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TVBUBUW EVERY THURSDAY. BY if ALLACG e buatton, At Bratlou'g Building, East of the Court-House. TERMS OF SUDSCItlPTION. Om year, . .-.... , $1 50 tight iP'tiha, 1 OO Four Months, ...... . 50 Payment in advance In all cases. Back-Pay, Bounty & Pensions. E O. JONES ILste Captain lS.hO.V.I Attends promptly to the collection BACK-PAY, BOUNTY and J. EXSIOXS. TERMS REASONABLE. OFFICE Logan street, North of J, K. Will's residence MoAr'hur, 0. julj 12.8 mo. AR CHIB Al7DMAY07 ATTORNEY AT LAW, McArthur, Vinton County, ' Ohio, WILL attend' promptly to all If gal bnlneis atriiatrd to aim. Ulrica la Court Iluuve, M.Arthur, Ohio. June, 28-tf. E. A. BRATTO NT" ATTORNEY AT LAW, McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio, WILL attend to H legal business Intrusted to bin caro iu Vlntoa,Athors,Jois'n, Hots, Hooking, and sdjoiningcounlles, Parlio alar attention givon to the colleciou of soldiers Ulma for pensions, bounties, arrean of pay, to., against lha U 8 or Ohio, includi. g Mor gan raid eluime. .. . june ii8-tf. . f . CONSTBLI, B. A. COKSTRLE. McArthur. 0. Atlicns, o' Constable and Constable, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ilc Arthur, - . ' - Ohio, WILL attend promptly to all burnous In trusted to their caro, In Vinton and Alh sas countius, or any of the court of the Tib Judicial dint., and In tho Circuit courts of the V. 8. for the Southe ru district o.( Ohio. Cluinm agalart the Oovornnient, peutibux, boiu.ty and back pay eollootod. juu4tf losira bhadbubt. BRADBURY & MARK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio. WILL attend rromp'ly to nil busincsn en trance) to their cure, in Vintu nnd A'h aioountioM. Glllco In Hulbert's building, ov al the Po Office, up stairs. apl2itf HOMER CTTONES; ATTORNEY AT LAW, MoArthurt Vinton County, Ohio, WILL attend promptly to lilts-incus entrust ed to his cure. jaimii Watcltfjs. V. W. J. WOLTZ, Pi. A IK 11 I AND REPAIR R CiT WATCHES, CLOCKS, JE WEL RY, AND Musical Instruments, f llL'I.llhia'd UULDINO J MeARTHUR, - - - Ohio. CLIFTO 114) INI:, - Corner Sixth and Elm Streets, Cincinnati Ohio. THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN THE CITY Terms $2,00 per Day. OMNIBU88ES carry al. pa-mongcra to and frou the care. The now depot of the Marriott a and Cincinnati Itailruad, onrnor Plum ami Pearl atreota, Is only four squares lrom Ibis bouie, making it convenient for pas asagerstostop at the Clifton. deli-tin Railroads. M. & C. R. R., TIME TABLE. FROM and alter Sunday the li th duy of Jnne 1888,'Trains will leave Statioat named as follows : . coisa EAST. Station. Mail. Night Ex. Cincinnati, 8 25 a m 12 35 a tn Chilllcothe, 1 17 p m 5 10 a m Hamden, 2 30 p m 6 28 a m McArthur, 2 62 p m 6 41 a tn Zaleski, - ' 3 13 p m - ' 7 01 a c. Marrietta, tt 45 p m 10 48 a in ' ' " '. 001X0 WEST, Station. - Mail.'- - Night Ex. Harrietts, 6 40 a m 7 05 p m Zaleaki, 10 10 a ra 11 08 p m McArthur, 10 83 a in 11 31 p in Ilamden, ' '-10 45 a m ' 11 42 p m Chilllcothe, 12 28 pm 120am Cincinnati, 5 00 p in 5 55 a m Trains connect at Ilamden with Mail train to and from Portsmouth O. ' Not. Trains on Portsmouth Branch wr'H karesfter be governed by this time table, both as to time and rules - Both mail and accommo iation will hw resHgd pa nengar rain ,1M To the People of Vinton County! . . .. .PATENTED AUGUST 22, 1865.- Loom ; Complete for $50. I AM exolurive owner of tho; right to mkbn faoturo and sell the above Loom In Vinton County.. Speoimena can be seen at alf timet at the residence of James Bobbins, one mile east of McArthur. . I pnrchi.sed this loom in March last and immediately constructed one,' which has given the most complete satisfaction, fer aona having weav ng to do, will consult their own Interests b, calling and seeing this loom, and examining polmenf of ita production. .