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! I BUM EKLY TJSLEG JLUJLU ASHTA uiw in vv By JAMES RI5ED. VOLUME XXII1-NO. 25. ASHTABULA, Independent in all things. OHIO, SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1872. S3 in A.J vance. WHOLE NUMBER fin.1IJ OP SUBSCRIPTION! Two Dollar pr annnm paid strictly In drinc. 9ngjmn VIII b uppllod with tha papor for H '' . . ADVKRTUntl HATRSt Twalra ltntia or less of Nonpareil miike a tqnara, On square t week,$ til Onssqiisrst wks.. 1 60 Ons nara mm, . (Ml On square A mat., 5 OK 0qtivel roor,. 8 00 twnsqnares"mn.t B 00 Two aqimrcii (I mos. It 00 Two squares 1 your, U 00 foursquares I jroar 15 00 Half column 1 year, 55 00 BliilMiuim not ovor five linns per roar fl 00 Oiltnarv Hotter not of irnnnrnl lntirt hslf rotee. Loeal .Notices Ten Cunt. line for ceoh Incertion. JOB PHINTINn f Tefy leeerlpdan attended to on cell, end done In t most tasteful manner. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. LIVKHY STABLES. WILl.. HOW1TIAN, proprietor of T.lvery Stsbla New Horses, CHrrlwf'S. llohes eVc. Ilnrsos kept by the dey or week. timnlhns to em! from nil trnlns. Sunt oppoeite Fiek Homo, Aslitnbula, O. 1103 PHYSICIANS. P. fnifKRn, M. !., r-slrlMire on Chnrch Street. North of the South Pnrk. Office in Wraith's New Block, opposite the Fisk llmtse. 1191) DB, F. KIG, Physician end Snnreon. office orer Hendry Klnir's itura, residence near St.Peter'e Church. AehtnlmlR.. O . 101 S B. ITIO, HI. !. llomooptthle Vhvslrian and Surgeon. Snwoimr to IIh. VN NOItMN. Ofllce ee-ne formerly No. 1 Miln Strict. A-lioilinln. Ohio. OfHee hoars from 7 to 0 A. M : Ito P. M., and even lng. May be found at the ofllce at nlu'ht. 1157 R. K.miCS, would Inform ln friends, and the pntVic eon trail y thut he may he found at his residence on Park Street, ready to attend lo all prof'-sslonal calls. OUco hours, from 11 to S P. M. Aahtahnla O. May It. TfiflS KH3 ATTORNEYS AND AGENTS. RVIM.F. A. ROCKWKI.I,. Notary Puhllc. Arent for the pale and ptirrhase of ileal K-ttate. Con vesanoer and Collector. Office at residence. Klncs- Wile, Ohio. 1I5B flRR! A1V, II AM., A; SIIKIt II AN, Attor. ners and Counselors at. L aw. Alituitiilii, Ohio, will uractieeln thnCourteof Aalitabala. Takeand neanga. Lisas S. Snsnx an. Theodore Haii.. J. U Hnr.nMAW. 1013 SOW llID II. PITCH, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Notary Puhllc. A-hUlmln. Ohio. Special at tention given to the Settlement of Rotates, and to Con avanolnir and flollectlnir. Also to all matters arling under the llankriipf I,aw. 1045 I. i PISHF.R, -Tn'lce of thi Posca and Ae-nt for the Hartford. Sun. A Franklin Fire Tnurdic.e Conipn nles. Ofllce In the atom of 0fiby & Wutherwax, on Main Btrcot. Oppoeite thu I'islt Home, Aahtahnla. Ohlnj. 1111 HRNRV FASSRTT. Aient Home Innnranre Com pany. or New York (Capital. S,ouo.iii. and of Charter Oak I.lfo Inumnce Comnanv. of Hartford, t't. AIko, attends to writlns of Dcuils, Wllla, Ac. 1043 J. K GOAKf Attorney and Cunntti-llor nt Law and Notary Puhtic. al-o Itctil Kstate Airent, Muln street, over Morrlnon & Tleknor'e etorc. Aahtahnla. O. 040 rfui.?s ntuvrii, at Lw. Ahlnbnlt, Ohin Attorney and Conn ellor 1ii!K HOTELS. VIHK HOITSK, Ashtabula, Ohio. A. Field. Propri etor. An Omulliue ruumng to and from every train of car. Aho, a irood lircry-atahlo ketit In co'iincctton with this ouae, to convoy pneaongors to any point. 1005 AWT.IM'I.A JIOI'SF-n. O. Wabminoton, Prop Main St. Ahtnluln. oltl-i. Lnrce Public Hull, iron.l Livery, and Omnlliuti to nnd from thodepot. 1045 MERCHANTS, OftORftK II A 1. 1., n-talenn Pinno-Fortea. and Me lodeona. Piano toola. Cover, Instruction Uooka. etc. Depot Public Kquaro. Cleveland, Ohio. 1043 tYLRR IIAIILIUF., malcra In Fancy and 5ile Dry Goods, Family Qroccrlee, & Crockery, South ore, Clarendon Block, Aahtu'nula, OUio. 1CU5 K, II. GILKEI, Dealer in Dry-Ooods, Oroccrto. r!o. Croukt'ry and (Jlaas-Warc, next door north of rik Iloit.a. Mli) ittrcet. Ahtnhula Ohio. 1043 J. ftl. PAVI.KMVR Ac St, dealers in Oro r Ins, I'nivlsUins. Flour. Feed. Foreign and Dou t le Fruits. Salt, FlKh. I'ln-ttr, Water Lime, Sccil.", c. Main Street. Aalitahnla. Ohio. V I W. l(RDHK.tD,Merln Flour, Pork, Hams, liirtl, and all kinds of Fieh. 'Alo, all kinds of Family iio rerlea, FruiU unj Confectionery, Ale and Doivistlc Wlhfs, 1015 M. P. HOHKHTMOItf & Soil, Dealer in every de scription of lioota, Shocti, lints a Caps, Also, on hand Hlojk -f Choice Family Owceiies, Muiu street, aatof Ccn're. Ashlahtila, O. MO O. W. HASKKLL. Corner Sprinc; and Main strusts, Aslitahulii. Oiiln, Dculers iu Dry-Goods, Oro oriea. Crockery, &.C., ale. ItKIJ 0. W. TIASKKLL. WEI.LS Sc HIrTII. Wholesale and Itotall Dcslors ill Weituiii Il'isurvo Butter and Checeo, Dried Fruit, T'lour, and Oroceries. Orders rxectt'ullv sollilted, tilled at thelnweJt cishcont. A'litiihnla. t'lhto. 10(15 II. L, NOUIIIXWN, Dealer tu Dry-Ooods, Unwe les, llooTs Shoes, lima, dps, lUrdA'ure, Crockery, Hiaikt, Paints, uils, Jcc, Asut ilmlu. O. Slit) CLOTII1EUS. EDW5H !