Indiana American, Volume 9, Number 30, Brookville, Franklin County, 12 August 1870 — Page 1

PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY BY C. U. BINGU4M, Proprietor.

Office in the National Back Building, (Third Story T2R3IS OF SUBSCRIPTION: $2.50 PEU YEAK, in advakcb. $3.00 " " IF NOT PAID IN ADVANCE. JJo postage on papers delivered within this County. INDIANA POLITICS. Speech of Lieutenant Governor Cumbaek at -Indianapolis, Wednesday Evening, July 27. The following is the speech delivered by Lieutenant Governor Cumback at the llepublican Mass Meeting in Indianapolis, Wednesday evening, J uly 27th. llr.Uum-

back's speech was only preliminary to the destruction had not a Kepub ican Conspeech of Senator Morton, but it contains ; gress passed such laws as to hioder his

such a thorough vindication of tUe past i policy of the Republican parly and such a conclusive arraignment of the Democratic party, that we publish it in fuH : Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow Citizens: I came here to-night for the same purpose that bas brought together tills large and intelligent audience; to hear the speeches of our eminent Senators and our able and distinguished Representative. Although invited and placed on the bills as one of the speakers of the evening. 1 had uo intention as there seemed to be no necessity of occupying that position tonight. I have uo intention now of making any extended remarks. L witt take this occasion to say that 1 am a firm, earnest and sincere believer in the Uepubliean party, 1 fooud it true to the country iu time of war aud no less steadfast in the defense of right in time of. peace. Every man, wutuau and child belonging to our party lias ever been true to the country. It has never furnished a single recruit for the rebel army 111 the South, or to the uo leas traitorous Sons of Lioerty iu the North. It had the courage toattack and destroy the institution of slavery, an institution that had corrupted and controlled every branch of tne Government under Djaaocratit; rule; and when it could rule uo longer it lifted us wicked haul to strike at the life of the nation. Hi is glorious party that you and I claim as ours, when the enemies of the country were in trout and iocs in ths rear, and alt was dark ness and gloom on every baud, never despaired ot the Republic, bat prayed and fjuht and tupea ou mid defeat and ussier until it had freed every slave kuil con. (tiered every rs'oel. 1 am, therefore, proud that L am here to night to ray to you that in my opinion uo na Hon cau furnish a political party wliicu has so proud a history as ours, aud iu all c.uiMug time the organization of the Rej'uli.ioiMi party will Do hailed, not only by li e people of i iie iiation,bo.t ail the nations et the earth, us the brightest feature in the world's history. . i The iuui blut of slavery destroyed the ' in 'Hi puer of this nation auioug ttie ua ! tiuns of the i. rid. Our ciaitn that our country was the

land ..f il.c lite and the home lor the op-jsothat l ing bef.tre the nation was turned in -od excited scoru and dcii-ioa whue : oVer t0 ui ve had becoma two people hawe uj.iieii a despotism in our midst that ,ig e.,cu other and tilled with bitterness. I,.r cruelty and opj.ressio j was without j y,Vu the overthrow of Democracy, and a parallel, except iu the darker ages of! the desfuetion ol'slavery .ail these feelings the world and amjug the ba rbaro n na- I r SP,,t ;,. , I h ,rr r,i tp.i1.vosv are ranidlv

