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Ct (tatrtatibe. JKi-KTH A. ICKI.I.T. K0ITOR II -COXXELSVII.LE, OHIO : Friday, Feb. II, 1STO. ANOTHER OF GRANT'S APPOINTEES. FOIXTECS. Mack," in the Cincinnati Enqui rer, under date of February 2nd, shows tip one of Grant's appointees to office, as follows : 'But every now and tcn an op portunity occurs for viewing a "specimen brick" here at Washing ton, and the object of this paragraph is to show ono of them to the pub lic. It is the person nominated by the model President to be the mod--l United States Marshal for Cali fornia the most important Feder :l office in the State. Mr. William (r. Morris is the individual thus honored ; and what I have to say about him I quote from a pamphlet now before me, entitled "The Rec ord of William G. Morris, nomina ted for United States Marshal of California." It consists of thirty eix pages, made up chiefly from Court records, and sebmiticd to the Senate Judiciary Committee for the di6'oyal purpose of defeatiug Gen. G rani's favorite candidate. Here is the introductory overture, in the nature of a prefaco : "If the history of human crime lias a blacker or meaner pagre than that exhibited in the following transcript froni the records of the First District Court of California, it certainly has never been necessary to recite it to the American Senate to prevent the confirmation of its rctor to a high executive office. On the 27th of Joly, 1858, G. W. Morris was an attorney and notary j.ublic for Tulare County. Californ la. At that date, one J. D. Staple ford, after various efforts to induce W. C. Deputy to make him a deed of certain property owned by Dep uty, made a complaint against Dep uty of embezzlement before a jus t'ca of the peace, and had him ar retted Mid confined in the County Jail. This arrest was a mere pre-li-x. to get Deputy in his power, for no witnesses ever appeared against Deputy on the examination of the c harge. The same night, Staple ford mid Uofris came, with several ethers, to the jail, overpowered the keepers, cut the chain that confined Deputy, took him some hundreds of yards distant, stopping his cries with threats, pulled off his shirt, put a rope round his neck and then l ung him up to the limb of a tree, lie was let down senseless, when lie was whipped by Morris' own l ands with a cowhide until he re covered his senses, when ho was risked If he would deed his proper ly to Stapleford. Upon his refusal, lo was hung up again until he F'.rangled. He was let down again, rind again whipped by Morris. Die Mill refused to deed his property, and the same operation was repeat ed, inclnding hanging and whipp ing, when he said he would deed jmything to save hi life ho prom ised to do so at daylight, i.nd to pive up all his rforsonal properly, was threatened if he did not do as lie promisod ho would be bung cer tainly next time, and was tatcen luck and rechamed. Tho next morning very early Morris and Sta pleford repaired to the jail where Pepnty was confined. Morn3 wrote the deed in his presence, and then nd there, with the protestations of the victim that he signed only to save hia life, amid the insulting and jeering remarks of Morris and Sta pleford, and calling on a few wit nesses of tho scene Tor protection, jind while 6till chained by the leg, lie signed tho deed, to which Morris affixed his notarial certificate, stat ing that on that date personally ap peared before him said Deputy, and acknowledged to me (him) that he executed the same freely and vol untarily, and for. the nsfS and pur poses therein mentioned." Then follow thirty odd pages of transcripts from the Court Record, giving in tedious detail tho official history of this revolting crime, and showing that tho man to whom Mr. Grant wishes to confide the execu tion of United States laws in Cali fornia was the chief in6tigitorani chief perpetrator of it. What a fit man for United States Marshal !" Speaker Cunningham Repudiating the Fifteenth Amendment on the Cars. The. Cincinnati Enquirer tells a good" jioke on ono of the members of the House ef Representatives from that county, who voted for Negro Suffrage. Tho Enquirer is too mod est to name tho man our modesty is not bo excessive. Tho tale as told to us named Mr. Speaker Cun ningham as the individual member. On the Satnrday afternoon afler Ihe adoption of the Negro Suffrage Amendment, the "Mr. Speaker" took passage on the train for Cin cinnati. Finding a 6eat unoccu pied, Mr. Cunningham deposited his 6ack in it and left it for a mom ent in order to visit another car. While be was thus temporarily ab sent. iu stepped a gigantic ncgTO, Hack at the aec of spades, and with by no means fragrant smell, came to tho seat, and coolly moved the member of the Legislature's valise from a position near tho window to place near aisle, ensconcing him self in tho cesired position. Mr. Speaker Cunningham soon return ed, but, instead of sitting down by his sable companion, as it was gen erally anticipated he would, turned from him in disgnst, took his carp et sack and procoeded sevzral