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o
FFICE in Hanpt's new Building, socond floor.
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J. It. C'IKF.MNI4iii:it,
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irmerly of ASHLAND. O.. announces to the citl
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in SLNUL'HY, for Hie practice of Dentistry, nnd
respectfully solicits your patronage. Special atten
tion pnid to filing and dre.sst tig teeth. Teeth ex
ft:icted without juiin, by using Narcotic spray
which 1 have used for three years with perfect site
ces and vo injurious results.
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Graduate of the Homosopathio Medical College of
Pennsylvania
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BlMllKY, PA.
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irlsri't Allos-isey I'or ."orlliuiii-l-s-liantl
4'otiiilj .
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AND
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.Vnhonotf, Korthumfierland County, Penn'a
OflVje in Jackson township. Engagements can
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March 31 lb6
' 'orney usid Counarller at iJtM ,
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INTRODUCED INTO AMERICA
FROM GERM A NT, in 135.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
rKKPAlttD Br DR. C. M. JAOKSOIf,
PHIUMI.PB11, Pa.
The greatest kntnun rtmiditl fir
Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervoni Debility,
' JAUNDICE,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS of the SKIN,
and nil Il . arising from a Dis
ordered Lslver hlomacb, or
IMPURITY OF IMIS JILOOU.
Rad the fUem'nff tytiptrmu, and (f yo. Jlnd IktU
four tyint i$ atf'cttd fty wy mf thnm, $w may rt$t
a$wtd thai du4Mff hdi enmrninnrd id attmok n th
moii important organ of your bolt, and uiYt $oon
ehtrkfH (Vy the tit trf pourrtil rfmniut, minnitot
lA tn terminating in di(A, will bt lh result.
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles,
Fulness of Blood totha Head, Acidity
of the Stomach, Nausea. Heart
burn. Disgust for Food, Fulness
or Weight in the Stomach,
Sour Eructations, Sink
in k or Fluttering at the Pit
of the Stomaoh, Swimming of
the Head, Hurried or Di in on It
BreathinR. Fluttering- at the Heart,
Choking or Suffocating Sensations when
in a Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision,
Dots or Webs before the Bight,
Dull Pain in the Head, Defi
ciency of Perspiration, Yel
lowness of the Skin and
Eyes, Pain in the Side,
Back, Cheat, Limb a, etc.. Sud
den Flushes of Heat, Burning in
the Flesh, Constant Imaginings of
Evil, and Great Depression of Spirits,
All than inctieatt dittatt of tfit XiVr or Digtttivt
Oryantt tonbuud with impurt blood
fjooflanb'o German Dittrro
Is entirely vegetable, and ronf nlna no
lliUor It Is a compound of Fluid K x
(ractis The Root, Herbs and Harks
from which these extracts are mnde
are gathered In Germany AM the
medicinal virtues are extracted from
them by a scientific eneniUf. These
extracts are then forwarded to this
country to be used ex nr easily for ilie
manufacture of these Ultlers There
Is no alcoholic subntair.ee of any kind
used In compounding the Bitters,
hence Ills the only Hitters that can
be used In eases where aloohollo stlm
ulauts are not advisable
CJaotlauVa crmau Sonic
it a combination of all tit iugredientt of the ftttttrt,
with puke Sunt a Ciut Rum, Oranyt, tie. It i ustdfor
the itime fii.as a the Ititttrt, in tosti whm o stun
purr alcoholic stimulus is required. J'mt will boar in
mind thxt tfttse rsnuUits art entirely diflTei out from
any othtrt aivrtitrd far tht our of th dittasts
named, thtte btituj scientific preparation of ntedirinmt
j tracts, white the others' art mer decoctions of rum
in sunt form. Tfte. TONIC i dwidrdly one ofth nmst
pi fa sunt nnd agrteable remedies tvtr ffrd to Iht
pit lir. It taste is txquiti'e. It is a ylsatur to take
ii, vhife its tife-giring, fxltihtrntinj, mnd msdivinat
quaii tie havt eaustd it toot known ut Sht grtatut of
aR tonics.
CONSUMPTION.
Thousands of cases, when the pa
tient supposed he was afflicted with
this terrible disease, have been cured
by t he use of these remedies Kxtreme
emaciation, debility, and cough are
the usual attendants upon severe
rases of dyspepsia or disease of the
dlgetlve organs Uvtn In eases of
genuine Consumption, these remedies
will be fomtd of the greatest benefit
strengthening and Invigorating.
DEBILITY.
Thtrt it no mtdMne equal to TToaflnnd's Qtrman
Blttrt or Tbttit in eases of Debility. Thep impart a
(on nd vigor to th whole system, strengthen the ap
petite, cam an enjoyment of the food, onabU the
ttomaeh to digest it, purify the blood, gwo a good,
sound, healthy complexion, tradicas Vu yellow tinge
from the ey, impart a bloom to th cheeks, and change
the pUint from a short-breathed, tmaoiaUd, wakt
and nervous invalid, to a fuU-factd, stout, and vigor
ous person
Weak and Delicate Children
are made strong by using the Bitters
or Tonle lit fact, they are Family
Medicines They can be administered
with perfect safety to a child three
months old the most delicate female)
or a man of ninety
These Remedies are th best
Tiiood Pxirlflersj
ror Jenoten, and utitt cure all diseases resulting from
bad blood.
