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Poetry.
CAMPAIGN SONG—THE BOYS IN
BLUE ARE COMING.
BY J. M. ROE. JR.
From the Cincinnati Chronicle.
Tiirr'fcrc cofWtis, Mr. Spvmonr, hot of born Id
blue, '
Frrfh from a hnmlred tK-lds of war, tho battle-
- . fmrrefl and true ,
Not now with (fic.imins bayonet and roll of mar
tini drum.
Bat armed with ballot, for tho right, In peaceful
rank trmv fom ;
To shield the jtarry 11 ig they love, from traitor'
hand! ant-w,
They are cumin;,', Mr. 8e vmonr, a boat of boy In
blue.
They are eomius, Mr. Boymour, tho loyal boy In
blue:
From Value and from New Hampshire, and the
Hay Statu over true,
From tlio tireen Mountains of Vermont and Lit
tle IPiorty's fhore.
From the hnavviM.U of Connecticut, tho hardy
veteran pour ;
A late when Hilling o'er tho land, the newsof
Hii inter Hew.
Thoy are coming, Mr. Seymour, tin loyal boy In
blue.
They are coming, Mr. Seymour, tho loyal boy In
blue.
From New .Iorny and from Delaware, and Mary
land ever true ;
And from the prnnd old Keystone State, man an
ewerinir for m-in.
With plelire tor the Star Brigade, th ballot In
the hand :
To yield the ldlr' meed of praise, to worth
and vaior du,
They are comiiiir, Jlr. Seymour, tho loyal boy In
blue.
They are coming, Mr. Seymour, tho earnest boys
In bine.
From simp and mill and forgo and field, the stead
fast and the true.
The heron of the Empire fctite, despite her
: recreant eon,
Whd tnrnn to slenno and mockery tho good Unit
hii bean done ;
To spurn with wra'h tlio doih's fault, the faith
less devils, too,
They are coming, Mr. Seymour, Iho earnest boya
iu blue.
They are coming, Mr. Seymour, tho veteran of
the West,
From their crand prairie and their lakes, the
finest nnci the best.
From tlie broad rivers, whose strong wave bjar
joyous to the sea
The treasure uf tits continent, and tlio trlbuto of
tlie free ;
To apeak oucu more., In thunder tones, a people's
liltfh b-liest,
They are comiuj;, Mr. Seymour, the veteran's of
the West.
They d coming, Mr. Seymour, a hot of boys In
blue.
Fresh from a hnndred Held of war, tho b.ittlc-
worn and true :
Not now with gleaming bayonets, and roll of
martial drum,
But aiuid Willi balloia for the rl,'ht. In peaceful
ranks they come,
To guard the starry ila-j they love, from traitor'
han.'ls anew,
Thoy aro coining, Mr. Seymour, a host of boy in
blue.
T'tcjPA, Ohio.
Selected Miscellany.
UNCLE BUNCE.
" Hk shrill never have a penny," stormed
Uncle Dunce; "I will cut lihn off with a
shilling."
"My dear Bunee," said I, "you have
already contradicted yourself, Iu first de
nying him a penny, aud then promising
him twelve. I never heard you contradict
yourself (althon'li often other people) ex
cept when in a pission, and that is not the
frame of mind in which to sit down to
alter your will."
" Mind your own business, sir. and leave
nic to manage mine," was the prompt and
severe rejoinder.
- Your business is mine, Nicholas," con
tinued ' I quietly, "since we are part
ners. "We have been friends, boy and
man, for these forty years, and I am
not going to permit you to quarrel with
mo."
"Who wants to quarrel," said Uncle
Bunee, peevishly.
. " Well, don't ; but I would rather even
that should hnppun, than that my old
friend should Uo himself such an injustice
as to condemn a young fellow, who has
no other relation in tho world, unheard
your own sister's son, George! I am
ashamed of you I ".'
"Unheard? Pack of nonsense," sput
tered the old fellow. " The thing's as
plain as the nose on your face."
" Thank you," said I. " However, you
may say as offensive things-as you please
about uiy nose only don't be unjust to
Charley."
" I am not unjust. The facts are these
I had adopted that bay, and meant to treat
him as my own son. Ho has disgraced
himself by betting on a public racecourse
a sum he had no horiest means of paying
if ho lost a gambler, sir, and a cheat,
that's what he's proved himself; and I'll
have nothing more to do with him." -
" You had better inquire into the matter
a little further, Jlr. Bruce," said I, with
some distinctness of manner; for I liked
Charley upon his own account, as well as
because be was the only relative of my
friend and partner, one of the most sound
hearted and grossly prejudiced men with
in a mile of the Koyal Exchange.
' There is nothing to be inquired about,
Mr. Coe. Even if my lato nephew" (it
was just like what his Batterers called his
"stern determination" to use that phrase;
just like his "infernal obstinacy, say)
"yes, sir, even if my late nephew had
had the titty pounds to pay, which 1 am
sure he had not, I would disinherit him for
betting it; and even if he didn't bet, he
was on tho racecourse, and that is a place
mo nephew of mine should show his face
and remain my heir. There is a letter
fi'om our Vienna correspondent which re
quires your immediate attention, Mr. Coe.
And with that, Undo Bunce withdrew
himself, into the glass case that is his
peculiar sanctum at our office, and slammed
the door behind linn.
Our firm was Bunce and Coe, and there
had been no other member of it, save
two, for five-aud-twenty years. We were
no relatives (though perhaps not less fast
friends upon that account), but I called
him Undo Bunce because Charley did,
who, until that unlucky Derby day, had
been as great a favorite of his as of mine
" and here were the young fellow's prospects
blighted, and the old man's affections left
without nny human trellis-work to cling
to, all because some ill-natured busybody,
who knew Nicholas Bunco's hatred of the
turf, had told him that Charley Thornton
had bet fifty pounds to ten against Pal
vwra for the Derby, on Epsom Downs.
I had no greater love for racing, nor
perhaps for Charley, than Nicholas had,
but I could make a little more allowance
for the follies of youth ; and when I found
myself crossed, or even disobeyed, all
milk of human kindness within me
: not instantly turn sour, as it had done
Uncle Bunce's dairy, with the sad effect
" have described. He had gone straight
Charley upon tho information received
' and said: "Did you go down to Epsom
Downs, sir, and bet fifty pounds to
pounds against a race-horse 1 Answer
Yea,' or ' No.' " And Charley for
boy could not have told a lie it he
tried had answered : " Yes, Uncle ";
Mere the matter ended.
. ' " So, now, being convinced that Uncle
Bunco was as inflexible as the iron
which he dealt, in his resolve to make
further inquiry into tho matter, I deter
mined to make it myself for both their
sakes. I was not very hopeful as to
result of thu iuvestlgntion, hut still
thought theit might ba some mitigating
circumstances, iuj- mo laci .4 u stood
looked blacker, it seemed to mo, than
ought to do, lrom what I knew of
voting fellow. IU was not tlio sort of
lad to leave liU duties (ho was a clerk in
government olllee) for a scene which
knew was especially distasteful to
uncle and guardian, and there risk upon
single event a sum that ww equal to
third ot his whole income. Undo Bunco
nu.II.it was true, periled a great
more than that proportion of out property
iu " operations" in iron, but that was
in thu wuv of business, ami u was upon
" business habits thai Hut old gentleman
prided himself, and f'-r which ho looked
" first of all. in others. That Charley
should have shirked his work at the Sword
, aui Cun Oliieo for a day's pleasure was
slu1 of itself almost inexpiable In
iimieWyui;' hut that he mould
siit-ut that duv on a racecourse- aud there
ln tted fifty pounds. the more 1 rooked
tho wiiole mutter, iu fact, the worse H
iieared for invvoung friend and client
ar.d the less dwl I wonder at the lines
Uuclrt Bunee'a forehead as ho sat In
4 cucumber-frame, but by no meant as
as a cucumber, and snapped the clerks
uii so ihirji that Ox-y trembled, to approach
1.14 acu.
