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JOSEPH A. XXLLT, EOR'OK AND TBOPKIETOB.
H'COKKLSYlIiUS, OHIO :
FRID.1T, - - Harcn25,lS?0.
PRESIDENT GRANT AND HIS
DUTIES,
The Boston Post announces that
President Grant Las accepted the
invitation oi the citlzofts of Eastern
Connecticut to attend a grand mass
meeting at WooAstoeli Commons, on
the 4lh of July next; in honor of the
passage o! the Fifteenth Amend
ment. The President, in accepting
the invitation, vrh:eh ho aid with
out qualification, EaiJ "ho hopJ
Congress would adjonjn early, so
that he could go to Long Branch in
June." Hero we have the charac- !
ter of the President displayed in a
few words. It is one of case and
inaction. He is longing for the ter
mi nation of his official cares and re
sponsibilities. Ills the pleasure of
:i seaside place that tempts him, and
renders every thing unpleasant un
til it :s realized. We have had no
feach President before. We have
l;ad none thus given to gnyety and
pleasure at the expense o f weigh
ty cares and. important respon
sibilities. Enq.
EDWIN M. STANTON AND ROGER
B. TANEY —A CONTRAST.
In 1S3G, Roecr B. Taney was ap
pointed Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court ef the United States. He
lield the office until 1SC5, when he
died, a period of twcnty-nins years.
Indeed, since the beginning of this
century up to 1SG5, there had been
lut two Chief Justices, John Mar
hhall and Kobcrt B. Taney. The
latter died full of years and honors,
louring his long administration the
laost important political and judi
cial questions wero decided. His
integrity was never disputed. Ho
tiled poor. He left his family dest
itute. He left two daughters, who
l.ow labor as copyists, in Washing
ton, m order to obtain a livelihood.
His bust is not in the vai-ant niche
provided fur the Ex-Saprcmc Court ,
Justices. .
While fucIi ha6 been the treat
ment of an illustrious Chief Judge,1
who sat nearly thirty years upon
the bench, but who disagreed with
the party in power, what are the
honors meted out to Edwin M. Stan
tun, who was appointed an Associ
ate Justice, bu. who never entered
fiio day upon its duties, and never
was even sworu into place? His
family is to receive a year's salary,
i.ilbongh they are not in need of it,
being left in possession of an ample
estate, which has boenrcat!T-add-t
cTto "tylsubocription of individual
friends.
.Mr. Stanton's politics agree with
thoBc of the party in power. Hence
the discrimination in bis favor, and
bence the monstrous injustice in
volved in the treatment of him, as
contrasted with Roger B. Taney,
who was for nearly a third of a cen
tury an ornament of the bench up
on which Stanton never sit. This
is a remarkable instance of parti
Fan unfairness and injustice
Toe Liberian negroes are debat
ing a proposition for the anuexa
I'on of the United Stales to their
IJepullic. The only obstacle they
perceive in the way of the project
is the provision of the Liberia Con
s-t.itot.ion disfranchising whites a
Kuffragc restriction which tho black
Republicans don't like to abandon.
As their friends on this sido of the
water have already surrendered
balf a dozen States to negro domin
ation, and aro moving heaven and
earth to extend that sweet boon ov
er a much broader territory, tho
Liberians do not believe that this
obstacle will prove insurmountas
ble. They entertain a confident
hope that the Radicals, under the
lad f Sumner, Butler, Tilton and
the other white hierophantsof Yon
rfoirism,. will be able :iad willing to
carry a sixteenth amendment.
bringing what is left of our Consti
tution into harmony with that -of
Iiberia. Indeed, they suppose Air.
Kumner will bold that, as treaties,
luly ratified, become part of the sa
preme law, a constitutional amend
ment is not necessary, and that the
needful modification would take ef
fect, ipso facto, on the promulgation
vi the annexation treaty. Tho lat
est advices from Liberia are to a
bout the first of February, and we
await further information from
there, coacerninsr tbfts movement,
with iuUrcst. Eaq.
t- When Airs. Lincoln, wiJow
of the 1 late lamented," gets a pen
piun, or Mrs. Stanton-gets one years'
pav for an office that ber husband
died before bo filled, would it not
be well to repeal the tax on the
band organs that crippled soldiers
gnnl for a living 7
K- General Butler should be
looking alter tho Massachusetts Ko
Klux. Rapes, murders, robberies,
jire thick enough here, if scattered
through the Southern States, to
place half a dozen of them under
military government, according to
the Radical theory. Boston Post.
