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VOL. XVI.
PEREY S BUE Cr , O., IfKIDA-Y, MAY 8, 1868.
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'" Uf Attorneys are rkld rkspovsihi.k for all
advertisements handed in or authorlied by them,
and for the publication of all Sheriff's Sale notices,
'. be writs for which they order out.
, , JOB PRINTING.
t am prepared to execute all kinds of Job
Work, such ns Posters, Sulo Bills, Prournmmes,
Invitations, Curds, Labels, Pamphlets, all kinds of
Blanks, , c. , in the most satisfactory manner.
TIi$ following are the rates for Sheet Hills :
Yi StlMt Bills, per 25 $2 on
y. 60 2 60
y inn... s on
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Full sheet .. ..ion 8 00
Orders will be HI led at short notice, andupon
the most naonableterms.
I T" Printing of every kind, whether Job work
or advertising, which, is done fur any association,
' irietv, public ui'etiiisr or political party, will b
charged to the person or persons ordering the
arae, who trill bu held responsible for p.iyiueut.
AUT.S TIIUIOIS,
l'li'ilishor and Proprietor.
II ?y siNESS ?ARD3,
or, w. r. rnBUvrr,
. Suvacini DoTitist,
I'ern sljiirir, i oi'd la,., U.
OFFICK over G. 11. Krei's' Store, on Lnnbi.inn
avenoe. Dental work executed in O dd, Sil
'. vcr and Robber. Teeth extracted without pain
without the n-e of chloroform, i
N. II. A lull set of Rubber Teeth for $30. All
work warranted. liefer to Peck St Hamilton, I'er
rysburg. Is
. 6,000 Cords of Stavo Bolts
Ev (lie Sievons Stave Manufacturing Company, at
' VPClillYSBUKU, OHIO.
41 Inquire of CIIAS. STEVENS.
BOWLING GREEN HOTEL,
t w. ISAAC CLAV, Proprietor,
. TlOWIINCjO-UKEN, O.
THIS House has lately been refitted and refur
nished, and the Proprietor will spare no pains
' " to make the stay of his guests comfortable. i tt
j. r. & s. Ti. i'Kit'12,
Attorneys-at-l-ia-wv
Per r'sbiirsr, Wood Count)') O.
WE hava lare quantities of Real Estate for
silo; attend to Tax-p aying ; also, procure
Bounties an! l.ti.eoim tor Soldiers.
All business promptly attended to. 18
BOWLING GREEN LIVERY STABLES,
OII.BEItT AVEUV, Proprietor,
Ilou ilng Greeii) Wood Co., U.
52T LIVERY at all hours, and at moderate
charpres.
tHis line of Hacks connects with the Accom
modation Tran at Ilaskins, going north and south,
and at Tontoguny with the Mail Train, going
. south and north. il.z
GEOBUB WKDDKLL.
W. B. KI1EKLV
WED DELL & EBERI.Y,
GENERAL LAND AGENTS,
Perrysburi, Wood Countr, Ohio
Will buy and sell Lands, examino titles, pay
taxes, redeem Lands sold for taxes, ccc.
Oliice in the Court-house. 37zx
!S. IAV1S,
CIVIL ENGINEER
AND
Deputy County Surveyor,
WESTON, OHIO.
lif Refer to any County Officer. 43z
E. G. BRADLEY,
Physician and Surgeon.
o
.VFICE over O. Reach's Store. Residence
Jirg. uousioa s, i ruui-sireci, lurry sourg,
ilzz
Ohio
S LEVIN & BROWN,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, and
General Lund Ageits.
Land bought and sold ; tuxes paid : titles exnra
iued, ito. Extra bounty, local bonntv, back
pay, pensiou, etc., promptly collected aud
paid over.
t3T Office ia the Courthouse, Perrysburg,
Ohio. i9tz
PEURYSBURQ MEAT STORE.
JOIIX G. IIOFF31AN
( TIAS removed his Meat Store to the building re
II cantly occupied by the Hardware Store, on
Louisiana Avenue. Au excellent quality of Meat
Isalwaygkepton hand.tj which he inrites the at
tention of all lovers of a juicy Roast, or a tender
BicaK.
Perrysbiirg, November 6, 1888. Szi
Fire Insurance Agency.
JOHN POWERS,
PEKUVSOUUG, OHIO,
Is Agent fur that first-class Insurance Company,
LOUILLAKO-Atw York.
Capital 9 1,498,033 30
Parties having building or psrtnnal property of
nr uencripiiuu m insure, win uiiu u i uieir iuier
est u give me a call. JOHN POWERS,
B3 Agent, I'errysburg, 0.
JOHN A, SHANNON,
" Attorney and Comisellor-at-Lan',
OlSoo la Phoenix Block, up stairs,
rerrytburg, Ohift.
ByAttentioB g!vea to the oolleetion of Soldiers
Claims. . , iitt
CiEOllGXl STItAllV,
ATTORSKY-AT-LAW, PiaarssoRo, 0.,
WlLLtteud toaIll)Usidesscoufldedtohl3re
in the several Courts of Ohio, Military
Claims will receive particular attention. ,
A Uu Insurance taken at reasonable rates.'
Olfiue Ner II irdware Building.up stairs, cor
ner of Louisiana Avenue and Froutstreet. In
3, K. Hohd, Fremout. J. M. Uokd, Pcrrysburg.
J, K. Ss J. M. IIORD,
ATTOIIIVEVS I'virytburg, O.
Office In Flgonix Block. 3in
BUSINESS CARDS,
nORAOR 8. BROWN.
MYRON O. BRO(TN
Hull Prairie Elevators,
nnowir iiri.0J3.,
' 1 Proprietors; also, Talers in
Dry Goods,Groccrlcs,Boots,Shocs,&Ci
-yCssh for all kinds of Grain.
