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(lot papers 4n [the oonnty_econbined. makes
Advertiaaut medium aorthernPeratleflalia.
JOB I , llllYlTha of every kind. In Ma and Taney
olorp, done with neatneasal=eh. sanatas,
Illankß, cards, Pamphlets. filatemewls. Ike.
of every variety and style, printed at the sheeted
notice. The llgronteas Mee Is well supplied with
power_ Preetteri..l good assortment of new type, and'
,t eery-thing in the Panting line can be executed In
he took artistic manner and It the lowest rates.
TRIMS IliVAllieraf CABS.
Busntss cams.
WALLACE KEELER,
ROUSE. SIGN AND FRESCO rAINTER.
"Troxintla. 15;1870-y?
HitYDDELL &SANDERSON
Dtiners and Shippers f the
stILLIVAN ANTURACI CF. COAL,
Inar.lll Towanda, Pa.
M. HI MORGAN,DeaIer in Real
Eatato, iota from 11 00 nirward s Office over
I I , e late If. S. Itissoll & Co.'s Banking Flonse.
r IV. DD/D/10CH, Dealer •in all
kinds of Roofing Mates, Towanda, Pa. All
for Roofing promptly attended to. Particular
tertian giveni to Cottage and French flooring.
•
~,iy211.7.1 • ,
ATLORESS.—Try Mrs. ,FEssts
nes'ss work and priers. Shop in first Yellow
I:.•.ls•iweesi 'Ward lionise and Bakery, oppossito
1.-4,s titre. Towanda Oct 22,„1871.—Gm14P
PYOWLER, REAL ESTATE
• ,DEALER, St7R South Waterilitreet. Cbl
nro. Illinois, Real Estato purchased and sold. In
, ..tments madeand Money Loaned. •
Mny 10.'70.
QAMITEL POWELL, SON & CO
1. llnvp 'cased the Barber Blimp one door weld of
Howie, and respectfully ask a share of
ro,l:c patronage. mar.2o'72
To o HUFF, AUCTIONEER,
P 3 Will desert:idly attend all nabs of real ratite
•1 v•rsonll property. All orders by mall or other
mill be prplly attended to In any part of the
post -Rico address. Standing Stone and
31y , .r.bnra. Bradford County, pa. mar. 2012
ANLOIiD 1.11{05., General Fiie
T e, d Life inruranc, Agency. Policiee covering
nil.l dany.io rinsed byeliebtldna. in Wyoming.
etifer reliable companies. Nrithont additional
.1 prvf.. U. B. GAYLORD,
Wv.tlusing, Stay 23. 11. S. C. GAYLORD.
TOITN DITNFEE, BLACKSMITH,
tl litoti.lloFrON. PA....payit particular attention to
roofing Buggies: Wagons. Sirias. kr_ Tire act and
repairing Bono ciu short notice. Work •anit climes
ttliaranteed satisfactory. 12.15,69.
- 1
A ~ _ •
MOS VENIN - YPACTiEtt, HAS
sdaiti . ectattlislird himself in no TAILORING
Stipp MT? Itnekvoll's Store. Work of
.cery description done in the latest styles.
Towanda, Ara 11;70.—tf
ERAYSIVILLE WOOLEN MILL
he undersigned would respectfully Annonnce to
iho public that lie keeps constantly on hand Woolen
gq,•ths, Cassinicies. Flannels. 'Yarns, and all kinds at
oesale and rtjtail. 11. 9 .1Q11 k DROADLEY.
I Proprietor.
HOUSE. - • -
cirANTpN U.
Frit.‘c 1. N.Y
S. D. TITOMPSI ON,
. •
'..1- ,•.1 the rp•A Oet fpr thy Ilmt.
h 17;7'2 ;in
c . 8. SS E L'L
GENERAL•
INSURANCE AGENf; I' ,
may23'7o—tt
THE UNDERSIGNED ARri
_,_ TECT AND IBUTLPER, wishes to info the
77' , of Towanda and vicinity, that be 11{ U give
p...:1 . ,:lar attentiOn to drawing, plans, desisins and
.....,. ,f. -41, , ,ns for: all manner of buildings, 'Ovate
al: I pubis. Superintendence given for rem nable
~,,,.. n‹at,m (lice at resldruce iN.E. co Cr of
—.0.1 and Elirabetli streets.
- t .1. E. FLEII3dI G, •
Ilbx 511. Towan a, Pa.
I
NEWPARLOR OF FASHION.
. stitviwo, HAIR CUTTING,
SIIAMPOpING, an,' HAIR DTELNG
ME
I. 4. , in the ,I"..air.st Style. Mao liarticular pains
t 111 , 11 ql Cutting taliieS . and Children's Hair, Shaw
l... .0•'. curling ainl Frizzing.
GAI7S.VtWAY Fc LINCTICOME,'"ovrr the
N Hotel, Main Street, Towanda, Pa.
h d,1572. 1
`I T
W. ING RY ,
•
LEAL FULL, tt ACCIDENT
INSURANCE AGENCY
f Atli ~..:, rorikr of Main and State Streets,
M. 3,11 13
I , 1572. ' TOWA!NDA, r.t.
... •
1.3 ISII, DO9ItS, AND BLINDS.
r,
I am prepared to furnish Kiln-dried Doers, Sass
a'' 1 IP it& o(any •tyle, size, or thickness, on abort
1. a' . min/ in -our orders ten days before yon
u1:1 L•:15. the a Ries. and be sore that yon will
• t , 1 ,,, , that a ill hot shrink or Swell. Terms cash
• , .1. iitery.
Ig7l
1).1 1" 'r R. ROTHER,
, r4.31,g
\\•f)()E,' IIIi)ES, PELTS, CALF
.,
• - sI INs, Frl,s, &CA
i•": a t.telf tii'. aisli price is pail at all times.
:A. L. ItoJr,tttleld'a Store, Ma
r;. A. p%Tros.l
, 1. w.v.14-'lO ' TOWANDA l'A
T _ ~----,
UN ERSI('NED H AVE
, 1 1 w1:,,,,1 a It:hrimz llonnc Ii Towatula,uuQcr tlto
U.:, .1 Si. F. CX.t.
Ihe are preparcal to draw Bing of klzehaugo, and
11170-f C , rn IN bens in New York. l'hiladelPhla, and all
t:•ri of the United States. as 1140 England , .
4.8
!why, and. France +. To loan Money, receive aPP OBI .
It,: t.: bi'a giumrl a i 'tanking businosa.
c.. Masan w one of the late flrto of Laporte.
Co., of 'rep:amis. Pa.. and lei knowledge of
11 basmesa men Of Ilradford and ailjolnina count/ea
been iti the banking business for about
f: ynar P.. niakiillll. )1011Ke a .leairable one through
tin h make G. V. MASON,
—1 acandl, ih t. 1 farm, A. fis MASON.II—
E AV
,VEll' GOOP,SLOW pi:loEs!
•• NT IA.
Tlt.tol 7 c HOLLON
in! Groceries and Provisions, lintus
lirros•wite (hi, Lamps, Chimneys,
$1 , •1... Pp• stuffs; l'aints, Oils, Varnish, Yankee No-
Ciizars and Snug. Pure Wines and
of tho he id quality, for medicinal puriswes
• :CI ppld at the very lowest prices. Pro
,aretally compounded at all hours of the
Griive us a call.