-Jt will. weave SatlnetU, Caasim Ta.Bidged Casaimera. Four-leaf Jeans, Blanket Twills. Plata Olbtn, Seamless Sacks, o. ' jj-. t.Tbe capacity of this loom,' for ease of operas tioa; spied, o..is eqnal, If not superio- to any yet Invented. , It only needs to be eoen to reo' ntsaan Itnlf:- 85- 'JOHN BOBBINS- VOL. 1. M'AKTHUK, VINTON; COUNTY, OHIO, JULY 19, 1866. NO. 30. Poetical. WOULDNT YOU LIKE TO KNOW? I know a girl with teeth of pearl, And shoulders white as enow, She lives ah, well, I must not tell Wouldn't you like to know r Her sunny hair Is wondrous fair, And wavy in 1U flow ; Who made It less One little tress, Wouldn't you like to know. Her eyes are blue, (celestial hue!) And dazzling In their glow; - On w hom they beam . With melting gleam, ' Wouldn't you like to know ? Her lips arc red anil finely wed T.lko roses ere they blow ; What lover alps These dewy lips, Wouldn't you like to know ? Her fingers arc lillies fair, When lllllcs fairest grow; Whose baud they press With fond caress, Wouldn't you like to know? ' '.'ii : Her foot Is small, and has a fall -. Like snowflakes on the snow; , And w here it goes Hcneath the rose, ' Atfouldn't you like to know?' She has a name, the sweetest name That language can bestow ; 'Twould break the spell ' If I should tell Wouldn't you like to know h LOVE UP A LADDER. BY QUILP. A Jolly young fellow, who once on a time, To a third-story window had ventured to climb, . . ,. To court his Dule'um (a trim little maid, But, compared witlt, her beau, of Inferior grade.) Was told by h is "ma,'' she was sorry to know She'd a ton who would stoop so uncom monly low. ... "Indeed !" wild the yotuikor, "well, now, I ik'dnrc 1 can't, on my conscience, agree with you there! I don't call iUfonjiOia.my worthy old teach er. When I climb up n thirty foot ladder to reach her !'' Tiik following is supposed to describe the "Dixie," whose praises have; so long been known to song : Oh ! Is not this a happy land With wine upon the lees? Where potpies smoke lu six-quart pans And dumplings grow entrees? Where Nature's lessons may be read ; In every babbling brook? Where bumble-bees don't sting a chap, And mulv cows don't hook; . Political. ORATION —OF— RICHARD O'GORMAN, ESQ., —AT THE— FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION AT THE TAMMANY HALL, N. Y. Tins day, citizens, you set apart as the political festival of all tho year. You do Veil. It should bo a holy and happy day. Never, while this Republic lives, should its citizens fail, when this anniver sary cornea round, to celebrate it with pomp and rejoicing, to awak en the memories of its early perils, to ascend,, as it were, the stream of its history back to its first source, to that dark , and doubtful hour, ninety-years ago, whon tho thir teen colonies, uniting in one sol emn purpose, set before mankind that calm statement of their griev ances which you have read to-day, broke the tie which had bound them to the Government which did, thom . wrong, and appealing to. Heaven nnd . the future, declared themselves, to be henceforth thir teen equal and independent States and in defense of. their rights ;as such free and-independent States, pledged their lives, their , fortunes and ; their sacred - honors. V ' You know'how well and. bravely!' that pledge was kept Thus wai nborn the new, confederacy of States, then and now called "the United States." Think, citizens, what it was then and what it isf -now. This : ancient society has honored me with its in vitation tb; speak to you to-day. I scarce know, jn what tone.- it isV fit ting . to. address. you. Fourth of July orations have a, doubtfuj rep utation. It. seems to : bo. the cus tom for orators on this day to titter oniy sucn woras as snail be" pieag ileasti I ii ii j at . . . . r- j. ant to hear-to congratulate,,-to flatter, to . applaud, and Heaven knows there is for us ample sub ject for congratulation, and he need never flatter who desires to praise, to its desert, the brave, gen erous, American people. We have much cause to be thankful. The war drum rolls no longer, the sword is sheathed, the battal-flags are furled. The corn is waving over tho graves where sleep in peace, side by side, the victor and the and tho vanquished . in the ter rible conflict which has been, and never again can be. That awful trial of the Right, iu which arms were the advocates, and tho argu ment shot, and shell, the bayonet and the rifle, is over. Judgment unappealable and irreversible, has been given. It is decreed that no State oi the United States can se cede, can leavo the Union, can cease to be one of the United States, without the consent of all. '. Judg ment unappealable and irreversi ble has been given. It is decreed that1 the