$he ®iwcs.
McGREGOR, CLAYTON COUNTY, IOWA.
A.
f. I A S O N
WEATHERBQARDING,
JOHN H. NPBICfe
One Copy, for "no year,
$2.50
in ndvancs.
A O A V E I S I N
(pace,
lw I liw I
3m
I
6m
I 1 y'r
•qnnrn fl'SO $2 50 $3 50 |5 00 |#8_00 fTFol
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Isquares 3 00 4 00 6 00 10 00 15 00 20 00
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linns of Nonpareil makea square.
l»u«iHoscardsof
ve lines, $S per annum each additional Hno,50cciits.
AND
OUR
MILL AT NORTH McGREGOR is now in
Brut rata working order, turning out 15 to 20
thousand feet a day. Person* wanting anything
whatever that can be made out of Logs that is
required for building purposes, can lie accommodated
by leaving or sending to us orders for
I E S
(Any Length or Thickness)
BOARDS,
PURR
1IFTERS,
JOISTS,
STUDDING,
SHEATHING,
Bengh or Planed LTJMIUCR, as m*)r be
aired, i* obtainable of u* at LOW PRICES,
E I V E E E E E
ON BAIL OR STEAMER,
O O -A. S I
A A N S I N E S
AMTAYS ON HAND,
__ Retailer "Wholeeate deaawde lulig om
hand norae 40« tkMii (M «f !«•»,«• out snppiy
any order for
Dimension Timber
ON VERY SNOBT NOTICE!
Ovr Stock of LUMBER is Always Fall
at North McGrcgor, and at the
inch Yards of Ossian,
Conovcr, Dccorah
and Crcsco.
G#t your CUrpontor to make eut ft bill for you, and
we Mil fill your orders all through, including
Doors, Sash and Blindtl
W. S J. FLENMIM.
Nortn MeQregor, March 30,
'68. 69S
43d Parallel!
S. EGBERT
N OLD-TIMK MERCHANT, has resmneil
ness at MONONA, iu tliu line of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES
anl
most other articles kept iiijsuch an establishment.
Patent Medicines,
PAINTS,
m,
LAMPS,
SCSMOL BOOKS,
M(ATIONEBY,
PERFUMERY,
ALBUMS,
CARD CASES,
«C..tC.,iC.,
AtPr ces Below Competition.
DR. HICK'S Office is in th« store. He will prescribe
for those who wish, aud will attend to cases on call.
TUu patronage of a *toro of this kiud will result in
|tdi benefit to Monona and theiurrouadingcoURtry.
Having received the appointment of Notary Piihli*
far Mouona Township, i am prepared to certify all
legal pipers according to law.
SILAS EGBERT.
MQSONA, March 23,'W. 607
German Lumber Yard.
Stauer & Daubenberger,
Dealers iu
Lumber, Timber* Lath* Shingle%
Doors* Sash and Blinds.
WE SUPPLY CITY AND COUNTRY TRADE ON THE
MOST REASONABLE TERMS.
HAVK
ed.
unquestionably the largest stock of Sash,
D»ors and Hlinds ever kept in the west—every
•tyleand
form to suit any building that can lie erect
*%.Ours is the
ONLY LUMBER VBRO
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Proprietor* of the
Jbargest Blevator Warehouse
Atthetermiaubaudcouuscted with the
Milwaukee & Mississippi and the Mil.
waukee, Watertown & Baraboo
Valley Railroads.
All property transferred from cars to biat* without
r*taga. 49 Liberal advaucaa made on c,.alignment*
Mllwaukoe, or shi-pmouts to £astcrn '.»ket«.
VOLUME XII—No. 43.
J. M. HOISINOTOW,
O O K I N E
AND BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURER,
OVIB Till TIMES OFFICE, McGREGOR, IOWA.
SPECIAL
attention paid to the manufacture of
lllank llonks for Counties, llanks, Merchants, etc.
Music, Magazines, Periodicals, Ac., Ac., Bound with
ueattiexs and dispatch.
DURAND BROS. POWERS,
Wholesale Grocers,
131 South Water street,
Me CHICAGO, ILL.
rRANK BB.OXHXBB,
SHOT
GUNS', Rifles,Revolver*,
Pistols, G.line Rags, Kla-ks,
Cartridges, Pnwder, Shot. Lead,
Caps, Gun-wads, Cutlery, Ac., .fcfi,
nearly opposite Flanders House,
McGregor, Iowa.
RefMffteRof all kind" belonging to the gun and lock
smith line done promptly.
Charges moderate and all work warranted.
Pjf PEOPLE'S MtRKET.Hj£$
WILLIAMS A. SRO.,
IN
if
WILLIAMS'NKW MRICK BLOCK, MAIN ST.,
McGregor, 1 owa, belu ve in fair dealing,and will
always bt: found oil hand ready to deal out the choicest
cuts of all kinds of Meat that the country affords.
Iliglie
st market price paid for all kinds of Stock.
C. H. & A.
o.
HUNT
MSIABHl DBHIISTS
0!li-eon Main Street, McGREGOR, IOWA.
"WHAT IS IT 1
FRANK KERZMAN,
OPPOSITE
order.
FULLY
PEARSALL & CIIURCII S LIVERY
Stable,
Main Street* 2MEcOrcgor*
Is ready to furnish
ALL KINDS OF TINWARE FOR HOUSEHOLD USE,
Save Troughs, Tin Pipes,
And in fact EVERYTHING ill hisliucuX LlL'iucss will
be well made and promptly put up.
STOVES
1111,1
STOVE PIPES furnishod
The Wagon has Come!
AND THE CARRIAGES TOO!!
PEARSALL & CHURCH
8INCK
October 18f9, have been saying in tlio TIM«8
Wait for the Wagon." They now announce to
the public that their stock of Horses and Carriages,
cither for business or pleasure, is nut excelled iu the
West.
The most reasonable pricescharacterire their"' PIO
NEER LIVERY STABLE," located about half-way
up Main Street, near tho Flanders House. Call on
The Western
if ews Comyany.
Successors to J. R.WALSH & OO*
CHICAGO, ILL.,
Supply News Agents and Booknellsrs
with everything' in their line at the
earliest moment and at the Lowest
Prices.