A Radical Jack Bunsby told
& Connecticut caucus the other day
th.it ' if we do our kdoty and elect
tur man I havo no doubt of the ro-sult."
PARAGRAPHS.
Local and Political.
BY A CONTIBUTOR.
The "Fifteenth Amendment" to
tho Constitution of the United
States giving the negroes tho right
to vole and hold office is upon us.
and imposed upon an unwilling
people Uv fraud and vioienco. We
know of no escape from this dilem
ma. Wer must, therefore, 6uhmit,
for we know of no proceedings that
can bo instituted whereby this great
wrong may be remedied.
This Amendment is intended and
w:ll bring to the polls, exercising
the right oi suffrage, a large class of
persons who are entirely ignorant
of the true principles of our Gov
ernment and careless of the best
interests of the country. In sever
al of the States thoy will be in the
majority, and" in certain localities
they will hold the balance of pow
er, thereby becoming an element
for good or evil in the land. Attbe
polls they will bo controlled in such
a way that universal suffrage will
become inconvenient and somewhat
disgusting even to Republicans.
Radicals M ill 60cn experience a dif
ficulty in engineering this kind of
cattle, when they have the ballot in
their hands. .Negro suffrage is des
tirod to recoil against them with
telling and effective force before
long.
The newly enfranchised have no
interest in tho payment of tho
twenty-five hundred million of that
National Swindle, now and lor
-cars to come, a grievious burthen
upon the industry of the country.
They can be easily induced to join
that grand army of repudiators,
now slowly but 6urely gaining
strength over the whole land, and
wipe out this imposition. The Ra
dicals have enfranchised a set of
men who have no interest in great
monopolies and corporations which
have been brought into existence
by vicious, fraudulent and corrupt
legislation and which art every day
gaining control of the politics of the
Nation, stealing power from the
many and giving it to the.fcw.
They are enfranchising men who
will vote against high tariffs, and
m favor of free trade, against bank
paper and In favor of gold and sil
ver.
Tho Radicals will begin to sec all
this, and will look around fr;r some
remedy and make efforts to get out
of tho 6orape the best way they can.
For a few years to come, in tho
Northern States, the Radicals will
influonce and control the negro
vote, but tho time is not far distant
when they will lose this controlling
infinence. In the Southern States,
tvhere xfcta "new enfranchised ele
ment is more numerous and where
they will have tho power to decide
political questions, the old masters
of the negro raco will, in tho affec
tions of the negro, supercede the
pernicious carpet baggers, noy in
festing tho Southern States and mo
nopolizing all positions of honor
and profit. The danger t-i the Ra
dicals will be, as goes the negro of
the South so will go the negro of
tho north.
Tho Radical then, instead of be
ing the friend of tho negro, will be
com his bitter enemy, and their
first resort will ba an educational
qualification for the exercise of suf
frage, or they may becomo the ad
vocates of a property qualification
at any rate, the negro must bo
got rid of, for they will have be
come sick of this thing called uni
vetsal suffrage it will not work as
the expected, but to their great
disadvantage
A hap, whom wo 6uspect to be a
political Pensioner upon Uncle
Sam's Treasury, writes tho Herald
from Washington, over the sign of
'OI.'
Perhaps none others but the edi
tor of the Herald, tho eorapos'rlor
in the office, and ourselves havo had
tho courage to read through this
truly loyal and. intensely Radical
effort. The communication is not
intended to enlighten, the people
hereabouts, it is for the eyes and
cars of those located in another ma-
ridian. A few copies ofthepnper
containing tho effusion will be judi
ciously distributed through the va
rious departments at Washington
and handed to leading Radicals
with tho compliments of tho auth
or.
