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33 AV. DAVIS.
HOLLOWAY A DAVIS, Proprietors
TERMS: i ' 1
On year, ia alvaac . .i .. .t.. 40.
Six months 44 , 75
Three montbi. .... - 40
B u s Tn je s s7 Oards.
DR. S B. HARRIM AN
( No. 16 North Pearl Street, ".;
(Ofpoite the Warier Build"ug,)
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Office Hoars: From J to 2, and from
a a T l U mm 1 mt all nthnr ttmfs whn nnt I
professionally engaged. .
Richmond, Noy. . 1869. 19:!y
Attention Given to Surgery!
R E. HAUGHTON, M. TJ;
SURGICAL OFFICE, Wo. 26,
South Frccnklinst; . !
. i j RICHMOND, IXD.
BaT-Oflice hoars, from 6 to 8 a m; 12 to 3
p m, and 6to 9 p m. - Sept 24, '70. I8y
; Dn. J. HO WELLS , "
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OFFICE East Broadwar, (Dr. Jones's old
Stand,) first house West of Grace
If. K. Cbarcb,
RICHMOND, INDIANA.
Oppicb Hocm from 10 to 12 a. mM mnl
Ironi 2 to 4, and 7 to 8 p. m. 14-ly
J. fl. McINTYBE, M. D.f -
Office opposite Huntington Hoasv,
jaiCHMOXD, INDIANA. :
Special Attention Given to Surgery
; Residence Not 17 South Franklin Street.
t nl3-ly.
Jehiel Railsback,
Attorney at Law,
Richmond, I nd.
Entrance one door East of I'elchelt's Stole,
and irer Hudson's Drugstore, Main-st:.
. Richmond, Aug. 10,1870. ,.
J OHN H. POPP,
ATTORNEY AT LAW and JVO
TAIl, Office No. 33, Main-atreet,
K 'hmond, lad: attends to the collec
tion ot all claims in any State o the Union.
Will practice in any of tbe Courts ot Indian
nd Ohio. Execute Deeds, Mortgages, and
Powers of Attorney, either inland or for
eign.- By special arrangement with C. 1.
Adas, in Cincinnati, (German Consul) and
Hilisb 4 Co., of New York, I am enabled to
forward and receive any money packages or
other valuables, as well as to attend to tbe
transit of persons from any part ot Europe
or ii "in tuiBcuuiiirj.
All business strictly confidential and
promptly attended to. J.H. P.
July7th,1869. 19tf
' UGBSTC SB. YOUNG,
Attorney and Notary.
jSOIBce oyer Hudson's Drugstore, near
the corner of Main and Marion, entrance one
door East of Pete hell's Store,
. 1870 - Richmond. lad.
NICHOLSON ft BRO.,
Booksellers and Stationers,
(NEW STAND)
5th and Main, Odd Fellows Dnilding
RICHMOND, INDIAMA.
1-t ; - . - ;
NICHOLON & CO.,
BOOK BINDERS,
RICllJHOND, OfD.
WE are prepared to execute BINDING
and BLANK BOOK WORK, in
all its branches, and the best style.
Alter any Pattern. Dono to Order
Bring your MIT SAC and hare it
aed. Sound and Indexed.
MISSING Nos. ot Maarauin Ann.
Plied. , tf
JAMBS M. DTARR,
Steam and Oas Pipe
FITTER,
Gas Office on Maia Ntreet, between
l'eai I and Marion., on 2d Floor.
Gas Fixturea, at Less
THAN EASTERN PRICES,
All work promptly done in the best and
most satisfactory manner and Warranted.
TREMONT HOUSE,
JOHN ELLIOTT. Proprietor.
CORNER OF FIFTH AND MAIN,
-"" ': ' ' Richmond. Ind.
M. E. HILLIS,
DENTIST,
(Successor to T. Rose,)
North-west Corner Main and Pearl Streets.
7tf Richmond, Indiana
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u ii uLinaniii,
No. 59 Main-St.,
(orrosm pbilmps hall,)
M RICHMOND, INDIANA.
Crane, Breed & Co.'s
Celebrated Mctalic
BURIAL CASE
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OA.SK-1ST.
Everything pertaining to Fu
nerals promptly famished. 41-tf.
BOOTS AND SHOES?
181 Min Street,
fTUST RECEIVED, direct from tha man.
sjlp otacturers, a lo
otacturers, a lorge lot of Boots A Shoes,
mr uenis, i.anies. Misses.
and Ulnldreng'
prices that will
wear, which will be sold
please tbe purchaser.
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"For styles; flnish nd mtrerlal.be Stock
at 181 cannot be excelled ta tmr city, and we
ask our lellow.citizens fif JUcbaDOM and vi
inity to call and exanfne oir ock before
urcbasing elsewhere. -' 'r.s'
. c. eWell a sons. :
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VOL,. XL.I.!
HOW LITTLE, HOW I1UCII.
BT LTUIA LAMmiB.
Ecw little we think of our own evil hearts.
And bow much of the faults of a brother,
Bow hard we all labor ourselres to txtcl.
