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JAE5. E, BAYERS.
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D. Bosnn, Pres't. J. C. rt.vKxiitr.s, Cashier.
DM0OUNT UAY-TUKSIUYS.
Mny in, ';;.-iy.
w. e."gaTen
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WAYHESSURG, PA.
eyOrncH In N, dub's bu'AUn,
fcblii'fiCH'
R a. m'connki.i.. J. nm i-MA:.
M'CCMKELL & HofFMAN
Attorneys cnii (.'omisellors at law
'niisl'iirrr, Vhii'it.
OTOfficsv m Hie " WrU'lit House," East
d,,or CoP.cv'v.'s, .v,c, will receive prompt
attention.
Wuyncsbm-g A.r- us: tMjMi.!. -It.
DKAT.F.EIN Books Stationery, V:i rl l'apcr,
Window IV. per, ka. umln.y School
Books ol' nil Idmlsconsianlly n-,) li;tn.l, room
in Mrs. Rush's hiiildkir, foimcrly occupied
by Cottcrcl! A; Taylor. Wnyucshurg, l'a.
Muy '.. 'ii.-iy
Carriage ?.lauiifis-.trcr
Wayn'I'.si!'';:''-, 1'a.,
RK11T.CTFUI.LY pives ntl that lio 1ms
locuU'il in Wnyuesborg, l'u., where lie in
tends to manufacture
0 A R It IAfiES
Of every description. From his experience in
the. business, he feels conl'ltleiit lint his wore,
In style, limsh and durability, will give ''""'
satisfaction. It islnsrietermiiiiitiontopureluo
vhc best material in market, mid employ none
but competent woikmen.
p-yAll new work war-rented f r one year.
Wavnesbura, Feb. 21. 1 St;) M
iv . a iLf cImTa s ,
VIXWJIAXT TAILOR,
nonM is w.Acui.r.v's neii.nisu, w.vvsKsmiio.
WOHIi made to order, in finest ami best
stylu.'OuUingnnd Fitting done prompt
ly, and according to latest fashion plates.
Stock ou band and for sale. Slay -'. tf
"Wro.. sil esr,
WATCHES AND JEWKLUV.
MAW ST11KCT, OrPOSITI? COU T HOL'HU.
KEEPS ON HANDS ALWAYS A clioie.e
and select assortment of watches anil
jewelry, llepahing dono at the lowest rates,
apt, ly
"SHERMAN HOUSE?
JUST Ol'ENED BY
THos. IBr'xclley
1 POSITIVELY tho most complete Hotel in
our town, Everything combined to fur
nish the best accommodation ever yet offered
to tho public,
Mcala furnished at all hours, table provid
ed with tho best of the season.
Travellers and those desivoir, of refreshment
will do well to call, "Tom" still retains his old
reputation of an accommodating gentleman,
and hospitable landlord. House, the ono for
merly occupied bv the "Messenger" Oillce.
May y,'(i(i.-ly.
PEOPLE'S LINE
HTKAMER "CHIEF
TAIN," 1!. It. AlllUMS,
Commander, Capt 11.
0. Mason, Clerk; leaves
Brownsville daily at 7 a. m., for Fittsbmyh,
and leave that citval B v. m., daily,
STEAMER "ELECTOR" RoiiivUT Phti.
Lirs, Commander ; IX. (i. Tatlob, Clerk ;
loaves Greensboro, for Pittsburgh Mondays,
Wednesday and Friday, and return on Tues
day, Thursdiiy and Saturday, leaving Pitts
burgh at 2 i m. May l(i,'(ii;.-(;m.
s.B-
HOLLAND,
WITH
Sarcrort cs Oo.
Importers an Jobbers of Staple and Fancy
Pry Goods. Cloths. Cas-simers, Blankets,
Linens, White Goods, &c, &c,
Nos, 403 & 407 Mahket Srnmir,
Above Fourth, Xovth Siilc,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
yMr. Holland takes occasion to ndvlso the
retail inereliantHot Greene, Washington and
adjoining counties that ho will call upon them
and solicit their custom for tho above named
house. Those wishing to address him can do
bo at Beallsvillo, Pa. febi:j N17-IT.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
LETTERS : TESTAMENTARY on tho
estate of A. WILSON, Sr. Into of Marlon
township, Greene county, dee'd., having been
granted to tho undersigned, notice is hereby
given to all persons Indebted to said estate
to make Immediate payment nnd those hav
ing claims to present them immediately, prop,
porly authenticated for settlement.
