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Year: 1868

BY no means forget the excursion to Chicago
next Thursday, under the auspices and for the
benefit of the German Bv. Lutheran Church of
this city. We are advised that everything looks
will be sold to a car, persons intending to go
urged to buy their tickets by at tarthest noon on
Wednesday. SO that the exact number sold may
be known in time to procure enough cars. Fer
sons failing to purchase tickets in time may fail
TO get seats
Year: 1868

SCOTT HOUTz Il Co. are receiving q large lot
of New Goods this week. In fact this firm
seems to bo receiving New Goods almost every
day, and yet we don't wonder at it when we
consider the large trade they are doing. Their
trade is increasing every day, and by the con-
slant arrivals Of New Goods they always show
the latest styles at the lowest figures. This
week they are offering special bargains in White
Goods,
Year: 1868

The official call for the Republican
County Convention is published this
morning, for the 4th day of Septem-
Der next. 1t is gratifying to know
that the Executive Committee have
secured the attendance of General
RICHARD j. OGLEsBY, Governor of
Illinois, gallant soldier, and one OF
the most eloquent and popular orators
in the whole country. We are glad
to know that Gov. CONRAD BAKER
has also promised to be present. lie
is our townsman and our highly
esteemed w-eitizen, and we hope
that the County Executive Committee
will give the people of Vanderburgh
County an opportunity at that time OF
testifying their high regard for him
as citizen, a soldier, and as the
Chief Magistrate of the State. We
predict that it will be such demon
stration as will pale the ineffectu
al fires with which the Democracy
a few evenings ago welcomed to this
city Senator HENDRICKS.
Year: 1868

Hardly anything is more contemplate than
the conceit which rests merely upon social po-
sition-the conceit Of those. who imagine they
are thus divorced from the clay Of common
men, of those who with horror spurn the idea
of work. as something which degrades by It's
very contact, and yet who very likely owe
their position 10 come not very remote anceS-
tor. who recognizing his cali to work, lived
more honestly in the world than they do, and
was not ashamed of soiled thumbs. Itis one
Of the n1eancst things for people 30 be ashamed
Of work. from which they draw their income,
and which glorifed their ancestors more with
soiled aprons and black gowns, than themselves
With their fus ribbons and flashing jewelry.-
It might be fine thing to be like the lilies
Advantageous position is only more emphatic
call for work and those who hold the advan-
tage may not be compelled TO manual drudsery,
but they should recognize the fact that manual
drudgery may be performed in the same spirit
as that which characterizes their own WORK
and, therefore. tha. it is equally honest.
Year: 1868

The following story which has the appear
snce of truthful narrative, Is more wonderful
than the fctions Of romance-writers.


"In village near Warsaw, there lived 8
pious peasant of German extraction, by name
Of Dobry. Without his fault, he had fallen
into arrears for his rent, and the landlord de-
termined 20 eject him; and it was in winter.
He went to him three times in vain. 1t was
evening, and the next day he was to- be turned
out with all his family, when, as they sat there
in sorrow, the church-bell pealed for evening
prayer, and Dobry kneeled down in their midst,
and they sang,


"Commit thou all thy griefs,


Aud ways into his hands"


And as they came to the last verse


"when thou wouldst all our needs supply


Who, who shall stay thy hsndT
there was knock at the window. II was an
old friend, raren, that Dobry's grandfather
had taken out Of the nest and tanned, and then
set at Liberty. Dobry opened the window, and
the raven hoped in, and in his bill there was
ring set with precious stones Dobry
thought that he would sell the ring, but be
thought again he would bring it to his minis
ter; and he, who saw at once by the crest that
it belonged to king Stanislaus, took it to bimi
and related the story. And the king sent for
Dobry, and rewarded him, so that he was no
more in need, and the next year built him
new house, and gave him cattle from his own
STALL and over the housedoor there is an iron
tablet, whereon is carved raven with rina
in his beak, and underneath this verse