seats beyond, where he found onc unoc cupicd. This ll:ght from the negro this desire to avoid his company was the signal for a general laugh from Democrats and Republicans who witnessed the scene. It was a vote against the Fifteenth Amend ment in a railroad car by one who had just voed him m the legisla ture political and social equality. RADICAL BAD FAITH. In the United States Senate, on tho 17th ultimo, Senator Thurman made a speech on Ohio politics, in reply to Senator Sherman, from which we extract the following vo ry pointed reference : 'But, sir, then came the election of 18C3, that my colleague lost sight of entirely. You carried tho State of Ohio for the Republican partyjn 18C8. IImv did you carry it ? You carried it upon the Chicago plat form ; which doclarcd that to every loyal State belonged the regula tion of suffrage in that Stale. Was not Ohio a loyal State ? Who de nies it ? You said in the platform of the Chicago Convention which nominated General Grant, that to every loyal Stale belonged the reg ulation of suffrago in that State. You said that to the peoplo of Ohio in 18C8. You said it from every stump, you said it in every conven tion ; you said it in every newspa per ; and upon that 6olemn pledge io the people of Ohio, that to thai State should bo left the regulation of 6uffrago therein, you carried that State. But the election was scarce ly dclarod, President Giant wa not inaugurated yet, beforo you proposed to nullity that declaration, to repudiate your platform of Chi cago, and to force on tho people of Ohio the Fifteenth Amendment. And now my co'Icaguo says that the people otOhio at their last elec tion decided in favor of Ihc Fif teenth Amendment." THAT THOUSAND-DOLLAR DARKEY! The following is from "Mack," of the Cincinnati Enquirer, dated at Washirglon, February 7th : "A number of. journals speak of Mr. Revels, the colored Senator from Mississippi as a "'thousand dollar darkey." In doing so they aro guilty of rross injustice to tho gentleman in question, and of still grosser misrepresentation of the history of tho tunes. If Mr. Rev els were only a "thousand-dollar darkey," I should not feel constrain; cd to do more than bow politely as I pass him on the threshold of the Senate Chamber, or treat him with that degree of respectful considera tion which is due tc a member of the honorablo body whereof he has been chosen a member. There are those so the poet tells us to whom a primrose by the rivet 'a brink is a yellow primrose, and no more ; to all such Mr. Revels is a thousand-dollar darkey. Bat Icon- fess to a disposition to look on him in a far more exalted light. 1 see in him a three-thousand-million-dollar darkey ; I hear in his voice the thunders of Donelson and Shi loh and Vicksburgand Gettysburg; and in his foot-stops tho treai of mightier armies than Napoleon ev er marshaled for the conquest of Europe. Tho election of Revels is the net proceeds of all that war and bloodshed. He represents the as 6ets and liabilities of the four j cars' struggle ; ho is "the glorious fruits of union and victory," whereof we have heard 60 much. If this be not bo, let the reader point out some other solution to the problem. Why was tho war fought, if not to elect Revels ? And now that it is over, what is there to show for its million graves and its three thou sand millions of dollars, except the election of Ravels ? If tharo are other results to the great struggle, name them. But, at any rate, let us not bo irreverent on the subject of Rove's let lis not belittle him into a thousand-dollar darkey ; but let m rather 6ee in him the great liv ing representative of the issue which it took so nany preeious lives and so much precious treas ure to bring to a victorious conclu sion; and so regarding him, let us approach him with uncovered heads, and bow beforo htm as to great Jove himself." Grant's Attorney General Defeated. feated. j The United States Senate Thurs day a week ago made 6hort wrk of Attorney General Hoar, nominated as one of the Justices of the Su preme Court. The vote on confir mation of tho nomination 6tood as follows 24 against 33 for rejecting. All tho New England Senators present voted in tho affirmative ex- cept Mr. fcumunJs of Vermont. All of the Southern Senators except Mr. Warner, of Alabama, and Mr. Gil bert, of Florida, voted no. Mr. Williams, of Oregon, was the only Senator from the Pacific coast who voted aye. Both New York Sena tors voted no; also, all the Demo crats. Mr. Morton was not present, but would have voted aye. Mr. Sherman was, also, not present. It is definitely known that Mr. Hoar's present intention is to remain in the Cabinet. lie certainly ought to resign, for a man cot fit to be a judge, :8 scarcely fit to be the Attor. nev General of the United States JOKE ON GREELEY. [Wash. Cor. Cleveland Leader.] You remember that in the New York Constitutional Convention, a year or two ago, Horace was chair man of the Committee on Woman Suffrage. Ho is in tho van of all other Reforms, but from some cause an antagonist of this. Perhaps the statement