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Year: 1874

NORTH LIBERTY, Adams Co., May q, 1874.


FRIEND BoARDxAN Being regular reader of
your valuable paper, we have thought that a word
from this section might interest some of your many
readers.


North Liberty is neat, thriving, quiet village,
with good schools and churches, sober, indus
trious and intelligent people. No saloons or
whisky shops here, but we have a Ladies' Temper
ance League, in good working order, that has been
in efficient operation some three months, and we
also have had the Temperance question fully dis
cussed and public sentiment educated up to the
point of action. Our good ladies' have thoroughly
canvassed our place and the surrounding country,
and have obtained the pledge of almost this entire
community.


Our people are fully aroused to the importance of
this contest. We have q Vigilance Committee to
arrest and prosecute all violators of the quor laws
of Ohio, and we also have Guarantee Fund at
their disposal, to enable them to carry out their
plans. A number of men have been arrested and
fined for becoming intoxicated, and one or two of
them sent up to West Union to board out for few
days. Our Committee will do their duty and our
community will sustain them.


Last Sabbath a man came to town OF a drunk
annoyed our citizens much by his abusive and pro-
fame language. noise, and fast and Illegally driving
sidewalks. Several affidavits were placed in
the Justices hands, and altho' ne had boasted that
he had thousand dollars to defy our committee
with, he has since concluded that discretion was
the better part of valor, he walked into the Jus
tees Office to-day and planked up some fifteen dol
lars fine, thereby saved costs of trial pending Sew
eral more cases are reported Justices docket
from parties in Winchester, against a druggist
there for violation of the liquor laws. The people
of old Adams county mean business, and we think
You will hear from her favorabIy next August.


THE CELEBRATED W. H. H. DUNN,


of your place, passed through here last week, in
company with his chief assistant Engineer Spring
er), surveying short line route from Hilsboro to
Washington City, but think he will not find this
practicable profitable route as most of our peo-
pie in this county are now travelling the Cold
Water line. So he turned and took the down grade
to Ripley, Brown county, in search of more prac-
ticable ROUTE to contract for bridges and mate
rials as they viii be much needed. But perhaps he
may take more easterly route via Sinking Springs
Chat is if he secure the right of way) and the
good people of that place will take stock enough to
justify building Depot at that point The books will
be open in a few days. Let every body subscribe.


Considerable indignation here ever the arrest of
the Crusaders in Cincinnati. Persecution only
stimulates the good cause. A fearful day of reck-
oning is coming for Mayor johnson and his Whisky
Ring, from an indignant people and just God,
and their guilty consciences may soon be awakened
to the reality of just doom which awaits all such
in that wholesale cremation" in the great hereaf-
ter, where no friend will be found to urn their
ashes R. W. A.
Year: 1874

TIE color of old curtains and. chairs
covered with woOlen stuff is greatly i'm
proved by beating all the dust out of
them, and rubbing with a dry brush; then
going over them with q lAther OF CASTLE
soap and warm water, washing of the
troth with clear water, and rinsing with 0
solution OF alum In hot water, wipipg off
with old soft cloths, that will absorb as
much OF i as possible. When dry, the
colors will be much improved. -.
Year: 1874

WHILE riding in the Western part of the city
w POCKET BOOK, containit owners name
address, papers and a sun of money The finder
will please leave at thi, office and receive suit
able reward. jy15dtf
Year: 1874

young fellow in western town was
fined $40 for kissing girl against her will,
and the following day the damsel sent him
the amount of the fine. with note saying
that the next time he kissed her he must be
less rough about it, and be careful to do it
when her father was not about.
Year: 1874