Kerp ynur btorni pure; keep ynur J.iver in order;
keep ynur digestive organs in a sound, htaWny condi
tion, by the mm of these remudus, and no disease unU
ever assail you,
THS CCIXFLEZIOXT.
Ladlrs who wlali a fair skiu and
frooil complvxloiit free from a yellow
IhH tinge unci all other dUAgureuielitt
alinulil una tlieiie remvdtea occasion
ally. The Liver In pi rfect orilcrt and
the blood pure, will result In ajparls
ling eye and blooming check.
CAUTIOSI,
UoqAmifi German lUm.dux an tnmttrfntti.
The gfttttw have tc tigwiiure of 4 HI. Jmctison
II the front of the tmtsittf HTapir of rurh botllt, and
the nim of the wtide blown in eaehOottU. AUttur$
are eoyHterfrit.
Thonaands of lcttcra nave been rs
el vrd. lct If y lug to the vlrt ue of these
reiucdlc.
BEAD THE EEOOMMENDATI0H3.
FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
Cliit Jmllee of tlx gujiraius Court of Fnni j 1td!.
FuatDELFBIt, MiSCB lflltl, 1W7.
J And "IlootlaHrf't German Bittere" ii not an intom
icatiwj hnragex but u a good tonic, tueful in dieor
den of the aoireHve oryauM, and of gitat benefit in
caitt mf debility and want of nertotu action in the
tyttem. Youri truly,
6 A' a II'. WOODWARD.
1'KOM HON. JAMES THOMPSON,
Judge uf tbe Supremo Coart of PsnusylTauU.
faiUDSLrau, Aran ib, 18M.
I consider " lloofland's German Blt
tara" m ruluablm medieina In ease of at
tacks of lndlircallon or Dyepepala. I
can certify tfila from my eiperlenee
of It. Years, with reipret,
JAAlEs TllOJlPsiOIf.
Front REV. JOSEPH II. KENNARD, D.D,
Pastor or tti. Tenth Baptist Cburcb, Philadelphia.
Da. Jacisou Dui Siat I hate been freqaemUo re-
3 uetled to connect mjf nojm with recommendations of
1 ffrrent kinde of medicine, but regarding th practice
as out of my ayprtntriate sjtATi, I ham in all caees de
clined ; but with a clear proof in various instances, and
particularly in wiy own family, of the usefulness of Dr.
HoaJtawTs O'erman Bitters, Jd.partfur ones from wig
usual course, to express my full conviction that tor
general debility of tbe system, and eeiwciwlly for Lifer
Couipliuut, it Is a sate and valuable preparation. In
some cui'i 11 may fa it : but usually, I doubt not, U will
be very beneficial to those who suffer from ths abov
SUVJM. i'vurs, sry respectfully,
J. U. JCkXXAXD,
JSiyhth, below Cbalti AY.
Frio of th BitUr, ,1.00 pr bottl
Or, half doien (or $5,00,
Frio of th Tonio, 91.60 pr bottl
Or, a halt dosen for (7.60.
Tbe Tonio is put up to quart bottles.
ReooUcot that it is Dr. Uonjland's German Rsmediet
thai art so universally used and so highly raoom mend
ed ; mnd do mot allow the Druggist to indues yea le
take any thing else that me may say is just as good, be,
mw he snakes a larger profit on it. These RsmsJiot
will be sent by express to any totality upon appUuesion
PRINCIPAL OFFICII,
AT THI GERMAN MIDICINI TO.I,
sVo. 31 ARCH &TULKT, Philadelphia.
CHAR, VL JBVA.No, Fropr(tr,
Pormsrlj 0. at JA0K80B A CO.
These flemedle are for aal by
Drugglats, Sitorekeepere, nd AledU
Ine iJealere every where.
Do not fiwoet U uiim wall IA arkais fsv buy, nt
order 1 got urn faaaas.
POETICAL.
THE BATTLE CRY OT FREEDOM.
r s. ream.
We're the Grant and Sherman boys, we've marched
tbe eonntry through,
Shooting th battle cry of freedom :
Shenandoah some have seen, whore Phil. Sheridan
we knew,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom.
The Union fnrerer, hurrah bars, hurrah !
Down with the traitor, up with the star ;
While w rally round the flag, boys, rally one again,
Shouting the battle ory of freedom.
While at Gettysburg w routed ths Invaders of our
soil,
Shouting tbe battle ery of freedom ;
Grant took defiant Vicksbnrg, its army and its spoil,
Shouting the battle ory of freedom.
Tbs Union forever, Ao.
Lookout Mountain saw us rise, like eagles through
it clouds,
Shouting the battle ery of freedom ;
Driving traitors from Its heights down to death and
bloody shrouds,
Shouting the battlo ory of freedom.
