! i ' I t I "If any man attempts to haul down the Jlmcrican Flag, shoot him on the spot." VOL. 4. PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA; THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 18G8. flO. 20. THE .HERALD IS PCBLI3UED w:e.iejkly, ? Br 'All. D. HATHAWAY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. U0tEce corner Main itreet toif. and Leree, second Terms: $2.50 per annum. Kates of Jldcertising aesqnare (space often linen) oue insertion, 1 .AO Kcn subsiaent insertion - - l.no Professional cards not exceeding six 11 10 00 O ."-quarter column or leas, per anDtim 35 00 six months 2O.-0 " " three months J3 00 Oa1! half column twelve months 60.00 " six months 85.00 " " three months 20.00 OJeeolamn tsrelva months - 100.00 six months 60.00 three months - - .00 All transient a lverU'ernents most be P orln advance. jira- We are prtpared to do all kinds of Work on sh'trt notice, and in a style that will satis- faction. WILLITT P0TTENGER. ATTOItNEY AT LAW PLATTSMOUTII - NEBRASKA. ATTORNEY AT LAW Ann Solicitor in Chancery. PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA S. F. COOPER. ATT0RSET AXD COCXSELOR AT LAW. PlattsmoutliJXeb. "lTlll boy and sell Real Etat and pay taxes fjr f non-residents. Improved and nniir proved lands and lots for sale. J me iiih nl'iv J. U. R LIVINGSTON, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Tenders bis professional services to the citizens v C.s rntlntv. (rKe-idence siuth-east corner ofOalc and -S'iith (M.ttimoaih, Nebraska. Platte Valley House En- B. Mchpht, Proprietor. Corner of Atiin and Fourth Streets llattsmoTilIi, v n..n hivin? ben re fltt'-d and newly far- tshed offer first elms accommodations. Board ty las day or week. ang2S ATTORNEY AT LAW AND General Land Agent, Lincoln. . - - Nebraska. win In anv of the Courts of the State, anl .nil,,,, .n,l a -II keal Es.ate an commission, py fsiei, essmiue Titles, AC. nnv2.Vl.Itt m. MAXWtLL. 8AM. M. CHAPMAN WaxwcII & Chapman, TTORXRYS AT LAW AVD Solicitors in Chancery LATTSMOCTU, - XEBRASKA Office over Black, Battery A Co's Drug Store, jwl . CLARKE, & ERWIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, And Solicitors in Chancery, uaix sT..orrosiTE the colrt-iiovse PLATTSMOUTII, NEB. tB I. CLARK, Dl rOBEST PORTKR, wa. w. bbw tXT R EA L EST A TE A GfEXCT. Jtsl4 wtf JOSEPH. SCnLATER, 7ATCjr MAKER and JEWELER, Main Street, PLATTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA A rood assortment of Watches CU '. Gold Pen", Jrwelry, Silver Ware, Pane tioo-is Violins and l Jlu Trimmings alwya on hand. All work com muted to his tare will be warrauted. April 10. ieli. e. sr. iki h. Lot A'wp'f Indian AJnirt. CALHOITS & CROXTOS, Attorney at Law IRISH, CALHOUN & CROXTON- rh. kT named centlomen have associated themselves in business f-r the purpose of prosecut ing and collecting all claims acainst tbe (jeneral a .. .mt.i.nl or avainst any tribe of Indians, and ars prepared to .roecute such claims, either before Conres,or anv of the Departments of (iovertiment vr tvefore the Court of Claims, Ma. Iaisa will devote his personal attention to rke business at Wsshingtoo. ir-nmr .t Nebraska Cftv. corner af Main and Fifth street. National Claim Agency. WASHINGTON. D- C F. M. DORRINGTON. RCB-AGKVT. '.ATTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA t -epared ti prent and prownle claims before El rt -ress. conrx oiLiaiiaitDiiine iera. tui.-wi. - m. ,t. Pensions, Bonot s, and Boonly Lands se o-red. fSfChatge moderat-?, acd in priortion to the amiant of tn claim. v. ii. utMiUI.N April 10. 