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Year: 1867

outs de while waiting for car rather than
come In contact with tho obnoxious "crowd. :"
Subsequently II was found necessary to apply
for redress 20 the authorities, whereupon q
detachment OF police ordered watch the waiting
room and arrest all persons Of suspicious character
found suddenly illuminated and the sound OF falling
hammers ana many voices heard by the guardians
Of the night Thinking that haul had been secured
the place approached silently, and demand made
for instant admission, accompanied by loud knocking at
the door, After good deal of perseverance the latter
finally opened, and the officers made rush nto-a
cobbler's shop appears that few days previous 20
the above incident the company had changed the depot
and rented the former to old shoemaker named
Weekes, who resides on the premises with his family
The effect of the officers mistake better be imagined
than described. The residents OF the ncighborhood
have had . good laugh, and, what Is better still, the
thieves have taken the hint 10 beat hasty retreat
Year: 1867

shields and Mclean. and the Eureka retains its od
team" During the coming week the sport will begin
IN earnest and 10 few days the Lowell Club OF Bos-
ton, will be here ready 10 contest for honor and for
fame The Nationals, or Washington will ere long start
out on an extended trip ~ far west as 81 Louis:
and as far north as Chicago, Milwaukee and
Detroit The Irvingtons have already thrown down the
guantet 10 the Unions and many other matehess sare
loudly talked Of The Actives say lor some say for
them) that they intend TO move along quietly this
season and play grand matches This remains TO be
seen There much young blood and active zeal Ia
the club 20 allow Il TO remain idle The old Gotham Cluo
Is as yet very SILENT but there Is good stock in and
enough spirit TO help along and keep u where II has
the National Game From the Athletic Club thus far
nothing has been heard.
Year: 1867

lPars (Apr 81 correspondence Of Independence Beige


The question OF Luxembourg has suffered as you are
aware, check but is not terminated On the contrary


u is entering on new phase, as the French government
in Way dbandons its preensoas achich put
forth In Official The note which appeared
in the government journal of the Hague to deny
that any negotiations relative to Luxembourg had
taken place is said to have been sent ring
the Kings absence by Prince Henry hs brother, and
Governor Of the Grand Duchy OF Luxemburg, who is
personally animated with feelings little favorable to
France and who might not have been acquainted with
the negotiations the subject as the communications
that still rotancd character Of secrecy.
Explanations asked for at the Hague by NJ. Bau-
din. French Minister from the King. who is said to
have given them IN tho most satisfactory manner.
Year: 1867




Few persons are aware how much de-
pends for the success of a political party
on efficient Executive committees. An en-
ergetic and sagacious State Executive COM
mittee is always felt in a campaign for
good. The same may be said of an ener-
getic and sagacious county Executive COM
mittee. The Neao York Tribune, in speak
ing of the recent Pennsylvania election,
says the Democratic victory is greatly due
to the energy and ability of Mr.. Wallace,
the Chairman of the Democratic State Ex-
ecutive Committee. In Ohio, the CincinRa-
II Commercial Mac-d-cheek Press and other
Radical journals attribute the defeat of the
Republicans greatly to the inef1iciency and
want of judgment of Mr.. Cowen, the Chair
man of the Republican State Executive
Committee. We have heard no complaints
of want of efficiency on the part of the
Democratic Central Committee. The Com
naercidl also complains of the want of ctfi-
cheney and tact of the Republican Execu-
tive Committee of this county.


While on this subject, we deem it proper
to suggest that the Democracy of this,
Hamilton county, adopt different sort of
executive committee in the future from
hat they have had for some few years
past. In the first place the committee has
been too large, and in the next its members
have not been of the kind to make it effi-
cient, for want of time to attend to their
duties and for want of the proper energy
and tact. An executive committee of three
or five, with an advisory member tor each
township and ward, and election precinct,
| selected by the executive committee, would
insure a more efficient committee, we
think, than we have had. We hope this
suggestion will receive the thought and
consideration of our Democratic friends
before the next important election comes
on. We deem the matter one of the first
mpOrtance.-CIncinndt ENQUIRER.
Year: 1867

The results OF the recent elections in the
North render it certain that the great DO
litical campaign of 1868 will never have
been. surpassed in earnestness and activity
since the memorable contest in which the
elder Adams was condemned to retirement
and Thomas Jefferson placed in the Presi-
dental chair. Both parties will fight as
for their lives, and when the campaign has
become warm and excited, all attempts to
make converts to the Democratic party will
be in vain. 1t is of immense importance,
therefore, that Democrats, without a mo-
mentS lntermissiOn, go quietly on with
the work they have done so wisely and so
well during the past year. Above all let
them see to it no,o, that the number of
Democratic newspapers taken in their
neighborhoods is largely increased. Cir
culating printed speeches and newspapers
few weeks before an election, may serve
to arouse those who are already with us,
but they are too late to change the previ-
OuSly fixed opinions of men who have
been opposed to us. The way to make
converts is, this fall and winter, to get
newspaper of the right stamp into the hands
of the men whom you wish either to bring
over or to protect from being misled by the
enemy. Have them read in weekly in
stallments, what is said in behalf of the
Democratic party, and against the course
of their opponents. In this way they will
be able in calmness and in the secrecy of
their own bosoms, to decide whether it will
not be safer and wiser to restore the power
of the Federal Government to that party
under whose guidance and control it grew
to degree of prosperity and greatness
never reached in as brief period by any
other nation on the globe.