(. llliR'Ul)aulers in Clothinir, Hats, . Caps, and Penis' FurnUhlni; tloods. Ashtahnla. U. 6S4 W AITE & S I I, I,, Wholesalo and Retail Dealers In Heady Made Clothing, FumUhing Goods, JialStCaua, ic. Ashulmla. U'.iO DRUGGISTS. Htliri MK iVBICItil V, 1' 'l,'-it. and Apotho-.eai-y. aad tranaral d'l.iter in Dvtts, Medicines, Wines . ana Llqit'trs for Medical pnrp ises. Fancy and Toilet Goods, .Hilii Street, corner f.rCeuire, Aslitahuln. CHAUXU ii. S '.VIKr-Aslmliiila. Ohio. Dealer lu Drills and Medicines. Groceries. Perfumery and w Ksney Articles, superior Teas, Coll'ee, tiiiues. Flavor - lii'i Kstracts, Patent Medicines of every description. Paints, Dyes, Varnishes, Hrushus. Fancy Soaps, Hiiir Ksatorallvsa, Uair Oils, Jtc, all of which will be sold at ine lowest prices. Prescriptions prepared wltti suit able cam. M.ir OKftHUIi WILl. Altn, Dealer in Dry-Goods, Oro ceries. Hals. Cans, boots. Shoes. Crockery. Glass-Ware Alao, Wholesale airj Hetail Dealer tu Hardware, Sad dlery, Nails, Iron, Steel, Drugs, Medlclues, Paints. Oils, Dyestutts, ic., Maiu street, Ashtabula. 1US HARNESS MAKER. W. II.. WILLI A UHON. Saddlor and Harness Ma. lLer,uppoalle Fiak Block, Muiu street, Ashtabula, Ohio, -xas on hand, and makes to order, lu ue best manner, ' srsrvlhlmr In his line. KKI.S 9m POIIU. Mnnufactiirers and Deulera In Sail dies, Harness. Undies. Collars, Trunks, Whips, etc., oppotue risk House, Asntuouia. utuo. iuii MAN UFACTURERS. Q.C.rULlUV, Manufacturer of Lath, Bldins, Mould .iMs, Cheese Boxes. Jto. Plauiugf, MatvhiuK.sudScrowl ' tiawiug, done ou the shortest notice. Shop on Main , . street, opposite the Upper Park, Ashtabula, Ohfo, 440 ICVMOUU, liiniMNUal c CO., Manufactnrera of Doors. S.isb, Bill, Is, lluvel Sidlni;, Flooring. Fenc ing. Moldings, vcro!) " jrk; Vuinlux. ' Also, Joo 'lers and Huild "rs, Dealeis iu Lnmoer, Lath and Shin flee, at the Planiux Mill, corner of Maiu atruet and cnion alley. Asntanuia, uuio. WMi 8 KViiOi.it. A.C.JGIDDING8 P.M. STRONG. i(i-tf ' SRI LB sb BIO., Manufacturora and Dealers lb an ainue of iutiner in gcuerai ueiuana in mis market, lllKhesscash price paid for Hide and Hklne, iniTII Pufexf'II, M iuufactururs and Dealers In tl klvd ut Leather lu demand 4a this market. aanyhoauUur'a Kindlons. He l ulo engaged In the rsnufaeture of Harness, of tho light and ualeful, as all ae the more substantial kluds, opposite Phoenix . Foundry, Ashtabula. , K70 HARDWARE, &a. OROItB tt WKTIIKR W AX. dealers in Sieves Tin ware. Hollow Ware, shelf Hurdward, Glass Ware, Ivampa ana .amp-1 rimmimrs, fetroieum. etc., eic .'nneslte the Flk House AshUhnla. Dill Also, a full suck of Paints, Oils, Van lahea, Ilrnshee, ere. iiii GKOBUK C. Hl'BBAUD, Dealer In Hardware Iron. Hluel and Nsllc. Stoves. Till Plate. Sheet Iron CoiiDer and Zinc, and Manufacturer of Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware, Flsk s Block, Ashtabula, Ohio, low a ' JEWELERS. O. W. IMCKIN40N, Jeweler. Repairing of all Kin is or watch"., uioeks, ana Jewelry, more in aio tabula House Block. A'htabula. Ohioj m m A Dnkvs, Tl I i il I-. UT.t.k.. .l.ia.l n. eter Euursvlnn. Meadlns and Repairing done to order. 8hnp on Main street. Conneaut, Ohio. 858 JIMB5 K. ITRBBI51. Dealer In Watcbea, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plait d Ware, Ae. Ra- . fairing of all kinds donewell, and all orders promptly aie;oea tsv. stain straet, asniaoojs, v. 4is CABINET WAKE, JOHN DfirilO, Maniifarturer of, and Dealer In Furniture of the beet descriptions, aud evory variety. Al-o General Undertaker, and Manufacturer of Oofflos to order. - Main street, North ol Booth Public Square, Aahtahnla. 4H1 J. M. TIKACH, Mannlactnrer and Dealer In First Class Fnrnltrue. Also, General Undertaker. 1185 DENTISTS. P. R. II ALL, Dentist. Aahtahnla. O. Office ("enter street, hetween Vuln and Park. 1048 rjmti. XV. Mil.SOV, DentUt. Ahtshnla. o.. Tvsv? ylaita Conneaut, Wednesday and Thu dny of each week. nun W. T. WALL ATI?, n, I. H. Kl"i?vllle. o.ls pre- eiren io niiciri to en oteraT'on in nis proreseion. le mnkp, a pcrl:illty of "Oral Surgery" und saving the natural teeth. Iiofl FOUNDRIES. IKVnnril, 5-rKo5in Ac mPHOII V, Vnnufar. inrers Mtoves. now, nnn i.ninirnF, innow ' aos ana Sills. Mill Castings. Kettles. Sinks, Sleigh Shoes. Ac. PhoHlxJFonnilrT. AMitahuls. Ohio. 1001 WIW. . JFri, Malleable erd Orer Inn Found er, and mannrsetnrer of Trunk IWd-are. 75. 77. 75 and 51 Central Avenue, (Formerly Ncsbtt Street,) Newark. N. .1. 11?1 PHOTOGRAPHERS. Fit I'D. W. RI.AKF.KLF.F., Photographer am dealer In Picture, pneruviugt, (ihromos, Ac. having a large supply of Mouldings of various descriptions, is prepared to frame any thing In the pieture line, at short notice and In the best stvle. Second floor of the Hull store, Snd door South of Dank Matin street. 114 MISCELLANEOUS. EDOAR HALL, Flreand Life Insurance and Rent rotate Agent. Also, inotbitt runnc aim c onveyancer. Ofllce over Sherman and Hull's Law Oftiec, Ashtabu 1a. Ohio. ; 1140 UHANIt HI VIC It IIVS'I'ITI TF. at Anstlnhnrg. Asiituiiuta t;o., oino. o. nicKermiin, a. m., frinct-p-il. Spring Term begin Tuuaduy March ittith. Send forCata (otrue . H4:)tf J. F. W ATHOt'S, Painter. Glazier, and Paper Hanger. Ail work duue with neatuess nnd despatch. 1100 . THIS ASHTAKI LA LOAN AsiSQt I ATItrlV cai-i t al, iinu.niu omce Jlttlil street, until Uuor aouth of Fick House does Gp.NKitAi. Bankino BratsEM. Bins and sells Foreign and Eastern Kxchange, Gold, Silver, aud all kluds or U. S. Securities. Collections promptly attended to and remitted for on day of payment, at current rates of exchange. Interest allowed on time deposits. DIRECTORS. F. Silllmon, Geo. C. Hubbard, T.orcnr.o Tyler, J. B. bhepatd, J. W. Haskell, 11. L. Morrison, 8. 11. FarriuiMon. 