And how little to help one another.
How litt'.e we tbink of tb wrongs that we do,
And how much of the wrongs we endure,
Flow little we think o! the false words we say
Which in others we'd count inpure.
How little we think of the sad hearts we
i caave,
And how much of our own is made sad,
How little we prize another one's lore,
And how anxious to make ourselves glad.
How little we care if we scorn a poor friend,
And how much whon ourselres bare been
.slighted,
How little we think of a friend's blighted
. hopes,' .
And how much when our own hopes are
blighted
. , Pittsburg, N. T.
BACKBONE.
' - ' " ';
' When you see a fellow mortal
. Without fixed and fearless views,
Hanging on the skirts of others, -Walking
in their east-off aboes,
Bowing low to wealth or tavor,
With abject, uncovered head, '
Ready to retract or waver,
Willing to be drove or led ;
. Walk yourself with firmer bearing,
Throw your moral shoulders back,
- Show your spine has nerve and marrow
- , Just the thing which bis must lack. ,
- A stronger word
Was never heard .
In sense and tone,
Than this, backbone.
When you see a theologian
Hugging close some ugly creed, .
Fearing to reject or question
Dogmas which his priest may read,
Holding back all noble feeling,
Choking down each manly view,
. Caring more for forms and symbols .
Than to know tbe Good and True ;
Walk yourself with firmer bearing,
Throw yocr moral shoulders back,
Show your spine has nerve aud marrow
Just tbe things which bis must lack. -A
stronger word '
Was never beard
In sense and toue, .. 2 .
Than this, backbone.
When you see s politician
Crawling through contracted holes,
Begging tor some fat position,'
In tbe ring or at the polls t . . . v.
With no sterling manhood in him, " i
Nothing, stable, broad or sound.
Destitute of pluck or ballast,
Double-sided all around ;
Walk yourself with firmer bearing,
Throw your moral shoulders back, .
Show your sense has nerve and marrow-
Just the thing which his must lack.
A stronger word "
Was never heard
lo sense and tone,
Than this, backbone.
A modest song and plainly told
Tbe text is worth a mine of gold ;
For many men most sadly lack
A noble atifiness in the back.
the haunted picture.
- . BX TOM BROWN.
The inmates of Crow's Lodge
set about a dancing, crackling,
wood fire one stormy night.' Isa
bel Green, their wealthy city cousin
had just arrived, and the younger
m earners or tne lamiiy sac a re
spectful distance, somewhat awed
by her silk dress and gold watch.
At last little Maud crept cauti
ously near, and . watching her
chance, slid into Isabel's lap, and
played with her bracelets.
" What do you do with yourself
all day, chickey r" asked Isabel, in
a low voice. .
Oh, I plays with the kittens.
and hunts eggs in tue nam, and
dresses up in ma's long skirts
and Susies hat. and vail, and
gloves, and pretends I'm a big
lady" catching h?r breath" I
eets into : the -haunted room, and
climbs up on the bureau, and t ides
horse back another; gasp "and
when ma catches me 1 gathers up
my train and runs. Uii, bo
rues! uauae you Know ma says
I'm fractious, and I needs a dose
of spank weed tea every now and
then. "Do you knor what spank
weed tea isr" ',
And cue burst into a merry
ringing laugh, which made the
olbtrs look up inquiringly
"What is Maud tel.iug you?
inquired Susie.
She has been telling me that
you have a haunted room, for one
thing; and I'm delighted. Do let
me sleep in it. Aunt Julia; I've
always wanted to test my courage.'
" Well you shall, my dear, child.'
said her auut. , "I've no idea that
you will see anything, as there is
only a picture on the wall of the
room, which is said to be haunted
by the spirit of the person repre
sented in the painting. It ia a life
size portrait of a wicked . looking
knight clad in armor, and belongs
to the gentleman who rented us
the house, ready furnished.' , ,
44 Oh, dear ! how very romantic!'
interrupted Isabel. : ' Do please
tell me all about it!' -
' Well he was killod in a duel,
long ago, while living here, and
as the story goes, on stormy nights
he perfoims great antics, such as'
walkiog " out ot his picture' and
wandering about tbe house. One
night he met a lady in the dark
passage, and caught her by
the
RICl
" BE JUST AND FEAR NOT1
RICHMOND,
wrist. She threw up her other
hand in fright, and meeting his
coll armor, fainted. When she
told her story, next morning, no
one would believe her, until trie
saw the purple mark of his iron
clad hand upon her arm. Btit I
don't give "the slightest belief to
these 'Stories, child, as we have
never seen anything but the most
unexceptionable conduct from the
picture.' . ?
: 44 Oh, do let Susie and I sleep
there to-night, aunt!'
