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Year: 1868

AS we somewhat anticipated in our last is
sue, there was an error in the report of the
action of the National Democratic Convention
on nominations. The Convention nominated
HORATIo SEYMOUR, of New York, for Presi.
dent, and FRANK P. BLAIR, of Missouri, for
Vice President-not Senator Doolittle, of Wis
cOnsin, as reported


Although the Democracy of Idaho have no
vote in the Presidential election, their unway.
ering Democratic voice will have some weight,
perhaps, in behalf of the nominees and plat.
form, and they will fully sustain the candidates
and approve the platform. Gov. Seymour and
Frank P. Blair are too well known by our cit
liens to require of us here special mention of
them in brief biographical manner.


1t is enough for US all to know that the great
National Council for our party, lately assem-.
bled in New York, have selected SEYMOUR
and BLAIR rs the nominees and have unani-
mOusly agreed upon the resolutions which con-
stitute the platform. These facts warrant every
genuine Democrat, and every citizen who is
devoted to the Constitution and Union, as the
trainers and founders made the one and estab-
lished tn other, in giving TO the ticket his ut
most support.


The Democrats of this city and vicinity
will this evening hold Ratification meeting.
to express their devotion to the good old cause,
and their appreciation of the ticket and plat
form, at which able speakers will address the
multitude. Let all attend it, and make the
occasion worthy of the cause of it, Let not
only those who are Democrats attend, but also
and with them, those who have hitherto acted
with the Republicans, and who are dissatisfied
with the extra9agant, revolutionary, destruc-
tive and despotic administration Of that party
let them come likewise and participate in
the meeting this evening, and resolve to hence.
forth act and vote with the only party which
is pledged rrevocably to tine preservation oi
the Constitution and the perpetuity Of the
Union OF all the States, alike free and equal
under the Government of white men. Let us
all ratify the nominations made by the National
Convention, and also the nominations made by
our own Territorial and County Conventions
and resolve from now until the closing of the
polls on the day of election TO lose no oppor
tunity TO help to help the whole Democratic
ticket and to use every honorable exertion Il
secure the election of the entire ticket. by al
overwhelming, rousing, splendid majority. Th'
Democracy of Boise county, and the Denoc
racy of all of Idaho, will surely do their full
duty IN thu campaign, and in August victor!
will again crown their patriotic, enthusiast,
efforts Let us ratify now, and conquer OF
election day S. .st-s IS
Year: 1868

and campaign against our own evil pas
sions, which is true enough, especially
against spiritual pride, in all its forms. But
it is notoriously quite possible TO wear
hair-shirt next ones skin and yet have all
manner of wicked things next to ones
heart. And the truth is that people who
are really engaged in contending against in
furious passions have neither time nor en-
ergy left for peddling among trihes. IF a
man is sincerely waging war against ex-
cessive and disordered ambition, be is not
likely tc be full of chilly solicitude about
early rising; if he is resisting to the death
habit of Incidence, procrastination, and
unfulflled purpose, he has not much time
left for pondering the exact number of
courses or the precise poorness Of wine
which perfect virtue would prescribe or
permit. All moral ends are not of equal
value. The right-minded person, with just
views of what living means and is and
comes to, sinks little endsin great ones.
Year: 1868

AHEAD OF Hrs FIGUREs.-The San Fran
cisco Bulletin has story illustrative Of the
speed with which the Pacific railroad is
built:


y GA few days since merchant came down
to the city from the, eastern side of the ST.
ezra Nevada. Having bought an extensive
assortment of goods, he gave directions that
they should be shipped to the end Of the
Central Pacific railroad, wherever that
should be, expecting to have considerable
job of teaming to fill up the gap between
the working end of the road and his place
of business. His directions were carried
out to the letter, but, to his establishment,
on returning he found that the goods or
lered had been carried about fifty miles
beyond his residence.