1171 F. SILLINAN, Prut. A. A. SOUTUWICK, Cathier. LAKE SHORE & M. S. RAIL-ROAD. ERIE DIVISION—TIME TABLE. ERIE DIVISION—TIME TABLE. To take effect Sunday, June 2, 1872. I Special IS?'' 'Chicago Kx.! 55 - 9 TolcdoEx. J2S S2S U,rsSS;sS2 gz YicldcE. IS " K & S 3 w r(j S St, Bt.Exp. W ! , H r- g Accmm. ;iwaSS5SB838a Jieeiat,euaeia A O Accomm. 0b"'WIQ0OC,pie,e,Cf oneciai i N. T. Exp.t.2. - . : s 2 2 SlAilantlc Ex i; is Day Exrcus w o 8 S-mS ia ?s;-" "a; Icin Express' 3 3 S C js I IftJ 13 W Mi o t- p Trains do not atop at 11011008 where the time is omitted 111 me nnovc lame. r. mi I T" : 5 FRANKLIN DIVISION. To take effect Sunday, June 2, 1872. OOINO WEciT. A. M. UOINO KA&T, P. M. TAT10e, 5 81 5 5.) H 10 1 6 15 8 . .JefTcraon, . .Plymouth . Ashtabula...... , CleycUiu.l, 7 50 7 SO I 7 15 -17 10 4 80 Cbnrlca I'alne, Uen. 8upt. ERIE RAILWAY. Abstract of Time Table Adopted June 3, 1872. N'EW and improved DrawitirRoom and Sleeping Coaches, combtninir all liindern Im- provameute. arv run thnmgh on all trains from Bumilo, Niat'sra Fulls, t'lctvuiiid nnd Chiclnnsli tu New York, inaklui; direct couuuetion with all Hues of Forelirn and Coastwise steamers, and also with Sound Steamers and Railway lines for Boston and New England cities, No. 4. Day Express, j No. li ! No. 4. ILightn'g Night j Ex press Exprers. 1 1 1 Tif .5. 7.....T1T .1 8 00 " I. ...... I No. 8. I f'lncln. jExprees '. 10 Mir a .ImejAj! To 55 1005 " 110 1a STATIONS. Dunkirk. ...L.vo. Salamanca.. ' Clifton 7 10 A.M. 780 " 7 50 " I 1 50 ' 1 4(1 I 145 ' 5 XII I' M 5 40 " 5 45 " Sin sp,Btili(U airara K Is Nla Buiralo Attica ' Portage .... 1 Horneilav'let 1 Addison.... ' smi " una ' H 30 " 48 " 4 48 " BI16 ' 7110 " 455;" 43 " Bll8 " 75"" 768 " B45 Tivr55" VII 7411 11 ss " ll'J 40A.il 111 00 " 'll 50 " una " 856 1 50 " 8 05 " 4 05 " 10 10 " II 15 " 6 05 " 40 " 10 28 " Rochester .. A veil t Bath 810 " 8 5-J " 111 18 " VI 18 F.H 11144 " Coining II 8K 4 8a " 5 08 " 8 80P.II K3A.M 7 " 7 40 " 865 847 " tlittl " r.inura Arr. U 10. M. Waverly ..: ISO " l-J 60 " Phlladelp'la " In 3d" " " li 00 P.M. 1 X.1A.M. X 10 " 4 41 " Owego " 153 " 80-1 M 8 15 ." 4 08 " 4 3 " Hill " Hinghemton " Ureal Bend. " 100s " liufto""' Susq'ehau'at " I 55 " 8 37 " I 4 15 " 1 5 04 " Ueposll .... Hancock ... " Lackaw'xen " 1 1 84 " WU5A.ll 11 10 " U)0 5 50- 7 45 8 05 H8 2 17P.V. 45 X5X " 8 08 " 1 1 55 A If li4ip.ll 1 It" Tip7" 616 11 Y10 " 880 " 6 30A.H 11 40 " 10 tio " 111 MflA.W. J.00 " H58"" 6 05r.ll U 00 .'.11 V0P.M. Uouesdale.. M PiirT.leTvls. Middletowu ., Goshen Tjirnursl.. " 7 48 " Newhnrgh.. " 8 55 " Paterron .. " I 854 " NTwarkTT". " 1 TTTT jercy"clty. "n I J5 " New York.'. " 040 " Bunion ' ArrttUtfepient or DraMliig-Hoom and Sleepluu C'oHcbea. No. S. Sleeping Coaches from Cinclnnrtl to Ilnrnelis ville,.and Drawing-Itoom Coaches from Sunpen slnn Bridge, Niagara Falls and Buffalo to New " York. No. H. Sleeping Coaches from Cincinnati, Suspension Bridge. Niagara Falls. Buffalo snd HornelisvIHe to . New York ; also fivtn Uorneisville to Albany. No. 1. Sleeping Coaches from Supession Bridge, Ni agara Balls and Buffalo to New York, No. 8. Sleeping Coaches from Cleveland. Suspension Bridge, Niagara Vails and Bullalo to Susquehanna, and Drawing Room Cuaeb.es from buiguchanua to Raw York. Ask for Tickets Via Erie Railway. For Bale at all princlpalTtckei Offlcet. L.D.Ruckiib Otn. Sunt Wsi. R. Babb. (Hn. Pat. Act KONTER, the, TAILOR, HAVING arransrevl his affairs has Ba'n RESCMBD BI S1NKBS AT THE OLD 8 TAND, whet he has a sery large Stock of Ready-Made Clothing, Of the beat manafactnre and material. He hat alao an -r ,- equally large Sleek pf , , OLOTHS -PIECE GOODS, Embracing almost every variety of Style and Fashion, from which he la making np suite , . and single garments toorder, in qia --t lateat Kast.ru Frshiout. la Gentlemen's Vurnlthinir Coeds. he baa Bifure. Ills old choice variety, which are eoldat a low figure, Customers are Invlled to renew their husluesa acoualo- tance and patronagu, and as many new ones as are willing to test his axperlenue, workmanship and teste. OLD ACCOUNTS require to be settled, and any long er delay In paying up eanuot be Indulged. Those, therefore. In arrears will need this notice, and ear. trouble to all parties. . HENRY KONTER. AJbtabala,MayM,l7t. f. v , JW. Plantation Bitters. S. T. 1860 X. rp JL IIIS wonderful vpffptaVde roator.nive Is tho sheet anehur of the fer nle and debilitated. As a tonic and cordial roMho aged and languid It has no equal among stomachlca. Aaa remedy for the nervous weukness to which women are especially subject. It Is superseding every oilier stimulant. In all climates, tropical, temperate or frigid, it acis as a specinc In eve ry speelea of disorder which undetmii.ee the bodily alruugib and breaka down the animal spirlta. U4U LYON'S KATIIARION, PorPreurTlng and Roanitlfylna; the) Hue man Ui,.. '' U . . ( , l.lli... Out an,d Turulutf diray. A well-preserved ncad of flair, In a person of middle age, at once bespeuka refl iiement, elegance, health and beauty. l( may be truly called Womana Crowning Glo ry, while men arc uot insensible to its advantages at d charms. Feu things are more disgusting than thin, frlxxly, harsh, untamed Hair, with head and coat cover- with dandruff. Virll a barber and you feel and lock like a new man. This; l what Lyon s Kath .rlon will do all tho time. The charm which II os In well placed Hair, Glossy Curls