44 Well, If you want to, my dear.'
4 How '. delightful ! exclaimed
Isabel, with sparkling eyes, while
all the children dimpled wi'h
smiles; and even gaunt Cousia
John, in a pea-creen jacket, which
was worlds too short for him,
seemed suddrnly full of electric
life, which made itself manifest in
a nervous contortion of the jaws,
much resembling a smile. ,-
44 It's a weal nice haunted room,'
said Maud, 4 'cause it isn't haunted
nowhere but in a big picture " with
a weal gold f wome awound It. 'f :
44 Why, he seems to be looking
at us wherever we go !' said Isabel,
watching tbe portrait of the knight
through a red crack in the bed cur
tains. '
44 So be does. How strange !',
answered Susie, blowing out th
candle. " .. -
In a very little while, the dull
sound of the wind and rain, mint
ed with the swaying of branches;
had lulled the two girls to sleep.
W as it a clap of thunder that
awakened them simultaneously at
midnight, or was it an unseen pow
er ? The eyes of both girls tiaeli-
ed open at once, and they instinc
tively grasped each other.
44 What is it? whispered Susie.
44 1 don't know,' replied Isnbel ;
something waked me suddenly.'
I leel so queer, whispered Svi-
sie, pul'ing tbe sheet over her
head. - 'Do please peep out of the
curtains and look at the picture.'
Isabel cautiously put one eye to
hole in the crimson damask.
44 Oh ! oh ! oh '.' Bhe gasped, and
drew Susie over to the opening.
Both gazed breathlessly. The
haunted . picture was illuminated
with a soil, changing light, like
that which continually plays over
the hills on Sammer days when
the clouds are passing rapidly
across the sun. Tbe knight seem
ed to be standing in the lull glow
of noonday splender, his face lit
up with inexpressible toy. I hus
far bis eyes had been raised ; but
suddenly lowering his head, he
fixed both flashing orbs, with a
terrible expression, upon the crack
in the bed-curtain, where gleamed
four other eyes in the darkness.
The movement was so sudden, that
Sueie uttered a low scream, aiid
sank under the coverlid.
Like a flash the light went out
of the picture, and profound dark
ness and silence reigned, wbeu lo !
a sneeze echoed through the room.
Was it tbe knight?
Susie was suddenly convulsed
with merriment, which she manag
ed to stifle by poking the sheet in
to her mouth, wbile Isabel slid
quietly on to the floor, and threw
on her clothes in tbe dark. Then
taking the candle and some match
es from tbe table,' she crept over
to the rneture. and boldlv out her
hand on the canvass. Feeling ber
way," shd reached the - upper part,
when suddenly 'her hand tell thro'
au 6 penis g "the size of a man's
head,;- and -landed on somelhiug
decidedly like a man's htat.
44 Golly ! ejaculated a voice with
in;, and instantly lighting her can
dle, Isabel thrust it through the
opening,' and beheld " her cousin
John's frowzy head and pea green
jacket, within a narrow, passage
fbUed with broken plastering and
beams, on the other side ,, of the
picture. . In the one bund he car
ried the candle, which- he had just
blown out, aud in the other the
knight's canvas head, from which
dangled several strings one lor
moving the head from side to side;
auother lor raising and lowering
the eyes, and a third lor moving
the mouth. A inomeut more, and
Susie, wrapped in a water-proof,
appeared at the apperture. -
4 Now, John you'ie awful mean
to play such a trick,' said she.
No ; I think he's very smart.
responded Isabel.
4 It wasn't my get up at all, so
don't waste your powder on mej
replied he, brusquely, but with
dancing eyes. 4This afternoon
stumbled cn a trap door, up garret
that led into this passage. I navi
gated it, of course, and discovered
all this machinery. By thunder i
what doings and poolings there
must have been some time With
this old chap, lie was a hale out
ot order, but I. fixed him Up "so
that he winked and blinked pretty
well, and when I heard you pro
pose to sleep here to-night, I just
determined to try and operate the
old coon. You see this isn't com
mon canvas it's a . patent stuff,
which lights up splendidly. Didn't
he, look pathetic when I dragged
up' his e els ? II a ! ha i you don't
know how I waked you when eve
rything was ready. Well, never
miud. When Su-ie squealed -1
almost burst my elf. By Jove! it
it hadn't been for' that sneeze,
you'd never have known but what
you'd seen a real ghost.' '
A sign, on an eating house on a New
I Jersey railroad says; 'Cofies and eggs
i Uid by Mary Jones.' . .
LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE THY, GOD'S, THY COUNTRY'S AND TRUTH'S!
WAYNE COUNTY, IND. 'JULY 2, 187 1.
TWO HONEST MEN. .
David Davis, one of the early
citizens of " Lewiston, Mei," now
gone to his reward, was a most ex
cellent Quaker a -man of unspot
ted integrity. Some time before
his death, lie went to his , son-in-law,
A: Wakefield, and Baid to
him:
44 1 hear there is a pasture for
sale (naming it) for 8100, and I
believe I'll buy it.
He bought it, but he told the
owner that it was worth $125, and
paid the owner that price for it
Shortly after, the person of whom
Davis bought the pasture, wanted
a loan of $40, and Davis granted
him the loan, taking his note for
that sum. Before long, Davis was
taken ill, and ieeliog that it wa9
his last illness, he; called. Wake
field to his side, and said to him:
" I have a note of $40 against
A , and I want thee, alter I
am gone, to destroy it.