relation between capital and labor, which prevailed 'in cer-' tain of the States, called Slavery, shall exist no more. These two questions that have disturbed so ciety need disturb it no longer; they aro ot the past. There let them lie buried. For all this we owe our thanks to that Providence in whose hands are the destinies of nations, and under Providence, to the gallant men,- who, oh land or sea, with steadfast hearts fought tho great quarrel out. Why should I waste words in telling you of this? Your own hearts cannot fail to be sensible of it. And why should I keep back the graver and sadder thoughts that struggle for utter ance, or now, because it is the Fourth of July, break the resolu tions I iormed long ago, to speak to the people whenever they cared to hear me, the thoughts that lay nearest to my heart to be always candid, frank, and open with them'; to speak tho truth', or not speak to them at all? Citizens, I warn you that the Republic is still in danger. Tho worst ol the storm has blown' over. The "ship still rides a proud' and gallant sight. -. She has escap ed, more by Ood's providence than by good steering, the Scjila of se cession ; she is drifting, drifting slowly, but surely, into the Charyb dis of centralization. Can, her course be changed ? Is there time still to put her head about, and es cape the danger ? Godknows! It depends on Him and the people. Have you ever thpught what cen tralization really means, ; and what are its inevitably tendencies ? Cast your memory back to the state of political affairs ten or twelve years ago. ' Then, we in New York scarcely telt the finger of the Fed eral Government. It carried our letters, and collected certain im portant duties to an amount neces sary to meet the current expenses of that Government, and they were trifling. But for. all other purpos-' es of Government, the law of the State of New York was sufficient, paramount and supreme. Now all this is changed. The . linger of the Federal Government now is stronger than the arm of the State. We arc getting what fc' called a strong Government We have now let loose on us'a crowd of assessors, collectors of taxes, Federal ofliciab of all sorts, prying into every man's trflncrmrmna ' miflcfmntniv nvins. informing, gathering up a large proportion of our labors, and pour it into the ' central reservoir from which it flows and percolates in corrupting streams from end to end of the land, and countless officials, great and small, with faces ever reverently turned toward Washing ton, as Moslem ; toward Mecca, lap ,up the intoxicating tide and cry for more. Our artisans work hard and,, earn good wages, but somehow they can't live as well as of old; ; Wage's are high, but the necessaries, of life are higher. What's the; use of this ? It is be-, cause, in order to satisfy a few wor thy millionaire's, to protect them, to increase their profits, the cheap supply , of all sorts ' of commodities vhich foreign nations are eager to sell ,us is, 'as. far .'as; possiblev shut out ' ty excessive 'import duties. Thus the manufacturer is protect ed f . the'. . manufacturer becomes rich; the Consumer becomes poorv Thus labor is feicrificed to wealth : tne many are" sacrifice to the, few: me people tnat pay taxes are sac rificed to those that receive taxes.. This is.,bad, but bad as:it,is,';;worse remains, behind ; for this very mon ey, wrung frott. the sweat 6f labor; ldj i'forjtfy ,':and;j)e'tpe.tuate the very system which oppresses it ; for this money, when paid, flows also to Washington, to be wasted or turned mischief and corruption, as before. Federal patronage over flows the land. Who can wonder now that at every political assem bly, some one, somehow fattened on Federal diet, with that sublime loyalty which men commonly ex hibit toward the party whose pay they receive, in that vivid style of oratory which all over the world the pensioned patriot most affects, denounces all dissent, all remon strance, all opposition to the pow ers that be as treasonable, seditious and. disloyal? With euch.com- laiand of money, and , with such a hungry horde of loyal adherents to receive it, and fight on their side, can you wonder that the live or six energetic and unscrupulous men who rule the committee at Wash ington which now caricatures the