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Hleuofci) ta 3olitic0, literature, Agriculture, Science, iWoralitij, auir eneral intelligence.
VOL. 24.
STROUDSBURa, MONROE COUNTY, PA SEPTEMBER 28, 1865.
NO. 30;
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Published by Theodore Schoch.
TER.MS Two dollars n yoar in advanco-and if no
paid boforo the end of the ycaj, two dollars una filly
ts. will bo cliArfccd. . .
No paper dlscoritiriued until all arrearages arc paid,
orcept at the option of the Editor. .... ,, .
Ivertisc.neuts of one square of (cgl.t lines) or
lsss.oneor three insertions $1 50. Earfi additional
.icrti.n, 50 cents. Longer ones in propoition.
OF ALL KINDS,
Excelled in the highest style of the Art, and on the
" most reasonable terms.
Affection of a Horse.
Ve find the following in the N. Y. Jouf
Htil f Commerce :
Many instances have been given hy travelers
t,f the affection shown by the Arabian horsca
toward Jheir masters; and so much, also, has
been writen to prove their sagacity, as to
. i i,i;t iimr, ti,nf i mi. , .
CliClOWtJU Willi UII ALlwWllwl 1111.11 UffJlw'U.U
C8 nearly, if not quite, to the reasoning-
TV thi however, as it mnv. we verv I
much doubt if among the feats narrated of rangement cannot be made to bring out
the horses of the Eaet, any enn be found that : at y0ur approaching Monroe County Fair,
exceeds in affectionate demotion the following . , . . ,.
incident, which was told us a few dnyssincS slm,,ar rellCS D0Vr m Pessl0Q of individ
.it Saratoga, bv thc-soldier to whom it occur- uals throughout the county ? One gen-
red.
The narrator is a young Irishman, and, like
many others of this nation, joined, shortly
after his arrival in Aincfica Sheridan's
brigade. It was in one of those forced
inarches, when tb"y 1m d driven the enemy
bade, and had been in the Siddlc for several
consecutive days and nights, that this trooper
availed himeelf of a temporally halt to slip
from his caddie and stretc!i himself upon the
turf his horse, meanwhile, browsing in the
immediate vicinity.
He had slept for some little time, when
he was suddenly awakened by the frantic
hawing of his horse at his side. Fatigued
by his long ride, he did not rouse at
once,
sit lay in that partially conscious state
V.-hich so frequently attends great physical
prostration. Soon, however, the faithfuf
animal, perceiving that its efforts had failed
to accomplish their object, licked his face,
and placing its mouth close to his car, uttered
i
a loud snort
Now being awake, he sprang up, and as
the horse turned ior him to mount, lie eaw,
for the first time, that his com: ados had all
disappeared, and that the enemy were coming
down upon him at full gallop Once mounted
the faithful beast bore him with the speed of
the wind safely from the danger, and soon
placed him among his companions. "Thu-,"
he added, with emotion, "the noble fellow
raved me from captivity, and perhaps from
c!u!i."
Cah Ihere'be found on record a more beau
tiful rxample of atlVclionate devotion on part
of a dumb brute to his master than this? Un-
ouui y niuar exampas ..a o ouru
cur ngme rec.nt w ,"(.;--
. T i i i i . i ..i.i Tt.iT T.ift.r tt irrii:
i.i. l..-fiioht ia lio-lit. if their narration could
MiriCii III OaMVIOil. UUIU umi IIIVI ill .jZ II I.
in xny degree mitigate tne cru-uy o wmui ,
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the horse is constantly subjected, especially ;
in our large cites, where many of the drivers
nrc more brutal than the beasts they have
ia charge.
In Ohio there js a tnake 34 feet long,
vhich milks cows, devours rabbits and other
Fhiall animals, and has slopped several rail
road trains, the engineers imagining it to be
a tree lying across the track.
,
It is now lawful in Pennsylvnaia for any
party to a civil suit to makp his adversary a
witness and comjel him to testify.
