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Year: 1870

Our land boasts of no nobler
men or better citizens and gifted
Statesmen than have been and can
be found among the ranks of the
Wings Of Mississippi and else
where. Our political proclivities
and prejudices as q Democrat do
not prevent US from paying this
Just tribute to the honored and
gifted men who we know as unde.
niable Wings. Though there are
matters Of State polity upon
which Wings and Democrats diff
fer yet those parties in this State
have had the same objects to con
tend for, the protection of person
and property, the Development of
national prosperity and the guAran'
teed enjoyment Of the rights
of a republican freeman. These
objects both parties have ever
sought to guard and maintain
though they have honestly and
fairly diIered as3to the means to
be employed to these ends. Thus
our political struggle has been an
honorable one, for neither party
was endeavoring to attain power
in order to subserve the base
and selfish interests of individ-
uals and cliques, and to accom-
plish private gain at public
loss. Not so with Republicanism.
The party object with them has
been, the spails Of office, even al
the bankruptcy, degradation ant
ruin of the State or nation:


Knowing the moral stamina o
the Wing party, We do not ant
cannot believe they will or can bC
deceived by the plausible and spe
cious sophistry Of the "artfu
dodgers" Of the Radical party.


We do not and cannot believ
that the the pet scheme Of tn
RAIDS to get the Wing party, or
good portion thereof, under thei
thumb, will succeed. We do be
lieve that the attempt will recoi
upon its authors and that the eye
ofWhigs will be so opened by thi
treacherous move as to imp'
them to seek an honorable unio
with Democrats against the'frauC
corruption, tyranny. and wrong
Radicalism.


RepeubliCanism represents an
is represented by the Centralize
powers of the government, whic
represents the rule Of the bayone
Democracy is the only existel
organized party in opposition
this high political monstrosit
which represents the cause of Il
people. There are but two horI


to. this dilemma, and we cannr
doubt for one moment which OIL


the Wings will seize upon, al


where they will cast their presti


and influence.
Year: 1870




The marriage of Senator Nor
gan to the negro wench Highgate
Is an ineradicable social stencil in
the nostrils of all decent people
both white and black.


There is in this much to say for
the puppy Morgan: Probably
there is not white man on the
face Of Gods green earth, except
Morgan, who Ewas so fitted nat
uraIly, and by habit and associa-
ton, to mate with a negro wenCh
as this very Senator [ p Morgan
He was a disgusting, idiotiC brute
in other respects, and now is such
in toto. The eagle never mates
With the vulture; but the carrior
crow has found its mate. Selah
Year: 1870

In some parts Of The country the
population is increasing at a rapid
rate. Morgan county, Indiana, Is
the champion baby factory. Two
married ladies in that county with
in tho past twenty-five months,
have given birth 10 fourteen chill
dren. In the matter Of the baby
crop, there has been no fiilure to
speak Of for a year OF two past.
Year: 1870

4 radical magistrate in Kansas,
being called on 10 marry q negro
man to a white girl, finished up the
lob by saying, ain the name Of our
beloved congress and the fifteenth
amendment, ] pronounce you bus
band and wife" What else could
he say?
Year: 1870

An orator, who had raised bis
audience TO a great height by his
lofty soaring, exclaimed: al will
now close in the beautiful and ex-
prcssivc language of the poet-l for
get his name-and-and-l have
forgotten what be said too. !"
Year: 1870

Chandler, of Michigan, recently
congratulated Sumner on one Of his
"big" speeches, in the Senate, by
telling him it was q very fair speech
to como from n man who did not
know what he was talking about.
Year: 1870

A lady in Cincinnati not yet fifty
years of age, having happily buried
eight husbands, is about to try her
hand on the ninth. Life insurance
companies decline to take q risk on
his life.
Year: 1870