TRACY At lIOLLON.
v. , - , r , •••},11. P 3.. linne 24, 18G9-Iy.
ciinwp.ssNciE FROM OR TO
11;1•:T.A1) Olt EILGILAND
• % LASE or ATEAatintra TT.OX'Olit TO
)1Y.!::,10141 . !: OR LIVEILCOoL.
' t•ition's old "Black Star Lino" of LW
- sailing every week.
Lina of Packets 'from or to London,
It c a month.
to England, Ireland and Scotland pay
,'n dr.nland.
particularg, apply to Williams lk (into%
4; 'y York, or
(1. F. MASON Ac C#)., Bankers,
Towanda, Pa.
1,
CHARLES F. DAYTON,
S:l..cr , shor. trr 11,urupttrey Bros.;
A.- It N S S MAKER,
_,!
Over Moody's Store,
4 .t , 111.1,1 a full assortment of DOIJIILE and
IItIINE4g, and, all other goods in his line
1:‘ pairin,g and naanufacturirv, done„to order.
ruVaraa, Anfnitt 43,1871. ,
,
E. 13. MINGOS (formorly
0 1- IL, 8 litugalnyj Lai now on Land •
tilitlN‘i MTh INEIIIj AND FANCY ‘IOOP3
11A lu ,y i And-, irval anti inaitallOn Laces.
Ipbon3. Lac& Collars and . Keck
ell /Le jatcst 11*f:1CA:h. She has the
-t Lair goodsiroal and Wail:Alan. Kid
SLell ands 0 Uatilentl,
DOLLY VARDEN JEWELRY,
MI
•
Cortbm key sec. She hag given 'epeeist
; , ~?,I j, nr.rape, else
; • keL
ewcured the services of, a tlrst class straw
Iti. .w-n*. and give good:sat/1444t0n In ail
14 v111.rr of straw work. Rooms at the old
Brothers cloYb.sug sluts.
'W. AJLVOILID,
VOLUME XXXIII.
PIiVESSIONAL caw
:rABIES WOOD, Armoury AND'
00171113111L0R LT Law. Towanda, Pa.
Y PEST, ATTORNEY AT
LWIV. TOWSISak Pa. Jane •U.
QIEETEL & MONTANICE,' ATTO
=Ts AT Lion. Ofilm—corder Cl Main and
Pine Strada, opposite Parties Drug was.
DBT I R. a WESTON, DENTIST.-
Moe in rattou'a Block. OM Gors'a Drag
B.
Chemical More. *WM
118. T. B. JOHNSON, Putman' AND
liosazort. Moe ore? Dr. 11. C. Porter. k
& Co.'s Drug Ettone.
DR. C. K. LADD, Plial3lolAl4
and Surgeon. Towanda, Ps. Moe one door
north of Day, Unddell k Sanitecaorea oast aloe.
janlB'72
•
G. MORROW, Purview; AD
s Stria:mow. Leitaysville, Ps.. offers Ids profes
sional services to the public. Offitie and sadden=
one door north of the Ifanalan Ifouis.---spUrl2.ly
TIR. S.M. WOODBUBN, Physician
and SurgeOn, Office northwest corner Main
and Pine Streets, up stairs.
Towanda, Mail; 11172.4 r
P. WILLISTON
_
_• ATTORNEY ATIANG TOWANDA.
lion% side of Idercar's New Moo*. RD stairs.
Aptil2l,lo-11. . '•
icr B. Mo B E AN, ATTORNEY
11• AND Cotresiermott k 2 Lior,Tolijods.Pia Pitz-
Aicnlar attention paid to business In the Orphans'
1 , july
(cont.
E.LLY k STANLEY,DENTurrs.
onam over Wickham allaseri 1!!krro, Towan.
ds. Ps. .oas for extracttng teeth.
W. 13. RELLT
VH. CARNOCHAN. 'ATTOR
• NTT AT LAW (District Attorney_lar Brad
t ard County), Tray, Ps. Oolleeliausoada
ly remitted. feb 15.
TIR. L. U. BEACH, .PariaciAx' AND
SUISGEON, Permanently located et towaxna,
Pa. Particular attention paid to all Chronic Dimas.
es. canons and Tumors removed without pain and
without use of the knife. Mee at his rsiddenoi on
State street, two doors east of Dr. Ptsta'‘ , Attend
ance in office ?Sundays and Saturdays. May
JOHN N. CALIFF, ATTORNEY
;.YLAW, Towanda, Pa. Partkrular attention giv
en to Orphans' Conti business, Conrepaeisnr and
Collmtions. iCif - Office in Wood's new bllock. south
of the First National Bank, up stairs.
Feb. 1, 1871.
nVERTON k ELSBRITR, Arrort
xres AT Lam, Towanda. Pa.. baling entered
into copartnership, offer their prorteottonalgervices
to the public- Special attention given to , btudness
In the Orphan's and Register's Marts. apll4lo
OTESTON, re. S.
MERdIrR Fr, DAVIES,
ItZTA AT DON, T0W1111311,141. The
having associated themselves together._
of Law, otter their professional services
ULYSSES MERCUII.
Marcia ), 1870
wA. & B. M. PEOII
• OFFICE.
Main stiee opposite the Comm noose,
Oct. 27.'70
' A A. KEENEY, CO
xx..• PERI STENDENT. Towanda. Pa.
It. M. I'eck, second door below the
Will be at the ofAce the last Saturday of
and at all other times when not called a
bean connected with the St:petite
hereafter be addressed as above.
INR.. J. W. LYM.A.N,
PRTSICIAX AND •• 1711GEOX.
Office one door cast of Reporter b I ding Rood
eirner Pine and 2nd street.
Towanda, June 22. 1871.
JTORN W. MIX, ATTORNEY AT
LAW. Towanda, Bradford Co., Pt.
GMCEILAL INSIMANCE AGENT.
Co icular attention paid to Collections and Orphans' .
o business. Mee—Hermes New Block. nor th
aid Public Bemire. apr. 1, ID.
DOCTOR 0. LEWIS; A GlaiYU
ate of the College of ../nryakdans and Burgeons,"
New York city. Class 1a43-4, gives exclusive attention
to the practice of his profession. Moe and residence
on the eastern slope of Orv. ell Hill, adjoining Henry
Howe's. ' - Jan IL 'GP.
•
DR. D. D. SUITT", Dentist, has
purchased G. H. Wood's property, between
Ifercur's Block and the Elwell House, where he has
located his office. Teeth extracted without pain by
use of pax. _ Towanda, Oct. 20, 1870.—yr.
TOW{'ANDA, rA
DININ-G ROOMS
IN CONNECTION WITII TILE BAKERY.
Near the Court Monte.
We are prepared to feed the hungry at all times of
the day and 1,.1.1i11g. Oysters and leS Cream in
their seasons.
March 30. 1870. L. W. SCOTT k CO.
VLWELL HOUSE, TOWANDA,
_L4 I's.
C. NIiILSON
Raving leased this llouae, is now ready to sccommo•
date the travelling public. No pains noreapenso will
be spared to give satisfaction : to those who may give
bin a call.
sar ; 14 rth eirle of the public agnate. oast of Mos
cur's n..w block.
R UMMERRIELD CREF,E HO-
4rn• P. CAS!!
Ilsving purchased and thoroughly refitted this old
and well-known stand. formerly kept by SheriffGrif
fis, at the Mouth of Bummertield Creek, is ready to
give good accommodations and satisfactory treatment
to all who may favor him with a call.