Lists giving1 full information sent te
all who ask.
OnrDoorf.area superior article, being uiade of kiln
dried Lumber,Glued and Wedged.
We otter our stock at tlio lowest Wring cash price*
tlieiu if you would be suited with team or saddle Separator, on West Mi-rkot Square, corner Main and
horses. PKARSALL A CHURCH. Ann Streets, 415y McGREGOR, IOWA.
McGregor, Towa, Sept. 'J7th, lSiiO.
iSli
J. r. LXBBBARDT,
De.il. in
CROCKERY,GLVSSWARE,WALL PAPER,
TABLE CUl'LEUY. (i ROJEIIIES, and
PURE NATIVE GRAPE WINES.
Above Pearsall & Church's, McGregor. 5V6
u e Y a
BAY! dL BURDICS
Still continue to keep on hand a full assortment of
LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES,
Also Sash, Doors and Blinds.
O I E N
DEALER I3KT
GROCERIES
AUNT ID
O V I S I O N S
have a few hundred barrels of
those nice
GREEN APPLES,
which now offer at a fair price,
C-A.SH-
u
"»the north
•fat* (if main Street, McGREGOR. IOWA. 484
ANSUfl SMITH 4 CO.,
Morag-e, Forwarding and
A s s o e n o
DRIED, GREEN, CANNED
AND PRESERVED FRUITS.
ORANGES,
LEMONS,
RAISINS,
FIGS,
NUTS, *C., *C. DATES,
In fact, families can find at all times
a good selection of every article in the
above line by calling at tho
i k o k
CORNER SECOND AND MAIN STREETS.
Mcouaoft,
DR. ANDROS,
Physician and Surgeon. Re-id. iu eover Daniels* Rent
and Shoe Store. Office in Ronton'* Drugstore. 678-09
MEDICAL.
Dr. Joshua Hicke,4iruduato from TorontoUniversity
one of the most thorough medical Institution* on
tlio Continent, offers liis services to the people of
Monona and vicinity, in all hi ai'chcs of the profah
sioii. OtTlcu at S. Egbert's Drug Store. f04tf
JAMES WILLIAMS,
BARBER A HAIR DRESSER, McGREGOH.IOW'A.
No. 1 .Masonic Block—up stairs. W6
SHASTA HOUSE,
OPPOSITE!RTF DEPOT,
OssrfSIo#A.
DANIELS BROS.,Proprietors.
Oood Stabling and Stock Yard. (58S) Stage House.
UNION HOUSE,
MAIN 8TBE
KT cG REG OR,
IOWA.
BEX. II. KUKSF., Pn rieter.
WINNESIIEIK HOUSE.
Decorah, Iowa. Genet- 11 Stage Office
JOHN SHAW, Proprietor. 666
JOHR T. Ct\HK. rilAlsi.KVAI.LK*. O.Mtllli
JOHN T. CLARK & CO.,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law and Real Estate
Agents,1st door east of Winnesliei k House,Decorah,
Iowa. ri~Will practice In the several courts of the
State also attend to collections,and the pay nientof
taxes iu Winneslu-ik county. 666
MURDOCE & STONEMAN,
S.VMVKI, Ml IH'OCK. J. T. KTONEIIAIt.
Attornej s .'inl Counsellors at Law. will practice in tfe*
Supreme ami Ii-11 i.• Courls of this State.
OfflcooppoMte 1st National Hank, McGREGOR.
REUBEN NOBLE,
Attorney at Law, (4-4) McGREGOR, IOWA.
THOMAS UPDEGRAPP,
Attorney at Law, (4Jt) McGREGOR, IOWA.
ELIJAH ODELL,
Attorney Slid Counsellor at Law, McGREGOR,IOWA.
J. C. HOXSIE,
Justice of tli* Pe»'-. Office with T. Updegraff.
A. J. JORDAN,
Attorney at Law, McGregor, Iowa.
DOUGLAS LEFFINGWELL,
Attorney at Law, McGregor, .OHa. Ollice over Pctef
son & Larsou's Storo, 311
LOUIS M. ANDRICK,
Attorney at Law, Reynold's lllock r,ntran. ebetween
on Madison Str«et
140and 148 Dearborn Strcr,al
and Custom House (P. O.) place,
and *ot up
to
MSAT MARSET!
CAWELTi&BERGfflAN,
•g£
CAWELTI'S BLOCK,
settled in our Now and Beauty of a Market,
withlce room, and everything which '•ouveni
rtiic and neatness could suggest, and detetcrniined
always to
Secure the Very Finest Animals for the
use of our Patrons,
we feel assured that we are o fieri ng tie people- of this
city greateriudncemants than ever before to patron
ize the liueoii of Markets. Fat Cattle bought at the
highest price. 554
Chicago.
COOK & BRO.,
O. W. COOK. MARVIX COOK.
Attorneys at Law, Elkader, Clayton Co., Iowa, will
attend to collections, examine titles, pay taxes, obtain
lunatics, pensions, Ac. Office opposite mill.
StliO
P. C. YOUNG,
Attorney at Law and Real Estate Agent,
ELK.VDEIi, IOWA.
550
R. HUBBARD & CO.,
Jowelersand dealers in Music.vl Instruments, Mula
Street, 4WA M.-GRKGOR. IOWA,
IIAYT & BURBICK,
Dealers in Luiiilifr, Shiiurles and Lath, Main Street,
McGREGOK, IOWA.
NATIONAL HOTEL,
Postville, Iowa. General Stage Office. C. Vanllooser,
Proprietor. 503
BASS & ELMENDORF.
CCKMISSION, STORAGE & FORWARDING BUSINESS,
l'ubiie square, M. 15Elir.iR, 10WA.
MAT. McKINNIE,
Wholesaleaiel Retail dealer in si,.yes, and Manufac
turer of Tin, Copper and siu-.-t I ion Ware, Main Street,
McGREGOR, IOWA.
MURRAY HOUSE,
Main Street, McGr.^or, Iowa. A desirable home for
the traveling public, with good barns and Sheds at
tached for the safe protection horses and wagons.
448 M. MURRAY, Proprietor.
J.
McIIOSE & CO.,
STORAGE, FORWARDING AND COMMISSION.
Warehouse No. l,uu the Levee, McGREGOR.