TURNvEREIN ExHIBITIoN.-No organization
in our city has better claim upon the public
for patronage than the Portland Turnverein.
Its members have always worked hard to place
themselves in the front rank as gymnasts, and
it is universally acknowledged in the promi-
ne mt gymnasiums of our country, that this in
stitution is one of the best regulated that can
be found. For good management and success
full training, it cannot be exceled; while in the
numbers of members who have perfected
themselves in gymnastics and can exhibit the
greatest and best variety of athletic exercises,
it cannot be surpassed. All of the favorte
acts which have been specially noticed
critic noticed by able critics have been studied
and practiced, aud the public are to have the
pleasure of witnessing the success of our IA
vorites in their endeavors to excel in the differ
ent branches of this popular art, next Tuesday
evening at City Hall. We are also promised a
rich musical treat, as Chambers full orchestra
OF fifteen pieces has been engaged and will pro.
duce some of the finest compositions publish
ed. Capt. b. j. Willard is to bring out for the
first time his trained dog. This will give all
who have SO long desired it, an opportunity of
witnessing the performances of this wonderful
dog, which has been taught to do anything but
talk, and he nearly succeeds in this, as he is
able to pick bis name out from the alphabet


We hope the hearts of the performers will be
gladdened by full house, as they step upon
the platform, for they are worthy Oft.
Year: 1870

HOLIDAY Goods Only eight days te


Christmas and already the stores are beginning


TO present their usual holiday appeayarc -
Crowds Of purchases besiege the counters


and inspect the goods with an eye evidently to
business, calculating how elegant and appro-


pirate gift they can nprocure for their money.
Among those who have provided stock that
combines at once the elegant with the useful
we must not forget to mention the well known
furniture warehouse of Walter Corey s. Co.,
No. IS, Free street. A visit to their ware
rooms will not fail to repay the seeker after
Christmas presents. Such an array of tempt
ing articles we rarely see gathered under one


roof. This is not too extravagant praise for


we called yesterday and an hour slipped away
lnsensib'y while we we're examining the beau
tlful objects Of luxury and vertu that sur


rounded us on every hand. Here were to be


found beautiful inlaid tables of various choice


woods; excelsior folding chairs in all the mag


nifc,nce of velvet, damask, plush and embroi-


derry; marbleized slate tables so perfect in fin
ish that it would require very we'll educated


eye to detect the difference between them and


marble; wall pockets in beautiful French
designs-a most acceptable present to lady
and also in carved black walnut and swiss
woods; brackets of every form. size and shape.
from the plain affair to the most elaborately
carved design supported by animals heads and
statuesque figures in 6as relief; reclining chairs
that were SO luxurious they fairly courted sleep
also resplendent in elegant figured silk and
rare embroidery; beautiful hanging baskets in
bronze; carved towel racks, match boxes etc.


1t seemed as if the eye was continually at
tracted by something new and beautiful. And
the prices were to our astonishment very low.
Upstairs were superb sets of choice furniture,
such as the firm have received many calls for
from our wealthiest citizens, together with
others of moderate cost. Don't fail to call and
see the stock at the store for, take our word
for it, you will be glad you needed our advice.
Year: 1870

TEMPERANCE MEETING.-We are pleased to
give notice that a temperance meeting vi ill be
held at the Allen Mission Chapel on Locust
street on Monday evening next. The meeting
will be addressed by gentleman from Boston
and by some of our own citizens. At the close
OF the meeting there will be an opportunity to
sign the temperance pledge. Music by the
| Allen Mission Choir.
Year: 1870

CoGIA HAssAN has most magnificent line
OF holiday goods just purchased direct from
the importers. 1t is like visit to fairy pal
ace to walk through his great establishment,
and next week it will undoubtedly be packed
full of customers from early morn until-well
q reasonably late hour
Year: 1870

BY general consent the dealers in dry and
fancy goods and millinery in this CITY have
agreed to suspend for the evening of Friday
the 23d inst. only, the rule requiring them to
close their stores on two evenings of each
week
Year: 1870

The most contemplate specimen of Asso-
ciated Press advertising was received last
night. 1t announced that the publisher of a
New York weekly newspaper, which few peo-
pie in this section ever hear Of, had recovered
sum of money from a contractor for putting
up cheaper front to his house than was con-
tracted for
Year: 1870

ID STRANGE DEATH OF HoRsE.-[From the
Roman Citizen. MIR. Sylvester Green, Of
this city, lost a favorite family horse last
week in most singular manner. MIR. Green
resides in the Stewart Row, where the
houses stand very close together, and q
swing had been erected for the use of the
children by stretching q line across the
alley, and attaching it to the house on
either side. The bottom of the swing was
about two and half feet from the ground.
On the day in question Mr.. Green had
taken care of the horse in the morning,
when he appeared to feel SO well that he
slipped off his halter and turned him into
THE yard for frolc. 49,.