. i: .: . W. T. E. WKltn.
i ANDREW WILSON,
of Marlon township Adnlui.tiMtors,
feb.l0,'07-0w
GEORCE S. JEFFERV,
Dealer In Books and Stationery, Magazines,
Daily Papers Fancy Articles, Ac, Way
itn'iii UMbnrg, Fr,. .!... . i. . apV'60-ly
ti-r'tk' .. n: j( r. ifiir .,:i . .
From tho Phrenological Journal.
OPPRESSED WOMAN'S SOLILOQUY.
All questions have at least two sides, and
nianyhavo more, Witty persons, who lovo
tho ludicrous, will have their fun, no matter
whom they hit. Hero is the expression of a
Buckeye on a political question. Just hear
the saucebox talk:
To vote or not to vote, that Is tho 'qiwstjon,'
Whether 'tis bctt-r for tho sux to submit
To bo ground down by tho 'lords of evuitlon,1
Or don the trowser:', go forth to ail labor,
And tlm gain a chance to 'note?' .
To Vole; to works
Eitormn ! And by that to say wo reach
Thu 'btllvt-lHu.' That is more, aye, fir mm-h
wore
Than w'c bargained for. Wo merely wished to
'rote,'
But not to d ) your labor. To vote; It work;
To woi'.ic I to tiku man's place aye, there's
theru'i;
Fnrin thatphice of his what trri's comn,
When we s'l.-ill have shuttled on the Irowsern,
Must m ike us pause- Them's the respect
That renders our fate so r.iuliimMe i
For who could bear the task of providing
The ciVi.'.i for younystmi, the J'nhc hair for
inottti'r.i
Tho bills of milliner's Uielaundress' bills,
The Vermillion for her checks, and a thousand
Other things that none bu' patient husbau.Is
kinw,
When he would his own h isure buy
With a bare ballot? Who would office bear,
To groan and sweat tinder a weary Hie,
While the theme of all our preaehinp,
Would Like our places in the drawing-room
And at the piano, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear our petticoats,
Then fly to tr.iv.seis and their labors!
Thus '1'imtHtij' makes cowards of us nib
And thus our native aul for JVWr. suffm-jis'
I.i ealm'd Ijy 't'i-m!i of Mwf
And brilliant visions of our destiny.
With this regard, fall ngain to earth,
And leave us at our 'stations '
From the Phrenological Journal.
WAIT!
ny crayon iii.ano.
Wait !i momem, yoitntj man, Sn-foro
j on Ihiniv Ibat noney ilmvn on tlio bar
aii.l ilemaiHl a olass of lirnnily-amLwa.
let'. Ask yourself it' tivenly-fivo cents
can not bu bettor iove.'.tuil in sotnethin;;
elsu. I'ut it Lack in your pocket, nni
tjivo it to tlio littlu cnpiilo who sells
rmitcluM on tlio corner. Take our won
for it.ynit will not bo sorry 1
Wait, madam think twice- before
you deciJo on that hundred dollar shawl!
A hundred dollars is a great deal of
money ; one dollar is ,t ureal deal, when
pooplo onco consider tho amount of
good it will accomplish, in careful hnndj.
Your husband's business is uncurtain;
there is a financial crisis clo.io nt hand.
Who knows what, that hundred dollars
may bo to you yet ?
Wait, sir, before you buy that gaudy
amethyst breast-pin you are surveying
AO earnestly through tho jeweler's jilate
glass windows. Keep your money for
auothor piece of j'uwelry a plain gold
wedding-ring made to fit a rosy finger
that you wot of. A shirt neatly ironoil,
and stocking darned like lauo-work,
are butter than c;ilt brooches and flam
ing nmethyst.1. You can't aflord not to
marry? Wait, and think tho matter
over !
Wait, mother.beforo you speak harsh
ly lo tho htlle chubby rot'jtio who has
torn his apron and soiled his white Mar
seilles jacket. Ho is only a child, and
'mother' is the sweetest word in all tho
world to him. Needle an 1 thread and
Konpsndd will ropuir all damages )ioif,btit
if you onoo teach him to shrink from Ins
mother, and hido uway his childish
faults, thul damage can not bo repaired!