VOL. XV.I.-NO. 10.
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was accustomed to Uo an hour or so be-
fore me, his Junior, I did venture to re
mark : " Come, Bunce, you will at least
not be In a hurry about this matter of.
poor Charley; perhaps 1 may have to tell
you something abJtit it to morrow which
may cause you to think differently of,
him."
" You mean well, Coe, and I thank you,"
said he, gravely. "But I shall see my
lawyer to night, and givo him such in
structions as will, at all events, prevent
my property falling, after my decease,
into the hands of the betting-ring."
Stern I had often seen Nicholas Bunee,
but bitter never. I was glad to seo him
bitter, for it was proof ho had been
wounded sore, and unless he had dearly
loved the lad, Charley's conduct would
not hare had the power so to wound hint.
Now, where there hss once been Low,
there is always room for Reconciliation ;
and as soon as Uncle Bunce was round
the corner, I took a bausoin to the Sword
and Gun Office.
It hal been arranged long ago that, on
the next evening, my partner and I should
dine together at the former's house ; and
we did so. At one time, Charley had been
asked, but that was all over now, of
course. Uncle Bimce had not come to I he
city that day, and it was evident, by his
wearied and melancholy manner, that he
had been occupied in somethiugdistressing
and disagreeable ; indeed, I have no doubt
that he had been remaking his will. I
was not ono whit afraid of tho old gent Io
nian, but I was resolved to put a good face
upon the matter. " Your good health,
Nicholas," said I, as he pushed the claret.
to me after dinner, " and Charley's good
health."
Uuele Eunce started as if ho lnd been
stung.
"I do not wish to have that youn.cr
an's naino mentioned in my hearing, '
observed he.
"After to-night you slnl! not hear it,
unless you please," said I ; " but I must
have my say for this once. I told you
1 should do so yesterday, ana 1
promised him the same last night. Then
I shsll have discharged ray conscience ;
and if you choose to let your nephew go
to the dogs, it will be through no omission
of mine. I have neither extenuation nor
apology to make for him'
" I should tninK not," interposed l ncie
Bunee.
" Y'our thought U founded, however,
upon wrong premises, jxieiioias. 1 nave
neither to make for him, simply because
ho needs none."
" Needs none I echoed tho old man, and
although his tone was meant to be con
temptuous, 1 thought 1 detected 111 it an
acGent of hope.
" I mean what 1 assert, old trlen.l, re
plied I, quietly. " Tho lad has behaved, I
Hi not say as any oilier young man
would have behaved in the like circum
stances,' for that phrase is often used to
excuse an indiscretion, but I 'will say this,
and then have done with it : He has be
haved as a true eentleman, and (especially)
as a gornlmanof buninem, in the whole mat
ter. 1 held un the wineglass uetween my
eye and the light, and smacked my lips
like ono who, having relieved Ins mmd,
may now afford to enjoy himself.
Lnclo Bunce seemed to gasp lor air.
What the deuce I why, you're making
fool of me," exclaimed he savagely.
Do vou mean to tell mo he did not go
down to the Derby ?"
" Of course ho did. 1 lie government
sent him.
" The government sent him! re
peated my respected partner like one in a
dream.
"Just so," said I. "but don t let me
trouble you with the particulars oi
subiect which I see is distaste
ful to you, and about which
ou have ciuite made uu your mind. I
have now performed my duty iu the mat
ter, and there's an end pf it This is good
wine. If it's no secret, may I ask what
did you give for it a dozen?"
"Fifty pounds. Fifty pounds to ten
against PalmyYa" muttered the old man.
Then : " It's all a lie, Coe," cried he sud
denly. " How dare you talk to me about
the government sending"
Mr. Bunco, interrupted I nrmly, "l
will not endure such language You may
be as brutal and unjust as you pleafe to
your own flesh and blood, but you shall
not bully me. I am not in the habit of
telling lies. Tho fact is this (if you really
wish to hear the fact, and not merely to
flatter your own preconceived opinions),
Charley Thornton could not have avoid
ed But stop ; first answer me one thing.
If Messrs. Bar and Bullion had offered
you a holiday on the Derby day, when
you were a clerk in their office, upon ttnrf
condition tnat you would go and see 1110
Kace, would you have accepted it, or
would you not t"
Well, 1 suppose 1 should, said tnelo
Bunce, reluctantly.
" No, vou don t ; you aro sure you would
von'd havo pone like a shot. Well, that
being granted, you and your nephew aro
in the same boat. 1 he government gave
a holiday on tho Derby day to the derks
in the Sword and Uun Ulllce, upon the
condition I have mentioned, and all those
who availed themselves ot the oner pledged
their word to use the opportunity as it
was intended to bo used. If Charley,
having obtained his day's leave, had not
gone to Epsom Down, he would havo be
haved unliKe a gcuileman. 1 tat s clear,
hone.
" iho government ought to he ashamed
of themselves !" observed Undo Bunce.
"Very likely: but your nephew is not
the government, and although I hear from
the chief of his department a most excel
lent account of the young fellow, it is not
likely he ever will be. 1 lius, you see, to
begin with, so fur from shirking his duties
to tho Derby, Charley only obeyed
orders and I have no doubt with great
cheerfulness. This is certainly excellent
wine."
Did the government make him bet
fifty to ten pounds against Palmyra t"
inquired the old gentleman grimly, alter
long silence.
" Tho government didn t. but tha Ofllee
did," said I, " in this way. There was
Derby sweep got up among the Hivordand
Gun clerks, as is always the case at every
government office j and Charley put in his
sovereign like the rest. Perhaps that was
wrong 01 nim : nut 11 you never did worse,
friend Nicholas, when ycu were a young
man, all I can say is, you were too good
to live, and I shouldn't fancy you
were ever likely to die of Unit complaint."
I rose, and going to tlio window that looked
out into tho quiet street, threw it up, to
iu tho summer air. "Come, come; you'll
forgive his putting into the sweep," said
" I don't ask you to be generous, but to
Just," ' "
I roririvol.ini th. d of i.iiiri! but
me but I will not forgive him. How is
possible that the OW ronl.l b.ivi. !..,! .mv.
j-.mK ... u wiui him makiuga bet which,
he had lost, ho could nver pay."
"llu won it." said I, quietly; "and
would have been a most unbimiiu3-liko
transaction if he had not laid thu money
Yes, Mr. Bunce; you have bitu wronJ
throughout this mutter hitherto, and you
are wrong now. I say that Charley would
havo shown himself unworthy of beim;
your relative if he had not laid the odds
against Wwij-ra ; and I'll prove il. The
case was simply this: Charley drew J'M
myrti iu this sovereigu sweep, so that,
tho mare had won, he would have received
(since almost all tho clerks subserilied
it) at least one hundred pounds. His
duty, then, aa a imn uf biuiness
and not a merely gambling spectator
was to make some portion of tnu money
sale. He therefore betted fifty pounds
ten pouii'U sgninst the rinrc ; if ilia
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won, ho would havo cleared fifty pounds
by the transaction j and as it was, although
she lost, tho astute young fellow managed
to secure ten pounds, minus tho sovereign
originally invested."