Wakefield, wondering, asked an
explanation, he said:
'Thee knows I bought that pas
ture of A- , and I didn't pay
him as much as it was worth, and
I don't feel that he ought to pay
me that note.'
44 But, said Wakefield, 4you paid
him all, and more than he asked for
the land.'
Yes,' said Davis, 4that is true,
but it makes no difference. It is
worth $40 more than I paid him,
and I want that note destroyed.'
Shortly after.Davis passed away,
and Wakefield, in tbe performance
of his duty as administrator, look
ing up the deceased's effects, came
upon this note. It was a good
note for $40; but, in accordance
with the old Quaker's dying re
quest, he threw it into the fi e.
Not very long after, A , of
whom the pasture was bought,
called on Wakefield.
You've got something against
me, haven't you ?'
'What is it for ?' said Wake
field.' 'I gave a note to Davis for $40,
money borrowed of him, and I
want to pay it.' .
'I have got no such a note 6aid
WakeBeld.' "
'But this estate certainly holds
such a note against me.'
Verry soon Wakefield explained
the mystery, and tears rolled down
the astonished, man's face as he
learned that the note had been
burned a witness to the wonder-
i ful conscientiousness and integri
ty of the sure-footed Quaker, one
of the worthy first settlers of Lew
iatown. Such men will do for any
age the more the better. -
FALLlNtt IN LOVE,
This expression has a vast
amount of marital infelicity to an
awer for: as if it were a kind of
accidental plunge into the dark.
with ten chances to one that it
would be a break-neck operation,
'unvwav. uenuine love is not a
i mere passional attraction ; its abid
i ing-place ia in the soul. It should
I be guided by judgment an intui
tive perception, of suitableness, or
.adaptedness. We do not advocate
I a eelectiou from expediency or in
terest, eoverned wuouy- ry reason
or intellectual appreciation, uor
should the dictates of the heart
be violated , by an exercise of
judgment alone ; but. in a matter
of such vast import, great care
should be taken lest mere fancy.
nassion. or caprice lead the heart
a
captive. - -
It will not do to anirm mat uni
ons are predestined in heaven;
that love is intended to be stone-
blind, although a majority of mar
riages would unfortunately con
firm the latter assertion. 1 It will
not do to trust to chance that tbe
sequel will be glorious ; that luck
will bring it out all right.' . buch
expressions, in regard to matters
of the heart, are as fatal as in all
other affairs of lifeindeed, they
are more so; they are but the wild
vagaries of ft blind optimism.
Love will bear dissection ; poets
and dreamers to the contrary, not
withstanding.- It is capable of
giving a good and intelligent raiton
d ttre, if interrogated, as is friend
ship ; and surely no one is so chi
merical as to cherish' a blind . in
fatuation for a friend, without
seeing in that friend a reasonable
foundation Tor such esteem. Mure
theorists may insist that love is
positive, inexorable, atd irresisti
ble ; 1 but the sober-minded . and
ptactical, know just as surely that
it is amendable to good judgment
and common sense; that it can be
held in by bit and bridle,, and
guided into wholesome paths
Overland Monthly.'
There is no rose without a thorn, and
the, glories of the Yo Semite Valley are
not to be enjoyed without discomfort,
A correspondent writes of the hotels
there; 'Their board partitions are mere
coi.fi Jence traps, and every whisper
sounds from roof to cellar. I learned ia
this way more of my neighbor's conju
gal confiJeoces in three days than I
ought to have known in thirty years.'
A western editor, in response .to a
subscriber who grumbled that his paper
was intolerably damp, says it waste.
cause there was so much d:ie on it
ine young lady wno tboughtttt , tne
young gentleman who raised his hat
most frequently to her in the street was
the best bower, has been left with a lone
hand. ' '- - -:
KIT CARSON.
In person Kit Carson was re
markable, being not more than five
teet tour inches high, with a long
body, and legs so bowed that I
have never seen them resembled
except In jockeys, who have been
such from childhood His head
aud face once seen could never be
forgotten long, thin hair reached
to his shoulders, sparsely covered
a broad, high cranium ; forehead,
round and broad, above small,
keen, bright, gray eyes, let deep in
a broad flatish tace. gave you the
impression of a man whose wits
were in active training, .tad who
objected, both by instinct and edu-.
cation, to deceive or being de
ceived. I have often been smi'ed
at as fanciful for remarking a re
semblance between Chris North,
of Blackwood, and Chris Cai son ;
yet it was very plain to me, de
spite the evident difference, and
tne knowledge tht North was a"
giant in person and intellect, for
Carson was as accomplished as
North in woodcraft, . and rarely
equaled in riding, running, shoot
ing, or jumping. Think of the
concentrated power of that small
form, which used, when young, to
jump eighteen feet at one running
jump. It was not, however, in
physical or mental traits so much
s in the similar bold, honest, lion
like physiognomy that I found the
resemblance. At Garland, Carson
kept open house, exercising the
most undoubted hospitality to all
visitors and passers by, who were
often sufficiently numerous, and
in these were included the Ute In
dians, of whom he had once been
agent, and with whom he had such
a powerful influence that no trou
ble took place when an appeal
could be made to him In any
dispute with them, when violence
seemed inevitable, all could be al
layed by offering to send tor "Kit
ty," as they termed him; and it
was a study to see him sitting,
surrounded by them, talking as
kindly and familiarly as to his own
children ; rolling cigarritos aud
passing the tobacco around, -all
the wbile laughing, joking, talking
Spanish, or Ute tongue, with such
abundant gesticulation and hand
movements, that it seemed to me
that that he talked more with his
hands and shoulders than with his
tongue.' "
: A DREAM REALIZED.