ti. .in of the earth. O.irpmy wiped out the foul blot. We cUiui tint glorious s.-hievcuiciit as ours and ttiere is none wno cure dispute our claim. The Democrats flood by the luouster evil until the last. Kveu when for years it had caused the best blood of the uatioti to flow in defeuseof our national existence, after lilial divided the ' nation and set up another Government in our uiuist, yet still the Democrats clung to it, and resisted the attempt to amend the Constitution to prohibit slavery in the ci'pntiy. We kille.i it. The Republicans liJ ii, and wnen it- was known that it was (lone the whole world rejoiced oppressed and oppressor in alt parts of tiia earth shouted glory; aud nobody wept arou:id the -rave ot the departed sinner, except the kaucrs ui the Democratic party. Tiiey t t hc Rachel mourning t jc tier chililitn, because they were not. V hat a glorious woik was Jon5 when the great obstacle iu the Way of peaceful gMVcruiuent, the enemy ol tree speech, fiee M.luuis, a tree gospel, the corruptor of the public morals, was dnvea fro.u the earth. 'i'iilk abo"it your reform parties and reformers. Here was a reformation wrought uui Ly the Republicau party that has uo parallel in the world's history, and here was a blessmg conferred on thij nation that is bevood the pover of tha tongue to ted. A party that has courage enough to 'nc irom ineeann eucn a monster, a; lft that will take the chains from the ! nislaved. and theu declare them to be eit ! izeus ot this free Government, and then j Uiiike that citizenship secure to them for j a" time place iu tneir hands the ballot, j hat party must have within itself a high ! eust: of justice aud moral honesty, aud not and will uot pursue a policy not " accord with the best iutcrests of the Di'f'le. At all events I am content with it as reformatory agency iu politics. It is the kest we can have, and if wrongs creep into the party let us cast them out.aud right theoa inside of the organization. We can ritvtr right ihetu by joining hands with ie tueaiy of all reforms. 1 have twu iaithtul to the organization 10 tunes pust, aud L propose to be ao in the tnue to come. 1 had the honor tn nsl llio first l?pnnK a electoral vote that m v native State t 1" U Y P Mtltl I ra .n r.l mo .Ka . r. t .i f ' I 1 - -ij . .1- -3 -.nw givii!..). j 1 - - k.uu.v. IS 1. 1. LI LUULC.IGU VU Ol ur iliJit in, ur, n r., ...... 4 .... 1U i-hl), bein the first ou the electoral i kct Hi V name Was first Culled wheu the ! u.iai college met, and 1 gave that vote I s0r Abrhi.ui .Lincoln, as the people of the --.v u.u instructed me to do by tueir V,!.., 1 . J It "fuiatiou, aud under his administration luiS iirvaf irorL- I k.. ... e have hai coutrol "of this Governut a lutle more thau ume ycars.and the : tU'.M oi ,1... .: , , a . ' oi mat tame it has been a conflict the enom.es of free government. j aring all the first four jeara we had a ' ."oi nuae ti nas oeeu a conmci

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most gigantic war with the rebels; and du ring the second four years we had a con flict with a corrupt and treacherous Exec utive, who undertook to rule the country and assume perogatives unknown to and unwarranted by the Constitution. He tried to thwart the will of the people by vetoing the laws passed by their representatives. He turned honest men out of of flee and put thieves in their places, and WOllIfl huvp fairriA1 tho vKnlo f)nn utrn t.i base ambition There was no peace under his adminis tration. He was endeavoring to fan to a flame the dying embers of an unsuccessful rebellion. His treacrfery incited riots and bloodshed at the South, rendering per son and property alike insecure, and the financial policy of his administration was constantly changing, made a frequent and rapid fluctuation of values in the North, paralyizing trade and industry, and prostrating business of all kinds. The revenues were collected and were wasted an i stolen, and the public mind was filled with unrest and foreboding. Under these circumstances the Republican party nominated Geo. Grant for the Presidency, and the people indorsed the nomination at the election. He demanded peace and it came. His very martial presence was enough to compel it. More than t million of brave men whom he had commanded, and most of whom voted him for President, stood ready at a moments warning to aid him to punish the peace breakers, and they are ready today to do the same thins. Now we have peace, perfect peace, and what is the result ? In the South both person and property are becoming more secure. Under the impetus of free labor they have better and more abundan t crops, and the country that war bad made a desolation and a wilderness is now giving evidence of thrift and prosperity that has no parallel id any former period of her history. With the blessings of peade will come to the South a constant aud increasing influx ol Northern immigration and capital, and mighty enterprises wrought out by the joint labor, skill and capital of the Sodih and North, will bind the two together with the bands of lomuion interest; aud as slavery is wiped o'ut, and the malignant spirits who led in the rebellion repetriing of their sins, wo may than well sing with the poet; 'A union f lake'- Km union of land. A union of Status none shall sever; A union of heai-id ami a union hand, And ihe flag of our Unten t'orevpf" All this is the result of the organization ami i?erp-'uity of the Republican parBefore 1SGO, for years the Democrats had control, yet under their dispensation ol affiirs sectional hate constantly increased . . v j j i j passi ng a w V . The policy of the Democracy w;r's to nationalize slavery or dismember the Union. As both these purposes were at war with the best interests of humanity, they were not per'uitted to do either;- aud ! floj loiut i inliriumtr of lh pdilnlrv u i ir i rw t I,, ,i ,.vi ,, , . . . rroor. Mini rlipv iirj .imt fiVflr will lrt in A hopeless minority lor the great wrongs they have inuictol ou the country. lor their adberauce to tlivery they ought ts be kept out of power i'of half a century at least. The Republican party intend- tosee thai the l ist dollar is paid, and if they retain the potter it will be paid at no distaut day. The State of Indiana, when we took charge of it, had, of course, uuder Democratic management, a debt of several millions. We have paid that debt. We have a currency that is sound and satisfactory good alike all over the country. You do not have to bo shaved by the brokers as we did iu tli3 old Democratic times. In fact, the whole race of money shivers have disapeared with the swindling Democratic banking system. You do not fail to remember what splendid financiers these Democrats have been iu our State. You remember the free bank system, when they tloodel the country with their bills, gathering g ild dollars for their dollar bills of the people, and when the people called i on them to redeem they paid them back from so cents to OU cents in many of these bauks. Ruin aud bankruptcy was the result. You may go to any Democratic county in the State where they nave the manage, mcnl of a'Jatrs, and you will find the expenses greater and the taxes higher than in the Republican counties'. Yet in these Democratic counties I do not hear that they propose to dismember their patty and orgauize a Reform party. That policy is for Republican counties alone, that by that sort of hue and cry they may slip some hungry Democrat into au office. If there was any sincerity in the cry of reform they would bagin it where it was most needed, and where they had the control. 1 would reccomoieud to them this scripture: "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye butcousiderest not the beam thatis thine owo eye? Or how wilt thou s.-iv to thv brother: Lst ..... .11 . . I. . . . - .. . . . C ....... IH pUll UUl IUO IUIIIC VUfc Ktk IUIIIO CJC, and behold a beam is in thine own eve." "Thou h vnncrittv first rt nutthfl beam out of thine own eye, theu shall thou see clearly to cast the beam out of thy brother's eye. AU these pretended reform movements by the Democrats are mere delusion and fraud. Stand by the Republican party, country will bo promoted. If we make a . .J f i . . mistake as a party, lei us uoi snui our eyes mistake as a party, to it and blindly the Democrats do, swear that it is right, as bat let as acknowledge