South Carolina and Louisiana. The whites should
encourage the movement and show their sincerity in
its advocacy by giving the qualified negroes offices
in cities and parishes where the whites are in the
majority--NewO Orleans, for example. believe they
are disposed to do this but they ought to manifest 1t
by an immediate revision of the Conservative mu-
nicipal ticket in this city, which may be done before
this letter reaches the eye Of the public. In the
mean time and always they ought to and will en-
courage Independence in the colored voter. and
throw abOut him the strong arm Of support and pro-
lection in the nntrammeed exercise of his political
rights of every kind. At present he is intimidated
only by people of his color the white leaders
of his own party
Year: 1874

ls.
paign variety becomes more and more microscopic
the nearer you draw to its locale. and not unfre-
ouently when you think you close enough to lay
a hand upon it. the thing becomes invisible to the
naked eye and you have TO enter upon field of In
vestgaton which lies in an entirely different direc-
tion In most cases in my experience the outrage
has faded from view before l could get within a
hundred miles of it. / take up morning paper with
a story of White League not, and before can
catch train to 90 the seat of out comes an even
ing paper with the proof that il is canard To speak
more definitely and after careful inquiry and con-
sideration, have not heard of single wel-authen
ticated case Of political outrage or intimidation
since came to New-Orleans, and from observation
and trustworthy information am bound to declare
that there has been none-n0t even an occurrence
which the most Jealous partisan could twist into
shape for effective campaign use. If any should
come TO light after this letter is mailed, will visit
the scene at once ascertain the facts and give them
to the public in strict compliance with my instruc
tons to tell the truth, whomever it hits"


WHAT THE WHITES SAY ABOUT THE NEGROES.


have talked with people of all shades of political
opinion among the white residents of Louisiana and
find that there is remarkable unanimity In their tes
timORy as TO the character and disposition of the ne
groes They talk of them with kindliness and friend
illness which, in view of all the circumstances samaz
ing. They acknowledge that the poor ignorant
lures have been greatly mised that they have formed
bad political associations and learned bad morals
from those associations; that they have shown no
self-control independence; that they have
strangely persisted in aDtagonism TO their employ
ers and true friends and that there TO be little
hope for their improvement in these respects during
the lifetime of the present genoration. But these
things are mentioned more in sOrTow and despair
than in anger and in mentioning them representative
white men 60 10 the extreme of magnanimity in apol
ogizing for the shortcomings of their political enc
mics They say that the negroes as class are not
bad at heart that allowances must be made for
their ignorance and credulty; that the most earn
est and persistent efforts have been made TO keep
them in political slavery; that thousands would vote
right bat for the balefu influence of oath-bound
leagues; that their dread OF losing their freedom Is
not unnatural, and some even admit what Is un-
ouestioDablv true. that the whites greatly to
Year: 1874




No MORE MAILS. We have word from
Mr.. Lowe, Express Messenger. that no
more mails will be carried by Captain
Starr. between Olympia and Victoria.
until other arrangements are made by
the Department. This cuts off from
postal communication with the outer
world, every pest Office and mail route
on Puget Sound north of Tacoma, with
no assuring prospect of resumption
for several months to come. No one
has yet offered to carry this nail for the
compensation heretofore allowed, and
the Department is prohibited by act of
Congress from paying any more. This
is calamity to our people more general
if not more damaging than an embargo
upon our commercial interchanges, and
is the result of mean and short-sighted
policy which discriminates against the
people of the Territories. The eight
thousand dollars extra awarded to Ben.
Holiday for the utterly useless service
of carrying the Sitka mail from Port
land Instead of Port Townsend, would
more than pay the advance demanded
for carrying the mails on Puget Sound.
Thus are the people of this Territory
robbed Of their dearest rights to reward
politicians in Oregon. We have no
vote.
Year: 1874

heart. which has no principles or opin-
ions, but for small consideration will
open its columns to the defence of q
squaw dance house. official peculation
or private land grab.


