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Year: 1868

"NoT DOLLAR OF THE PUBLIC DEBT. pit is
the boast of Seymour that he never held a dollar
of the public debt. What boast for man of
large fortune, aprofessing patriot, and, who, at
one time during the war, was the chief Executive
OF the most populous State in the Union Not a
dollar of the public debt This was also the boast
of the imbecile old Buchanan, who died few
months ago unregretted, and who, were it not
for his infamy, would even now be forgotten.
When the credit of the Government was shaken,
when the President, and Congress, and the Sc
cretary Of the Treasury were driven to the last
extremity, and were making every exertion to
keep our armies in the field, efficiently equipped
and properly supplied when our soldiers were
sometimes waiting for their pay, not dollar
came from the pock' is of such men as Seymour
and Buchanan.


Responding to the appeal of the Government,
the patriotic wealth of the country poured forth,
as the water poured from the rock when smitten
by the Prophets rod. The great accumulations
Of capital, the scanty savings of toll, swelled the
sire m that carried relief and refreshment TO our
| languishing arms The man with his millions
drew on his bank account, and the widow gave
her mite. Not dollar, however, came from Sey-
mour, even for The sake of the example which his
high place made it his duty to hold out And
now when the rel elion has been crushed and
the country has emerged from the darkness and
peril, and blood, of fearful war, this same man
Seymour boasts that he never held dollar OF
out TO such miscreant the scorn and punish
ment he deserves.
Year: 1868

The fourth plank in the Democratic platform
reads as follows


Fourth. Equal taxation OF every species of
property according to its real value, including
Government bonds and other public securities


Now, if that plank is put 10 force what is to
become of the people Every farmer must pay
a government tax on his land, his stock. his
crops, his house, his furniture and every thing he
owns every mechanic mnst pay tax on his
tools, and everything lie may possess every
landholder, every mechanic and every bondholder
must pay taxes alike-and the people would he
ground to the earth by the system Are the far
mers and mechanics, and laborers ready Tor this
additional taxation The Republican party ex-
ercised judicious discrimination in leyying tax
es, and laid the bulk of the burden or luxurics.
and such articles as can be dispensed with, there
by leaving the poorer classes comparatively free
from taxation. But now the Democracy pro-
pose to tax ''every species of property according
to its real value, /" and thus heavy burden will
be imposed upon the hardy sons of toll, the bone
and sinew of the land. Every lier of the S ii, is
10 pay tax on what he may produce, and every
farmer TO pay "A tax on the value Of his land The
success Of that party must prove disastrous to
every poor man, and il is only the friend of the
rich arisocrats who are endeavorng TO cheat the
laborins men into voting the Democratic ticket.
Think well Of this and be wise while il is yet
time.
Year: 1868

The executive committee of the State Central
committee, in conjunction with the presidential
electors and the several county committees, were
authorized to arrange times and places for hold
ing public meetings during the campaign.


1t was also resolved to hold q grand Grant
Year: 1868

A BROAD LIE NAILED TO THE COUNTER Cop
perhead journals including the Intelligencer have
published the base calumny that Mr. Speaker
Colfax was Know-Nothing and took the oath
never to support any but native Americans for
office Mr. Colfax himself nails the foul lie to
the counter. In speech at South Bend, to his
neighbors, on July 80, referring to the charge,
he said =


s'I was struck by the fact, when coming from
your depot this very day, that the hundred and
forty Germans of the German Grant and Colfax
Club set the seal of their condemnation upon not
only the calumny, but the forgery TO which |
have been subjected here. Youknoo is afalse-
hood you know that neuer IN mypu6lic life, from
the commencement to the close, in any gear, month
day, haze held any other doctrine than that
principles and character not birthplace and ereed,
scere the true test for offcial promotion. Men
who may resort to forgery may sign my name
with their felonious fingers, for a forgery is a
felony You here kno,c that thereha not been an
election for the past t,oelUe gears that hare not
gone 10 the polls, not Nth a closed ballot, but an
open one, and uoted for men Of foreign birth, and
s0ho worshipped at different altar from what
did myself Here is the only place where | will
answer that calumny Let it be buried in the
tomb where are buried caumnies and forgeries
like it-in the tomb of the past'
Year: 1868

nS-The best of Boston and New York references
given as to the reliability ofour house. and that bust
ness is conducted in the fairest and most legitimate
manner possible and that give greater value for the
money than can be obtained in any other way.