S - llL'I.li l'UAIRIE, O.
REAL ESTATE AGENCIES.
i AS. Vf. ROBS, ASCtER COOK, SI.BEHT P. ROSS
IIOSS & COOK, ,
ABSTRACTS of TITLE.
OFFICE :
Corner I,onilnmt Avrnnr nnd Front
Street, lcrr biirg, OIilo.
WE have tho only set of AhMrnct Hooka
now in Wood County, containing a complete
Int)F.t. to all Lots and Lands therein.
Certificates of Title given upon ronsonablo
terms.
JfAlso, Agents for purchasing and selling
Real Estate, getting up Tax Titles, paving Tuxes,
&r., At,
1701' It desirsblo residenens in Perrvsburg.
? Price ranging fnim 81,200 to $,S00 ; for ante
bv . HOSS A CO(K.
i OA ACRES of choice land, 3 miles south of
1 i)u Perrysbirg, on IVrrrslmrg and Findlny
lt"iid, and nt crussing of good countr road: well
drained: 10 acres under cultivation; 40 acres of
prairie and openings, and tuil.iuce timber..
Pl ieo 818 per acre, S20 In payments.
SO acres of excellent tun I nenr Milton Center,
on good county road, mile from railroad ; good
log house mid otlKr farm building-:; 40 acres of
good timber aud balance in prairie, and uudev
eullivutirn.
Piiee i l.iOO. cah, nr 91,000 in payments.
For further particulars, iinjoirc of
PtUSH k COOK.
Ilitsiners solicited.' 37.r.
VALUABLE REALJSJATE FOH SALE.
'plll'I uiidersigncd h iving establish. -d a Ileal l)n
A tato Ageoey in Potf ;buig, nlfer for tule the
following Ileal KdUte, situated iu M'ood t'ouutv
Ohio: . . . . . i . .
II In loin in Perryshoi, with good House, Darn
Orchard, Well, Ac. very desirable. Can be had
ut a bargain, and on liberal t. I ins.
A I'm in of 10 neres, in section 10, of Plain
Township, under good cultivation, ith :;n(l (i nit
trees, good buildings, and well drained. Two
miles from Tontofvany.
All Improved Farm pflltO Arrja, in sec
tic n 31. Plain Township: I'D acres ti.ic'.er cultiva
tion, an l nearly all under leoce ; a large orchard,
and good well, together with a good frame house
and barn.
A I''rm containing CIS Acres, in same
section, all under fence, mostly improved ; orchard,
goou oarn aim large House, witn good frame house
iu course of construction.
The NIC. i of the KE. V of scrtion 28. town 4.
north of range 10 cast. Good House and Orchard.
Ail under lence.
UNIMPROVED LANDS.
V. i se qr section 35, tp 5, range 1180 acres.
N 4 aw or soo 30, tp a, rane IJ 80 acres.
80 Acres, in section 4, Ceil jr Township, well
iimuuren wan oiaeK walnut, wtiite woort, Ac.
S( Acres, in scctiou 16, Liberty Township,
prairie.
40 Acres, in section 10, Milton Township
hot No. 8.
SO Acres, in section 12, llonrv Township
timbered.
200 Acre tn scciion II, Portage Township:
lion r il v timbered.
Twelve or fifteen choice TOWX LOTS, in Per-
rysourg.
PCT" The above Real Estate will be ofTercd a
low rates, on terms to suit the purchaser.
i Real Estate Agents, Penysbtirg, O.
MERCHANDISE.
110! FOR BOWLIKG GL1EEN !
BOUGHTOIT'S HEW. STORE
IS THE PLACE TOR
BAEGAINS.
S. L. BOUOHTON
Keeps the Largest and Best Selected
STOCK OF MERCHANDISE
In Bowling Green, Oliio,
Which he is now selling at tho
LOWEST MARKET RATES.
No Inferior Coot's bought or sold. No "baits"
or improper measures used to induce customers
to buy.
Fair Dealinir,
Honorable Competition,
Live and Let Live,
Are mottoes under which ha has. dona business
for Thiileun Years in Howling Oruen, aud by that
same rule he will conduct all future transactions
with his numerous customers.
lie invites all iu need of Merchandise to call
and examine the
Style, Quality mid Price of His Goods,
With this consideration in the matter,
HE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD I
But will offer
BARGAINS TO ALL!
Tito best place in this county to
Buy or Sell LUMBER.
Bowling Green, February 7, 1808. ilii
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, .
Oo Fifth-street, east of the Union School-house
Pcrrysburg, Ohio.
TTHE undersigned would call the attention of (he
JL people of Perry8burjf and vicinity, that she
is still taking Pictures of the Best Quality, of all
sixes and kinds, from the 4-4 size, or largest, dowu
to the smallest Ambrotypes and (Jems ; also copy
ing from other pictures aud enlarging them in
copying.
Bhe will finish up Pictures in India Ink, or
paint in water Colors iu the most approved styles;
will also furnish frames and Cases of all kinds
and sites that may be required.
She would respectfully invite her friends to
call and see what their own art.st can do before
going elsewhere. It will coat you nothing if you
ounnot be suited. - All she asks is to show what
she can do, and feels confident vf giving satis
faction. JIks. NKI10L3. .
N. II. No pictures tak n oo Sunday.
Perrysburg, Ayrii 8. 1867, 60n
J. T. SWEET,
Dresser and Glover,
Will press snd make up to order all kinds of
Furs and Skins,
Ladies Furs, Capes, Cu!!ars, Ms, Berths, CufTs, k
GenU' Fun, Gloves, Cullars, Buck Gloves
aud Mits, from the heaviest working
glove, to the bout tuiicv.
fcFCRS1 Ueution PiJ t0 RPiri LA-
Corner of West Boundary and Front-street Per
rysburg, Ohio. Address, J. T. BWtET, Box Si
Perrsburj, O, r 3 lis
The Castalian Fount.