"II." eeems to bo greatly drstress
cd at the prevailing opinion that
Grant's Administration is a failure
and, after a thorough trial, no grea
shucks. He, therefore, comprehend
the situation and comes to the rescue
and throuzh the colunis of an obscure
newspaper, printed in the llnral Dis
trict, labors in a 6ycophantical way to
prop up the Administration recently
inaugurated into existance by the ma
nager of the Great Grant Gift Enter
prise. "11." having no gift to- bestow, not
even a bull pupror that other desira
ble piece of property, a good race horse,
he rushes to the defense of Grant and
his cabinet through the Herald, hop
ing and expecting that bis mighty eff
ort will reach the eyes of the powers
that be, and by this means bring him
into exalted faror and secure to him
self whatever place or position he may
seek.
We take it, from the too of his
communication, that "II." is one of
those beings who, time out of mind,
has infested Washington, and by some
called "hangers on," "toad caters,")
one who comes and goes at the nod of
his superiors, and, in fact, an obscure
fiddler, plated in the Lack ground of
the political orchestra at Washington,
and one who can change his political
vestments at the twinkling of an eye,
that thrift may follow fawning. No
Administration, or those having pat
ronage to bestow, can change with
more alacrity than he I
"Shoo Fly, don't bodder me" Revels,
the negro Senator from the State of
Mississippi, is very much annoyed by
white flunkeys who infe6t the Capitol
buildings at Washington.
Revels has issued orders to the door
keepers not to bring to hiin any more
of their cards "Ue is engaged," or
"not at home."
The State he in fact represents, has
been unrepresented in Congress for
near about ten years; business has,
therefore, accumulated, so that all the
time of the colored Senator is neces
sarily monopolized in attention to the
the interests of his immediate constit
uents. These admireis and eyeho
phants who dog the footsteps of the
Honorable Senator should at least have
the manners of a well-bred darkey,
and no longer "bodder" hint.
The voters of the county will be cabl
ed upon to vote for or agaiust Pikes, at
the Spring election, held on the 4th of
April next.
This is an important question to the
overburthened tax payers of this coun
ty. If you tax payers think you can
stand the payment of an annual Turn
rike tax, in addition to the present
and prospective taxes, go to the polls
and vot for "Turn Pike Tax." But,
on the contrary, if you know that you
cannot bear the increased burthen
conteniplated,.go to the polls and vote
against the project and urge upon your
neighbors to do likewise.
Hereabouts, in the vicinity of the
County Seat, where tho contemplated
ikes, at least six in number, will have
their starting point, the vote will be
arge in favor of the proposed scheme.
After many years and a large expendi
ture of money, the roads may be con
structed to the "county lines. It will,
however, require much time and the
expenditure of a vast sum of money
before the extreme point will realize
any considerable benefit from the con
struction of Pikes.
We feel somewhat more indifferent
upon this Pike question, at the pres
ent, than we did last fail, when it was
a more practical question to the mass
of the tax payers. Last fall, at the
lection, they, the Anti-Pikers, had the
opportunity to put a quietus to this
Pike question. They had the gamo
all in their own hands, but with some
men whom we might name, and who
started out uncompromising Anti-Pi
kers, and made a great fuss and noise
about what they intended to do in the
premises, fizz'ed out, and became very
weak in the back-and knees profess
ing the interest of party, and went
back, like the dog, to his vomit, and
the sow to her wallow. These suspect
ing politicians thought the interest of
the negro more important than the
Pike question, and they went to the
polls and voted for men who were
pledged to Pikes, and by their support
to a party ticket, assisted in putting
in place men who were known tote
notorious Pikers. Now, at this day,
the poor, deluded creatures of both po
litical parties find the Pike question
unsettled and presented to them in
suck a form they must, for their own
salvation, act, and that, too, promptly
and in concert, or go to the wal'. A
majority vote now in Morgan county,
in favor of a Turn Pike Road Tax, set
tles the question.
THE BOND SWINDLE.
