ft
?yas urn
' " any man attempts to haul doicn the Jlmerican Flag, shout him on the spot."
VOL.4. l'L ATTSMOUTH, NUBKASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 18G8. ISO. 1.
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THE HERALD
IS PUBLISHED
VK KKLY,
BY
II. D. IT AT II A WAY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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to:r.
lixi.'.r'. $2.50 per annum.
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WILLITT P0TTEKQ
ATTOKNEV AT LAW,
PL.VTTSMOUTII - - NEBRASKA.
t. n nxntirrsTT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Solicitor in Chancery.
PLATTSMOUTir, - - NEBR1SKA
R. R LIVINGSTON, M. D.
Physician and Stixgeon,
TcJera hn .rofi's.ioual iervicn to tbr citixn of
Ctl o'lPtr.
l!nl'ne .urh-e-.tt ei)rner of'ak .S'is'h
irrrii; Oi'.ice on Main :lc, ojpuitJ Court Iiuue,
llltamouili, Strtka.
Platte Valley House
Ed. C Mlhphy, Proprietor.
Corner cf .Mtin and Fourth Sheets,
IMatC titioutii, eb.
Thit iu hiTiiif b -en re fl:irt ai.J t--t fur
r ihf i.l?cr Out c: nf coajl.'i.. Jaiioa j. toxii
lb dnjr or ik-ti. rui'ij
. MUWtU. 6AM. M. CHAPMAN
91axwclt &. ClxaiiiiuH,
ATTORN i:YS AT LAV.
Solicitors in Chancery.
-ltLXTHHoCTif, - SXBIiASKA.
uSt er iilack, Eutttrj a Cu'i D: ug Str.
CLARKE, PORTER & ERWIN,
ATTOIiiNEYS AT LAW,
And Solicitors in Chancery,
MJijV 6 7 orrosiTK 7 UK col i:t iiocE
JiOXi if
. A .
JOSEPH SCRLATEE,
WATCYHAKER and JEWELER,
Xi!I 3TBEST,
TLATTSMOUTH, - - NEBRASKA
A r.d aottmn cf Wi'ciil Clo 01:1 Prti
J. wlrT. Mlr Wif., Far.-: -oo V!o!;a atid V'i-
II a Trimminu aiT hand. Aiiworx com
aiiM to hi. care n ill be warrant I.
April 10. isiii.
O R. Ilri. ClU'iVH 4 C0XTO,
i.f iu'f Jnii tn, Jfairt. 'Attorney at Lute
IRISH, CALHOUN &CR0XT0N-
Th aliove n-mf.1 tcntl"n"n have aiscated
Iktulttl in bu.m;s f the uivohe f pro-. -i:t-laf
anj c .ll.ciini al' claims awa.iat-t iLe t.nierjl
tiMTciuineot, or against any trit.tr of In.liaiiB. ami
ara u--p:re.l t i.ro.-ocut'' (null claims, eilbrr In-tote
Curfri.i,or arT of lli Hi wai i:ne:ii of Movr-runieol
r ufar the Court ot Claim,
Ma lat'H will .levi.t.r hi. csonal at'rntlcn to
tv rmsiii.s at Wahin(fton.
y:J" Otfic '. cblaaka Crty.cornar f Main aad
Film itreetx.
rSational Claim Agency.
WASHINGTON D- C-
F. M. DORRINGTON.
SCO AGl"NT:i
.. TTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA,
,i eiared t- pr.eat and prosfen'e claims before
t -rei". Court of Claims and the lep..uienls. Pa
t n. Pen-ion, Bount and Bounty Lan-in sc--'el
fChnrie mo lerato, acd in pr-inrtion to
tasainu.tortheclim. M. UORISIN'JTOV.
Ainl 10, '65
J. N. vVISE,
G:nral Life, Accident, fire, Inland and
Trunil
INSURANCE AGENT
Will take rik at rf twuMc rat-s In the most reliabl
e panieN in the I'nited State.