HONOR THE BRAVE!
BY MILES O'REILLY.
Honer Oi c brave who battle still
For Irish tir lit hi Knglish lands!
No rule except their lueoehless will,
N'o power bvo in their naked hands,
Who wage by day, and wngo by night,
In groups of three or band of ten,
One savage, uivlespairing finlil
' Against two hundred thousand men I
No pomp of wsr their eyes to blind,
No blast of music aa they go,
With jnal such weapons as they find,
s In desperate onset on the foe.
They seito the pike, the torch, the scythe
I lH(iial contest, but what then?
With steadlast rye and spirits blvlhc.
They face two bundled thousand uicu 1
Tho jails .ire yawning through the land,
The senll'old' fatal cl rk is heard,
But still nioren on the scanty baud,
By jail and scallold undeWired.
A moment's pauso to wail the last
Who fell in Freedom's fight and then,
With teeth tiim-"et, and breathing fast, ,
They face two hundred thousand men I
Obscure, unmarked, with none to praiso
Their lenity to a trampled land
Yet hever knights in At lime's days
For desperate cause niadu linner stand.
They wage no public war 'ti true,
They strike nod fly, and strike what then T
'Tia only thus these faithful few
t an trout two hundred thousand men !
You call thrm ignorant, rash and wild
But who can t II how patriots leel
With cclitulies of t'TUirlit piled
Above tin.' land on which they kneel?
And who has mule them what we find
i.ike tigers linking in their dm,
And breaking lorih with fury blind.
To bean! two hundred thousand ue n ?
Who nvvli their lives so hard to bear
They care not how their lives tiro losi ?
Their hurl a symbol of despair
A wreck on liuiii's ocean tossetl !
Wo, happier hero, may carp and sneer.
And judge them liursl.ly hut whit then?
No gloves for those who have us foes
Tj 'o-c tiro I'tuJntl thoimutd fii.H
Honor the brave! Let England l ive
Against thciu as a savage b.iod
We know their foes, we know fuir woes,
'And hail Iheut ns a hero band.
With iron will, they battle still,
In gnaips of three, or bands of ten
Nor care wo by what sivagu skill
They tight two hundred thousand men.
PRECEPT AND PRACTICE.
BY C. H. WEBB.
The world is rife with nobler thought
Thau trembles on the tongue j
The world is lull of melody,
Unwritten and unsung.
The music of a maieh is sweet,
But action is suhlime ;
Aud'each may livu a nobler verso .i
Than u.'er was told in rhyme.
Sweep from my sight these foolish bo As,
They vex my very brain.
And I will sit ut 'Nature's feet
1I..T open page Ihe plain
Ant read a pleas .ml lotiudclay
In every blade that groas j
A lviic iu the lily's leaf,
An epic iu the rose !
I.'l tinUli ig of the tongue or pen
To love-siek girls belong
The ninsie of a well-spout life,
Is sweeter far than song.
It likes me not this waste of words
Our world were not so bad,
If nui ills and men would cease to write,
BY C. H. WEBB. Selected Miscellany.
THE MILLIONAIRES OF NEW YORK.
How they Make and Keep Their Money.
T. W. : (Tliinlow Weed) conti ilmtes to
tlio Galaxy, for May, tlio following very
intereHtinir urtiulo :
Nothing; murks Hie high civilization ol
the day mote surely than tin iiilonso desire
to Be inillionaii es. Every mull believes ho
ought to ho cue, niul iniiny men, for a time
at least, bolievo they inn ho. A cold
hloodod inspection ot this vital question
limy enable us to see what wo tiro ulmilt,
ami it may, too, tench us how this blissful
result tan be accomplished.
Au examination of the tax books of New
York City (for 18(i(i-7) tdmws that ulieudy
ten men own ono-teiitli iai t of the whole
taxable property of tho city, as follows :
Win. Ji. Astor $1(1.111,01)0
Win. 0. Khinclandor 7,74.'),0im
A. T. Stewart 6,01)1,000
l'uter and Robert Uoelet 4. 117.0011
James bonox 4,2'i(l,00l)
Peter boiillard (since dead) 4,245,000
John David Wolfe 3.9U7.HO0
M. M. Hendricks lJHJO.OOO
Ilnfus b. bord 1,500.11110
C. V. 8. Koosevolt 1,1)1(1,000
Total 551,40.1,500
Tho total of the taxable, proiioriy in this
Same) year wuh Soo'ill'J.lll'J. So that it
appears that ten men already own about
one-tenth of all ; and nuo hundred men
might own tho whole of the city, bud their
lathers, and Ihey, done as these huvo donu.
The highest tux paid on the list aiuoiii.ted
to $.'J.-S,1 III, and tho lowest lo S'.'-'.liTO.
Kithcr ol thciu very pretty fortunes in most
quartets of Ihe habilablo globe. Togetln r,
these ton paid taxes to the uiuuunl of
lba.?26.-. ;
'To help the non-millionaire to understand
this thing fn He, it is well to ny that these
lijjuies of lilfy-otiH nnd a halt inillioiiH of
dollars reprtsuut, at least, one biindiod and
throe millions of actual prnpui ty, and,
probably, one hundred and fifty millions ;
because hardly any of this property is
lan d at more than ono half of its iiiui';haiit
abli) value, aome of it very iiiiuh loss than
thut. to that we may estimate Mr. Astor
to be worth, in real estate alone, over
832.(100,000, and Mr. lloosovolt over 2.
700,000. For myself, I believe tin-Re for
tunes ure three times the taxed values.