Wait, husband, before you wonder
audibly why your wilo don't got along
with family cares and household res
ponsibilities, 'as your mother did,' She
is doing hor beat and uo woman can
ertdtiro that best to bo slighted. Uo
member tlio nights s!:o sal up with tho
httlo bubo that diod ; romeuiber tho lovo
and caro sho bestowed on you when you
had that long fit of illness 1 Do you
think till is made of oast ironf Wait
wait in sihuico and forbearance, and
tho light will come back lo ho.' eyes, tho
old light of the old ditysl
Wait, wife, before you speak ro
protielifully to your Inn-baud when ho
comes home late, and weary, and 'out
of sorts.' tie lias worked for you all
day long i he has wrestled, hand to
hand, with Care, and bullishness, ud
Greed, and all I ho demons that follow
in tho train of money-making Let
home be auothor atmosphere, c tire
ly t let him foul that there is o e place in
the world where he can find peace, and
quiet, and perfect lovo 1
Wait, bright young girls, before you
atoh your pretty eyubros, and whisper
'old maid' as tho quiet figure stouls by.
WAYNESBUHG,
with silver in its hair and crow's-feet
round the eyes. It is hard enough to
loose life's gladness and elasiticity it is
hard enough to seo youth drifting away,
without adding to tho bitter cup eno
drop of scorn 1 You do not know what
she has endured; you nover can know
until expurienea teaohes you, so ivait,
beforo you sneer at tho Old Maid.
Wait, str, beforo you add a billiard,
room to your house, and buy the fast
horse that Iilack and White and nil the
rest of 'the fellows' covet. Wait, and
think whether you can afford it wheth
er your outstanding bills are all paid
and your liabilities fully met, and nil the
chances and changes of life duly provid
ed for. Wait, and ask yourself how
you would like, ten years from now, to
see your fair wife struggling with pov
erty, your child) en shabby and wnr.t
stricken, and yourself a miserable hsn-
geivon round corner groceries ai.d ono.
horso gambling saloons. You think
that is impossible ; do you remember
what ll.l7.ael said to the seef of old :
'Is thy servant a dog that ho should do
this thing?'
Wait, merchant, before yon toll the
pale-laced boy from the country 'that
you can do nothing for him.' You can
do something for him ; you eun give him
a word of encouragement, a word of ad
vice. There was n tnno once, when you
were young, and poor, snd fi iendless 1
Have you forgotten it already V
Wait, blue-eyed lassie ; wuil a while
before you say 'yen' to the da.dii'.ig
young fellow who say ho can't live
without you. Wait tii'til '"u nsv as
cel tamed 'Inr suro a in I t'-r i r.;n' s.
the children s.iy. i'-v '' , - ' " " '
the winebo lie, a,.-! : '..- , ...! , ,!.! ..
not to be you- iv v-il-i i i-is heart: n lu
tle delay .vou'i hurt him, wlj.Mt.ver he
may niv -j'l.-ti -eo it it will !
And wai', my friend in the brown
moustache ; uon't commit, yourself to
Laura .Matilda, until you are sura that
she will be kind to your old mother; and
gentle with your little sisters, and a truc
loving Ttile to you, instead of a mero
puppet who lives en the breath of fashion
and excitement, and regards tho sunny
Bide of LVoadway as second only to
Klysium I As a general thing, people
are in loo great a hurry in th'u world ;
we say, wail, wait!
A Qvkv.h W.uiiit:. Tho English aro
famous betters. A French paper (tho
French aro always poking fun at .John
Hull,) gives thu following singular bet at
Brighton, between Sir John and
Lord U!i . Tho first, who is a very
small man, bet tho other, who is a ton
of a mun, that ho could carry him twice
around the hippodrome. A large nunii
ber of Indies and gentlemen attended to
witness the proceeding.
Whou tho giant and pigmy met, tho
latlor said :
iNow, my Lord, 1 am ready. Tako
off your clothes.'
'What I Strip myself? You don't
mean ill' 'I bet to carry yon, but not a
particle of your clothed. Come, let's
proceed. It won't do to disappoint
theso ladies and gentlemen,'
But my lord was inflexible. Ho blush,
od at tho bao thought of showing him
self in tho thin costume- of Venus emt.'rg
ing fi'otn the waves. So the referee de
cided thai Sir John had won tho bet.