C3- fiice at the book ttore, Pia rr u:h, Nebra
. ruaySIiltf
ITIilliiicry V Ilrcsinakiii?,
If SflS A. M. DE.-PAiS M. H. T. KaSUXXT
Opposite the City Bakery.
t T w would ri-snM-if-.il: y ann. unce to the Lsdios
V ni I'l.iisni.onh nd violin V. that we have just
Treeireil a lare and well seVcil a'ock of Winter
a.uil. MMi.iin.iPliiT. Kibbotm. ve ts. diea
tnanuiaifs. Ac.. Ac. AVe will fcel- the cheapest g.txU
rer ol l in thin i Y. Wecan .ccommiKiaie all our
old customir. aa l as manr new i-iie as will 'aror us
with a call. All kiU'U of f'k in our lin"! done to
rer. Perfect .atalaction given or no charges
mytf
BOOKS s STATIONERY.
Vook. Schoo! Itonks, Newspapers, Magetines,
Psriodicalifj and all kinds of btauouery, at
MURPHY'S BOOK-STORE,
Fost-ofTJca DuildinJ, Main ttrett. ccl
II. S. JIJMNGS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AKB--
General Land Agent,
Liinculn. - Xebrctika.
Will pnetlce !b any of the Conrts of the State, anI
will buy atid Ba iteal ti ! on wju)tritsioTi. yj
Tixe" exjTxiD-i Titles. A
B
THE SHORT ALL KAIL LINE
EAST
To Clirnrjn, Detroit, TuVdo, St T."Ui.
Lafityttf. JnUtunttpolit, Chuxintili, J.ouitri! ie,
A'atheill', faint, Mnnp'i. tolun-hnm, Whirl
ing, fittmburg . Jtv1f.il;. Xi'ig.tia Fl m. llnrti-ttir-j,
Halt m: ore WiuJtiwjUiH, I'l,iUldclj,hiu,
A'tto York, Jt-mtun, tCc,
Is tI the old, reliable Central Eotite tba
llamiibal & St: Jo. It. II
IMS
Z&-Ti'r liio II a T. Jo. R. R. jiue of AIis-ori
RiTer i'acUcts from
PI, ATI HMOUTI I
To ft. Jov.'p'i, where conn ctlons are made with
Two Daily Ezprcss Traini
On ll.e I! M St J.. It. K , ran throtKii rrin Snlat
J'ir(h t Quiiu-y wii.'.oui cbaoe of mr,
CONNECTING AT QUINCV
Wi h Cki'iiri, Bailinct.in 3k Quia y, mil Toledo.
Wi. h . Wt-'trru KciliOi-fl for ail f:uu
!wla auj 6'ji-tB.
For St. 1-cuis
C!c.e conni-itiflQ m.id tt MACOS' with NORTH
MISSOURI It K. for Si l.t n.. aim at Hun nib I with
Daily Mix. Kmr rai.lt.-t for St. l.-uis. nual- and
rtAt.ruiimit fref, Ich vlnv: cry ev. r.n st on arrival of
Iraiu." ttum ln ve-t, and arrrTir.c iu I.ui n'xt
Emrni', in for b sine-', ani to cjunccl with
:hiaEis Altnu A St. Louis. Trrie H:t'i Alton S:.
I 01.13, .o.l (jli.ii Mi.ki t-iji iiuiliCii4-,f--rii point
tu , Not lb aa! bjiith.
ami' sLi:i:riG 'cars
Hun on KijiM Traluj.
uy your ih.oiijtJi ti.krtia Honoibat St.
Jo K K hi v eir tick.:! flicc-n iu Uiuaba, Cnunml
Bliiflu ri .Millionth. Ntl rak City, 1 1. J j-.h,
ai.i on .ifi fjrkrt in thv liiiH.aiid cuioy tlie CoQ
xcom.'..j of r.vVig tak'ii the nhoit, ci.eit). and
U'-' tf t;. W. MK.AP, 0D Slip I
H. II. CliOAT On'i Ticket Ak-eut
H. U.COLUTKlOar. Oen'l Fr'l Aft
Aft.
JJURLGIKTON ANDMISSOUUI
IilVER RAILROAD.
I8GG EASTWARD- ISUG
Short nnJ Quick Route to
CHCAGO AND THE EAST
In connection witU th Dr Moine VaUcy and
Cbicaico, BurliLtou aad ynucy Kailroadv.
Thrf trains Ottumwa daily on arrival o:
Dr Jioiut. Villry lraia.
Bl'V VOUR TICKETS VIA
OTTUIIVTA . aad BURLINGTON
FOR SALE AT
oma.iaV -'"'".
council bluffs,
nebraska city,
dcs moines,
knoxville,
ALHIA,
Monroe
PELLA,
0SKAL00SA.