Col.si^ run cuts solicited.
JOS. M'lIOSE. 476 G. MUREliOR.
McGREGOR FANNING MILL.
DlCliKY -fc W El.1.1VElt,
Manufacturers of the McGregor Kan nil MillaiidGr tin
LOUIS BENTON, JR.,
(Successor to 1!K.N"I'O i!k-»8. & Co.)
Wholesale Dealer in
GIROCELIES DRUGS, (il.ASS, l'.MNTS, DYES, AC.,
Public S itiarc, M'-tireg- -r, Iowa.
EVANS HOUSE.
[LATE AMEUICA,j
Opposite Ferrv Landing. McGregor. Refurnished and
Sited up In good style for co.-sis. Patronage respect
fully solicited. G. II. FLAN LERS, Proprietor. 474
isu
BE.7ER LODGE No. 135.
Holds its Regular Comiuunicatiwns
R. S. RATIIBUN,
3DE1STTIST,
McGrc^or. Iowa.
UJllceon Main SI.. 1 do above Evans llouse
WEST UPflON HOUSE,
Corner Vine and Elm sts., WEST I'N ION, IOWA.
H. J. INGERSOLL PROPRIETOR.
flood stabling and charges moderate. Stage# going
and leave with pas
•632
oast, west, north
sengers, rnoi nin.u
uid sout)r, call
and i veiling.
BOARDMAN HOUSE,
(LAL'T W ASIIIM CON)
ELKADKR,
LAI-'AVETTK BIUKLOW, l'rupriotor.
Renovated in.»i'U
Hotel iu the Wist.
THOMAS ARNOLD,
REAL ESTATE BROKER AMD GENERAL AGENT, CON
VEYANCER, NOTARY PUBLIC,
AudGjinniissionr of Deeds, &c., tor the N'orthwes
tern S-atcs. Will attsinl to the purchase and sale ol
Farm Lands,City Properly Stocks, tc., iu.
OUicc with lion. R. Noble, llank Block,McGregor,
Iowa. M'J LICENSED AUCTIONEER.
HONORIUS COMMANDERY,
No. 8, Knights Templar.
LOUIS BENTON, JR., Eminent Commander.
SAMUEL J. PETERSON, Recoider. 636
MISSISSIPPI HOUSE,
NKAR BOAT LANDING, McGKEGoB,
W.I.OiLCHBIST,
eiic-1. f.o.l is e i ,155^1
on
Moutlay evening pieceding the full moon
in each moutli.
R. HUBBARD, W.
O.CROOKE. Sec'y. U8
IOWA.
tlld Not exc
od Stal.'.il.,
lied by any
6T'J
I
The regular conclaves will be held OS the
second Friday of each month.
IOWA.
This well-known House—one of the tirst in the
City—has all the conveniences belonging to a well
fitted house for the traveler or boarder is desirably
located has comfortably arranged apartments, and
always furnish good tables and clean beds, Ac., Ac.
flood stablingesconveiiicnt to the liouse.
57tt 11. D. WELLMAN, Proprietor.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF M'GRECOR.
Successor to the
MCGREGOR BRANCH OF THE STATE BANK or IOWA.
rhUBank is now open for the trunsactionof a general
bankingbusiness. Draftson Enropein sums to suit.
J. 11. ERUILL, President.
VicePresidei)t.
O. IIULYERSOH,Cashier.
W. R.KINNAIRD, Assistant Cashier. 392
A N N & E A S
Manufacturer* and Wholesale Dealers in
Boots & Shoes,
No. 91 Huron Straff,
J.0.MAN*. M. FRANK HEALS. Milwaukee, Wis.
603tf
Sears &. Abbott^
WHOLESALE l'EALERS IN
BOOTS and SHOES,
iH MAIN 8TREBT,
A W.SKARS.
F. ABBOTT./603
DUBUQUE, lovy*
NORTH IOWA TIMES.
WE MARCH WITH THE FLAO AND KEEP STEP TO TIIE MUSIC OF TIIE UNION.
O O A N S
GERMAN
I E S
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
HOOFLAKD'S GERMAN TONIC.
Prepared by Dr. C. M. JACKSON,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The Great Remedies for all Diseases
OF TUB
LIVER, STOMACH, or
DIGESTIVE ORGANS.
Hoofland's German Bitters
are composed oftfce pine jiiMv-. -r.as (hey are medi
cinally termed, mmf Ir-iKt.:) of Roots,
llerl s and Barks f* making n prepara
(ii in. highly roncen jBH tilted, and entirely
frc ft MI .L.VO.V'/IC iiilmijtuie ij' tiny
kind.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIO
a cftitihiiMl ion of all tlio in. rotlit*nt.i ul tlie iiittor»»
with tho jnm*st ity of Siwta t^rux Hum,
l^tc., making ono of th« iii'tst jilc»is mt iuitl ngr««iitlo
fcnitMioi i»ver cRurod to tho j»uMic.
'l'ho!o
|rcf«'riinjf a
Motlifiii©
#1
mixture, will nso
frtjo from Alcoholic
Hoofland's German Bitters.
1-r. ca«es of nervous depression, when some alcoholic
(tinnitus
is necessary,
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIO
Should I— ll-e-d.
The Bitters or tlieT
C.-Otaiu the same me,li
The stomaeli, from
gestion, Dyspepsia,
etc., in very apt to
deranged. The re
tho patieut SIIAN-^
of tlu- .llnwin
iii.- an-both equally good, and
inal virtues.
luses, such as Indi-
n .1 ar ,e oi
o
Ncrvons Debility,
have its function*
stilt of which is, that
from several or uioro
lise:uos.
Constipation, Flatnlonce, Inward Files,
Fulness of Blood to the Ileml, Acidi
ty of tho Stunvich. Nausea, Heart
burn, Disgust l'or tho Food,
I'ltltic-ss or Weight in th«"
atomach. Sour Eructa
tions, Sinking or FluttoJ
at tho Pit of the Stom
SwnnmitiK of the IIofti, ilurricrt
or Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at
tho Heart, Choking or Bullocating Seti-
Bations when in a Lyin« Posture,
Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs
before the Sight, Dull 1'ainin
tho Head. Deficiency of
Perspiration, yellow
nes:-i of the Skin
nadEycs, tS Pain ia the
Side, Back, e s t,
LiimbH, etc.. Sudden
I'lushes of Heat, Burning in the Flesh,
Constant Imaginings of Evil, and
Great Depression of Spirits.