All goods damaged broken in transportation re-
placed without charge.


BA-Checks describing articles sold sent to agents -n
Clubs at rates mentioned below We guarantee every
article to cyst less than if bought any Boston or New
York Wholesale houseN
Year: 1868

Exceed those of every other establishment of the kind
proof of this can be found in comparing our premi
ums with those of Others for clubs of the same size in
addition to which claim to give better goods of the
same character.
Year: 1868

The editor Of the Griffin Star, after paying a
visit to Upson county gives the following ac
count Of a great nataral curiosity Of Georgia:


The first grand point of interest was in the
famous laundering Springs, located in the North
ern part of the county, about twelve miles from.
ihomaston. We expected to find quite a curl
osty, but were completely amazed to find so re
markable freak OF mother nature as this spring.
it is located in the widest part of the mountains
extending through the county, and there in the
solitude of the wilderness presents most re
markable phenomen0n The dimensions Of the
spring proper are about five feet in diameter
and OF an unknown depth, for experilnenters
have repeatedly sounded its depth i'll vain, and
no bottom can be reached. The water bois
up with great force; bubbles Of gas constantly
rise up through the water, and explode at the
surface This gas is highly combustbe, and is
frequently set ON fire as it makes its csc, ,pe.
Such is the force with which the water rises
that human body cannot sink, but is buoyed
up in standing position. 1t is famous bath
ing place, and We took the first opportunity to
lunge into this bottonless W II. There We
could stand for hours, with nothing to support
us but water. The earth around the spring is a
beautiful white sand. Of very fine grain, giving
away readily at the touch of the foot, but i'm
mediatey reforming as before. The walls of the
well perfectly symmetrical, as if dug by the
hands of men, As low down as we could reach
with cur foot, we could kick hole in the wall.
and as soon as the foot was removed the wall
would Immediately reform as before. The TEN
pcrature is delightful and the waters are invalua-
bic, especially for diseases of the skin and blood.
The spring constantly makes low rumbling noise,
from which it derives its name.
Year: 1868

CHICAGO, June 3,-According to an arrange
ment OF the Board Of Trustees. the remains of
the Hon Stephen A Douglas were transferred,
this morning. from their first resting place to the
mansoleum. Many citizens and strangers wit
messed the transfer. On the removal of the lid
cpvering the glass. the face of the illustrious
Senator was found to be in remarkable state of
preservation almost as natural as when buried,
seven years ago, excepting that the eyes are sun
ken, the nose is contracted and the surface of
the forehead somewhat ndented or ptted, but
the complexion is very fair. the contour of the
head and face apparently unchanged, and the ex-
preston quite natural and plainly recognizable
The hair looks glossy and black as ever, and the
raiment as new and tidy as when first put on,
not presenting the least evidence of nndew Or
dscoloration Lieut. Gen Sherman among
the pail bearers
Year: 1868

A good wife is the greatest earthly blessing.
man is what his wife makes him. 1t is the
mother who moulds the character and destinyoi
the child.


Make marriage matter of moral Judgment.


Marry in your own religion.


Marry into different blood and temperament
from your own.


Marry into family which you have long
known.


Never talk at one another either alone or in
company.


Never both manifest anger at once.


Never speak loud to one another, unless the
house is ON fire.


Never reflect on a past action which was done
with good motive and with tie best judgment
at the time. 81


Let each one strive to yield oftenestto to the
wishes of the other.


Let self fabnegation be the daily aim and effort
Of each.


The very nearest approach to domestic felicity
earth is in the mutual cultivation Of an abso
lutte unselfshness.


Never find fault. unless it is perfectly certain
that a fault has been committed; and even then
prelude it with kiss, and lovingly


Never taunt with past mistake.


Neglect the whole world besides, rather than
one another.


Never allow request to be repeated.


Il forgot is never an acceptable excuse


Never make remark at the expense Of the
other; it is Il meanness.