EDDYVILLE,
OTTUMWAr
dggage c!iecked from Oitumwa to
Chicago and the East.
p '"em h.'e ch-icr of ail tbe Rt lines l-ad
mr XorT;., - " S,"'' a lU O'"1 "e "
II riai-ipal ku''-"- 'J'11 rouie,ttlieJtiami
injr
til
i'.tocrjt will fimt thin i .nlo Quick, Sxfe and
3ure in it cuiinctionA.
: K. PKRKINj- Superintendent.
L. CARPER, Gcn. ial Fre;gi,t auu Pas.ener Ages
;.-'.-.., .,rii.M.r fi.i-... "ntai
I85. 1SG
North Missouri
RAILROAD LINE,
TO SAIWT LOUIS.
Two Daily Trains.
DOTH D.-.i y Trains of the lian- ihil tc St. Joseph
Railroad ftora the West make close connection at
Maoou City wiih the ti"ve ine. nrrivinK Pf
Lotus and coniie- ting oirertiy with all morning and
af'ernooo trains out of st. Luu' for
Srw torn, riiiLanc pHnA.
lioTO-c, HunisCTOa ClTV,
BAlTIMORS, JJaRH IBl'tliH,
TlTTsBUnOff, CoLUMBV't
DAYT15, Cl!l''l!tKTTft
I.MIlIAtf APolr, CHICAO'I,
LOflclTlLLS, AI-IJTII.L,
And all'Points East North or South-
The only dire-t and legitimate route from the
West to St. Louis fc the East.
7't7i to the Eastern cities as Q UICKas
can Le made by any route with
LESS C IMA GES
Tl.kets via the above line can he parchased at the
Hannibal A St. Juavph ticket offices in the Wet.
"Fare is the same an by any other rnvte.
BRT0S BATES, President
J0HX P. LAIRD, Penea Supeiintendi-ot.
H, II. v'HKKLICR. ti-n Ticket Ag"nt.
JOSEPH GAMI'I-E. tien. Kreinht AfT-nt
I' H. KAKLY, Agent St Joseph.
I M. DUNN. General Western Agtnt.
an, 231 y
Ct R. McCALLUM,
Mannf ctnrerofand doaler id
Saddle and II urn ess.
Of eYcry description, whole-ale and retail. No 130)
Main street, brtwcn2tb and 6lh streela, Nebraska
City. : . jl
1VOTICE.
JAMES 0'NEIL is my aothorixe-r Apent for the
colli ction of all accouti's due the underi-ianed for
medical service; bis receii t will be valid for the
nayment of aur iiiunie on said itccounta.
AnUta4. J5o7. K. K. L1VINCJST0X. M.D.
Weeping Water Mills.
Farmer?, go where you can get the
best Flour and the most of it.
85 lbs of X X X rLOVn on-l 12 IU of BRAS
giYeu in exchange for good Wheat.
We are also doing (rrist work; and, with our In
creased facilities, feel assured that wecan give the
btjsl and the most floar of any mill ia the SUte.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
PRODUCE Bar GUT A.D SOLD.
' HIGHEST SIAttKET TRICK PAID.
REED & CLINTON.
Fn-ro the Journal.
AIIOUT AEUIIASK.A.
Ma. Editor; In my last letter I
stated that the geographies that were
printed several y-ars ago, represented
the region of country between th? Mis
souri river, and the Rocly Mountains,
as a val Merlle desert.
I now propose to show that it is not
a desert, but that it is hs fVnile as any
other regiun of coi ntry of the tame
extent.
Let your readers tale the mop of
Kama and Nebraska, and they will
see that the northern half of Kansas
and part cf Nebraska is watered by the
Kansas river and its numerous tribu
taries, consisting cf the Smoky Hill,
Saline, Solomon, RepUsl:can and Blue
rivers The south and central portion
of Nebraska , is watered in addition
to the Rrpul lican and Blue rivers by
the Great and Little Nemaha?, the
Weeping Water, ihe P'atte, Wood riv
er and the Loup. The northern part
ii watered by the Elkhorn and L'eau j
qui-court, Sic.
A little reflection will convince any
person that has travelled much, that I
where there are numerous flowing
streams of water, the land is apt to be
ftrtile.