The legal wcL'ht of a bushel of potatoes
in Pt.-nnsylvaina has been established at 50
pounds.
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It is now lawful in this Stats for any bor
rower of money to contract the payment, in
addition to interest, of all taxes upon '.lie
loan or its interest.
The Suez Canal was opened on thc I7th
ult., and a vessel laden with coal passed
from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
. '
Another prize fight for thc championship
of England is arranged to come oil on the J st
..fivO. t i.v " n,. 1
Wormald. I
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Potatoes arc selling at Lewiston, Mo., 1
for thirtv cents ner bushel. Thc crop m that
v ,
Stale is good, and free lrom rot.
The newest thing out is " plumpers1' for . vessels are sought for ; pipes, images, !cc,
hollow cheeked damsels. The plumper is ; anj much dcsirC(1 3eadS ornaments, &c,
made of porcelain; pear shaped m form, ilat , . . ,
oa one side and bulging out on the other, are also solicited. Specimens of colored
They fit on the inside of the cheeks, giving , pottery are very rare in this locality and
around, plump appearnce; hence the name. coustitute objects of especial interest.
" -, ; The few 'specimens of ancient flctilia which
"If yod can't keep awake in church, j, fifien from tbis and noigilboring
eaid a preacher to one of his hearers, 'when ,,a,v' : . 1 .
you feel drowsy, why don't you take a pinch counties are rude and coarse under
bf Snuff!" " I think," was thc shrewd reply, ! gtan( soine fia0 vases have been discov-
"the snuff should be pht into the
nnn ! j
r9-
A dandy, remarking one summer day that
the weather was so excessively hot, that
when he put his bead in a basin of water it
fairly boiled, received for reply "Then, si;; j
1. i..t ua r v-oru Hftu
ju nave a uajvu o ucuu iuia m.w . w.
pxpense."
A speculative gentlemen wishing to ibe burie(l past. Monroe has an Aborig
leach his horse to live without food, starved j et .fc bjj illuulinate(i at tbe
hiiato death. "I suffered a great loss, j
said he "for just as he learned to live wnuoui .
eating, he died."
A young lady onbeingasked if she intended
wearing that fiuger-rlug to clnirch, said she
didn't intend wearing anything else. Ilehe
kept her word, she must have had a cold
time of it.
Pitholo, thc great oil city in Pennsylvma,
Was thus named in consequence of an ex
traordinary pit or cavern that exists about
three miles from tfitrcity. In this pit stoned
are thrown, but they are never heard drop.
Its depth has not been fathomed.
INDIAN RELICS.
Editor Jeffersonian : A spirited
controversy has sprung up iu your neigh
boring county Luzerne on the respec
tive merits of certain private collections
of "Indian Relics," belonging to Dr. Hol
lister and S. Jenkins, Esq. It is a source
of gratification to the writer to know that
such collections exists iu Northern Penn
sylvania, and it is especially gratifying to
know that there arc gentlemen who have
menus,
3, leisure and taste to make such
collections. One of the results of the
; controversy alluded to that the rpsnne -
. f , ' ovi,;h;f
tu c owucis oi tuc caumets. snail exhibit
their collections at the approaching "Wy
oming fair.
1 desirc to ,n1uirc whether some ar-
tlcman, who hag a small collection, will
cheerfullv furnish his. Cannot others be
induced to do the same? I throw out
these suggestions Without consultation,
but trust the President or Secretary of
your Agricultural Society will add an in-'
tctcstiug feature to the exhibition by se
curing a fair display of Aborigiual re
mains. Let none hold hack such relics, but
freclv briujr them forward.
Jj.0WC cr i
sman or comparatively ummpouaus,
those interesting memorials of a people" j
who have forever passed away be rescued j
from destruction cud made to enrich an I
exhibition, devoted to industry and art.