Somh years ago the following insorip
lion, engraved on a lragment of stone,
was discovered .among tho relics of an
antiquarian, and its translation was
unknown to nil, Some supposed it to
refer to the ldnperor Claudian, till a
lad ono day spelt it out ;
HUNK,
A. T. 11. T, If 1. 8. 8. T.
0NI5 it!'.. l'OS. KT
II, CI.AIj'H. CCSTKH TBIP
IC. RKI.t.KK 0
V. IJU"
IN. OT. 0NA8 DO
Til. Ill
8. C.
ON. SOU
T. J. A. tl. K,
Translation ot the above, 'Beneath
this Htono Hejiosuth Claud CoHter,
Tnpo Seller of Impington, as doth his
consort Jane.'
Tiimtr, is considerable good sound
sensa in the following t 'A woman is
either worth nothing or a great deal
It gooil for nothing, sho is not worth
goliing jealous for s it sho bo a truo
woman, sho will givo no cause for jeal
ously. A man is a brute 10 be jealous of
a worthies oi:e, but a double fool to
out his throat fur either id them.'
A iiiual couple were spliced a week
or two ni(o iu a dry goods store in
Springfield, 111 , permission to uso the
premises for the purp so having been
accorded them by thu proprietor, on
the principle that 'weddings aro certain,
sooner or later, to produce a briskness
iu the dry goods business."
PA.. WEDNESDAY.
From the Wayncsbura Messenger July 10th
132,-,.
THE PURITY OF GOVERNMENT.
Mr. Enrroit. The- writer of this has
observed, lor tho list twenty years a
apirit of degeneracy1, not only in this
county, but in ablest every section of
our Union in tho to 'liners ot the people
i in tho exercise of ne ot their dearest
i rights', the elective f itnchisc.
As this right is cf primary iinpor
! lance, not only to tin, but to tee whole
! civilized world its c!,ar.ieler ought to be
' ha'uled lo posterity pure and unsullied,
j and all exam pits t'-at go to impair its
i genuine intention ought to meet the
j reprobation of llioo who c. insider them
; selves either good of wiio.
! Our government.!:! its structure, is a
: representative denxoraov, in which th"
! people have a I'iejtto elect, by their
eiillr.ige', who ti.ef p'osK-j to represent
thrm, and in most tases the will of the
majority is conclus:-'.'. a.i to their choice.
An; nb.ne the oloie, tt this in pot
taut privilege i ug! tto meet at. once, ilie
execration of every j individual in soeie
ty,Ly minting frm )i heir coidiilenee and
councils those, .vholiy any other i:uans,
than liio.-'u known a the miknowlndgud
jirineiples ot our .fivevinneul. and laws,
warrant.
It is with no inC'nsidirablo degree of
pam and iliame,ilv(t wo have to confess,
that the purity ot o.jr e'e.'tions have been
sullied and their vjrluous iuleiitionn, iu
some degrea eriui'd, not in 'the first
place by tho imuufliato lmpuliio of the
people, but by lluj aUetnpts of those,
who hud tho gor-jnes to come helore
them as their hunile aei vii!its, willing
lo servo them, bin,', we'll knowing their
want of capacity t ; be useful, have had
recourse to a kind o! management which
if closely examirsl, mul mix with it
nhame and re;;.r.;t 'p nil parties eoneoi n-
lu
ho fie il p!::r.:ve are now common.
I lh:o. old j- to bo suceisslnl us a
i o i; ,i,!-.' ol!i :i iu the ijitl. ol
pur. base their vuln.
b ;?s, lavi-r,;', and
'it
li tal tile c ui.il ;1 h ai
oi j :;et their votes, :.
VU ca::
so pi-
iir'eod,
been til
vrufui
ot ;k!
lit na.s llii. o '!;!
best o-ih-rs in hi
c
ii-ly have bent tcui,
Well, baa it o. T.i
o 10 this, '.hut, virtue,
talents and intorr
kuon must be neo-act-
Cvl, and tiio per?
is who choose to sport
who the btfit i.i.
our country uro t
wiso. institutions I
be preferred? Must
to c;et an ofiie.o from
every man
the immediate h"jds of the people, buy
their votes by ei'tonraging a vice that
ha been more inijirioita to seeie'y, than
all the eviis origimti g from the schools
ol I'andemoniimi but together ?