I hive travelled expensively in noith
western Kansas, and in central and
western Nebraska, and I found the
land as ferule as in Illinois. I fre
qntnily found grass on the bottom lands
from thiee to five feet long, and I con
tend that where such grass grows,
grain and vegetables will grow also.
There is a settlement in the Platte Val
ley known as the Wood river settle
tnent which is from 150 to 200 miles
west of the Missouri river. Tw
years ajro I wrote to the gentlemen
that had th contract to supply Fort
Kearney with corn, and III llielr aua-
wer. ihe-y stated that they had bought
20,000 bushels of the farmers at Wood
river, who were delivering the corn at
Kearney for less money than it could
be hauled fiom the Missouri river for
Now, it is announced, that Korig &
Wiebe have in this same settlement an
exten?ive flouring mill.
Mr. Hinmanet North Platte, 300
miles west of the Missouri river, writes
that he raises good corn and vegeta
bles, and the only reason wheat has not
been tried, i.', because they have no
mill to turn it into flour.
The valleys of Colorado last year
produced a surplus of wheat, and the
same evidence comes from all parts of
western country as soon as the
land is opened for cuii:Kation.
Some of your renders will p?rhps
say, that there is no timber in ceutra'
i nd western Nebraska, and supposing
the scil is rich, unless there is timber,
people cannot settle there. My an
swer i; that there is a great deal of
timber in both central and western
Nebraska. Ilnd any stranger few
years ago started from Cottonwood, and
travelled twelve miles up the Platte
Valley, Ihen south the snme distance,
then east, and then north to the valley
again he would have thought that
except in the Platte Valley, there was
not a tree inside of the square he tra
versed. Yet in tha last three years,
Cottonwood canon has furnished thous
ands of telegraph poles, tens of thous
ands of railroad ties, thousands of cords
of w.od and large quantities of lumber.
The valleys ut all the rivers in Ne
braska, have large quantities of tim
ber, and there are hundreds of thous
ands of acres of upland, that will nat
urally grow to timber, as soon as the
annual fires cease to burn over the
land.
Of eastern Nebraska it is unneces
sary for me to write. Your readers
kuow thrt it is one of the best fanning
regions on the earth, and but a few
years will pass around, before the same
will be extensively known of the other
portions of bur young and fertile State.
W. A. POLOCK.
s
A Curious llorse Suit. A novel
law suit came off r few days ago at
Miles Point, Carrol county. Mo., be
fore a Justice of the Peace, to decide
the ownership of a colt. Fifteen wit
nesses were examined on each side,
and all swore to the ownership. The
verdict of the jury was to put up the colt
and sell it to the highest bidder to pay
the costs. The colt brought forty dol
larscosts thirty eight dollars. The
surplus was divided between the
plaintiff and the defendant.
York.
The characteristic features of the
new Constitution of Ne.v York (to be
voted on ty the people next November)
are thus sumarized by an exchange;
The Consii.ution as finally adopted
by the Convention, differs from the
present New York Con-tiuiion in sev
eral particulars. The election of Gov
ernor and other State officers is order
ed to take place at the same time, in
stead of in alternate years, as at. pres
ent. The number cf State Senators is
unchanged, but their term of service is
leng'hened to four years, and the num
ber of Assemblymen is enlarged from
12S to 13D. to be elected by counties
instead of distr.cts, as now. An effort
is made to secure a belter class of men
for the Assembly by fixing the com
pensation at, $1,000 per year, with
500 additional for the Speaker. A
two thirds vote of the whole Legisla
ture will be necessary to overrule a
veto upon any bill by the Governor.
The judicial system has been consider
ably changed, and the Court of Appeal,
the highest Court in! the State, J is to
consist of a Chief Justice and six Jus
tices, who are to be elected by the peo
ple for term- of fourteen years, with
the ptovision that no one is to serve
after he has reached the age of seven
ty years. The present New York
judicial sj tem is very faulty, and one
of the principal arguments' urged in
favor of a convention fjtr the adoption
of a nw Constitutioij ?y.'as the neces
sity of relieving the lireher Courts of a
vast quantity of caseii hat find their
way ihere in consequence of the unfit
ness and incompeten?yJbf the Judges of
the lower courts, nnc general cum-
bersomeness of . the'.reystem of
acmuji5ipnmj justice. . ine cnanges
made in this particular cover tfie whole
rarge of courts and the terms of all the
Judges are lengthened to fourteen
years. A proposition to establish im
partial sOffrage is to be submitted sep
arately from the Constitution, so that
that those who' oppose giving the suf
frage impartially to all classes need not
rote against the entire Constitution un
less they choose to.
