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Year: 1872

Oregon voted on Monday last, and
enough returns have been received to show
that the Republicans have elected their
State ticket and will have a majority in
the Legislature for the election of another
Republican to succeed Mr.. Corbett, whose
term in the United States Senate ends in
March next. Until now the Democrats
have carried Oregon for the last four years
with gradually increasing majorities. and
its present conversion to Republicanism is
the first response to the combination of
Greelyism and Democracy. The result is
an inspiration for the Grant campaign, and
will be accepted as favorable prophecy of
what is to come in November.
Year: 1872

Tho good effect of the exposures made
with regard to the Methodist Book Concern
was shown in the election of Rev. Dir. Mel
son and Mr. J. NJ. Phillips as agents, in
place of the Carlton Management, under
which this great interest of the Methodist
Church has fallen into so much Of trouble
and disgrace. 1t has been amply proved
that the impractical business ideas and
habits of the clergy required that there
should be some other element introduced
into its management and this consideration
undoubtedly prompted the election of Mr.
Phillips, layman. The Conference unan-
imously agreed that the colored members of
the Church are entitle to be represented
among the Bishops by one of their own race,
and we may expect to see some provision
soon made for colored Bishop.
Year: 1872

The report of the majority of the New
York Custom House Investigation Com
mittee states that no monstrous abuse has
general order business, unless it be misrep-
resentations, not to say nendacity, which
has been heaped upon it. Leet is absolved
from all favortism for his employment, and
it is shown that neither General Porter nor
General Babcock had any interest what
ever in Leets business. The committee
recommend revision of the warehouse
system so far as shall be found necessary,
and that mOieties should not be allowed
customs officers except in the case of SNUG
gled goods seized.
Year: 1872

At 1890 motion was made to suspend
the rules and go into nomination before
the platform was adopted. This was car
ried, and Grant was Immediately renomi-
mated by reclamation, amidst scene of
intense excitement.
Year: 1872

Some years ago, when novel-read-
ing formed u portion Of our pastime,


we remember to have read novel, by


Reynolds, in which his principal vii
lain, Ned Canton, was made to remark


that man was fool to violate the
law, when disposed to act the scoun-
drel, because he could be so much
meaner and keep within the law
There is something noble about the
highwayman, or the burglar,
or even the petty pickpocket,
when compared to that species of vii
lain that floats in respectable society
and keeps the law on his side. The
lowest down of these is the blackmail-
er, and the lowest specimen of the
blackmailer is the haw-hunter-the
man who examines your title papers,
and finds that the property you have
bought and paid for may, by tech
nicality, be wrested from you. 1t is
not his : it never cost him cent but
seeing that you have overlooked some
thing, or that, perchance, the clerk has
failed to record your deed in time, he
seeks to buy this "faw" for a mere
nothing, in order to make you buy
your own property Of him. Human
law can take no cognizance Of such
creatures, but if the devil don't catch
them, he and his dominions may as
well be abolished. We would trust
the picEpocket a hundred-fold quicker
than one of this class-that is, in mat
ters where the lar is silent, for some
thieves, even, have repugnance to a
breach Of trust-but the other class
never do, except in cases where the
law, or Mrs Grundy, would notice 1t.
These fellows attend church regularly,
wear long faces, pay the highest price
for pews always provided the price is
to be published in the morning pa
pers), and have no charity for the
thief who steals a loaf of bread, after
a fast of three or four days, or for the
girl whom want his driven into life
of shame-they smile contemptuously
at all excuses for the violation of the
law. If ever we have felt the desire
to dip our hands in the blood of beings,
created in the human form, it has been
when crossed by this-the perfection
of all the devils handiwork-the black
mailer; the fellow who attempts to
get that which he knows rightfully be
longs to another, through technicality,
or be " bought off.
Year: 1872

Women desire attention chiefly to
secure admiration, and there are some
among them = comparatively. few, Of
course-who would brave censure, and
prefer rebuke or ridicuie itself to neg
lect. But they do not always 90 the way
to be admired, even when they attract
attention, though they think they do; and
not the most eloquent rhetorician could
convince the silly little lady that her
chignon when the biggest, her train when
the longest, her waist when the smallest,
is ugly Just in proportion to its superla-
tive, and that the attention she attracts
is not admiration. When other women
look at her superciliously, some with
envy, some with disdain; when men add
their quota of amused surprise, and fat.
ter her with an irony she never per-
ceives, she is quite sure she has
made the mark she played for, and that
all is as it should be-.