Congress of the United States, grow more: daring and more reckless,., more secret and sudden in their ac tion, more secure of the continu ance of their power? Pee how gadually, silently, surely, the influ ence of this political aristocracy, like the serpent gathering fold up on fold, encompasses the Republic about and chokes it in its tighten ing embrace. To think, speak, act as this oligarchy ordain, is to be loyal. To be loyal is to shaie in the patronage they can bestow. Who would not bo loyal when to b! loyal is to be rich? Thus you see how-power the power of the purse as well as of the sword a power that appeals to all men's hopes and all men's fears concen trates in Washington and , gathers to a head. Thus the fatal conspir acy of the lew against the many grows" and strengthens apace, cor rupting, debauching the minds of our people. Under its baleful in fluence the rich grow richer, and the poor grow poorer, and, tho fatal quarrer&efween capital and labor, which itpblder countries from time shakes all society, hero begins to matter and ,to ' threaten. Why Uhpuld tKo; peasant of Ohio : or the the artisan otriew iork grow poor that the manufacturers aifd specu lators of New England Pennsylva nia should grow rich ? Is this your idea of a Republic ? It is not mine. I have spoken of the mischievous change in the theory and practice of our Government here in the States which have been victorious in the late civil yar. See how it works nnloiig that portion of the peoplo On whom fell the weight of defeat' ttis more than a year since the war ended more than a year since all resistance to the Fed eral arms ceased more than a year since the defeated people re cognized and accepted tho conclu sions to which they had been forced that no State could of right, or did in fact, cease to be in the Uni on. Yet these eleven States, which are now in the Union, were always in.tho Union, could not take them selves out of the Union, have been for more than twelve months deni ed by this oligarchy all the Consti tutional rights of States to be heard by. their Representatives in the great council of the Rerpublic. All obligation to the Union they are held liable to perform. They must obey the Federal Constitution and laws, and pay tho Federal taxes, yet the rights of Representation in the Federal Council, which the Constitution secures to all, are de nied to them. They are treated, not as States of the Union, but as a foreign conquered people, whose lives, liberties, laws and property are held at the will of the' conquer er. ' Is this "Constitutional? 'Is' it lawful? 'Is ft 'just? Is it expedi ent? Is.it in accordance with the will of the American people ? Re metnber the grievances against which the: old colonists protested as sufficient ground' for their revolt taxation without representation ! This . was the chief ground the most flagrant violation of the prin ciples of ;British law and eternal justice.' -They1 laid it down1' that a tax is in its'aiure a voluntary aid from the people to the Government and could nof; be: imposed without the consentrof the people through their representatives, legally chos en. The violation of this principle they considered an outrage worth fighting against.' 'And. yet we, the inheritors of their quarrel, ot their principles and" their ; triumph we who read the.TJeclaration of Inde pence and applaud it we Ameri cans' inflict on.'American8 the self-' same ' wrong '. T say ,"we for is not this still a'-Govemment of the people ? ' Are not these half-dozen, potentates at .Washington, by whose decrees these outrages are inflicted, the creatures of tho peo ple, and bound to do their will? Citizens, the people's liberties can never suffer. Their rights can nev er be betrayed but by the default of the peoplo themselves. It is by their want of vigilance, by their misplaced confidence in parties and men, by their apathy and tor por, that their ruin is wrought. Oh 1 for some master-voice to rouse society from its stupor, to stir it in to thought,' as did the angel of old stir the stagnant pool that the blind and paralyzed might bo cured and invigorated. Let but the people speak; their, voico will roll. like thunder over all tho land. Who shall say them nay ? Let but the peoplo wake, and these enemies of the Republic