The manners o!
all nations rejiidg
of their public insti
ed from the purii
tutions, and tlvlr happiness and tho
permanency cfttcir liberties have de
pended ou the rtuoii3 disposition of
their rulers, as v.f'l as their ability to
perform the funai tins to which they aro
called. What idist tho historian of
our times say of the consistency of our
councils and instijittons, when they be
hold a man offeraimself a candidate to
Borva the people, is their representative
or otherwise, as tiio case may be, riding
the district over tit the express purpose
of making nrriirgemonU to make tho
county drunk he & about to represent or
servo 1 j
Ono of thiso eyt.ioneering campaigns
will cost, iiiodorafly sneaking, in money
and low ol t,imc,r.t least one hundred
and fifty dollars, jenough surely, to dis
eourago a pntdiiit man from suffering
his name to bo oentioned iu that way.
But this is not tie worst aspect il bears
it must show I;'i9at degeneracy in tho
pooplo to elect tefli a man, who has not
sufficient mentiiiqualilieations to recom
mend him lo lh i notice must resort to
the fumes of iheinebriatincr; iuiltienees of
whi.-key to diw,ji tho enquiries ot setiso
and reason. I
That theso Ling have, in reality
been realized in Jour distriul, to the full
extent here deputed, is not contended.
Bui surely it. liust bo confcsi-ed that
they nre Iho s id of corruption, and
that nothing pjovent their ultimate
growth, but lh I'virtuous citizens. But
they, uiidoubiijl'y, aro somo of the
means which ijtriguors have used in
every ago of thcivorld tor their own ag
grandizement. When men nnw great Interest to gel
themselves elued or chosan to great
ptihiii) trusts, pecs or employments,
for which they iro totally unlit, there is
groat reason to ear the people aro care
loss of thoir o; best interests.
Abilities ar lertainly of great conse
quence in rt pOiho character. Vnttio,
integrity and hjiosty ought, to bo united
but if no one oi(i arrive at tho confidence
of his fellow citenns without stooping to
the most abjeecfelony, and in some (le
ereehirins thof voters, then high-mind-
ed and honoraio men will keep aloof
from tho cent.
Moro after aw hilo,
VUI.OAN.
Si.iooins sal' a noto lying on the
ground, but ki iw that it was counter
feit, and walk, ou without picking it
up. Ho told ! nithors tho story, when
tho latter said 'Do you know, Slig.
gins, you have committed a very gravo
offence?' 'W y, what have I dono?'
'You have ' jissod a counterfeit bill,
knowing it tope iuuh.'
APRIL 15; 18C7.
THE SONGS OF OLD.
Tho songs of old 1 How deep a spell
Lies In the old familiar words
Once sung by tboso we love so we'll,
I'.i other days, in happier years !
Visions of hope long passed nwny
Come o'er the heart so lone Jurl cold ;
And memory asks, "Oh ! where aro they
Who sweetly sung tlio eoiigj of old ?"
Where are they? Pome In sih'uco sleep
Beneath tlio mournful yew tree' gloom ;
Others within the boundless deep
have early found an ocean tomb.
Dim are the eyes that gently shone,
Tho onco warm heart lies still and cold,
And hushed for aye, forever gone
Tho voice that sung Iho songs of o'd.
Where aro they ? On some foreign strand
For many n weary day they roam ;
Cheerless they tread the stranger's hind,
From litendii al'ar.jiifar from homo.
Do they not, long-to join once more
The joyous dance, the s-H-ial throng,
And mingle, as iu days of yore,
Their voices iu the olden song ?
Fondly tlm heart still loves to linger
Amid the ruins of tho p st,
Tracing with fancy's airy linger
Yisiom loo baiutii'ul to hist ;
Briugim; to memory's eyo again
The long lnstiiionds, the cherished ones
Waking the past w ith somo sad strain,
Siime well-reimuubeicd olden song.
A LADY'S Aim('KTOYOUNU MEN
A lady who signs herself 'A Martyr
to Late Hours,' offers the following sen
sible suggestions to young men :
Dear gentlemen, between tho ages of
18 and I "i, listen to a few words of gratu
itous remarks When you make a so
cial call of .hi evening ou a young lady,
go away at a reasonable hour. S.iy you
come at eight o'clock, an hour and a half
is ivn.'uiily as long as the most fas'cinat
ing ot yoa in conversation can, or rather
ought to desire to use his charms. Two
hour. i, indeed, can be pleasantly ppert
wuh music, or other games, to loud va
rieiy ; but, kind siro, by no means stay
longer. Make shoitcr calls, and come
ol'teuer. A girl 'thai is, a sensible, truo
hearted girl will enjoy it better, and
really value your acquainlaiico more.