Yesterday a gentleman of the
highest character, a minister of
the gospel, related to us the follow
ing remarkable tacts, which were
furnished him : by the Kev. I. N.
Thompson, a well known Metho
dist minister of Southern Indian,
and formerly presiding elder of
the Mitchell District. One of Sir.
Thompson's parishioners had a
very singular dream, which ran
about as follows : ..
He i dreamed . that in walking
through one of . his pasture fields -he
came upon ft certain tree, : near .
the paths he was following, and.1
which had an opening from rot on
one side.- Near the .loot of this ':
tree, coiled along side the path, Le
saw in bis dream a large yellow
rattlesnake, and : this .snake, his
dream told . him, had bitten him
and killed hira. :
After relating the dream to his
family next morning, be conclud-
ed to go to the pasture, and there .
beside the path, at .the foot of .the
halt-rotted tree, lay co led a large
rattlesnake. Seizing a b mall, limb
from a tree lying near,., he . ruck ,
at the; snake, but in., so doing . Ii is i
loot slipped, and he tell upjn the ,
poisonous reptile, which - bit . him
upon the: neck, .lie hastened ? to .
his , borne, ; nearly j a,; quarter of a .
mile distant, where two hours later;,
he died in great agony. -This story
ia an almost incredible one, but it
comes 1 9; us from such; a high.
source that we cannot: doubt its
truth;j vria., l-k r . .,-.
TBHPSaAHCB AND ; IsTEMPEBASCB.
The following facts in regard to temper
ance and intemperance, are the recorded
results of the examinations of insurance"
companies, but they will serve also as a
brief and effective temperance lecture:
In a given number of risks, 10 tem
perate persons die between theage of 15
ana 20, . inclusive, sad 18 intern perte.'
In a given number of ris'is, 10 temperate'
persons die between 21 and 30, and, 51
intemperate the risk being on aa ine
briate mora than 500 per cent, greater
than on a temperate person. ' So 10 tem
perate persons "die, tetween 31 and 40,"
inclusive; and about 40 intemperate, or
the risk is increased some ,4uU per cent.
Hence, insurance companies avoid risks
on inebriates, as they would on consu np
tives, or those suffering from B right's
disease, etc. Deaths from inebriety are
not reported on account of tha oppro-
brium which attaches to deaths from that
disease. The certificates of deaths from
diseases of the brain liver and kidneys,'
organs specifically affected by alcohol
are as' follows. Diseases of' brain, 89;
liver . 118; kidneys, 562 making in all
1,369. , This .Registrar states it ss his
opinion that at least 20 per cent, or 273
of these eases ware the immediate result
of intemperance.' TbU Bomber, added
to the number of those reported as dying
from delirium tremens, gives 55 deaths
from alcohol.. or one to 1.815 inhabitants.
- The stock of a
tore consists of.
Renssalaer drug
a barrel of w his-
ky and a small tin cup. ' Tbe drue
j business is good over there.' '
- .iO
Democratic Shuffling Senator
ton's Responsibility.
Mor-
The 4new departure' of tbe Da
mocracy furniahes to tho country
at this moment an exciting theme
for discussion, and we are glad to
see that the opinions of the lead.
ing men of all parties with refer
ence to it are luily and freely
drawn oat. It is an axiom that
there arc two sides to every case,
bnt in this instance, we beg to de
clare tbe esse is altogether one
sided. .The Democratic party haa
been eo long held at bay choked
off, so to speak,' from national
power andpatronage, it displays,
whenever opportunity offers, a
yearning disposition to accept any
sort' Of situation, or accept my
kind of doctrine, "howeer 5 incon
sistent or ridiculous, having in
view neither consistency nor hon
esty, only the single grand idea
of securing" Government ' control.