We earnestly ask our friends to ponder
these suggestions carefully and promptly
If their own good sense tells them they are
right, they should not allow any time to be
lost in carrying them into effect in the most
efficient manner within their power.-Ne,o-
ark AdUocdte.
Year: 1867

To-day there will occur grand bruisine
match between couple of what are known
as "light-weights." Light-weights are
men who do not weigh so much as heavy
weights. The former are not supposed to
be so irresistible with their mauleys. or so
enduring in the conk, potato-trap and


bread-basket, as are the latter.


John B. Cough says he prefers prize
fight to u horse race. Cough may or may
not be right i'm this instance. 1t is q pref
erence which is undoubtedly founded upon
taste. De gustibus non disputdndum. Other
people, as sound on the temperance ques-
ton as .ough, may prefer horse race.


The ''noble art of self-defense"-as its
admirers term its fine thing. 1t will
be exhibited to-day by a couple of noble
light-weights. They are not going out for
any purpose save to illustrate and eXempli-
fly the ''noble art of self-defense." When
one noble lightweight lets fly his fin at the
optic of the other, it is not tor the purpose
of inJuring the aforesaid optic, but solely
for the purpose of giving the other noble
lightweight an opportunity of stop
show the pecularities of seif-de-
fense. Should one lightweight get the
bones of the other lightweight upon his
probosis. the large and respectable crowd
of students who are studying the noble art
of self-detense will understand wherein the
fault lies In not stopping the blow. Neither
of the two light-weights has any dislike or
animosity against the other This is shown
from the fact that they will shake hands
before commencing their set-to. If any
further proof were needed, it will be found
in the additional fact that they will always
approach each other smiling. Men who
hate each other, who are animated by ami
mostly or desire to injure each other, do
not shake hands and smile blandly at each
other.


If one of the light-weights should get
his peppers closed, or his mug mashed, or
any other confusion, it win be because of
his lack of proficiency in the noble art of
self-defense. The observers will discover
these deficiencies, the deficiencies will be
published, and the whole art of self-defense
will thereby be materially advanced
Thenceforth the noble art of seit-detense
will become invested with more dignity
and value.-Chicdgo Times.
Year: 1867

A FOND parent heard his daughter and
her fellow plan an elopement. The next
day the old man waited upon the young
man and addressed him thus:


you are fine brave youth, and don't
object to you for son-in-law Here's a
hundred to aid in the elopement. Nav you
live happily in the same house, and NAV no
accident occur to throw the least shade on
the sunshine of your lite. All request is.
that you elope with my daughter-she's a
mighty fine girl, you know, but somehow
her mother and 1 could never travel
smoothly with her; we don't know her
good points; elope with her to such a dis
tance that she won't return to her loving
father and mother anymore. Good bve.
sonny, and may you be happy" ''''


There was an elopement that evening of
one. The young man went unaccompanied.
tirely right when the old man was so any.
ious to get rid of the girl. The father looks
upon his act as very neat bit of strategy.
Year: 1867

In Easton, Pa. the other evening, just
as performance in the public hall was
about to end, two wags put themselves in
front of the doorway with an umbrella and
awaited for the outcoming crowd. 1t was
not raining at all, but when the first per-
sons of the audience reached the door and
saw the warning umbrella, scores of hands
were thrust out, coats were buttoned close
ly, and dresses taken up, while quite a
number remained in the hall, refusing to
come out on account of the rain. The "sell''
was complete.
Year: 1867

II is not charity to give penny
to the street mendicant, Of whom
nothing is known, while we hagglc
with poor man out Of employmcn.
for miserable dime. 1t is not
charity to beat down a seamstress
TO starvation price, to let her 81,
i'll her wei clothes 2ewing all day
to deduct from her pitifui rcmuner-
alton If the storm delays Ter prompt
arrival. It is not charity to take IL
poor relative into your family and
make her slave to all your whims.
and taunt her continually with her
dependent situation. 1t is not cha,-
ity to turn q man who is out Of
work into the streets with his fami-
ly because he cannot pay his rent.
It IS not charityt 70 exact the rtmest
farthing from the widow and orphan.