our error and go back to the right; We may have made mistakes, and who does not? But whether we have or not, we have saved the country from dismemberment; we have destroyed the only enemy to the nation's peace and perpetuity; and we have, as we ought to have, the confidence of the people. I feel very much like the German I met in Southern Indiana in the campaign of 18Q3. He said to me that he used to be a Democrat, and that his wife was a Democrat yet, and that when he started to the Republican meeting his wife said to him: 'John, you promised me that when slavery was abolished you would couie back and go mit me niit the Democratic party." "What you tiuks I said to her? I said, Betsy; I know I tid, but I tell you dem Republican fellers have done so well I dinka now I shall stay mit dem all the time'.' I said that there is nothing in the present position of the Democracy to challenge the confidence of the people. There is an improvement in the platform iu this, that there is not so much of it. What is left of it, however, is the same sort of declarations that have characterized that party for many years. We miss some old familiar resolves that used to stand out plump and full, and give the platform a finished appearance. One was the declaration that the fugitive slave law was to be enforced, and another was that there was to be no further agitation of the slavery question. Without these the platform, like the party itself, has a lean and hungry look. But they can not be used any lontrer; there are no slaves to be fugitives, and there is no slavery question to agitate. The last agitation, gotten up by the Democracy themselves, was too much for it, aud it died in the operation. They used to resolve in favor of the right of the States, as defined in the celebrated Kentucky resolutions of 179S. The sort of States rights these taught was the right of the State to nullify and set aside any law of (Jougress that the State concluded to hold unconstitutional. This extraordinary doctrine was brought iuto existence iu the interest of slavery, and its baleful and poisonous doctrines prepared the public miud for the fatal tstep of secession. But that doctriue is dead; it died with slavery, and in one common tomb they are buried. Yec we find in the resolutions of the last convention of the Democracy of this State a lingering fondness for