The Union forever.Ao.
The West we soon had conquered, for Grant gavs
head and heart,
Shouting the battle ory of freedom ;
Then he led us on to Kiohmond, beat Lee with all
bis art.
Shouting the battle cry of freedom.
The Union forever, Ac.
Great Ulysses is our man, ho was earnest in our
cause,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom,
And we'll rnlly where he leads, for the Union and
the laws,
Shouting tbe battle cry of freedom.
Tbe Union forever, It.
With ballots as with bullets, the Rebels we'll defeat,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom ;
Making Liberty and Union, for each and all com
plete, Shouting tha battle ory of freedom.
The Union forever, Ao.
"Yes, we'll rally 'round the Bag, boys, rally once
again,
Shouting the battle ory of froedom ;
We will rally from the hill aide, we'll gather from
the plain.
Shouting the battle cry of freedom."
Tbe Union forever, Ao.
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Toledo Blndo.J
A N II Y ,
Mh. Nasby, at the Instanch vv tub- Na
tional Central Committee, ooe SouTn
to Ohoakize Coloued Seymoch asd
Bi.air Clvbs.
Post Ofkis, Confedrt X Roads (Wirh
is in the Stnte uv Kentucky), Aujr. 27,1808.
-The Naelmtl Central Committee, licviu no
tiried me tlmt I cond either pay an assess
ment uv $30 toward defruyir. tlie expenses
uv the cumpttne, or go South and orirnnUc
colored Seeymor and liluro clubs, I desided
to do the latter for obvus reasons, wich
aro :
1. The entire community iu wicli I rcsidu
aint got $30, ceptin liascoiu and l'enuipnck
er, wich, bein distiller and grocery keepers,
hev naturally absorbed all the capital uv the
pluce.
2. I am fond uv travel, for elsewhere I find
ungleaned fields and pasters fresh. I find
men uv wich I hev never borrered, and
whose nachers hev never bin soured by uu
forchnit lendins. I bev notist that I hev
alluz done better wherl aint so well known.
My zeal rather wears out my friends.
For these reasons I went. My first stoppin
place wuz in Western Tennessee, and my
success wuz glorious. I made known my
biznis to the leadin Demokrats, and tbey
took hold uv the idee with alacrity. Every
man uv em put on bis gray uniform, as they
alluz do when they embark into a politiklu
enterprise that tber Diuiocrisy may not be
questioned, and sallied out with me to elec
tioneer the niggers wicli were employed on
to their pluntushens. Their method wuz
short, decisive, and effective. The niggers
wuz mildly but firmly given the chnise be
tween jinin a Seeraore and Blare Club, and
attending it to heer me speak, or being dis
charged from their employment. Kz the
planters hev a jokeler way uv thootin at site
all the niggers who haventany employment,
the alternative mite be considered equivalent
to death, and with an alacrity wicb I didn't
expect they all jined and all come to the
meetin in tbe evenin. One nigger when I
wuz half thro speftkin got up and left, sayin
ez he went that he wanted to work, bed jined
the club, and wuz willing to be a Conserva
tive nigger to hold bis place, but ez for
hearin me clean thro he'd be. Tbey
wood hev finisht him on tbe spot, but I bade
em forbear. That nigger's vote is shoor, and
I don't miod the insult he put onto me.
'"Let him go," I sed, "we hev no votes to
spare, and sence Uonkannnn's time we bevn't
bin able to vote ded men to any extent."
Let UorashoSeemore,if be is elected, remem
ber this tbotfulnia and self sacrifis. Sich
qualities wood shine at tbe head uv the Post
Otfis Department. I merely throw this hint
by the way.
The next pint I struck wuz a cheerful
village uv perhaps a thousand people. Here
I found a better sperit prevalin than I cood
hev hoped for. The druggists and grocers
were all Democrat of the straightest sect,
bevin every one uv em served in the Con
fedrit army. Tbey were delighted at the
movement. Not five mi nit after I bad
made known my bizness a nigger came into
a drug store uv wicb tbe likker (wicb wuz
kept for medissinel purposes only) aootid
ma, askin for some calomel aud quiuine,
wich is tbe standard remedy among tbe
niggers her for ague, the whites yoosin
quinine and whisky, for tbe same disease,
wich they take, omittin th quiniue.
"Shel yoo vote for Seeraore and Blare?"
quotb the patriotic druggist. "Are yoo
wiliin to become a Conservative nigur and
jine a Conservative nigger Beemore and Blare
Club!"
"No, sab I" replied the obtoose Ethiopian.
"Then, my buck, yoocau't bev no medi
cine at this shop."
"But my children must Lev it," replied
the nigger.
"It make no difference. We can't furnish
medicines to Radikel. We can't furnish
nigger who ain't wiliin to vote with us who
protected em in their infancy and workt em
tor their own good io their matoorer years
with remedies either vegetable or mineral.
Jine the olub or no quinine."