8 The good-feeling nag ran around the
space between the rear Of the house and the


barn several times, and then started at full


speed to run between the houses to the
front yard. In doing so he came IN contact
with the swipg,i which struck him about
breast high, and then slipped up the neck


until it caught under the jaw, and such was


the momentum OF the poor horse that, While
the rope held his head firmly his hinder


part passed entirely under, and the poor
animal fell upon his back, stone dead, with


his neck broken. He never moved after DC
|feiI.1: AZ single quiver and all was over
! The horse wIs eietiteen years old, and had


been owned by Dir. Green TOR twelve years
Year: 1870

THE DOLLAR SToRE.-The i'm orovements in
the style aLd making OF ''Dolar-stcre Goods are
really wonderful, and visit to the store on Main
street, just above 9th, will prove this. One can
hardly conceive how many of the articles are put
up for small price us one dollar. You can fpd
there nearly every trinket within lady or
gentleman's wish, and many articles Of use are
also among the collection. The imitation moss
agate sleeve buttons are especially worthy OF ex-
animation, and many persons who are not proud
If they are good looking and wealthy buy them In
preference to the real article Cali at the Dollar
Store and get the worth Of your money.
Year: 1870

ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE SNATCH GAME
As Mrs. Alex. Jones was returning home
yesterday from shopping she had her pock-
et-book snatched from her hand, containing
six or seven dollars and papers of much inn
portance to her, by half grown negro boy,
who made his escape. Ifladies will persist in
carving their money in their hands this
will not be the last case of this kind.
Year: 1870

What is the best mode of protect.
ing the throat from colds when per-
son is very susceptible to them? The
common way of projecting the throat
is to bundle and wrap it up closely,
thus overheating and rendering it
tender and sensitive, and more liza bic
to colds and Inflammation than be-
fore. This practice is all wrong,
and results in much evil. Especial
ly is this the case with children, and
when, in addition to mufling the
throat. the extrcmcties are insuffic-
iently clad, as is often the case, the
best possible conditions are present.
ed for the production of sore throats,
coughs, Group and all kinds of throat
affections. If. the neck is kept owe.
heated q portion of the time, when
it is exposed somo form of disarrange.
ment of the throat is apt to occur.
The rule in regard to clothing the
neck should be to wear it IS cool as
comfort will allow. In doing SO you
will suffer much less from throat ail


ment than if you are always fearful


Of havinga little cold air come il
contact with your neck. Any ONT
who has beeen accustomed to hav,
his throat mufied should be careful
to leave of gradually, and not all Al
once.
Year: 1870

.Do AT RoME As THE Romans
Do. The New York Evening Post
is responsible for the following


A young English lady making her
FIRST visit to this city assisted in the
New Years receptions at her hosts
house in Fifth Avenue; but knowing
nothing Of the customs Of the coun-
try, she asked for instruction as to
the manner Of proceeding. "Oh! you
must do just as you see Us do, said
tho ladies of the household. Now
it happened that the first caller was
brother-in-law If the young ladies.
and he was rapturously received,
wished happy New Year. aud affcc-
tionately kissed. The young English
lady stood aghast when she thought
of the hundred or more like recep-
tions which were to come, in which
she was to take part. Timely explain
ations relieved her from her dilemma.
though she privately admitted that,
strsnge as the custom seemed to her.
she had made up her mind to ''do At
Rome as the Romans do
Year: 1870

A fossil feather -has-been found by DR..
Hayden, in Wyoming Territory, and is
said to be the first specimen on record.
Scientific men have not decided whether
it beiOnds to- a real bird Or to some link
between bird and reptile.
Year: 1870

Chewers and smokers of tobacco can
take comfort ID the fact that there Is a
prospect Of iglnt in the tobacco market.
Tobacco will soon be so cheap that they
can smoke as much az they ehews.
Year: 1870