of the fact that Mrs. Greeley is vehemently in favor of it may bo an explanation. Neverthe less, the white coated, philosopher brought a report adverse to Wo man Suffrage. Now it happened that Mrs. Stanton and Mrs. Greelcy are dear friends, and Mrs. Stant on was at Albany when Horace re ported. Instanter she telegraphed to Mrs. Horace to get up a petition of one thousand women, head it herself, against the report refusing women suffrage, informing her what her husband had done. The next day it came ; and amidst the roars of laughter of the Conven tion and the galleries, and to tho surprise and chagrin of Horace, this petition, indorsed 'from Mrs. Horace Greeley and a thousand others," was read. The white hat and coat vanished in search of that inveterate Mrs. Stanton.' She was found. The following dia logue ensued : Greeley "Good morning, Mrs. Stanton." Stanton "Good morning, Mr. Greelej ." Greeley "Did yon induce my wife to send that infernal petition here ?" Slanton "I kept her posted a bont your unconstitutional procee dings, Mr. Greeley." Greeley "Well, madam, I have alwav6 been rour friend." or Stanton "And I yonrs, Mr. Greeley." Greeley "But I won't stand such treatment.' Slanton "I have outwitted you, haven't 1. Mr. Greeley?" Enraged at this bit of bitter in terrogation, Greeley replied : "Mrs. Stanton, so long as 1 live and control the Tribune, the name oi Elizabeth Cady Stanton 6hall not appear in its columns." And to lhf-1 day it has not ; but as il to belittle her assumed inde pendence, you will often, very of ten, fiud in its columns that of Mrs. H. B. Stanton. US About the only government al privilege the American people enjoy i that of receiving their own county newspapers free of postage. While they tho supposed sover eignshave had this trifling im munity. Congressmen have been more than doubling their own sala ries, and encumbering tho mails with tons of wretched trash, at the people's expense. Kow, these very same "representatives of the peo ple'" assume to be their juardians, and tell them they must pay post age on their county papers, if they (the Congressmen) must relinquish the grossly abused franking privil ege. How do the aforesaid "sover eign peoplo" like that ? Pomeroy Crescent. The Chicago Republican 'takes the ground that tho colored Sena tor cloct from Mississippi, H. H. Revels, is incligble, on tho ground that he has not been legally a citi zen of the United Stales nine years. Jast as wo expected quibbling and evading tho darkey already. Those Radical chaps think him good enough as a Buffragran or in Southern State Legislatures; but when he aspires to the Federal Senate, some of them fly the track, argue against his elegib'Iity. Death of Allen Trimble. The death of ex-Govenor AUen Trimble, at his residence in Hills boro, on Thursday, at the advanced ago of 87, was that of a good man, who. in a long life, had left Lis impress upon this State. He was a Virginian by birth, but resided in Ohio for sixty-five years For many years he was a leading mem. ber of the Ohio Legislature was acting Govenor of the State in 1822, and elected Govenor in 1826 and '28. His popularity was so great that at th election of 1828, being tho Ad ams candidate for Govenor. he was erected over-John W. Campbell, the Jackson candidate, one of the pur est and beet men, although at the e lection a few weeks after, General Jackson carried the State. Gov. Trimble left a large number of descendants, the Rev. Joseph M. Tremble, cf this city, boirg one of hi$ sons. From the Old Guard, of Feb. 1870. THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF RACES. BY HON. JOHN E. HANNA, OF M'CONNELSVILLE, OHIO. If all men f prang from a common parent, then all are brethren, and should have equal righss, privileges, and duties, socially and politically ; while any right or privilege awarded to one and denied to another, would be an infringement of these common rights. God created all men and all also all races of men, as well as the inferior animals ; and as creatures of His, they have certain rights am ong these the right of life. But, be cause the horse has a right to live, it does not follow he is man's brother, or his equal in all things. Each creature should have all things suitable and proper for him in his own sphere. If we had one common progenitor we would be constitutionally alike, as the law of na'ure teaches that like be gets like. That there is a constitu tional difference between the white man and the negro is evident. There is not only the obvious difference in color, hair, shape of head and limbs, but anatomy shows us that a negro's liver is larger, and his lungs smaller than those of the white man ; and phy siology that the part the liver per forms in the negro's economy is grea ter, and that of the lungs and kidneys less, than in that of the white. Mr. Jefferson, in his Notes on Virginia, suggests the difference between the pulmonary apparatus of the two races ;that the negro does not extricate, as much caloric from the air by respira tion, and consequently consumes less oxjgen." He