65 J. N. WISE, fintral Life, AccLlent, I'ire, Inland and Transit INSURANCE AGENT Wlf) take risk at reasonable rat"S in the most reliabl o upanie in tbe United States. trJ-Offi.ee. at the book store, Pla str cnth, Nebras- niay21dtf Itlillinery &, Dressmaking, t MISS A. M. tis-riiv M its. R. r. KlX RIOT Opposite the City Bakery. "T7 f wonld respectfully announce to th Ladies 1 V of Plattamoath and vicinity, that we have Just received alsrvean l well selected stock of Wiuter Goods, consisting i t Flowers, Ribbons, velvats, dreas trimmings, Ae., Ac. We will sell the cheapest Roods ever sold In thlscity. We can accommodate all our old customers and as many new onea as will favor us with call. All kinds of work incur line done to orJT- Shi Mt satisfaction given or do charges mySif DWELLINGS at all price. nr persons wishing to purchase Farm-property, or Residences la town will find them for sale at al prices. By BORRIKGTON, mrT. Rral EhtAtb Aoeht. G R. McCALLUM, Manufacturer of and dealer in Saddles ami Harness, Of every description, wholesale and retail. No. 130X Main street, between otn and 6 in streets, NeDraHKa- ity. Jen NOTICE. JAMES O'NF.IL Is my authorized Agent for the collection of all accounts due the undersigned for medical services; his receipt will be valid for the ayment of any monies on said accounts. August 14, 1867. It. K. l-lVlftljOlUA, .M.u, REED, BEARDSLEY & CO, T" 1 4- A. A tvants WEEPIXG WATER, XEBRkSKA. Li nds bought, managed and sold. Valuable Tim ber Laud for sale. TaXts paid for Non-residenu Collections promptly attended to. marcn so laoc. WASHING & IRONING BT EVlrs. SV2. Niemann In the rear of Citj Bakery. Fancy articles washed and done up in tba neatest style. Patisfaci Ion euaranteea- 1'lnt jniouth, Nebrawka, June vjin nizn. Sheridan House, Wm. W. Irish, Proprietor. Corner of JIain and Third Street, PJattsmouth, Neb. Board by the day or week S'afres leave this House or week. Charge mcderate. daily for all points North, South, East and WL nl-'v 1. WOOfAVOKTIl & CO., rOsOTQTrT T iJUUli-OLJUlj La XV O. STATIONERS, Binders &Faperdealers. SALYT JOSEPH, JUO., oc 2.16m 1?. JP. TODD, SEWING MACHINE AG'T PLATTSMOUTII, NEB 11 A SLA. A erd assortment of mnct.ines and machine Cod. Ins kept mi lm.d. U-Office at Stadelmann's Cluthing Ftore. Uec. 4 '67 Machines retailed nn short no-ice. Plattsrr.outh IV. ills. C. HEIattL., rroprietor. Have recently been repaired and reared in tbor n7h rnnninz order. Custom work done on short notice. 100,000 Bushels of Wheat Wanted immediately, for which;the .highest marke price will be paid. "K" " SHANNON'S T?nrA Cnla onn T TtTDVT iCCU, Caio cuivi xix wo j STABLE. Mais St.. - - Plattsmouth. I am prepared to accommodate the public wtt Horses, Carriages and Buggies, Also, a nice Hearse, On short notice and reasonable terms. A Ilack will nn to steamboat landing, and to all parts oi me ity when desired. FURNITURE!! THOMAS W. SHRYOCK, CABSiMET IV2AKER, AXD DEALER IX ALL K1XDS OF Furniture and Chairs. THIRD STREET, (Sear Main,) PLATTSMO UTI1, NEBRASKA. Reparins and Tarnl'htns neatl7 done. IT" funerals attenaea ai me suor:i nonce. nil. vr . a . a?. One door west of Donelan's Drug'Store, Dealers in Ready-made Clothing GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, HATS. CAPS. BOOTS. SHOES, THCXKS, VALISES, and a general stock of OUTFITTING GOODS For the Plains; also, a large lot of RUBBER CLOTHING. REVOLV ERS AND NOTIONS. We bought low and will sell cheap for cash. Cal. and ex amine our stock before yon buy any where elsel jyi 'j Wm.BTADELMANN A CO. W. D. GAGE. W. R. DAVIS. CENTRAL STORE. Dry-Goods, Groceries, s3 11 a i j i iivssiaj BOOTS and SIIOCS, JSlain Street, two doors above Fourth, Where the public may find THE BEST OF GOODS, and prices as low as can be found in the city. We return fhanVs for the liberal patronage, we have received, acd nope to ment its continuance. Oct. 30, '61 GAGE a DAVIS. IVASRT. A Futile Atttmpi to Ratify the Nomi nations at the Corners. Post Ofiis, Confedrit X Roads 1 (Which is in the State uv Kentucky, July 31, 1S63. ) We bed last nite a ratification meet ing at the Comers, which started out glotiously, but didn't end so happily ez it mite. I bed gone to a good deal uv trouble about it, and hed made all arrangements for a feast of reason and Sow uv sole ekalled by few ratifications and surpassed by non. The blessid Deacon, McPe'ter, and Issaker Gavitt. who expect respective- iQ my leg, for which I wuz insuffish ly to hold the posishens uv Assessor, ently remuneratid by the hankerchers Collector, and Whibky inspector for I borrowed from the prostrate combat this district, came down handsomely ants under cover of assislin uv em to with the funds, enuff to enable me