It is curious to observe that, out of the
two most persistent, thrifly, money getting
tribes -Yankees, pure ulol simple, and
Jew s come but one each of this ten. The
other eight are I Four from the great Ger
manic races, two from the Huguenot
French, and two from the Soutub, or dootch
Irish. The Germanic raco has great industry
and persistence, not much vivacity or en
tcrptise, but vast capacity for holding on ;
and it will appear, in the progress of this
story, what a valuable faculty this in. The
French race is the most alert and vivacious
iu the world, but has not succeeded in trade
when pitied against the Germans and Sax
ons. One of our Gallie lamilies, however,
has not been surpassed. Tim Scotch (and
the North-Irish aro the same) are canny
that is, they are wary, skillful, pertii acinus;
i hey have s baud to graep and a hand to
hold uneq .led among the sons of men.
It has taken two generations to produce
eight of these millionaires two only, Slew,
art and Lord, having been the architects of
their own I'oiiuuts. We find the Astor
estate, to be the result of the truflic of John
Astor with the Indian tribes through some
half a century. This ha seems t ) have be
gun almost immediately upon landing on
the elu.es of tlio New Woild, iu 17S3, and
to have prosecuted with a vigor and as
aiduity which never tired. Astor had
three tlinK health, a money-gvttu'iS
faculty and an organizing faculty, Mr
Astor was a knowing man. liuyins ins
furs cheap, he look thoui to Furope and to
China, ami Hold them dear. Ho bought
teas and other productions cheap, and those
he again sold dear ns dear a ho could.
Hut, no doubt, his irmin ptoflt e.ime from
his dealings with the Indians. In other
words, he cignnized tho North American
fur trade, so that it should make money
fr himself, not the Indians; nnd did it did
it largely. In due time be had money to in
vest, and then bin sagacious, numoy nuk
ing laculty told him that New York was
destined to become a great commercial
city, and that real r-tato.judieionsly bought
must increase in value. lie bought, lie
bought, and he bought largely. This ap
petite for accumulating millions grow with
what it fed on, and tho power lo do it grew
vastly with the growing millions; and thus
it went on for sixty-years, until iu 113 ho
nut gathered to hie fathers, -leaving au
estate to his sou estimated at twenty mil
lions, a legacy of StlMHlO to the city to
(oiii ill a library, and an miuuity of S-00 a
year to the poet Hall ck !
Dor present mi'.loinaii o, then, inheriting
his twenty millions, had a taik before h in
tie was mi ono side in a great liht, nl!
mankind on tho other; his struggle was to
keep, theirs to get, lie has beaten them.
No person has ever been able to inveigle
him into any trade or speculation, or en
terprise of any kind soever, lie I as kept
what he had, and he has invested ill si e.iri
t oa which paid him I per cent , or (i pur
cent., or 7 per cent., or ho has bought more
ami more real esta'e. II.' has never boon
templed by higli interests or promising
pi'nlils In take ami I isk at all. This is his
secret this is too way that his Iweuly
millions has hoeome sixty or eighty, and
this is tho whole ot it. You who propose
to become a millionaire, have only loie
in 'lulu r that Mr. Actor's twenty millions,
by the sure incrca o d compound interest,
became forty at liie i lid of ten years, and
eighty at the end o!' Iweuly years; and it
i now twenty years since ho inherited his
twenty mil j uis. You have oi ly lo inherit
twenty millions', ami do us ho has done, and
you will be just us rich and great as he is.
'Ihe career of our Khinchmder millionairj
htei I o ti essentially the mi mo. He. too,
inheritud the beginnings of bin lot tuuo ;
lor the Khinelanih r jiero was bo lucky, or
so wise, as to own a farm along the Kist
river, on Manhattan Island, Having the
supremo faculty, also, of hoi ling nn,it came
to his chihlrei', of w hom our millionaire is
the most diMii guishud representative. II ).
loo, has had his strngglo to keep, and to
get mom ; nnd ho Ins succeeded so that h
now bol ls "lots iiinuinei able, from Thir
tieth street lo 1.11st street," alid vast
propel ties ill Ihoadwuy, I'al k low, lialclay
street, etc.
The tioclets rank ns ono, not liecauso il
takes two (i octets to make- ono linn, but
le .iiu-io it is said their propoi ty'in a good
degree is one. Tho (loeict millionaire h,
too, ha I an ancestor, who, fallowing the
honorable cralt ol ironmongery, learned iu
it how lo turn iron lo gold, and that into
oily lots; Tho 'story goes, tha', upon a
time, they found themselves cramped for
pasture lor their cow, and to acco..iiiiodate
hor, they bought a pasture lot of minio
loiiy or fifty acres, for a trillo. They hold
on, even ultoi the old cow dh'd ; and that
pasture lot now is covered with brick and
-. ..... i .. .r -ir,,., : .,,! I,',, , ih
avenue; and tho Unclots Mill own it. Tlio
only wostcliil extravagance ever charged
upon " Young IVt-jr" has been a lavish ex
peiu'ituro for peacocks and pheasants',
which are alleged never lo have produced
anything ut all. Tho rest of his property
ha.s been amazingly productive.
Thirty five veins ago, Robert Lenox was
ono or tho four rich men of New York,
following Mr, Astor. The other three witj
John (J. Uoster, Stephen Whitney and
Nathaniel Prime. Tho Lenox cslato lias
grown nod become vast Ihe others aro
scattered or divided. This Lenox fortune
begins as far back as tho American Revo
lution, when, in connection with the Com
missary Department, the shrewd, printout,
careful, indefatigable Scotchman began to
accumulate wealth ; ho went steadily for
ward with this great purpose of his life
until he died, in 18i!J, leaving millions to
his heirs.