will scattered as the dewdrop3 of the , night the lion shakes from his mane. I hear it said that Southern people aro not loyal, and guarantees aro needed from them. Loyal to what? To the Constitution? Where else but the Constitution can they find any hope ? They ask for its protection as well as its obligations. That it shall not be only a sword by which they are assailed, but a shield by which they may bo defended. Thein, conduct for tho last twelve months proves that they have abandoned, in good faith, abandon ed the theory of secession. They pray for "Union," and Union is de nied them. How long is this to last? What was this civil war for? That was the deliberate, solemn declaration of the North. It was for that, to save, restore, preserve the Union, they fought. For this purpose and no other,! hen, young men left the plow and the bench and took up arms. For this they suffered and died. Through all their long days of toil and dan ger this was tho pTlzo Ihey sought to win. They gained it. They conquered it. They returned to their homes rejoicing that the Uni on their fathers bequeathed to them had been by their strong arms preserved. And now they find tney but grasped a sine ow. he reality is snatched .from thorn. Iho VT 1S ""' Wm,n ,s not preserved. The Union is pre- uiiu uuiayeii iesb us restora-; tion may thwart the plans or cross tho speculations of the honorable gentlemen in Congress to whom civil war, disunion have been the source of profit and power they Could not otherwise attain to. They need guarantees. Guarantees for what? That the South will hence forth bo loyal and obedient to the Constitution, and the laws that ac cord therewith. What better guar antees can you have than they have given you and give? Is not their defeat complete, admitted, crushing as it it? Is not this a guarantee that they will never again take arms against the oi.nup-i otent will which has ordained that secession is impossible, and the Union shall never be dissolved? Are not their ruined cities, their wasted fields, their desolate hearths, tho graves of their dead father, son, brother, husband tho graves of their loved ones, on which Na ture, higher, mightier, kindlior than man's laws, will dash the tear? Have we no guarantee in this that these men are Americans, our owfi brothers defeated, but not yet hu miliated, too proud to bo false? Ask our soldiers tho men who stood face to face with them in many a hot and bloody fight-who met them undei flag of truce, who met them on the lone y picket, w 1 r r Lriii'lfrl t rcn Am n rv t It s nf iaI.. where kindred,ignoriug the articles of war, made them for a while com- panions and friend?. Ask tho Gen-1 erals wlio commanded our victori- ous hosts ask them if they would not trust the word of those whom they had seeu so gallantly defend- ing a theory with their lives. Ask Grant if he does not trust Lee. Take the vote of the whole army and navy. The men who fought, not the men who talked; ask them if they trust the loyalty of the men they fought, vanquished and forgave, and, my life for it, from end to end of that glorious column of heroeSWill ring out "Aye, aye." Would to God it had been left to them to the men who fought tho quarrel out to settle it, and I be lieve the "Union" would be whole to-day. But the Union must be. It cannot be retarded. ' There is Union in the hearts of the people North, South, East and West. They long for reconciliation. They desire the society of one another; trado and commerce with one an other. It cannot be that, they will ' - i::v n.V.n' ADVERTISING TERMS. One square, ten llnea. . . . . .'. . .' $1 00 Kui.h additional insertion, . . ,. 40 Cards, per venr, ten line, . . ...':'.'.'"'$ 00 Notleesof Kceeutors, AdnilnJstra--- ' '- tors and Guardians, .'. 2 00 . Attachment uotiees before J. IV . . a OO Local notices, per Hue, ". . 