this exploded heresy. They denounce the reconstruction measures as an invasion of State Rights, and have much to say about the rights and dignity of the several States. The only excuse for the use of the dead language of the defunct slave oligarchy is simply to' gratify a long and well established habit. The Republican party have been sound on this question from the first, aud they hold the same views yet. Their orgatiizi tioo was the resurrection and the life of the old doctrine of the framers of the Government that the bond of union for the States Was th' Constitution, aud that that immortal instrument is what it claims to be, the supreme law of the land, and that all State Constitutions, or State taws, or the deciaiirns of State Courts", ot in accordance with the provisions of the same, are null and void. To maintain this doctrine the country was driven, by the secession of the Southern States, to draw the sword, and the question is niw settled forever, in accordance with the doctrine of the Constitution itself, and the construction1 of the same by the Republican party. It rs uby opinion that we have heard of this thing for the last time, and it will disappear from succeeding Democratic platforms that it will be laid aside with the ' Fugitive Slav law" and slavery agitation resolves. The next pcint they make in tbeir platform is to tell us what tiod of a tarifi tbey are in favor cf: I have no couSJence in tfielr ability to' thiow any light on this tariff question, for for the reason that I am sure they are not agreed on the question. They do not understand themselves, ct know what they do want. If I am net misinformed, Juring the sess.Oo of the Congress that has" just adjoured a Republican iu the House offered a resolution instructing the committee having the subject iu charge to bring in a tariff bill in accordance with the resolution of the last National Democratic Convention. Ihe resolution of the member was copied from that platform, word for word, but as he did not say where he obtained bis ideas, but wickedly, srvd with malice aforethought, concealed the fact that he was seeking to put in operation the great principles of the party, the Democrats- off the House did not make the discovery did not know their own faith when ihey heard and saw it, and all vtt I ajxiiist the resolution. After that sort of an exhibition of stupidity, it would seem best for them to be a little modest on the subject. They talk about the working nian nnd the farmer being taxed and oppressed by our tariff system: that we are working constantly in the interest of the manufacturer anil against the farmer that is, making the rich richer and the poor poorer. If that were trufe it would be a serious charge. But it ia a silly falsehood. Does not 'every body know that cotton goods are cneapcr now man mey uave ucen lor many years? Cheaper, perhaps, than they have ever been before. The farmer knows that he is able to command double the price for his hos, his beef, his corn, tvis oats; and his farm products generally; that he can buy twice the quantity of the cecessaries of lifts with the proceeds of bis farm that he could under any Democratic tariff that has ever been'in operation. There are many other and serious objections to this last edition of Democratic principles that they call their platform that I have neither time nor inclination to consider. The great difficulty with that party is, it can never gain the confidence of the people so loag as it is animated by its

present spirit. The people will never forgive that party until it brings forth fruits meet fbr repentance. In all its State and Natioual Conventions it has never yet declared that secession was worng, or has it even denounced rebellion and traitors. It is breathing the same spirit of hostility to the measures adopted by Congress for the restoration of the rebellious States to their places in the Union. It threatens to tear up and unsettle all that has been done, if it can have the power to do so. It cac never gain the confidence of the people in that way. The people will not trust them. If they really desire to regiin the affections of the people, they ought to meet in convention with sackclotb on their backs and ashes on their heads, and adopt for a platform the prayer of the poor publican, "Lord, be merciful to me, a sinner." If, then, by their subsequent good conduct, they could convince the country of their sincerity, tbey might stand some chance of restoration to public favor. They have a persistent way of getting on the wrong side of every question. Tbey were on the wrong side of the slavery question, as they all concede now, they were on the wrong side during the war, and persist in it yet, but prefer that bygones should be bygones; they were on the wrong side when the greenbacks were issued, denouncing tbeir issue in the most bitter terms; now since greenbacks have become popular, they have fallen in love with them, and they want so many of them issued that none of them would be worth anything if tbey could have their way of doing things. If the Catholic Church demand, as they are threatening to do, that tbey t-hall have a portion of the school money for their own sectarian aims and ends, you will find the Democratic party sustaining the demand. Indeed, in the city of .New York, where the Democrats have the absolute rule in tbeir own hands, they have placed the most part of the school fund of that city in the hands of the Catholics, for their sectariau uses. The Republican party will present a uuited front in defense of our school fund arid school System, and opposition to this attempt to destroy both. The Democrats will be fouud oo the wrong side of that question all over the country, as they are on the wrong side Of it now in the city vf Mew York. They are on the wrong side of the' great question now disturbing the peace of ilu