For ten years past, and more
particularly during the-time that
has elapsed, since Gen. 'Lee's snr
render, this eccentric and erratic
organization, until very recently,
has fought the losic of events'
with a vehement desperation equal
ed only by the pluckv but unsuc-i
cessful attempt of the little bull to
stop the locomotive. The recon
struction measures, t'e constitu
tional amendments, the Ku Klux
bill, and indeed every measure
adopted by the Government to re
store harmony . and insure peace,
were bitterly assailed and persist
ently resisted. Under the pressure
of . the near approach of the Pres-
' idential election, the scene is sud-
jdenlv and wonderfully transformed
i and we find many, bat by no means
all of the Democrat!? party openly
and boldly expressing their wil
hngness to overlook and discard
everything in the shape of dead is
sues, and especially to accept. ob
serve and abide by all the "uncon
stitutional" constitutional amend
ments, the ''illegal" legislation of
Congress, and the Outrageous"
mandates of the National Execu
tive for all which the Republican
party is supposed to be responsi
ble barely protesting against ir
regularities and innovations, and
clamorous only to "let by gones be
by gones "
! We verv well remember when
and how the 4,new departure" was
engrafted upon the Democratic
mind. It was cleverly and suc-
. cesst'ully done, and tbe author of it
I (the engtafting) deserves the
! thanks ot his fellow Republicans,
and we have no doubt he will in
;due time receive, the execrations
land curses of the greedy but un
' ruspectiug victims, who unwitting
ly swallowed the bait prepared for
'.1.1 VV - 1 I ' .1 A I
; biiem. ua iue evening oi toe o n
of April last a complimentary ser
; enade was tendered to ex Got em-
. or Morton, Senator' in Congress
from ludiana, at tbe National botel
. in this city, on which occasion, in
the presence of President Grant,
'.Vice President I'olfax and a dis
tinguished company of leading
citizens and politicians, the HoOsier
Senator so tar lost his self control
as to mark out the intentions and
aims ot the Democracy so clearly
and truthfully their determination
to annul the constitutional amend
ments,, repudiate the national debt
and soon as' to set the Democrat
ic god-heads in Congress seriously
to thinking,'' resulting in the publi
cation of an address to the Country
Lion oi au an u rets to me country
which they 44begged the( qaes
m," 'and W'ought shy") pf ;thc
argeg . and "t insinuations made
in
tion
char,
against them in a. way that is spe
ciously peculiar to the fraTers of
Democratic addresses and . plat
forms. e , ,. .
: Morton followed up his fueiiade
by a second broadside to whe same
pnrport, delivered at a. Grandee-.
ception held, a few weeks later at
I the Academy . of .Music in. Indiun
auQlts.t. liv. mis time. tne iact was
; demonstrated that the' Democratic
Congressional address was too fun
to effect its purpose, the Democrat
ic press, from.tbe.New, York World
down to, the v Washington 'organ.'
and the stumpers and bottle-hold
era ot , the. 4 -time honored party"
hooted at the bold rand, presumtu
oua predictions , of . the Indiana
Senator, iand declared that of, all
men he should not m allowed to,
framo a plattaxm for them upon
which they would surely be beaten.
! Then Mr. Vallandigbam came to
tho rescue witn the doctrine of the
"New Departure." ' For ten years
he-bad been. battering his Demo
cratiq bead against the Republican
grindstone. ..His success., had not
been flattering or satisfactory. . His
opportunity,' , however, r '.'to; get
even ' had coma -at last, aad ho
bravely -essayed to make tha most
of'it. v ' . . . . j .,. ; ..; ..j ,
" The doctrine was first presented
by " Mr. ' VaIlandigham'J at a little
convention held t his borne in
Montgomery: " con n ty O h i o , and
was framed specially as a denial of
rtie' right of Morton to lay 'down
the platiorm .-of-1 the Democratic
party 'vf declare the issups upon
ahicR the 'campaign of i 'T2 moat
be foueht. "The movement at -once
created a sensation, and. afforded
the onl. po nible -escape frvm the
deep damnation marlted out by tbe
Senator, .from. Indiana, n Subse
quently tl,e Ohio State convention
of. Democrats, after a', bi-ter fight,
was torn pHled reluctantly tii swal
low the oewiy discovered panacea,'
as the only remedy for the ills that
beset thero. T7.Oi her ..State conven
tions followed-suit until .the parly
may generally, but nvt entirely, be
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courted as aequtoscent: Thus 4 'to
hedge" against the sledge hammer '
blows ofj an adversary, the DetnoeA
w-. si t l a
racv repuaiaiea us weit-esianiinea "
principles and purposes, went back
upon itself and tbe wishes of nine
tenths of its members and de-
parted. , , .... tuA : tlt t,s
The exigencies of the hour- de
manded the -acrifice, the. movement
was strategic, not voluntary, forced,
upon tbem by a -clear headed. far
seeing Republican leader. We are
not sure that the "departure" will'
endate through even the present
year, and if it docs not the honor
able Senatr from Indiana will de-'
serve, censure, for letting the cat:
out of the bag at an -inopportune
moment, by which indiscretion the '
game may. be .flashed before tho
season- arrives :to -bay: it. One
thing, however, is pretty 'dear,
and we' confess to. a -consider able1'
degree of-happiness'in contempt
the faot- that - oar ' inharmonious"
Democratic friends who swear by
the :ho!y hickory; spoon,-aro notr
likely to derive much benefit from
putting their, necks in the noose
prepared for them., Rockles and
desperate as they are; a few months
will: probably develope a state of
disquietude- in their rauks only
equaled by the fights tha; are said
to occur accasionally amoni? the
cats of Kilkenny. .