The smallest relic is of interest to the
general inquirer and invaluable to the an- !
tiquarian as enabling him to determine of your neighbors who may take the trou
from its character and construction some-1 b,lc to study these facts will have but lit
,, . , . , . , .,, , , tie trouble m understanding how it was
thins: of the industry, skill una advance- . r . , , .
" that our southern friends became so great-
men t of the people who have left these ly strengthened as to induce them so blind
sole mcmomorials of their presence aud j ly to rush upon secession,
power in the beautiful Valley of the Dela- I Most fortunate was it for the nation at
iivirn nr norlrno mnm rmrnnri-i f fl v fbf
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cenesiutc. It is due to the memory of
the past ; due to the brave warriors whose
Council fires once lighted up these Tal- I
Jcvs.he Titans 0f a (larlc and mvstic !
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I !.:. n iiii.iniii t..i iini i: mi k ci 1 11111.11 t
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from
the
earth : whose deeds have not c-
trj;t:.. nr lon.-lorv enno- b,,f. who
" .-0--v o t
great and imperishable names arc forever j
f5xcd on mountains, rivers and purling ,
! brook. To these it is due that their sim-
. . , , .
pie weapons and implements their orna-
meuts and utensils should be collected
and preserved.
j An incalculable number of relics have '
I i ii r it
. been gathered from the valleys of Monroe
County. Where are" they ? Gone to en-
rich other localities.. or recklessly destro'-
fed. This is all wrong. Here they should
, , , . i ' .i i
have been kent, where their works consti-
, ua o , ,
tutc. next to tne grand aim magmncenc
, scenery, the most interesting feature of
' the wliole regiou. Let me impress upon
every person who has even a single relic.
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IU SCUU 1L Uji lO L iiai'JCiii vjuuiuli-
. ry of the Society, with thc name of the
contributor. If desired, the price of the
'article or articles mnv be named, and
, .it , ".,1, xi ..,!..
doubtless purchasers will be there ready
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i to secure the relics much needed to a good
collection. I repeat, let no article how-
Emall b(j neicctc(j. Stone axes, ar-:
. ,
row-heads, nines, nisties. ornaments, pot-
terv. &c. &c. constitute some of the rel- J
i j i j
ics rccovcreu irom auoicui. uuuui iniiuca,
nr nionyhed from the field.
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Articles of copper arc particularly so-
i- . t i c i r r
licuea ; veeib 01 puuo.jr ui -
crcd. These, I repeat are particularly
desired.
These hurried suggestions are thrown
0(lfc for tbe cou
your amcultur
sideration of the officers of
your agricultural ouciui.j. j- "
be their pleasure to tale such steps as
will secure a good display of articles from
appruau.11.i5 x-
W. Dull.
Del. Water Gap, Sept. 19, 1S65.
A London merchant recently advertised
for a clerk, who could "bear confinement:"
lie recived an answer from one who had
been upwards of seven years in jail.
The assessed value of real estate in Upper
Canada, is 8240,000,000 ; in Lower Canada,
169,000.000. The value of personal pro
perty in Upper Canada is $25;000,000; in
Lower Canada $1,400,000.-
PROTECTION.
A Itew Exhaustive Facts-Tlnteresting
Letter: from Henry C. Carey1.
Philadelphia, August, 1865.
Dear Sir : Being in England shortly
before the outbreak of secession, I had a
lonsr conversation with an eminent econo
mist, in the course of which he was told;Plied ! Common sense at once points out
that in default of the establishment of ajthe remedy. Draw from agriculture the
commercial policy looking to the creation superabundant labor, employ it in me
of a domestic market for the produce 0fjcnanism and manufactures, thereby creat
our farms, we had nothing but utter, ruin inS a home market for your breadstuff's,
to look for iu the future. " I regret to
bear it " was his reply "for we have now
become so strong that we cannot again
1 pormityou to have protection. It cannot
! and will not be done." So far he was per-
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fectly right, more than a dozen years of
British f'rnn frnrln bnvino- frin'sn fnr nn.i
feebled the nation at large, while streng-
thcnfng British traders and their southern
allies, as to ronrW it Tinrlv if not. nnifn
impossible that any change in the disec-
tiou of a uational system could ever again
be obtained. Twice before, in 1828 and own or c,se ln a short time, by continu
1842 had such changes been effected, j inS our present policy, we shall becamg
brinirinjr with them universal Drosooritv ?! paupers ourselves."