Ez a matter of course, the nigger listened
to reason. He wuz to wunst convinced that
tbe ltadikel wuz opposed to bis interests
in all respects, and be jiued. They were
thoro in their Democrisy in that place. They
determined to hev perfeck yoonanimity in
ther vote at the polls, and tbe tLite or four
niggers wich positively refoosud to jine tbey
buug, together with two white Ohio farmer
and one white Peunsylvany blacksmith,
wicb peraiated in ther "loyal," tz tlity cal
led it, principles. It lied an excellent per
suasive elTcck upon tbe remaining ones.
They come in handsam and jined without a
murmur.
The nest place I visited wuz a smaller
village, one wich reely gladdened, me to ap
proach. In this class uv towns there Is less
uv that cold formality wich caracterize more
densely populated secshuns. In sich places
you find the troo gushin child of nacher. It
ia a splendid corn-growing ceckshun, wicb
soil it perkoolyerly favorable to Democracy.
In fact, corn and Dcmocrasy iz insuperable,
and our largest majorities iz alluz where
there is the best and most luxuriant corn.
The distillers convert tbe corn into whisky
and the whisky converts original men into
Demokrats, and then its plane tailin. It
takes three gencrasbuns at least to bring a
people out uv whisky, and the state uv toelis
shoes, panta busted in the seat, and winders
stufft with old hats, which alluz mark a
strickly Deniokratic community. It is a
singler fact that we never flourish in a soil
adapted to wheat wich hez ralerodes thro it.
Wheat will muke whisky, but its too fine
flavored, and the facilities for gettin it to
market makes it too high in price. The mau
who invented ralerodes struck a blow at the
part uv the patty. For our purposes we
want a little uv the fiery whisky that corn
produces, and want that little strong. But
this is a digression.
At this pint the enthoosiasm wuz un
bounded. The Democrisy wuz all alive,
but ther wasn't that docility among tbe
niggers that I expected. These cusses, ez
soon ez they saw me, and learned my bizrfis,
took to the woods, and we bed to go alter
em to electioneer em, wich the Democrisy
did, takfti their dorgs with em. It wuz a
cheerin site to see em follerin the black
cusses throo the swamps, the moosic uv yel
piu uv the dorgs cheerin us on to our work.
Two or three refuozeu to be talked to, and
their bodies, like John Browu's, wuz left a
danglin in tbe air, while tber soles went a
marching on. We beleeve in every roan a
choosin tor bisself, and in the greatest free
tleui uv speeckand opinion, providiu alluz
tber aint uothin iuctnjury in it. Kz every
tliin that's sed agin us we count incenjary,
it aiinpjitiea mailers wonderlly
I gut one good meetin uv em, however, to
wich I wuz indebted to a Ntm York dry goods
merchant, who is here ninkin a strenuous
etloi t to re-establish his trade, wickedly and
crooelly broken up by the wicked onpleas
autnis wicb Linkeu inuugcrutud by resiitin
tbe iSuulu in 1UU1. lie is a conservative who
is alter trade, and cousekently is wiliin to do
anytbiu. He told me uv a nigger funeral to
take pluce in tbe ntteruoon, and suggestid
that a score uv us arm ourselves, surround
em aud keep em io wether or no, ontil I bed
made my speech. "So nnksliui ami," be
sed to a retailer uv dry goods, (it wuz dry
goods bu wuz sollin, by a singler coinci
dence) "for tbe success uv correct principles,
that I will guard one uv the doors myself."
And be did it, Bwearin at Yankees all the
time, and pernouncin cow "cnaw," the
while. I notist it, but it mattered not to
me. Why snood we be partikler cz to tbe
tools we yoosei When we shake hands with
sich, can't we put on gloves ?
We surrounded tbe church anil notified
em that tbey rood't pass till we wuz thro,
and 1 commenced my speech, and spoke it
thro. I insisted that ther inserests lay with
ther kind, good masters ; that they bod bin
grevotisly deceeved in sposin that there wuz
any antagonism between the races. Who, I
askt, gave tbe colored man the right to vote
in Noo York ? The Dimocrisy. Who gave
tbe colored man tbe rite to stay in Ohio ?
The Dimocrisy. What Vice President bed
a colored woman for a wife, which wood hev
bin mistress uv the White House, bed tbe
President bin a Itcpublikin, and consekently
worth our while to assassinate hi 111 ! Rich
ard M. Juhnsou, a Dimokrat. Who hev
bin
At this pint a pert mulatto remarked that
be bed a word to say, and I gave place to
him. He wuz himself a conservative nigger
uv the most conscrvatest kiud. He shood
vote with his white brothers cherfully, but
not for the reason which tbe rpcaker (mean
in me) bed given. He 6bood do it from a
higher, holier motive than any advanced.
He should do it from motives uv consangui
nity. He bed alluz ben a bumble nigger,
bleevin himself to be one uv an inferior race,
but sence be bed been free be bed bin
scarchin bis pedigree. He bed been agree
ably surprized. He found be hed the best
blood uv Virginny courein thro his veins.
The Confedrit candidate for Congris wuz
his half brother, balleloogy, and he wuz
closely related to two-thirds uv alt sed can
didate's supporters, and uv course he'd vote
him, for de man that woodn't take car uv
bis own blood is wuss nor an iufidel.