i rope. i If the New York World ihe Cincinnati j Knquirer and the Chicago Times are exponents of the position of the Democratic I party, then the sympathy of that parly is with napoleon in. his attempt to trample on the liberties of Europe us be has on the liberties of France. The Republican party, without any exception that I am aware of, is in sympathy with the l'ru.-sians, and is, in this regard, in accord in sentiment with the liberty-loving people in all parts of the civilized world. ! rApplause.J Its hatred to despotism, and ! its earnest and sincere devotion to the j cause of universal freedom, arrays the Re publican party against the arrogant demands of the French despot. It is natural that it should be so. The' party was called into existence, to crush slavery, and invest the down-trodden and the oppressed with the proteetioft and dignity ot citizeuship. Well has it fulfilled its mission iu our own land, aud its moral power will strengthen the hopes of the op- ! pressed aud pal?y the arm of the oppressor jin all portions of the world. I But I am taking more time than I intended. In conclusion, let me s?y that our campaign opens in this hotly contested I State under most favorable eiispices. Two j yeirs ago we promised you that the eleci tfon of Grant would briug peace to the naj tion, and it has do'iie so. We promised that tie revenues should be j collected and faithfully disbursed. That has I beu do?te; and the reduction of the nai tional debt at the rate of one qaarter niilI lion per day is the best evidence of the bonJ esry and fidelity of the administration. We promised a funding bill to reduce the interest on the public debt, and we have kept that promise. We promised a reduction of the' erpenses of the Government, and faithfully have we kept that promise too. The whole country North and South today is enjoying a degree of prosperity and manifests a spirit of progress aud energy that is without precedentjn the past. livery two years the people arc Warned by the hungry Democracy that ruiu and bankruptcy will surely come if they are not put in power. They are false piophets. They will raise tSe same old cry this year again; but when the votes arc counted in October, we will find the. number who have faith icr them is becoming smaller and smaller. Let us then forget all dissensions and beart-burnings in our ranks, if any there be. and with united front go forth to conquer again our old political fee. As for myself, I stand ready now as ever to perform my full share' of labor, and1 make any sacrifice in my power to promote the continued success of the Republican party. When is money damp? When it is1 due in the morning aud mist at night. What flower should supersede orange blossom in the case of a brute who sells' herself for money? Wary gold. "I will preach from dat portion of de scripture dis" evening," said a colored dominie, "where de 'Fostle Paul pints his 'pistle at de 'Phesian." Chinese think telegraph wires a-ra the railroad tracks of little demons, and, as they do not choose to facilitate the passage of such spirits, they tsar the lines down. A Cincinnati woman who had received from the relief union an unfashionable pair of boots for her daughter", promptly return - I ed them with tbe requestr Please give me a noer pair, ana iaa tops mga, iot my daughter wears her dfeaff short. s . l ? 1. a a .

Castle Building. Gold and criiPton sunset glories Crowned the hills so bare and brown; Poriile daekd of evening gathered Id tbe valleys, lower down. Frowning black upon the oplalnds . Sood tbe groves of whispering pines; Id the village street the shadows Fell in long and wavering lines. Gazing on tbe changeful beauty, Weaving dreams in idle mood. By. her mother' cottage window Blue-eyed, fair-haired Alice stood. To the Broiling little maiden, All tbe cloudy splendors there Shaped themselves to fairy castlesVery "castles in ths air." Royal purple were the turrets', And the cloud foundations white. While the gateways and arched windows' Sbone with rose and amber light. "And eh e peopled them with fanciesStern old knights and ladies' gayPuff! a play Tut wind, uprising, Blew the castles all away. Ah! my Alice, ensile builder, Grandly rise your fabrics proud; But ihe lightest breath can shake them, Based upon a sunset cloud. Build your castles, little Alice, Fair and Ktrong with Love and Truth, Bright with holy aspirations And tbe shining hopes of youth. People ibem with kindly actions, Gentle words and noble thought Victories over pride and i-assion, Iu ihe battles to be fought. Lovelier then than all the pictures Painted by the dying day, You shall build your soul a castle, Which no storms can sweep away. A Kiss at the Door. "We were standing in the doorway My little wife and I; Tbe golden sun upon her hair Fell down so sileoily; A small white hand upon my arm, What could I ask for more. Than the kindly gUnce of loving eyes, As she kissed me at tbe door? I know she loves with all her heart Tbe one who stands beside! And the year hitve been so joyoua Since first I called ber bridel We've had so much of happiness Since we met in years before; Bat the happiest time of all was When she kissed me at li?e door; "ho cares for wea'ib of land or gold? Of fame, or mmcblfss power? It does not give Ihe haapiness Of Just one Ifilfe hour Wi'h one who loves inn as her lifeShe ears she "loves me m'tre" Ami I thought she did ihia morning Wben she kissed me at the door. At limes it seems that all the world; Willi all its wealth of gold", Is very small tul poor indeed, Compared wiih what I bold! And when the clouds hang grim and dark, 1 only think ihe more Of "one" who waits my coming steps; To kiss me at the d jor. If she live till age shall scatter The frost upon her hea l, I know she'll love me j isl the same As the morning we were wed; But if the angels call h'-r, And she goes to Heaven before, I will know her when 1 meet her, For sWll kiss me at ihe door.

