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Year: 1876

in overcoming the large Republican major
ity in the First district. But they reckon
without their host this time. Colonel Bry-
ant is first-class organizer, and has the
party in his district thoroughly in hand,
The full vote of the Republican party will
be polled, and Colonel Bryant win be tri-
umphantly elected. This will be a great
gain for the next Congress, as Colonel Bry-
ant is not only man Of fine abilities, but
thorough and staunch Republican, who will
do honor to the position.
Year: 1876

WADE HAMPTON and his White Line
allies care nothing for numbers. By sheer
brute force they propose to overcome q
majority of forty thousand Republican
voters. 1t is true they will have to use
the knife and the bullet freely, but what
care they so long as the flesh pots are thus
brought within their graspl Barred out
from the Treasury upon which they sub,
sisted prior to the war, they have resolved
to again enter its portals, if necessary, by
walking over the bloody remains of thou
sands of Republicans. If Hampton is not
conspirator we would like to have one
pointed out to us, and as such he should be
arrested and lodged in Jail without the ben
efits of hdbeGS corpus
Year: 1876

IT WOULD have been far better for the
victims of Hamburg and EIlenton and
Lsurens had the right of suffrage never
been conferred upon them, as in that event
there would have been no incentive for
Butler and Hsgcod to murder them. The
average Southern negro must entertain a
supreme contempt for the Government
which conferred the rights and privileges
of citizenship upon him, and now virtually
declines to protect him in those rights. He
is beginning to ask himself if it is really a
crime to be Republican.
Year: 1876

THE manner in which the Democrats of
Georgia propose to elect all the Democratic


candidates for Congress from that State is,


to say the least ingenious In the county
where the city of Savannah Is situated
there are several thousand colored voters
and only one polling place for the entire
population, which is in the city of Savan-
nah. The white Democrats get possession
of that, and thus prevent the colored men
from voting. The Hon. John E. Bryant,


who is the Republican candidate for Con-
q,ess from that district, informs US that in
this way the Democrats expect to succeed
Year: 1876

A DEMOCRAT gives as a reason why
Hayes cannot be elected President that he
did not seek the nomination and will dc
nothing to secure his election. This is just
what the people approve. They will see
to his election. If his own money and per-
sonal efforts would avail, TIlden's election
would be assured.
Year: 1876




"a man that is too well born for a
trade is very well born for the gal
lows" There is a deal too much
disrespect for honest labor for the
healthy maintenance of either NOR
ais or government. There obtains
a notion among a great class of peo


pie that when a person is relieved
by the possession of property from
the necessity of arduous toll, it be
comes a degradation for him to la
bor at all. II the habit Of work is
fixed that the moneyed man can not
remain Idle, he apologies for it as
a sort Of vice, and refers TO "habit'
much as he would to addiction TO
opium or run, ,Ias something 20 be
ashamed of, but which unfortunate
", had got the better of him. His
children are carefully educated to
"slnk the shop" and turn up their
noses at those who work for a liy-
ing. In seeking matrimonial ALI


ances for them he looks for wealth
rather than industry, and chooses
for his inheritance in the bank no
matter how untitled he may be to
cope with misfortune rather than
the man who has a fortune in his
brain, and viii win his OWE way.
Idleness and extravaganza are ours
es worse than the plaques Of Egypt
to US; they breed sorrow, wretch
edness, crime and misery; send sons
into drunkard's graves aud feion's
cells and put daughters on the
streets, into mad houses and garrefs
of poverty. Every boy, rich or
! poor, shold be taught that idieness
is a crime-and girls should he
taught it no less than boys. Every
| child should be taught some trade.
Year: 1876

Some of the negroes around here
actually believe they are going to
be enslaved again. Somebody told
them so for mercenary, incendiary
and pusIllanimous purposes. 1t
was an infamous radical lie told
them to make them vote the radical
ticket, and the poor ignoramuses
had little enough sense to believe
it. Everything the radicals have
ever told the negroes has turned out
to be lie, and this is the crowning
one. 1t now behooves our people
to treat the negroes more kindly
than ever, and prove to them that
we are their only friends. We be-
lieve that by the next election, if
we pursue the right course toward S
them, they can all be made demo
Gratis. The South can never be
prosperous as long as the races are
antagonized. If we will now assure
them that we will respect and guar
tee to them their plitical rights, and
then do it, we will bind them for
ever to our party and to ourselves,
and thus secure peace and good will
between the races, and prosperity
for all.
Year: 1876




Regarded in a liberal light, the
advertising columns of a newspaper
are of no inconsiderable Importance,
for no reader of the public press Is
properly informed or fully acquaint
ed with the news of the day until
he has thoroughly read the adver-
tisements. They are the pulse Of
commerce and universal activity,
and contain not only rare speci-
mems of human idiosyncracies, but
are illustrative Of life in every pos
sible phase. and are a necessary
auxiliary to the development Of arts
and sciences as well as to the agri-
cultural interest of the locality of
their publication. They minister
to love; they speak of change; they
betimes excite a smile, sometimes a
tear. To the sick they promise
health; to the poor wealth; the
pleasure seeker is posted on current
amusements; the book buyer learns
the price, popularity, and title of
the last new work; in fact, every
want of ordinary life is expressed or
supposititiously supplied by the ad-
vertising department of the ordina-
ry newspaper.