. aud Jet ia
aud yet in neither case had they been
: permitted to be maintained for so much I
as even half a dozen of years. Now, in I
1859, we had been for more than a de-1
cade iu possession of the California mines
au durmg all that time had been pour
ing nearly their whole product into the
laps of the two great manufacturing na
tions of Europe, France and England,
whose annual sales of food in the forms
of cloth and iron were counting by hund-
I i r.:n: r .iu . .k:i a.:
i , p p , a
corn, nork hams, bacon aud timber were
then but little more than ten millions.
This was but fifteen cents per head of a
population that was thus being rapidly
on being reduced to beggary, and our tar-
mors fnivM'il fn itcintr tbpir porn fur fiifil.
becauae Uiiable.toobtain for it even as
much as a single dime per bushel. Those
large mac tney snouia nave nsKca tne
perpetration of that act of folly followed as it
vJhv theabdic;ition 0f so many southern
Senators as enabled the north to seize the
reins and cuter once again upon thedirec-
tion of the machine of government. Forth-
tion of the machine of government.
with, protection became once a-ain the
; law of that laud, and to the national sys
tem then established it is due that we
i . i
uuu ..gam ...u p.uauu to souietn.ug
like a real independence. "We have paid
Heavily, bofli in property and lite, tor the
ree"om Ul"s obtaIned J aud 7ret' Saa
: has been the apparent sacrifice at the
nortbj auJ the rcaI Que afc th(J gouthj thc
Ration, as a whole, is richer than it had
;cver been before: while the numbers.!
of .u' PC0P.le' dafd th Scncal Plenty,
are increasing at a rate such as until now
ias not bcen known In the whole range
0I history there is no example of national
freedom having been so cheaply purchased.
, To the system then established we have
been indebted for the power successfully
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t() jjjjjjjg tbe war thafc is just now closed
a War of proportions
so jrijrantic as to
have astonished the world at large. To
it, if it shall continue to be maintained,
we shali be iudebted for power to take
among the natiouS the place to which the
jjUn)br.jS 0f
our people, their universal
intelligence, and the wonderful amount of
our national resources so well entitle us.
Shall it be maintained ? Shall protection
be made so efficicut as to free our far-
, .i v . .
mers from dependence upon those distant
m.dvkets in whicb for the two past years
, as a consequence of their own productive.
harvests, food has been a drug, and bread
ii1110 l.. a,nni;nA nt ,-,nna fi,..
, . u
bavc bceu known within the memory of!
! livinrr inrin ?
Can our farmers' Hotf at
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i last be brought to see that protection noui-
many granted to tne miner or coal, tne
smeltcr'of ore, and the weaver of cloth, is
ni I 1 If rll tli
'-" y
oducers of food and of
wot ? To thuse ouesl;ous thcrc couu.
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as I think, be but one reply, aud that iu
thc affirmative, could they butbe induced
to study carefully the history of the past
half century which I propose now to give,
as follows :
Fifty years since, the second war with
Great Britain came to a close, leaving
our people well provided with mills and
furnaces, all of which was actively euga
ged iu making demand for labor and raw
materialsvof every kiud. Mouey was then
abundant, and the public debt was trinial
in amount.