Just conceive the agony of a girl wli.0,
well knowing the feeling of father and
mother upon tho subject, hears tho
clock strike ten, and yet must sit on tho
edge of hur chair, in mortal terror lest
her papa-should put his oft repealed
threat into execution, that of inviting
the gentleman lo breakfast. And wo
girls understand it all by experience,
and know what it is to dread the prog
nostic, ot displeasttro. In su'eh eases a
sigii of relief generally accompanies tho
closing door behind tho gallant, and one
don't get over the fouling of trouble till
safe in tho arms ot Morpheus. Even
then the dream nre sometimes troubled
with some phantom of au ang''y father,
and distressed (for both parties) mother,
and a young man will make a longer
call than ho ought, to. Now young gen
tlemen friends, I'll tell you what we
girls will do.
For an hour and a half we will bo
most irresistibly charming and fascinat
ing. Thou beware ; monosyllable re
sponds will bo all you need expect ; nnd
if, when the limit:) shall have passed, tlio
startling query uhall bu heard coming
down stairs ; 'Isn't il tinio to close up V
you must consider it a righteous punish
nienl, and taking your hut, depart, a
sadder, and it is to be hoped, a wiser
man, Do not get angry, but ihu next
time you come, be careful to keep with
in just bounds. Wo want to rise early
these pleasant mornings and improve
the ehinuig hours, but when forced to bo
up nt, such tureasonable hours at night,
exhausted natiiro will speak, and as a
natural consequence, with the utmost
speed in dressing, wo can barely gel
down to break! i t iu time to escape a
ropi inland from papa, who don't believe
iu beaux, as though ho never was young,
and a mild, reproving glance from mam
ma, who understand a liltlo bolter
poor daughter's feelings, but must still
disapprove outwardly to keep up np
pearances. And now, young men, think
ubout these things, and don't for pity's
sake throw down your paper with a
'pshaw' but remember tho safe side of
10.
Success in Lifk. Keep tho laws of
duly over beforo you let it bo thu
nover failing pillar of light, Bo bravo
and on tho squaro with your conscience
to tho last. Your success in life may
not ho equal to your hopes or your do
Berts t il is not in man to insuroBUcecsj.
The best and wisest struggle i but we
may havo our consolation even then.
To gain tho world's appluuso, auJ.8u.itcb.
its fleeting spoils, is not man's solo nnd
proper biisinos hero. Immortality
smiles upon tho scei.o and beckons him
over onward in tho raco for thoso eter
nal honors which the world can neither
give nor tako away iho priz') which all
may strivo for.
Tiu:ni: aro many people in tho world
who make it a practice to sponge the
reading of newspapers without any ex
penso to themselves. This has olteti
been noticed and commented upon,
They aro not esniine-.l to any particular
locality, but are foutid wherever the
newspaper goes. An exehango from
Maine thinks there are more ot this class
there Hum elsewhere, while the X. II.
Gtz:Hc believes the Granite Slate is in
fested with them to even a greater de
gree It say: Wo have known, men
ot means to hang around a stcro where
tliu proprietor takes a paper for the mure
purpose ol rending the papur, and got
ting the news without Us costing them
anything. There-are scores of families
whose parental heads spend enough in
had rum and ti baeeo weekly tu pay for
a dozen newspaper, and still put-aba in
sponging what iiitlo information they
g'.'t ot what is going on in the world",
troin their neighbor. Any man who
can afford to indulge in rum, beer, cider,
or tobacco, can abundantly afford to
subscribe and pay for a newspaper tor
the benefit ot himself and family. Is
not that so ?
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Count Bismauck recently presented a
fa;thful bat poor secretary with a port
folio bound like a book, iu which were
deposited fivo thousand thaler. On
meeting his secretary tlio next day, the
count asked him if he had perused the
volume. 'Yes, your highness,' said the
secretary, 'and I urn bo captivated by its
contents thai I am waiting tlio appear
ance of the second volui.no with feeling
ot tho " greatest iiitoics'.' The count
smiled, but said nothing. A few days
afterward the secretary received a second
portfolio, bound and filled like tho fint,
and on tho litle-paga of which w.".3 the
Hcntoneo; 'This work is complete in two
volumes.'