These remedies will «•!fer-1 i.--i
15y cure Liver
Complaint, .lanndice, Dyspepsiii, Chronic or N'ervous
Debility, ("ironic lliarrhita. Disease of th* Kidneys,
kiid all Disea.-« ari-,ing from a Disoidoled Livor,
Bto in uh, *»r IritcHtitK'H.
DISSIXjiITY.
liPHitltlng fi-oiii liny I'mite wlinlover}
IMt(tSi'UA i i(\ «V Till-: SVSTKM,
itilii(-i-l l» Nevere l.abor, IIartU
ithips, U.\|KMliro,
fevers, ell-,
There is n mi li. in.- extant i-.p! il to these remudiue
In Mirh eases. A t-M... and vigor is imparled to the
whole System, tie- wij' »«g Appetite is
StreiiKtll-
,tie
stomach
digests promptly. JSL the blood is pi:rih d,
(lie coniplexiun lie o ni e s sound and
healthy, the yellow tinge is eradicated from tho
wos, I. til,MIMI ID ^iv«u ti lliti cheeks, mill I1J« wiwk
and nervous invalid becomes a strong and healthy
lu-ilti.
iViviona Alpancwl In /.//",
And feeling thu hand of time weighing heavily upon
Uiem, with nil its attendant ills, will tiud iu the use
of h--e BIT I'EUS, or the TONIC, an elixir that will
instill new lile into their veins, restore in a measure
tlm energy an 1 ardor of ne youthful days, build
Bp their shrunken forms, arid givu health and happi
ness to their mua. .i:._ w a: s.
NOTICE.
It Is a well-established fact tint ftatty OM-half o(
tin- feiual-i |xrtion of our lobulation UTO
*ohU 'in iu the li.i y Ijiellt i'IV-l»«l health
or, to u-o their own i2*yi»wion, nover
fcel well." They are long lid.
devoid of all
energy, extremely nervous, and have no appetite.
To this class of persons the BITTERS, or tho
TONIC, are especially recommended.
WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are made strong by the use of «itl:er of these ri-mo
dies. They will mre every case of MAIIASMl'S,
Vithout fail.
Thousands of certificates have accumulate,1 in tlio
hands of the proprietor, but space will allow of tho
publication of but a few. Those, it will bo observed,
are men «f uote and of such btaiuling that tkey imut
be believed.
TESTIMONIALS.
IKON. GI:o. W. UOOmVAltl).
Chi'J" Jiuiiee of tin fttprem' Omit \f IV,
write*:
J'hiladtlj'hia,
Mm i ll 1
•, 1S07.
'•I find 'IIo,n.ind's (leruiau l'.i:teis' is
a good tonic, useful Iu diseiw.es ot tho
digestive organs, and of great lienetlt in
Cases of debility, and \vant of ucrvoui,
•ction in the system. Yours truly,
GEO. W. WOODWARD.
HOY. IAXES TIItlMPSBS,
Judge of the Supreme Oiurt of Iit»*yh*ania.
1'hiUdclphia,
April AS 18i'0,
"I consider 'Hoofland's German Bitters' a valuallt
medicine
in case of attacks of Indigestion or Dyspep.
•ia. 1
can certify this from my -\pei ience of it.
Yours, with rcspcct,
JAMES THOMPSON'."
From Rev. JOS. II. IiEXX AUB, I. 1»M
Jhstur of the. Ti-nth Uaptist Church, I'hUinhlyhia.
lr. Jackson—Dear
Sir: I have been fie,[ueully r*.
iosted to connect my name with recommendation*
«f dilTereut kinds of medicines, but regarding tho
practice so out of r.iy la*^ aptn-.-priitle sphere,
have iu all cases I declined but with
a clear proof iu vari oils instances and
particularly in my wwn family, of tho
Usefulness of Dr. lIoHand's (iernian liitlers, Idepu
for once from my usual course, to express my full
conviction that. ftr
itinera! dibilit of the system, tiUii
ef]*ciii!ty fur Liver Lhmpluiut. it is a
repiiratitm.
i.i/i
ami i!wihU
In some exses it inay fail but usually,
doubt not, it will bo very Vuuelicial to those who
nufer from the
shove causcs.
Yours, very respectfully,
J. KENNAKD,
Eighth, below CoateaSt
From Rev. K. ». I'ENIMI.I.,
jLuizhmt Editor Christian Chronicle, 1'hihuMphia.
I have derived decided benefit from the use ct
Booflaud's German Bitters, ami feel it my privilege
to recommend them as a most valuable tonic, to all
Who are suffering from general debility or from dis
eases arising from derangement of the liver.
Yours truly
E. D. FiiN'DAIX.
CAUTION.
Hoofland's German Remedies aro counterfeited.
See that tho siguat "re of C. M. JACK
SON is on tho wrap IH per of each bottlo.
AH others are conn terfeit.
Principal Office and MaiHlfactory
St the German Medicine Store, No. ftll ARCH Slreot.
Philadelphia.
UIAKLE8 91. EVANS,
German Druggist, Proprietor,
Formerly C. M. JACKSON A Co.
PEICE3.
Hoofland's Qormau Bitters, p»r bottle #1 00
half dozen 00
Boeiland's German Tonic, pnt up iu quart bottles, 1 60
per bottle, ur a half dozen for 7 60
Do not forget to examine well the article yoii
kuy, in order to get the genuine.
For tele by all Drsfglata Mid Dowi*
on of Medicines.:
I'scasietmicttvcgor by
L.BENTON,JR.,
1 1 K N E W E 0
T. W. WOOD,
686 KENNKDY BUCK.
O O A N S
GERMAN
O N I O
McGREGOR, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1868. WHOLE No. 613.
•What's the M»tte*.w
Under tliis caption, Geo. W. Peck of
Ripon (Wis.) Hoprcsmlative, boldly an
nounces his independence of tho party
which has been Icadcr-cd into a destruc
tion or political rights, stolen tlio country
poor by their legislation and disgraced the
same of Republic by their self-proved in
famies. See mutual charges of corruption
and strong presumptive evidence too, from
tho more prominent ones who affect the
control of the "Great Republican Party."