. Her soul pastures pleasantly by the
sweet waters of content, for she has
made sensation; and can the attention..
desiring nature demand more? Another
method by which some young ladies like
to attract attention is free use of slang





phrases, and a general carelessness of
manner. If they cannot attract atten-
ton by supremacy in grace, in beauty,
in wit, they manage to do so by exag-
geration and audacity Of speech, by in
science, or eccentricity of bearing; they
are satisfied if their bizdTerte attracts;
and they are not over critical as to the
quality of the attention it brings them.
They never see the covert satire;
they never catch the subtle sneer;
they are impervious to ridicule, deaf and
blind to contempt. So long as they see
all eyes turned on them, so long as they
are in the center of crowd of listeners,
they are supremely satisfied. How diff
ferent from these loudtalking, unwo-
manly girls is the modest sweetly-retir-
ing maiden, who shrinks from attention,
and thus attracts admiration ,inyolunta-
rilyl 1t would be well for all girls to
remember that woman's chief charm is
her womanlness, and so govern their
department that it may harmonic with
their natural characters, which should
be tempered with gentleness. aI aanf
Year: 1872

The Worlds correspondent opens his
letter as follows; Prince Won Bismarck
continues to drink great deal Of wine,
chiefly champagne. He is still troubled
with sleeplessness, and instead of court
ing the drowsy god by retiring to bed at
an early hour, his custom during his
present retirement at Vaezin is to pass
the night in company with few of his
confidants and companions, in singing
music, telling stories, and drinking
champagne. One of his right-hand men


-he has number of right-hand men
is an excellent singer and player on
the piano, and when he is present Bis
marck keeps him very busy. These sym
posiums seldom end until daylight. They
never end until the prince is drowsy.
When he arrives at condition in which
he fancies that it may be possible to OBJ
tain few moments sleep, he dismisses
every one and hastens to lie down. But
too often scarcely has his head touched
the pillow ere he finds himself awake
again, and if this occurs, all hope Of
obtaining sleep until the next day is
abandoned" "
Year: 1872

A ClevelaSd paper speaks about the
sad case of little boy who chopped a
toe off. One Would feel worse il one
knew from whom or from what he
chopped it.


Polite circles in Belfast, Me-, are agi-
tated over the case of man who thought
be was amounting himself from head to
foot with balsam. The balsam "
proved to be varnish, and the unhappy
anointer is now trying to sell himself to
secondhand furniture store.
Year: 1872




Thomas Jefferson on Old Age.E


In his letter to John Adams, Jeffer-
son said: Our next meeting must then
be in the country to which they have
aowne-a country for us not very far
distant. For this journey we shall need
neither gold nor silver in our purse, nor
scrips, nor coats, nor slaves. Nor is the
provision for it more easy than the
preparation has been kind. Nothing
proyes. more than this, that the Being
who presides over the world is especially
Notwithstanding from us one by
one the faculties, leading US like the
horse in his mill. round and round the
same beating circle,


-itl To see what / have seen.


To taste the tasted, and at each return


Less tasteful; Ger our palates to descant


Another vintage f .r.. .Hr.
until satiated and fatigued with this
leaden iteration, we ask our congo.


/ heard once very old friend, who
had troubled himself with neither poets
nor philosophers, say the same thing in
prose. that he was tired of pulling off his
shoes and stockings at night and putting
them on again in the morning. The
wish to stay here is gradually extin-
guished. but not so easy as that of re-
turning once in while to see how things
have gene on. Perhaps, however, one
Of the elements of future felicity is to be
a constant and unimpassioned view Of
what is the wish of occasional visits.
Mercier has given us vision of the
year 2l40, but prophecy is one thing and
history is another On the whole, how
ever, It is wise and well to be contented
with the good things the Master Of the
feast places before us, and be thankful
for what we have rather than thoughtful
about what We have not.
Year: 1872

The inevitable Barbour Lewis has re-
turned from Long Branch with enlarged
rotundity and pockets stuffed with
greenbacks aud campaign documents.
He came home frantic for political en-
counter with Landon c. Haynes. In
deed, he was spelling to get at his oppo-
nent. Yesterday he rushed up to Mos
COW for the purpose of meeting Mr..
Haynes, and they spent the entire
evening in joint discussion.