also calls attention to the fact of the defective kidneys of the ne;ro. Dr. Cartwright says: "Negro children and white children are alike at birth in one remarkable particular they are both white, and so much alike, so far as color is con cern d, as scarcely to be distinguished from each other. In a very short time, however, the skin of the negro infant begini. to darken, and continues to grow birker, until it becomes of a shi ning black color. Provided the child be healthy, the skin will become black whether exposed to the air and light, or not. he blackness is not of as deep n shade during the first years "f life as afterwards. The black color is not as deop in the female as in the male, nor in the feeble, sickly negro as in the robust and healthy." Dr. Cartwright also notes the fact that, a t birth, the brain of the white child is enclosed by fifteen disunited plates, and that of the negro but by ten th frontal and temporal bones in the latU r being in one piece, instead of six pices, as in the white ; the rea son for which is evident. He further says : "The great Gorman anatomists, Mei ners, Ebel and Sconimering, a 1 bear witness to tka fact that the muscles, blood, mer ibr.mes, and all th- intern al organs of the body, the bones excep ted, are of a darker hue in the negro than in tho white man. They estimate the difference in color to be equal to that which -xi6ts between the hare and rabbit. Whoever doubts the fact, or has none of those old and impartial au thorities at hand impartial because thejr were written before England ad opted the policy of pressing religion and science into her serTice to place the white American republican Iree man and the Guinea negroes upon the same platform--has only to look into the mouth of the first healthy typical negro he meets, to be convinced of the truth that the entire membranous lin ing of the instdo of the cheeks, lips, and gums- is of a much darker color than in the white man The negro must be healthy, and in good condi tion Sickn-ss, bard usage and chro nic ailments a peedily extract the color ing matter out of the mucous merab raues, leaving them paler than in the Caucasian rac-i." Thus we see that there is a natural constitutional difference in the two ra ces of men; ar d if we rely on the law of nature, we cannot arrive at the con elusion that both races came from a common paternity. But we are told that the Bible tea ches we have all sprung from Adam. The Bible being a revelation from God to mar., we must believe that, even if it should contradict all science and history. Science is but the enlighten ed view of the law of nature. The law of nature is the rule established by the Creator in the foi ming and sustaining of His work, and is entitled to full cre dence. It must be true. Now, the Bi'de being a revelation from God, it and the law of nature must harmonise, because the same fountain can not send forth sweet and bitter water at the same time. Under these circum stances, what is the duty of all who re vere the Bible T Is it not to examine and see if its teachings can be harmon ized with the law of nature ? Does the Bible contradict the law of nature in reference to the creation of the human race ? It does not follow that if men are not all of one race, that they are not all human beings that the genus homo must necessarily have but one species. We think the Bible in perfect accord with the law of na ture, but we admit there is a construc tion which differs ; and many of these constructionists have done more to weaken Biblical authority than Faine, Voltaire, and all of that school. We remember when a person would have been anathematized if he had doubted that the work of creation was perform ed during six diurnal revolutions of the earth around the sun, as at one time it was held impious to doubt that the sun revolved around the earth ev ery twenty-four hours. But the view now entertained by intelligent men of undoubted piety, is that a "day" in creation means an indefinite period, and thus the Bible is made to harmon ize with the law of nature as developed by the science of geology. And so, in reference to Noah s flood, it was once urged that the whole earth was sub merged, and all animal life on earth, except that of Noah's ark, was destroy ed. But, unfortunately for that theo ry, the size of the ark is given, and we can calculate its capacity, as well as the amount of space each animal would oc cupy, and form an estimate of the room that waa required for their food. So modern theologians explain by Bay ing that the whole earth was not sub merged, but only so much as was then known to the historian. Is it not a much better explanation to say that so much of the earth as was then inhabit ed by Adam's race, leaving all other parts with the human and inferior ani mal uodestroyed T It was Adam'.' race who were the transgressors, au whom God had determined to punish ; and this theory would leave the non ofiVnding races to avoid the catastro phe as they would have inferior ani mals to do. But let us see what the Bible says in