See reports of official swindling, of rob
beries, of everything that can disgrace
mankind, and then do not wonder that
Mr. IVck has decided to move out of the
Republican House. We waive further
prefuce. Mr. Peck's pen will bo pointed:
"For the past year we have been failing,
gfowly and purely failing, and to-day we
give tip the ghost. We have not, in these
twelve months been failing in health, nor
have we, peeuniarialiy sustained much
loss. It is politically, that we have "gone
op." Wc fail to see that the Republican
party is what it should be, or what many
of its friends in years past supposed it
was the intention of its leaders to make it.
The "ghost which wo have given up, is
Radical Republicanism.—IIruin this day
honccforth and forever, to the time when
we aro planted beneath the sod un !er
which all Uepublicansand Democrats must
sooner or later lie, we shall advocate, in
onr feeble way, the principles of Democra
cy. Henceforth we are a Democrat. We
want it distinctly understood, as we wish
to rceeiv« all the cursing from the Repub
licans as soon as convenient. There are
many causes that have led to this dccided
change in the politics of this paper. The
prime cause is the total failure of the par
ty to do a single thing towards the recon
struction of the country. The leaders ap
pear to us, not to care a continental what
happens to a state, if she don't east a Re
publican vote. The government supports
niggers in idleness, because they vote the
lb-publican ticket, and starves white men,
because they do not. This, white men
cannot allow. They will not allow it.
The leaders of the Republican party are
political hacks, renegades from the Dem
ocratic r..nks, men whose characters are
spotted, and who care no more for the
welfare of the country, than we do for tho
Cannibal Islands. They are notorious
thieves, and leave no stor.e unturned to
accumulate greenbacks, regardless of the
interests of the people whom they misrep
resent. We cannot live in the same house
with such neighbors, hence we retire. In
our retirement we shall doubtless have
something to say hereafter that will not
suit these political thieves, and what we
say will be plain and to the point.
The nomination of Qen. Grant for Pres
ident by the lien Convention, has siekened
thousands of Republicans throughout the
laud. They look upon the nomination as
an acknowledgement of the fact that the
party duro not nominate its best man, for
tear of ignominious defeat, which they will
sustain next Nov., as sure as that time
comes.—They want to ride into power on
the General's military reputation notcaring
whether he knows anything or not. Who
ever is nominated by the Democratic Con
vention, on tho 4th of July, will receive
the support of the Repn.senttiliie. Were
it the Devil liiinsoif, we iirmljr believe his
administration could not be worse for the
toiliug millions, than is the present one.
Announcing lu»re, that wo are from this
out, to be found in the Democratic ranks,
fighting for the rights of men—principally
white men,—we hope that beforo next.
November we will lind our present readers
enjoying the same blessing.
We expect to be cursed considerably by
our Republican neighbors for this move,
but there is a certain class who should be
careful and not say too much, as wc may
think of something to say, its mean as they
can. The class of men who left the Demo
cratic party a few yearssince, and have been
kept in ollices ever since, in order to retain
them. They want to keep as quiet as pos
sible, for we shall "went"' for them, on
every occasion.
\VTe have on our books tho names of a
Itumber of descendants tif witch-burners,
whom we caunot hope to retain, as long
na wo speak tlio truth, so the sooner
they notify us ef their intention to with
draw, the better they will suit us.
Mrs. Stanton of the New York Revolu
tion, thus pays her respects to the Radi
cal leaders:
"As we tur* ov«r the pages of history
wc can sec how other nations, groaning
"under taxation, ignorance aand poverty,
have been deluged, blinded and destroyed,
without dreaming that we, ourselves, are
lo-day tlio thoughtless victims of seliish
and crafty rulers, who think only of their
own aggrandizement. Just as Rome,
with fetes and feasts, with holidays and
deadly combats betweetv man and beast,
with gladiatorial exhibitions in crowded
amphitheatres, turned the people's
thoughts from their own wrongs—so do
our rulers to-day with caucuses, conven
tions, campaigns, impeachment trials, and
the coarse brutality of the press and poli
ticians amuse the people, degrade the pub
lic taste, and destroy the virtue of the
nation. Undertaking leaders inilaiue the
North against all rcboltiom, and damn
every man who dares put in a plea for jus
tice and mercy to the South, with the un
meaning namo of "copperhead." To
rouse the people's wrath they point them
to the bones of their brave sires and sons
bleaching on all those Southern plains,
forgetting that with their own hands they
built that sepulchre where our brave dead
now sleep. The chain that held the black
boy in the everglades of Florida, and the
slave girl iu a New Orleans market was
fastened around their necks by New Eng
land's sons and daughters. Through our
avarice r.nd selfishness, the land of orange,
groves and flowers lies bleeding and des
olate to-day.
TROPBIE IN THE CAJTP.—The
New York
Tribune thus lectures those radicals who
voted to increase the pay of government
employees: Let them go before the
hard fisted, sun-browned farmers and me
chanics who voted them into congress and
say. "I did not consider SI,000 to $2,000
each was adequate pay for eight hours
work per day in the federal departments
and the national printery, so I voted away
$1,500,000 to S-,000,000 of your hard
earned money to give theui each and all
twenty per cent, extra for all tho year now
closing." If the people love to bo fleeced—
nay, skinned—in that way. they will nat
urally return the members who voted yea
on this question.
John Claude Rulssce, a Frenchman4 52
years of age, drank two quarts of old la^er
in Buffalo, on Saturday morning, and died
In a short time afterward.
Fifteen tunnels, in all 6,262 feci long,
have been cut at the California end of the
Pacific Railroad, in 137 a»ile».
Bemocrotic Platform.
The Dcm oeratic Party, in National Con
vention assembled, reposing its trust in
the intelligence, patriotism, and discrimi
nating justiccot tho people, stands upon
the constitution as the foundation and
limitation of the power of the government,
and the guarantee of the liberties of the
citizen and recognizing the questions of
slavery and secession as having been set
tled for all time to come, by the war or
the voluntary action of the southorn.states
property
government bonds aud other public
rities. [Renewed cheering, and crics of
'"Read it again."]