We find the following succinct and
clearly stated view of the bond ques
tion in the New Hampshire States and
Union. It is the truth summed up in
a nut shell :
We know a man and there are
thousands of just Euch cases who, in
1S62. had $1000 in gold. He sold it
for $2400 in greenbacks, in 1863. With
these greenbacks he bought $2100 in
bonds. These bonds, of course, cost
him just $1000 in gold. For seven
years he has drawn six per cent, annu-
al'y, also in gold, on the face of his
bonds. Six per cent , simple interest,
on $2400, is $144 per annum. For the
seven years it has amounted to $1008,
or eight dollars more than he invested
in the first place, reckoning only sim
ple interest. Now, the Grant-Boutwell
dynasty says, pay him the face of his
Londa in gold, or, in other words, pay
him $2400 in gold for what cost $1000.
So now, at the end of 6even years, he
receives : Principal, $2400; interest
S10C8 total, $3408 in gold, for what
cost him only $1000. Its a net profit of
more than 240 per cent, la that jas
tice ? Is that right ?
THE TARIFF IN CONGRESS.
The Washington correspondent
of the Iew York Times (Republi
can) bays the "status of the Tariff
Bill id U-i7jres8 is very peculiar,
and 19 pregnant wi'.h danger to
commercial prosperity and the Re
publican parly ;" and that "unless
public sentiment should tpcedilv
make itself ft, coercing Congress
into action-, there is great danger
that tho session will go by without
any action whatever ou tbisimpor
tant qaestion." We are further in
formed that "there is a very geter
a! conviction that affirmative ac
tion must be had or the party suff
er heavy losses at the next elec
tion." We quote bim further in
this connection :
"One Western member of Con
gress, whoso majority at tho last
election wis over six thousand, re
marked the other day, that unless
the tariff was revUed and roiref
given to tho people by such action,
ho did not' believe a Republican
candidate could carry his district
next falL -There are others who do
not hesitate to predict the loss to
the Republicans of the next House
jf Rt-prcscntatives unless action is
taken on the tariff question which
shall satisfy, to some degree, tho
public sentiment which has been
aroused on tho subject."
From this Congress wo havo no
right to exptct any relief, nor can
it be obtained until the Republican
party is expelled from power. The
Lords of the Loom and the Spindle
in Now England, and the Iron
Kings of Pennsylvania, bavo al
ways ruled that organization, and
will continue to do bo. The West
ern Republican Representatives, it
is truo, are occasionally restive and
declaim against thorn, but it is not
from any principle tbefr onlj mo
tive being a fear that otherwise
they will lose their seats and be
beaten at the election. It is all fob
ly to make any free trade move
mentto attempt to remove the
odious restrictions upon commerce,
which are now such a burthen to
the people, unless it is done thro'
and by the Democratic party. The
free trade Republicans who are re
ally n earnest will havo to support
the Democratic candidates or forego
all chance of ever getting rid of
this obnoxious tarifi. Enq.
INCREASE OF TAXES.
The Ohio Legislature has authorized
an increase of half a mill on the grand
levy for State purposes for the year
1870, making the aggregate levy four
mills on the dollar. Last year it was
three and a half mills. - This wi'l in
crease the taxes of the people of the
State fully six hundred thousand dol
lars for State purposes alone. What
now becomes of Radical promises so
freely made last fall, of economy and
reform ? The Radical Legislature of
1S70 requires more to carry on the
Government by several hundred thou
sand dollars than the Democratic Leg
islature of 1869. against which such a
hue and cry was raised, for its alleged
extravagance and waste of the people's
money, by the Radical press and spea
kers. The first fruit of the Radical
victory last fall, is an increase of taxes
over last year of six hundred thousand
dollars, so that the pledges of the Rad-
cal party to the people have turned
out like "sounding brass." and the
romised economy and reduction of
taxes are not likely to bo realized by
the tax payers. Ohio Eagle.
A STATE DINNER AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
Washington Correspondence of the Philadelphia
Press.
TnE "State dining room," at the
White House, is a handsoma apart
ment. A long tabic, rounded pt the
ends, extends through the middle
6f it at which thirty-six tan be
comfortably seated. There is plenty
of room besides, for the servants to
perform their duties admirably.