10 i early ativertlsments will be chargaa $G0 per colnnin, and at porportlonatt rates lor less than a column, raj able In ' advance . i e ... . . ' . i ! j j j I j j j j much longer submit to the trickB,V; stratagema and maneuvers of fao- tion that to enrich itself retain '. " v' v, vj'vii uiimig and inflame tho . wounds of civil war, that only need time and peace to heal and be forgotten. For, re member, time is running by--op-portunities unused never return. Still the people of the South trust the people of the North and West. They still hope in their generosity still hope in their just second,! thoughts their calm common . sense. Let not reconciliation . true, real reconciliation be delay ed until that confidence is gone and replaced by the sullen submis sion; of disappointment and .des-- pair. I, too, trust in the people. They are often abusd and misled, lied to by factious men and for fac tious ends. But it is by playing on their noble instincts and generous impulses they are betrayed. . , Ml-led by Fancy's meteor ray,v ' ; ' Hv passion driven, '. JJut'still the light that led astray Was light from Heaven. . , ' Tell thembut the truth lay bare the deceit show them that they, are made the unconscious instru ments of wrong, and they will -bo as quick to resent the treachery as to undo the mischief it has caused. Citizens of New York; I don't speak now to Democrats alone, ; or to Republicans, many of the issues, which divided us aro settled, and need not divide us more. I speak to you now on a subject whereon wo all must agree. Citizens of New York, you aro generous and charitable. Never men had moro than you "a tear for pity and a hand as open as day to melting charity." You aro eager to relieve want and alleviate, human misery all over tho t i .. .i .. uutiii. . iu you Know uu you ro-. rilizrt flio fnpt tlmt. nifn nnrl vrnnAn - v..-. - T Americans, nf the same lanfruace. 7 ... , tr- o -f faith color, as yourselves, your lei-" low-citizens in South Carolina, ono oi your sister states, aro starving, . flvino fur wnnt nf t'nnd t Will vnn . not help them,, too? You can help them they don't risk money. All 11. t i f ..if.. 1 .1 j with merc oiv"e them ni they Voe(l luothcr heln Confidence uiey asit. jor is justice tempered. I will be restored. Capital will flow , tl)i(hci. TJl0 wrcck run of tho .., ,v!,i ,-,. j tun llr;n I 111 II III UC X V jllji 1.1, C1111& tUJ TTlll soon add to the wealth of tho Re- public instead of shaming it with i their misery. It can never bo well j with New York while it is ill with j South Carolina or Tennessee. This ! alone is Union Union, not iu form j and name alone, hut in substance I and reality, that no wrong can : bo ' j inflicted on any State, or any city, -! ! or-any man, from Maino'to Florida, j without all the States, all cities, all men, feeling the hurt and desiring j to apply a remedy. . This is real j Union all for each and each ' for all. Citizensjdon'tlookatthisfrom I i 1 1 fi 1 nr 1 nr ft 1 if (V) rtf-i ni i ViMiAnni w Ascpml fho nonce from which the wider and . ' grander prospect may be obtained. Ihere is danger lor 2sev i ork when the rights of Tennessee is excluded-. from representation by the same wrong your own State may 'suffer if the cxiscuvis of faction required that crime. During tho civil -war that is past many things were sub mitted to for which the alleged ne cessities of war were the only cusc. We saw the Constitution. vi olated and the civil law set aside. We bore it for the sake of tho Un ion which we thought by such n t nii'Ifiin si"kii1l 1 1 a rtviDAPi'Oil . Tin . ' now the war is ovJor Tjl0,;iVlblaw, j tions of the Constitution. and'. -'the' ,aw contillUP ftml the: Union is not. T . . . . restored. Citizens, be ware 1 ..The Republic is iu danger 1 The his-i toric danger of republics! The!. Government' has fallen from tho i hands of the many into the hands of the few. From' the many who aro apathetic, to the few who are energetic and bold. The idea of the Republic, the respect for the Constitution of our fathers,' is fa- ding out of men's hearts', and when 3 that dies the Republic is lost in-'' deed. For paper constitutions,' declarations of independence, laws, are but paper worthless, ,fJ lifeless; ; mere delusions, mockeries "and ; snares, when they cease' to express the instincts and longings of a free people. The concentration'pf pow- f er will go on till, man, weary and " tick of the worst of all bad govern ments, an irresponsible oligarchy,, will go one step further and Kfly from petty tyrants to the throne." ' Do you ever think, oitizens, "where- in the greatness of your Republic this great Republic of Republics really resides ? In its wealth, traded manufactures ? ; Not so- There axe ..'if t; i