5. One currency for the government
and the people,—the laborer and the office
holder, the pensioner and the soldier, the
producer and the bondholder. [Great
cheers ind cries of "Read it again."]
naturalized and native-born citizens, at
homo and abroad the assertion of Ameri
can nationality which will command the
respect of foreign powers, and furnish an
example and encouragement to people
struggling for national integrity, constitu
tional liberty, and individual rights, and
the maintenance of the rights of natural
ized citizens against tho absolute doc
trine of immutable allegiance, and the
claims of foreign powers to punish them
for alleged crimes committed beyond their
jurisdiction. [Applause.]
In demanding these measures and re
forms we arraign the radical party for its
disregard of right, and the unparalleled
oppression and tyranny which have mark
ed its career. After the most solemn and
unanimous pledge ef both houses of con
gress to prosecute the war exclusively for
the maintenance of the government, aud
the preservation of the union under the
that most sacred pledge, under which was
rallied that noble volunteer army which
carried our llag to victory. Instead of re
storing the union, it has, so far as it is in
its power, dissolved it, and subjected ten
states, in time of profound peace, to mili
tary despotism and negro supremacy it
has nullified there the right of trial by
jury it has abolished the habias corpus—
th most sacred writ of liberty it has
overthrown the freedom of speech and the
press it has substituted arbitrary seizure,
and arrests, and military fials, and secret
star-chamber inquisitions for constitution
al tribunals it has disregarded, in time of
peace, the right of the people to be free
from search and seizures it has entered
tho post aud telegraph offices, and even
the private rooms of individuals, and
seized their private papers and letters with
out any specification or notice by affidavit,
as required by the organic law it has eon
verted the American capitol into a bastile
it has established a system of spies and
official espionage to which no constitution
al monarchy of Europe would now dare
to resort it has abolished the right of ap
peal on important constitutional questions
to the supreme judicial tribunals, and
threatens to curtail or destroy its original
jurisdiction, whicti is irrevocably vested
by the constitution, while tho learned
Chief Justice has been subjected to great
and atrocious calumnies merely because
he would not prostitute his higli office to
the support of the false and partisan
charges preferred against the President
its corruption and extravagance have ex
ceeded anything known in history, and by
its frauds and monopolies it has nearly
doubled the burden of the debt created
during the war it has stripped the presi
dent of his constitutional power of ap
pointment, even of his own cabiuet under
its repeated assaults the pillars of the
government are rocking on their base, and,
should it succeed in November next, and
inaugurate its president, we will bo a sub
ject and conquerred people amid the ruins
of liberty and the scattered fragments of
the constitution.
And we do declare, and resolve, that
ever since the people of the United States
threw off all subjection to the British
should be distributed widely among the
people, and should be disposed of either
under the pre-emption of home stead lands,
or sold in reasonable quantities, and to
none but actual occupants, at a minimum
price established by the government tlmt
when grants of the public lands may be
allowed necessary for tlio encouragement
of important public improvements, the
proceeds of the sale of such lands, and
not the lands themselves, should be so ap
plied that the president of the United
in constitutional conventions assembled, I States, Andrew Johnson, [applause], in
and never to be renewed or re-agitated, do, exercising the power of his ufliee in re
with the return of peace, demand
8i8*in3
1. The immediate restoration of all the constitutional rights of the states and the
states to their rights in the union under people, is entitled to the gratitude of the
the Constitution of civil government, and
the American people. t'10 democratic party, we tender him our
2. Amnesty for all past political offen-
the United States as inpidly as practicable, eonservative element, ar.d all who desire
—all money drawn from the people
|,y
taxation, except su much as is requisite i
obligations of the government do not ex
{l',cy
provide, that they shall be paid in coin, i b'iends aud brothers.
th«y ouirht, in right and in justice, bei
paid in th. lawful money of the United! THE SOLDIERS'AND SAILORS'PLATFORM.
States. [Thunders of applause.] —The following is tho platform of the
4. Equal taxation of every species off Soldiers' and Sailors' Convention
operty according to its value, including /uruts, During the late rebellion w
vernment bonds aud other public secu- to^k up arms on the call ot our Nationa
G. Economy in tho administration of the
government the reduction of the standing
armv and navy: the abolition of the freed
men's bureau [great cheers| and all polit
ical instrumentalities designed to serve
negro supremacy simplification of the
system and discontinuance of the inquisi
torial modes of assessing and collecting
internal revenue, that the burthen of taxa
tion be equalized and lessened, and the
crcdit of the currency made good the re
peal of all enactments for the enrolling
of State militia into the National forces in
time of peace and a tariff for revenue up
on foreign imports, and such equal taxa
tion under tho internal revenue as will af
ford incidental protection to domestic
manufacturers, and will, without impair
ing the revenue, impose the least burden
upon and best promote and encourage,
the great industrial interests of the coun
try.'
7. A reform of the abuses in the ad
ministration the expulsion of corrupt men
from office the abrogation of useless of
fices the restoration of rightful authority
to and the indepence of the executive and
judicial departments of the government:
the subordination of the military to the
civil power, to the end that the usurpation
of congress and the despotism of the sword
may ceasc.
Kqual rights and protection for
constitution, it has repeatedly violated sclt-^roverui'iont, iind endeavored to place
the aggressions of congress on the
wbole
American people, and, un behalf ot
thanks
ces, and the regulation of the elective [^wat applause.]
franchise in tho states by tho citizens. i Upon this platform the democratic party
3. The payment of the public debt of'
f°r patriotic efforts in that ra
aPP«al
to every patriot,—including all the
to support tho constitution ami restore the
un)°"'
for tho necessities of the government, °P,n'un—to unite with us in the present
economically administered, being honestly orotlfc struggle lor the liberties of the peo
appiied to such payment,—and,"when the i I)le?
forgetting all past difficulties of
and t,mt t0
pressly state upon their face, or the law .extend the right hand of fellowship, und
under which they were issued does noti'l'V'
"Usuuh, to whatever party
,nay
have heretofore belonged, we
8l'°h
eo-operating with as as
Because it has practiced a shameful
duplicity by recognizing as in the Union
and entitled to tho high privilege of
amending the Federal Constitution for the
abolition of slavery, States to which it has
denied the right of local legislation and
representation in Congress.