Never part for day without loving words to
think Of during absence; besides it may be that
you will not meet again in life.
Year: 1868

WASHING REcIPE.-The following receipt
is worth a thousand dollars 20 every housekeeper:
Take one pound Of ssl soda, and half spound Of
unslacked lime, and put them in q gsllUnof wster,
boil twenty minutes, let il stand till cool, then
drain of and put in small jug or jar Soak
your dirty clothing over night, or until they are
wet through, then wiring them out, and rub on
plenty of soap, and in one boiler Of clothes well
covered with water, add one tea eupfuli of the
washing fuid boil half hour briskly, then wash.
them thoroughly with one suds, rinse and your
clothes will look better than BY the old way Of
washing twice before cooling This 10 an inyslr.
able recipe, and every poor woman should try j.
-EccAange Paper af.a
Year: 1868

$50 far as / know" writes retired farmer,
but an attentive reader Of our paper, ''the stock
growers are generally following the footsteps of
their foretathers by occasionally giving stinted
quantity CT salt to their stock. In the summer
they often throw it on the ground in the pasture,
and being starved for salt, the stock will often
eat the ground because of it's being impregnated
with salt. One Of the greatest errors now prac-
ticed by our stock growers is the neglect to give
the stock a requisite amount of salt. / should
as soon think OF fstinting my stock with water as
salt


My mode of sailing for number of years has
been to keep sufficient quantity of salt in
trough i'll my pastures and yards, so that my stock
may have free access to it and cat it as often as
they wish and as much as they wish, always
keeping up the supply think our stock
know better than we do when they want salt
and how much they need. They know as
we'll when they want salt as they do when
they want water, and when they have eaten
all they crave they will eat no more. When they
have grass in the summer tt ey will cat salt
every day. From my own experience, am
sure that cows will give more and better milk by
having free access to salt than when deprived of
it. From my own experience and observation
have no doubt that great share of the diseases
among stock is consequence of their being
stinted with salt Should any of your readers
be disposed to give attention to this subject.
would caution them not to give free access to
salt at once, but increase the quantity by degrees
for about two weeks, otherwise they may be
starved for salt and eat so much as to njure them"
AgricuHurist.
Year: 1868

THRILLING INCIDENT IN Missouri
most reliable account of deViltries commit
ted by the Kuklux in Missouri is the fol-
lowing from the Boonville Eagle Of the 5th
instant: s. /


1t can no longer be doubted that the
Kuklux are at work in Cooper county. The
thing has been verified and established be-
yond all cavil. A few days since our county
surveyor, with numerous assistants, was
engaged in running the line Of some lands
in the edge of Moniteau township, and in
approaching house sent man ahead with
red flag. The operations were anxiously
watched by an old gentleman and several
of the weaker sex from the house. .


Fear and dismay were on their counte-
nsnces as they stood and gazed with trem-
bling on the movements Of the party. The
flagman approached near the house, paused,
and waved his blood-red flag in many and
mysterious ways. The surveyor halted at
the signal, planted his instrument firmly
on the ground, and levelled it at the house.
AT this wild yell broke from the anxious
and terrified occupants Of the house. The
fagman dropped his banner, and ran with
ali his speed to see what was the matter.
AS he rushed frantically into the house the
old man and the woman fell on their knees
and commenced begging piteously for their
lives.


The aagman tried in vain to quiet them,
but they would not be quieted, declaring
Is Won cannot fool us, we've heard of. you
Kukluxers." At length the old man was
made to see the matter in the right light,
but the females never ceased their crying
until the surveying party was out Of sight
Year: 1868

Bituminous coal of very high quality,
and consequently Of very high price, is,
or ought to be, the principal material in
the production of gas and no inferior coal,
in its natural state, can be used at all Tor
such purpose. If, however, we take the
latter, pulverize portion of it-say ten to
twenty per cent, as may be desirable
and mix it with crude petroleum until q
kind of thick paste has been formed, we
shall find that the whole is equal to the best
camel coal for the manufacture of gas.
We arc informed that series of careful
experiments, recently instituted by the
Manhattan Gas Company of this city, salts
factorily established the fact that by using
the most common description of bituminous
coal according to Mr.. Mackenzie's method
an illuminating power of twenty to twenty
four candles was obtained, which is twice
the light derived from the coal used under
the present system.
Year: 1868