Luxuriant Trasaea, and a Clean Uead, is notlcable and Irresistible, Hold br all Druggists and Country Stores. SELECT POETRY. Smile Whene'er You Can. Wlicn tilings don'i go to suit yon. Ami the world pot-s upside tlowo, Don'l WMBle your lint' in fri'llmg. But drive awiiy lliut li'Jwn, Since life is c.f; rcrplt-xiiiL', 'Tis liiut'li the wisi'ht plan To bt-nr u irinla linivt-ly, Aud BUiilu wUerjo'cr you enn, Why Khoultl you tlittnd to-morrow, Ami lliu.4 d 8:oi to.rlity ? For, whan you borrow trouble, You tilwitys hiive lo puy. It in a rood old 111 ixiin, AVIi it li often shoM be preai lied Don't eroa.H lliu bi iil;;c bciore you Until the bridge be reiichud. You miKht be spared iiiiicli ttililug If you would keep in mind The thought Unit good and evil Are always here coinbim-d. Tlfre mutit be lotneihlne; wMitinj? ; And thoujrh you roll in w- iMti, You may miss from yo r casket That pret ious jewel, heuilii. And, tlimigli you're strong und sturdy, You limy liuve tin i-mply purse, And c trill has many Iriujs Wbioli I consider worse. Cut, whether Joy or mrrov Fill up your mortal ep ,n, ' 'Twill muko your pathway brighter To uiuilu wi.eue'er you cu. Anecdotes of Public Men. BY COL. J. W. FORNEY. . More tlisn fill y colored delegates in l lie Republican National Cnu venlion at Philadelphia, June 5lh, 16TU J. Shades of John (J. Culhoiin, Baniwell he:t, Dixon JI. Lewiu, John Slidell and V. II. Yante', id this lo be penult tid ? Little did the lordg of slavery twenty years ugo think that audi uu ulFense would e ;r be tlared, . Wliiu I recall Duwbon, ol Louisiana, will) his eurli und jewels, ami gold-headed cane; Ahe of Nurili Caro lina, yv'ith bis jolly yet, imperious style; John S. Barbour ot Virginia, with hre plantation iiiunners ; Governor JJaunintr, of Soul Ii Carolina, as liaiidsouiu as JNIrs. Stowe's bfsi picture of the old Stiutbein school in "Utide Tom's Cabiii ;" Pierre bottle, wilh Ins liaudsoine, haughty lace, true types und apostles of thu peculiar institution, I wonder how they would feel lt see the South represented iu a National Convention .by their Conner slaves. A little more than ten years have ttuflicud to dispiove all the predic tions against tho colored race, but iu nothing so much as in tho intelligent of their representative leader?, and in their own general improvement. Ii you were to compare the, chiefs of the freed men with I lie cheif slaveholders, know in them as I knew them, you would soon realize that John M. L.ngston, pr lessor of the Law Department of the Howard University, is as thorough a lawyer as Pierre Sottle in his best days ; .that. llubeit Brown liliolt is a . better scholar and speaker than- Laurenco Jl. Keitt, who having helped create the le bellion, died iu figthing for it; and that Beiijaniiu-Sterling Turner, ol Selma, Al abama, a self educated slave, and now a freedman iu Congress, is as practical a busiiicxs nau as John- Forsyth or; George S, Ilonston.v " s .' '. Frederick Douglass was famous as an orator before the war. - With the fall of slavery, he rose to the highest position. His eloquence is formed on the best mod els. Captivating, persuasive, and often profound, he wields an increasing influ ence iu both' raucs.. .-' , ' Cut among tho' colored delegates in the Republican National Couvention none will attract more attention than Robert Purvis of Philadelphia. I hope iomo day to relate the romance of his lite; Roin in Columbia, South Carolina, he left it fifty-three years ago, when he was about seven years old. A few weeks since he returned to his Dative city; and was eagerly welcomed by his own peo ple, and by ruauy of the old citizens, who favorably remembered his father and .mother, aud bad wuhed his own career with friendly eyes. The changes wrought in this more than half a centu ry were more than revolutionary. The stone rejeoted by the builders bad be come the head of (be column. The mag nates 'had tilsappuared, 'aud those who had made them so bad taken their jilaces. It wa a bewildring dream; yet tho re- iiMMittve met, kiooii prominent. The desoendents ot Calhoun, Uhett, M'Queen, Ilayne and Hrooks no longer luted like their latlir-rs. New influences nnd new ideas prevailed. Mr. Purvis stood ninonir Id, kindred like another Hip Van Winkle, with the ditT. mien that he was not lorgotte i; and as ho walked the streets of Columbia and re ceived the ovation or his friends in Clmrlerton he saw and felt that, although slavery wan dead and the old sbve-lords deposed, the sun shone, the grass grew, and the fl twers bloomed, the birds car oled, and the witters run, as when the ill igttatcs lived on the labor of others as good as IhemselvtSj anil often died con fessing that their bad work must come to a bitter end. Robert Purvis is one of the beat proofs of the influences of education, travel, good associations, and natural seH-respeot. Few would distinguish him lobe what ho often proudly cutis him self, a negro." Hi complexion .in not darker than that of Soule or Manning. His manners are ouitt aud courtly. Hi general knowledge is large and his con versation easy and intellectual, Educat ed at some of tho best of our Philadcl pi. 1 1 schools before there was any preju dice against the reputable man or wo man of color, and when colored votes were thrown at all tho elections, he has reached sixiy, universally esteemed. His family is among the most refined in the