Xew mirrors and chandeliers have
been adfed since the administra
tion of President Grant, but the
carpets, upholstering, and papering
have descended from the Johnson
regime. The exquisite taste oi aiar
tha Patterson is seen on the dainti
ly tinted wafU, the figures of the
carpet 60 nicely adjusted to the
sizo of tbo room, the dark green 6a
tin damask aLthe windows, and the
quaint chairs, under ber snpervis
ion arranged to match. A clock,
as ancient as th days of Madison
adorns one of the marble mantles,
whilst a pair of hydraheaded can
dlesticks, grim with age, descended
from nobodv know whose brief
reign, grace the other. With the
exception of a pair of modern ma
hogany sideboards, the furniture
seems to have belonged to the eras
of Washington acd Jefferson, it is
so solid and sombre. The White
nouse was modeled after the pal
ace of tho Duke of Leinster, and
the state dining room, more than
any other part of the building, is
suggestive of a baronial hall. But
if there is one thing more than an
other from which tho state dining
room suffers, it is from a dearth of
silver. "Steward Jlclah," the silv-e'-voicod
Italian whom Govern
ment employs to look after this
part of its business, actually wrings
his hands with terror and dismay
when he seta' the tablo for state
occasions.
A rare work of art adorns tho
long table in the state dining room.
It is sevoral feet long, and, perhaps,
two feet wido. and is composed of
gilt and looking glass. Tho found
ation is a long: mirror, and this is
beached by a perpendicular shore
three iaches in hsight, but of no ap
preciable thickness. Littlo fern.
liko upheavings may bo seen rising
out of tho tawdry gilt At equal dis
tances apart, and these aro used as
receptacles for natural flowers.
Batr lest the guests should look in
to this mirror, and see each other
facetiously reflected, at moments,
too, when tne mocth assumes any
thing but poatie proportions, large
vases of flowers are strewn on its
glassy surface, and the mischief of
the mirror is nipped in the bud.
The ornament is not mere orna
mental : it is useful. It answers
Che very purpose to help out a so
cial ambuecade, for it can be bo ar
ranged aa to hide the President
from any guest from whose pre6-
ser.co he is suffering, whether said
person comes under the head of co
rny or friend. .
Cenversation at a state dinner
can not be general. Each guest
must depend upon his own neigh
borhood. The quality of the con
versation eepends entirely upon the
kind of people who manufacture it.
Mike Walsh terrified Mrs. Frank
lin Puree at a state dinner by talk
ing about hia ,"goiig a fishii.g, on
Sunday." A modern Congressman
filled up the official lime between
each mouthful by telling his next
lady neighbor tho exact things
which his palate craved.
He didn't like Trench dishes,'
but he was 'fond of pork and beans
as well as ice cream and canned
peaches.' Xo doubt the word 'Jen
kins' will be flung at your corres
pondent for fbese social criticisms ;
but gentlemen is the highest term
which can be applied to a politiehn,
snd the pt-ople havo just as much
right to a description of an fficml
djnner as any other public event,
especially when the Government
emp!oyes a public functionary in
the person of Stewart Melah to sec
the dignity of tho nation carried to
the perfection point.
Onco upon a time, an sccomplish
.ed young American woman had the
honor to dine with the Czar of all
tho Russias. Dnnng the royal en
tertainment a plate of delicious
grapes was passed around. It is
true the young lady saw the gold-n
knife which rested on tho side of
the basket, but as the fruit came to
her first 6he bad no way of learn
ing its use j so sho did just n3 she
would have dono in America she
reached out ber dainty fingers and
lifted from the dish a whole stem of
grapes. What was her constcrrn
tion to see the next pcrscn, as well
as all the other guests, take the
golden knife and sever a single
grape each, and transfer it to their
plates. Had a young Russian lady
in this country helped hereolf to a
whole chicken the error would
have boen the same. It is true the
young woman committed no crime,
but her feelings and those of her
friends would have been spared
had she learned tho etiquette of
royal tables before fche becaxio- an
Empeior'a guest.
It is the evening of the Presi
dent's state dinner. Tho guests are
not only inviUd, but expected to be
punctually in their places at 7 o'
clock p. m. President and Mrs.
Grant aro nlready in tho Red Room
awaiting the company. The ladies
have disrobed themselves of outer
wrappings, and, like graceful swans,
they sail slowly into the presence.