Hard to beai Carpets. What is that which by losing ad eye has nothing but a nose left ? A noise. Every man bis own anjje!,' is the way tbe new flying machine has be?n announced. A new Parisian dictionary deSnes chess as a human substitute for hard labor. No, I am not laty,' said a vagabond on a hot day? 'but, you see, I was born very tired.' An old Greenland seaman said he could really btlievc that crocodiles shed tears, for he bal often seea whales blubber. Since the death cf Noah Webster one thousand slang words ha ve become a part of the language cf America. A sad re' suit of his demise. Isn't it queer that a shoemalier,' who' I ever lasting, is contiriua'lly "pegging 6A't7" Three-year old, energetically, to' a fly oo the wall, "Soo fy, don't bozzer me." Mother: "Dear, deaY, rf here did you learn that?" Three year old (singing): "Dat what my muzzer said." My dear madam,' said a doctor to his patient, 'I am truly gratified to see you yet io life. At my last visit yesterday,- you know l.o1d yotf that you had but sir hours tH live. 'Yes, doitor, you did, bu.t I did not take the dose you left for me John Pboonix once hailed a German who was driving a baker's wagon on Xt ont-go-mery street, Sao' Francisco, with, 'Hullo! I'll take one'.' 'Vat you takes? said Teuton, pulling up. 'A bikeJ eagle,' 6aid Phoenix, pointing to 'Eagle Bakery painted on the wagon. The German drove on quickly, muttering imprecations'. "' i i Ths drisa. circle Crirrdin'e. Smoking-carriages Kogi n es. Watts on the mind?' Too often' noth1-' DS- ' A Spanish proverb saysy '0ue I did is worth two' t wish I had.' For a Wedding Song Lwve krrot. iow" fo' make a fire hot I5eep' it coaled, The best Cure for Vanity Be photographed. Who cap be blamed for not wanting tc hold babies.wheo they read that at Prescot Massachusetts,-on Tuesday night, J. Smith, while holding a baby, fair Jd frota bin chair?

Mr. Greeley and His Visitor.