reference to the creation of man. "Let us make man in our own image and likeness, and let him have dominion," etc. This does not necessarily imply that there were no human animals cre ated before that time. I he most that can be learned from that declaration is that was going to create a man in his own image, to have a dominion over all other created things, including all other prevfdus creations of men, if such were not be their equals, no more than with the horse or other ani mals created with him. Then perhaps the first question would be, which one of the races was created .at that time, which the descendants of Adam, since it was these that were to tare domin ion. We take it that it was the Cauca sian, since whenever you find that race in contact with another it subjugates it. Again, Adam was placed on proba tion, and we know nothing of the orig inals of any other race being so placed, lie transgressed the rule prescribed for him, and incurred the penalty of his transgression. But God, in His mercy, made provision for restoring him and bis posterity again to the po sition he occupied in creation. That was to be through Christ. Now Christ was only provided for Adam's race. The other races did not fall in Adam, and consequently can never rise in Christ. Hence we see that all efforts of Christian friends have never been able, though at immense expense and suff ering, to plant Christianity permanent ly in Africa, China, or even upon the aborigines of this continent, or am ongst any races of men but the white. We may overpower and subjugate the inferior races, and while under the in fluence of the superior race they may be induced to adopt our religion ; but remove them from that influence, and they immediately abandon the faith Why is this, unless that not having fallen in Adam, they cannot rise in Christ ? And the promise of the whole world being given in Christ, must mean the world of Adam' 8 race. The teaching it means tha' all races of men were to be come Christians, only serve to discred it the Bible, because we see the efforts to make proselytes are vain, except a mong the Caucasian race. Therefore, for the sake of the Bible, we should see if the construction put on it by many is not an error. If it proves so, let us adopt the truth, though it seem count er to the views of some of our theolo gians ; for these views are not only in juring Christianity, but destroying man. Look at the history of any coun try where there has been a comming ling of races. Take Mexico, where each and every race, and the hybrid races resulting from their mixture, have equal rights. We see they have not prospered in the came ratio as we, in this country, where the law of God has been observed in the matter, and one race had dominion. And if Ad am's race was to have dominion by a decree of God, is it not vain for man to strive against the law ? This is the ef foit now being made in this country ; but it will fail, since man never has, and never can successfu ly contend with his Maker. But the advocates of a unity of race origin cite the declara ion of !-t. Paul on Mars Hill, in Athens Acts xvii., 26 when he said, ."and hath made of one Hood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth."' Now, Dr. Adam Clarke says that in for ty of the most authentic MSS. exam ined by him, the word "blood"' is omit ted, and in Uaydock's Bible it is not al lowed a place. But does the text, if admitted, prove the unity of the race ? We must consider where and when it was uttered, whom the speaker was ad dressing, the subject of the address, and what doctrines and principles he was endeavoring to bring to their at tention. The address was delivered in Athens, before the Supreme Court of the nation, in the fiftieth or fifty-first year of the Christian era ; and we may well suppose he was addressing the most learned and intelligent men of the nation, if not the world. He was speaking to his own race at least we have no evidence that any other was there. He was a Roman citizen of Hebrew birth, addressing a Greek au dience. The Romans, the Hebrews, and the Greeks were alike descend ants of Adam. He had been through the city, and discovered that the peo ple were very religious, and had many altars. He commenced by alluding to their habits of devotion, and told them he had found an altar with the in scription, "To the Unknown God." This he said was the God he was pro claimingfor he had been arraigned before the court on the charge of set ting up a new deity that He was the author ot ali things, even of man ; that He was Lord of heaven and earth; that he should be worshipped as the sustainer and supporter of all ; that all are acceptable to Him. He called their attention to the fact that Jesus Christ had died and was raised from the dead, to restore not only the Jews, but all the descendants of Adam, of whatever na'ion or clime, to favor with God. This was his theme, and here was the principle he was striving to demonstrate. He was not discussing the manner of creation. Language is always to bo construed in reference to the