Ba.nku! it comes from tho Italian
ha no ratio or broken bench. When a
Venetian failed it wa3 usual to break up
his bench or chair iu tho exchange to
signify that ho bad no longer a seal at
the board, whic'iiiado it good for cabi
net makers.
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE,
Irs Ilif roitv, Manaoemi'.st, Enn-oiis,
SrOCKHOMiKM AND ClUCCLATlOlf.
Somebody who ban evidently been be
hind tho sjunc-s, writes tho following
gossip about tho Tribune to thu Boston
CoiujrcraHoiiaHst :
Tho first number ot tho Tribune was
issued on tho 10th of April, 18-H, from
32 Ann street, Horace Greeley, editor;
Homy J. Kaymoud, first assistant Mr
Raymond bogau his journalistic career
at ten dollars a week At Iho outset the
Blah was made up of fiyo or six men,
now tho Tri'inM writers, homo r.tid
foreign, number nearly threo hundred.
It was started a a ono cent papor,
There were then twelve dailies, nnd but
ono hundred periodicals puhlishe I in
New York. At presont Iho whole intra'
bnr ot periodicals is about 2,i(). The
L'crttld, which had than been issued
about, six years, w ta a two cent papor.
Tho penny A',i, neutral in polities, had
an immeiiiio circulation. Mr. Greeley
had acquired considerable repuUtion fis
a political writer, through his Nr.iv
Xor'itr. No prudent journalist would
now undertake to found in New Yoik a
new morning daily with less than half a
million dollars. But only one thousand
dollars (borrowed by Greeley from a
friend,) was required for starting thu
Tribune. It began with five hundred
Imtjile subscribers, nnd tho first morn
ing printed fivo thousand copies. At
end of tho week tho expenses amounted
to Su-'fl, which was thought alarming
and extravagant. During tho pasl sum
mer, iu a single day, tho Tribune's tele
graph hills (only oro ot many expendi
tures) having run up to 1,500,
At Iho cud ol linen month Thomas
McElralh took cha'-gu of iho business
department ; und for several yearn it
continiiod to bo puhlisheilby Gr eloy nnd
MeEliMth, In 183(5 it was changed to a
joint stock concern ot ono hundred
shares, with a par valuo ct $1,000 each.
Those sharos now sell at from $G,0()0 to
$5,f)00. In 1805 (tho niost Inurative
year in newspaper history,) Iho Tribune
divided $105,000 among its stockhol
ders, besides setting nsido n considerable
amount of its earnings for the purchnso
of material, and Iho payment of an old
mortgage
NO. 44.
mill nummimjvmiwmmjm.irm w;M!mmm
The editorial department expanded to
greatly that Greeley was unable to at
tend to its details. Accordingly, when
it was changed to a stock concern,
Chatles A. Dana took ton shares, and
assumed tho managing editorship, a
position which ho htld tor fifteen years.
Under Dana tho Tribune had s shining
staff. Georgo Bipley, ono of tha best
book reviewers in the United States;
William II Fry, ono ot tho most brill,
iant jouviiali.su of the day; Hichard
llildroth.tho hi-torian;Charlo T. Uong
don. the humorist; Bayard Taylor, Jas.
!S. ril:o, (now abroad in our diplomatic
Mcrviee ) Samuel Wilkinson, a writer of
great strenijlh and pfctiiresquoness;
.Margaret Fuller, Mr. Julia Ward
Howe, Sidney Howard G;,y, aud many
other able authors and correspondents.
Its atitichcs have contributed largely
to permanent literature; over two huu
dred Volumes h ivo b en published from
their pens Greeley's 'American Con
il et' is reaching a sale two hunlred
thousand copies, and will bring Us author
fitly thousand dollars. Dana and Rip
ley's 'New American Cyclopedia,' pub-h.-dud
by th-.i Appletons, l also a great
huce.-.-s. B.iyarJ Taylor lias received
from his dov.eu volumes and for lectur
ing, something over ninety thousand
do'.lats, Tho sale of Biehardson's 'Field,
D.iugi'on and Escape,' has noarly reach-o-l
one hundred thousand copies.
D iua, who lull thu managing editor
vt in was succeeded by Sidney
Ilo.vard Gay, ono of the most necom
plished editorial writers iu tlio country.