Dec. 23, 868—tf.
FIq ..; ANS HOUSE, TOWANDA,
The florae's, 11arness. ke.. of all Jousts a this
holpfe, insured against loss by Yin., without any ex
tra charge.
A superior tin - slily of Uhi English Dana Ale, just
received. T. Lt. Jol.lllAfi,
ToWanda, Jan. 21'71. Proprietor.
WARD HousTa.,
Till,' popular bonne, recently leased by Messrs.
Koou and bavingbeen completely refitted,
remodeled, and refornisbed, affords to the public
all the comforts and modern oonvendences of a first
class Betel. Situate opposite the Park on= Main
Street, it fitrinently convenient for persons slatt
ing Towatu , either for pleasure or badness. •
scp6ll ROOK k MEANS, Proprietors.
. .
MANSION HOUSE,
w. w. unowmlia, Enortnicron.
This house is conducted in strictly Tempura:me
Principles. Every effort will 1, taado to. make
guests comfortable. Good rooms and the table will
always be supplied with the best the market af
fords. - ' Nov. 1. 1871—
mtncußs BANK,
TOWANDA,
iSucceesor to s ll. S. !Dimwit & Co.. tankers.)
Receives Deposits, Loans money, Makes Colley
tions, and does a
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS,
same as an Incorporated Bank. •
To persons desiring to send money to aicr P. 1712
of the - United States, Canada or Europe, this Bank
oilers the best facilities and the lowest terms:
PA - SSAGE'TIOSETS
To and from Nova Scotia, England, Ireland. &Mr
land,`or any part of Europe and the Orient, by. the
CETNBRATED INMAN LINE .
Of Steamers always on band.
Buys and seta Gold, • United States Bonds
at market rates. •
Agent for the sale of Northern Pacific 7 3-10
Bonds.
IL C. YERCI7B, Presidrat.
• ,W 51.. 11. YINCMST, Cashier. •
mar.l6ll
°HAUSER SETS, cheap than
ever, $t ISM? k SONS.
ROST &S.: SONS 'make. the best
Eatztusion Table to the world.
LAKE. TROUT, some very fun
ones, As very low price, by
;nue 15, POI at XVI=
COFFEE, TF4,, SUGAR, FISH,
kc., wholeasle and retail . •
_dui 1.
weals a I[l2.
Samuel Potrell, Son k Co., Lave secured frail's Blew
York s lady flair Dresses. and will be pleased lo
have the Isales of Towanda Ca and asak2lxie bar
work. •
C. W. EITAXLItt.
[mar.ZtY72j
C2lO
Hotels,
PETER LAI:DMIWW . 1,
COIL. MAIN AND IMlllfili NTNIX:VS.
TOWANDA,
IMADFORD COUNTY. IMiN'A
J . 0. FROST & -SONS,
MANUFACTURERS
ustavaum ASIOUTKIPM ow 031131115 ii1s
Of all styles and prism. (pia met& the Rl*
and Megan; Um /Whim aadtabia foe
and so damp that any can ord to have them. aim
the hued and most
FAMIONABLB BUM WALNTT PA3IOI AND
=RAW TIDENCrOI= . .
Of new and ilefigind &Arm and el tis Malt so
pert, style and knish, Also a &otos mactossat oc
TABLES, WARDROBES, DRESS.
130 CM& BLDX-BOABIS. *MUM
AID BOON-OABZIL
Also a oampkita Ina of Telia•Tanallama. Somme
Booking. Zaa and Pada ()ham In Um groan*
fir
mak/ of styles and prima. Also an endlama vain ,
of
BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, 'CHAIRS
- TABLES, HIRROBS,
FEATHER PILLOWS,
MATRESSES, & SPRING BEDS,
Of elre i g
; T in t fi li o n, and In bet arerythhkit . be
fo® CILEOKR, TITAN TILE CHEAPEST
InWe pay Case tor lateber, or will take Lumber la
exchange Lot Irarniture. Also nlarge sleek at
Of every description from the most common to the
finest •Boaewood. always Cu hand. We are sole
agent. for
FM K'S KETALKI BMW. CATS.
_Which are now eonconled by ellzenilea to bo tar the
'best Metallic:Om In nee. We have the L .
FINEST HEARSE
(In this mann of country. and will furnish any.
th in the UND.MT tine All LOW as the
s m inequail of goods can be O
got IS ANY MACK
eitber In Towanda Cr elsewhere, infirm= our Imre
ZLPERIENCE and thorough acqualptance with Abe
WO can one persons many 11110071100011 to
Ei l i s ith eas 'iliny are always Enhlect when dealing with
competent parties.
num 107 Mkt; gram
sa- Do not forget the place.
`Towanda, April 3,1872
TTOR-
********* * * * * * * * *
pHOTOGRAPHYI *
The ondknioled Fong inform the public *
1 • that they here parchiuW the
11, GALLERY OF ART
*
~t *
Of *
* HABDIPIG k 01711 TIN, a
on Main street, tint door south of the First
Making Bank, and mesa, by - strict attention *
to bustnesa, and by the addition of every hie- *
proweneent to the Let ofilmeograo7. to wake
the place worthy of petronave, Mr. Gorr= *
is to rennin with us, and give kis whole tame *
and attention to the soaking of
the praiiice
• the public.
DAVIES.
S LAW
wands, Ps.
su-
Office with
and House.
• . mouth
on bust.
all letters
der-I.TO
IVOBYTYPES, •
* PAINTINGS IN oinx. AND WA COLOLIS, *
Ide well u PSRCELING In 12flgii 131. . *
* *
Particular attention given to tbe el
* of pictures, and to the finialiing dfs= *
. I
of work. so as to aware the best results, and *
"" as much time as possible given to making
* negatives of small children. *
* Those 'wanting pictures will please give us _
a trial, and we think that they will be sells- *
* red
jantlT4l
* * * ;* * * * * * * "* .* *
E. ROWEEMD'S
•
LOTHING EMI'QRIUM!
OrPOSITE TUE MEANS 110E8E.
(Formerly occupied by H. Jacobs.)
! t' rarid nzPwth 01 Tcwands requires the mos
, of Muncie's, and the undersigned, Inalladng this
, t of the community in the
• L..ALtigman..EamEd
Ils; op'ncd a new store In fieldleuan's Block,
(fonnerry occupied by H. Jacob.) and Is now pee.
ITto oiler to his - old customm and the Piddle
orally. a better , stock of
. ..
M NS' AND BOYS' OL(YrIIING
1
. .
Th news be found In any other establtatunent out.
aid ta tho cities.
Db•lttock haa all been pure-hased front the mane
foe uteri' this DOWD, 110 that I have no of d dock to
get rid of, bought at high prima I have a full Roe
of
NTS' FURNISHING GOODS!
311 e tined quality awl Latest atyles. which I ant
ring at lir, figures.
I hirro no connootices with the old alas& and when
y. , want anything in the clothing line, for yourself
or . Ts. call on me in Beidleinan's Block.
E .an4n, March U. 182.
ESSRS LAZARUS & MORRIS,
1:1 0 11cIANS AXEOCCILISTS, fi t tirdroarh Octza..