NO such thing as a single pickpocket or
burglar exists is Peru, the stealing being
all done by large gangs of horsemen and
in broad daylight on the outskirts of the
town and in lonely and solitary grocery and
provision stores, ETC., in the suburbs. Du-
ring the frequent revolutionary disturbances
the police and watchmen who always carry
guns and not pistols, have orders to shoot
down, without hesitation any person seen
alone on the house top and as many an
inoffensive and thoughtless foreigner or
American has been shot down or killed for
simply going up on the fiat of house in
the night time, it has so intimdated the
negro or Cholo thief, that they dare not be
seen prowlng around alone after nightfall,
and if seen in company with several of
their kind after dark, they know they are
watched by the police. So that city of
such wealth, with so many diamonds, sill
yer and gold, and such costly dressings by
the fair sex, Lima is less infested by rob-
bers than any other city in the world, and
even any city of twice the watchmen.
Many families, whose silverware is not
plated, and whose display would tempt
burglar one night in New York, go to their
beds night after night without even lock-
ing theil area door or back entrances and
although the petty pilfering of household
servants in small articles is almost of daily
occurrence yet such thing as a wholesale
burglary is never known here.-Leter
from Lima.
Year: 1870

The ether day, says a French paper
lady went into haberdasher's shop, Rue
Richelieu, and bought a pearl-gray silk
dress. The shopman had noticed tolera-
bly, well dressed man standing at the door
after the arrival of the lady and seeming to
watch all her movements. Stepping up to
the cashiers desk the lady drew 200
franc note from her purse. At that mo-
ment the man outside rushed into the
shop gave the lady bog on the ear, and
tore the note out of her hands. "I
had forbidden you to buy that dress -
cried he, {" but l watched you, and you
shall not have it," With these words he
hastened away, the lady tainted and the
persons employed in the shop, supposing
the intruder to be an offended husband,
made no remark and let him go. When
the lady recovered the proprietor of the es-
tablishment expressed his regret at this
violent scene, and pitied her for being de-
pendent on SO brutal a husband. "My
husband ~ cried the lady, eagerly. ''Sir,
that man is not my husband l do not
know him, have never seen him. The
pretended husband was daring thief.
Year: 1870

There is man living in Calhoun county
Mississippi, who is supposed to be the
strongest man in the State, if not in the
entire south He is thirty five years of
age, and weighs two hundred and twenty
five pounds. He has been known to carry
three bars of railroad iron, when it takes
from three to five ordinary men to carry
one. He can take cask containing forty
gallons Of whisky or water, (the former is
preferred, we presume,) and raise it from
the ground and drink out of the bunghole
with as much ease as another could out of
a pitcher; and he has frequently taken a
barrel of flour under each arm, and balance
ing sack of salt on his head, carried them
for several hundred yards with apparently
but little effort. He offers to bet that he
can lift thirteen hundred pounds
Year: 1870

Ut was no use the letters danced before
d his eyes, the world seemed wavering
and uncertain in those days. He laid his
book down, and began to think of the great
trouble which was shutting him in. When
the black specks first began to dance be-
tween him and his paper, months ago, he
had not thought about the matter. II wa S
something, to be sure, he must have tax
cd his eyes too severely. He would work a
little less by amplight-spare them while
and he should be all right SO he had
spared them more and more, and yet the
specks kept on their elfin dance and now
for weeks, the conviction had been grow
ing on him slowly. that he was going to be
J blind. He had not told his wife yet-how
could he bear to lay on her shoulders the
burden of his awful calamity? Oh, it was
too hard


And yet was it too hard? Dared he say
so? he, Gods minister-who had told other
sufferers so many times, that their chasten-
ings were dealt out to them by kind faith
er's hand, and that they should count all
that brought them nearer to Him, as JOY
GUS, not grievous. .-..


Yet speaking after the manner of this
world, his burden seemed greater than he
could bear. What could he do-a blind
helpless man? He must give up his work
in life-let another take his ministry--sit
helpless i'll darkness, Heaven only knew
how long. Could he be thus resigned?
Then suddenly flash of hope kindled
his sky. There might be help for him.
This gathering darkness might be some
thing which science could remove He
would be sure of that before he told Mary,
And then he became feverishly impatient.
He must know at once, it seemed to him
he could not wait. He called his wife and
told her, with manner which he tried
hard to make calm, that he was going to
town the next morning, on a little business
She wondered that he was so uncommuni-
cative-it was not like him-but she would
: not trouble him with any questions. She
4 should understand it all sometime, she
knew ; still she thought there was some
thing strange in his way of speaking.