It is not charity to give with sup
ercilious air and patronage, as if
God bad made you, the rich man. of
different blood from the shiyering
recipient, whose only crime is that
he is poor. 1t is not charity to bo
an extortioncr-not though you bs-
stow Your aims by thousands.
Year: 1867

SHAMEFUL.--ThS colored people Of the
South ara the real producers of cotton
They perform the labor Of planting the
seeds, cultivatiug the plant aud gathering
the lint. Under the free system Of labor,
every eolored man is, whether hired OF
otherwise, a producer Of cotton for himself
Now this cotton, the product Of colOred
labor, is. no matter what the state of the
market may be. taxed fifteen dollars on the
bale By the Radicals who profess to be
the best friends of the negro. And yet
these Radical hypocrites expect TO get the
colored vote.
Year: 1867

AtSH DAANatho ~OAs VI sAAc-- 4 . @--~--7'4


GENERAL HOOD.


General J. B. Hood is now the head of
a large commercial house in this city. He
received me very cordially. and expressed
his views in a very candid and clear man
ner If do not mistake the tenor Of his
conversation. he is in favor of cheerful
and ready compliance on the part Of the
South with the terms of the Sherman bill
and the act supplemental thereto. He en-
phatically declares that from the Potomac
to the Rio Grande, the people earnestly de-
sire peace. prosperity and unity, aud thai
further resistance to the Government never
enters their minds. a. the same time be-
feels that the South can never swallow the
policy of the Radicals, which is so diamet-
rically at variance with the Constitution as
interpreted by those who framed it. He
has never considered that the South should
surrender any right under the constitution
excepting slavery, and that having once
more become good citizens under sthe
Union, they should be protected 10 their
rights Of property, and not be asked to be-
come parties 70 the Acknowledgement Of
men they had selected to represent them
/ in the forum or the field.


While he is very glad that the South
has not had anything to do with giving
the negro the right of suffrage. he is in
favor of gracefully yielding to the demands
Of Congress. and giving the negro the
privilege of voting, convinced as he is that
the negro's interests are Synonymous with
those of his old master, and that he viii
vote the Conservative ticket throughout
The only fear that he expresses is that
Congress may go farther, aud con6scate
the property Of parties who participated in
the rebellion. He is very firm in his be-
lief that the negro will vote with the South
ern people, unless Congress, by promises
to eonfseate the property Of rebels for
the benefit of negroes, bids higher thar
the South for the negro vote. The General
believes that his people will generally reg
lister and exercise the franchise privilege
under the law, and expresses the hope
that the people, North and South, will
] unite in determination to keep the Radi
cal majority strictly to the landmarks o
the Constitution and law. He emphatieal
ly denies that any portion of the .SOutherr
people, and especially the soldiers of tht
Confederaey, are dislOyal to the Govern
ment of the United States, or that they
have not accepted the verdict of lead ant
iron in good faith.
Year: 1867

A case Of hydrOphobia is being treated
with apparent success at Beck's station,
near indianapolis, by Bromide of POTASH
um. The account Of the case does not
state prescisely what the treatment is, but
only gives the fact as we state It, and that
the patient is understood to be TecoV-
eriDp,
Year: 1867

Those people Who turn up their noses
at the world, might do we'll to reflect that
It is as good world as they we're ever IN,
and better one than they are likely ever
70 get mo again.
Year: 1867

In the last number of the Nation the
editors announce that they will not
hereafter specially advocate the claims
of he colored race, the rights of the
hIack man having been secured by law.
This Il the first crumb of real comfort
we have had In some time. A prospect
of the cessation OF radical agitation will
have az effect nearly as beneficial on the
credit of the country az the early re-
sumption of specie payments.
Year: 1867

Mr.. EVANS, in his sterling speech, at
the New York Republican meeting,
gave the following terse and truthful
description OF. the party that is seeking
TO regain control OF the Government,
which it attempted to give over to
Year: 1867

A shoemaker over in Jersey bought
half an acre lot. He was fond of fruit
and read the papers. The soil was wei
clay, and he selected fruit suited to the
climate. He built a house and put his
! land in condition to produce fruit
He had no manure but the droppings
of street cattle. In his leisure be
brought from the woods bark, rotten
wood, moss and leaf mold, and be mix
ed with the soil three feet deep. This
was done by degrees, and as fast as the
ground was prepared he planted fruit.
He become so interested and success
full that he retired from the cobbler's
bench. was his near neighbor and
knew him intimately His half acre
supported himself and wife comforta-
bly,, almost in elegance. She had no
servant, and had plenty of time to cul-
tivate flowers. Strangers enauired
about their beautiful home.


Isabella grapes and common cur
rants formed the bulk of his fruit
With a better selection his income
would have been larger. Others have
had the same success on small pieces
of ground.