Mc with • view to meet tbo ioczaudoit de ad foe
11•001AiitMroAsi;FA , 44))/oAAI4tP:qIS.44AI
I=l
W. A. CHAMBKRLIN,
Maker and Jeweler. dreier in Swiss MI
TOWANDA, PA.,
Soi Agent in this La:intr. They have tufa ace
to ye all needful instructions, sad bays andkateme
in the shill, of their agent to meet the =lr e
th e sfr o o r rded to st Vi l lia l =seles Va.
by, any or Vats Streagtheming and Pres.
on Qualities. Too mach asanot be sii•l mto
daperiarity over the ordinsry adman wens.
is no glimmesing, waning of the
__ sight dis
co other usgaessant sensation. but ea the
, from the perfect constmation et the Lem
ses, they are soothing sad okesant, amens s fell'
=Tar=to the waren sadprod= r s door
visicatom in the
are the the ontr sgootsele lid pramere es =
a the sight, and the ebseped beams, the
br m ialwayslasting nosy pus without dames . t
lag messary.
W. A.
Bole Agsnt in Towanda. Pa.
sir We 'earPkg no Pilliblem
kink 111. IST%
. ' MOB LINE STEAMEN3 -
814mMST WEDZOOLDAT AWD SATIIIDAX t
booted to sad tons way Ilium Sta.
Son &mai ht Great Brealu. Inked. NarrM.
Dement. Getismitt. Pram% 1101hud. W..
Irl arid the Mid Shies. . -
AT Loin= OURIMICY SATES.
tire from New Tort to GLASGOW. Mita.
; amain
POO LONDOXDPRBY or QUESSITOWS. Sri.
and 68. EMOUSEDIATS. SU. STIMMAIIIt. $3B.
•
DRAMS UMW YOB ANT MONT. •
' e '
tending tor . their Mends in the iSdOoes.
try purchaes ticket* at reduced Mei. Por M.
that apply toNICIDIZEON
"tvg
T Orem I. T. Cr to & O. 11:=
allos, Term% N. N. WM% as.
- ""Nt mach Seal ot Toliscida. WWII.
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FIIANITUAEt
at al lbws evatini aa
COFFINS
In the days of the rebellion,' atone of out mild
go to fight,
But we read from morning till evenini how he
battlal for the right ;
Ih has been the nation's servant in the days-of.
fiasco and was,
And treason melts berm) him like the smoke
mon h BOSS. I of a cigar.
GEO. 11. WOOD kW. *
REMEMBER I
CAUTION.
TOWAIDA. PA.
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TU OLD DIMS WUXI mine.
sy iota L Tau.
Well, wile; !eve had a oseethe at the school-
-.: boon an the hdl. •
And.l was dooms eludroian "to keep the oid
200t1 dine
Bat I bland I armada% do it; each man dunk
his Caw Imola plant, , •
And about with all the voice be bad. ga
• In' in foe Graaf I"
We talked about the put hue years. what
great things had been done;
How the nation's debt km melted like the
mows before - the suet
We said, to keep it melds; do a better thing
Than to stick aid hang together, and all go in
for Grant.
We looked all thron' our i spectacles upon the
naked facts, -
Then drew the roil of charity over giant Sum
jr‘ ma's sets.
We said, "We like you, Stunner. bat go your
way we curt "
Then made the schooldiomie echo with a roue.
ins about for Grant.
We didn't hare mach cheek be Trumbull or
• for Schurz ;
They stand around the pull gate, • pair or
marling curs;
Their speeches - cannot harm es, nor make
Grant too their mark '
Ile's an aid Galena tanner, and knows • how to
handle bark. • r
We - talked about tinuat's mnokire—We thought
it no great slit ;
To rote that out or °dice we might rote a
worse ono In ;
And, melt' we wore smelters, %wouldn't do for
us to rant ; t
so we lit our pipes together, and all smoked
the heelth of Grant.
Alice rd adjourned the.meetin' I gyro each a
friendly
We, • ovary one, determined to Bland by the
war-tried ship";
We will not topple over, we will not seen slant,
But put our canes down, firm and Skoog, and
stand up straight for Grant. .
t Prom ate Philadelphia Press}
" ROUST BEY WADE."
fr Olds 1112aat Owego sad
Zagged_ listamin.4/irw' lie dean with
thietell4s et the Sams In Ifts Days
deli* flare Pqrwer—latermittagNikall•
abaniessellis Sesaterbitanvor.
CA STAxturam, Wy. T., April Et, ISM
I have read with a great deal of
pleasure your " Anecdotes of Public
Men," published in the Freak and
Chronicle, and I hope you will print
them in a collected form, for I t hin k
they would make an 'admirable book.
Si& matter as they contain gives us
more insight into the character, hab
its, and even ability of the men of
whom they treat than can be gather
ed from all their public writings and
speeches.
There is one public man of whoin
you have - written very little, but of
whom there are very'many anecdotes
well wortht, rehiting. This man was
for years our mutual friend; and, as
yon know, my personal relations with
him qualify me - to speak authorita
tively of Ins public and private life—
both of which were blameless. It is
needless to say I refer to the great
Ohio Senator, Hon. Benjamin P.
Wade. Will you permit me; then,
my friend, to add a little something
to your " Anecdotes " about our old
friend Wade, of whom some very
good things may be said, and whose
public life extended over such a long
term of years, and through the moat
exciting events Qf our national histo
ry ?
Ben Wade is an older man than
most people suppose, he having been
born at Feeding Hills, pariah of
West Springfield, Massachusetts, Oc
tober 27, 1800. In 1818, when 18
years of age, he chopped cord wood
at Ashtabula, Ohio, for fifty cents
peicurd. He had walked on foot
from New York to this place, and
was on his way to Detroit and Chica
go, where he 13roposed to settle.
Winter overtook him at Ashtabula,
and to earn his board he bat a cab
in, and, as before stated chopped
wood. It was his intention to cross
the lake by boat early - in the spring
to Detroit, and then finish the jour
ney to Chicago on foot. His brother.
who lived *at Ashflbula, persuaded
Wade to give up going further West,
and in 1821-'22 he taught school in
winter, and grubbed during the sum
mer • months. Being now in his
twenty-third year, he lo n. to re.
visit his home, and hired himself to
a drover, whom he assisted in taking
a herd of cattle to New York. Wade
Conducted the lead ox, and his earth
ly property was contained in a small
carpet sack tied behind the ox's
horns. In 1825 he worked as a day
laborer on the Erie canal, where Mr.
Seward saw him using the, wheel
barrow and shovel. Mr. Seward af
terwards, in referring to this great
work, said in one of his speeches de
livered en the the Semite : "I
know one American labored on
that great improvement, and , he sits
to-day among us one of rtheincat tal
ented and able memberaof this body"
[pointing to Mr. Wade }. Wade was
twenty-six years of age when hems&
law- s
and was not admitted to prac
tice until he was nearly twenty
eight. In 1835, after seven years'
practice, he was elected prosec prosecuting
attorney fer the county[
and
nominated
and two years later was
for the !Rate Senate. He amis, there
for% thirty-erred yema d age when
he began his politaeal
On account of his minly opposi
tion to the Kentucky Slave Commis
sioners' bdl he fell into disgrace with
his party and was not renominated
for a second term, but in 1841 the
people of Ohio having advanced in
their political idem reparding
ry, he was triumphantly re-elected to
his lest in the Senate. In 1842,
Wade declined a re-nomination and
returned to the practice of law. He
had been married the previous year
to Miss Caroline Bosencranze, a most
estimable yoang lady, and he desired
to lead a (inletlife.