We had the pleasure of being present,
and we must say that in all the political
discussions We have ever heard, we have
never seen a man so triumphant as was
l.. c. Haynes yesterday-so demolished
as was Barbour Lewis. Our reports In


another column furnish a mere outline


of the discussion. Mr.. Haynes took up
every point made, and exposed them


one by one in language so plain and


triumphant, and with a manner


so vigorous, that Lewis dwindled al


most to the smallness of his own soul
under the blighting sarcasm Of Haynes,


and the contempt and derisive laughter
OF the audience. Let it no longer be


supposed Barbour Lewis is devoid of
sensibility and shame, for yesterday,
the first time, perhaps, in his life, he
lost jaunty impudence and-blushed!
He was even forsaken by his
saldOnic smile, and writhed and
squirmed, and seemed to expert
enee all the different kinds Of torture
which man in the public pillory is
supposed to endure. Haynes traced


him through all his serpentine mean
.derings, and as he exposed him, the
crowd manifested the widest enthusi-
asln. In q word, Lewis was fiayed alive,
thrashed into a jelly, ground into mince-
meat. Haynes held him up before the
crowd, and pulled off his epidermis
as easily as if it had been the skin of a
ripe fig. No pUgilist ever came from the
ring with half the bruises and sores upon
his person that Lewis exhibited after he
emerged from the rack upon which
Haynes toasted him for one long hour.
AIR. Haynes's speech was not only pun
gent, pithy and overwhelming, but it
was also calm, dignified and statesman
like. He showed all the elements of a
popular orator-boldness, skill, vigor
and kindling zeal. He has mind of
great energy and grasp. The result was
most gratifying to his friends. We felt
proud of our standard-bearer yesterday.
The cause will be triumphant under his
championship. We can only say, in
conclusion, that our friends gave US the
most gratifying account yesterday in
regard TO the canvass for Congress for
the State at Large. From what we
heard, after diligent inquiry, we are
satisfied that there was not johnson
man i'm the crowd.
Year: 1872

LABOR REFoRMERs. Their motives are
good and demand our sympathies, and nothing
would give us more pleasure than to see their
cause successful. AS they are in an almost
obscure minority and can hope to accomplish
little, as an independent organization, we
would advise them to give their strength en-
tire for Greeley and Brown, and thus secure,
not alone reform in labor, but in everything
throughout our country that needs reform
aud publication.
Year: 1872

GENEVA CoNrERENcE.- Trough exchanges
and by Telegraph we are being informed that
the Geneva Conference will soon be brought
to II successful termination. Tha. the United
States win receive at least SIS 900 GOO;
and further, the Grant press ailirms that
since those who have it to pay will think it
a large amount, we, who receive it, ought
certainly not complain. These same reports
have been coming to us, and this same doc
trine of amity and satisfaction of both parties
has become a standing subject, and we feel
safe in informing the people who have an
anxiety for The consummation of this matter
that they need expect but little positive in
formation on the (ject until after the Pres
idential election and then, if it does not
turn out as the cornptonsts now tell you it
will, you must not he disappointed.
Year: 1872

IMPURE E.-When the Committee of One
Hundred busted" it left such stencil
that the Board of Health Immediately placed
that part of the city where the eruption took
place under sanitary regulations.
Year: 1872

FIRMSEss OF CHARACTER One Of the
most serious and ofl-repeated charges made
against Mr. Greeley is, that he does not
posses sufficient firmness Of ebarcter to
Withstand the pressure which the corruption
ISIS would bring TO bear against him, if
elected to the Presidency. We admit that
lack Of stability and power to resist tempt
alton is a serious objection, and should opcr
ate against the selection of any man to the
high Office which Mr. Greeley aspires to-
We say, and h,ve said, that Horace
Greeley is not deficient in these most desira-
ble traits, but to the contrary, possesses
them to a very remarkable degree, and for
proof of our assertion we would refer the
reader to letter of his addresse to the
Union League Club, which will be found on
Tie first page of this issue, and which, in our
opinion. exhibits a tirmness not even excelled
by General Jackson himself, whom it is sld
al the bunk corporations in the country
could not move.
Year: 1872