Es5They tell a story of Sinclair,
the late Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor in New Hampshire, which would
indicate that his nerves will bear the
election returns. When a lad, with
three o her boys, he was watching a
corpse, as the custom was. The dead
person had bent forward to deformity,
and, in laying out tha corpse, they had
utempied to straighten it by tying the
shoulders down to a board. The
young men were whiling away the soli
tary hours by a game of cards, when
suddenly the curds broke ar d up came
the head of the dead man. They all
scrambled for the door but Sinclair,
who, without niovii g from his chair,
quietly remarked; 'Come back, boys,
be only wants a game. Deal him out
a hand!' Sinclair evidently wants a
'new deal" at the political table by
this time.
Jf2rA Keokuk exchange is respon
sible for the following story:
'One of tho most singular and un
accountable circumstances of which we
have ever heard transpired a day or
two ago in this city. On last Wednes
day a son of Mr. Patrick Moore, aged
nine years, died after several weeks
sickness. On Thursday it wis to have
been buried, and a numb'r of the
friends of the fam ly assembled to as
sist in the funeral ceremonies. While
the parents were in an adjoining room
to the one in which the corpse lay, giv
ing vent to their grief over the loss of
their favorite child, it opened its eyes
and began to cry in a loud voice, and
tears streamed down its cheeks.
This it continued to do till the parents
ceased weeping. There were several
persons present when ihn extraordina
ry occurence took place and they all
vouch for its truth. It was certainly a
very singular incident, and we should
like to hear some explanation of it."
Then and Now. Farmers in 1776
Man at rlow, wife at cow, girl al
yarn boy at barn, and all dues settled.
Farmer in 1S68 mtn al show, giil at
piano, wife in satin, boy at Latin, and
does unsettled. "
WHICH.
The Hartford Times very properly
inform Democrats that there is a law
iu Connecticut "again&t buying vo'e j
against coercion and proscription Jf
your employer undertakes to coerce you,
rrport him at once to the Democratic
Committee. " WTe agree tr this. The
employer who would discharge a man
for casting his vote to suit himself is a
villain. Yel we do not remember thnt
the Hartford paper has had any words
of reprehension for the Southern Con
servatives who openly threatened 2
discharge from employment every
freedman who dared to vote on recon
stmction. The Timts knows that
thousands were so discharged, and that
to day the Southern Democrats are
deliberately driving colored men
and their families to starvation because
the beads of families presume to vote.
Even as we write the Mobile Tiibune
comes to hand with' an appeal lo the
whites of Mississippi to defeat the pro
posed Constitution of that State, closing
with this advice:
"Be prepared, at whatever sacrifice
of personal comfort, lo discharge from
your employment all who wish to vote
down your liberties. The argument to
the belly is a convincing one. We
found it very effective in Alabama; try
it in Mississippi."
Now what have you to say to this?
You justify it, at least tacitly, in the
case of Alabama. But when your
chickens come home to roost you make
a terrible outcry. Tribune.
PiACHES Without Stones. An
agriculturalist has, it is said, tried with
success, the following method of mak
ing peaches grow without stones:
' Turn the tops of the trees down, cut
off the ends, stick them iuto the ground
aud fasten tbetn so with stakes; in' a
year or two those tops will take root.
aud when wellrooted cutoff the branches
connecting those reversed and rooted
branches w.th the tree proper, and this
reversed peach tree will produce fine
peaches without stonei." The same
experiment rnty be tried with white
plumbs, cherries and currrants.
Ladies Should Read Newspapers.
It is a great mistake in female edu
cation to keep a young lady's time and
attemion devoted to the fashionable lit
erature of thi day. If you would qual
ify Ler for conversation, you must give
her something to talk about give her
education with this actual world
and its transpiring events urge her
to read the newspapers- r nd become fa-
milliar with the present character and
improvements of our trade. History
is of some importance, but the past
world is dead and we have nothing to
do with it. Our thoughts and our con
cerns shou'd be for present world, to
know what it is and improve the condi
lion of it. Let us have an intelligent
opinion, and be able to sustain a con
versation concerning the mental, moral,
political and religious improvements of
cur times. See that each other's feel
ings, and thoughts, and actions are pure
and true; then will our life be such.