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TOWANDA, !RAI:MAD MOO, PA., ` JUNE 13,1872.
- • - , •
1847, bolter!, pemlii Wig
his from his nehrmenl to.
.sci as
judo of the Third :judieild diitairt
Of Ohio. He wail still. tismiof
fies in 1851 when UN* of
Ohio dadea him Mika Son
ator. It hail: been riecesory to
.11k
trodirciiihis much ot Wadeshiofflam.
phy in order to fully explain *hat
fellows.
Wade was in his Afty-sisiond. yew
when he fizst took hisreat as a Sea- '
akar horn - Ohio. He had
General Bards= for. the
in 1840; been shit/sr lad conaistent
opponent of slavery; spoke and Toted
for GenetatTaykir in 1848, advioett
ed the etecticer of General SCO“ in.
1852, and now found Weimar an ear.
nest Whig in 1854..
k -
Con taking his sea Mr 'Wade
found himself surround. by tWo
despicable classesof men, then very
properly characterized • by the news
pipers as Southern Are eater& and
Northern dough faces. He tad not
been long in his seat until he ' wit
nessed one of the scenes so common
in the Senate in these days, A
Southern fire-eater made an attack
on ,a Northern &mbar, and Wade
re. !mired and disgusted at the
crinfong and cowardly way in which
ths Northern man tore the taints
and insults of the hot-headed South.
error. As no alhtsion, was nuidei to
himself or State, Mr. Wade at
but•when the Senate adjourned he
said openly that if ever a ,Southern
Senator made such an attack on him
or his State, while he sat on that
floor, he would brand him as a liar.
This coming to . the:fen of the South
ern men, a Senator took early occa
sion to pointedly speak tot e . Ohio and
her people as negro . thieves. • In
stantly Mr. Wade sprang to his feet,
and called the Senator a liar. The
Southepa members were thunder
struck and • gathered around their
champion, while the" Northern men
grouped about Mr. Wade. A feeler
was putout from the Southern side
looking to retraction, but Mr. Wade
savace Iy demanded. an. vol. ! , tot.
the insult offered himseU an. his
State. The' matter thus elated, and'
a duel seemed certain. The next
day a Southern gentleman•called on
,the Senator and asked him if he ac
lmowledged the code. .
" I am," replied Wad), Wash
ington in a double *way : I repre
sent the State of Ohio and I repe
llent Ben Wade. As a Senator lam
opposed to duelling,: as Ben Wade I
rewgnao the code."
"My friend feels narioved," said
the gentleman, "at what you said in
the Senate yesterday, and • will ask
an apology or satisfaction."
" I was someihaA emkamissed,"
continued Senator Wade,: "by my
position yesterday, is I have some
respect for the Chamber, but now I
am free to speak my mind, and I
take this opportunity to . say to you
what I then thought, and you will
please repeat It to your friend, that
be is d foul-mouthed old blackguard."
" Surely, Mr. Wade," said the as
tonished man, " you do not,wish me
to convey such a message as that."
"Most undoubtedly . I do," replied
Wade, " and I can tell yon further
for your own benefit : this .friend of
yours will never notice it. I'Will not
be asked by him for either retraction,
explanation or a fight."
The gentleman immediately rose,
took his hat, and left the room.
Next morning, Mr. Wade amain
to the Senate, and proceeding to his
seat deliberately drew from under
his coat two large navy pistols, and
unlocking tbo lid of -his desk
.laid
them inside. The Southern men
looked on in silence, while the North
ern members enjoyed to the fullest
extent the fire-eaters' surorizie at the
warlike proceedings of the plucky
Ohio Senator. As Wade had pre
dieted, no notice was taken of the af
fair of the day before; he was not
challenged or asked to retract, but
ever afterwards treated with the ut
, most politeness and consideration by
the very Senator who had so insult
ingly attacked him.
There was at this time in the Sen
ate a man named Charles G. -Ather
ton, from- New Hampshire, who be
came generally known to the coun
try as " Gag Atherton," from his in
troduction of a resolution to lay all
anti-slavery petitions on the table.
Ho was emphatically a Northern
man with Southern principl es, . and
Wade despised him accordingly. , One
day Wade, who had become _person
ally very popular with the Southern
men, was conversing with
.ex-gover
nor Morehead, of Kentucky; who was
then on a visit to - Washington, when
Atherton came up and at once began
an attack on Wade in regard; to the
fugitive-slave law. "Why, Mr. Wade,"
said Atherton, "if a nigger had run
away from a good master in Ken
tucky and came to your house, in
Ohio, wouldn't you arrest him and
send him back to his master?" - •
" No, indeed, i would n't," replied
Wade • " would you, Atherton?"
" Certainly I would," said the dough
face, endeavoring to-curry favor with
the Southern Governor ; " I should
deem it my duty to enforce that as
much as any other law." Mr. Wade
turned to -Morehead and inquired :
'" Well, Governor, what do yon say ?
Would you urea spoor negro and
send him back under . such. army
atances?" , "No," grafily replied the
Governor; " Td . see slavery,. thefugi
tive-slave law, and the tugger, all
three damned first." • " Weil," said
old Ben after a moment's pause, "I
don't know as I can blame you, see
ing
yo . n have got a amity like that
I
Ming to Atherton) to do such
work for you." After this Ath
erton was called " Dirty • Work" I
Atherton, a name which bas been
kept up to this day, and applied to
varionamen in public life.
When Mr. Wade was delivering
Wit famous speech gat the. Kansa&
Rebnalut hill, his
,colleague, Mr.
Pugh, a man of respectable ability,
but* great DisnocrO, and no watch
for Mr. Wade, rose in his place and
put to the Radical Senator a Want- .
mg question relative to his belief in
the common brotherhood of mankind.
" I have," said Wade, 1 " always be
lieved heretofore in the doctnniii of
the Declaration of Independence,
that 'all•men are born free and equal,
hut ofiate it appears that 1013111, men
ate born slaves, and I regret they are
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'not black, so all the world _might
know ,them." Al he - said this he
pointed to Pugh, and stood looking
sA him for. meal . momenta with' a
scowl and ex of countenance
that wan ferocious, while it
esaieyed the itmost - - contempt_ for
bisdoaghfaeed:.colleague.
• game "path Mr. Brown, of
NhasumtppOptaruptimi him just ai
Wade IMO : know very well, air,
with what a yell of triumph the pu
rgthe e .this
- sad in will be hailed both
an Smith pandermnium..."
• Brown. - "Do yon i
know what e
wing on there r (Laugliter).•
Mr. Wade. • "Ida not pretend to
knowprecisely what is on foot th rees
but I think it is pretty evident that .
there is a very free communication
-between that country and this'body/
and, unless lam greatly mistaken I
see the dwarfish . zue . dium by which
that communication is kept up" [Ap
plause, and a voice on the South
ern side, "1 guess has got you,
Ilrown."1
Later in the debate, Mr. Bader,
then a Senator from North Carolina,
drew a glowing picture of slavery.
He had, he said, been nursed by a
black woman, and had grown from
childhood to manhood under her
we. He loved his old black minim;
and now, U he was going to Karma
or Nebraska, and the op to of
the bill succeeded in prohi biting sla
very.there, he could not take his old
mammy irith him. Turning to Mr.