Advertisements are addressed to
an entire community, whether they
are of a personal or general nature,
and are an infallible index Of the
prosperity of the community from
whence they emanate. That adver
tising pays is evidenced by the long
continuity of different specials in
the press generally; and hence,
where it has proven remunerative
to advertisers from the extreme
limits of the Union, to insert their
briefly worded descriptions of spe-
scialties in our local press, so it will
be for our local dealers and mapu-
facturers to patronize this same
local press.


The depression of business offers
no tangible argument against ad-
vertising; rather should the ddver-
tiser be stimulated to renewed ac-
tivity, for the ostensible purpose of
waking up customers, and thus ami
mating the general commercial, ag-
ricultural, and domestic interest of
depressed communities. Every pa
per is devoted to some special
purpose, that is, to eXpound and
advocate bhe interest of certain in
dustries; and on this plea we are
told that ''it is of no interest to me
to advertise in your paper, as you
do not reach my class of custom
ers." We cannot see the anomaly,
for though a paper may have a
larger rural than a city circulation,
yet the wants of the farming COM
munity are identical with those of
crowded thoroughfares.


Therefore it behooves the mer-
chants and manufacturers, the pro
fessional and non-professional men,
to advertise literally, to advertise
courageously, and the public to
read the advertisements and profit
by them in patronizing the adver-
tisers.
Year: 1876

People will kiss. Yet not one in
hundred knows how to extract
bliss from lovely lips, any more
than they know how to make dia-
mond of charcoal. And yet it is
easy, at least for us. First know
whom you are going to kiss. Don't
make a mistake, although a mistake
may be good. Don't jump up like
trout for a fly, and smack a wo-
man on her neck or ear, or the cor
ner of her forehead, or end of her
nose. The gentleman should be a
little taller. He should have a
clean face, a kind eye, and mouth
full of expression. Don't kiss ev
erybody. Don't sit down TO it.
Stand up. Need not be anxious
about getting in a crowd. Two per
sons are plenty to a corner, and
catch a kiss, more would spoil the
sport. Take the lady's left hand
in your right; let your hat go to
any place out of the way; throw
the left hand gently over the shoul-
der of the lady, and let it fall care
lessly down the right side. Dc
not be in a hurry; draw her gently,
lovingly to your heart. Her left
hand in your right; let there be an
impression to that, not like the
grip OF a vice, but a gentle clasp
full Of electricity, thought and re-
spect. Do not be in n hurry. You
are heart to heart. Look down in
to her half closed eyes. Gently
but manfully press her to your
bosom. Stand firm. Be brave,
but don't be in a hurry. Her lips
are almost open. Lean slightly
forward with the head, not the
body. Take good aim; the lips
meet; the eyes close; the heart
opens; the soul rides the storms
troubles and sorrows of life, (don't t
be in a hurry;) heaven opens be-
fore you; the world shoots under
your feet, as a meteor flashes across
the evening sky, (don't be afraid;) }
the heart forgets its bitterness, and
the art of kissing is learnt. No fuss,
no noise, no futtering like a hook
impaled worm. kissing don't hurt,
nor does it require an act of Con
gress to make il legal.
Year: 1876

EXECUTIVE MANSION,l


WAsHlNGToN,D.C &C. Aug, %, go.


Hon. H. Greeley:


DEAR SIR-I have just read yours
of the nineteenth instant, addressed
to myself through the New York
Tribune. If there be in it any
statements or assumption of fact
which I may know to be erroneous,
do not now and here controvert
them. IF there be any differences
which I may believe to be falsely
drawn, do not now and here argue
against them. If there be pereept-
ible in it an impatient and dictate
rial tone, waive it in Differences to
an old friend, whose heart I have
always supposed to be right. AS
to the policy I-seem to be pursuing,
as you say, 1 have never meant to
leave any one in doubt. I a0ould
saUe the Union. would save it the
shortest way under the constitution.
The sooner the national authority
can be restored, the nearer the
union win be p the Union as It sOas.
If there be those who would not
save the union unless they could at
the same time destroy slavery, I do
not agree agith them. My PARAMOUNT
OBJECT IS TO SAVE THE UNION, AMI
NOT EITHER To SAVE OR DESTROY
SLAVERY. If I COULD SAVE THT
COUNTRY WITHOUT FREEING AMI
SLAVE, 1 WOULD DO IT. If 1 could
save it by freeing all the slaves, ]
would do it; and if 1 could do it by
freeing some and leaving others
alone, 1 would also do that. Whai
I do a6out slavery and tie negro race, ]
DO BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT HELPS TO
SAVE THIS UNION; and what I for
bear I forbear because 1 believe ii
would help to save this union. ]
shall do less whenever I shall be-
lieve what I am doing hurts the
cause. I shall try to correct errors
when shown to be errors, and ]
shall adopt new views so fast as
they appear to be true views. ]
have here stated my purpose ac,