We were alwaya a little skeptical on the j subiect of Mr. Greeley s profanity. At any rate as he never swore at us; but the following from the Philadelphia Telegraph is so sfcafp on bores that wo print it: Mr. Greeley, like other distingnisneu men, is bored with visitors, of whom it is not alwaya easy to get rid. Among them, one day, was a man an old subscriber, probably, for it is generally an old subscriber, like an old friend, who takes the liberty to say disagreeable things who had some grudge against Horace on accodnt of something that had fee en said in he Tribune. So without standing quietly within or entirety without the sanctum, but remaining perched upon the threshold, commenced a tirade of some twen ty minutes' length', to which Mf. Greeley, writing spider webs on the foolscap before hiin vouched no reply. You've been carrying on tbis game a' long time, said the subscriber at length in' desperation; 'hat I have found you out. 'I'd rather you'd found roe out than found me iu,' answered tbe calligraphic sage. ... 'I've been talking to you all this while just to tell you what I think of you,' pursued tbe angry visitor. You've been a devilish long time doing itsaid Greeley; 'And I've come to say you'r no gentleman,' answered the subscriber, sate now that he had bit the mark. 'Who the said I was? remarked Greeley, going on with his Writing. The subscriber bolted and was never en in that office again, and Greeley finished the article as quietly as though nothiug had happened. Will You Take a Sheep? An old farmer, about the time that the temperance reform was beginning to exert a healthful influence in the country, said to his hired man: . . . . - 'Jonathan,. I did not think to mention to vouwheri I hired you that I think of trying to do work (his year without rum. How much more must I ive you to in duce yod to d.o without it Oh. I don't cafe ruu'ch' about it? said Jonathan, 'Jfou may give me what yo2 please.' TTell, I will giva yotl a sheep in the fall, if you will do without it.' Agreed" said Jonathan. The oldest son then said: 'Father, will you give me a sheep, too, if I will do without rum? 'Yes, Marshal, you shall have a sheep if jou do without it.' The youngest sorf, a stripling; then said; 'Father, will you give me a sheep if I will do without it?' 'Yes, Chandler, you shall have a sheep, also, if you will do without rum.' Presently Chandler spoke again: 'Father, hadn't you better take a sheep too?' . Some ingenious biped has a machine to make a man rise early in the morning. A young Beodict says a six months-old beby can beat it to death. She who can compose a cro-s baby 13 greater than she who composes books. It is loanly here, as the centimentai -pawnbroker's daughter said of her- fsr&ers ' bhop. A sign in Grand liaven. Mien'.', ii fol"; lows: 'Sterne Bote Offis Kaext Bildiug. j A sharp young fellow" says, "if time is money he is willieg to exchange a little of hia for cash. Entertaining DoubtsSYe vc'fy far fronf belrr liub'bi'sb! Doubti entertaining tbey are eXtret&cly annoying i At a spiritual circle thu other evening a gentleman requested the m'edi'u'm to a.-k ?Vh3t a'ruuseruen t was most popular in the spiritual world. The reply was "Heading our own obituary notices." A Niagara Falls man advertises: "All persons wanting my wife to do washing or sewing from this date, are prohibited from bringing or sending anything to be washed or made without my consent." Mi-tress ('severel v. 'Yori sfs'v. .Yai:V. that you went to' tro lecture last night with j1 your eeiretn. fray what was the lettafi about 1 ' J.ie (inspired): Ple'ase Si,' it was .Vout tbe-about the Progress of I'ilSrr's Pnrln nm' . -. , A bright eyed four-year old gc'f ?i tie prayer mixed -up the other .night. . Imagine tho astcrc'lshment of his mother to hear her darling continence thuVr 'Jfotf I lay me down to sleep, ehoo fly! don"t boJdei vac. Mamma,' sstd a little fellow whose mother bad forbidden bits to draw horses aAd ships on the mahogany sideVoard with a sharp nail, 'Mamma, this', ain't a nicp house. At Sammy Kackett's we can eurr the sofa', and pull out the hair, and ride' the shovel and tongs" over the carpet but here We' can't hare any fun at all.' Ths ?ew York illustrated papers are to send special artists to' the Furffpeae battle ground. If they arrive there safely wc may cipect a great many drawn battle:. Sored one has discovered a strong resemblance between a baby and a sheaf of wheat, beoause it ii first cradled, then thrashed1, and finally becomes the fl'ower of tbe family. Lamertine says that iu the b'eauty of foTrft, or of moral character, or of the iiiateriat creation, it is that which' is mot visile! that is most beautiful. Valleys fr the rty-jtcrks of lUudiiaju;-,

TERMS OF AD V ERTISING.