"Thou everywhere hast sway,


And all things serve thy might


Thy every actpure blessing Is,


Thy path unsullied light"
Year: 1868

A voung man who had just learned to play
cards, was so elated with his first success tha'
he went ont and bought pack. He called, on
his way home, and showed them to an old
player. who had spent the best part Of his life
in this scnselsss employment. He fingered
them over Familiarity for moment, and then
returned them. saying: "You had better go
home and burn them" The young man was
amazed at such advice from such source, and
It set him 10 thinking seriously. Surely II
any one were competent to Judge of the worth
lessness Of such pursuits, he was, and bis opin'
made 50 deep an impression upon the mind O
the youth, that be never played again
Year: 1868

The rust is over the red OF the clover,


The green is under the gray,
And down the hollow the heet-winged swallow
Is iyng away and away. r-
Fled are the roscs dead are the roses,


The glow and the glory done,
And down the hollow the steel-winged swallow
FLYING the W o the sun.
In place Of summer dread newcomer


His solemn state r"news:
A crimson splendOr instead Of the tender


Daisy, and the darling dews.
But oh the sweetness, the full completeness,
That under his reign are born
Russet and yellow in apples mellow,


And wheat and millet and corn.
His frosts so hoary touch with glory


Maple and oak and thorn;
And rising and falling his winds are CALLING
Like hunter through his horn.
No thrifty sower. but just mower


That comes when the day is done,
With warmth a-beaming and gold a-gieaming,
Like sunset after the sun.
And while fair weather and frost together
Color the woods so gay,
We must remember that chill December


Has turned his steps this way.
And saw. as we gather the house together
And pile the logs on the hearth,
Help us to follow the light little swallow,


Fen to the ends of the earth.
Year: 1868

The Republican party have chosen their leaders, and will go to battle for the Presidency in N November next with Grant and Coltax as their standard bearers. The office of President is one of great respon- sibility, and the American people will not allow it filled without inquiring closely into the character of every aspirant. In this regard Grant may thank his stars

 that he has no political record that will be laid bare to the inspection ot the people by the keen wits of the Democratic party While this is true, 1t is also true that. he has military record, which in the light of the blaze that will be thrown upon it by the Democracy in the coming canvass, will reflect but little honor upon the mighty chief. From the weak and puer- ie attack at Belmont, to the magnificent butchery of the Wilderness, the keen sharp eyes of his opposers will follow him, and bringing up the thousands dead that might yet be living as witnesses, make a strong case to prove that the man who counted blood as water, and sacrificed the nations, sous is not the man to preserve her honor and retrieve her prestige. Alto- gether the hero will fud that his military career will be greatly in his way, and coupled with the little bit of politics which he adroitly picked up about the War Department previous to the impeach- ment of the so called Accidental" will make it about as difficult for him to secure the whitehouse as were his efforts to have it vacated. Colfax is a more popular man than Grant, and luckily for him, being at the tail of the ticket, will come in for less criticism than will be heaped upon his leader. Yet his case will be satisfactorily attended to, no doubt, by the thousands of well posted Democrats, that in Novem- Der will give him better employment than presiding over the Senate. Of course these men are now public property, hay ing accepted the positions offered them, and many things will be brought to light bearing upon their fitness for the places to which they aspire, that otherwise might have been hid in darkness forever; and as their positions and records are uufolded to us by those of superior ability, We will give them to our readers
Year: 1868

It is proposed to admit Arkansas in- to the Union with the Constitution said to have been adopted recently. Among other striking provisions in that Constitution, the article on tex empted property provides that the personal property of any resident, to the value of two thousand dollars, and a homestead to the value of five thou sand dollars, shall be exempt from sale on execution or other final process of court. This leaves a pretty good for tune in the hands ofa debtor, amount ing to seven thousand dollars. He may snap his fingers at any creditor or any score of them. to whom he owes from $50 to Sl,000 each, and live on undisturbed with his seven thousand dollars worth of property.-The Radi- calls are charged pretty generally with propensity to plunder But the Arkansas Radicals are determined that creditors shall make braid on debtors, and that the Radical rascals of that State shall not be subject to any judg- ments at law for their debts. At all events, they shall forever be worth seven thousand dollars, if they please, to be in good personal and real pro perty, and no creditor shall endanger a dollar of it. We wonder how much such constitutional provision will add to the credit of citizens of Arkan- gas? Or, whether it will tend to induce

 traders to extend credit to the people

 of that State.-[St. Louis Republican.
Year: 1868

"a New Orleans correspondent OF the
fsincinnati Enquirer gives the following
| Jparticulars Of most distressing affair
I have just heard Of the most heart
lending, and yet unavoidable affair,
shich It has ever been my lot to record.
[t is nothing more nor less than the
Efrightful reality of being buried alive.
|k most estimable lady, Mrs. Crane,