"The Continental railroad is now on its
travels. 1t is not safe to limit its progress.
There are probably twenty thousand days
Of work performed on every secular day
If merchant sends goods to the end of the
road they will bring up somewhere this
side of Salt Lake, probably in some ambi-
tious little town that he never heard of be-
fore his departure. Miles of roads are
created, and even towns, in single day.
The dot on the map showing the working
terminus of the road at the beginning oil
the week, must be moved forward at the
end of the week to q point representing
from eight to twenty miles Of progress.
Only few months will elapse before gen.
eral direction to send goods to the end Of
the road will insure their bringing up either
ut Omaha OF New York. 1t might be a
safer plan, just now, for the interior mer-
chant to drive stake before leaving home,
and order his goods not to be! sent beyond
his stake, lest he should have to chase them
into the wilderness" s-@ "'
Year: 1868

SINGULAR SCENE.-As the Panama
steamer was about to sail this morning q
carriage drove down to the landing and q
young couple got out of it. The female o
the party was very handsome, and the mar
not b1dlooking. They had evidently made
every necessary arrangement for departure,
and q large Saratoga trunk containing the
young woman's worldly goods was carried
on board by the porters. The couple ther
followed, and were seen lettering in the sa.
loon apparently impatient to sail. Her
face was beaming with bushes and smiles,
but he WAS observed to be quite anxious
about something.


When the first signal for those not pas
sengcrs to 90 ashore was sounded, he sud
denly recollected that he had promised to
see some one on the wharf, and telling the
Young lady he would Immediately return,
be rushed off the steamer and concealed
himself in the crowd. He wanted the ca
bles cast off, he wished to see the gang
plank hauled in, and to hear the signal gun
of that departing steamer, but he had nc
desire to avail himself of the benefits o.
his own ticket to New York. Again the
warning gong was sounded, and as he had
not yet reAppcared the young woman IL
the saloon became alarmed. Why did he
not return2 She hastened to the side OF
the steamer and deserted the young man
making quick time away from the landing.


The entire truth flashed on her mind.
She was to have been sent away. He did
not iatend to 60. She was betrayed and
deserted. The plank was unloosened and
about to be taken away, when the deserted
damsel sped down it like an arrow, and
burly porters struggled in her wake under
the load of her Saratoga box. She made
the wharf, sprang into a hack, the trunk
was taken up, and in an instant she was IN
hot pursuit of the false one. The chase was
exciting, and the crowd watched it as long
as they could with intense interest. 1t has
not been ascertained whether she caught
him or whether the pursuit is still going on
At all events, the steamship company has
the price Of two through tickets without the
expense of carrying the passengers. 1t Is
stated that the man who attemp mpted to play
this trick on the fair one is well known in
this city, and is married man. She was
not his wife. San Francisco Bulletin.
Year: 1868

SENT on FOR FELoNY.--John Henry Bell,
one of the many little negro sneak thieves
who infest the city, was carried before the
Mayor Saturday 10 answer for stealing d
small quantity of ribbon from Mrs. Jones.
1t being his third petty offence ne was sent
on to answer an indictment for felony.
Year: 1868

Masonic SCHOOL BENEFIT.-With the
liberality for which he is distinguished,
Professor Wyman will give the Masonic
school an entertainment tonight. The
many who will attend OH this occasion will
be finely amused, and at the same time
have the satisfaction Of knowing that they
are contributing to q most worthy object.
The usual gifts will be distributed.
Year: 1868

MORE TROUBLE AT THE TREDEGAR sHors.
Robert Archer, one of the proprietors, and
James King, workman at the Iredesar
Iron Works. appeared before the Mayor on
Saturday to answer the charge OF assauitlng
and beating William ]. hope. Hope stated
that he was discharged from work because
he would not take the place of one Of the
men who were on strike. He went into
the office to collect what was due him, when
he was ordered out by Mr.. archer, who at
the same time seized him and pushed HIM
out of the door. King then came up ana
caught him around the neck anu choAed
him.


Mr.. Archer's statement was that hing
came down to the mill for the purpose OF
creating disturbance, and that he ordered
him off three or four times, and it was only
after he had repeatedly refused to go that
he pushed him out. King only came up TO
take the boy off. Both were discharged
Year: 1868

1t is the custom in Mexico for the
church to require foreigner wishing to
marry native, to bring proof that he is
not already married man. An Amer
ican about to marry senorita of very
good family, was required to furnish the
proof of his being a bachelor. Not
finding any of his countrymen who
knew him sufficiently we'll to testify to
the fact, he determined to supply the
deficiency with the oath of a native
Meeting Mexican in, the street bonn
hehad neyef seen before, OUR chuutry-
man proposed to him that he should
swear to his being unmarried, for the
consideration of five dollars. The Sc
nor, after a moments study, told the
"Gringo," "Get down on your hands
and knees and creep about" Not ex-
actly understanding what he wanted,
he obeyed, much to the detriment of his
unmentionables. The other party then
told him he was all right; that he would
swear that he had known him ever since
the time he crawled.
Year: 1868