The wide pasture is but separate spires
of grass; the sheeted bloom of the
prairies but isolated fiwers,
TIi would seem that the half has
not been told concerning the frauds on
the revenue in the Sooth. Weft. A
dispatch from Galveston tells an as
tounding story of discoveries said to
have been made by Treasury agents
there. In a bonded warehouse in that
city out of 400 barrels supposed to con
tain whiskey 300 were found to be
filled with water, aud a large quantity
of comb istibles had been secretly
stored in such a maonerasto leave
no doubt that the destruction of the
warehouse was intend d. Some of the
officials involved have fled, aud others
have been arrested.
While Democratic newspapers
are making such free charges of Rad
ical frauds on the people's money,
would it not be well for them to turn
their eyes just once towards that emi
nent Democrat, John Devlin, of New
York, who has just been sentenced to two
years imprisonment in the penitentiary
for swindling the Government out of six
hundred thousand dollars of whiskey
ax.
ESSThere are only two things that
produce a gurgling in the throat
Johnson ia familiar with one of them
and ought to be with the other.
From tha Xaahvjlle Preaaand Times.
Tbe Kukltix Uiiiuali.iisg.
The operations of that dastardly,
villainous, rebel secret conclave are be
coming constantly more bold and open;
not a day passes that we do not receive
from reliable sources particulars of ihe
most lawless and reprehensible . con
duct by the me nbers of the Kuklux
Klan. We have received from irre
proachable authority information of the
fact that in Williamson and Maury
counties the teachers of colored schools
are being constantly threatened with
violence if they do not break up their
schools and leave the country. Only a
day or two ago, in the above mentioned
county, a teacher received an anony
mous letter from the Klan, declaring
that if he continued his school his life
would pay the penalty. No one can
fail to see the lawlessness and danger
to society of such proceecings. W:hat
guaranty can there be of thf? security
of life when a band of outlaws is per
mitted, undisturbed, to threaten people
in this manner?
We are aware that the Kuklux is the
essence of Rebel conservatism. That
they are inimical to colored schools
needs no argument to prove", and the
record of past outrage leaves little
doubt that they will speedily become
so emboldened as to proceed to violence
to suppress colored instruction, turn
school houses and drive teachers from
the State. This fact of the Kuklux
having' set out in the work of breaking
up colored schools, if there' were no
oth r testimony of the dangerous char
acter of the organization, should call
loudly for prompt and vigorous meas
ures on the part of the proper author
ities towurds its effectual a&d entire
suppression.
"My God! think of my being tried
tefore a nigger jury for horse steal
ing!'" exclaimed a Southern white
Democrat, alarmed at the proposition to
allow colored men to sit as jurors
Sure enough! there might be danger of
conviction, and just think of tho num
ber of villains whose occupation would
thence' be goue!
&3Ia a certain family, not long
since, a p.tir of twins made their ap
pearance, and as a matter of course,
were shown to their little sister of four
years. Now, it 8"o' happened that
whenever a rather prolific cat of the
household had kittens, one of them, of
course the prettiest, was saved, and the
rest drowned. When the twins were
shown the child by their happy father.
tutle M looked at them long and
earnestly, and at length, putting her
little finger-tip on the cheek of one of
them, looked up. and said, with all the
seriotuness possible "Papa, 1 think
we will save this oner'
tiST'WQ all remember how. the
Democrats achieved a par ial success
in Ohio last fall, electing a majority of
the Legislature and reducing the Re
publican majority on the State ticket to
two or three thousand. Their method of
accomplishing that is beginning lo be
revealed. One John M. Higgins. a
leading Democrat of Portsmouth, Ohio,
has just been convicted of stuffing the
ballot boxes at that place at the elec
tion in questiou, and goes lo the peni
tentit ry for it. .
We see now how the Democracy
carried the Ohio e'ection. Anybody
can carry elections who is rascal
enough to stuff ballot boxes, and a
great many Democrats are.
jgS?" Election for Congressman in
Louisiana will, after all, take place at
the same time as that upon the new
constitution. General Hancock, play-
ng into the hands of those who want
the constitutiin defeated, ordered diff
rent at first, but Gen. Grant, as soon
as he saw the original order, wrote and
called Gen. Hancock's attention to the
language of the reconstruction acts and
thus indirectly intimated what his duty
was in the premises. Gen. Hancock
thereupon changed his order and di
rected that elections should ali be held
at the same lime, as in other States in
process of reconstruction.