aristocratic neighborhood where he lives, and he commands the respect of others by the cournge with which he and his children respect themselves. Yet while he walks erect in all circles, and yields to none in the graces of manhood', und in the observances ot what we call society, he is the ardent f riend of bis people, de termined that they shall eventually se cure till their civil, as they have now their political rights. No more useful or influential man sat among the deli, gates to the Philadelphia N.tiiotinl Con vention, Wcdcnsday, the 5lh of June, 1872. A3 these colored colleagues of Robert Purvis from the South gather nroiittd their friend and teacher, how many a story they could relate of their individ ual lives ! Each has had his romance of hard reality. Their struggles as slaves -their experience as f'reedineu their "hairbreadth 'scapes by flood and field," . their restoration to family and friends tho fate of their old masters rwhal materials for the poet, the novelist, the historian and the philanthropist! Influence of Newspapers. A school teacher, who has been en gaged for a long lime in bis profession, and witnessed thu influeucu of a news paper upon the minds of a family of children, writes us lollows: "I have found it to be tho universal fact without exception, that those schol ars of both sexes, and ot all ages, who have access lo newspapers at home, when compared to lliosu who have not, are: 1. Belter readers, excellent in pro nunciation, and consequently read more undeis'andingly. 2 They are better spellers, and define words with ease and accuracy. 3 They obtain a practical knowedgo of geography in almost liau the time it requires of others, as the newspapers had made them acquainted with the lo cation of the important places of thu na tions, their Governments and doings on the globe, 4 They are better grammarians for having become so faiiiilliar with everv variety ot style of newspapers, from the coiiimon-placu advertisement to the fin ished aud classical oration of tho states man, they more readily comprehend the meaning ot the tuxt, and consequently analyze its construction with accuracy. 5 They write belter composition's, using belter language, containing more thoughts more clearly and more con nectedly expressed. Those young men who have for years been readers of the newspapers, are al ways taking the lead in the debating so cieties, exhibiting a more extensive knowledge upon a greater 'variety of subjects, and expressing their views with greater fluency, clearness and oor redness in the use of language, Snaiks and Babies. FROM JOSH BILLING'S SPICE-BOX. STRIPED SNAIK. The striped suaik is one of the slip peryest jobs that ualur ever turned loo-e. 'I hey -travel on tho lore side uv them sells, nnd can slip out sight like blowing out a caudle. They wer made for sum good purpose, but 1 never have been in formed tor what, unless it waz tew hev their heds smashed. They are sed to be innocent, but they hav got a bad reputashun, and all the innocence iu the world wdut cure a bad reputashun. They live in the grass, and seldom git slept on, because they dont slay long enuffin tho rile place. When I waz a little boy, and wrc naked feet, and.was loafing around loose for strawberrys, I was often times just a going to step on a striped suaik, but it always cur-q me of strawberrys. If a striped snaik got inlu a ten acre lot before I did, I alwus konsidered that all the strawberrys iu that lot belonged tew the snnik. "Fust come, lust sarve," woe my rnoitn. I am just az afraid of snaiks now az I waz 40 years ago, and if I should live to be az old az Nebudkenneeer waz, and go to grass as he did, one striped snaik wood spoil fifty acres of gud pasture for me. Y intra in dont Tuv snaiks enoy more than I du, and I respekt her for this. How on earth Eve was seduced bi a snaik is a first-class mistcry tew me, and if I hadn't red it iu the Bible I would bet against it. I believe everythingt hero is in the Bi ble, the things I kant undetslaud .1 be lieve the most. I woodnt swop oph tho faith I'vo got for any living man's knowledge, Snaiks are ov all sort and sizes, and the smaller tbey are the mora I am afraid of them, . !. I woodnt buy a farm at hall price that had a striped snaik upon it. Dcd snaiks are a weakness with mo ; I always respekt them, and whenever I see a ded one on the rbad, I don't drop a tear un him, but I drop a stone on him for fear he might alter his mind and come tew life again, for a snaik hales lu die just az mutch az a kat duz. I never cood ncoount for a suaik or a kat hating tu die so bad, unless it wna because they waz so poorly prepared for delh, BABYS. Babys I luv with all mi hart ; they are mi swealtneats; they waim up n'i blood like a gin sling ; they krawl inio him and nestle by the side uv mi soul like a kitten under a conk stove. I hav raised babies initelf, and kno what J am talking about. I hav got grandchildren, and they arc m uss than the first crop lo riot among the feelings. If I oood hav mi way, i would change all the human beings now on the face uv the earth back into babys at once, aud keep i hem thare, and make this footstool one grand iiussery ; but what I should do for wet nusses I dont kno, nor I dont care. I would liketu hav 13 babies now on mi lap, aud mi lap ain't the handyesl lap in the woild tor babys, neither. Ml hip is long euufl', but not tho wid est kind uv a lap, I am a good deal uv a man, but I kon. sidt uv length princioallv. and when I make a lap of miself, it is not a mat trans, hut more like a couple of rails with a jint iu iheni. 