The minister strove hard for the mas
terry of his own spirit, as the cars whirled
him along the next morning, towards the
tribunal at which he was to receive his SEN
( tence. He tried to think of something
else, but found the effort vain. So he said
y over and over, as simply as a child, one
a form of words


"Father, whatever way it turns o give
me strength to bear it,


Holding fast to prayer as to an anchor,


he got out of the cars and went into the
4 streets What curious mist seemed to


surround all things The houses looked
II like spectres through it the very people


he met, seemed like ghosts He had not
4 realized his defective vision so much al
home, where it had come on him gradually
and all objects were so familiar Sill, will
an effort he could see the signs on the street
corners, and find his way.


He reached at last the residence of the


distinguished occulist for whose verdict ht


had come. He found the parlor half fillec


with people, waiting like himself. He wa.
Year: 1870

cY@ An amusing incident occurred re-
Gently at rural school. The subject was
the history of Samson and the question,
"What foolish thing did Samson ever do %
Expectation was on tip-toe to ascertain his
peculiar weakness, when from a front seat
came the reply, given with solemn pre-
ciseness and irresistibly ludicrous accent
''EIe went down among the Philistnes and
got wife %
Year: 1870

A COUPLE of men in Mclean county,
Ill, recently fought a duel with three
prOnged pitchforks. After being both
nearly run through the body several times
one of the cOmbatants sank upon the
ground and died, and the other was
carried off to be patched up into good
health again, if possible. We suggest
that hereafter all duels be fought with
weapons like these. If it were rendered
imperative we would very seldom hear of
a duel.
Year: 1870

WILMINGTON, Aug. 11.-There was a
great political demonstration here to day
in honor of the Conservative victory, and
an Illumination and torch-ight procession
tonight Among the speakers was Col.
Waddell, Congressman elect, who ex-
pressed the hope that the Legislature
would make formal declaration of their
intention not to disturb the rights of the
black man, and pay the debt of universal
education to the last farthing. Hisremarks
are regarded as an indication of the future
course of the Democratic party,
Year: 1870

The Corps Legislatiff met at o'clock
this afternoon, the Marquis Talbonet pre-
siding. The agitation outside the building
is less than two days previous, and the
military guards are smaller. No attempt
is made to prevent the people from assem-
bling in the streets in the vicinity or
passing across to the Place de la Concorde.
A Committee of Inquiry Wanted.


Deputy Keratry moved that Committee
of Inquiry be instituted, and that Marshal
L,eBouf be summoned before it. The pro-
position caused much excitement.


Paliakao tried to speak but the confusi on
was too great. At last he made himself
heard. He said that Marshal Bazaine was
now in command of the army, and the
Government must refuse its consent to the
proposition, as it was wholly unnecessary.


Theirs said that while the Chamber had
a right to demand all such explanation
he opposed this demand, though he felt it
was strange that such reserves should har-
pen to France with only one power opposed
to her, whereas she often stood out against
coalitions of Europe.
Year: 1870

New YORK, Feb. 9.-The legal
tender decision does not meet with
univ, rsal sanction in financial circles.
Little objection is raised against the
equity or constitutionality of the argu-
ment and conclusions of the Chief
Justice, but the decision bears some
what hardly on quarters where obli-
gatioDs viii be required paid IN specie
instead of currency, as for the last
eight years, and there Is consequently
a desire TO cvade by some means the
result of the decision. This feeling
is likely to find expression in the in
PRODUCTION of bill in Congress, which
will afford an opportunity for instI-
tuting a test case before a full Court,
it being hoped that the Court may, as
then constituted, render a decision
disqualifying the effects of that de-
hvered by Judge Chase
Year: 1870

THE progress made toward the pass
age of a law against the franking
privilege has already resulted in the
reporting of a bill to restrict the
printing of Pub. Docs" to the low
est limit. This is a highly encourag-
ing incident. It not only shows how
one swindle may be upheld by an
other, but it also shows how one
swindle may tumble with another.
Year: 1870

A nice little boy in Pittsburg went to
the circus the other day, and amused
himself throwing stones at the elephant
while he was drinking. When he got
through, the boy tried to propitiate him
by offering him piece of gingerbread.
Before accepting the cake. tho elephant
emptied about sixty -four gallons of wa
ter, beer measure, over the boy, and then
slung him into the third tier to dry Off
This boy is very indifferent about circuses
now. He says he believes he doesn't care
for them as much as he used to.