One knew who supported his fami-
ly on one acre. Half was in grapes. the
crop of which in one season sold for
$500, and he had no labor bills to pay.
If concentration will give success let
US know it and practice IT'D. Peek
IN ~ 7. TritsAs.
Year: 1867

BUFFALO, December 29.-From in


vestigations made by the Coroner's
Jury, on Saturday last, of the trucks
of the cars thrown from the track at
Angola, at the time of the disaster,
it is established that the rear car was
not thrown from the track by a
broken wheel, but by the axle of the
Cleveland and Toledo coach, the rear
coach being sprung, thus throwing
the wheels an inch and a half out of
their proper position. This fact will
Year: 1867

A Nashville paper makes the following
statement as to the shipment of corn north
ward: ga most noticeable feature in COM
meFcial matters here is the present large
shipment of corn to the North. The send
ing of corn to Louisville and Cincinnati iR
something almost beyond the memory of
the Oldest inhabitant. The cause is simp.
ly that a better price, by some twenty
cents, is paid in Cincinnati than in Nash
Vile. Several car loads of corn are now
shipped North daily over the Louisville and
Nashville railroad
Year: 1867

left to me--they are left to you. You stole
my son. You lied to me. You starved
my wife and my sons wife.


"You and your party lied to all the sol
diers-you robbed them in the 6eld-you
sacrificed them for private ends. and gave
away our blood to protect your dollars.


while we fought to save the country
you said that national debt was a nation
al blessing. and you made the blessing
great, and the other cowardly thieves and
aristocrats of the country.


''The soldiers should have been exempt,
but they are not. Only the aristOcrats are
now exempt, and able to live at ease.


"Take the little children. 1 have no
home, your mortgage covers it. My hopes
are gone. This is no more land of libeF-
ty, or equal taxation. l am weary of life
I shall soon die--I have no home for the
little ones-nothing to leave them but eter-
nal taxation.


-s.Their labor is fOr your good, not for
their own benefit.


''Take these children take all the chill
dreu of America Kill them, hold them
in bondage, make them your slsves. The
| boy will wait on you the little girl will


"We are your victims-do with US as
you will. Make the most of that boy you
can, for it will not be long before he will
REPUDIATE your debt, your bonds. and
your authority.


''I leave them with you, that they mey
J look on their robber--on the murderer oi
their father. must go to the plow the
hoe, the spade the axe, the pick, the farm,
the work bench, the hammer, the trowel,
the forest, the loom--anywhere and every
where, and toll early and late, to buy you
wines and luxuries, to support you in idle
ness, to protect you in your sWindles.
must now GO to work and slave that you
may rest and live. will go and wear my
life out to support you in idleness till the
day which is drawing, comes, which will
bring relief in REPUTATION!


-ha-ha-ha-ha That makes you
tremble Then will repeat it:


"R-E-P-U-DI-A-T-I-O-N


eft is good to see your cheek pale, and
to see you clutch for your bonds.


"IhaYe seen you so before.


''It was when you begged me to fgh
for you.


"When you fooled me.


''When you lied to me


"When you whined and begged me t.
go to war, and let you look out for my in
terests.


at was when you trembled and shoOl
like sn aspen leaf, lest the draft snatch yor
away from the place where you could
rob the poor.


when fought for your interest ant
my interest alike. You looked only 70
your own interest. You played it well
you controlled legislation nicely.
"And now I'll look after my own inier
ests. All you worked for during the va
was to make money. That was your grea
aim. Now you are again in danger, 20
tremble, and no one will help you. Doe
! that little boy look as if he would be wi
ling slave OF the fool his father and grand
Z father have been


"He will look out for his own interests
1 will look out for my interest. and as tt
object of government as Radicals manag
it is to make money, I'll follow suit an
seek relief from your great bOnd-hOldiu
swindle in REPUTATION"
Year: 1867

A Coon MovE.-Some of our business
men are speaking inviting al the mer-
chants from every portion of the State to
assemble in Nashville on or about the Goth
of October, and propose raising sum suf-
fciently large to entertain them for week.
The Legislature will be in full blast about
that time, the fall races in operation, and
the Adelphi Theatre open at night to en-
certain the thousands. We hope the en-
terprise will be put through Gazette.
Year: 1867

Here Is a fact which cannot be too ofte n
repeated. When you see man who ad-
vertises liberally, you may be certain of
finding a good stock of goods in his store.
that he keeps up with the market, and sells
cheaper than those who do not advertise
If you want good bargains always patron
ize those who avail themselves of the ad.
vantages afforded through the advertising
columns of their paper.
Year: 1867

a New Haven paper says a minister of
twenty five years standing in that city, has
been obliged to abandon his pulpit and go
to work as a carpenter, in order to earn
enough to support his family.
Year: 1867

A three story passenger coach is run on
one of the European railroads. The
ground floor is for first class, the next
above for the second, while the third class
have to climb to the highest story.