Two years later we entered upon the
British free trade system, and at once" all;eign one proved so utterly wortmesa tnat
-.
wns nlinnrrfid. Mills and furnaces were
elosed, labdr ceased to be in demand, aud ' ing nations of Europe, as I have already
our poorhouses were everywhere filled. 'stated, amounted to but little" more than
Money becoming scarce aud ifitercst high, 1 10,000,000 1
land dcelined to a third of its previous The rebellion came, finding our people
price. Bauks stopped payment. The, unemployed, public and private rcveriue3
sheriff everywhere found full demand for dccliniug, thc Treasury euipty and the
all time, aud mortgagees entered every- public credit greatly impaired. With it;
where into possession. The rich were however, came the power once again, and
made richer, but the farmer aud the me- for the fourth time, to obtain protection
chanic, and all but the very rich, were for the mcn-who had food and labor foY
ruined. Trivial as were then the expenses vhieh they needed to obtain a market.
of the government, the treasury codld not That protection has now endured for but
meet them. Such was the1 state of things little juorc than four years, aind yet, so
that induced General Jackson to ask the marvellous have been Its effects that while
question, "Where has the' American far- it has enabled us to give to the goverrf
lner a market for his surplus produce V , ment nearly four thousand millions of dol
The answer thereto, as given by himself, lars, it has so largely added to the value
is so applicable to the present time that of land and labor thai, notwithstanding
I give it here as proper to be ready, dai-. the destruction of property at the south,
ly and weekly, by every farmer and plan-( the nation, as a whole, is this day almost
ter throughout the whole range of these
United States :
''Except for, cotton, he has neither a for
eign nor a home market. Does not this
clearly prove, when there is no market
either at home or abroad, that there is too
much labor employed in agriculture, and
that the channels of labor should be multi-
ana aistriDUting JUDor to a most prontame
'account, andjiencfits to the country will
'result. lake from agriculture, in the
United States six hundred thousand men,
women, and children, and you at once
k ;t..m.
Sive a home market for more breadstuffs
than all Europe now furnishes us. In
shorfcj sir we have been to lonf? subject
1 to the PolicJ of the British merchants.
.lt is time we should become a little more
Americanized, aud, instead of feeding the
paupers and laborers of Europe, feed our
,J-' thc s.tate of things here described
wen5, we, in lbS, indebted tor the nrst
morougmy national tariff. Almost trom
tne moment of its passage, activity and
life took the place of the palsy that pre
viously had existed. Furnaces, and mills
were built; immigration increased, and
so large became thc demand for the pro
ducts of the farm that our markets scar
cely felt the effect of changes in that of
England ; the public revenues so rapidly
increased that it became necessary to ex
empt from duty tea, coffee, and many oth
er articles ; and the public debt was final
ly extinguished.
The history of the world to that hour
presents no case of prosperity so univer
salis that which here existed at the date
of the repeal of the great national tariff
of 1828. Had it been maintained in ex
istancc We should now have had no se
cession war, and at this hour the south
cxhibt a state of society in which the
land owners had become rich, white
slaves had been gradually becoming free
with profit to themselves, to their owners,
and to the nation at large. It was, how
ever, repealed in 1884, and the repeal
was followed by a succession of British
free trade crises, the whole ending in 1842
in a state of things direcity the reverse
of that above describedi Mills and fur
naces were closed ; mechanics were stray
ing ; money was scare and dear ; land had
fallen to half its previous prices; the sher
iff was everywhere at work ; banks were
in a state of suspension ; States repudia
ted payment of their debts ; the Treasury
was unable to borrow a dollar except at
a high rate of interest, and bankruptcy
among merchants and traders was so uni
versal that Congress found itself compell
ed soon after to pass a bankrupt law.
gain, and for the third time, protec
tion was restored by the passage of thc
tariff act of 1842. Under it, in less than
five years, the production of iron rose
from 220,000 to 800,000 tons ; and so
universal was the prosperity that, large
a3 was the iucrease, it was wholly insuffi
cient to meet thc great demand. Mine's
were everywhere being sunk. Mills were
everywhere being built. Labor was in
great demand and wages were high, as a
consequeucc of which immigration speed
ily trebled in its amount. Money Was
abundant and cheap, and the sheriff found
but little work to do. Public and private
revenues were great beyond all previous
precedent, aud throughout the land there
reigned a prosperity more universal thau
had, in the whole history of the world,
ever before been known.