JT"A reporter for a London paper
wrote the verdict of a coroners jury,
died from hemorrhage," and the pub
lic gained the information next day
that the deceased "died from her mar
Ileal i mi Sentiment.
Shortly before the departure of tht
lamented Heber for India, he preached
a seitnon which contained this beauti
ful illustration:
"Life bears us on like the stream of
a mighty river. Our boat first glide
down ihe t arrow channel through hts
playful inunnurings of a little brook,
and the windings of its grassy borders.
The trees shed their blosom over our
young heads, and flowers seem to offer,
thenselves to' the young hanJs, we ar
happy in hope, and grasp eagerly al
the beauty around us. But the stream
hurries us on, and still our hands nrn
empty. Our course in youth and man
hood is along a deeper and wider Moods
among objects more striking and mag
nificent. We are excited at some short
living disappointment. The sirearii
bears us on, and our joys and our grief
are alike left behind us. ' We may bn
shipwrecked, but we cannot be delayed
whether rough or smooth. The river
hastens, till tbe roar of the ocean is iu
our ears, and tbe tossing of the waves
is beneath our feet, and the floods art
lifted up around us, and we take our
leave of earth and its inhabitants, until
of our future voyage, there is no wit
ness save the Infinite and Eternal."
EaafGeorge Francis Train wai
committed to tbe Marshalsea Prisou
for debt a fortnight a?o, on execu
tion for the sum of 800. The Pall
.Mall Gqzette says: "In consequenc
of his nonappearance the manager of
his lectures wis obliged to apologise tu
those present, and to oflerto return
tneir money. Here, however, a diffi
culty arose, the character of which her
frankly stated. Fire hundred fre
tickets had been issued, there were
hardly more persons in the room and
he would be unable to discriminate be
tween those who f aid and those who
had not. Some got their money and
others were to call on the manager
next day at hi residence."
CSfDuIl business lately drove a
Chillicothe merchant, tot pastime, u
hugging the kitchen girl, and bis wife,
has kicked up a rumpus about it. If hi
had only invested a few dollars in ad
vertising, the local paper aysr - he
would have had enough bus-ness- tj
keep him oat of mischief. Moral If
you don't wai t to hug the girls, aud
get caught at it. advertise.
Oaicix oftiie Word Flirt. This
mythical word, which has never re
ceived a clear definition ihiough its at
tempted interpreters, originated in thy
time of the French King Louis th
Fourteenth. The gallants of the courts
acquired a habit of addressing their
girlish friends as "ma fleureite," or
"my little fljwer." The noun "fleu.
rette" finally grew into a verb, and the
term "flearette une de.'uoiselle" was
used in speaking of attentions paid to a
beauty. After the importation of
fleuretttr" to England, it degenerated
to "fl. uter," and fiualiy to "flirt." So
say the authorities.
m m
gisif The Cincinnatians are afraM
that another bridge over the Ohio at
Louisville will very materially inter
fere with the navigation of the stream.
They prefer their rivers,- like their
dictionaries, unabridged.
E3TA- little fellow had lived for
some time with a penurious uncle, wh
took good care that the child'; health
should not be injured by over-feeding.
The uncle was one day walking out,
(the child at his side.) when a friend
accosted him, accompanied by a grey
hound. While the elders were talk
ing, the little fellow, never having seen
a dog of so slim and slight a texture,
clasped the creature round the neck,
with the impissiosate cry: "Oh doggie,
doggie! and did ye live wi your uucla
too, that ye are so thin!"
Jtt?A New York dancing mister
has introduced a "kiss cotillion." in
which the partners kiss as they swing.
It is said lhat this cotillion is exceed
i igly popular, and that many persons
are induced to "trip the light fantastio
toe," who have hererofore had "consci
entious scruples'' against the old fash
ioned kind of dances.
-- A county convention in Illinois,
resolred "that we do not desire a Pre
idem whose mouth, like lhat of the Mia-
j Ktppi rivTr, u a.vrays eprn.. . -
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