" Ah, that was it was it?" said Undo
Bunce, Linking, I must say, most uncom
monly foolish. " However, you must con
fess tint appearances were much against
the lad."
"Not a bit," said I. " On tho contrary,
they aro very much ill his favor. Come
to the window here, and judge for your
sell; there ho is, at the corner yonder,
wsiting for me to whistle for him. Does
A.' look like ono of your cunning, hang
dog Turfites such ns you hive pictured
111.11, or likely to grow into any such hor
rid shape? Unless ho happens to draw a
favorite in a sweep a second time which
is not very likely I will answer fr him
that he will ne er make a bet in his life
iignn. Come, sir, you whistle lor uun ;
and Uncle Bunco did whistle, as cheerfully
as any blackbird ; and as the young fellow
ran up, lie Held uts nan.l out tlirougu the
open window, to let him know at once
that all was explained aud forgiven. And
then be came indoors, and something
which I had caused to bo privately kept
hot for him down stairs for Uuclo Bunce's
cook l ived tho lad was brought up by
way if dinner, and Undo Bunco and "I
and Charley had a merry evening together
after all. i'liambcr's Journal.
UNCLE BUNCE. An Irishman's View of the Bond
Questions.
;
Tun Dicatiw Gate reports the follow
ing conversation that occurred between
11 prominent. Democrat and uu Irishman of
that city, recently. For convenience it
designate tho parties as Jark and Pat :
Jack How do you like tho Democratic
platform?
Pat I can't understand it ; would ye be
lifter explaining it to ine all about the
Bond question ?
Jack till, yes, with pleasure. You see
the rich men own all the bonds aud tho
poor men bnvo to pay for the bonds.
Put The divil ye say; is that the way?
Jack Yes; and now tho Democratic
parly propose to pay off the bonds with
greenbacks, nnd thus everybody will bo
treated equally.
. Put Is that in yer platform ?
Jack Not in s many words but that
is what it means; nnd now, Pat, I want
you to do all you can for our party bring
all the boys out to all tho meetings and
Pat llould on, Jack; will yer paying
the bonds off' iu greenbacks make the
poor man as rich tis tho bondholder?
. Jack Not exactly ; the bondholder will
have his in greenbacks, where we can tax
them.
Pat Thin there will be all greenbacks,
and money will bo plinty, aud we'll git
gould for our greenbacks, if we ilect Say
mour? Jack No, not exactly; there is not gold
enough in the couutry. ,
Pat Thin we are not to have gould at
all. How in the divil are ye going to pay
off the greenbacks?
Jack A part of it will be paid off by
taxation, the money we take from the peo
ple for revenue, and stamp3, etc., and as
the greenbacks get worn by constant hand
ling we will print new ones.
Pat I see ; you propose totak. the debt
now cartied by the rich bondholders and
divide il among these people, rich aud poor
alike, by forcing' the bondholder to speud
his money for property.
Jack Exactly you aro learning fast,
aud vou see
Pat IIouLl on an idee strikes mo. If
tho government debt is all in greenbacks,
and thim in circulation, how many cords
of 'cm will it take to buy a cord of wood?
Jack I cunnot exactly say what they
would be worth that will regulate itself.
But, by tho by, Pat, could you pay me
that little nolo you owe mef It was
duo yesterday, aud I need tlio money very
much.
Pat Yis, I know tho note is duo, and
I'll pay ye according t tho Dimmecratic
platform.
jacii irtirf an you mean f
Pat I mane I'll give you a fresh note
for the one ve have.
Jack There's nothing about giving
fresh notes in tho Democratic platform.
Pat Yis, ye stiid we'd pay the bond off
in greenbacks, and both of them are prom
ises to pay of the same government. Ye's
givo one promise to pay for onothcr ono,
and I'll give you a fresh promise to pay for
the one ye have now. 1 he note you havo
now eavs ten per cent, interest ; tlia new
one will say without interest, and no timo
set for its payment.
Jack But this is an individual matter,
nd tho other is a government matter.
Yon honestly owo me, and promised- to
pay me yesterday. Your proposition is to
cheat mo out ot my money.
Pat An' its cheatiu' ve out of your
money, is it? An haven t 1 as good a
right to chate ye as the government has to
chate the widdlcs an'orphans whose money
is all in government bonds. I'll pay ye
on tlio Jjimmccraiic piauorm 1
Carpet-Baggers.
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Tiieue Is a great deal of loose talk about
ollowingmembersof Congress to represent
States in which they were not born, but
lue irutu is that It has always been so,
aud in this shifting, .uneasy, . enterprising
and half-settled country, it is likely to be
so for some time to come. We have been
a carpet-bagging people from tho begin
ning, and the great West owes its very
existence to comers who had hags, it is
tlie, but were lorced to travel in soarcn 01
Bomethiug to put into them. 1 hen, pray
tell us how many distinguished men have
been sent to Congress from the States in
which they were born? . Tlu great Fer
nando Wood, of whom as Representative
this city is so justly proud, opened his
infant eves in Philadelphia. Brother Ben
jamiu saw lit to bo bom in Kentucky. The
late Stephen A. Douglas hailed, as an in
fant, from Vermont. Daniel Webster, tho
pride of Massachusetts, was a son of New
Hampshire. Frogtown, Ky., produced
Senator David H. Atchison. Tho Chief
Justice, always recognized as a regular
Ohio man, was a New Hampshire pro
duction, and tho White Mountains pre-
scntcd Lewis Cass to Michigan. Even
the extraordinary Andy Johnson was
planted and watered (so to speak) in North
Carolina, but it was Tennessee that gave
htm his political increase. New York
may justly claim (if she sees fit) tho Hon
J. 11. Doolittlo as her own child. Didn'l
the illustrious Andrew Jackson go (with
or without a carpet-bag) lrom South I aro
lina to'Tenuessee? Felix Grundy from
Virginia to the samo State? Juniea e
Polk from North Carolina still to the same
State? Geuend Harrism was certainly
an Ohio man, but lor all that ho was born
111 irgiiua. ho was Henderson, 01 .mis
souri. Our friend und brother, Mr James
Brooks, came, carpet bag m hand, trom
Maine lo this city, in which he is so be
loved and cherished, thus resembling in
mie rcsoect Nanolco'.f llonatmrte, who
shilling from Cor.-iiu to Paris, proved him
Kt'lf tit, mi 1st vlmoiilliuirv ciirnct baugei
f the age. Even tin; excellent ami
amiabln AVillitu.i Pitt Kesseliden, alheit
he is the Senator of Maine, burt upon
tlio w orld 1,1 New Hampshire : w hue
the Illinois man, Lyman Trumbull, is
by birth a Coiun client sprout of tho true
nutmeg genus. New Hampshire, too. that
excellent nurse of mighty men, presented
to Iowa Mr. James W. Grimes. The emi
nent Marey came to New York from
Miitii'lieuwlUi. Kentucky nourished Mc
I U round upon her ample bosom, but lUi
nou gets the particular beni tit of hersuo
cessl'id lactation. Mr. Edward Bnles, in
.Mr. Lincoln b 1 ihliiet, was a irglnlaiuan
Lhiliiigftoui MUsourl. p-mnsylvuulapro
duced Bingham, of Ohio. Kentucky yielded
Baker, of Illinois, Virginia brought forth
Blow, of Missouri, Ohi i may claim Hen
dricks, of Indiana, r.tid this list of men
born in ono place and reaching greatness
in another might be considerably pro
longed. Even Yancev, of Alabama, was
a carpet-ling transfer from Georgia, while
John Slidell, of Louisiana, was the valua
ble gift of New York. Of tho two men
who, at a great historic period, were the
most prominent in the Republic, it may be
noted that Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois,
was born iu Kentucky, and Jefferson Di
vis, of Mississippi, in Kentucky.