Wade, lie said : " Surely you will not
prevent me from taking my old mam
my With me r " Certainly not," re
plied Wade, with a ludicrous tone of
voice, " but that is net the difficulty
in the mind of the Senator. It is be
cauie if we *alto the Territories free
he cannot sell-his old mammy when
he has got her there." ,
Mr. Wade was arguing to show
that slaves were not property in the
constitutional meshing of the term.
He said : "If a man carries his horse
out of l slave State into a free one
ho does not lose his property interest
in him, brit if ho carries his slave in
to a free_ State the law makei him
free."
Mr. Butler, interruPting him, said,
" Yes, but they won't stay with you;
lore us so well they will,run o$
and come back in spite of your boast
freedom."
Mr. Wade, smilingly, "Oh, yo,
Senator, I know they love you so
well you have to make a fugitive
s/are law, to catch them." [Roars of
laughter]. •
Those who heard Mr. Wade's
2:710n the occuion when Preston
, 1 attacked 'Charles Sumner,
will not likely ever forget,. the brave
words of the great Ohioan. : Not a
fire-eater on that floor but believed
he uttered the solemn determination
of his heartwheri he earnestly' closed
with the words : "If the hour has
arrived in the history of this &pub
lic when its Senators are to be sacri
ficed and pay the forfeit of their lives
for opinion's sake, I know of no fitter
place to die than in this Chamber,
with our Senate robes around us,
and here, if-necessary, I shall die at
my post for the liberty of debate and
free discussion.', '
The Southern men hiving ia
vain to head off Mr. Wade, ap pal ed
to their Northern allies to help them.
One day Mr. Douglas rose in his seat
and interrupted Mr. Wade, who was
speaking. Instantly the Chamber
became silent as death and all eyes
were turned in the direction of the
two standing Senators. Every one
expected to.see-Wade demolished in
a moment by the great Illinois Sena
tor. •
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" You, air," said Douglas in meas
ured tones, " p ntinually compliment
Southern men who support this bill
(Nebraska), but bitterly denounce
Northern men who Support it. Why
is this? You say it is a moral wrong;
ion say it is a crime. If that be so,
sit not as mach a crime for a South
ern man to support it as for a North
ern man to do so ?"
Mr. Wade. " No; sir say not !"
Mr. Douglas. " The Senator says
not. Then ho entertains a different
code of morals from myself, and—"
Mr. - Wade (interrupting Douglas
and pointing at him with scorn
marked on every lineament of his
face). " Yonr code of morals! Your
morals I My God! I hope so, sir."
The was hit in4he forehead,
and- after standing for a moment
with his face red as scarlet, dropped
silently into his seat, while Mr. Wade
proceeded . with hisspeech as quietly
as though nothing had occurred.
Mr. Douglas was angry, however,
and closely watched Wade for a
chance to pounce upon and scalp
him. It soon occurred, and in this
way : Mr. Wade had said something
complimentary about CoL Lane, of
Kliasas, when Mr. Douglas rose , and
said :
"Colonel Lane cannot be believed.
Ho has been guilty of perjury and
f°ll 6lY.
. Wade. "And what proof, sir,
have you of these idlegations P Your
unsupported word is not sufficient'
Mr. Don&m. , "I have the affida
vit
,of Col ,Lane, in which some time
since, he swore to one thing and now
states another."
Mr. Wade. "And you, sir, a lavi
yer, presume to charge this man with
being guilty of forgery and perjury,
and then offer him as a witness to
prove your own word."' • -
k„ Douglas saw hi' a moment he was
hopelessly caught and attempted to
retreat, but wade pounced Upon him
and gave him a withering- rebuke,
while the Chamber shook with roars
of laughter. Such scenes have to be
witnessed to be fully anderstixxl, and
there is as much in the exhibition as
in the words.
Douglas continued to badger
Wade, sometimes getting the better
of hipi t but o ft en getting roughly
handled, until Wade, worn out with.
defending himself, resolved' to be
come the attacking party. Soon af
terwards the "Little Giant" was be
wailing the fate - of the nation and
picturing the condition we would be
in if • the. Free-Sofiers succeeded.
Having worked himself up into a
passion, when he was at the highest
pitch Mr. Wade remain his seat and
said, with indescribable coolness :
" Well, what are you going to do
about it?" Douglas, for a moment
Was surprised and dumbfounded, find
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then attempted to proceed, but the
pith was knocked out of his argu
ment, and Senators only smiled at
his eaniestriess. Douglas sat down
in disgust. •
Mr. Douglas said :
"That interrogatory of Wade's was
the numill effective • speech I ever
heard in the Senate.' Confound the
man i it .was ridiculous, and pint' so
comically I knew not what answer to
inake him, and became ridiculous
mph in ;not being able to , tell him
what I was going to do aboutit."
While the Lecompion bill was un
der discussion, Mr.oT ombs , of Geor
gia, referring to the minority, of
Mr. Mr. Wade was one, said: "The
majority have rights and duties, and
I trust there is fidelity enough to
themselves and their prificiples and
the country in the majority 10 . 'stand
together at all Imam* and crash
the factions
,InstantlLlWade sprang to his
feet and hisfist, at Toombs,
roared out, " ve a care,. air, have
a are; you can't crush me nor my
people. You Can never conquer us;
we will die first. • I env fall here in
the Senate chamber, but I will never
make any compromise with any such
men. You may bring a majority
and outvote me, but so help me . God,
I will neither zompromise nor be
crushed. That's what I have to say
to your threat."
A. Southern, Senator. one day 'said
roughly to Wiide, " If you don't stop
your tholitiondoctrines we Will break
up the Union ; we will secede, sir."
Wade hold out his hand and said
comically : Good-bye, Senator, if
you are going now; I pray you :don't
delay a moment on my account"
Senator Evans, of South Carolina,
a very 'grave and good old man, one
day was exhibiting in the Senate
chamber and speaking 'of a Copy of
Garrison's Liberator, with its horrible
pictures of slavery. _ Turning to. Mr.
Wade, who sat near him, he said
"Is it not too bad that such a •
should be allowed .to exist/ "
will not the authorities of the United
States suppress such a slanderous .
sheet, Can it be possible that any
patriotic citizen of the North will
tolerate such an abomination ?" -Sea
' ator . Wade put on his spectscles, and
lookung at the title of the paper ex
claimed in surprise : "Why, Se nator
Evans, in Ohio we consider this one
of our ' best family papers!" The
Senators roared, but Mr. Evans, who
had great respect for Mr. Wade,
turned sadly away, saying: " I tun
sorry to hear you sarso, Mr. Wade;
it shows whither we ar."
Notwithstanding Mr. Witter
oppositiciit to the slave- power, the
Southern men always respected and
liked him. Mr. Toombs, the Geor
gia fire-eater, said o hies in the Sen
ate : "My friend from Ohio puts
the matter squarely. He is always
honest,' outspoken, and straightfor
ward, and I wish to Clod the rest of
you were'like him. He speaks out
like a man. He says what is the ail-.
ference, and it is. He means what
he says—you don't always. Ho and
I can agree about everything on
earth, except our sable population."
Such was the opinion the fire-eat
ers entertained of Mr. Wade.