TKAtfSIBNT. One at(aara, (J9 lines.) on iaserfio.;.... P One square, twS insertions. ...... ..'.'..'."....'..'.'.'.;. I &' One souare, three insertion..:...........;. ...... 2 All snbseqacxt insertions, fr iqiisie ...."...... 5 YEARLY. One eommu, changeable quarterly ..'.;-'.7$Y5 O'-l. Three-quarters t.f a column a 60 6 i One-half of.a. column 35 6a One-quarter of a column Sn oaf One-eighth of a column it 00 Transient advertisement huld in all case W . paid for in advance. Unless a particnlarfta is BFsfned when handled in, advertisements will be r.afcliied nntil ordered oat and ehftfjteS aoeardinelj. Ftfar Hundred Miles Up Stairs; ,'ilfeadiog about electricity, ligbtnirJgand the telegraph; the other day," kld Uncle Peter, 'reminded me of a curious story. I once heard when I was in England.' It seems there was a newspaper in the city Of Glasgow; in Scotland, which employed a London corresponuent. The corresponds made it his duty to gather the hewS every day und send it to Glsfcow every night by telegraph; lie uiude an arrangement with the operator ata certain office, by which news wss sent to Glasgow at a reduction by th Uue night he arrived zl the lowSr doof; i the foot of the stairs leading up into the telegraph office. The door was locked and he could not open it. f he telegraph ofiice was way up to tEd1 top ot ths building, in the sixth story; The operator had a bed there, to which he retired promptly felt three o clock, and it was now half past two. The operator up stairs yawned and looked at bis watch. 'Jiokius won't come' to-night,' said he; 'I may as well go to bed.' Aud there was poor Jiukins all ft time, pounding away on the do'oi at iLS foo't cf the long stairs, auable to gefc in. llillo, up thcicV he cried, looking at the window of the telegraph ofhec, that glowed with light, 'llillo, Jones! Somebody has locked the outside door, and I can't get in.' . 'What's the row?' said a p'oliectfran; 66in?iig along; 'I'm locked out,' said Jinkihs. 'Here I've got a batch of the most important hews for roy pape, a murder, three fires, aud a riot--!nd the doof locked in my face, and I cau't ret id. What W?ll I do?' , . So the policeman began banging the door; Lot Jones, the operator, up in his office, wab "5 unconscious of the tumult as if it had been in the moon, lie was whist, ling to himself aud yawuing prodigiously. 'Wby dont, you go to some bother bofBce'' aslicd the policeman. 'No authority to use any other line,', sstd the correspondent. 'Ah! I've got it!' be added, aud before the policeman could ask what it was, tlid excited Jiukins dashed off down the street as if a mud dog was after him. Jiukins rut-hed breathlessly iuto another telegfsiph ofiice, ix Mocks off. I say,' said be to the operator, 'I'm in a fix. Got news .to go off inside of half an hour, and the stupid operator at my office has gone to sleep, and I can't get in, aud and and 'Well, that is a fix.' 'Tell you what I want,' said Jinkins, endeavoring ia Catch his breath; I want you to telegraph down fo Glasgow, and ask the operator there to telegraph up hero' to Jones, and bid him Come down stairs' and let me ia.' The operator roared with laughter at this, biit Weut at once to his instrument and began rattling awav at a great rate. This is tbe hivc-ne he sent: 'Glasgow. Wake up Jones, Station X.' Tell him Jinks, is t ihe loot of ihe stair.-," cn't -et in. Jones waj loosing it h? wafc-li again, and concluded that he had better put out the light3 and go to his little bed room' strops the hallway, wLcn clatter, cUtre went his instrument. There's Glasgow calling iui' aid Jones," and harried to his in.-Ji tnnciit and ticked' off: What's" wanting?' Back came the answer. 'Jiukins down btairs, door fast, let him iu. Off went Jones down sfairs with a rush; and at last the anxious Jinkius got up and seht off his news. So you see how a man sent a message, through a solid door, aud up four puir of stairs, four hundred miles around, and1 by Way of Glasgow, and air tifthiu twenty minutes. Wasn't thai Tour hundred miles ur taiit?' The Democratic Party Is gradually and surely dying out. Ou1 all tides they are sinking their pa fry name their party principles w'ere gone long a'o and adopting all sorts' of names and all ferftds ot vote -catching humbug "pnncrn'es"" to tne! f'y local emergency thai! ! ,uav ' eacU .p exist ui each special locility." In-. ome places they are forming "citizen's" ; ' . , ' ' , , . j". i 3 :ff ' 4 hturaicrs! of tbj eher nm. ttyt offers' a possiMe' cTranie' tot ca,cL,nf a ftw TK Jt to! strong DemoCraii loialftf'!-,' vrftei'e the old". . ..sua :.' X l' paziy uu-iuv, uiticu i y t.ie ignorance of I continue their hold on the offices." tbe par ty organization is kept up, and they prc-" fiod' l thiftb they si integral parts of si na'ffffDS? party; but it is iiiilif a reteiice." Tbcre is nut a genuine Democratic organization in one half the Counties of the? United States, holding common view? and maintaining a generaT discipline; ti is' surely time that the humbug ins'titiiildii vas fully and entirely ex-plo'ded, aa ?f ttiis certainly done harm enough to the' pcoplo of rfis tJoviTniiieoi to irerit a' fhousand deaths. It is now trruilnly composed ot" renegades and bolters from' every patty uicu who are UMWoftrVy of place or posi ! a resectable organization, but J) ! hatg c to the olof Democratic name ' their only ltfatroa from mentea j.iiea ; oblivion. Greenfield CommcrcUU Henry Ward Beccher wiys r'A a.tuaua.' every bcra'pe into which t: wer l'eii, ha,a beeb' attempting to Li:VrWV,4 some uuojj--' ular catae or borne uufoi;u,uute romi j Wc saw lU-,v '.ittlu t.Ut;K St.Viiis in ' Ivist river uiber 4y--tvio- buy aud a girl. Tne elder -lyy clod' to" flie girl: Uh, j Juiay' sjo, a bttc!- The girl responded: Oh, my s.H.toi-; and uch a little buy. rayly ' jvtl t t'h pri ii. c t , '

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