eording to my viaws Of official duty
and intend no modification of my
often. expressed personal wish that
all men everywhere could be free.


A. LINCOLN.
Year: 1876

Montgomery Advertiser. Some
ten years ago q lady Of this coun-
ty in a spirit Of girlish mischief,
called upon a so-called fortune tell
er to have a. peep into the future.
The seer related to her that she
would soon be married and within
a year after marriage would present
her husband with q son; that in due
time, at a second birth, she would
present him with twins, and at q
third birth with triplets-and fur
ther, that her frst-born would die
Singular to relate. the predictions
of the seer heve been verified to tho
letter.
Year: 1876

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph tthusl mean that your sub
seription Is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested 10 pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure In extending
credit to cur friends aud patrons. but
cash alone wiz Ysy our expenses, and
we are forced TO adhere to 4 strict cash
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


" We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance.
Year: 1876

This is the delicious season, when
the golden sunshine sleeps in the
meshes Of the autumn haze; when
the merry youth and maiden HE
them away to the gOrgeousIy appa-
relied woods and eat enough chest
nut worms in one morning to keep
a flock of yellow hammers a week.
Year: 1876

The election just held confirms
the impression that it would be a
wise provision were the president
elected for single term of six
years, and upon retirement given a
place in the Senate, which unless
extraordinary circumstances should
intervene (such as unexpected sick
ness or death), would insure from
one to. three x-presidents in the SEN
ate, who might be recognized as Sen
ators at large, or in such a manner
as would enable the country to
profit by their experience.-Pias-
burg Chronicle.
Year: 1876




The country has good reason to
doubt the honesty Of the men occu-
pying the position of leaders of
Louisiana in particular. Deceptions
have been praetieed in that State
in the most public manner. The
ballot has been made mere sluice
way for corruption ia times PAST in
that State, and those guilty of ia
grant breaches Of trust are known
to the whole country. It is not
necessary to name them. No can
didate for the first Office in the gift
of the American people can afford
to accept an election at the hands
Of ballot box suffers, and retain the
respect of the people of the United
States Plttsburg Chronicle, Rep.
Year: 1876

Chattanooga was treated to
rare spectacle the other day, by the
burning Of the woods and grass on
Lookout Mountain. At one time
the top was all ablaze, and after
wards the fire crept below the preci-
pice. The Times says the noun
tain was literally a pillar OF cloud
by day and Of fire by night.
Year: 1876

That there is a long concocted
plot to count Hayes in and Tilden
out in Louisiana, through the cleo
tion machinery of that State, backed
by Grant and the unlawful use Of
the Federal army, need be no long
er doubted. The stump speech put
by Grant in the belly of his militia
ry ORDER pretending to be anxious
for fair count, is kindred to his
"let us have peace" followed by the
eight years of disorder he has nam
tanned in the South, and TO his "let
no guilty man escape followed by
revelation of the fact that his very
household was infested with thieves.
Rochester Union.
Year: 1876

Sardis { Miss. Star; A bad case
Of intimidation was reported by q
Government Office holder as having
occurred at this place on the day of
the election. A negro was intimi-
dated by white man into voting
the Conservative ticket. The white
man took the negro behind the
house, and holding him with his
left hand and his right hand under
his coat tail, demanded of the negro
if he would vote that ticket. Not
receiving an immediate satisfactory
answer, he drew from under his coat
tail a-bottle OF whisky and shot
the negro in the mouth. The me-
gro, badly wounded. grabbed the
ticket and made for the polls. Now
let US have q committee.
Year: 1876

At Niagara Falls, the other day,
some one threw 8 goose into the river,
from the bridge leading from the
main land To Bath Island. The fowl
made the descent OF the cataract in
safety, and was subsequently secured,
uninjured, by ferrymsn in the river
halOW
Year: 1876

Miss WELLER has just returned
from the eastern cities with q large
and elegant stock of millinery and
fancy goods. To be appreciated they
must be seen. All her old friends and
the public generally are invited to
call and examine them.
Year: 1876

People who attend church can not be
too we'll guarded against surprises. 1t
shocks every body present when care
less boy in the gallery drops hymn
book down on a deacon's head, 10 see
him mash his knees against the back OF
his neighbours pew and hear him snort
right cut 20 Gosh.'
Year: 1876