UNCHANGEABLE.-Thin do not change
in the East. AS Abraham pitched his tent
in Bethel, so does an Arab sheik now set up
his camp; as David built his palace On
Mount Zion, so would q Turkish pasha now
arrange his house; in every street may be
seen the hairy children of Esau, squatting
on the ground, devouring mass OF lentile
like that for which the young hunter sold his
birthright along every road plod the sons
of Rechab, whose fathers one thousand
years ago bound themselves and theirs to
drink no wine, plant no tree, enter within
no door, and their children have kept the
oath; at every khan young men around the
pan of parched corn dip their morsel into
the dish; Jobs plough is still used, and the
seed is still trodden into the ground by
asses and kline. Olives are shaken from
the boughs, as directed by Isaiah, and the
grating of trees is unchanged since the
days of Saul. The Syrian house is still, as
formerly, only stone tent, as temple was
but marble tent. What is seen now in
Bethany may be taken as the exact house of
Lazarus, where Mary listened and Martha
toiled or as the house of Simon the leper,
where the precious box of ointment was
broken, and whence Judas set out to betray
his Master.-Dickens' AL the Year Bound.
Year: 1868

SINGULAR.-The steamer Montana is fit
ted up for removing snags from the bottom
of the river as well as scraping channels
through bars. Last week, when few
miles below Hastings, ut work, her off,
GERS discovered what they supposed to be the
" break" from IN old sawyer, nearly in
the channel of the river. They accord
ingly made ready and dropped alongside
for the purpose of taking it up. At the
proper time their graphing irons were let
down and made fast, and then the steam
was put on the nigger," and up it came:
Instead, however, Of drawing out an old
sawyer as expected, they drew out horse
-harnessed to a light buggy. Everything
was complete and in good running order,
except that the horse was dead. 1t seems
that horse attached to buggy had backed
off the ferry-boat at Hastings few hours
before, and was drowned. The iron of the
buggy had sunk the animal, and thus they
had drifted along until taken up by the
snag -boat.-St. Paul Press.
Year: 1868

THE CITY Council meets this afternoon,
and it is hoped measures will be at once
adopted to put our streets in good order be-
fore the inclement season comes on to inter-
rupt the work. We know that in the pres
ent condition of the city treasury very
large amount cannot be appropriated to this
object, but enough can be spared, with the
judicious use of the chain-gang, to greatly
improve our thoroughfares. Arrangements
should be made, too, for the supply of fuel
fr our poor the coming winter. Contracts
can be made now at lower rates than at o
later neriod.
Year: 1868

A GOOD SUGGESTION is contained IN
the following, from fair correspondent: !:
GAS few short months will bring us into
the cold, harsh weather of winter, when
the sutferings of the poor will appeal to
every feeling of humanity, can We not sug5-
gest, or rather beg of those who can do so, to
give them their invaluable aid. There are
many ways in which comfort and assist
ance can be rendered the destitute, which,
instead of being irksome and unpleasant,
as begging always is, would be o pleasant
recreation to those engaged in q good
work, and afford double pleasure to NUM-
bers of our benevolent citizens.


"We remember the grand success Of the
opera of Somnambula,' and the charm
ing rendition of Woodcock's Little Game,
and Don Cesar by the lady and gentle
men amateur performers, at the Virginia
Hall, last fall, and we do not believe that a
single person who attended those perform
ances could be possibly prevented witness
ing them again could that inimitable
corps be induced to repeat them for
some charitable object. The Theatre has
not been used for many months as place
of amusement, and could it be secured for
few nights on reasonable terms, the ope-
ratio and dramatic company Of amateurs
could pack it densely from pit to dome, and
many comforts and necessaries Of life be
furnished those who, without friendly aid,
must suffer hunger and cold.


s'Be kind enough to make an appeal to
those gentlemen aud ladies through your
columns, that they may afford to our citi.
zens delightful treat, and to the poor and
needy relief and protection against starVs-
tion and Geld during the winter"
Year: 1868

The season for closing out my stock has far ad-
vanced, and have from this day marked down
every article less than can be found anywhere In
this city-very important to persons having but
little money to purchase Dry Goods to supply
their Immediate wants.
Year: 1868