Senuteriversion, of Georgia, who
prided himself on being able to give
ansivera 'in debate on which no one
could catch him, was one - dap mak
ing a speech, when he stated that he
was exceedingly sorry Governor Cal
houn-had Written his letter giving
the result of the election -in Kansas
"on the - advice of Southern members
of. Congress," when Mr. Wade rose
and inquired, "Sir, I would like to
know if you mead .to say that Mr.
Cabot* proposed to give his certifi
cates of election cn the advice of cer
tain Southern members here, or ac
cording to the truth of the vote his
conscience, and his oath. Your state
ment etrikeg me as very extraordina
ry, andl wish to 'know if I correctly
understand you."
Mr. Iverson. "I do not recognize
your right to catechise me on the
subjeckand I decline to answer you."
Mr. Wade. "Oh I well, I won't
press the inquiry,as we all know who
gave each advice as you stated. I
was wrong to ask you that question.
Don't compromise yourself on my
account."
Iverson" explained, amid roars of
laughtex, how it was. -
It use d to be aistomary for slaves
in Washington to beg money from
Northern Congressmen to buy their
freedom., A poor - but smart-looking
colored boy accosted Mr. Wado while
ho was in conversation with a pro
miscuous company of Northern and
Southern Senators, and began -to bog
for money_ to buy his freedom.
never give money to buy slaves," said
Mr. Wade. When, seeing the pleas
ant looks of the Southern mon, he
turned to'the boy and asked, " Why
tho devil don't you run away 'r" The
Southerners stared at each other,and
the darkey started off with a• now
idea in his head, when Mr. Wade
called him back and handing him a
ten-dollar bill, said, "Here is ten
dollars to pay your expenses; now,
run away out of slavery, my boy, the
first chance you get."
Wade, on one occasion, replied to
Toombs, of Georgia,. in the Senate,
and, to all appearance,used language
which would compel Toombeto chal
lenge him. Several friends went to
Wade and begged' him to desist, but
the old fellow became more and more
violent, until Toombs indicated his
intention of calling him out, when
Wade quietly, sat down, seemingly
having accomplished what he sotightt
The Southern men looked at each
other in astonishment, and- it was
manifest to all Wade had deliberate
ly provoked a qt:tarrel with Toombs.
That night a friend of the South
-eat Senator called •on Mr. Wade to
know if be would retract the offens
ive_wordi he had used. I°l'l
take back a d—d word," was Wade's
emphatic' reply. "Then," said the
friend of Mr, Toombs,. "it will be
necessary for; Senator Townhi Io
ahallonge you to mortal combat."
"That is jest what I want, and we
might have got to -the point without
all this palaver," said Wade.
"You surely can't bo in earnest,
Mr. Wade," said theSontherner.
• "VillY, of course I ant; roan— You
1 see, sir, we Northern men don't light
often; or lie .to 'tight Now ; lam
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14 , 91 per Annum in. Aziviuten.
°mimed to the - code, and so are my
constituents, but you fellowi have
broken Stunner's - head and we must
spank up a little or you will break
ail our heads. - The shortest way to
end the matter is to kill .off lb few of
yon,azid nave picked on' oia Tooinhe
as sty sum We will have 14. chid
raw; then, of comae, / have / the
,chotto
of weapons, and I'll take my
old MK - and d =-= nme if I'don't
bring bini down at the first crack
; When Toouibe heard of what Wade
said, he was mightily disturbed, and
replied: "Well,! suppose I will have
to let it all go—l can't challenge
him; if I do, the old reseal will kill
me, sure , enough!' It appears Wade
and Toombs had been out together
shooting *lib a rifle several
end while Toombs could - shoot very
well with a pistol, he was a poor rifle
shot. On the other hand, Wade was
an old hunter and an adept with the
rifle:. In those days he could- hit a
a dollar at a hundred yards three
out of fir ta,- and _ old Toombs
had seen , do it. The - Georgia
fire-eater had no idea of becoming
the target of such a mac. Long . af
tex the affair < was" over, / said one
day to Mr. Wade, "if Mr, Toombs
had actually challenged you, would
yon really have accepted and gone
out to fight?"
Mr. Wade replied solemnly: "If
old Toombs had challenged me that
time, I would have accepted and
fought him. I bad it all arranged in
in my own mind; I would have put
a patch on my coat over my heart, of
the size of a dollar and made Toombs
do the same. I was need to that
kind of shooting, and if the old fel
low had stood still, me if I
wouldn't have est his patch first fire.
I was not much afraid of getting
hurt;,hir old.Toombs knew me as a
good rifle shot, while I 'mew him as
a very bad one,. and I felt quite sure
that patlicbiisiness would do T
mnral
ize hun! „
Not only did Mr. Toombs refuse
to challenge Mr. Wade,but no South
ern member could be induced to send
him a challenge, no matter what he
Might say.
Mr. Fitch told me, that. during the
time the trouble was pending with
Senator Toombs, Mr. Wade went
every evening in a buggy to Bladens
burg to practice witht his rifle; so
there could be no doubt of the °hie
, axes intention to fight should the
fire-eaters give him a thence. As
late as 1868 I hunted squirrels with
Mr. Wade at Jefferson, Oregon t and
he was still a remarkably good shot.
As is well knoWn, Mr. Wade serv
ed Ohio eighteen years in the United
States Senate, and was Vico Presi
dent of the United States from -
March, , lB67, td March, 1869, when
Mr. Colfax succeeded him. -Ho was
seventy years of ; age, lacking a few
months, when he retired from office,
and glad to escape the cares of pub
lic life. Hi 3 personal friends were
deeply disappointed when he- failed
at Chicago , in 1868, to receive the
nomination for Vice President, on
the ticket with General Grant, and
it was also a source of deep mortifi
cation to them that the President,
after his election,'-- did not offer Mr.
Wade a seat in his Cabinet. Mr.
Grant, hoiiever, appointed him one
of the Government directors Of the
Union Pacific Railroad, a position
which I-am informed is worth $5,000
per year, and afterwards sent him
out on a delicate and important mis
sion to San Domingo. During his
long public career, kir. Wade lived
very economically, every year saving
a part of his salary, which he invest
ed-so advantageously, that when he
came to retire to, private life he had
an annualincome froth private sour
ces of some seven thonsand five hun
dred dollars. -
Last fall an effort was made to run
him for Governor of Ohio, but he
positively declined, saying he had
done With business and politics for
ever. Since then, lim informed, he
has accepted the attorneyship of the
Northern Pacific Railroad; at a sale
ry of $15,000 per year, 10, taking te
getherhis pnvate income, his dime
torship of the Union Pacific rosotand
his attornoyship of the Northern Pa
cific, he receives something more
than General Grant; and it eannet
be said he is in any imminent danger
of coming to want. - •
Brave old Ben Wade t Well, in
deed,does he deserve the good things
of this world, and long may be live
to enjoy them. We who know him
best know how to appreciate him,
and we never. found him terrible or
disagreeable 'except when in his - . °fa
nal robes, and then/ only le the ene
my. Gentle and kind in privateM,
a fast friend, ran indulgent father,and
an affectionate husband , no pleasant
er Octure for thelAmprican people
to look upon wild be presented than
that of honest old Ben. Wade at home.
I might tell, you — Many more anec
dads of the great Ohio Senator, but
my letter is a/reidy too long. Senile
of those I have related are new, oth
ers were printed leo 'long ago they
hare been forgotten,and all, I believe,
are worth reading. If they are of
any service to you, ose them in any
*ay you wish. Perhaps soVe day I
may again recur to this subject and
tell you anecdotes of other public
men I have met.