Once more, in 184G, however, did the
Serpent properly represented on the oc
casion by British free traders make hi?
way into Paradise, and now a dozen years
elapsed, in the course of which, notwith-
standing the discovery of California mines,
mouey commanded a rate ot interest,
higher, as I believe, than had ever been
known in the country for so long a period
of time. British iron and cloth came in
,and gold went out. and witn eacn suc
cessive day the dependence of our farmers
our foreign markets become more complete.
With 1857 came the culmination of the
system, merchants aud manufacturers be
ing ruined, banks being compelled to sus
pend payment, and the treasury being
reduced to a condition of bankruptcy
nearly appfoachitig that which had exis
ted at the close of the free trade periods,
commencing in 1817 aud 1844. Iu the
three years that followed labor was every
where in excess ; wages were low ; immi
gration fell below the point at which it
had stood twe'nty years before ; the home
market for food diminished, and the for
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1 the annual export to all the mauutactur-
fcwicfc! as rich as it ever was before. I
The history of the half century that T 1
have thus reviewed, may now more brief- "
ly til lis be stated "''IC " nr t0 Chts'1 thc Rebellion Unjust;
' Protcctionas established in 1813, 1828, Engagedinit Robbers and Assassins.
1842 gave, as that of 1301 is ready to j We must take th(J Dem0CTdiic part ag
give, to its free trade successor. Oreatwe find it and wc tj,crefore propose fajriy'
demand for labor : Wages high and mon-;to set forth its position as it is defined in its
ey cheap : Public and private revenues platform of principles enunciated on the 24th
large : Ifnmigration great and steadily in-; inst. The second resolution passed by tfia
creasing : Public and private prosperity Convention is couched in the following lan
great beyond all previous precedent; and guagc:
Growing national independence. ! "becon.1- That ir the counsel of the
British free trade, m established in ' J?80,01 j'1 had Feailed the Union
1Q17 iqqi iQ.iR j noc-T i, i i tvould have been saved in a 1 its integrity
1817, 1834, 1846 and 18d, bequeathed and h without lhj s,a debtand
to its successor : Labor everywhere seek- disj?race of a civiI var But when the for
mg to be employed: Wages low and mation of sectional parties in the North arid
money high : Public and private reve-.in the South, and the advent of oneorthcs
nues small and steadily de'erdasing : Im-: parties into the seats of power made war, a
migration declining. Public and private
bankruptcy nearly universal; and Grow
ing national ddpeuuence.
Such is thc history of thc past.
jj.
our farmers sludy it, and they will, as I
1 , . . j .1 .! iiiuiiu"i-uiv;nt. ui uui iitianuiui uii.uia, uui it.
think, understand the causes of the pros- bolh &M0 articulars wc werc disappoiritca
penty of the present. That done, let betnyed."
them determine for themselves whetheri' James Buchanan was President when se
to go forward in the direction of individ- cession became a fact, and when he wasapf
ual and national independence, or in that pealed to for action to save the Union, he
of growing dependence, both national and blandly told the American people that there
individual. jwasno power in Federal authority tocoerco
Wishing you much success in your pa- ,a State, that secession was one of the reser
triotic efforts, I remain, very truly, yours ' Yf1. riShts of a sovereign State, and that the
Henry C Carey -'nion waB a mer compact which could be
t 17 w:n: " o L 'e V. ' dissevered at will by any of the States parties
u.. Mu.?,i4., u .nun, ui ;uu
Cleveland Association for the Protection
of Domestic Industry.
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"Faith Extraordinary.
Tn EnnnoirUln (h',n fli
i " vJ mvi. Viillj HIVI 1 1 1UUUJ
colored persons, who live by barbcriug
1 t. r 1 1 mi r r.