But it is not for the "new de
parture' business .alone that the
Democracy, for good or evil, have
to thank Senator Morton.' His res--
oiution calling for information as
to the condition of the South, re
sulting in. tho. appointment or a
committee of investigation, and
finally in the passage ot the Ku
Klux bill, was a stroke of political
management which, though it may
receive the approbation ot Heaven,'
win never De forgiven by the Dem
ocratic party. The bill could
hardly have passed bu for the ex
traordinary efforts of its author
and champion Already it has by
its moral force alone, in a great
degree restored peace and secured
obedience to the laws in the Soub;
and what is more, bias saved the
Republican party - in that section
from being crushed out by mob
violence, and a reign of terror.
Tne Democracy will, pt course, not
tail to . place the responsibility
where it belongs for the quiet that
now exists in the - reconstructed
States, and for the unwilling and
lorced position, it no occupies
with : reference to (the doctrine of
the Vnew departure." Washington
Republican. : .
A Story Equal to Moate Christo.
Alvioza Ha v ward is the hero of!
a story eqoul to "Monte Curie to." t
He is a Ve'-monter, who operated
with a man named Ciiamberlaine I
in a gold, lead which waa full of in
die .lions, but yielded . nothing :
tanni'ile. . . Ctiamterlaiae at last
ent away disconsolate,- giving
Hay ward all his i merest. The ;
la ter .worked at the thing for
months, and was buried deeper j
and deeper, in the ground, but at
last his iaiuily were next to starv
ing; alibis labors ; left hm, and
ho knew.f -no friend in the world
except Chamherlaine. . : ; --, :
44 My God !" he arid to this man t
wuouad meantime leen engaged
in st9ck raising. 'I ami on the verge .
ot inis greatBtriKe. T.i know n.
van c yon give me a little money r
Chamberrame hail been on the
vereihimselt several times,: and
he shook his head sadly, . But be
had $3 000, his all, buried under
a haystack near by, .and . he. went
and dug i: up. . . , .
j TVe it. old 'fellow ; be' said,
with, California heartiness; 'do your
beat'..in t-, T .v..-, f ,,.,H
' )Vith thia money.: Hay ward re
commenced, and he had worked
until it was all spent, and bis men
were reduced tO' a ba of -benns
for; . nourishment, v I when to , tbe i
gloom of, bops the. .precious ore i
blazed Suddenly up;'. the. Amador
mine was the richest in th world.'
When this" mine was 'paying ; $40, t
000 a month, Haywaid made:? ver
to bis ff iend one perlect tuird.of it. .
Ciiamberlaine, retired ..upon , $1,. t
500,000, and moved East to'edu-
cate his children, 'Hav ward buying
back th o'wUtf! Filially," raven
Hay ward grew tired, and i be sold
put. the. mine to a stock tcpmpany, .
of .whjch Genh-Colton is. President.
The mine 'will mabV $450,000 net
this year, and' Colton said only last
week:
4 The Amador,, mine i wili hold
out longer, than we will V f ,r
i -t'.j .,! v.r.:j i ;.: f
i .MAMNOrRi8TiTUTiov.. A J)oyer, If .
IF paper contains the following" incident:'
Not two weeks ago a gentleman called'
chant long' since' decevVed, and making'
himself known said he was; when a boy,"
crerk for, bet husband, and had 'come to;
make restitution of small auma of menoy;
which he had purloined from be drawer
from time to . time. . . Me had kept ah ae-(
count of the various amounts, and with'
the. Interest they amounted to one thou
sand dollars,' which he came prepared to
pa vi and tnus eane his conscience of what
had so long troubled h. 5 He then' took
out two bye "bandied dollar bills, mm!
gave oia to bee and ons to her son, and.'
immediately departed. ;ji j u-ijc j
on r.:;t L
A little
boy
la Boston supposed
i(
wou'd be Jots o f (un to suck' a pn in
hind leg' of 'a hrsv'. TftsSfoctor's"'
the
bill
wa4
b.Muht v? lie 'cxtrinY 5y ' the
1 P""' the ctttid; ' ' I C:n-' !
t a wedding PQprroiesxu - .
A Lover Shot hv his Lover A Sen
, tacky Love Story
I Several years; ago, VJaeob Seta
wooed and won Lizzie Wirtz, whose
parents Jived on the Seventh at.
road, about five miles from tbe city
of Louisville, and tbey were to be
marked on Sunday, 19th uit. Liz
zio's borne is a log house, with . '
four or five rooms, setback some'
four hundred yards from the pike, :
and .was almost 'obscured by the
foliage 6F . the peach and other . .
frriit treea.' The rooms were neat
and; comfortably furnished ' , r .'.
1 Lizzie was the light and pride'of
the family. About two montha ago . .
Sne iormea tne . acquaintance, oi
young Valentine "Babbitt; .' 'Her '
sweet disposition and gentleman' j
ners readily won tbe affection of ,
the 'stranger, and be used every !
'device to detach , her love from ' "
Rein. Whenever 'opportunity ofv
tered he was with her: Frequently
; 9u. iut 'xHB ttlVAM : h:i-Ui,A
Would meet at the bouse, and - 1
would even visit there1 ia eachoth-
er's company. They .seemed to be ;
friends, though their dispositions, ft ,
their lxijis, , their' ways ' and their
manners were totally different.