1 can holtl more babys in mi lap at once than uuy man in America, without spilling one, but it burls the babys. 1 never saw a baby in mi lite that I didn't want to laiss; i am wuss than an old maid in this respektr I hav seen babys that J hav refused to kiss until they had been washt j but the baby wau't tetr blame for this; neither wrs i, Thare are folks in this world who say that they don't luv babys, but you kan depend upon if, when ihry was babys siimbody loved them, Babys hjv me, too, I k in take them out uv their mothers' arms just nz easy as i kan a unfledged bird out uv his uesi. They luv me because i luv them. And here let me say, for llie etimfort and consolation uv mothers, that when ever they see me on the cars or on the sleatnbote, outtov a job, they needn't hesitate a ipinjt tew drop a clean, fat ba by inlu mi lap ; i will holj it and kiss it, and be thankful besides, Perhaps thare iz people who don't en vy ine. all this, but it iz one uv the sharp cut, well-defined joys uv mi life, mi ltrv for babys and their luv for me. Perhaps thare iz people who will call it a weakness. I don't care what they kali it, bring on the babys. Uncle Josh haz always a kind word and a kiss for the babys, I luv babys for the tnuh thare iz iu them; i ain't afrade their kins will be tray me, thare iz no frauds, ded beats, uor counterfeits among them, I wish I waz a baby, not only once mote, but forevcrmorc. Bkeciikr, on tub DAnsjixiAx Tiieo BT. Rev, Henry Ward Bcechcr, in the course ot one of his sermons, thus e.. pressed himself iu regard to the Darwin ian theory ; 'It is of little consequence to me where I came from it is of a great deal of consequence lo me to know where I am coing. There arc a great many men at tho present day investigating l he road which has brought man up to tht pres ent state, and I confess to a curioMiy in the matter, and I do not say that these researches may not be of bum. til. I re gard the labors of Mr. Darwin with pro found interest, believing that the world will in lime accord h'nu a gieal deal of credit. Although I do not accept nil his speculations, I thank him for all his de ductions of fact. I do not participate a particle with those that dread the idea of man having sprung from some lower form of existence, all that I ask is that you may sho,w me how I got clear from monkeys, aud then I am quite satisfied lo have hail' one lor my ancestor fifty centuries ago. Only make the difference great enough and 1 am content. I had just as lieve spring from a monkey as from some men I know .around here. I look upon the Patagonians or the miser able crawling Esquimaux, and I dou'i see much to choose) between them and any latent animalhood. I don't care so much about that thing, for I have never been there. I had no early associations a grtal while ago. I have uot the least recollection of what happened a million years ago. All my life is looking for ward. I want to know where I am go ing. I don't care where I came from." Misplaced Confidence. Tho bitterest disappoint ments of life are those which follow the treachery of friends. There is nothing so tearful in all the terrible reverses of ton uin We re member some half a dozen suicides with in a year, all following some abandon, mentor betrayal. Women betray nun, and men prove false to women, aud friend deceives frieud. Business partners cheat each other, lawyers coi.sume their clients, and boon companions like ri-k anu Stokes, murder each other. History teaches the same lesson that the Sciip tures do, to-wit; "Put not thy trust in princes, nor in the son of 'man, in whom there is no help." We need a higher friendship, a nobler trust as the basis of happiness. W e have been surprized al the peace and serenity ot soul God can give, aud we more and more lean upon his promises. , A sad case of misplaced confidence is given us by a gentleman i" BrOoklyn.and we give it to our readers as au example aud a warning ; Some twenty years ago a gentleman livin" in the suburbs of the City ot Brooklyn, found it necessary in the con duct ot his business to place all his prop erly aud effects In the hands of his legal adviser. ' When the time arrived for re-delivery of tho propei y,' v day was appointed for tho lawyer to meet his ul.ent at thu Cily Hall in that cily, mi l deliver up the trust, The cm.'liding client was prompt iu his atteiidaiif' at the liitio and place designated. Hour aiter hour passed, but l In- ntilail hful law yer did not inaku Ids j.ppvaraiiue ; be bad fled lo pans unknown, having appropri ated to his own tisu'thy enlin; piocctds of the trust. Day aMi r t'.ay and nK t.lh after month rolled by, and nt the Mine hour the trusting and hoping victim was ;ill in at the designated place, wr.it in" the arrival of his legal nent, but di appointment has been his doom. And now after tho lapse of nearly u ciarier of ! century, winter and summer, rain or shine, fair weather or f. the poor victim of misplaced confidence, may I seen betw een the hours of ten and Iwehu in thu morning, standing at the iiorihert: angle of the Ci;y Hall fjiiaiv, Kid e.v peciing theappeanitce ot his li.-l...iic.l, quoiidtm friend. When t!ie ckc!; .'