Idleness is the nurse of all vices. II moves so
slowly that they all evertake it. The Germans
and Italians say, proverbially, that "Idleness is
the DEVILS pillow" Some affect to excuse th S
hydra headed habit by asking what harm can a
person do when be does nothing? The reply
is ready and plain. He who is passive 10 allow.
ing decay is himself destroyer. While stand
ing still and refusing to help, he obstructs the
progress of others. We are told in holy writ;
"By much slothfulness the building decayeth
aud through idleness of the hands the house
dropeth through" And again is it said: al
went to the field of the slothful and by the man
void of understanding, and lol it was overgrown
with thorns and Kettles which covered the face
thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken
down" The words of Cato, the elder, ere in
the proverb, that "he who does nothing learns
to do evil.". Idleness has been described to be
a moral leprosy, which soon eats its way into
the heart and corrodes our happiness, while it
undermiues our health. Idleness is costly,
without being a luxury. MontaiGue always
would reckon the years account of his expenses
with the following entry: "Item-for my abom-
Unable habit of idleness a thousand livres." We
toll for leisure only to discover, when we have
succeeded in our object, that leisure is a great
evil. How quickly would the working class be
reconciled to what they may call hardships of
compulsory idleness, They would quickly find
that it is much better to wear out than to rust
out The idle man is at mercy of ell vices. The
working man on the contrary, fnds a safeguard


in his occupation, which leaves no time for temp
tations nor desire to yield to them. 1t was well
said, by the oldest of the Greek poets, that "the
laborer is the sentinel of vrlle."
Year: 1868

According to the Jackson Mississippi)
Clarion, the Radicals of that State have
concucted a scheme for the purpose of
giving the negroes control of the Legis-
lature. Two counties in which the ne
groes are in the ascendancy, with an
aggregate population OF 35,957, arc
gwen seven representatives, while only
four are allotted to population of 49,
ASS wherein the whites predominate.
In the Senatorial apportionment,
Holmes, a negro county, has q total pop
ulation of 1916. To this couaty is as
signed one Senator. On the other hand,
Attala, Leake, and Neshobs, white
counties, with combined population of
20, ,267, are thrown into the same district,
aud given but one Senator. To Iazoo,
having a negro population largely ia ex-
cess of the whites, and total OF ih,2o3,
one Senator is given; while the combined
counties of Tishomingo and ltawambo,
with u population more than double
that of Yazoo, constitute single dis
trict, and are allowed but one Senator.
And thus we might proceed, continues
the Clarion, to the end of the list, and
in every instance the same infamous
motive to put the white people of the
State completely under the rule and III
the power of the negro race, would be
established. The Radicals intend to
hold power, if they can do so, either by
fair means or foul. In the North they
have gerrymandered many of the States
in such a manner as to make it almost
impossible to redeem the Legisla-
ture. This fact was shown in the
late election in Connecticut, where,
while the Democrats reelected Gov
ernor English by a majority double
that by which he was first chosen, the
Legislature still remains in the hands
of the Radicals. The same outrageous
making up of the Senatorial and Repre-
sentative districts enables the Radicals
to hold the Legislature of this State,
although the Democrats have a maJorl'
ty on the popular vote. In the South
the same principle is being applied, and
the negroes are used as the basis OF ac-
ton. One negro voting the Radical
ticket is to be worth three white men at
the ballot box, if the latter are opposed
to Radical usurpation and In favor OF q
restoration of the States to their old
relations with the Federal government.
This is fair specimen of what tue
party in power mean. They would
put the white race under negro
rule aud dominion rather than allow
the reins of government to slip from
their fingers. When white men in the
North refuse to accept negro suffrage,
Wilson and Sumner claim that Congress
has right to enforce it, at the point OF
the bayenet, and offer bills to accom-
plish that object. The movement of the
Radicals in the South is dictated by the
same spirit which underlies all their ac'
tions in the North, and pertends danger
to the Republic unless it is checked by
those who love their country better
than party, and consider the welfare OF
white men superior to fanciful expert.
ments in reference to the capabilities OF
the negro race.-Age.