He held tlio position until last My,
when h's health broke under the heavy
burden. I lis successor is John Russell
Young, bom in Pennsylvania and edu
cated in New Orleans. For several years
1 o edited Forney's Press, and before
taking the Tribune helm was ouo ot its
editorial wrilr. His t?ty!e is strong,
rumple nnd picturesque; his reviews ot of
Buchanan' history of his own adminis
tration, and Greeley's 'American Con
flict,' aro noticeable specimens of nows
paporial composition. Young is only
ts only six yearn old, and promises to
beconio one of the moet successful wri
ting and managing journalists in the
country.
George Ripley still eonducts the liter
ary department, Clarence Cook is tho art
editor, and William Winter has chargo
ot tho dramatic Some ot tho Ttibune's
best work has been dono by women,
Mrs. L. G. Ci.lhoun, nomiually fashion
editress, but attached to the goncral
staff, writes'upon all subject as required.
Her articles upon cookery and other
topics, havo excited great attention.
Mi-s Kato Field' recent criticisms upon
Ristori, wore widely copied and noticed
throughout tho country. For several
year the Boston 1'mnscripi was edited
by a lady; and now tho Springfield lh"
mhliatn, Chicago Republican, and some
ot her leading journals have ladies upon
their editorial stail's. It is becoming
moro and moro nppuront that in some
departments of thu greatest and most ex
acting profession of our times, women
Cicel men,
Greeley was born in Amhorst, Hills
borough county, New Hampshire, and is
now filiy-tivo years old. He is a moin
herof'Dr. E. H. Clmptn's (Universalit-t)
church, where he may boston ragulnrly
sleeping almost any Sunday in the year.
Probably bo i not always slumbering
a soundly as ho seems. On ono occa
sion after nodding all through a sermon
by the famous Chaiininn-, bo went im
mediately to hi otlieoand wrote out an
abstract of it nearly n column in length,
which proved r.n exceedingly graphic,
spirited nnd faithful i'-port.
His family rjsiilcs upon his farm, thirty
miles above New York, on tho Harlem rail
road. 1 lis wile lias been an invi.lld for sever
al years. They have had seven children, only
two cf whom nre now Hvlnn. Greeley spends
every Falurdr.y upon bis farm, entering Into
nil Iu details, woikin;; zealously sit chopping
wood, digging potatoes, and other manual la
!)or. Like most amateur farmers, ho lluds It
an expensive luxury ; mid, doubtless, till his
lariii pioilucta costs him four or live times the
amount he would have to pay for them In New
Yn:'.-. market. But hi little estate i pletiires
iiie and beautiful, and it enables liim lo prao
lii c nil his Im-ming theories, lie declares Hint
wiuft nil Hie money he ever -.pent In anything
else, disappears whhont leaving any aperture,
he can .see the liolu A herc every dollar invest
ed in his liirm went through !
iHiriug the week he i-pemls his days at a
room in Eiuhlh direct, where he was compel
1( d, while willing his history, to shut himself
up to avoid liitrrruplion. " Enuring usually
linihi him in tlm 7W.'m(icilit'irliri room, writing
for th next day's paper, or lnlki.ig lo visitors
who uwarm upon l.lui by fifties and by hun
dreds. I lo is' probably the hardest working Journal
ist In Hm world, J)iu ing the last two years, In
addition to labor ou thu history which would
have employed nn ordinary author llvo or six
yeais-'vheu at liomu he has averaged inoro
than a column of editorial for each Issue of tho
liiti; 'I'nh.mr, besides wrltiiiglifjeea or twenty
private Iclloiu 'tally; disponing of visitors Willi
whom he holds a nightly levee, delivering lec
tures and political speeches by tho score, and
sometimes eontrilmiins to other newspapers
and miign.ini'S.
Owning only ten shares In Iho slock of tlio
yVtVwii',Urro!oy controls lis editorial course as
fully as when hu was solo proprietor. Every
year the association goes throunh the form of
re-electing him editor by n unanimous voto f
In privalo life, Greeloy Is liberal and open
hiuulcd, giving freely lo all who claim to be
needy, ilischarllles nre not always diserlml
natlng, but the nllls of those who Invariably
givewisely uro seldom largo. Ho has nnsMed
hundreds of young mon, and old iron, In pe
cuniary misfortune. He preserves as relies,
noU'S amounting to nearly llfty tliousnnd dol
lar, chiefly from persons whom ha nuslsted out
of fileiulllucBs alono notes which, lu the sg-