The cry against Northern men who
settle in the Southern Stales is the bust
dylnjj gasp of the rebellion; thn final
ebullition of a hatred which wo believe
is destined to pass away with those who
childishly entertain in the tt rn of apre
(udiee of which the next gncralim will
know nothing, or at least f-ol nothing. It
was by no means the smallest evil of
slavery that it engendered and nourished
that petty jealousy with which prosperity
is usually regarded by men of failing for
tunes. We do not suppeso that the Union
will ever bo free from local rivalries, but
wo do confidently anticipate the time
when, as between the North and South,
even these will be free from that smill
and suspicious passion with which the
slave States havo been accustomed to re
gard Northern prorpctity ; and Ibis de
sirable consummation emigration from the
free States will undoubtedly hasten.
Xeie York 1'ribune.
Blair or Blare.
The name " Plair," belonging to the
Silver Spring family, of wb'ch the Demo
cratic nominee for ' Vtco-l'rer.ideiit is jr. !
now the most distinguished member, is
evidently misspelled. It slmu'd be "J Hun:"
1 Ins is lound m the dictionaries, and, re-
rnng to Webster, wc find that it is 11 verb,
intransitive, derived from the old Uilpe
Uaren ; Teutonic b'arien: Latin Uoro, to
cry out, to brawl, to weep; Irish U; or
(tor, a noise, a voice. Wo are ul.'.o ln-
irmed that "The radical senso is to
shoot, or drive forth, or to spread." The
linition ol the verb to Biaro or to
Blair are given by Wdntcr thus :
1. To roar ; to bellow. I Li'.tle used.'l
John
i. To sweat rr melt away as a candle.
There is also tn cluster s inellonary,
substantive Blair or Blare, as " ronr,
noise. Lituo used J As 'and sigh lor
battle's blare.' fiurioio"
The reader at once will sec ho-y nicely'
the etymological characteristics of the,
word Blair havo been preserved iu the
persons and characters of all tho Bla'trs,
or Blares, from Francis P. senior, who
used to figure under Andrew Jackson, to
i rancis 1. lunior, who now ugurcs under
Andrew Johnson. There is as much of
nolso and roar among tho Silver Spring
Blares as there could havo been w hen Dr.
Johnson gave his definition of it; and
it is fairly to bo presumed that when old
Jdo Barlow, author of " Tho Colunib'md,"
and tho " Hasty Pudding," wrote the line :
" And eigh for batllc'8 blnro,"
he had a prophetic nnd poetic vision of
rancis P. Blair, Jr., as an object for
which a future Democracy would bo ono
day sighing. Tho Blares, however, both
noun and verb, are spoken of as little
used, even In the timeot Samuel Johnson.
Tho Blairs, or Blares, are likely to bo as
little used, except for a partisan roar or
bellow, by tho peoplo ot tho United
Slates, in the timo of Andrew Johnson.
I'lnlaiulpltM lluUtUn. ,
The Course of True Love with a Green
Mountain Couple.
A quite laughable affair occurred at
Paddock's village tho other day, that we
thiuk will bear circulation. It seems that
young' man of that village, who is in
every way respectable, for aught wc know
to the contrary, has paid some sligat atten
tion to a highly respctublo pirl who was
living in tho family of Alou.o Owen.
From the sequel we inter these attentions
were not disrelished by tho girl, but said
Owen had a dillerent programme. Ho
had a relative over at tho East village, or
somewhere else, that bo proposed shmild
"shine up" to tho girl. She preferred to
choose for herself, so that w hen the young
man hrst mentioned asked her to attend
the memorial exercises 011 the 30th ult.
with him, sho consented. Alter dinner,
according to appointment, tho young man
drove up in trout ot Owen s lioure, wnen
the said Alonzo came out and ordered him
off. While the point of right to the high
way was being argued, who should drive
up but tho girl's father. Tho first comer
then appealed to him, stating frankly his
errand, and hoty Owen was endeavoring
to thwart his plans, and closed by saying
that if the father objected to the arrange
ment between him and the g'rl, there was
enough said, and ho would leave. Dur
ing this palaver tho damsel appeared
at tho open window, when Owen s wrath
overflowed, and seizing her 110 pusiied lier
up stairs and locked the door upon her.
V ery soon alter tne scene cnanged. 1 ue
chamber window suddenly Hew up, and
the girl was seen to spring put upon the
ground, full fifteen feet, and run for . the
wagon, followed closely by the young man
and the enraged Owen, who had early dis
covered that "tho bird had flown. The girl
sprang into the wagon and seized the lines,
where she was soon joined by her beau,
but not until Owen had struck him some
throe times. As soon as both got into the
wagon the horse was Btarted.and, not to
be bullied, Owen seized one of tho hind
wheels, and, holding it fast, was drugged
some distance, until by a thorough applica
tion of the whip over bis head, he was in
duced to relinquish hi hold, but, by wtiy
of a parting salute, Bei.ed a stone weigh
ing several pounds ana uuiieti uaiicruicm,
which fortuuately hit tho wagon instead of
either ot its occupants. J lie young couple
then went to tho celebratioiK and w hen
thev returnod at night found trom fifty to
one huudrod persous in the vicinity of
Owen's house, prepared to sec that neither
of the plucky couple got the "licking"
which Owen sworo no wouiu give mem
when they returned. Owen says lie shall
sell out and leave town. HI. Jjhnnburij
( v t.) Caledonian.
A Slight Mistake.
Is aNcw Hampshire town there livid an
gnorant, irrdigioiis, ' worthless family,
Uansom by name, no' member of which
had been seen inside a church within the
" memory of the oldest inhabitant." Tho
village pastor, aucr years ol uiiure, nad
at length "almost persuaded " two of tho
younger srionsto promise attendance for
one Sabbath; but the fear that they would
bo tho subject U' some personal remarks
still deterred them. They wero in great
lerrror lest they should be publicly up
braided for their misdoings, and catted to
account for their wickedness. After much
exertion their fears wero (piloted, and on
the following Sunday tho eyes of thegood
pastor's congregation were astonished at
the unwonted presence of tho aforesaid
lUnsoius. All weul well until the reading
of the second hymn, which was the liiiul
iar "Blow y thu trumpet, bluw te.
Imagine tho effect when, at the end of the
line, " Ueluru ye ramoin'd siniu rj home,"
th cider i f our heroes seized his hat, and,
with long strides towards the door,
shouted, "Come along hom'i, Bill;
knowed they'd tie lUnjiag it l u if wo
came here." JV. II pajxr. "
m
ffT Wade Hampton wys the working
men of the bouth uit.-.t vot tin- Deii.
tloket or starve.