5sp 5apsha4a a is st5Re R24hksSRsE HI g g y fR6 dg6
suddenly last July, of what was pro
nounced sunstroke. She was a school
teacher in ore Of our most popular
schools. IN the afternoon, after school
was out, she went to visit a neighbor on
Felicity street, and just as she entered
her friends house she fell;nsensible and
expired, to all appearance, in about two
minutes, the doctor pronouncing it sun
stroke. Her body was inferred the
next day at ten clock, and her mother,
an old lady about fifty years of age,
and her husband and one little son,
went home almost broken-hearted, and
have since been nearly distracted, being
at times unable to sleep, and in fact
leading most miserable and disconso-
late life; and we'll they might, as the
sequel will show, had they known what
they had4done. Well, one night last
week the mother, after passing most
distressing dey, fell asleep late at ight
and dreamed thather daughter had been
buried alive. She jumped upin a fran
tic state and rushed to her son-in-law's
chamber, crying, My daughter is bu-
ried alive! Oh, my daughter is buried
alive What shall I ,do?" To sleep
any more that night was out Of the
question she still crying that her
daughter was buried alive, whenever her
son-in-law would try to quiet her. At
length the proposition was made to have
the body disinterred, the grave was
opened and the coffin raised Oh, what
a horrible sight met their view! Pen
.is powerless to portray the scene which
followed. The body whichzhad been
placed in a metallicacofin, was turned
over, the glass covering the face was
broken to osstoms, the ends of her fingers
being beaten and battered all to pieces;
h@hair torn out in handfnls, and the
Stroud torn in many places pre-
ssenting the appearance of one Of the
most desperate struggles to free herself
from the terrible misfortune. If any of
our readers could have seen the relatives
Of this unfortunate lady, when this con.
dition of what they supposed was the
perpetual silent tomb had been brought,
1t would have forced tear from tue
most solid and adamantine heart.
Year: 1868

The bill, which has been pending in
the Legislature, to authorize minors, or
other parties cestasa que trust, to recover
from guardians and trustees the full
amount of all the funds of their estates
which were invested in Confederate
bonds, money or other securities, re-
gardless of the circumstances, has been
reported upon unfavorably by Whipper,
in the House. The report was adopted,
(as will be seen by the summary of pro-
ceedings in another column and the
bill indefinitely postponed This is a
most righteous determination by the
House, and is creditable to the good
sense and Just feeling of Whipper and
the Committee who sustained the Report.
People do not all see it in that light,
but it strikes us that any young man or
young woman that would now attempt
to extort from guardian or trustee
money that the guardian, acting in good
faith, had lost, after having taken pre-
cisely the same care of it that he did Of
his own, and made tie same investments
that were considered legal at the time,
is attempting nothing less than robbery,
under the guise of law. The proper
manner Of disposing Of all casss,ef the
kind, is to leave them to the courts to
decide on principle Of Equity, which
shall correspond with the facts and mer-
its of cases, where the parties do not
agree. The view Of some people on this
subject has been very superficial and
sophistical, wanting in common sense,
we beg leave to say, because they re-
gard only one side of the question.
They do notremember that the guardian
or trustee with his own property and
funds as we'll as with that of minors
and cestua que trust, was forced to travel
the dangerous war path, beset with the
tempests of fire and sword, armies and
plunderers, and that his own property
perished as well as his, wards; that
usually he saved more for them thanfor
himself that he took as good care of
theirs as he could and did Of his own
and yet at the end of the journey, and
the discovery of the loss, they would
compel him to insure the wards proper
ty, retrospectively against the hazards
of revolution and war; and pauperize
himself and his sureties, in his old age,
to set UP some youth in business or
pleasure.


We never felt that there was much
danger Of such injustice being perpc-
trated in this State, unless party feeling
in the Legislature, and on the Bench,
should get the better of reason and
truth. This does not now seem at ali
probable, at least as regards this ques-
-Croonrillo Entornrico -.
Year: 1868

Remember the poor, for bleak winds a-e blowing
And brightly the frost pearls are glistning


around;


The streamlets have ceased all their musical How
And snow-drifts lie scattered all over the


ground.