.Ink's twelve he starts up a: from a revn'.e and says to himself--" ; tr'-ll not come tVrAry, " and then he di.- ippeai . That promise to meet him and deliv er up his property at that liin;; and place is still the most tlvid impreseioii, ilaguer rootypid upon his impaired memory aud disordered inlvllec poor fellow. Christian Advocate. Holmes on Lawyers. In the Hav number of the Atlantic. w.iver v einiell Holmes savs ot i.iwvers: iiie law yers are a pickvd !..'. " first scholars" nnd ihc like, but their business isas unsystematic us Ja; k Iv'-ich's. Tin re is nothing hmnairzing iu their ivl.,t;,,:i with their follow creatures. They l'u f ir the si le that retains them, "'i'l.ey defend the man li.ey know lo be a rogue, and not very rarely throw sa.-pic.'oii' on the man they know to be innoccni. Mind you, I "am not iiu.JI.ig fault with them; every side of a cie has a right lo the best statement it admits of, btu I cay it does not lend to make them sym pathetic. Suppose that in a cam of Fever vs Patient the doctor tliouhl si.Ji with either party, according to whether the old miser or his i-xpiclant heir ua.s his employer. .Suppose the minister should side with the Lord or tho devil, according to the sal-try olTerd and other iiiciikiitul advantages, where the soul of a sinner was in ipiesuon. Vo:i s-.-e what a piece of work it would nuke id' their sympathies. Bat the lawyers are quieker.witted than either ci'lhe other jirolefsions, and abler men ireneraliv. 1'hcy are good-natured, or, if they quar rel, ih.ir quarrels are t,bove beard. I don't think they are as accompli.-hed as the ministers but they have a way ol cramming wilh special" knowledge tor a case which leaves a certain sh-tliow sedi ment of intelligence in the. memor'us about a good many things. They are apt to talk law in wived coinpnnv, ai:d they have a way of looking round wheu they make a point, as if they were ad dressing a jury ; that 'tis mighty aggra vating, I hai occasion to see one ot 'cm and a prcliy lamous one put me on the nitm-ss etasd at a dinner party once, A Valuable Table. Dr. Mag.ion, in a lecture on "Mi'id Your Own Business," tells the follow ing good one: A young man went from New Yor city to the west, when he commenced business on his own ac count, and married. His friends iu the ciiy where interested in his welfare, and when a merchant was about to journey to the place where the young man had hio.it i'd, he was requested to visit the em ginnt and see how he lived, and what sort of a. wife he ha 1 chosen, etc. Ac cordingly the New Yorker ascertained the residence ot his young 'fiend, and called upon hint quite early in the morn ing, lie found him in a small, neat cottage, anil just tal.ing his breakfast. Th; iuM-o luctioii of the New Yorker (to his w itu was uncei uiiii.lo'.is, an 1 he was requested lo be sealed and partake f the morning meal. The young wife had prepaicdlhe sltal;, bl-eult and coil- c, with her own hands, nnd for table had used her kneading bo.u d, "over v. hkh a napkin wa spread, nnd thu " hiufil " placed on her lap. Tiio New Yorker declined a seal at the table and took hi leave. On mr.king his report to Lis New York fi lends as to ho v.' ho found his young friend living, he. described the style as iingiilticeiit ! " and for expla nation of thj sup -ilativ.', la said that were he the own- rcf that youtig man's furniture, ho would not taku-'ten thousand dollais for the legs of his table. A fiendish attempt was madinon Satur day last, while tho C'happaq'ia wood, chopper was ou his way into the country, to betray hint into an oath. Tho train boy was the humble instrument of the plotters. The l id commenced by illum ing an innocent prize package into the philosopher's lap. lie didn't notice it. Then the imp commenced with pictorial-', and, one after another, placed before, tl e philosopher abominable c.iital u:s of of his philosophic person. He gaz-.'d at thciu nil patiently aud placidly, and laid them aside utter a few minutes' contem plation. Last of all came a ''Comic Life of Horace Greeley," with pictures rejn-c sei.tiug the sa-ie iu scandalous proxiin ty to the fair Yicloria Woodhtill. The passengers clung to their seals, exiiec ing the air to become phosphoric, wilh blasphemous auger. But Horace .ex amined llic pictures with a half-sad look more i:i sorrow than in anger ami said never a word. . Whereupon the opinion was generally expressed through the car that he wasn't much of a swearer after all. . Oi'Rselvks. To acquire a thorough knowledge of our own hearts and char acters, to restrain every irregular incli nation, to subdue every rebellious pas sion, to purify the motives ot our con duct, to form ourselves to that temper ance which uo pleasure can seduce, to that patience which no affliction can overwhelm, and that integrity which no iuterest can shake; this is tho task which is assigned to us a task which cannot be performed without the utmobt dilligenoe aud care, , . . ..." A Valuable Table. A Cook of the Period. BY CARL DRURY. Th" 1 K.l.s of yer, tnu'sni, mthcr mlu ma, 'I I.,. u-,r, v. , ir. r I'll .1, . ' ' ' B ti thin I enn't Intiryer aurvls ' Will, out it ('ottdllion or two. AnJ now, to begin, is lliu kitchen C'liiiiuifuLcoiis, W illi plenty of light, An'l fit, y know, lur inti rtainln' Such triads ua I'm lite lo invite? Ami next, tire yoim rcg'hr at mtilrj-tluKI ' K.'k-.H', 'inhii coiivitvncnt, ye see, ' '' T