Doolittle and Grant.
From the Neenah, Wis., Times, 1st.
ltnw. J. N. IIooutti t ln fume mu .troimlv
for Seymour nti'l ni'iiin-t l.enorni Urunt flr tlio
rrt'M.U'iii'y. VmcH'mfie A-.vifc.i.'.
Has he ? Then perhaps it will be Inter
esting for tho people to know Mr. D.mlit
tie's former opinion of General U. S.
Grant, and sec how tho mind of the
"earnest man" has changed within a few
vears. The following " otilnion " we heard
Mr. Doolittle express in Pcttibone Hall in
Nccnah in lSi.f, and reported it at the
time for the columns of this paper:
From ttu N.'onnh Time. Nnvemtwr S, JStll.
ATltlllt 'l'K TO (IKNK.IIAI. OIIANT.
Hon. J. 11. Doolittle, in hi speech in
Xeeiish ou the 'Jlth ultimo, paid a glow
ing tribute to the patriotism and military
"kill of General U. S. Grant. He said":
"The President did not know who the
right man was when he was trying Mc
l"n llan. Hooker. Meado and others in
command of the army of the Potomac, for
the war had not vet" developed tho true
hero. When tho war broke out Grant
was tanning leather in Galena, 111. Ho
offered his services to Governor Vales, who
did not seo In him indications of great
military genius, so he placed him ou bis
stall' with the rank of Captain. When tho
'Jlst regiment was organized, be was np
pointed Colonel, and assumed command
on the 1.1th of .lone, isill, and ho was then
considered tho most unpopular Colonel
that had been appointed in that State.
When ready to leave with his regiment
lor the South, he avoided all display and
refused oilers ol suppers and honors
awarded to other regiments, and ins'ead
of taking the curs, give his regiment tho
command, 'Forward march 1' and on
foot they reached Cairo. When tho regi
ment reached tins point it, was consequent
Iv fit for active duty. His first command
was indicative of the man ho had been
marching forward ever since. First on
Fort Henry and then on Fort Donelson,
when ho was appointed a Brigadier
General for his heroism. Shiloh and
Corinth followed, showing that Gen
oral Grant was fast developing the
best military genius in our armies
His success at Vieksburg pained him
the appointment of Maior General of
volunteers. He then marched forward to
Chattanooga, when his brilliant success
well e trued him his promotion to Lieuten
ant General, a grade revived by Congress
tor his especial benefit. Ho was then call
ed to take command of tho whole United
Slates forces, nnd assumed personal super
vision of tho Army of tho Potomac. The
President had at last found the right man,
as his successes in that department prove.
lie would relate an incident, showing
Grant's foresight and genius : Sixty days
before tho Army of tlio Potomac arrived
at tho James river, he sent a letter to Slier
man, whom ho had left in command of tho
army at Chattanooga, instructing him to
rest his army on t lie banks ot tlio Chatta
hoochie, near Atlanta, on tho 4th day of
July, 'and, said Grant, 1 will on that day
rest my army on the north bank of the
James near Uichmond.' Days passed away
the country was electrified by tho grand
maneuvers ot Urunt in V irgiiua and tlio
brilliant marches of Sherman in Georgia,
On tho morning of the -It li id July, Slier
man telegraphed to General Grant: ' Last
night my army rested on tho Chattahoo
chic!' On tho same day General Grant
replied: ' Last night my army crossed the
James !
It would bo impossible to describe the
solemn, earnest, eloquent manner of the
Judge, as ho related tho closing Incident,
iu low, clear, musical tones, or to depict
the elieet on the largo audieuco who listen
cd to it. A breathless silence had prevail
cd during its delivery, but no sooner had
tho hist words leu the lips ol the spcake
than the immense crowd, swelling with
emotions of pride and affection for our
able General, burst forth into applause that
fairly shook tho building, unu re echoed
again and again throughout the hall. Wo
havo never beard abetter turned point.
nor one met w ith wilder enthusiasm.
"Something that Chinks."
i
T11R paper mill and printing press
otherwise tho grcenbaek-plank in the
Tammany Platform, is sadly demoralize
ing tho Democracy. It is no longer the
bond of uuity, but tho npplo ol discord.
It has begun to bo found out that tho poo
plo have some sense, and aro able to un
dcrstand that tho reason that greenbacks
are not worth as much as gold is because
there aro loo many of them ; that when
tho paper mill and printing press aro put
in motion manufacturing more greenbacks,
for any purpose, tho value of tho whole
will bo lessened, so that you havo only to
pursue the process to destroy their value
altogether which will be un effective way
to repudiate tho debt into which it is pro
posed to convert the greenbacks, -j ne de
moraliza.ion on this subiect has already
made such headway as to defy tho skill of
the doctors ot 1110 party, r or instance
Thursday evening hu.t, in Brooklyn, was
a Seymour and Blair ratillcation meeting
winch, according to tho itorl", was
" triumphant" affair. The principal speak
er was Hon. S. S. Cox, formerly of Ohio,
a personal as well as political friend
Mr. I'eudloton, and prospective candidate
tor Congress in tho District where lie ro
sides in New York city. About "the
finances" lie had little to say, but that lit tie
was emphatic and significant, the following
being the choicest tiart :
But it (tho debt) should bo paid. It
should bo paid by an extension over
fair period ot time, "according to the
letter and spirit of the laws under which
it was contracted." I would (r.s the Demo
cratic platform say) pay it in "lawful
money." Lawful money, to Democratic
memory, means oinetiin(thateMiikn;'Kni
us that part of tho debt about which
there is much useless logomachy iu
Congress, aud such lucid equivocation in
both platforms, is not likely to mature for
some time I would not anticipate. Cer
tainly for its payment as for other reason,
wo aid never kim anotui4 dullar af irre
UeemMe, tUbaitchiny, tlattic (fretribar.k cur
rency. Moving 011 toward gold and silver
as the standard of all values, and in the
interest of labor and commerce, we should
do as Horatio Seymour proposed in his
speech of tho 11th ol March last, "De
mand a policy of peace, order and
economy, and by gaining that, lift up the
National credit. Help tho tux-payer, and
do justico to the bondholder, and thus
make our currency us good as sterling
coin."
A fairer or squarer backing out from
tho greenback idea with which tho party
started out with a llouribh, there certainly
could uot wdi bo. Mr. Cox is not a re
ruidiationUt. evidently, for he says distinct
ly that ho ' vtndtl never inue another
dollar of irrttleenviUe, iklxiufhi nff, slantie
greenback currency" a. position in the
very teeth of that taken by Mr. Pendle
ton only a week before, in favor of
immediate isstiu of $300,000,000 more
greenbacks. He would pay iu nothing
that is worth less than "skrUtnj coin,"
and Mr. Seymour is quoted lo support
tho proxsltioii. - Is Mr. Seymour then
tho side of tho " bloated "bondholders?"
i it after all the Democratic doctrine
pay in gold "something that chinks?"
To this position the party is evidently
comiiu'. At any rato stampede uud
dcmoriiliz'tlion have ub'euily commenced.
J'ittalturyh Ciimiurciul, X'th.