The young lady saw the contrast, ' l
decided to continue in the love and? '
friendship of Rein,' and; assured
bim of her devotion: The day was ,
fast approaching when she woald " '
he beyoud the reach of coartship.
Rabbit knew this, but did not give
up the contest. On the contrary,
it is strongly believed that he re
solved many days ago that she
should never marry another.' This
impression gained strength by '
young Rein's tcfng shot at about a '-' :
WPtr aort ' inat fta . ha wtaa on tArin rr . -
I the 'house of bis betrothed. - The . ,
ball passed close to him, and. was .
s- a' a . ' - a
inougot to nave peen urea ny uao
bitt. Thus matters rested until - '
aet Sunday evening, at the time of :
the wedding, j Lr . ! tu
.Rein arrived at the bouse early, . ,
n the afternoon, and was joyously.
received. ' He said 'that ia a few'
days his month would be up with ;i
us employer,' and that he wonhu-;
then have both time and money to
devote to a pleasant honeymoon. .
Lizzie readily . consented to wait,
and7 "
TH WBD0INO WAS POHTPOHtb.6 : f S '
The evening hours sped away,'
and yet the wo lingered together, -strolled
about the yard, and talked -'
of tbe comiog years. At 7 o'clock a
Rabbitt joined the . party, and all.
three joined in and continued a .
merry conversation. Not a word
was' spoken; nor was there a look -
which indicated anything bnt kind
feelings and a generou rivalry.) A .,
small four shooter was sticking ia
Rabbitt's pistol , pocket and was '
distinctly seen,, but to this no kind '
of allusion was made.tt" i'- - "'
At 10 o'clock Rabbitt left, going
in a nortnern direction; in a lew
minutes : afterward , Rein went out,
taking a westerly course. Scarcely
bad he got two hundred yards :
when i'- ' '
A PISTOL SHOT WAS HSASD ' '
and a silence followed which filled
the poor girl's soul with evil fore-' !
bodings She rushed to the door,:
and looked out inte the darkne
Everything was still. In , a few
minrtes, however, .some one was
beard staegerig through the field
toward the house, and then groana ;
as of some one in pain, fell on her
ears. , ; . ,
'Oh, father!' she exclaimed, 'tis
Jacob! He is ' shot! Go, father,
to bim, and see what is tbe matter.
But tbe stepfather was more be
wildered tban the daughter, : and
said if he went out there he might
be killed, f- Soe resolved to go her- ?
self, and said: . , ;.r
i 'If he is dead,. I wish to die also.
I will go tj bim i f a hundred gans
are pointed me." 1811 ' - r.
She then went in the direction of
the sufferer. The mother followed ;
her, and tbe two found Rein about :
a hundred yards from the house,
lying on the groond, and Suffering A
tbe, agonies: of death v. They, took
him up. in their arms and carried, .
him to the house.' A bed was pre- '
pared, and the gtrT, almost a bride, r;
took ber' stand by the bedside and
watched the lifeebbing.of her lav
er The young man, r though: suf, ;
lering intenaelyr was perfectly ra
tional, and, related the manner ia
which he. had, been, assassinated.,,
He ' was going." across 'the field to
his horoe, and bad approached the
pike; when ' Vttlentlne Rabbitt got
up lroiu a teuce corner, ond came
toward jhimvwiyia, pistol i in bis' ;
hand.'. ' .. ' " V."
1 1 kno w1 ; ybu f 2 Valenti n e. said '
Rein. 4You are net troinir to Shoot
me, areyqn?Vj-rH ,i ,f .,..;,
Rabbitt inade no.Teply, bat con
tinued to advance, placed the, pistol ,
to his i stomach and fired, The, ball '
passed through ' the bowels and -
lodged in the spine. '! '
i ,iein sent for a lawyer to make '
nia will, but he ; arrived .too. late, i
The poor fellow was still sensible
and r able to answer questions,' bat
theifemaining''rrour of his life, was
ocewpied-ao! taking the testimony ;
of bis assassination.' He repeated
to Justices Schardine and -Gaar
that Valentine Rabbitt had . Shot
un-: 7--.yn:;oO.-" " w ;'l
Rabbitt was arrested at work in
a harvest field.' It did not seem
that any trade or remembrance of
the terrible ' deed rested upon, hia(
raiod.. He.-was; brought to Louis'
vuler and lodged in, jail
'tortr.4'
A drag clerk in Winiamsport re
cently put up a prescription 'for a
young lady Wend of a dose of cas
tor Oil ' She innocently asked how
it CAuld be-taken without tastirg.
Hej promised .explain to her, and
in, the meantime proposed to drink
a glasH of soda water 'with her.
When Le had finished be said: 'My
friend, "yda have taken yoot castor
oil,: ana : did ; not .knojf , it ! The
young lady was nearl,y crazy and
crieil: ;0h dear, ,it wasn't for my
self I wanted the ollft was for my
mother.' '?.ll aiT.i.'w"
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