He felt grateful to tbe conservative can
didate's family. Troo, he wuz half nigger,
but be prided hisself on the tother half.
He felt all tbe pride uv race uv which he
bad heerd so much. His ancestors (on bis
fadder's side) hed bin probably tbe comrades
uv Washinton, and he woodent degrade
hisself by mixiu with men uv no family from
tbe Xorth. He wuz poor, but bis projec
tors (on his fadder's side) wuz gentlemen,
and he stood on blood.
And the niggers, bustin with lafter at the
rage wich they saw depicted onto the coun
tenances uv tber white frends, got up to
leave. We tried to stop em so that I cood
speak further, but ez they bud more revol
vers than we bed, and didn't appear to be
disinclined to yoose em, we didn't attempt
force. Tbe most uv these niggers hed bin
in tbe servis, and yoo can't make men do
cile who bev borne arras. I shell continyoo
my work, however, never miudin these tem
porary backsets.
Pktkoleum V. Nasby, P. M.,
(Wicb is Postmaster.)
Anecdote ok Tuad. Stevens. Hintoni
a good writer and a good fellow, moreover,
told me this story of Thaddeus Stevens to
day, to show tbe old man's tenacity of opin
ion : He was plowing io an amateur way,
with a pair of new horses he bad bought, in
order to adapt them to carriage. He could
not get th share to run deep enough, and
gave the horses a cut with the u hip. Off tbey
went under tbe smart, struck a stone, and
broke a piece of wood from tbe plow-frame
wbicb flew forward and stung them into an
absolute runaway. They dashed across a
field, a hedge, a fence, aud the old man fol
lowed tbetu with his sardonic pac.
Presently a neighbor rushed buck.
"Ob I Mr. Stevens, I seen 'em, 1 even 'em j
they wor going like forty I"
"Which was ahead I Which was ahead ?"
said Tbad. earnestly.
"Why, bitn with tha wllta star on bit
forehead 1"
"There I" said Steven triumphantly, "tha
man I bought them of argutd with u an
hour that t'other was tha fattest, and I
kuew I wa right 1"
The Inannity of IolItlci.
Under this caption, the Philadelphia Led
ger, usually known as an independent jour
nal, but with Democratic proclivities. printed
editorially, a few days since, the annexed
dignified and candid protest against the
revolutionary policy nrtbe Democratic party.
Showing, as it does, tbe occasion for serious
alarm, and as bearing cogeut testimony to
the correctness of the interpretations which
the friends of the Union have placed upon
recent Democratic avowa'.s of principles and
intentions, the ledger article deserves a
thoughtful perusal. It says :
Every good citizen must look with pro
found regret upon a great deal that is now
going on in tbe. Southern States. There
was room for this belief, after the rebellion
was suppressed, and when the Southern peo
ple were brought face to face with tbe wide
spread ruin that was brought upon them by
that "gigantic blunder," as some of their
statesmen called it, and crime, as the nation
regarded it, that they would never more
give countenance to the hot-headed and
hair-brained orators nnd writers who had
dragged them into that terrible desolation.
But notwithstanding the bitter experience
of tbe past seven years, that fruitful section
of our country is still cursed with the in
fluence and the active agency of the same
classes of men. But a short time ago it was
the belief of an unquestionable majority of
the people ot ine old tree states, that the
planters, farmers, merchants, manufacturers,
and all others in the South, engaged in in
dustrial and productive pursuits, were heart
ily sick of all the memories of the late rebel
lion, and.were anxious to put tbem all aside,
so that they might get their business affairs
into successful action once more, and go on
with the necessary operations of life. There
can be but little doubt that such was the
case, and wo cherish the belief that it still
remains true to the masses of tbe people of
that section ot our country.
Tbey boast of the achievements of the re
bellion, they apostrophize the rebellious flag,
they declare that tho "Lost Cause" is to be
resurrectted, they speak lightly of murdering
the "Northern Huns," tbey declare that their
former comrades in arms ore ready to rise
again when the signal is given, and tbey
deal generally iu a grand round of the same
style of exasperating oratory that "fired the
Southern heart" beforo tbe rebellion, and
which ut last fired the Northern heart also.
There is great danger that both may be fired
again and -the worst enemy to the South
could hardly desire a worse fate to befall
that unhappy country.
Yet what wonder is it that many plnin,
good people in the North and West believe
that tbe rebellious spirit still prevails, only
waiting for another opportunity to break
out afresh t They are told so day after day,
and week after week? by those who are put
forward or who put themselves forward as
the representative spokesmen of the old
slave States. This comes to us from conven
tions, from meetings, aud through tbe par
tisan press. The utterances on these occa
sions are of the most mischievous character,
damaging to tbe people of the South, and
exasperating tbe people of tbe rest of the
country. They are naturally looked upon
as showing the temper of the great mass of
the Southern people, and tbe inference quite
as naturally follows that those who show
suck a spirit of glorification over the events
of 1801 to 1883, will not be slow to repeat
tbetu if the chauce presents itself, and that
they arc therefore not to be trusted.