v ail, mi. ir I IHinvi ptinkshul, . Iis no inure ihaii yinu ought lo Le. And thin id yonr gtirruls irood-imtured r -yniii I lill my nt phtce, Ti:e Faiit.li tiitsi wns such a liiglt lady, I hint u di li cl'jlii at lie r 1'uue. , And have yrr the l.iiic oTjlctlnn ; . To no. i him; ,;.ti,' in whin they choose! IV; it-it S'iniu i iivi-niii' f::st cousins Th i! Ir iyrjinily brings mo the in. ok; I niiist hays I!, ho lr.iyl'."l powli'.ely I f-'lvv you liilr iviirniii', in 1'iiin, now, I:' :;iry I'i'lu he closet naiti ihim, Vou'il Gi': oi.miluciii' a row. Tin's-' nntihcr flirnrycJ on between us, I'd try yr a wake, o I wud. (. ' '"W.H like tl.o kind I cuo manage A thin tl.ln without nuy blud !) Uu' niii.it, il 1 come lor a Wake, ma'am,' I cone- for that lime, ami 1U; And so, tin ii. pruvidjn' yu'i wrtnt me, Jjsht fjive ol" yer natiiB am Addriss.' " '3 Southerner are circulating a facsimile., of the b.iil 1i nl of Jc'tt' Davis, "late. P.t-.-idei.t of the Confederate States,"' wi:h till the signatures, including lloraco ; Cieelej. a;,J doi.blkss this will prove, a Mi'-ccsslul campaign document ainotitig Liberals of tho .real old stripe. BuJ , the thing iniht bj to td-j even more ini-pns-ivu by h iving printed on the back, hi i'.iusi r.ttioii of thu Cincinnati can didate c -ilis'.l v bidding the erring sitters 'Li me:' sighed Mrs. Partington, "In ic I have been snfT.-ring the bigamies .', of death for three mortal weeks. First I was seized with a bleeding M'lienologj in the left hampshire of the brain, whicfi v.-as exceeded by a stoppage of the left vent ii.-itor of tho heart. This gave ine ' 5u inflammation in the borax, and now I a:n sick with the chloroform morbus,'" Tneiv's no blessing like that of health, particularly when you'ie ill." To decoy a j.ii, instead of driving him, some itigeuius chap recommends tving the end of a strong cord to an ear of c ti-ii, drop it iu front of the pig, five or six inch's from his nose, and comi ' u,enc; walking away with it slowly in the way you wish the pig lo go. if ho gets disliearie-jed at the prospect of gets " t:n hold of i; allow him a slight nibble, ; and then proceed. ..'ttra' Neio Tor leer, To poli.-h oak, slightly oil the work with linseed oil, aud then rub off; I hen.. make u pustc of whiting and parafBno ' oil, covered with yellow ochre, or soiner-r thing darker, if necessary, for the color " of the wood:- After the wood 18 well filled iu with this paste, it must be well rubbed c;F clean, and let stand two or' three Lours before the polish is applied. . Ii. is one of the severest tests of fi lends ship to tell your friend of Iu3 faults. If you are angry wilh a man, or hate him, it is not hard to go to him aud stab hluj wi:h words; but to so lovo a mail that, you cannot bear to see the stain of sin . upou him, lu1 to speak painful truth,' through loving words that is friendi s!iii Hut few have such friends, our ' enemies usually teach 113 that we are at the poi.:t of tf.o sword. "Faithful are the wounds 'of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy ar' deceitful." Maj. Powell's exploring party have ' found new evidences amoug the canons , ' f Colt rj!o of the existence-of a pre historic people. High up on some of tho c iifs, overhanging deep chasms, and ' down among the desolate valleys, some of these traces hare been found," indicat? ' ing great antiquity. JIuman bones and' pieces of pottery, portions ot what must have b.-en hous?s, and other traces of early h-LuLitiiUs, we among the 'dpir.' covciies. Dudt-avor to take your work quietly,; Anxbty r.i.J overactioa are always the caasa of sickness and restlessness. Wa must u-e t ;:r judgment to control our cxciteiujiit o;- cur bod dy strength will, breakdown. Ve must' remember that' our battle is to bn won by a strength, nit our own. It, is a battle that does i-.oi depend upon the swift nor strong. " Yon have lost your baby, I hear,Mf sv.id one gentleman to another. ' 'Yes,' poor liule thing! It was only five nmiitiin old. We did all wocou'14 tot it,' We had four doctors, blistered its head and feet, and put mustard poultices all' over it, gave it nine calomel powders,-k-acbed its temples, had it bled, gave all kinds of medicines, aud yet, after & week's illness, it died," , It has j.ist been . discovered that . ay solution ol sulphate of iron sprinkled upon fruits and plants has a wonderiu eifeet. Beans gain sixty per cent, iu sizis and in quality, and pear-trees were wonderfully beniOted by the new fertb Jizer. A musio dealer has in his window a sentimental song, thus marked t Thou bust Loved rue and Left me, for twenty five . cents." That is certainly the e'ticnpcat kind of divorce, and leaves no necessity tor going to C iicai6,' . Hon. E. Washburn, warden of thelitis uois Penitentiary, has now 1508 prisoo ers in charge, a larger number than any other wai den in tho Unjled States, Tho American Medical Association at Philadiiljilii.t has resolved that its mem hers should rlicourago tha use of alco hol as a stimulus in their remedies, . . A Yankee doctor has contrived to eif tract from sausages a powerful tonio, wbioh ho says contains the wMo strength of the oriainal bark, . lie oalhj it the Sulphate of C'auine. , . , Early rising was once an iudloatl of thrift, but now it indicates that a marl h l's'y. ' ' ' ' ' .'.Vis Tbq Palisades of. lb.0 liud'OH W LLstodijf.lHildi0 purppattH, v ; r ::. f