Mrs. Grant is in loll evening dress
jewelry, lacus and all the et tele-
ras to match. Her lady guests are
attired as handsomely as herself,
and the gentlemen are expected to
wear black, swallow tailcoats and
white neckties.
President Grant leads the way
with the wife of the oldest Senator
present on hia arm not the oldest
Secator m years, but one who has
enjoyed the longest term of office.
The President a followed by the
other guests, whilst Mrs. Grant, as
sisted by the husband of the wo
man wiio honors the President by
her exclusive attention, brings up
the rear, and after a slight confus
ion the guests arc mostcomfortablj
sealed.
The ambrosial soap is followed
by a French coquet of meit. Four
admirably trained servants remove
the plates between each course, and
their motions are as perfect as clock
work. The servants aro clad in
garments of faultless cut, which
serves to heighten to the last de
gree thoir sable complexions.
White kii gloves add the finishing
touch to this part of ?ho entertain
mcnt. The third "course" of tho
dinner is composed of a fillet of
beef, flanked on each 6ide by pota
toes the size of a walnut, with plen
ty of musbroorad to keep them com
pany. Tho next course is dainty in
thoexlrrmo. It is mado up entire
ly of tho lucioud legs of partridges.
It will readily be seen that a full
description of the twenty-nine
courses would bo altogether too
much for tho healthy columns of a
newspaper to bear, so we pass to
the dessert, ' not omitting to 6iy
that the -meridian or noon of the
feast is marked by tbc giicsts being
served bountifully with frozen
punch. As a general rule wine is
served about every third course.
Six wine glasses of different sizes
and a 6mall bouquet of flowers arc
placed before each guest at the be
ginning. Tho dessert is inaugurated by
the destruction of a rice pudding,
but not tho kind which prompts tho
little boy to run away to the North
Pole becauso bis "mother would
have rice pudding for dinner."
After the rico pudding, canned
peaches, pears, and quinces are
served. Then follow confectionary,
nuts, ice cream, coffee and choco
late, and with these warm SDOlhing,
drinks the Presidential entertain
ment comes to an end, the host and
his guests repair to tho Red Room,
and after fifteen rainulos spent in
conversation the actors in a state
dinner rapidly disappear.
EX-GOVERNOR SEYMOUR OF
NEW YORK. ON THE MEN
OF OTHER DAYS.
j
.
F.xGovernor Horatio Seymour,
of ew York, delivered a lecture
before his neighbors at Utica, on
Thursda the 10th mtant, por
tions of which are published. The
Subject selected, "Recollections of
Public men," together with the rep
utation of the speaker, brought to
gether a largo audience, and the
tccturo was listened to with close
attention. A synopsis of the lec
ture is thus given :
Gov. Seymour introduced his sub
ject by referring to the remarkable
body of men, who forty years ago
assembled in the halfe of Congress,
and occupied prominent places be
foro the American Republic. These
wero men who lived during years
marked by remarkable events, who
had been schooled in oratory and
had profited by the 6tudy of emin
ent masters of elocution. The hab
its of tho people at that time were
such that the utterances ol public
men made a deep impression, and
their course was closely watched
and keenly criticised. Of his pers
onal recollections of soce of the
eminent men of that age, Mr. Sey
mour proposed to fpeak. John
Randolph he characterized as the
sensational man of his day ; a man
of strange appearance, a strong
mind and keen wit; in fac and
dress somewhat reminding one of
an old woman. Alexander Stevens
of Georgia, bears a resemblance to
Randolph. In disposition, Ran
dolph was sharp, shrewd, impa
tient and disposed to be malig
nant. Mr. Seymour met John Quincy
Adams at Washington, and at his
reridence met Henry Clay. Adams
he described as a small man with a
frigid, uninviting, formal rcannor.
Thii rcsoive he attributed to the
enrly as.-ociations thrown around
Adama in bis youth, when his na
tive New England ws governed by
a system of mutual inspection.
Clay was, on the contrary, genial
and winning in his manner and ad
dress. In private life Mr. Adams
possessed ability to interest from
his vast fund of personal observa
tion, and in a great measure cast
aside his reserve. He was a man
of great strength of wili; thorough
ly in love with public life, and de
termined to die with his hariuss
on.