Remember the poor in their comfortless dwellings
Ill-clad and ill-fed, DER burdened with care,
Oh, turn not away with a look so rcpelling,
Thy kindness may save them, perhaps, from


despair.


Remember the poor when the hearth-stone is


cheerful
And happy hearts gather around its blaze;
There are hearts that a:e sad and eyes that are


fearful,


As bright as thine own in their SUMMER days.
Misfortune may scatter thy present possessions,
And plenty to poverty leave thee prey;
How bitterly then wilt thou think Of the blessings
That charity asks from thy riches to day.
Remember the poor as 20 thankfully gather
Each round his rich table with luxury spread ;
Thou, too, art pensioner on rich Father,
For health and for friendship, for raiment and
bread;


If he hath been bountiful, with a like spirit
Dispense of that bounty what Charity claims !;
Far greater the treasure thy soul shall inherit
When thy bread on the waters roiurneth again.
Remember the poor-this thou art commanded
Thy Saviour thus kindly remembered the poor ;
The destitute thou shalt not send empty-handed,
Uncled and unwarmed ind unfcd from thy


door,"
Thy peace in this life shall be like the deep river,
And dying, thy welcome to heaven shall be-
aye faithful and blessed of my Father-come


hither;


Ye did it to o.hers-ye did it to me"
Year: 1868

As the time for securing the harvest


of ice is rapidly approaching, a few


hints looking iceward may not be amiss


We remember when the ice business


was unknown; only some enterprisine


householders or wealthy men thought


Of such q luxury as an ice house. Yet


as ice has slid out of the category o.


luxuries and become a comfort, if not q
necessity, is within the power of all


living in, the country and having access
to pond or a stream to provide them
selves and possibly their neighbors with
sufficient supply of this comfort to as.
sist in preserving perishable articles and
to temper their beverage Of water. In
cities and large towns men singly or in
companies undertake to provide the
dwellers with ice, q. crop that costs
nothing to plant, tend, or raise, but only
to gather and store, but yields hand
some returns. But in the country the
convenience of daily delivery OF the
geld luxury is impossible and inconve-
nient. To our country readers, there
fore some suggestions on the construc-
ton of ice houses and the preservation
of ice may not be amiss.


A family ice house need not be an
expensive structure. 1t may be built
cheaply, subserve its objects excellently,
and add to the attractions Of home
stead by being a slightly object. A
building Of twelve feet square and eight
or nine feet high is sufficient for the
wants of the most exacting family: Ii
may be a frame building, entirely above
the surface of the ground, and better if
supported on posts, elevated few inches,
to be certain of good drainage. Built
of joists, two by three inches, with an
outer boarding, having inside another
series of uprights,. also boarded, from
six to ten inches removed from the
outer she'll, with a solid floor of plank,
the space between the two walls filled
with tan, sawdust, straw, or chaf, and
a roof of good pitch, the ice house is
complete. A drain for water should be
made from the floor, and the space
above the uprights, between d loose
flooring and the pitch of the roof, filled
with straw, hay, or some similar dry
porous material. On the roof should
be ventilator, the top defended from
the rain or snow.


The ice should be packed in one solid
mass, the sides not reaching the inner
walls of the building, but allowing a
space of from six to twelve inches all
around. The top of the ice should be
covered with straw, and the door should
be like the sides of the building or
double doors should be made, one in the
outer and the other in the inner wall.
Plant morning glories or any climbing
plant around the building and induce
them to creep up the walls and over
the roof as an additional defence against
the fervid sun of summer.