Because it has organized and continues
to operate, under tiic guise of charity, at
an enormous expenses, a political machine
known as the l'reedmen's Bureau, which
has been wielded to perpetuate its pow
er by establishing under its auspices
oath-bound leagues of ignorant negroes
litis deprived intelligent people of our own
race in the Southern States of the riirht of
in authority over them, through tho pow
er of the bayonet, the negroes, lately
slaves, who are neither qualified for such
high duties by the endownment of nature
nor education.
Because it is guilty of gigantic defal
cations and the grossest corruption in the
collection and management of tho public
treasure- and perversely refuse to permit uaj
the same to bo investigated and exposed.
because it has practiced a wanton pro
fligacy in the public expenditures which
stands without a parallel in history and
tlireatenes an irretrievable national bank
ruptcy.
Because it has been partial and oppress
ive in its measure of finance, taxation and
currency, and litis inaugurated a system of
legalized robbery that makes the rich
richer and the poor poorer.
And because it is guilty of manifold
other sins of commission and of omission,
not necessary to be recited herein there
for,
Resolccd, That the great principles in
defence of which we took up arms, having
been practically abandoned by the Radi
cal party, we respectfully und urgently
appeal to the Democratic party, now in
National Convention assembled iu this
eit3', to nominate a candidate for the pres
idency of such known antecedents as will
enablo
us,
crown, the privilege and trust of suffrage commissioner's resignation. To all this
have' belonged to the several states, and will soon be added the fearful deficiency of
have been granted, regulated and eontroll- the post-office department, tho accounts of
ed exclusively by the political power of which have not balanced since the 31st in
each state respectively, and any attempt I December.—Dubuqae Herald.
by congress, on any pretext whatever, to
deprive any state of this right, or to inter- "The township collector systegi," jMys
fere with this exercise, is a flagrant usur- the Des Moines Register, "provided for by
pation of power, which can find no war-j the last legislature is likely to prove a
rant in tho constitution, and if sanctioned dead letter. The law premits counti& to
by the people, will subvert our form of I adopt or reject tho system as tliey may
government, and can only end in a single, choose. Several counties have ulready, by
centralized, consolidated government, in i their boards of supervisors, taken action
which separate existence of the states will upon adopting th# syBtem, and every one,
be entirely absorbed, and an unqualified so far as we have noticed, has decided not
place of a fed- to put it iuto practice.." It may be added
despotism bo established iu
eral union of co-cqual states, and that we
regard the reconstruction acts of congress
as such usurpations, and unconstitutional,
revolutionary, and void that our soldiers
and sailors, who carried the flag of our
country to victory against a most gallant
and determined foe, must ever be grateful
ly remembered, and all the guarantees
given in their favor must bo faithfully car
ried into execution that the public lands
consistently with our action
during the war. to co-operate with it cor
dially in restoring all the States to their
legitimate rights in tho Union, ar.d in re
deeming the integrity, prosperity and true
glory of the American Republic. Wo de
sire only an houorablc participation in
the achievement of the great victory of
Peace, that is to heal the grcvious
wounds of war.
The deficiency in the paymaster-general's
office, says an eastern paper, is only S25..
000,000. Congress endeavored to secure
popularity by voting large bounties to
soldiers, and at the same time avoid the
charge of profligacy by not appropriating
the necessary funds. Hence the enormous
deficiency in the war department.
Tho internal revenue department, falls
thirty-live million dollars below Mr. Rol
lins' estimate. This fact hastened the
that most of the counties in this scction of
the state, through their supervisors, re
fused to adopt the system.—JJubuque
llearld.
The tribunetsays, "loyalty and liberty
are the same." There is a great difference.
The "price of liberty is eternal vigilance,"
but the price
of
tion.
loyalty," is eternal taxa
Frank P. Iiialr, Jr.
e
itional
Government, relying on the integrity ot
Congress in its solemn and unanimous
declaration that the object of the war was
"to defend and maintain the supremacy of
the Constitution and to preserve the Union
with all the dignity, equality and rights of
the several States unimpaired, and not in
any spirit of oppression or for any pur
pose of conquest or subjugation and
Whcrcos, Since the rebellion was sub
dued and the war terminated, the Radical
party has, by a fraudulent use of its pow
er, and by the force of arms in violation of
the objects for which the great battles
were fought and tho victories won by the
Army and Navy of the Union and
Because it has fraudulently and forcibly
kept States out of the Union, which the
army and navy fought and hosts of our
comrades bled and died to keep in.
Because it lias destroyed the dignity,
equality and rights of a portion of the
States, and contlutes to treat the people
thereof as conquered and subjugated ene
mies, exercising over them acts of tyranny
unparalleled by those of Great Britain
which lead to and justified before the
world the American Revolution.
Because it has placed a stigma upon the
otherwise untarnished honor of the Union
soldier and sailor, by imposing upon those
who comprised the late Confederate armies
since their surrender, coud'tions of degra
tion, in violation of the letter and spirit
of tho capitulation when a brave though
misguided foe laid down their arms.
Because it has practically suspended, if
it has not wholly destroyed, the vital
principles of our Federal Republican sys
tem of government, in ignoring the rights
expressly reserved by the Constitution to
the States respectively or to the people, by
usurping the Constitutional prerog itives
of the Executive, and by rendering nuga
tory through legislation and otherwise the
action of tlio Judiciary.
The Democratic nominee for Vica Prow*
ident, the son of Francis P. Blair, Sr., the
veteran statesman nnd journalist, wM
born in Lexington, I\y., on tho 9th of
February, 1821. After completing bis
education at Princeton college, he applied
himself to the study of law in his native
town, and after being admitted to the bar#
removed to St. Louis, and commenced
practice in 1 *•!:{. During the war with
Mexico, ho servod as a lieutenant of vol
unteers. After tho peace, he returned to
St. Louis and resumed the practice of hie
profession. Entering into politics with
tho zeal characteristic of his nature and
patriotic temperament, he became identi
fied with the so called "free soil"' partjf
by supporting Mr. Van Buren for the
presidency on tho Boston platform. He
was elected to the legislature of Missouri
in 1S32 as a delegate from St. Louis, and
was rc-clectcd in l^ i l. Upon the expira
tion of his second term, in 18"0, he wae
chosen to represent the St. Louis district
in Congress, and was re-elect
ed in the years IS'jSsuccessively
18*50, 1802. From
the spring of ISill until he left his seat-Ul
Congress, he was chairman of the commit*
tec on military affairs in the house.