THE San Francisco Bulletin has a
story illustrative Of the; speed with which
the Pacific railroad built - =


A few days since a merchant came
DOWN to the city from the Eastern side
of the Sierra Nevada. Having bought
IN extensive assortment of goods, he gave
directions that they should be shipped to
the end of the Central Pacific railroad,


wherever that should be, expecting to
have a considerable job ofteaming to fill
Up the gap between the working end of
the road and his place of business. His
directions were obeyed to the letter; but,
20 his astonishment, on returning he
found that the goods had been carried
about fifteen miles beyond his residence.
Year: 1868

Biliousness. Indigestion, General Debility and
all the complaints which proceed from . want of
proper action in the liver, the stomach and the
bowels. are eradicated by course of this great
Year: 1868

effect that sound mind and body arc the IA4ost
necessary requisites to promote connubial hap
piness Indeed without these the journey
through life becomes a weary pilgrimage; thg
becomes shadowed with despair and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness -
another becomes blighted with your own.
n1CEAcEC OF TMPRIIDENCE
Year: 1868

III tho course of ono or two days
there will 10 about thirty female clerks
dismissed from the Redemption Divis-
ion and Secretary's Office ut the Treas
ury Department. This reduction is
necessary on account of the scarcity OF
work done in those Offices. 1t is
thought that there will be about fifty
female clerks dismissed from the variou
bureaus in the Treasury about the last
of the month on account Of the work
being rapidly on the decrease.
Year: 1868

The Mongrels of Congress are like
ly to split on the question of the man.
crof paying off tie war debt. Ifthey
had the justice to pass bill to pay il
Off in spoons and ratches, which should
at the same time compel their military
officers to disgorge the plumber stolen
from the southern people. it would re-
licvc the burdens Of the people ut once
Year: 1868

A negro witness lately swore posit-
vely that he could not tell whether a
certain mau was blac;; or white, al.
though he admitted t,at he had a fair
look at him. That is not strange, for
SO many white men are now behaving
like niggers: that it would require more
than darkey's sagacity to distinguish
them apart.
Year: 1868

A resolution was introduced in the
negro Convention Of Louisiana, Of
"thanks to God for the success Of the
Radical Republican majority" A vote
Of thanks to Congress and the devil,
would come nearer the true sources Of
such success.
Year: 1868

ED-Within tho month the National
Debt has increased S9,000,000. Within
the year the revenue has fallen below the
estimate Of the Revenue Commissioner
S35 100000 Thoro can be no mista&ing
the direction in which we arc tending. II
the Radicals continue TO retain power
for four years moro they may be willing
to surrender, for there will be little left
TO find "
Year: 1868

Senator Hendricks, the Democratic
nominee for Governor, will return home
within ten days, and Mt once enter upon a
vigorous canvass Of the State. His first
speech will be delivered in this city.
Year: 1868

To CLEAR A HOUSE OF VERNIy.-
"Burleigh," of the Boston Journal,
says: Z" tell You, ladies, a secret
that may be worth your knowing
a new remedy to clean a house of
reaches and vermin has been found.
So complete is the remedy that men
offer to rid premises of all these pes
tllential nuiSances by contract. The
article is sold under the name of
French green, and other high sound
ing names, and at quite a high price.
But the article, in plain English. is
common green paint in powder. Six
cents worth used about the house
will 'clear the Kitchen and all its
surroundings. These pests infeSt
many houses in this city, ad Rquseam.
and we believe the ladies will thank
us for suggesting so cheap an cradl-
Gator"
Year: 1868

The conduct of the leading Radi-
Gals in reading Chief Justice Chase
ont the Radical party since the initia.
ton of the Impeachment trial, and
piling abuse like Peliou upon Ossa
upon a man who but few weeks
previous was their pride and admira-
ton. has somewhat startled the more
Staid and close reasoning of the rank
and file. They rightly judge that
the Republican party is not quite so
lich as to afford to cast of a man like
Chase for any trivial CauSe, and fail
ing to discover any real offence in
his case, they are beginning TO ask
if there is not something wrong and
rotten in the Radical party itself,
and whether Mr.. Chase has not cast
it of in consequence, There are
thousands who profess the faith who,
while willing to use Butler. Stevens
and Wade as tools in the execution
of their schemes, yet shudder at the
thought of such leaders to the party
of their allegiance. The fact cannot
be disguised that the detection of
Chief Justice Chase has proven the
worst blow the Radical party has vel
received.
Year: 1868