Some of the most sagacious of the South
ern newspapers, it is true, have deprecated
such speeches and publications as injurious
to the canvass for tbe Presidency, and on
this ground have tried to muzzle the slang
wbangiug speech makers and editors. But
this is not a satisfactory ground to put the
case upnr. at all. What is said and done is
not condemned because it is wrong and bad
in itself, but because it is impolitic. Now,
although this may go down with party men,
it will not satisfy those whom the Southern
people ought to be studious to retain as
their friends. It will not satisfy those who
desire to be generous to tho South, because
they wish to Bee the people of the South
rescued from tho ruin of the rebellion, but
who at tbe same time bold their country
above party, and will not associate them
selves with any movement that keeps alive
the spirit of the rebellion. It will not satis
fy those thinking and independent voters
who are not blindly bound to follow the
dictates of party, and who in theso days
hold the balance of power among all parties.
Uurunskl on ejirant.
The late Couct Gurowski was one of the
shrewdest observers and on of the best jud
ges of men, and during the war was con
stantly at Washington ia tbe highest society,
and with every opportunity of learning tbe
truth. March 24, 1801, the following stri
king allusion was made in his diary to the
man who is to-day the Republican candidate
for President :
Grant will not be intoxicated with flatte
ry, as was MuC'lellan. I never met with a
man of so much simplicity, shyness, and de
cision. April 4, 1804, occur tho following re
markable passage in bis diary :
Grant has lost nothing of hi frehnea of
mind and ingenuousness. Ue avoids Wash
ington and iu various corrupting allure
menu, nay, be run aaay from them. And
Grant ia right ; hi good genius inspire
him. Grant is essentially a soldier for the
camp and field. All Grant' predecessor in
command of the Army of tbe Potomac
several commander of tbe corps, divisions,
brigades, and regiments in on word, many
olHcers, and even tbe rauk and file, came to
grief and were ruined by Washington influ
ences. Even McClellau was ruined by his
sojourn iu Washington, provided that there
was anything whatever to be ruined in Mc
Clellan. Wber; with the army thethought and
miud of Grant's predecessors were not in
the camp, but in Washington, in its various
attractions and intrigues. The commander
and general, visited and visit Wash
Ingtou when tbey can; its various attrac
tions ruin them.
April 8, 18U4, Gurowski draws the fol
lowing admirable pen-aud-ink portrait of
Grant ;
How fond this giafct is of violating the
easy military regulations 1 There I Grant
establishes his headquarter Un'milut nearer
the army than Meade bad his. Grant's
headquarters are almost amidst the soldiers.
This is a Western custom, and not a Poto
mac army custom. Bad precedent, and cer
tainly an aoii-MoC'lellau one. Then Grant
travel with the simplicity of secoud lieuteu
ant, without fuss, with a small trunk which
he forgets in bis room, and, to av time,
goes off leaving bis trunk behind, McC'lul
lan, although uot lieutenaut general, had
splendid travelling equipages, carriages, A c.
all this for a campaign of oue huudred
I ... ! I 1 1 -
isuu iwbuit luiie apace, aim iu vuunj
with railroad, J'Aat vat commander lii
If Grant fail, then a curse is on hi Poto
mac army. Grant is a soldier ta tbe core,
and a genuine democratic (not in th party
sense) commander of a democratic army
from a democratic people. Further, Grant
sends off his wile to the farm of her father.
somewhere in Missouri. If all this, to be
classical and hifaluting, is not Roman, Cin
cinnatus, and matron-like, then I am at a
loss lor precedents and for historical illus
trations. Per contra: McClellau tried a much as
he could to ape aristocratic Europe. Bril
liant receptions, representations, servility
surrounded him, and he thrived on thcra.
Tbe final question is: Will Grant remain
a diamond, resisting the dissolving Wash
ington acius f
April 11, 1804, Grant is again graphically
depicted :
From what I can learn of Grant, h is no
mora. afraid to take the responsibility of a
million men than of a siugle company. This
is a very praiseworthy feature in bis charac
ter, and the more so as it is not generated
by conceit or indifference.
Airj Well that Ends M oll.
Not a great while ago an Irishman was
employed, in a village where be was well
known, to dig a well, "pro bono publico."
The contract was made that he was to be
paid a certain sum per foot and warrant a
free supply of water. At it he went with a
will, and his daily progress was intently
watched by interested parties. Early and
late ho delved away faithfully, deep down
in tbe earth, full of confidence in tbe speedy
completion of his labors.
He had reached the depth of about twenty-five
feet, and soon expected to "strike
water." Early in the morning Pat repaired
to the scene of bis labors, and horrible to
tell, it had caved io and was nearlv full. He
gazed with rueful visage upon the wreck,
and thought ot the additional labor the ac
ci.lent would cause him. After a moments
reflect iou be looked earnestly around aud
saw no one stirring, then quickly divesting
Hansen ot uis Hut and coat, he carefully
bung them on tho windlass, and speedily
made tracks for a neighboring eminence
which overlooked the village. Here, hid
Atuid the undergrowth, he quietly awaited
itiu progress ot events.