I
An old painting, which an American
tourist ut Paris purchased, a few weeks
ago, for a few scudi, turns out to be one
l'ictro Peru gl no master-pieces, which
was supposed to have been destroyed tit
conflagration in the sixti enth century.
is wuiOi, ut least, a thousand time
much us tin American tourist paid for It.
VARIOUS ITEMS.
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TrrtKKY has lost -10,000 men in Crete.
Apmihu, Fauraci'T Is said to be a
millionaire.
CiucAoo consumes 18.100,000 gallons of
water daily.
Stckkino plugs of tobacco with sheet
ead is tho latest swindle.
Sin UoiikiitNapiku's title w ill be Baron
Napier of M agitata.
Ax upright trunk, which resembles a
bureau has been Invented.
lirsKiN spends the Income of tils three
millions on charity.
Mils. Ciiahi.ksSi'mnku is boarding with
a private family at Lenox, Mass.
Tub electric fluid recently killed fifteen
sheep Iu Oxford, N. H., at ono "strike."
A ton of collar paper. It Is stated, is
made daily alone mill in Piltslleld, Mass.
Tut? Kansas State Fair will be held at
Leavenworth, September '.".I to October 'J.
Fiianck lias fined on omnibus driver
or calling Imperial troops "paper sol
diers."
Boston owns $1.1,00(1,(100 worth of
parks, which amount is gimier than the
Ity debt
Ovku thirteen huidred steamship voy
ages a year are made between England
and America.
Al l the parlies arrested in Ireland lin
er tho suspension of tho A.iV.u eorixt
have been released.
Tilt tank of a soda bottling establish
ment at St. Paul exploded recently and
killed two nu n.
Moiik than a thousand spirit and to
bacco smugglers wero convicted in Great-
Britain last, years.
Wiiitu gloves are proscribed In polite
European society ; pearl and orange color
gloves aro prescribed.
Et.i.A l.uowNiN'ti, a Cincinnati servant
girl, has fallen heir to $10,000 by the death
of a Liverpool uncle.
Tun Prime Minister of King 1 hi odore
asserts that the Abyssinian monarch bad
an elder son, who is yet alive.
Jamks Kt'ssKi.i. LowKi.r, is said to be
the handsomest of the American poets.
Ho is fifty, and does not look more than
thirty.
Mu. EowAiip Ciirucitltx, aged one
hundred years, walked two miles to
church, in Erie county, Pa., Sunday, July
2111 11.
Watkuikii placo visitors noti.'o that
pipe smoking Is increasing as cigars de
crease iu quality and grow in price.
Since tho beginning of summer, there
have been sixty-live suicides in New York,
and tho suburban cities about eight a
week.
Litti.b Daisy's mother was trying to
explain to her the meaning of a smile.
Oh, yes, 1 know," said the child, "it is
tlio whisper of a laugh."
A mono tho latest inventions is a rubber
bath-tub, about throe feet in diameter when
spread out, which can easily bo stowed
away in a lady's satchel.
Qi'KKN Emma, of tho Sandwich Islands,
is quite active in soliciting and distributing
relief to the sufferers by tho Into volcanic
eruptions in that country.
It has been discovered that coal ex
posed to tho weather loses, in nine
months, lllly per cent, ot us value as niei,
and nearly as much gas making material.
Twei.vb hnndred bales of hay were
purchased in Now York, recently, for Liv
erpool. This is a now article of export.
Tho drouth in England is tho cause of the
movement.
Mits. M.vny RntuiNPi.Rit, of Rochester,
N. Y., was lately arrested on charge of
roasting the hands of her adopted daugh
ter, for the offence of stealing a pocket
book. Tiru Milan Gazette announces iho ap
proaching marriage of Menotti Garibaldi
with a young lady named Italia Bedes-
chini, born at Smyrna, but now residing
at Padua.
A i.kttkk directed to "Miss Bessio T.,
Watcrbury, Ct. I don't know her mime,
but sho is tho prettiest little girl in the
city," is bothering tho worthy postmaster
at that place.
Tun Lowell Conner says 0110 n tho
thirteen professional boot-blacks of that
city has accepted a challenge from a
Boston "shiner" to compete for the
championship of tho State and a prize of
$20.
- A am.n was recently born in North
Colubrook, Mass, which had but ono
finger, all told. Tho child was otherwiso
perfectly formed, but ono hand had only a
single linger, and thu other nolle at all.
Tmc editor of tho Auburn Advertiser
boasts of having been presented with "the
veritable hatchet with which George
Washiugton chopped tho cherry tree and
didn't tell a lio to Lis papa about,"
An Englishman, describing ft wonderful
parrot hanging in a cage from the window
of a house which he oltcn passed, said
" It cries stop thief ' so naturally that
every time I hear It I always stop.
A company has been chartered, under
tho title of tho American Hard Rubber
Company," who propose to build road
wagons, and other vehicles, of rubber at
about one-half the price piid for wooden
ones.
Coi.onrt, Edmund Rick bus inveutcd
wbut he calls a new bayonet, but what is
in fact a trowel, intended to enable infan
try to intrench itself rapidly. Two hundred
tentative trowels aro in course of construction
at Springlleld.
Empehoh Fiiancis Joskth stipulates in
the contract respecting the property ol
Carlotta, made with the King of Belgium,
Unit if tho uufortunato princess ever re
covers tho complete use of her mental
faculties she shall not visit Vienna,
Providence has n colored boy, aged
thirteen years, who for a few cents will
tuko a mouthful of glass, chew It up fine
and swallow it. He says he has followed
tho business since ho was nine years old
and can keep fut on it He ought to liuvc
a pane in his stomach by this time. ..
At Cornish Flat, N. Y., recently,
streak of lightning ran down a tree and
went into the earth, tearing open a hole
from which a stream of crystal water has
continually bubbled since. The stream
runs from a yHw hitherto dry and near
w 11K.U no wuiur was supposou to exisi.
Accoupiho to .the statement of Dr.
Lotheby, the dally consumption in London
is uliout 4,200 tons of fish, 4,500 sheep, 700
oxen, 00 cows, 4,001) pigs, o,000 clilekens,
1 000,000 or oysters, and about 100,000,00(1
of loaves of bread weighing ono pound
each.
Nbwi.y set trees may bo protected
from tho beat of summer by covering their
trunks with ropesmade of freshly cut grass
or clover. It is a good plan to moisten the
wrapping occasionally it tho weather
very dry.
Ciiinrhk printer nro employed ut the
compositor's cases of tho two English
miners published iu Hong Kong, und at
tain wonderful rapidity and accuracy
their work, setting both reprint and manii
script with facility, but without under
standing a wojlof what they aro working
upon.
PkoW.k say that they shell peas wncu
they iiiiHhell them ; that they dust fumi
turo w'uen they uudiist it, or take the dust
from it: that thev husk corn hen they
tiuhtibk it ; that they skin acalf when they
unskln it ; that they scale a fish when thev
upscale It. M my men sny that they weed
tin lr g irdi in win u llidr W' dr, it
them.