We received from Mr.. Smythe, yesterday,
the following statement of facts about the
stealing of that sewing machine


went to nay tenants house, Harman
Rau, who was behind in his rent, not wish
ing to put cost on him. He and his wife Of
fered to give me sewing machine as secu
rity SO that they might move before the
Twenty-ffth. / said If send my son John
and Joseph Hogans for the machine will
you give It to them, and he said yes. They
went and rang the door bell, and his daugh-
ter came to the door, and went and told
him, and came and told them to come in.
Mr. Rau told them to take It and they
brought it home. Mrs. Rau came In, In the
afternoon and paid one months rent and
promised to pay the other on Saturday
which they did do, and then wanted me to
send the machine home to them to where
they had moved. l said l would deliver it
up to them here. But they would not take
it and they said they would make me take
1t home. / did not take 1t home, but they
were glad to come and take 1t home. The
young men are not to blame; they done all
according to my orders. made one grand
mistake-that did not get an officer to 20
out and seize on their goods, and then they
would have had the officer to deal with in
stead of me.


DAVID P. snYTHE,


811 Market ct.
Year: 1876

About two O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
as the shifting engine was taking couple
Of freight cars out to the Delaware juno
tion, they jumped the track at the crossing
near the foot Of Lombard street, and the
engineer net knowing of the mishap, did
not stop the locomotive, until he had gone
nearly to Poplar street, and one of the cars
had sunken into the ground nearly up to
the axle of the wheels. Men were soon at
work clearing away the track, and after
some exertions the cars were again put in
place. One Of the cars was 80 badly DAM
aged, that repairs will be neces-
sary before 1t can be used. The switch at
the foot of Lombard street, was struck by
the cars, and utterly demolished.
Year: 1876

A turnstile is the latest arrange
ment to prevent street car oonduc-
tors from appropriating the COM
panies' money. One was tried on
u Bleecker street Car yesterday,
The front platform Of the car is
closed entirely; noperson is allowed
to ride on the back platform, each
being compelled to enter the car
through the turnstile, which stands
in front of the doorway and regis
ters the number of those passing
through, Yesterday some young
men made their exit by jumping
entirely over the rear platforms in
preference to squeezing by the post.
The conductor is in constant dread
lest newsboys entering the car to
sell papers may cause the machine
to register, and a fare must be
forthcoming. ~ Y. Tribune.
Year: 1876

When you see man that shuffles loose ly along, with his knees knocking together and his toes pointing iu-whose eyes roll furtively and whose hand is ever suddenly jerking itself above his head as if warding off blow, you can rely upon it that that man is haunted by mcther-in-law- but when you see party who lifts his feet high, and holds hls nose in the air, and has one eye shut in knowing manner, and whose mouth is distended with selt-com- placent grin, and who seems to feel good aU 0ver;; you can bet your last cent he has Just bought a new Domestic" sewing ma chine for his wife.
Year: 1876

Lime Rock.

 The usual quiet of business that has of late years preceded election day in this vil- lage gives the thoughtful mind time for Ge- liberation as to the issues pending before the people. Some see visions of the har- vest tune, and of the home comforts that flow from the mighty dollar, while others From the same fountain drink,

 l We'll drink and get be dry"

 ...... Though frost and snow abound still, on the sunny slopes the tiny grass blade ap- pears among the brown mating while on the northern hillside the trailing arbutus l will soon be ip flower. Sometimes on our way through the fields to the post office to get our paper (THE NEws), and we pass the beautiful greenhouse of Mir. M. B. Richardson, we think it would be almost a delight to get inside for little time where it is summer all the year, were it not that the face of the gardener frowns SO sharply upon us......At the Methodist chapel last Sunday the Rev. w. 0. Smith preached to us, we fear, for the last time. as the work on this charge is most too hard for him. He goes to conference this week. If ht should not be returned. he will have the satisfaction of knowing that he leaves many warm friends, and that he has performed his work faithfully and well. Six were re celved into the church last Sabbath. w miss the face of one ou these occasion

 who but few weeks ago passed away from earth. We hear no more his voice il the choir, or his words of cheer, as with

 warm grasp of the hand he was wont t, greet us; but we are content, believing tha he is with the friends over there, in thei home in the palace of God c.
Year: 1876

New Milford.

 Election passed off with less drunken ness and fighting than usual The Demo. cratic majority for Governor was reduced g votes and was 94 less for Senator than last year......The heavy rains of last week have seriously damaged many of the roals and some of them are almost impassable. ......It is rumored that Mir. Lincoln, the contractor for the wood work of the new town hall, is in trouble financially. and will make an assignment. Several of his creditors among us are anxiouslY awaiting the result. c.