subject in debate. So in reference to the Declaration of Indpendenceand the Constitution of these United States. The negro is doubtless alluded to in the Constitution as being held to ser vice, and in regard to his importation in a servile condition ; but he was not put within the pale of citizenship, be cause he was of a different race. There ' were provisions for naturalizing for eigners, but these were only applicable to persons of our own race from for eign countries. Mr. Jefferson's marks are on those instruments. It is well known that he was opposed to "slave Ti"but its lso known that he was op posed to violating God's law by mak ing all races of men believing the ne gro to be inferior equal socially and politically. He said "Will not a lov er of natural history one who views the gradations in all the races of ani mals with the eye of philosophy, excuse an effort to keep those of the depart ment of man as distinct as na'ure formed them?" The framers of our Constitution were aware of the fact, and built the framework of the gov ernment upon the basis of the natural distinction and physical differences in races comprising the American popu lation. Dr. Cartwright says : "If the Constitution bo worth defending, sure ly the great truths of natural history, on which it rests as a basis, are worth being made known and regarded by our statesmen." Tke delusion that all men sprung from . one common parent had its origin in England, for the pur pose of destroying our institutions. I'ritchard, Todd, and others, have made science bow to tho policy of govern ment. In this the clergy have taken no small part, and they have perverted the Bible to their use, until they have almost destroyed it, as the Mongrels in this country have our Constitution. Shall we aid England in her crusade, and the fanatics in our own country in their work of destruction. Or, will we endeavor to save the Bible, our Con stitution, and the government our fa thers gave us -yea, een the white man himself? The road is plain to all these results. But we are confronted with this point : If all human beings did not de scend from Adam, we have no history of them in the Bible. Neither have we of many other creatures God made Why a revelation was vouchsafed to us concerning Adam's descendants, and no other race, is not for us to say. But we might conceive a reason for even this. Adam was the masterpiece of creation. Ue was to hare dominion over all other creatures, he was placed on probation, fell, and was to be re stored. The Saviour was not to appear in the world for along time afterwards, and he was to be connected with Ad am's race. To trace his geneology, it was important to give this history. And in giving the history of one race, if the others are not mentioned, it does not detract from the narrative, nor would the irention have strength ened it. In writing an account of the origin of the horse, if the cow were not named or if, when speaking of he ani mal, it should be said that it eats grass, "in common with the cow," the ab sence of mention in the first instance would not detract from, nor the allut ion in the second add to, the authen ticity of the narrative. There are al lusions, however, in the Bible, to oth er races beside those of Adam, and the reader of the Book may readily per ceive them. OHIO. Miscellaneous. Sleep. Sleep which is a kind of antici pation of death, is in lifetime a death which restores vitality. It procures the happiness of being born ngain cvt-ry day. The better the sleep, the greater the proba bility of longevity. Night ought to to te consecrated to sleep. This is a law of nature which can not be infringed with impunity. Nothing is more prejudicial to lon gevity than devoting the nights to intellectual or bedily labors. Many literary men, learned men, and artiets have died young in con sequence of this practice. On the other hand, early rising, after be ing refreshed by sleep, is as benefi cial as lato work is tho reverse. Tho amount of sleep necessary f r rcinvigoratmg depends upon the ago, habits and constitution of the individual. A new-born infant would perish if kept awake twenty four hours. Sleep is even more oecessarj afler mental than after bodily labor. A man who thinks little is always in a kind of torpcr. Old ago, again, require less sloep than youth and adult age. As the bodjr is more assessable to beletcr ious influence at night than by day, tho air ought ahto - to be fresh, and tho supply plentiful. The stomach should not bo loaded. Tho bed should not bo too soft, and if possi ble tho head should lio to the north, the feet to tho south. The head 6h'ould never be covered by the clothes; bat there should be moro outer clothes at nigtht than in the daytime; the tempera ture of the body r.ot being so high. It is a good thing, on taking off ono's dab clothes, to lay aside also all thoughts of tho past. It is only thus that complete relaxation of the mind, as well as of the body, is se cured, and without this unbending of the mental faculties perfect sleep is impossible. IRISH WIT. Wmchell tells a story of a stran ger meeting an Emcralder leaning against a post, watching a funeral procession coming out of a house, when the following dialogue en sued: "Is that a faneral?" 