The present millionaire James Lenox,
lias never made money, and lias never at
tempted to do so. Indeed, he is tlio one,
aud tho ou'y ono, of our rich men who, it
is claimed, makes it a matter of conscience
not lo add house to liouso and lay field to
field. It is asserted that every yoar tie
dispenses his vast income iu his own ways
hut that lie scrupulously avoids reinvest,
ing it. And yet, in spite of himself, he
grows richer and richer, thus : Years ago,
his fattier was obliged lo take a piece ol
property, far beyond oivilizition, to satisfy
a mortgage of some eleven or thirteen
thousand dollars. Ho hel 1 on, nnd James
Lenox has held on. Now it is on the east
side of Iho Central Park, iibout Seventieth
street six blocks of the most desirable
property iu the city, and ol which Mr.
L tiox lias sold to the amount of three quar
ters ol a million, and has enough lult to
make over the million.
We come now lo another class of men of
wealth tliosu who inherited and who have
made innnoy.
The Lorillnrds Iiavo in their veins both
French and German blood ; and it has been
said that " theru never was a poor Lord
lard." Appearances seem to indicate that
there never will bo one. Wealth, like
poverty, if not a diseaae, seems to bo con
tagious. This immense estate is now some
seventy years old ; for, as far away as 1810,
P. Sr. (J. Lorillird were very rich, and never
gave a note ; and when George died his
estate was estimated at over iff 2, 000,000.
Tobacco did the wink. Tluy have lived
with tobacco, and iiave learned lo know it
in nil its phases, in nil iti forms. They
knew the richest Abajo and the pales!
Wothersfield they know how and when
and where the fragrant leaf of tlio tropic
may best wed the fainter weed of New
England, and (he lusty growtli of Kentucky.
Factories have prown up where this
Htrango plant could bo ground and dried
aud shaped ami bottled and papered, so as
to make it delec.tablo to iniii, prolitablo to
him w ho thus ministers to his needs.
Let us here make an approximate, calcu
lation us to what this business amounts to
iu each year. There are some eight mil
lions of men between tho ages of fifteen
nod ninety in the United Slates. Let us
suppose that three-quarters, or six millions,
use tobacco to Ihe extent of but $20 per
year each. The result is i$100,000,000. Of
this forty per cent., fcay, is profit. It
follows, than, that 810,0110.001) of profit is
to be tho portion of somebody. Nor, the
L'lrnlards Livu taken good care to get
their share of this; first, by producing a
good article ; second, by selling as tow as
the rest and third, by advertising it thor
oughly. Just how man; new millions have Leon
tints added to the great eslato, wo have no
means of knowing, and Mr. Lorillard's re-.
cent departure forbids lo inquro.
ilr. n ulle not only luUuiilud u good fur-
tune, but his business doubled It, and his
marriage to a Lorillarit tripled it.
Mr. Hendricks, also, inherited wealth,
and by assiduity and care lie has greatly
added to it. Copper did Ihe work for him.
Mr. Roosevelt inherited $100,000, many
years ago, w hen the possessor of J 1 00,000
was a very rich man. Ho attended to his
business and ate the bread of carefulness,
nevertheless. He grew richer, and richer,
and having money to invest, be seized
upon good properly in the city ol Now
York. He always saw after the interest
account ; never let it rut) against him, and
his purchases were always niado with this
iu viow. How much ia luck, how much
prescience in this world, who can say?
His purchase, some forty years ago, of the
(headway front, between I'lu ii teenlh and
Foui teenth streets, for somo 2o,lHI0, results
now in a million.
We come at last to the two men on the
list who iuher'ted nothing, but who have
become millionaires through their own right
hands. One of those is Yankee, pure and
simple, the other is Scotch Irish.
Mr. l,o. J was born poor ; he will die rich.
He came to New Yoik because iu New
Yoik were posibilities greater than in New
Luglaud. lie learned the business of
merchant, aud worked in it indefatigably,
iu dnvs when it was mm e possible for a
poor man to grow rich than it is now, Ity
aud by be got his own machine started,
aud gi ist came to his mill, which he ground
to bis own profit. Dry-goods aro of more
universal use than even tobacco, and
therefore present opportunities lor great
lortuiies.
lint ihe most remarkable machine of mod
ern times is the one which has been con
structcd, and is now controlled by Mr
Stewart. This vast, complex, and complete
structure has been raised, combined, made,
iu the short space of a tile limp : all since
tho year tS'Jil, when this young Scolch
Irisli adventurer landed on our shores lo
seek that unlimited success which nowhere
else could have been so speedy aud so
milked. In forty years ho hasorgani7.nl
this machine (as I term il), which enables
him to gather and concentrate tho manu
laclurei s of the known world, and to dis
tribute ihem again lo the ten million women
of America, to an amount, iu dollars of
seventy millions a year. For forty years
he has been at work, with palieiico and
care and forethought, to accomplish this
result, lie has never rested, he has never
slept, lie lias loregone till that many men
value, all pleasures and ambitions. Friend
ships aud hatreds, societies and pliilanttiro
pies, tho-'vies and philosophies, have been
contemned and made quite subordinate to
this main anil otdy purpose of his life. He
has done what In: set himself to do. and lias
done it so well that ho has secured success
and amassed millions. Thero is no hocus
pocus about it. This woiinderful success
is entirely duo to the fact that ho has done
his business a lilllu better than anybody
e'se, aud has done it longer. Ho has
bought cheaper and sold cheaper than his
neighbor.", and so the world is at Ins
feet. And because of this, his machine
has enabled him to draw out of tho earn
ings of tho producer and consumer a vast
annual income, which has grown by accre
tion lo afortnuo ol perhaps .'111,000, 000
almost three quarters of a million a year
for his wdiolo working life. Now, Mr.