In our view, neutrality is not inde-
pendence. A neutral paper IS of no
more use in promoting the public good
than the neuter in is propagating its
kind. Independence incites opposition
and provokes hostility; but so long as
we publish newspaper it shall express
our opinions, free from the dictation Of
any other person, party, cabal or clique,
holding ourself personally amenable to
public censure for our words and acts.
Year: 1874

II A young, unmarried cleTgmau
in Rockport. NY, in conversation said
that young ladies nowadays can mako
rich cake, but they cannot mako good
bread. A few days after making the re-
mark the divine received fourteen loaves
OF such white and puffy bread. with the
compliments of fourteen young ladies'
of his congregation.
Year: 1874

At recent Temperance Convention


at Des Moines, Governor Cue made


the following significant remark:
Legislators have always lacked the


moral and political courage to make a


complete prohibitory law And / fear


the Legislature which will meet here


this winter, will also lack the moral
courage to do away with that loopholc.
| did not come here tonight to argue
in favor of woman suffrage, but say
it IN ali candor that, in my opinion,
before we can make q law, such as we
need, on this subject, woman must be
invited to step in and aid Us. We
lack the votes necessary to make a
real prohibitory law, and while We
have a large reserve force, willing and
anxious to aid us, why shall We not
invite them to assist in good work. 1t
is my deliberate judgment that before
the work is accomplished We must
have their aid, and why should we
hesitate to secure ii? Why should
not the women of our State be invited
By law to come with US to the elec-
tions and silently deposit the little
ballot for the good cause, as silent
ard harmless to her as the falling of
the snow fake, but as potent for good
as the noblest act OF the strongest
man?


In his lecture on Labor. Temper
ance and Woman, Wendell Philips
says that. Is


On the third head of his topic he
did not consider womans right to
vote. In striving for greater purity
of the ballot box, men needed all the
help they could get. History shows
that in every case where one sex has
endeavored to do everything alone and
exclusive of the other, il. has deteriora-
ted. The Literature and art of the
past was impure and indecent, because
it addressed itself to men alone. Wo-s
man was not the equal of man, and
nothing was thought of but his pleas
ure and will. Now society was made
up of men and women, and it was of
far more delicate moral sense than the
law which was made by men alone 4
man was often socially ostracised
whose faults were few and too slight
to come within the notice of the law
So In politics. Society was to-day a
hundred years ahead of the caucus,
and he believed that women should be
admitted to the caucus, so that she
might bring it up to the same high
level. 81
Year: 1874

Moved by the conviction that
they have been oppressed by Rail
road combinations, and exorbitant
freight tariffs, and that because of
the inter State charter of the com
binations of the great freight lines,
they are beyond the control of
seperate State action, the farmers
of the country have turned to Con
gress, and demanded relief from
the general Government. Accor
dinghy, steps have been taken to
bring the gigantic corporations
under control. The Oranges in
local, State and National meetings,
have demanded it, and their Rep
resentatives at Washington are pre-
pairing to obey. But, 10! opposition
is made. and o new difficulty pre-
sents itself. That the Railroads
should be opposed is to be expected.
But it seems that political opposi
ton is to be encountered as well.
It is anti democratic to grant the
relief prayed for. The manner in
which the Democratic party favors
one of the chief purposes of the
Granger movement may be seen
from the following article from the
New Albany Ledger Standard of
March 5:


"AIr Arthur, of Kentucky, con-
cluded his able argument in the
House against the bill to regulate
fare and freight on tho railroads.
He took the old Democratic ground
in relation to the subject, and his
position will be heartily endorsed
by the Democracy of the country.
In summing up his argument, he
announced his opposition to the
bill because it would form an I'M
constitutional and adulterous inter,
course of political monopoly with Il
chartered monopoly, and because
it would form an unconstitutional
and pernicious interference with
commercial freedom and vested
rights. But he especially opposed
it because it was Capitalization
that was the sepulchre of liberty.