One Of the great needs Of the city ia a chear
laundry, an establishment where people in mod
crate circumstances can send their ciothing to
be washed and ironed at about the cost Of the
ZANE under the present system. This need pre-
sents an inviting field for some enterpriAing per-
Hon to start laundry and make money thereby.
ThouHandz Of families will Patronize him and
ensure him large business from the start All
modern appliances in the way Of labor.saying
machines and steam power should Of course be
brought into req1isition then is there any good
reason why clothing could not be washed roned
and returned to their owners within few hours,
at cost Of Is cents per dozen and even less ?
Can tho muscles Of the washer-woman complete


lth steam and the latest improved washing and
ironing machinery We do not believe it. Our
families need relief from the weekly wash-day.
and there IL no reason why such relief should
not come in the manner we suggest. Who will
win fortune by establishing a cheap laundry in
Wilmington
Year: 1872

1t Is agreed upon all hands, that Major Lofand
il making in an energetic canvass and haa an e1-
cellent prospect Of election. He can be elected,
If those who agree with him in principle and
those who know his superior qualification in
comparison with his competitor, will earn
and sincerely labor for that result 50 far az
oar voice may prevail, We earnestly urge that
all nhhll do 20
Year: 1872




! As general rule. nigttwatchmen ar,
the most sonbre and uacommnncative o.
l>mcn. What light there is in them i,
not of the sunshine, but of the aurora
boreais. But We do not say this by
way of disparagement, for they are jus
what they have to be in the natural order
of things To illustrate by parable
case the owl is not the gravest of birds
simply because he belongs to the genus
.Srir, but for the further reason that he
has bad habit of turning night into
day.


But when uight- watchman has any
thing which he considers worth telling
You may take It for granted that it is
something out of the common run.


Martin Dipper was one of the most
efficient night watchman | ever knew for
you could no more catch him asleep than
you could the proverbial weasal. Every
hair on his head seemed charged with
electricity, and constantly Oh the alert /:
and it was very evident iha. stroking his
hair would produce the came sound as
rubbing a cat fur in the wrong direc-
tion. -


The building under his nightly charge
was large silk warehouse on the out
skirts of the city, and within stones
throw of large field, on which, at the
period embraced in my story, a circus
company had pitched its tent. AS such
exhibitions often brought bad characters
INTO the neig bborhood, Martin was even
more vigilant. than usual, and, fearing
tha; he might fall asleep, he took along
small bulldog to act az deputy.


The night which Martin had such
terrible cause TO remember was a very
gusty ome in the latter part of the autumn
and the old tree in trout of the warehouse
was showering down its crimson foliage
as if the red snow that is sometimes seen
in the Polar regions were falling in huge


He was strict temperance man, and
as every night watchnan requires some
stimulaut, he WAS in the habit of taking
a pint of coffee with him and warming it
up during the night.


Between twelve and one o'clock he
went up stairs for that purpose, as the
only fire place in the building was in
a smal! front room on the second floor
After splitting up some old boxes, he
made blazing fire on the hearth, which
lighted up the little room so resplendent
ly that his lantern became a mere super
fluffy. The warmth was SO grateful to
his rheumatic limbs that be kept putting
on fuel long after he had drank his al
lowance of hot eofIes 1t was bis Gus
tom to inspect the doors and windows on
the ground floor of the building at regu-
lar intervals !; so attwo o'clock he went
down stairs for that purpose, leaving the
dog in comfortable doze BY the fire.
Year: 1872

I,HELLY X STAMBAUGH always keep up
- their stock of GROCERIES and Will not
be excelled either in the quality or price OF
their goods in this line. Give them call
before going elsewhere.
Year: 1872