:
A i.knti.I'.m n of Vlm land.N. J.,hns In
his garden a grapevine which was fct two
years ago last spring, mid bus mmlo a very
remarkable growth. It U more than tlt'iy
feet In length, with tendrils running in
every direction. It is estimated that there
aro on the vino more than ore thousand
perfect clusters of grapes. The extra
growth Issiipposed to be from the fact that
sink water has been applied to the roofs
from day to day
Bom s l.welry mnkers In New York
have a new trick. Thev havo been mak
ing " fine gold watches" which they sell
at a profit for fifteen dollar, hut aro so
well cilcitlated to deceive that they dis
pose of them by carrying them to pawn
tirokers nnd obtsin easl! v a loan ol from
$35 to $:til. It Is said that nearly every
pawnbroker In the cily lias been victim
ized at least onen by 'this swindli. Thi
watches aro really worth about five dol
lars. A coitw:spoNPi;NT of the New York
Timfs states, for the benefit of hydropho
bia victims, that it litis been discovered in
America that horseradish and sweet, oil
a tahlosp'vinful of this mixture as often ns
It can bo swallowed and retained on the
stomach, together with a poultice of the
same over tne wound lias proved a
prompt nnd perfect euro for this appalling
malady In several Instances indeed, all
In which it has been tried so for a known.
Tiik silk-worm disease, the disastrous
results of which aro much complained of
by the silk-growers of France, Is found to
proceed from the presenco of monads and
other organ!, 'd beings in the intestines of
flic worms, caused by bad digestion. Tho
same animalculre aro found in a fermented
pulp of mulberry leaves. Whole breeds
of worms aro destroyed at oneo by this
dWeiifc.
Tiik latest, case or female authority
comes from Newbury port, where there is
a rooster that has hatched and is rearing a
brood of chickens. Tho bird was asso
ciated Willi a hen, and badly henpecked.
After the ben had been sitting a few days
some weeks since, sho Kit. tho nest and
drove the malu to lu r place, whero lie
continued lo perform her duties until nil
tho chickens appeared, and then took tho
solo charge ol thim.
Ol.- course every Intelligent person on
this henii-plu re knows that Boston pos
sesses u great organ; but few can realize
ils immense li.c, or great capacity to at
tract dust until they read tho following
from the H vslon journal of Suturday;
" Persons who aro sometimes annoyed by
dust upon the great organ at tho Music
II. ill arc probably not aware thnt it takes
six or seven men nearly a week, and in
volves an expouso of upward of $100, to
give tho instrument a single thorough dust
ing. Tho operation has been gouo through
with this week."
Tiik New York Olitnver tells of a clergy
man whoso horso died of hots. Some of
the worms wero put Into spirits of turpen
tine und oilier fluids commonly f ilul to
vermin, but they wero not at all affected.
They were then put iu the juice of tlio
common potato, and died instantly. An
other horso In the sumo neighborhood was
suffering severely from hots, when a quart
of potato Juice was poured down his
throat, which soon relieved him of his
p.tin, and a continuance of the treatment
effected a permanent euro.
Livkhi'ooi, has a good local story of a
tiger which escaped from a menagerie and
terrilled tho suburbs for Boinn hours. In
one outlying district a man who had "lost
the use of both of his legs" bad sat for 20
years ; 11 sturdy, Blunted vagrant, making
11 good thing out of his infirmity. But iu
au evil hour for his professional profits
tho road where he bad taken up his seat
for a score of years was on llio morning
of tho tiger'.s escape tho scene of a tierce
stampede. Down it poured pell-mell,
men, women, and children, at full speed,
screaming with terror, and crying out,
" The tiger, the tiger t" Tho cripple had
heard thu news of tho tiger's escape, and
now fear lent him legs, or restored his old
limbs ; he started up, threw awuy tho big
bowl on which ho had sat doubled up
every day, aud, with an energy that loft
nothing to bo desired, ho bounded down
tho road, ami soon outstripped ull compe
titors. Tho tiger was caught; but tho
"cripplo" was never seen again, at least
in that neighborhood.
A Naw Yoiik firm have lately invented
and patented a most amusing and ingen
ious toy. It cons'sts of walking horses,
dogs, and children. These little creatures
aro formed of wood, china und iron, and
so accurately nnd aitistictilly aro they put
together that tho motion is perfectly life
like. They arc made in all patterns, boys
and gir.'s drawing wugons, horses to car
riages, und dogs running wild. Tlio
machinery which moves theso toys is
made entirely of iron, and so stronglv put
together Unit It will last for years Many
of them aro supplied with clock works
inside, and on being wound up will move
of their own accord, while with others tho
motion is produced by a child moving tho
liltlo carriage to which tho figure is at
tached. They move ut nny gait desired,
and the horses pace, trot or run at the
opt ion of tho operator. net her tins in
ventlon will ever no nny practical o-nem,
other than to amuse the liulu ones remains
to be seen. Tlio firm, however, are build
ing a horse on this plan, of about twelve
hands high, to be run liy steam, and wnicn
will bo thoroughly tested in every way,
with a view to ascertaining 11 11 can uu
made useful for fanning purposes or other
wise.
A Prominent California Democrat Declares
for Grant.
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P. 11. Sibley, a member of tho Stale
Central Committee of the Democracy
California, resigns his position in that
committee In tho following letter, which
wc commend to the consideration 01 al.
thoughtful men of his party :
Uulk'iiiuu of tlie JUuruoorutic Slulo Central Coin
uililui: :
I would bo doing violence to my own
feelings, and guilty cf unfair couduct to
vou, did I continue longer to share your
counsels and possess myself of your plans
iu tho coming political campaign, in sen
timent and sympathy lam no longer with
you. My judgment neither approves the
platlonn ol principles put lorm uy me
New York City Convention, nor does my
sense of duty to tho country Justify me
aiding to advance Horatio reymour 10 :ne
olllee of President of the United States.
In reineinlM ring that 1 am a Democrat,
I cannot forget I owe a higher allegiance
to the American Union. I should bo glad
to remain in the Democratic party, could
I believe that ill doing so that I am not
sacrificing those principles of patriotism
lliul uro nigucr uun uoner man any sei.u
inuiil of mere party fealty. I believe that
the war was inaugurated by tho South,
tho Interest ol slavery. 1 Uiu vo lliul
was the duty i f tho i'jovcrnmeiit lo resist
the heresy ot secession by arms. 1 believe
tlio calling out of troops, the draft of sol
diers, tUc prosecution of war against
bellion, was constitutional und uocessary
for U10 preservation of 4 lie Republic.
believe tho emancipation of blaves was
iHcessiiry and unavoidable as a war meas
ure. 1 believe the creation of a national
debt grew out of tho exigencies of the long
coiilinued and di sperale conflict. I believe
tho issue of paper currency was uu
incident to the struggle. I believe that
national debt should bo paid to the
dollar in coin of thu national mint,
that no form or measure of repudiation
consistent with iiutioimj honor.
1 am opposed to the taxation of Govern
ment bonds us a breach of covemMit made
with thu bondholders, and I urn opposed
paying those bund with currency insual
' '.'1 .? 'L-'-'-'j
of gold. I am not in any degroe rearm 1 .
negro supremacy, nor do I bclicva inn a
to' tho negroes ore conceded their Jdst
rights under tho law there will bo any
danger of elevating thftrt to n fociaI
equality with any superior race. I 4
and havo ever liecn opposed u.
violence, nnd I never will cast my vote nor
uso my Influence to Advance to high honortr J
any man who, as Governor of a great
Commonwealth, could fraternize with a
mob or tncmrage opposition Ut Just law, j
or who, when the nation needed Its lart
man to put down the rebellion, could, by
opposing the draft, put himself and the-1!