If the people submit to this ad-
vance step, the next one will be
that of claiming the power over the
steamboats, that traverse the vast
regions of country In the West and
South. and then we shall have the
same interference in all local affairs.
1t is time to stop now, and distrib-
ute the power among the States
where it rirhtfully belongs


Governor Hendricks gave the
key note of the opposition when. in
his address to the Illinois Senate,
he exhorted them to undertake the
regulation of this subject, and not
entrust it to foreign power


That the Ledger Standard should
not know that the National Consti-
tuition makes it the duty of Con
gress s.to regulate commerce be-
tween the States and hence to
regulate the use of interstate
highways, is not strange. But that
it should not know that Congress
has already undertaken to exercise
power over the steamboats, of the
West and South, is surprising
But when Constitution, law and
facts come In conflict with Dem
ocratic ground" SO much the worse
for them. Democratic doctrine
must be maintained, if railroads do
grind, and farmers do complain.
Verify, great is Bourbonism, and
its name is Democratic party
Indianapolis Journal.
Year: 1874

by the last Democratic Legislature. in reference
TO the duties of Assessors and Collectors, as q
base attempt to disfranchise voters, in order to
accomplish party purposes and as a measure
which, unless prevented by the vigilance Of
good citizens will cheat the county out of its
taxes, and the people out of their votes.


An important change was also suggested in
relation to the party rules. 1t is proposed to
let the people elect the County Executive
Committee, by nomination elections, just as
they choose candidates for Sheriff and Coroner
The object is to do away with county conven-
tions all together and break down rings"
The subject was referred to the County Com
mittee, with power to act


Resolutions Of respect with reference to the
death of Senator Sumner were passed.
During the session the candidates for Sheriff
and Coroner withdrew, and fixed the 10th o.
May as the day of the nomination election.


The utmost harmony and good feeling
prevailed.
Year: 1874

WHAT thing is politics The character of
Charles Sumner in the flesh is no more like
the character of Charles Sumner in the grave
than life is like death, if We may judge from
the standpoint of political opposition. Who
would have believed that the hundreds Of
journals throughout the country who could see
nothing but evil, and that continually, in the
life and policy of the living man, woald be the
ones to pay the highest eulogies to his mem
ory? We read the editorials of our exchanges
as they came to US after his death, and in none
did we find higher tributes than in Democratic
journals that had always said only the bitterist
things of him. 1t was from these papers that
thousands Of reads read, for the first tune in
their lives, in their party organ, that Charles
Sumner was the greatest American of his time.
Never had they heard before, from a source
entitled to their credence, that this political
adversary, ay, personal enemy was a man OF
so exalted character that in ali his public life
of thirty years nothing had ever been brought
against him to tarnish his henor as man.
Whileever he was enabled to press his princi
pes to a successful issue-whils ever he lived
in short, he was hated But the moment
death toek him out of the way of his politica
opponents then they could see his greatness
lie was no longer an obstacle in their path ant
they could join with his friends in strewin,
flowers upon his grave. 1t is for Demo
cratic journal now to tell US that it was principle
that, above every other consideration, mad,
Mr.. Sunrcer struggle, many times against hi
party, against sxpediency, even against hope
to secure the great measures inauguratea b.
him. 1t is for Democratic journal to nov
tell US that Mr.. Summers unceasiBg effort
in behalf of the colored people was not the 60
pecial love he had for the colored race, but hi
undying conviction that the Fundamental lav
was unjust and undemocratic so long as it mad
distinctions in the rights of men. 1t is eve
for Democratic papers to rejoice that the grea
statesman lived long enough to see his polio
so nearly realized, and to rejoice that his wor
has not died with him.


How utterly at sea ara scores and hundred
of men to day in their views Of Charles Sun
ner. But yesterday they believed him tn
sum of all villanies to-day they find him p


tured as saint by the very papers that ha
learned them to hate him. And even mar
Democratic papers are awed into silence
the course of their Gls leaders. Rather tha
follow in the road to praise they say nothing.
Year: 1874