Two workmen, if not practical car
penters, can put up such building in
one, or at most, two days, which if taste
and judgement is used will prove to be
a slightly addition to the attractions of
a country home, and useful adjunct
to the farm, its contents being conve-
nient and comforting in health and in
valuable in sickness. Such an ice house
would prove also convenient as re-
frigerator on large scale, preserving
food of various kinds and the products
of the dairy.-Scientyfc american.
Year: 1868

The other night, up in Dayton, Ohio,
the Grant Guards were out on parade,
when the sweetheart of one Of them
threw soft tomato from her window,
which struck him in the mouth. He
imagined himself the victim Of Ku
Klux malevolence. He threw himself
into the arms of comrade, and, faint
ing away, exclaimed; Tell my mother
that I perished for what I thought was
right. Oh comrades, avenge my DEATH
As may be imagined, he had a big scare
on.
Year: 1868

A New DEFINITION OF MUs1e-The
following definition of music, attributed
to Tom Hood, bears, most assuredly, the
impress of his genius and as "a hair
from its bow may be excused but will
never be forgotten by any one who
reads it:


Heaven reward the man who first
hit upon the very original notion of
saving the inside of a cat with the tail
of a horse
Year: 1868

faded. The "-Ittle Lucy" of long ago
had blue eyes and haxen hair both hair
and eyes here were brown.


There was an end of the dream, thenl
He gave sigh at the thought. But he
put bis hand IN his pocket, took out q
greenback and offered it to the child,
saving. M ~
Year: 1868

DELEGATES TO THE CONVENTION.
from the Southern States to the Democratic
Convention, which meets in New York on
Saturday next, are daily arriving here en- route
to New FORK, and o-day a number Of them
visited the White House and were received by
the President
Year: 1868

The Washrrg gton correspondent OF the Bos.
ton Post teIegraphed our column and a half
description of the Henderson wedding to that
paper without word of credit; and it is copied
IN the New York World and other papers,
credited to the Post. The correspondent in
question is getting pretty bad name for tricks
of this sort, and ifit is repeated at our expense
we shall feel called upon 10 say something
harsh
Year: 1868

To BE WITHDRAwN.-Iti Is reported that the
President VIII withdraw the nomination OF
Perry Fuller to be Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, as there is no possibility Of his con.
firmaticn by the Senate.
Year: 1868

A BILL extending the exemption laws,
giving to the head of every family l6O
acres of land or homestead valued at
$1,000, and 800 for each child under
twelve years old, and that the homestead
shall not be mortgaged or sold without
the consent of the wife, ascertained by a
privy examination before a Clerk or
Justice of the Peace, and that unmarried
men twenty-one years of age shall have
800 of their personal property exempt,
has passed a first reading in the Tennes.
see Senate on Tuesday.
Year: 1868

A man, name unknown, fell dead in
the street at Psinesvils, Ohio, the other
day. he was a blacksmith, and bad
stated that he wen, West every year to
whip a man who married bis wife, and
was then on the way to perform that
duty. He gave no names or places
Year: 1868

The refusal of General Grant to join
the impeachment movement, and the
failure of the impeachment project ac-
cordingly, and his.published correspond
ence with Gen. Hancock, coHclusively
show that Gen. Grants leanings are de-
cidedly conservative. More and more
does it become manifest that Grant is
the man to whom the country must look
for salvation. We are not without rea-
son for believing that the General is op-
posed to universal negro suffrage, while
he longs to see the Union restored in all
it's entirety. What we hold now and
what we must have is conservative
Congress. With conservative Congress
and Gen. Grant as President all will 20
we'll with us.-N Y. Herald.
Year: 1868

FOREIGN correspondents write that the
whole slope of the maritime Alps is now
covered with a coating of the most daz-
cling whiteness. A singular fact is alse
stated that below this belt Of snow a very
mild temperature prevails.
Year: 1868

The Springfield Republican has SEN
sible article on newspaper dead beats"


professional plunderers of the public,
who are always crowdipg to the front
rank, oourting the popular gaze, avail
themselves of complimentary invitations
to get good suppers, drink good wine,
smoke good cigars at Others expense,
and yet who are mere hangers on of
newspapers, who work for little, and are
overpaid for their work. The Repubh-
can suggests that if the public will treat
newspaper dead beats with the silent con-
tempt and indifference which they merit,
tie obnoxious tribe will soon cease from
the earth, and the legitimate working
men of the profession be greatly served
thereby-to all of which we say amen


And to which we also say amen
Year: 1868

A REPORT is current that the French
Government has detailed frigate TO
watch the movements ofthe United States
squadron under Admiral Farragut in
the eastern end of the Mediterranean.
Year: 1868

IT has been proposed to tap Lake
Erie to supply the Ohio with water; but
there is the trihing objection that Pitts
burg is one hundred and twenty feet
higher than the surface of the lake.