The Ohio Legislature, responding
to the popular sentiment of that
State, have passed a oil to prevent
the mixing mp of white and black
children IN the public schools. The
white people of The Southern States
do earnestly appeal to their kindred
of the Caucasian race of the Nroth
TO protect them from the same curse
which is being inflicted upon them
against their united opposition, by
brute numbers ut the point Of Fele-
raj bayouetS.- Clarion.
Year: 1868

Every parent is like looking glass
for his children to dress themselves by
Therefore, parents should take care to
Seep the glass bright All clean, not
dull aud spotted, as their good exam
pie is a rich inheritance or the rising
generation.


-Idleness is no natural propensity
Of mankind, for when they are too
young for being tainted by the sexam
pie of the worthless they are all activi
ty.


IF thou art rich, try to command
thy money, lest it should command
,hee. If thou know how to use it, it is
ihy servant if not, thou art its slave


In the vooage Of life we should
initiate the ancient mariners, who,
without losing sight Of earth, trusted to
the heavenly signs for their guidance.


There is a refinement which even
Wit and knowledge Of the world cannot
teach their votaries, who often wound
the heart without violating perfect po-
liteness.


Adversely is the state in which q
man most easily becomes acquainted
with himself particularly being free
from batteries.


Where danger is, frmness will find
its rightul station and when men
strongly fear they cease to feel jealousy.
(Which of these roads leads to the
village ef H asked traveller Of rag
ged urchin sitting by the roadside.
"Any Of EN-, sir" answered the boy.
(which is the best 2" "Aint nary one
Of EN- the best (Which is the short
est ?" "Aint no difference" Which
would be the best for me to take +
"You may taRe any Of EN-, and afore
you get there you'll wish you'd took
the t'Other one.


Take heed not to be overloaded in
the soft luxuries of worldly enjoyments;
for be who drinks too deeply Of pleas
ure will find sediment at tho bottom,
which polutes and embittsrs what he
relished at first.





THOSE whose personal plans Of
pleasure and profit are interrupted
BY the nursing showers, should 60
abroad and see how the fields and gar
dens rejoice at the benign visitation
that promises 10 renew their fertility in
the service Of man.


Bible promises are like the beams
Of the sun, which shine as freely in at
the window Of the poor mans cottage
as the rich man palace.


An officer IN the navy seeing q
sailor praying before an engagement,
reproached him with cowardice.
There Is no cowsrdice in it, said be,
/ Il was praying that shots might be dis
tributed among the officers in the same
+ proportion as ths prize money Is.
Year: 1868

ON AIounsns CosrunH Iti a mat
Ter of education. IL So far as high col-
ors have come to signify gayeiy and
pleasure, shore may be good reason
ioF aismisaing them. Ifone would mark
ones grief why not by the color chosen
BY tho Bible to express spiritual thingsf
White signifies purity, triumph, spirit
ual giadness, and this ought not to bo
uncongoniai 70 the modes Of Christian
grief


II j. not the custom of our people to
Symbolic their feelings by q change Of
dress, with this solitary exception. If
man becomes bankrupt or has his
house burned down, or loses heavily in
commercial operations, or has a son III
disgrace, or a child misled by evil COM
pany, Or any other experience Of grief,
be does not change bis garb The one
solitary and exceptional case is bereaye-
meut But there is in domestic sorrow
dehcacy, or ought 70 be, which should
shrink from an ostentatiousness such
as mourning APPAREL cannot fail TO have.
No one has right SO to express his
sorrows as to intrude them upon every
eye wherever he goes. Custom has
long justified it, otherwise it would be
esteemed an indelicacy for one to be a
walking advertisement Of his own pri-
yate griefs But, even if one were per-
mltted to announce this one side of do
nestle experience by change of garb,
the question yet remains, whether ex-
preston should be given to the weak
ness Of natural feeling, or the triumph
Of Christian faith ? Whether we should
symbolic the darkness Of the grave as
unenlighteued nature shows it, or the
grave made luminous by the triumph
ofour Savior and the glories Of immor
tality beyond it? We may be sure there
is something wrong in Christian com
munity where death IS surrounded with
associations of terror, where the young
are reared to a horrer Of the sepulcher,
where present grief rises up like dark
cloud and shut out the heaven, where