RECEPTION AND DONATION.-The Metho-
dist congregation of this town gave their pastor
and his wife, Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Ph@bus, q
most hearty welcome and liberal donation on
Thursday evening last, at the parsonage, in
acknowledge of the return of Mr.. Z. to
the pastorats for another year. The atten-
dance was only limited by the capacity of the
parsonage to hold the visitors. The prominent
feature of the occasion was the presentation of
handsome study chair to the pastor, on behalf of
the young people of his congregation, by Mr..
VIM. FAIRIES The speech was in excellent taste
and Mr.. p. reply was of course of that heart
felt character that such token would inspire.
The ladies' also presented Mrs. Phebus with a
purse of over $50, and the the pantry materia
wheeled into the back yard commenced with q
barrel of -four and ranged all along through big
list of substantials and delicaciss, too numer
Gus to mention. The enjoyment Of the evening
was of the ovsrfowing character that invari
ably comes upon company who have done
good deed The refreshmeut table was equa
to the unexpected heavy demand mad
upon it.
Year: 1874




A movement was made we believe,
at the last session Of Congress for q
special census of the Union, 20 be
taken in 1875, with view Of show
ing what we have done in the way Of
physical and moral progress since the
first blow for independence was struck
at Lexington, in April, 1875, when
"the embattled farmers stood and
fired the shot that echoed round The
world.n We hope this census matter
will be taken up early in the coming
session. and that care will be used to
provide Tor the most minute, complete
and accurate compilation Of statistics
ever yet made 10 census in this or
any country. Statesmen, law makers,
philanthropists, philosophers aud sci
entists agree upon the immense i'm.
portance Of such statistical infotma-
tion. To legislate for and properly
rule and direct a heterogeneous popu.
latlon like ours il herculean task
The medicine that cures ln one SEQ
tlon may kill IN another. ThS social
and Eiaterial interests Of the people
present, like our climate, changes
with almost every hundred miles ol
space, Except on fundamental points
in the Federal Constitution we cannot
hope for general agreement among a
people looking out alike upon The
eternal icebergs Of the Polar ocean
and the warm current OF the Florida
stream, greeting the rising sun from
the pine woods OF Maine aud watch
ing bis departure at the golden gate
OF California There are local politi
cal wants, as there are local diseases
and each requires special and ever
varying treatment,
Year: 1874

Any subscriber wishing his paper stopped with IS at the time of subscribing, or before the term szid for expires Any subscriber in arrears de- IElI'g to stop his paper must pay up arrears
Year: 1874

d The idea of opening a club for both
ladies and gentlemen begins to assume
very practical shape. 1t is rumored
that the committee propose to take
house on one of the streets off Grosve-
nor square, and that the club will be
actually in existence within the new
year. Some people go SO far as to say
that the club will be called the Gros-
venor Club, and casuists are BIZ sy
with the questions which will have to
be settled. Examples are drawn from
the experience in archery[and: :croquet
clubs, and stories such as this are
afloat ga gentleman who is very
popular in society was lately black.
bailed at a skating ground, and after
some time 1t turned out that his wife,
who was already a member, had per
suaded friend upon the committee tc
compass his exclusion. 1t is further
stated that a simple-minded young la
| dy who had been asked to join the
new club, inquired in modern English


"Is it place where one can take theil


mother ," The question, unfortun


ately, remains unanswered, but we sus


pect that a great deal of the success


OF the scheme will turn on whethe


or not the club is place where
member 'can take their mother "--Pa'
Mall Gazette:
Year: 1874

THE New Orleans local inspectors re-
port on the Empire disaster shows that
the weight of the cargo was 26l tons,
and her register 23610 tons, and al
though her load was twenty Ave tons in
excess Of her register it was not an over:
load for o vessel IN her condition and
class. The Investigation failed to elicit
any adequate cause for the disaster.
Year: 1874

The manner in which the late
bishop of Winchester got his wife
and his honors is thus related: Az
ter graduating he became tutor to a
young marquis, and while the twain
were travelling in Switzerland the
pupil fell in love with a beautiful
but poor Swiss lady. The tutor in
formed his pupils parents of the
danger to which he was exposed.
In reply word was sent that if the
tutor would marry the lady himself,
he would not be forgotten. He did
so; nor was he forgotten, being
rapidly advanced through the intlu-
ence of his patron, until he became
an ecclesiastical lord with an income
of @55,OOO.