. "b- -w 11.0 .ui vu .c , whch j. Qscd tQ JenJJ
most part an orderly and quiet VVW the potency and justice of Constitutional
many of them religious, having a church majorities; and now, in a canvass for im-'
of their own, and an ebony minister, all ' portant State officers, the Democratic lead-
of which they are justly proud. One 'ers take the field characterizing the war
cold evening, in a time of great revival forced on the American people for Constitu-
in the church, this eboCy expounder was 1 tional liberty, justice and order, as a disi
dilivdring a powerful appeal on "faith," ' graceful conflict, the slaughter and debt of
the groans and sobs of his hearers giving! liich are b; charged as crimes against
token of its effects npdrf their itepressivc , thosf who fou,?ht to maintain a just Govern-
natures The tears stood unon his dirk ' ment slruSolm t0 maintain its life. The
natures. lie tcais stood upon ins dark rcsoution which we te means this an(1
cheek, his voice quivered like distant :nothillg more. Eiecl the candidates who
thunder, while he emphasized his words stand 0n the platfom of which that reso-
by vigorous blows on the table. In thejlution is a plank, and every Southern
hi'idst of all this, the stove, agitated by J traitor can claim with justice that a majority
.his jarring blows, rolled over on the floor. i6f the people of Pennsylvania justifj histrea-
Brother Lewis, a high man in the church,! son. If any man can put a more favorable
had located himself near the comforter of ' construction on this resolution he is more
his shiils : he stood irrcsoluie. when the : skillcd in sophistry than is the drawer tnere-
voice of tbe minister came to him laden
' ,
with faith "Pick up dc stove Brudder
Lewis, pick up dc stove, dc Lord wou't
let it burn you." Brother Lewis' niiud
was filled up with miracles of faith he
had heard that eveniug, so he yielded to
the appeal of his preacher, grabbed the
hot stove but dropped it instantly, and
turning his reproachful eyes to the disci
ple of faith exclaimed, "De hdl he won't."
Iced Champagne;
A gentleman who has been in thc ice
trade at St. Thomas, relates funny anec
dotes about the natives there and their
lnminous idea of Boston hardwater :
He once sold a lump to a gentleman,
who sent a colored servant after it, with
directions to have it kept for the dinner
table. The servant took it home, and in
quired of the cook how it was prepared.
After considerable discussion in the kitch
en cabinet, it was decided to have it boil
ed. At dinner the gentleman called for
it, and was in high glee, for he had drank
iced champagcie iu the states, and he felt
a mighty hakering for a second trial of
the same beverage.
Soon Sambo made his appearance, with
eyes rolling on thc outside, grinning like
a frightened monkey.
"Where is the ice, Sambo V' said the
gentleman.
"Oh ! glory, massa !" replied Sambo,
"I put him in dc pot and boiled him for
more an half hour, and when 1 went to
look for him he was not dar."
Joke on Minister.
A young fellow was taking a sleigh-ride
with a pretty young girl when he met a
Methodist minister, who was somewhat
celebrated for tying the knot matrimonial
at short notice. He stopped him and ask
ed hurriedly
"Can you tie a knot for me V
"les, said brother 15 , "1 guess
so ; when do you want it done V
"Well right away' wfls the reply ; "is
it lawful, though,- here in the highway ?"
asked the wag.
Oh yes ; this is aa godl as any safe
as the cutfrdh itself."
..tit- n .. -r . 1 i 1
6n" the .handle, looking intently, m the
chaplaiu's face, straightened himself up,
and remarked very audibly : "Well I
-A-l. f'u ,1a firaf. f.niA thn Lord's nW
been writ to on the subject ob railroads."
A thief broken out of fail the oilier day.
Being recaptured, he told the constable he
might have escaped but he had comscientious
scruples about traveling on Sunday.
"Weil tnen,l want a Knot-Lieu iu ,"iceof whcat and flour rc3ult3 from
horse's tail, to keep it out ol the snow P ' laliT0C01nbillotioM rather than from
shouted the wicked wag as he drove rap-1 . in the crop. The wheat yield,
idly away, fearing lest , ine minister, in , than
ar, is vastly more
hi profane wrath should fall from grace. thancaa bc consumcd' btho American
; people.