General Jackson was a tall, erert,
commanding man, with much of
the military chieftain in his np
pcarnce, strong-willed, and per
haps possessed of a quick temper,
but holding his temper wel! under
control. No man of his time could
got mad so judiciously. He was a
good judge of human nature, and
always knew his man before losing
temper. Uneducated himself, and
surrounded by able and disciplined
minds, he always did his own
thinking, and to the last moment
of his life exercised gTeat control
over the public mind. To this day
public men are advised to "do an
Jackson, did."
Ia perscm, John C. Calhoun was
not unlike Jackson, except that
Calhoun possessed wonderful eyes.
n bjid a keen insight into tho fu
ture, and was a prophet rather than
a consyirattr. In ppeaking he de
pended entirely upon his reason
ing powers. Tho first word of ni
speech was the first word of his ar
gument, and the last word of his
argument was tho la3t word of hia
speech. He possessed no faculty of
judging character, but fascinated
by his straighforward, frank way
with hia fellow men.
Between Clay, Jackson and Cal
houn resemblance was wonder
f al. It wa3 because Clay and Jack-
eon were so ranch alike that they
hated each other as they did. Clay
possessed a rich voice, musical even
to his enemies. He was chivalrous
and patriotic ; by nature apoliti
cian as well as a statesman.
Webblerwaj characterized r.s the
greatest, and yet the weakest of
them all. By naturn intended for
a writer and a student, and yet
great man, great wherever placed.
The triumphs for which he is re
membered are literary triumphs.
In conclusion, the speaker be
lieved that the average American
intellect was improving, but divert
ed from the channel where theso
men sought renown. Then, too,
men to bo heard must be in earn
est. These men wero swayed by
6trong passion ; they believed in
the wickedness of their enemies.
Now men aro fiercely attacked, but
the accusers are not credited, and
we hardly dare assail a political
man, for we know not how soon we
may fcecirlled cpon to affiliate with
him in party measures.
tgU An Eastern cotemporary has
been at the trouble ef analyzing the
"ratification" of the Fifteenth Amend
ment, and finds that the abomination
has received the sanction of nineteen
States, six military districts, and three
Major Generals making twenty-eight
in all. The accuracy of this analysis
indisputable ; and it will be well to
keep it in mind. The time ia coming
when theso farces of the Reconstruct
tion Variety Show at Washington will
be held in no higher respect by the A
merican people than the can-can inde
cencies of a free concert rum mill
Cin. Eni-
,
Mr. Sumner observed to some of the
leading members of the Woman's Suf
frage Convention, in Washington, that
he never yet declared for or against
women suffrage. "I know you have
not." said Hint Anth
watched you as a cat watches a sly
mouse "
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We hare now In stock the larjrett and
most vxcellent asortmet of Wall Paper
ami Window Shades erer fcjoosht to Me
OancUrillp, and ara determined to ftell tha
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inducement for everybody to purchase their
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In greater variety and larger stoci than
heretofore elegnnt paltercs, choice Goods,
and fair prices. Our Cloth Shades are very
hnndgome, is Green, En J, Pearl, Brown and
other desirable colors, and elegamtlr figur
ed. We have a splendid article of Oilcloth-
Green and Luff American and Eng
lih Holland., and a larger tock of IVindoto
Paper, plain and figured, than ever before.
Also, WI5DOW FIXTl'ttES,
Of the most improved kind, snd so simple in
construction and working, that everybody
that have used them will have no ether.
Oar Stock of
Picture Cord,
Curtain Cord,
Taseol3.
Transom Taper, te.,
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Dealers in
HARDWARE, B0USE-FURK1SH1NG
GOODS,
FApSSIMfliMEHTS,&C.aC.
SPECIAL ATTENTION
Given to the
Farming Implement
BTachinery Trade.