As the morning wore on, the inhabitants
began to arouse and stir out. Several were
attracted to tbe well, thinking that as Pat's
hat and coat was there, he was below, of
course at work. Soon the alarm was raised
that the well had caved in and that Pat was
in it. A crowd collected and stood horri
fied at the fate of poor Pat. A brief consul
tation was held, and soon spades and other
implements were brought to dig out the re
mains of the unfortunate man. To work
they went with a will ; when one set became
wearied with the unusual labor, a dozen
ready bands grasped the implements and
dug lustily. Pat quietly looked on from
his retreat on tbe eminence, while the whole
village stood around the well, and watched
with breathless suspense the work go brave
ly on.
As the diggers approached the bottom
the excitctneut of the by-stauders grew in
tense, and they collected as near as safety
would admit, gazing fearfully down into
the well. With great care and precaution
the dirt was dug away and when the bottom
was at length reached, no Pat was to be
found. The crowd before so anxious, grad
ually relaxed into a broad grin, which broke
forth in uproarious merrimeut, when the
venerable Pat walked up with a smiling
countenance and addressed the crest-fallen
diggers who now stood weary and soiled
witn tueir labors.
"Be jabers, cintlemen, and its Patrick Fa
gen sure that is much obleeged to yees for
doin of that nice little job ot work I"
The effect can be better imagined than de
scribed, and as tbe most active of the young
men slunk off, several low-breathed mutter
ing broke forth that sounded very much
like Sold.
Through the kin'dly aid of his fellow
citizens Pat soon finished his well and it
remains among the monuments of his genius
to this day.
Tim Democrat in the South and West
seem to be going in for negro suffrage in
good earnest. A negro club bus been
brought in great state at Raleigh, N, C.,who
take a prominent part in tbe Democratic
State Cocvention. At a great rally of tbe
Democracy ot South Carolina at Aiken, re
cently, two negro orators were prominent.
In Alabama, the Democrats are enlisting
negro speakers, who urge tbe darkle to
vote the straight ticket. Albert Pike calls
upon the negro Democratic olub of Mem
phis to come aud get their cards of mem
bership, so that they may uave tue creden
tials of their political soundness always on
their persons. In Louisiana tbe Democrats
have got a black orator, who is as effective
with his people that tho Radical darkies
have mobbed him. So it goes all through
tbe South. The Democrats are leaving off
their opposition to negro suffrage and going
in upon the opposite track. Of course, when
they do thia, they will soon have to give tip
entirely Wade Hampton's and Frauk Blair'
uotion of depriving the black of the ballot
after election. That may do when you can
win without them ; but when you call them
in to fight for you, it roust be on a footing
of equality and of fair dealing. Sun.
Whks the Democratic party, in 1881,
went out of power, it only bequest to it
successors was a civil war, an empty trea
sury, a skeleton army and a scattered navy.
Its only taugibl pledge, in tha event ot
restoration to power, is another civil war,
to nullify the law, re-establish Slavery, and
muke Cabinet Ministers Governors and Sen
ators of tbe rebels who devotedfour years
to robbery, rapine and murder.
Senator Fowler, of Tennessee, who was
one of tbe seven Senator wbo voted to ac
quit President Johnson, and whose position
iu politics has been doubtful, has fiually
taken the stump for Grant and Colfax, de
claring, after viewing the situation in Ten
nen.ee, that the election-of Grant ii essential
in order to preserve peace.
Last week a portion of the track of the
lielietontuine and Indianapolis railroad.
about 350 feet long, aank over yittetn Jtt,
anil the ground around sank witn it. All
the train have been obliged to (top, and
the track ha been raised by "cribbing,"
Fish from 13 to 18 inches long appear wbei
tha water has risen out of tha crack. It i
supposed that a lubterranean, lake exist
baneatu tna track.
Under a Republican Administration, in
three years, while recovering from the pros
tration of war, we have paid off one-fourth
uf th national debt. No change ia axpen
dieat sow,
The Itemarknble Aerolite In Ten.
ncssre.
An account of the aerolite which fell In
Tennessee recently has already been given.
A correspondent of tbe Nashville Pre
writes from Cheatham's Cross Roads, under
date of August 19 :
"The place where it struck remained hot
tli re days, but a copious shower of rain
having fullen, wbicb temporarily swelled
the streams and water course, a large flood
poured down on the place from the neigh
boring bills, sending up a constant ami im
mense column of steam. The earth around
tho place for sevcrul yards was quite hot.
This gave us the idea that the aerolite which
struck must be of a great size. The column
of steam continued to ascend all night, and
presented a wierd spectacle amid the doom
and in the silent depths of the woods. It
could be seen from the surrounding hills,
like a tall ghost, changing its position be
times aud its form, and gradually, as morn
ing approached, melting away in the light
of the rising sun. At 10 or 11 o'clock that
day we organized a squad of about ten,
with drills and other quarrying tools, ana
commenced the work of excavation. We
found great numbers of rents and cracks in
the rocks as we descended. Not much pow
der was needed after the first few blasts.