Stewart is childless ; ho can not, in Ibis
country, found a duked ni or dynasty ;
what possible purpose can ho propose to
himself to stimulato him to tho work which
i. ...,'ii ,.....1. . i ,,.l,l, n il,,, i.loloi oiination
ol youth ? At tho ngo of sixly-hve most
men ure ready, or fancy Ihey are, to tako
their ease, to begin to enjoy, to put Iho
laboring oar into other and younger hands.
Not so this man. Ho is as careful and
pains taking ns ever ; lie works early unit
late; lie geld his work done by others at
the smallest possible price. His iiiachiiio
means business, not philanthropy. Ho
does not propose to make the lives of his
employees iiinro easy, or more luxurious,
or more happy that is their nlfair. His is
to perfect his machine and make it (lie most
thorough in tho world ; and ns far as one
can see, ho will die doing it. If lie bus mi
ambition and who can tell what is inside
a man ? it may bo to sljow what a vast and
complete thing can bo organized aud
worked by the persistent and well directed
energies of one man living ono tile.
If this bu his umbition, lie seems likely
to reach it.
If the estimite of ono mans yearly pro
duction (tf.-KIO to $1 ,000) bo correct, and if
Mr. Stewart sells goods to the amount of
$70,000,00(1 a year, it follows that he handles
tiio productions of somo seventy or cighly
thousand mm. Now, if ho extracts but
ono dollar cacti from their earnings for the
use of his uiaohino, it amounts to tho very
pretty figure of 80 000 per minimi ;if from
each ten dollars, then it is $HOO,000, and so
on, IL) lias reputed an income, iu ono
year, of some .?1,000,000.
An Act.
To amend sections eighteen and twenty -nno of the
set relating to roads and highwavs, passed
March Dth, 1H08.
Suction 1. Is it enacted hi the General
Assam!)! ; oi thi State of Ohio, That sec
tions eighteen and twenty-one of tho act en
titled ' an act relating to roads aud high
ways," passed M u cli Uth, 18G8, bo amended
h i as to read as fol.ows:
Section 18. That if the trustees of any
township shall deem au additional road tax
necessary, Ihey shall determine Iho per
centum to bo levied upon tho tax able prop
erty of their respective townships, not ex
ceodirg three mills on the dollar, and shall
cerlily tho sumo to tho couuly auditor in
writing on or before tlio first Monday of
June, in each year; and tho auditor of tha
county shall assess the same on the taxable
property in the township, and the samo
sh.nl bo collected iu the December install,
moot, and paid out i.s other taxes, except
as heieiiirtller provided.
Skctiom 21. Any person charged with a
road lux may discharge the same by labor
on Ihe public highways within the district
where the same is charged, within tho tin e
designated in this act, ut the rate of one
dollar and fifty cents per day, and ft ratable
ullnwanc per day for any team aud imple
ments furnished by any person under iho
direction of the supervisor of situh district,
who shall give to snob person a certificate
specifying tho amount of tux so paid, and
the district and township wherein such la
bur was performed, which certificate shall
iu uo case bu givwii for auy.great' r sum than
the tax charged against such person, and
the county treasurer shall receive all such
certificateu as money in the discharge of
said road tax. All road (axes collected by
tho county treasurer shall be paid over to
the treasurer of the township, or municipal
corporation, from which the same weio col
lected, und shall ho expended on the pubi c
roads, and in building nnd repairing bridges
as hereinbefore provided, in tha township
or municipal corporation, from which tho
said taxes were colldcted under the direc
tion of the trustees of the proper town
ship or counc:l of such municipal corpo
ration, and all funds heretofore levied tor
road purposes, und not expended shall
be expended by the trustees of tho town
ship or council of the municipal corpora
tion from which the muio were collected,
as other taxes collected under the provl.
Ions of this net ; provided, whero town
ship trustees bavo failed to receive
(he act to which this is au amendment in
tune to re-disti iot their townships into rend
districts, ami order an election for supervi.
sors thereof as requited by said aetr the
trustees ot such townships upon the pas
sage of this act are hereby authorized aud
required lor tho year 1803, lo re district
their township into road districts and ap
point supervisors therefor, who shall be
fore entering upon the dnlies of their office
take an oath or nlhrmation lo faitlitnlly and
impartially discharge Iho duties of their
oliice, aud shall be under tho same restric
tions aud penalties us though they had
been duly elected and qualified.
?uc. 2. That said original sections eigh
teen aud twciitwue of the act to which
this is amendatoiy I o mid the same are here
by repealed.
kc. II. That this act snail take effect
from und after its
F. W.
Speaker pro tem. the House of Representatives.
J. C. LEE.
President of the Senate.
President of the Senate. Passed April 8, 1868.
JUDGE CHASE AND THE INDEPENDENT.
riiNIll'.lN T.
Mr. Chase Read Our of the Republican
Party.
Tlio liitltH'nJcnt, this week, '' recutls its
nomination of Mr. Chase for tho Presi
dency." Tho article, which has several in
teresting points, says :
A spectator in Washington just now
limbs thai throe personages are jointly chal
lenging and bowildoring the public atten
tion : First, the Chief Justice of the I'nitod
States; second, the 1'roeidcut of tlio High
Com I of Impeachment ; and third, the Hon.
Samuel P. ( base.
Il the American people, at Judgo taiioy a
death, could have loioseoii that his succes
sor (w hosoever he might be) would be called
to preside over a trial for Iho impeachment
of the President of tlio United States, such
as is now going for waul, und over a dial
of the President of the Southern Confeder
acy, such as will go for ward next month,
they would I ave urged upon President Lin
coln, still more earnestly than they did, the
appointment of Mr. . Chase as the one man
who, above all oihors, wai most sigii.tUv
lilted (or the high post and its great duties.