to dekorate the post offis with flags and After the scrimmage wuz over Pol transparencies, and myself with a pare leek and Big'er came, with three nig- uv ready-made pants, wich I muddied considerable to make em Jook old so mat tney snooa not suspect tner tunas had bin applied in that way. Human nacher is a inscrutable mystery. They .V. . a wood objeck did they know I bed cloth ed myself with their money instead of wastin it on taller candles and sicb. wich burn out and leave notbin be hind. I wuz economikle in my expendi- toors, or ratner but little expense wuz nessary. Desirin to wake the enthoo- siasm uv the Demccrisy, I procoored a parsel uv Confedrit battle flags, wich the returned heroes hed brot home wiih em, and hed the talismatic words, 'Sey- mour and Blair, painted across em The effect wuz gorgus ! Ez nite gorgus : J-,z nite ap- proacbtl hed the transparencies saved over from a celebration wich had bin held after tbe battle uv Chickamauga lighted up. The emhoosiam, ez the populace saw these, and listened to Captain McPelter. az be red em to em was overpowerin. How they cheered ez the words fla.-ht out into the nite. southern rites, southern men. and a southern government I 'Death to Northern Hirelins !' 'Down with the gorilla Linkin !' 'Jeff Davis and the Confedracy forever I JNo quarter to Federal invadors ! And when Bore- gard's black flag, onto which 'Sey mour nn ters, wa i T3!.. ...o , i. as unfur'edl3""""'" cu '.T cheers for the nominees uv the Noo York Convenshun ez I hed never heered before nor expect to agin At this lime list ez everythin wuz a gittin red hot the troubJe commenced. Pennibacker, wh ch runs our biggest and best distillery, iumpt onto the plat form, at my suggestion, and proposed three cheers for Seymour and Green- baXtaDdtbreegroDe3for the bloated bondholders. The crowd, with troo Dimekratic docility, wuz going to cheer when Bascom. who bez some 5 20 , riz and swore lhat he'd be d d ef that shood be. 'Gov. Seymour is in favor of paving 'he Nasbnel indebtedness. principle and interest, in cold. Reed his speech at the Cooper Intoot.' Is he? is her abound Jr"enniback er, springing onto the platform, is he? Reed the platform wich he accepts ! Don't Belmont and the Eastern bankers support him?' yelled Bascom. 'Don t Vallandygum, rendlenn. Brick Pomroy, end dirty 6hirt Dean suprort him?' yelled Pennibacker Your doctnn, sea liascom excitedly is a d d swindle a peece uv theevin wich a Arab wood be ashamed uv, and Seymour sed ?o ' Your proposition is a outrage onto a orprest people, a snndin uv em into the earth under the iron heels of bloat ed aristocrats and pampered sons of luxury, and the platform Seymore stands onto sez so, shouted Pennibac ker. Yoor a swindler. excitedly yelled Bascom, whereupon they clinched and rolled orf the platform titely bug-gin, and making extraordinary physikle efforts at injoorin each o her. To direct the attenshun uv tne popu lis from this untoward circumstance, I reouested Issaker to sinnr out three cheers for Blare ! Three cheers for Blare! fung out Isaker. 'the Missouri statesman, who will rid us uv Freedmen's Burows and wr 1 1 t . - TV r1 1 iiiiutai v a w v Three groans for Blare! yelled Punt 'a Abllbhiuist and Linkin hirelin, wich shot my unkle in Missouri, and burnt my grandmothers house near Vixburg !' He aint no Allishinisl!' exclaimed Itsaker, Teed his letters!' Its difficult to say wat he i to-day, but I'll sware to it he vuz three years ago, but it makes no diuerance. I swore four years ago to lick any man who hurrahed for any member of the tlare family. And this infoorialed wretch pounced onto Isaker, and they rolled orf the stand to join Bascom and Pennibacker, who hadn't settled their onpleasantnis yet. Before it ended Deekin Pogram and Kernal McPelter got to arguin ez to the propriety uv recognizen niggers in the ranks uv the party, lhe Deekin talken one side and McPelter the other. The passions of thesa pstima ble genilemen were aroused somewat, nnri before I cood interfere thev hed nrh ether bv the throte and rolled orf onto the ground beneath the platform. I sprung down to seperate em, when McPelier