"We did not propose to walk all round'
the hole, but began five or six yards from
tbe lips of the orifice, and continued to work
on that side alone ; when we reached tha
depth of about twenty feet we came to the
aerolite, or mass of metal, still hot and cov
ered outside with a slight film or coating of
oxide. It is wedge shaped, the. heavy end.
being upward. We cannot account for this
except on the supposition that it was glo.
bnlar as it descended ; but the contact with
so dense a body as a mass of limestone,
while in a soft condition, bushed backwards
the mass as it passed through and gave it
the cone shape which it has. I had passed,
entirely through the ledge of limestone, and
was embedded in a stratum of bluish, tough,
pu'.ty-like clay, very closely packed and im
pervious to water. This bed of clay or marl1
runs sloping up the hill, to what extent or
distance I don't know ; but at the poiuft
where the excavation was made it has that
inclination.
"The aerolite we found to measure about
seven feet from apex to bse, and at the
greatest circumference about ten feet round.
It Is Bpecihcally very heavy and the lump
cannot weigh less than five or six tons.
n e aro now exercising our wits about get
ting it out of the hole and afterwards we
shall have a job of no inconsiderable mag
nitude in getting ;t to any highway for
transportation. We have written to Wash
ington about it, aud have already received
a telegraphic despatch from the principal
of tbe Smithsonian Institute, saying that if
we furnish tbe requisite evidence as to tho
facts we stated, he would procure means to
have the mass of metal transported to hie
institute. We are anxious to have thia
wonder rest among ourselves, and we are
taking steps to have the legislature, ' when
the recess is over, take cognizance of the
matter and make an appropriation of the
necessary expenses to have it in the State
Library."
Catjtiox to Beer Drinkers. Great
alarm is prevaliug among the beer drinker
in London over the discovery that deadly
poisons have been detached in the beer ex
tensively in use in that city. The ingredient
consist of cream of tartar, alum, green vitrol,
small quantities of copper, sometimes add
picrie acid, and other equally noxious sub
stances. Isrlul IIini.
Flour and meal of all kinds should bo
kept in a cool, dry place.
Oranges and lemons keep best wrapped
close in soft paper, and laid in a drawer of
linen.
Bread and cake should ba kept in a tiu,
box or stone jar.
Many farmers have noticed in their fields
a large black beetle, with most brilliant
golden dots placed in rows on his back.
Dr. Fitch says : "Its eggs produce the corn
grub killer. It is a most inveterate foe to.
Khe cut-worm, grasping tbe worm in its.
strong jaws, and, in spite ot its violent
writhing and struggling, securely holding
it. When it finds the worms in plenty, it
gorge and surfeits itself upon them till it is
so glutted and distended a to be scarcely
able to stir, for it never know how to let a.
cut-worm alone when it meets him. It is
continually bunting these worms. Both it
and tbe golden dotted beetle, which pro
duce it, therefore, should never be harm-,
ed. Ohio Farmer.
Straw bekriks. Because your vine may
have done bearing, do not stop cultivating ;
you may think they have yielded all the
good you tan get out of tbetn ; yet if you
desire good crops in the future, be sur and
remember the plant now keep off all the
runners, without fail, and keep off all the
weeds. The best method of cultivation ia
in bills; row or beds are likely te lead to
slovishness or neglect.
In the well kept gardens of the Shakers
at New Lebanon, New York, the luxuriant
foliage and fine bloom of their large bed
of roses attract attention every summer.
The "brother" in chure of the rases says
that his success in producing the foliage and
flower is to be attributed to tbe free use of
talt as a top dressing for the soil of tha
beds. The salt kills rose insects of every
kind, and also improves the health and vi
gor of the plants.
Ta expel red ants from any place, sprin
kle it with ground coffee.
Oil tor Iri'rvluK 1'ruil,
When a barrel of cider is tapped it grows
hard ; that ia, more and more acid, until it
gets too hard to drink, if it i kept long ou
tap. This is occasioned by .the air, which
Jill tha cask above th cider as si; on as it ia
drawn out. The air cannot be excluded,
even if th cask were air tight, because tha
cider will not run from the tap if there is no
air to press it out. If the cider is exposed
long to air, it will become vinegar. Iu fact,
the way to make vinegar of cider i to ex
pose it to the air as much as possible. To,
prevent the cidor on tap from becoiuiug
acid, it ia recommended, as toon a on or
two gallons are drawo out, to pour into th
bung-bole about a half a pint of clear sperm
oil, or sweet oil if it is preferred. It should,
be warm when poured iu, and it will spread
in a thin wat over tho urfaoe, and keep
spreading at th cider is drawn out, and
thus exclude the air, without givinif any
taste of oil to the cider. This plau of pre
serving cidor i worthy of farther ""Uon.
W have faith in it from kaowmg that oil
cask ara the best we know uf lor storing
cider, imparting no flavor. Sperm oil ca.a
aramor valuable lr cider cask tbso tor
any other purpose.