 and
yet we are beating them worse in the
"general resulp this year than they
have ever been beaten before.
Year: 1868

1t is stated that leading Southern
Democrats have issued an address re-
questing Seymour and Blair to resign
in favor of Chase and Franklin.


TIE World says party cannot sub
sist upon vapor and make believe.
Unless we can change the aspect of the
canvass we shall have a repetition in
November. of thu result like that which
has oYertaken us in the preliminary
contest. If any body tells the people
that things look as well as they should,
that nothing which could now be done
would better them, he is In the first case
dishonest, and in the second mistaken.
Governor Seymour now can aid us
much, but General Blair can aid us far
more and in different way by a chiv-
alric action superior to all eloquence.


George Francis Train has been noti-
fed by cable of his nomination to Con-
gre8s in the Filth District of this city.
The committee urged him to pay the
claims against him and return at once.
The committee yesterday received a
dispatch accepting the nomination, and
stating that he had offered the money
to pay all the claims and 1t had been
refused. He says his imprisonment is
for purely political reasons.