State In hostility to tho General Govern- .
ment. "
I could have supported a War Democrat
like Hancock or Hendricks. I could sup .
port a Republican like Frank P. Blair, Jr., (
your candidate for Vice President His ,
early stand for tho rights or tho black
man; his opposition to slavery; his bnl- ,
bant war record, commencing in tho streets .
of St. Louis and ending In Hherman a
march through Georgia, I approve, but
1 cannot sustain Blair without sustalnirR
Seymour, I feel In duty and consctcnco 1
compelled to vie for Grant and Colfax. ,
I shall expect the bitter animadversions ,
of all who love the Democratic party bet
ter than they live their country. I shall)
expect to havo my iivtivesquesiioncd and -my
honor impugned. I shall expect to bo
assailed by partisan malignity, and to havo
heaped upon me Bti unlimited amount of
personal abuse; hut conscious of the recti
tude of my motives, and in the confident
belief that I am but doing my duty, I have
deemed it proper to resign my position aa
a member of the Democratic Mute Central
Committee. I, therefore, respectfully ten-,
der yon my resignation, gratefully rcmem-.
bcring our past pleasant relations, and
ntertalulng It you i-ll only kind personal
feelings.
1 am, very rc:peotfuily, gentlemen,
'
P. H. SIBLEY
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 868.
What a Southern Man Thinks.
Wr. arc permitted to make tho pillowing
extract from 11 letter written by one of the
ablest men in North Carolina, nnd indeed
without a superior in his department in
the United Slates, llisloglc is irrcslstablo.
When the author is known, it will add ten
thousand votes of peace-loving men to tho
Grant and Coll'.ix ticket :
"Many say rather than submit to let the
negro vote and hold ofllee, we arc for war.
I say no, 'let us have peace.' The last waf
nearly ruined us ; another will finish the
Job. Tho New York Convention proclaims
' tho Reconstruction acts of Congress un
constilutiom.l, revolutionary, and void,
omitting tlio word null, lest It should raiee
unpleasant reminiscences of tho days of
nullification, when il required the strong
arm of Jackson 10 keep us out of war. If
the nets of Congress aro nM amt txnii, M
are the reconstruction measures of Andrew
Johnson, and it still follows that tho ne
groes are slaves. But il is said secession
and slavery are dead issues. How or why?
Admit, however, that, tho only purpose is
to deprive tlio IVecdmen of tho right to
vote and hold olllee, can that be done with
out civil wary History furnishes no in
stance iu which four millions of peoplo
have been reduced to vassalage aud de
prived of all politiud rights. It is against
tho order of nature. They say we arc
going to do it by the ballot, not by the
bayonet. How? Tho frcedmcn have
now tho right to vote. If they do votr,
tho Constitution cannot bo amended. To
keep thom from voting it will be necessary
to act practically, on the doctrine : tho Re
construction acts aro unconstitutional,
null and ciiZ. Those who advise such a
course are nullillers, and their success ren
ders war inevitable. It is absurd to talk
of tho peaceful success of their schemes
which require tho colored man to resume
his shackles and the existing Stato govern
ments to surrender to tho revolutionists."
A'orlh Carolina titamlard.
An Actor's Romance.
Ouk old friend, Tom Plucide, so kindly
remembered by uiauy of our people as the
founder aud originator of the Varieties
Theater, hns astonished his numerpus
friends by appearing iu an entirely new
and serious character, that of Benedict.
No event, no metamorphosis Could he
more unexpected to all wlio aro iainuiar
with our old friend's peculiarities. Eccen
tric as he always bus bcon, the matrimo
nial venture is iinout 1110 nisi ne couia
ever bo suspected of. It is still more re
markable that this momentous step on
Plaeidc's part Bliould bo marked by cir
cumstances of a peculiarly romantic char
acter. Forty-two years ago, when Plucldo was
a gay und handsome young nctor, he had
a Fovo affair with a very agreeable young
woman. Cruel poverty prevented the re
ulizution of tho hopes of the loving
couple, and compelled a separation,
which has continued for over forty years.
Meantime tho lady married very respect
ably, and Tom, true to his first love, be
came a confirmed bachelor, and almost a
woman hater. His habits and tastes had
entirely estranged him from all sympathy
and intercourse with the fair sei. Fish
ing, hunting and a great appetite for
old books and antique notions supplied
all romance and sentimentality in his
nature uud character. Though a great
humorist and most popular comedian, his
profession has always been distasteful to
him. Nothing but absolute uece&uty
could ever draw him upon the stage. Of
Lite this repugnance to ids profession has
greatly increased, in consequence of
which Tom's resources ran down very low,
though his many kind and warm friends
were always ready to assist him.
In this condition, of his affairs the lady
of his old love became a w idow, and after
a reasonable period of mourning, hoar ing
of tho lonely and narrow circumstances of
Plucide, she sent for him and offered him
as a gift and memento of their former re
lation a half of her fortune, which was a
very handsome one. To this offer he, with
much gratitude, demurred, and, after
some discussion und reflection, solved the
ditllculty by proposing to marry her on the
spot. The ceremony was accordingly per
formed, and the happy conple have re
tired to a pleasant country scat to spend
their houeymoon. Previous to this, how
ever, tho ; punctilious old fellow enjoyed
tho (to him) exquisite happiness of giing
around to see all his friends and creditors,
and of repaying the various loans, favors
and kindness he had received from them
iu his day of poverty and distress. And
now our good old friend may psss the re
mainder of his days in peace and quiet
ness, indulging to tho full extent his pas
sionate devotion to tho pursuits of old
Izuuk Walton. New Orleans Times.
The Josh Billings Papers.
iu
in
it
I
evil
the
lust
and
is
to
llu that will fuller good advico, iz a
greater man than he that giveth it
It l human to trr, but devilish to brag
011 it. ...
Blessed iz ho who huis a big pile, and
knows how to spread it. .
Tho minds ov the young tre easily
trained ; it U hurd work to git an old hop
vine to travel a new polo.
1 don't hanker after bad luck, but I had
rather run the risk ov it than trust too
much in tho protl'essions or men. . , ,
Just in proportion that a man it thank
ful to Heaven, and hir naber, Just in that
proportion i he happy. v-
ll iz a dredfiU flue tfiliigtOwhipaynttng
onejist euuff, and not enuyhuoro. lmkc it
that tho spot iz lokutod jit where tdlcir
pide entls and their mad begins. , ' . '
Blescd iz them who have no cVfe' for a
key, nor ear for a knot hole. t"
A man should learn tewlie-a jrootl ser
vant to himself before he iz 111 to buss
others. l .
Tho more exalted our slaahuu, the
more conspikous out. virlews, just as a
rich satin adds lo the biilliucy ot Juwel.
Blessed are the single, fox they can double
at leisure.
If yu want tew learn, a child to steal oats
iu thu bundle make him beg out uy you
every thing you fiv him. . ,
There is nothing so diltlknlt fur the Utt
uv us ez 10 gei iuu approval uy our own
conscience. 1
Blocked u he who kan pocket abuse
and feul that it iz no disgrace to be bit by
a dog.
Puuiilunent, tew hit the Bpot, shouJ4 he
few, but red hot.
Happyness coiuflsts In beln' pcrfi ktly
satisfied with whalVe huv got, "d what
we hliillt l,r,f