'Yes sir, I'm thinking it is." "Any body of distinction?' T reckon it is, sir" "Who is it that dicdr . "Oh, the gentleman in thecofEn, to be sure," replied Pat with a knowing look. Only Believe. "Only believo," and nol only will the gates of the celestial city open to rcceivo us, but even here we 6hall rest in the Bhadow of a great love. But dangers stand thuk on cverv hand, suggests Faintheart; how can wo help being anxious? Only believe; the Lord is a shield to them that put their trust in him. Silver-tongued temptation may assail us. Ho is able to succor them that are tempted. What if poverty be onr lot? The Lord knawcth the poor. What if riches, and we are encum bered with many cares? Give to the poor, and thou shalt have treas ure in heaven. We may be homeless. Our Lord had not whero to lay his head. Friendless. There is a friend that stickcth closer than a brot er. Afflicted. Ilo bin de th up the broken-hearted. Unjustly accused. The Almigh ty shall bo ihy defense. Tho night cometh. He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Accidents may befall ua. The Lord will preserve thy going out and thy coming in. Pain and sickness. Tho Lord will make all thy bed in thy sick ness. The infirmities ot age. Thoj shall still bring forth fruit in old age. There are heavy burdens to be borne, perchance insesant daily toil. There remainelh a rest Wearisome n'ghts may be ap pointed to us. Hegivtth 60ng3 iu the night. Peath will surely come- It knockcth alike at the lordly palace and the lowly cottage It is well with the righteous. Death is swal lowed up m victory. To the believer every providence is but another stroke of the chis d upon the marble rock, shaping i for it position in the heavenly tem ple. Ameaicnn jlfessengej. Bad news weakens the action of the heart, then orptetses the '.ungs; destroy the appetite, 6iops digest lion and partially suspends all tho functions of the system. An omo lion of shame flushes the face ; fear blanches it ; and an instant thrill electrifies a million nerves into a gallop. Delirium infuse great en ergy. Volition commands and hun dreds of muscles spring to i-xeeute. Powerfull emotion often kills the body at a stroke. Eminent public speakers l ave died n tho midst of eloquence, or when the deep emotion that produced it suddenly nubsided. Largrave, the youutj Parisian, died when he heard that the musical prize for whi;h ho had computed, was adjudged to another. Woman's Endurance. A Student at Ann Arbor, having remarked that man baa more endu ranco than woman, a lady present answered that she would like to see the thirteen hundred young men in the University la-ed up in steel- ribbed corsets, with hoops, heavy kirts, trails, high heels, paniers. chignons, and dozens of hair pins sticking in their 6calps, cooped up in tho house, year afler year, with no exhilerating excreise, no hopes, aims or ambition in life, and seo if thev could stand it as well as the girls. Nothing, said ihe, bat the fact that women, like cats, hr.ve nino lives, enables ihem to survive the present regime to which custom dooms too sex. 8- Mother," saiu a little feWow of seven years, 'I think that God should have the Sunday all lohim self." "Why do you think so, my son?" "Because Sunday is the longest day of the whole week, and Gnl does so much for us, 1 th:nk ho ought to havo tho whole day to himself," and the grateful youth walked up to the window to look at his sled, which had been carcinlly placed on the porch. It costs a white mau in Mncon, Georgia, just $500 and six months imprisonment to desert a wifo of his own color and marry a ncgress. Scves him right. The Peabody property in Eng land, seized by the Crown, was part of his gift to the poor of Lon don, and has been released to the fund in question. A Woman's tears ar generally mo'e effective than her words. In such cases, wind is a less powerful element than water. Teacher. "If a man givo yon a hundred dollars to keep lor him. and died, what would you da f Woald yoa pray for him ?" Cand, id pupil ".No, sir ; but I would pray ior another like him." "According to Milton, Eve kept silenco in Eden to hear her hus band talk," said a gentleman to a lady friend; and then added in a melancholy tone, "Alas, there have been no Eyes 6incc." "Because," quickly retorted tho lady, "thorc have been no husbands worth lis tening to." The man who was to poor to lako the paper was recently swindled out of a hundred dollars by a con fidence man. Good for him; he will fcnow better next lime. MORGAN COUNTY News Ag oji c y AKD FREE GIFT ENTERPBIZE! FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLLARS IX VALUABLE PRIZES! NO BLANK TICKETS. C-E.4CII TICKET DRAWS A PRIZE WORTH MORE THA THE MOXEY PAID FOR IT. m JEWELRY PRIZES. One cash prize of $500 In Gold. One casb prize of $500 In Sli ver. One casta prize of $50O In greenbacks. One casta prize or $30O In greenbacks. One cash prize or $20O In greenbacks. LOne casta prize of &IOO In greenbacks. Twenty casta prizes of $50 each In greenbacks. One hundred prizes or $10 each In greenbacks. Five hundred cash prizes ran-. glng from $1 up to $500. One Ulandj's Portable Steam Saw 31111s. 25 Horxe Power, With all the Modern Improv- ments. Worth 2,70 ! . Whole Ho. of Prizes. 