Upon the breaking out of the rebelli'»Bf
Mr. Blair raised the first regiment of Mies*
ouri volunteers and on the 7th of August,
having, in the meantime, attended tho
special session of Congress he was ap
pointed a brigadier general of volunteers,
i'he brigade of which he first assumed
command was raised by his own efforts
among the citizens of .Missouri. He
wan-
promoted to the rank of a major general
in November of the following year.
Gen. Blair's military record—while in
command of a brigade at Chickasaw bayou
and Arkansas Pest of Sherman's old
division of the 1 -3th army corps in the
siege of A ieksburg and the capture of
Jackson, Mississippi of tho 15th corps in
its marching from Iuka to Chatanooga,
and thence to lvnoxvillc, including the
battle of Mission Ridge and of tho 17th
army corps in the ever memorable Atlantar
campaign—is familiar to all who followed
the events, or have made themselves w
quainted with the history of the great
re
bellion.
heu tke army of the Tennessee went
into winter quarters at lluntsville,in 1863,
General Blair, at tho personal request of
President Lincoln, returned to Washing
ton and resumed his place in congress.—
At the opening of active operations, her
hastened back to tlio army, and was as
signed to the command of the 17th army
corps, in place of General Mcl'herson,
who 1 a! sacjtehdGeneral Sherman at the
head of the army of the Tennessee.
General Blair, aa will be seen, is a rep
resentative of the citizen-soidiery of tho
nation. lie is one of tho very few volun
teer officers, uneducated in the "regular"
school, who has risen by his merits from
the rank of a Lieutenant of Infantry to
that of a Major General, and whose per
formances as a soldier fully justified tho
wisdom of his promotion. In war or in
politics, in the field oriu the forum, Frank
P. Blair has ever proved, by the test of
the most thorough practice, a success.—
His nomination to the second place on the
democratic tiiket is a worthily-bestowed
honor to the statesmanly abilities as well
as to the soldierly merits of the man.
GOOD TEMPLARS.—The method of initia
ting a candidate into the Good T"inplars
is but a slight improvement upon the same
programme so long in vogue by the an
cient and honorable fraternity of tho
"Sons of -Malta." A chap who was taken
from a lager beer saloon, where he got
tight without knowing that lager beer
would intoxicate, was put through a course
of co'd water treatment by the Good Tem
plars a few evenings since. He peaches
on the Templars and gives the following
expose of their initiation ceremonies, for
which, no doubt, he will be put through
another course of cold water "sprouts" at
the next meeting of the lodge. In the
tirst place the victim for initiation is blind
folded, bound hand and foot, and thrown
into a cider press and squeezed for live or
ton minutes. This is done for the pur
pose of cleaning his system of old drinks,
lie is then taken out of the cider press and
by means of a force pump gorged with
cistern water, after which a scaling plas
ter is put over his mouth and he is rolled
in a barrel four or five times across the
room, the choir at tho same timo singing
the cold water song.
Ho is now tak«n out of the barrel and
hung up by the heels till the water runs
out through his ears. He is then cut
down and a beautiful young lady liandd
him a glass of cistern water. A cold wa
ter bath is then furnished him, after which
he is showered with cistern water. He is
then made to read tho water works acts
ten times, drinking a glass of cistern wa
ter between each reading, after which the
old oaken bucket is hung around his neck
and fifteen sisters deluge him with cistern
water. He is then forced to cat a peck of
snow, while the brothers stick his ears full
of icicles. He is then run through a
clothes wringer, after which he is handed
a glass of water by a young lady. He is
then again gorged with cistern water, and
his boots tilled with the same, and ho is
uway in u
The initiation
refrigerator,
is now almost concluded. After remain
ing in the refrigerator for the space of
half an hour, he is taken out and given a
glass of cistern water, run through a
clothes wringer and becomes a Good Tem
plar.
DEATH.—We have never read anything
more beautiful than the following from the
pen of George P. l'reutice. "There is
but a breath uf air and a beat of the heart
betwixt this world and the next. And in
the brief interval of painful and awful
suspense, while wo feel that death is pres
ent with us, that wc are powerless, and ho
all powerful, and tho faint pulsation hero
is but the prelude of endless life hereafter,
we feel in the midst of the stunning
calamity about to befall us, that the earth
has no compensating good to mitij^ae the
severity from loss. But there is no grief
without some beneficent provision to
soften its intenseness. When the good
and lovely die, the memory of their good
deeds, like, the moonbeams on the btormy
sea, light up our darkened hearts and lend
to the surrounding gloom a beauty so sad,
so sweet, that we would not if we could,
dispel the darkness that environs it.
The above is beautiful. The following
is as true as scripturo. We put the two in
contrast:
Josh Billings often mars his prod
no
tions by his bud spelling. His humor is
charming and needs none of this trickery
of paint to commend it. We copy from
tho Troy News, his official organ, the close
of an articlc tributary to old Velvet Toes,
deceased:
"Old Velvet Toes has shaved his last
Note. No more will the widow's tear
glisten on his threshold, no more will the
orphan shudder to meet him, and no more
will the tax-gatherer, like a wet ghost, sit
down before him.— Come all ye that only
love life for the gold that is in it, come
and look down into the earth hole where
Velvet Toes lies, confined and still! Does
there come to you in the eddies of the soft
wind, a single 'God bless him!'—and
when the grave diggers have heaped him
with dirt, what shall his epitaph be?"
AN ELECTION BET.—A bet was made at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, Wed
nesday evening, of $ 1,000 against $100
that Grant would not be the next President
of tho United States. The wager was
made in a crowd of Democrat?, and on
beins accepted by a Republican, Mr. John
W. White of New York, promptly deposi
ted the $1,000 with John Morriscy, John
SB
List covering it with his $100. The
vation is made that General Grant
be alive at the next inauguration.
They have got a sweet potato from Cute
in Portland, which weighs forty pounds.
It is twenty three inches long and twenH^
nine inches in circumference.