Capt. George Alban tells rather
tough story--or rather it would be so
considered in more northern chimes
where the gentle alligator disportcth
not in the meadow brooks and where
his melodious roar is never heard.
Avoucheth George, that on Monday
morning ut n point II mile above town
and opposite his domicil, an unsuspect-
ing mule came down to the river-brink
to slnkc his thirst in the pure stream that
runneth past Our city. While in the
act a large alligator seized him by the
nose and actually dragged him into the
river, despite his efforts to put into
practice his favorite tactics-the back
ing movement. So soon as this was
accomplished the monster let go his
hold and beat the poor mule to death
with his tail, lashing tho water like
unto the wheel of Il steamboat. After
killing his prey tho victor Immediately
commenced his dainty feast-a feast
which many of our Vicksburg boys
would have envicd. There is an eddy
at that point, but occasionally floating
objects are thrown out into the stream.
This at times happens with tho carcass
of the mule, but before it gets further
than Il hundred yards the m0nste,
| rushcs in pursuit and tOws it back


Capt. Alban did not have an opportl.
nifty of seeing the alligator's full length,
but says it is at least two feet broad
across the head. The mule was Il large
| nice Onc.-tSHreUepOH Times.
Year: 1872

Horace GrceIey's opposition to n tax
on guano, on the ground that "Ameri
can birds can not compete with the
pauper labor of birds in debauched and
priest-riddcn Central America" comes
too late TO have any influence upon the
present session of Congress, except to
hasten the adjournment.
Year: 1872

AhAnFsS arc hui hHdt thty SceAhs


Imposters have done more to check benevo-
lence than any other class perhaps, and for this
reason, leaving their own rascality entirely out
of consideration, they should be let severely
alone, when it is impossible to punish them
otherwise. A case of this kind we have in
mind, wherein the party victmized a number
of clever gentlemen in this city with piteous
tale, which appealed strongly to their sympa-
thes and caused them tG respond literally. He
stated that he wished to go in a certain direction
and was furnished with railroad pass part Of
the way, but instead of doing so, went in a d-
rection totally opposite, and when last seen was
telling the same tale in Atlanta, only his pa
rents were then living in South Carolina instead
of Kentucky. Verify, things are not always
what they seem," and in all probability, with
this case in mind, If appealed to for aid by the
unfortunate woman from Louisville, who is
now enjoying the hospitalities of the city, per-
hape some would say mot for Joseph The
woman seems to be in distress, but who she is
or where she halls from, no one appears to
know.
Year: 1872

The utilization of furnace Stag is now
very usefully accomplished by allowing it
10 run OFT into moulds alongside the fur
mace, In which it assumes the form of rec
tangular blocks of any desirable size.
When cold the mass forms compact,
homogeneous Stag, very much resembling
pOrphyry, and is said to be equal, for build
ing and engineering purposes, to the best
descriptions of natural stones that can be
produced from the quarry
Year: 1872

DANGEROUS LoCoMoTIvES.-Itis is stated
that careful engineers, after examinations
of particular cases, declare that there are
hundreds of locomotive boilers in opera
ton throughout the country that are liable
to explode at any time. This is very graf
flying information for railroad travellers
and which will doubtless add considerably
to their enjoyment while on the rail.-N
Y Commercial
Year: 1872

Urinary and Womb Diseases. Gravel Diabetes, Drop
syt Incontiuencc of Urine, Brghts disease Abuminu-
ra and in where there Brick dust deposits or
the is thick cloudy mixed with substances Ike
the white of egg threads like white silk or there
Is morbid, dark bilious appearance and white Bone
dust deposits and where there is prickng, burning
sensat on, and pain in the small of the back and along
the loins. In all these conditions Railways Sarpar-
lan Resolyent, aided by the application of Radways
Ready Relief to the spine and small of the back and
E1e bowels regulated with one or two OF Railways
In few days the patient win be enabled TO hold
and discharge water naturally without Uain and the
Urine will be restored 10 its natural clear and amber
or sherry color.
Year: 1872

Animals, especially the dog, cat, and parrot
respondent of Land and Water tells the follow
ing anecdote Of d cat:


"she was very still, and appeared to be fast
asleep, when suddenly she sprang into the mid
de OF the room where she f1ed her feet on
limited spot on the floor, to which also her nose
was applied, as if closely grasping something
she held in her claws. This continued for
short time, when the nose YVES gently raised, and
the visible attention was directed to the feel,
which still continued their grasp; but after 3
time one Of them was gradually removed,
peared greatly at 8 loss to imagine
whittier the imaginary object could have gone,
go as to escape her grasp She looked IN various
directions along the floor with foolish face Q! OF