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SOLE AGEXTS
ia this locality for the sale of the
Celebrated
C JrT .A. jSI P ION
Mowers & Heapcrs,
"W O ELD
Mower & Reaper,
and the
RUSSELL
Mower & Reaper,
MAmrrrsins or
Cook & Heating Stoves,
and odd pieces of all the varieties of Cook
Stoves in tha country ; 11 kinds of Thresh
ing Machine Casting : also- Salt Kettles,
and Salt Flanges, Sugar Kettles, Pots, Grid
dles, Skillets, about twenty diS'erent pat
ernsofriow Points, Machine Casting for
Steamboats, Saw Mills, Salt Works, Mow
ers and Reapers; also- Caal Iron Vhiingey
Tops, Window Caps, Cellar Window Grat
ings, and also Cast lion. Legs for School
house Cesk3 and Seats.
Tiivwarc.
ITave constantly on hand, manufactured to
their order, all manner of Tin -ware, Stove
Trimmings, 4c.
Blacksmitliing
Manufacturers of Water Tweers, Mandrills,
Swedges, 4c, for Blacksmiths;
Remember the Place :
Soth-west Side of the Puhlic Sqi?;.
M COXSELSVILLE, n.
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CASH PRICE LIST OF GROCERIES ! !
S&.COKRECTED WEEKLY -&
$1
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GROCERIES
TO BE SOLDI
REGARDLESS OF EVERYTHING,
EXCEPT
THE MONEY.
L00KATTIJEPHICES.
COFFEE.
Best Rio Coffee, 4 ponnda for - tl CO
Prime Rio Coffee, 4 1-2 lbs. for 11 GO
Good RioCoffeee.Mbs for ?1 CO
Government Java, per pound, 30
Roasted Coffee per pound, 25
SUGAR.
9 lbs. Good N. Orleans Sugar for $1 00
8 lbs. Fair N. O. Sugar, for $1 00
7 1-aiba. Choice N.Orleans Sugar, 11 00
7 lbs. choice Demarara, 81 00
7 lbs. Best White N. O. Sugar for 11 CO
6 lbs. Crushed Sugar for $1 00
8 lbs. Tulreriied White Sugar for $1 CO
3i. All ether kinds in proportion.
IE AS .
Best Youog llyson. sold all OTer
the country for $1 per lb. tl 50
Extra Young Hyson,
Good Young nyson,
Best Black Tea,
tl 35
tl 20
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MOLASSES
Fine Quality of Syrup, per gal., $1 CO
New Orleans Molasses per gal., 8(
Sorghum Molasses, per gal., 50
TOBACCO.
Vent nichmond IilackXa-
iy round, pcrlh. 8
Best Ulclimond Black Ifa-
vy, halves & qrs. per lb. SO
Extra Richmond blk. IV a-
vy, halves & qrs. per lb. T5
Good Richmond blk. Jfa-
vy, halves & qrs. per lb. CO
CpldenVlakeperlb. $1 OO
Itest bright fives per lb. &5
Bright Xavy per lb. SO
Louisville and Kentucky
brands, good, sound and war
ranted, sold In proportion
with the above prices.
LIQUORS.
tlrure Rye, Bourbon, & Corn "Whis
kies : Pale and French Brandies ; Hol
land Gin ; Ture Imported Port Wine;
Blackberry Brandy ;Cherry Wine, Ac ,
which we warrant equal, if not super
ior, to any sold in the- market; and
which we se I for Medical purposes,
and only in strict accordance with the
S ate Liquor Laws.
SUNDRIES.
Carbon Oil per gal, 35
rure English Soda, 12 lie. for tl CO
Sifted Tepper IGrainJ per lb., 40
Cod Fish per !Vr 10
Best quality of Brooms each, 30
Five two-pound can Tomatoes, 1 00
Four two-pouud can Peaches, 1 CO
12 lbs. Carolina Rice for 1 00
Harris Sugar Cured Dried Beef,
per lb., 25
One doien of 5o. 1 XXX Flint
Glass Chimneys for 1 CO
English Currants, 5 lbc. for 1 00
Cranberries per quart, 10
IS bars Star Soap for 100
20 bar3 Rosin Soap- for 1 00
ALL GOOD 5 SOLD ARE
AVARRANTED ! !
Or the money refunded.
8yCash paid for Butter, Egp, and all
kinds of Produce Everybo
dy is invited to call.
POSITIVELY NO GOODS SOLD
ii Credit!
DON' T FORG ET THE TL ACE,
D. II. M0HTLEY & CO.,
CENTER STREET.
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