Itut, though Mr, Chase took his supremo
seat amid iho plaudits ol' half the nation,
yet, ever since ho was gowned, thero has
been an impression on the public mind that
he would rattier be 'off tho bench than on
it. It is remarked of Mr. Chase nioie fre
quently than of nny other, statesman, (hut
he is ambitious for the Presidency. ;
For years past., wo huvo earnestly and
oltvn advocated Mr. Chase s nomination lo
the Presidency. . This advocoy now ends
Without crediting the fables of tho scan
dal monirers who say that Mr. Chaso has
abandoned the party of which he was lately
tho chief oinamout, and has practically
joined tho Democracy, wo are, neverthe
less, constrained to say that (ho Republi
can parly can no longer, with propriety,
look to Mr, Chase lo be one of its leaders,
and least ol nil, to be its chief. A short
time ago, wo thought that (tie greatest gift
which this journal could oll'ur to the coming
Chicago Convention was Mr. Chase's illus
trious iiume. Wo now have reason to be
lie vo that Mi. ('huso would not accept the
it .. 1,1,1,1, in ooiioie.iiioii. it at were tendered,
o bavo equal reason to believe, also, tliaf
ho would accept the Dumocratio liounmi
turn, il it could bo tendered on a platlorm
not inconsistent with his well known views
of negro suffrage. No one who knows the
man will expect him over to change, mod
ify or compromise his life-long aud ineradi
cable convictions in lavor ot liberty, ins
tice mid political equality. Solemnly and
eurnestly lie holds now, us lie lias held al
ways, to Iho civil und political rights of all
American citizens, without distinction of
sex. Nor have wo any doubt that ho will
remain, in his own judgment, sacredly true
to those great and high convictions during
tlio rest ot his life. Hut as the fact is now
evident that Mr. Chase no linger links his
political future with the Republican parly,
we feel that in tlio conduct of a journal
whiidi lias long boon conspicuously known
as ono of his unvarying supporters, we
have no right any longer to solicit the Ko
publican party to unfurl at their head tho
banner of his name.
Of courso tlieso remarks aro not de
signed to slato tim position, or indicate the
views, or hint Ihe purposes of Mr. Chase
an ofl'ue which we have neither authority
nor knowledge, nor wisti, nor right to as
sume ; but solely for the sake of honorably
informing the Republican parly that this
journal unequivocally recalls its long main
tained iiomiiiatiou of Mr. Chase' for tlio
Presidency.
If at tli it late day it wero not wholly use
less to substitute another name, it might
ho Iho mime o( Charles Sumner, nr Hchiiy-,
ler Colfax, or lion. Wado, or General Out
lier, lint, of coursw, the Chicago Convention
will go pell-mell lor General Giant. Never
theless, wo shall go on dreaming our day.
dream of the happy day when only a great
statesman shall be eligible to preside over
the Great Itcpublic.
A Bit of History.
Senator Simon Cameron, of Pennsylva
nia, made an interesting statement in the
Senate, toiuut-inio since, in relation to tho
circumstances under which Generals Lee
and Johnson entered Iho Confederate ser
vice. It will bo remembered that Mr. Cam
eron was Secretary of War at the breaking
out of tho rebellion. In the courso of de
bate, he was asked why he did not arrest
these two ollicurs and prevent their deser
tion, and in his answer he makes thl etaty
meiit alluded to. Of Gen. Johnson, who,
at tho time of his desertion, was Quarter
master General, he says :
" Gene ml Johnson was, as the Senator from
Man 1 in I eays, a most valuable nlTlcer.
Olliceis of tho army wero resigning or ruu
ning away daily, almost hourly. The laig
est portion of the men who were consid
ered the most valuable, had left the service.
The Secretary of War of that day was told
thut this gentleman was going to leave the
service, because ho believed he was sus
pected by the Administration of not being
faithful. He was sent for by the Secretary
of War, who said to him that he hud entire
confidence iu his ability and integrity, and
begged thut he would not leave th ser
vice witli any wrong iinnrrsbiou. He im
mediately said to mo that lie regretted
that ho had (hcidod to leave; that this
rebellion was.wroug ; that everybody en
gaged in it was acting improperly and un
faithfully to the Government, and that lie
never intended to taks part against the
Government. Uut ha said be was controlled
by influences which he could not coun
teract ; that ho was compelled to resign.
I believed at the lime that the Influences
referred to were those of his wife's fam
ily t but I have been toll siiio that it was
not so. At all events 1 thouKl have arrested
him, if I had uot sent fur him into my room,
and in some measure got him to commit
himself to niu. 1 have nlwaya regretted
that I did scud for him, and that 1 did not
srait until ho had committed the overt acfr
ami then arrcatod him.''.
Thcsn tacts are very interesting. But
the most important revelation was that con
c ruing General Lee, Who, aa our reader
know, was General Scott's Chief of Staff at
tho time relerred to: .....
" General Lee called nil a gentleman who
had my entiro confidence, and intimated
that he would like to have onmloand of tits
army. Ho assured that gentleman,- who)
was a man in Ihe confidence of the Admlttt
isti ation, of his entiro loyalty, and his de
votion to the interests of the Admtnltrtrn.
lion and ol the country, f consulted' With
General Scott, aud General Scott approved
of placing him at the head of the army.
The place was offered to him unofficially,
with tha approbation of Gmivrat fleott.
It was accepted by him verbally, with the
promise that he would go into Virginia end
seltfo his business and then come back to
tako command. Ho never gave us an op
portunity to arrest him ; he deserted Under
false pretenses. 1 should bav arrested
him iu a moment if I had had a' ehanot at
him ; and 1 have always regretted that' I
never did get that chance." ' '
This statement show mure" complotely
than was ever demonstrated before, the
pei tidy of General Lee iu dosor ting tho
Liiion army. It seems that he was under
verbal agreement to accept tho active (torn
maud of the Union army, which hard been
verbally tendered him, Under thee cir
cumstances, bis abandonment of the) Fed
eral army was, ii possible, a double treach
ery. To bo euro, Mr. Camoron had uo 8i
root interview with Genoral Lee himself,
but that the matter was ono of importance,
and receivod much consideration from both
paities, is shown by the circutnstniiues. '
. -' . '
Pacific Railroad-The Mountains
Overcome.