Yours, truly,
WELL Insole= Lanus.— How
much more-, intelligent and fascinat
ing the majority of the young ladies
would be were they to give a little
more attention to newspaper reading.
We -mean those ne pers which
make us familiar with the present
character and improvements of the"
age. It is well enough to know some,
thing of the world's history, but it is
with the meant we have mainly to
deal, and we know of no more en
gaging trait in a lady's character
thi.n a fair acquaintance with: pass
itig Every young lady should
have an intelligent opinion on the
mentad, political, and religious sub
ject of the times, and the , best, and
Indeedihe only wall() find it is to read
good newspapers Mg .fttly.
Rzenmotro - paper lately had
this statement: The piked jury net yesterday
and made onetame of the
pit* (Kr. Lohman) We ha* hen requested
to withhold for the wont: .
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NUMBER 2.
Jams S. Btasprs.
Is
Imsll,
'SW• Iry
. _
Themis . a growing tendeney
among us to conikdnn evea7 man -
whose vicwa SUL 4136:03.- do_ -not
cObmide with orir own preemerted
notions. Ia orderiOstnnwihen our
on and - seeure'publionympathy --
In-our favor we do not to
-idlest that those irluiatitaisim As
are influenced by im and
meneriary; motives. this. is
wrong. No man has a kgak right,
and much' Icws mord right, -to
assert that those who do not think
as he does. aro (*opt and venal -
Many .of the.:. petty_ quarrels and .
.W.b
bickerings that society and .
mar the of, cainnittnities have
their ongm in : this reprehensive
practice. It is always safe and fair -
to presume that - everyman is - doing
what ho Neves to be right until- he •
demonstrates by his conduct that he
is no lortger deserving of that confi
dence.
- -When a man perf?rms an action
or- s an
.oponion that does
not meet . our approval, we. immedi—
ate h east about us for some sinister
ii*Te that controlled him and com
pelled him to do - just'what hci has
done. Blinded by prejudice and -
maddened by vexation, we seize hold - .
of circumstances,-= drag them upon
the licitness stand, and torture them
until they tell just what . we want
them to tell, instead of permitting
them to reveal the truth. Many a
fair, stainless character has been
blasted and ruined in this way. It
is k matter of astonishment, too,
that people will devour with- -so
much greediness stories 'prejudicial
to the • piobity and - Morality of
others..
If the most debased' and degrated
prostitute that nightly traverses the -
streets, but tell a tale of an - immoral
act committed by one whose whole'
life has been a life of purity and
honesty, it is • passed in hurried
whispers from mouth to month till
scores accept it as the truth; and
none have the manliness to openly
denoimce it ; or if some drunken sot -
narrates in stuttering words, a false
hood that tells badly on the character
of some good man, we. accept his
.words and ask for proof of innocence
before there is proof. of gat. Con
deitm no man hastily. `Adj udge
every man pure. and good and true
until he is proved to be otherwise.
t For thetlltrorrzu. I
DUN TAOENT CLAMANT.
- Who that has witnessed a mother
bending her footseps toward the
cemetery, there to visit the'grave of
her loved one, but , has- experienced
feelings of tenderness toward those
thui afflicted. This tribute of love
not,,oidy relieves the actor, but bene
fits those who observe it. Should it
be her object to strew with flowers
the grave of one who had fallen in
d=efense of his family, the ceremony
would be' still more interesting and
beautiful. Interests deareirtban life
are saved tons _ by those wbo fall for
their country. True it is as express
°d in our title : . though silent they
still speak to us. On Forirth of 46-
ly and other occasions we_ burn our
powder, display our uniforms, and
vie With each other `in Making- .s
fashionable parade of our loyalty,
and this in coranion with other na
tions; but who shall say that the
yearly floral offering of this nation is
not the most touching and effective..
exhibit of. patrotism yet deiised.. The
measure is not the fruit of a cabinet
meeting—no secretary of State would
have proposed - it. Congress would
;have rebuked the little plan even as
were the children who came to the
Saviour; the generous masses said,
Let it be so ; , and it was so. . Deep
are the wounds those . gravei: have
made in our -hearts, terrible the--sac
rifice; but great indeed are the fruits.
Love of country has ever been a
characteristic of a great and' noble:
spirit. Duke el decorum es; pro pafria
mori " Sweet and glorious is -it,"
said the ancients, "to die for cowl
try;" a sentiment that perhaps can
snot be improved; still we would
change mon vivre, for if_ all
would live for their country none
need die to preserve it. '
The people will soon 're-elect a
Chief - Magistrate for the coining
fimr years, and it remains to be seen
what proportion of them 'shall heed
the lessons lately written in blood.
Meanwhile let -patriots not cease to
instruct their countrymen _in those
social and political principles which
shall make the future prosperity and ,
happiness otourAreat country. _
LEMITZL S. FINCETTi A. B.
Is Hs Rica?--- Many. a sigh is
heaved, .many a heart 'is broken,
many a -life rendered -miserable by
the terrible infatuation which persons
manifest in choosing a life companion
for their daughter& , How is it possi
ble for happiness to result from the
union of two principles so diametri
cally opposed to each other in every
point as virtue is to vice ? and yekhow • -
often is wealth egtaidered a better
recommendation 181- young men than
virtue? • How itften is the first ques
tion that is risked-respecting the sui
tor of a daughter,thus : "Is be rich ?"
Yes, be aboundriin ivealth,hut does
that 'afford any - evidence-that-he will
,make l a kind and affectionate has-
band ? "Is ho rich Yes, his' cloth
ing is purple and fine lirinen, and he
faxes sumpturiusly . evm7 day; bit eau
you -infer from th is: that be is virtu
ous? "Is he .rich?", Yea he has
thousands floating on every ocean;
but do not riches sometimes "take
to themselves wings and 'fly away ?"
And - will you consent , that Jour
daughter shall marry a man who has
nothing to recommend him but his .
wealth? Ask notjhen, "is he rich V - .
but hati he honoß and do .not sacri
fice your daughter's peace for money.
A Sm.---A paper hanger. in Boar i
ton found himself , a.few weeks, ago,
with a large stock of xtremely, ugly
wall paper on hand, which he des
*paired of selling, A lady - aim:fin one
day, and, seeing the large boquets'ef
flowers whibli formed the design of
the paper, complimented him upon
his enterprise in sectuing the - Dolly
Widen pattern. - Re took the hint,
spoke of the fashionable article to
Ins customers, and in a few weeks
sold every roll of it.
youth who stole a watch
andratortmeit to the owner. - who promised
"no Tuitions asked,". _is Will The owner
was as good as hit wad, bewnested the youth
without aging any questions.
- —A r.ABIIIOIIIABLit 0/04171111111 in Chi
cago warns tho sinners of his, congregatiou
that if they don't 'repent - they will go -to the
"place of certain uneasiness. Certainly a -
mild way of putting it. - - .
16;catzsoin csintrultedna. ors fertil
ising-Ind reeeSet4 **WWll*** the feet that
tlimost fertile lies were those wihelt_ found
the greatest timber of swalkiirers..
Jon B ri x as earl rely truly:
*You'd betta mot know so mock Pan to know .
llC! l tnuty llioga that ain't ao." -
"LET the toast be, dear wonatim s "
ae the man said to his will+ when he wantent
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