A newspaper before us stated that, at j ..
the breaking of the ground for the com- Bridgeport Standard has been shown very
mencement o'f the Lynchburg aud Ten- dangerous counterfeit $50 greenback, passed
uessec railroad at Lynchburg, a clergy- on a Bridgeport merchant. With the excep
man solemnly and slottly read a manu- tion of the head at the left of the top centre;
script prayer at thc conclusiou of which the bill ia an almost perfect imitation Thq
an old negro man, who had been resting isa botcl.-the nose is a perfect "pug"
with one foot 6n his spade, and his arms . Look t for the pug-nosed greenback.
Definitions of the Latest Democratic
Doctrine.
fact which we could not counteract, wo
sustained the Federal authorities in good
faith, asking nothing at their hands except
a decent respect for our legal rights and
cuuiu suuw ui uuuiiiiuii Jiuuvaiy iu iiiu
i. c c :i cr : !..,. ;n
therein. "This" was the counsel of the Deru-
ocratic party'' at the time, prevailing in the
Cabinet and supreme in the Senate of the
United States during the session oflS60-Gl,
yet it was sufficiently potent to save tho
1 Union. It was the doctrine of the Demo-
. t 1 iv
cra'J7c hich encouraged the Statts ta
scceae. It was thc doctrine of thc Demo-
f :.. t 1 1
Ul UApUIL 111 1U1&UI1UUU.
IVor does the resolution pause in its false
charges concerning the action of the Govern
ment in the conduct of the war, so far as its'
justice and honor are involved. It deliber
ately asserts that the war was a betrayal ot
the Democratic party, after the Convention
which endorses such stuff has nominated two
men for office whose only merit consists of a
participation in that unjust war What can
sensible people think of such changes and?
positions 1 Truly, the Democratic party of
to-day is in a sad plight.- It denounces a.
great struggle for civil liberty as disgraceful;
and then nominate man for office who par
ticipated in that disgrace, and now expects
private soldiers, whom it characterize as
slaughterers and butchers of the Southern
people, to support such nominations and thus
become parties to their own condemnation
before mankind. Is it likely that any fair
minded citizen or high spirited soldier can be-'
seduced into the support ot such a platform.-
Harrisburg Telegraph.
important to Soldiers.
The following decision relative to Gov-
crnmen property while in the hands of a
soldier, was to-day made by thc Second
Controller of the Treasury ; "A soldier
in possession of Government property and
losing the same by 'neglect of duty' is
responsible for its loss and subject to the
deduction of the amount of its value from
any pay or bounty due him, unless the
Government shall be otherwise indemni
fied for the loss of the same. In the caso
of accrued pensions, where the peuiioner
is deceased and without heirs, the same?
authority decides that the unpaid pension
reverts to the Government. In caso 3
soldier receiving advauced bounty on en
tering the service and afterward desert-1
ing, it is held that an honorable discharge'
is essential to the payment of such bountyr
and that thc soldier committing the crime
of desertion having forfeited the right to'
such discharge is not entitled to such
bounty. An officer commissioned by a
Governor, and doing duty prior to the 3d
day of March, 18G5, but not mustered iff
until after that date, is not entitled to thd
three months' extra pay."
Speculation in Wheat.
Information ac thc Agricultural Bureau
i: x 1 ,. 1. ii1
' SfOes lO SIio mui iiiu iuv;uuii ribu iu UlU
"Is that t
of a street . 1
"No.' ropll
Is that a jargonlleel" asked a gentlemen
dealer, aslie pointed to a pear.
' 1 - .
ed the peddler, ' it's ten cents!m
j Thc house of David Shuler in Perry county
Pn., was entered Sunday night arid . roed
of 3,000 and some household yalcaV'.cs
: -- V
Pennsylvania producer! SOQO,
, worth of petroleum Jajc year.
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