[From the Sacramento Union, Dec. 2.]
The telegram which, starting from the
summit of the 8 rus on Sa'nrday after
tei noon last, flashed ucrnsa (he continent to
the shores of the Atlantic, am! Underneath
that ocean, to Knrope, annoui.ecd an event
which will probably seem greater to those
far away than to those near by ; to those
who rend id it in history than to fhoso
who witnessed il iu fact. On that day tha
track of the Central Pacific railroad reached
the summit of its grade, A joint occurring
almost at that very point was made and
spiked down at twenty minutes past ono
m. Iho Hag ol the Union was immedi
ately planted near the spot, fitly signifying
that an event bail occurred winch, more
than any other, assures the continued unity
ot this great Republic, For (ho completion
of a railroad across the Sierras removes
the only obstacle which lnt!l been regarded
as insuperable to a vital connection be-
lwen tn e Atlantic and l atino coasts. . For
Caliloi iiia it means much, .but it moins)
more for the country at largo and for man
kind.' The people of this continent aro no
longer severed by mountain barriers whioh
would, mako of theui two nations, diverse
and hostile. We may now make certain
of a common national life that shall secure
not only out' own best interests, but tha
largest aud noblest influence Upon the na
tions, from whom ou either hand, wo aro
parted by an ocean, aud whose dostinies
wo must tei Inusly adect.
Tlio work of crossing the moun'alns In
practically complete. Tho bank.) and tres
tles ol (illy to a tin tidied feet high are, all
disposed of, the heavy rock cuts of almost
ns grcut dimensions are ont of the way.
o,.,i it, r, ri,. t,,onoj of an nyeraire lengirf
of 400 leot uo longer obstruct the passage of
the truck. That this mtvl hae uot been slight
ly built, but is fit for tho uses lo which it will
bo put, is obvious to any practical engineer
who examines it. It may be evidenced to
others by tho fact that the returning train
r ti over ninety four mile of the worst
curves, banks, bridges and trestles hotweon
Cisco mid Sacramento in three hours ami
fifteen niinut;e. This train Wits conducted
by ,1. I). Watson, (he same gentleman 'who
conducted the first train which ever ran
upon the road. Another interesting inci
dent connected with the occasion is tho
fact that tho summit joint in the rails wast
fastened down on Saturday by three old
railroad mou Ayers, Uerrick and Madden
ono of them having beon engaged for
twenty-six years iu the business, and dur
ing the war upon Government railroads.
On the 19th of February a Brazilian fleet,
composed of aix ironclads, forced tha
passage of Htiiniiitii. It ia also affirmed
that tho Alice had taken possession of at
place belonging to the Paraguays, called
Kstnblecimiento, defended by 15 guns aud
t ,500 men. About 600 men were killed or
taken prisoners ; tho rest fled to Hutnaita,
Tho Brazilian loss is estimated at 500 to
700. Tho sououd division, composed of
iron clads aud wooden vessels.' attacked
Ciirnpuiti on the same day. Two Para
guay nn batteries had been taken, one be
tween llomaiu and Cuntpuitii and tho
other betweon the former place and Tayi.
'I ho Allies were in high spirits on account
of their success, and the greatest enthusi
asm prevailed, lint even if Lones ho
driven out ot hi before-mentioned formid
able strongholds, titers will still reinsiu
somo hard work to bo done before the Allies
can obtain tiny permanent footing in Para
gua an idea which, In spile of their efforts
to appear sanguine as to the result of the
operations they have undertaken, every
now unJ then muHes itself apparent.
Horticultural.
'
Is Tennessee a good peach State T ' We
answer, yes no other State has produced
such notable crops. Iu 11)7, William
Blount, United Slates Senator I torn Tennes
see, as impeached for an attuuipt to se
duce and corrupt au Indian Agent a thing
unheard ol belore or since. It) 18G3, Judge)
Humphreys, of Tennessee, was impeached
for Unison. Now wo have the case of
Andrew Johnson, an AUermau of the vil
lage of Greenville, Tenuessue, for Crimea
and uiisdomeanord whose liiituo is legtou.
huiwia Lhitf.
Tub Republican Slate Convention of Del
aware met at Dover on the 23d. Resolu
tions were adopted indorsing tlio recon
struction legislation of Congress, impartial
suUiugo, and impeachment, and favoring
the payment of the debt coord ing to tho
spirit of the contract. Tho favorite candi
dates for President and Vice President wero
Grant sod Wude. The delegates ehoat.ii to
the National Convention were J. T. ileald, '
Lewis Thompson, II. It. Soi there, Thomas
I). Courser; 3. Laytou and Isaau J. Jeu It
ins. ." ,
.
Tits noted horse Ivanhoe, which was
matched to he driven from Brighton to
Worcester, against the horse E'opire Stt
a few weeks since, died od ihf lll) last.,
at s stable in Boston. Ivanhue gate out oa
ihe w ay, but Empire Slate wont through
winning; the race, and died that nlnht. Tb
defeated horse has never recovered from
the effects of hard driving on toW o
ion.
HkFoB could find uo publisher for " Rob.
,, ,1,L . ..
inaoii lausoo; macseraj, iorvaon
Fair; " Charlotte Dronto, for '' Jane Eyro;"
!', .,,-, tn Inr liia hrat essav on Natlir-
until n.ilience ha 1 beeu exhausted. ,