lin sermon service, conversation aud
dress everything con pirod to shrond
death aud the grave with darkness
Has sorrow a right to be selfish May
it bear false witness against immortal
ty Has Christian unler bereavement
a right to deslare by his conduct,
There is no light in the grave, none
beyond it, and no comfort for the be-
reayed but only black, black sorrow !"
] never met one mulli9d in black from
head to foot without certain horror.
The smell Of Grape is to me like the
smell Of charnel house. Did it ever
occur to mourners to ask, what, if those
for whom | grieye were to speak to me
out Of their blissfnl abode in heaven,
would it be their choice that / should
be shrouded like one in despair, or
robed as one who mourns, but with a
Christian hope? ?,


Henry Ward Beeeher,
Year: 1868

THE Baltimore Gazette has an article
on Grants pretensions to be considered
great soldier, which it winds up with
saying:


"Supposing General Grant did possess
military abilities, he presented the ex-
traordinary spectacle of a mar who had
great capacity as a general, but had, be-
yond that, no capacity at all. Before
the Radical party found its power with
the people on the wane, and concluded
that it was necessary to take up some
clap-trap candidate, it regarded General
Graut with great contempt. When 1t
was supposed he intended to support or
be supported by the Democratic party,
the Radicals made merry over the reti-
cent man who could talk only of horses.
As the time for the Chicago Conven-
tion drew near, many of them sought
to show that Grant was wholly
unfit for the Presidency. Before
he was seriously thought of as the Rad
ical candidate, the Radical journals all
spoke of him in the same way. The
| Democratic party has expressed the
same views about him, and thus the
country, with singular unanimity, has
pronounced ut one time or another that
General Grant is altogether unfit for
the Presidency, through lack of capac-
ity. Now he has certainly done moth
ing latterly to show that he is qualified
to administer intelligently any high
civil office. On the contrary, the only
political act of his life, his yielding to
the Establishments of the Radical fac
tion, showed a most decided lack of
sense and a most contemptuous indif'
ference to principle, to the provisions
of the Constitution, and to the rights OF
States or people"
Year: 1868




The Worcester (Mass.) Gazette dis
charges a big gun at General Butler.
Tho Gazette is 4 Republican paper.
Here is the mildcst portion of its re-
marks:


ave do not like to speak diSrespect
fully or bitterly of public men, but
when we think of General Buffers
course from the beginning, it strikes us
rs showing such an utter lack of high
principle, as being so clearly q career
of selfish, unprincipled, personal ambi-
tion, that we confess TO getting a little
impatient. We can never forget how
he labored in the Charleston Convention
for the success of the extreme wing of
the Democracy, mere rebel time
server; nor his bombastic, unsuccessful
course as a military commander; nor
how, since no has been in Congress, he
has been an arch agitator, going back on
his lifelong record, and fighting like
an enraged bull-we fatter our
selves that this comparison, though
impromptu, is not inapt-against any
measure likely to secure peace; nor how
he has made the floor Of Congress n
scene for the exhibition of petty tyran-
ny, personal spite, and wanton insult;
nor how, instead of being wise states
man, he has been sort of party pu-
lgilist, not having sense enough to know
when he was really whipped. All
these thoughts, and the facts which IL
lustrate them, are suggested to us by
the mention of General Buffers name.
Like this distinguished individual, we,
too, forecast the immediate future as
perilous;;" and, therefore, we earnestly
desire that Massachusetts, shall send to
the National Legislature honest, pa
triotic, statesmanlike men-men with
no personal spleen or vent, but careful
only of their country's welfare.
Year: 1868

IT takes twenty thousand soldiers to
enforce negro equality in ten States of
the Union. According TO Radical usage
each soldier costs two thousand dollars
y year. 1t can thus be seen that forty
millions of the peoples money are
Squandered in order to obtain the votes
Of negroes for General GRANT. Are the
taxpayers of the North contenti
Year: 1868

The boy Thomas, who killed his faith
er recently in Greene comfy, is niEe-
teen years old, but very small Of his
age. He is yet at home, and is said to
feel deeply the sense of his situation.
The sympathy in the neighborhood
seems to be in his favor, the deed being
the result of influences by which he
was always surrounded, and for which
alone the deceased parent was to blame.