2 5 , 6 27 ! Talued at 050,00.0! Tickets Limi(cdto25,000 The drewiug of the Morgan Co Sews A . geucy and Free Gift Enterprixe will take tUceat MoConnelgTille, 0., on Saturday. March 28, 1870, orasjsoon thereafter as the tickets are all gold. The plan of the Enter prize is so arranged that those who patron ise it cannot possibly loose anything. Each ticket holder will stand a fair and an equal chance to obtain the higher prises, and, whether fortunate in this respect or not, w ill secure a first class $2 newspaper at club rates, so that the ticket or chance to draw a valnable prise in reality costs nothing. By purchasing such large numbers of news papers, I get them at a rate sufficiently low to enable me to supply them to my patrons at ordinary club rate after paying the a bove prises and allowing for the necessary expense of the Fnterj rize. Thus it will be seen that newspapers can be procured thro this Agency as cheap as they can he had at the office of publication (except incases where rery large clubs are sent in ) whila the ticket which each subscriber receives i absolutely a FKEE GIFT. The prizeswill be forwarded at my risk and expense with in ten days after the drawing. Thenews pnpers will be forwarded direct from the office of publication within one week after the order is received. Ticketa will be for warded immediately on receipt of order. The drawing will take place in public and will be superintended by a committee cho sen by the ticket holders on the day of the drawing. The following is a list of name and price of papers that will be furnished : X. 1. Tribune & 1 ticket, $l,6d C In. Gazette &. 1 ticket, $l,3t The Crisis &. 1 ticket, $1,7 Ohio Farmer &CIn. Gaz ette & 2 tickets, $3,75 Zanev. Courier 1 ticket. S1,T M. Clalrst ille Gazette & 1 ticket. SI.50 O. 8. Journal &. 1 ticket. fcl.SO. DIConnelsvllle llerald & - 1 ticket, - - . $2.00 The Conservative &. 1 tic ket, - - - - $2,00 The JVoble Co. Republi can & 1 ticket, - -S2,00 I furnish no circulars, but U there is any thing connected with this Enterprizethat is not understood, it will be explained eith er personally or by letter. Mouey to come at my risk by mail must be m the shape of post office money orders, drafts or cfiecks, payable to my order or iu r-e:siered letters. Don't send money by th Express Companies, unless tou prepay their I charges. Address all orders to JOIO JJIKCU, jan28,18T0 2m.M'Connelsville. O. INTERESTING TOKGUSEXEEPERS. The subscriber offers to the citizens of M'CONKELSVILLE A!fO TICIXITY, A rare chance to avail themselvesof the un paralleled benefits of VAN SICKLE'S GREATLY IMPROVED A5D CELEBRATED FEATHER DRESSING AD Kcnovallng Machine. PATENTED Jl'XE 11th, 1S6T. The most successful Feather Dresser ever offered to the public, and we venture tha prediction that it never will be excelled, for it proves to be exactly what ali conditions and qualities of Feathers need to render them light, clean and healthy. The clean sing is done entirely by steam. TSo fire comes near the feathers, consequently no possibility of burning, scorching, or other wise injuring them, which is an objection able feature in hot air and firedressingms chines. By this process all mths are des troyed and removed- the Feathers cleans ed, the fibres relieved from their matted positions, giving to bed an astonishing increase in bulk, often more than one half : also removing all disagreeable scent, which is so veiy common to new aa well as old feathers in fact giving, the appearance and essential qualities of new Feathers, and relieving them from all liability to moths, by the removal of the gummy orglutinous matter from the quill In all places where this macbiue hat been introduced, I have been presented with testimonials of the most approved character, from ladies and gentlemen of the first respectability, ex pressive ot tneir entire confidence in this method of renovating Feathers, not only oa account of the present beauty and increas ed comfort they afford, but also on account of the confident belief thev entertain of th durability ot the work. Many of these per sons pek from positive knowledge, hav ing had beds dressed by steam more tha twenty years ago, and they consider the ex pense triflingcompared with the benefits de rived. Ticks of beds dressed, will be wash ed if desired, for 50 cents. One bed only dressed at a time, consequently there will be no mixing of Feathers. psT" Give me your best or poorest, oli or new, provided they are Geese or Duck Feathers, and I will warrant satisfaction or no charge I STATE AXD COUXTY HIGHTS FOR SALE ! Sv Tin celebrated machine is now in operation in. the west end J C. Burckholt er's building. jrcConnelsvIlle, Ohio. Dec 5', 18'j-rmo