turned upon me, and would bev sacrificed me on the spot, but the Corners rusht ez a man to save me. cz i owe me mosi ut em i am entire ly safe here, and ez I shel be ontil I pay my debts I shel never die ur vio lence. At this pint the file became general. Some uv the people sided with Bascom some uv em with Pennibackea (akkor din ez tbev bought whisky by the bar!. or by the drink), and the balance uv em assisted Bizler and Issaker Gavitt ez their inclination proniDtid em. In the melee the platform, flag and tran snariencv wuztore down, nearly break- rise. gers, into Basoont's, where we wuz re pairin damages, wich remarkt that they held a meetin, and bed passed re solooshens thankin the Lord devoutly for havin relieved the Republiken par ty uv the Blare family, and syinpaihisn with the Dimocrisy wich hed received em: and also acknowledging the obli- srashun the colored men of the Nashen were under to the Dimocrisy for the handsome manner in which they -bed treated Joe ilnams, the Afrikin de- legale to the Noo York Cenvenshun, ez the selecting uv a nigger ez a dele gate and associatin with him on terms uv ekality, wuz a &tep in the direction uv vooniversal Brotherhood wich wuz cheerin. This insultin message, de livered to men wich wuz a patchin up their faces and waahin orf the blood uv a politikle conflick, wuz the reverse uv soothin. lhe ratihcashun wuzn t altogether a success, but we suel try it agin atter time hez softened the asperities engen dered by the recent conflick. and the candidates hev bed time to fit their selves and their records to the plat form. The Corners Lin be counted on. Petroleum V. Nasbt, P. M. (Wich is Pobtmaster.) Two theories agitate the Democracy rei!ie 10 me important question ot G. O.-u.-. viaiW The New-York iiorZd declares iuvicu. urajt uis uu hram. will have no policy, and will Pa merely a nuueniiiy iu office. Gen Blair, however says that 'Urant is tne rrreatest man ot ttjis see, inat ne nas more brains than Cromwell and Bona parte together; thai he is ambitious, and if elected President, he will make himself an absolute monarch, in spue of the somewhat general preference the American people are supposed to entertain for a republic. Both theo ries must be amusing to Gen. Grant, especially when taken together. The Democratic party should hol J a new convention to decide which they should warn the people against the stupidity of tbe strategist who conquered tbe Rebellion, or the ambition of the sol dier who enlisted as a private, never asked for promotion, never sought of rice, and when in office never exercis ed a doubtful power, and whose poll tics is summed up in the doctrine that this is a country in which the will of the people should guide the judgment of the President. Iribune. A Deautlful Thought. A writer whose life has passed its meridian, thus eloquently discourses upn the speedy flight of time: 'Foriy ears once seemed a long and weary nilrrimaee to make, It now seems but " j i a step; ana yet aiong me way sic broken shrines, where a thousand hopes wasted it to ashes, footsteps sa crod under their drifting dut, green mounds where the grass is fresh wi'h the watering of tears; shadows even which we would net forget. We gar ner the sunshine of those years, anl wiih chastened steps and hopes push on toward the evening whose sigr light will soon be seen swinging where the. waters are still and the storm never beat. A Chap'ter from Life. It was an ardent borish love, that faded out as life ?rew clues: my heart new to ner like a dove, and lighted on her beau teous shoulder, or sipped the honey from her lips, or in her eyes found heavenly graces; I loved her to her finger-tips, I loved her very foot-print traces ! Her features wore a .raptur ous charm, her smile made all within me flutter: in rounded beauty was her irm. her little hand was fat as butter. No wonder that I leved her so; but she was f&Ue as she was pretty, abd soon she sacked her little beau, and took a bis one from the city. I caught him out. one cloomy night t'was one of love'a extemen phases I aggravated him to neht. but oh! he larrup d me like blazes. The Copperheads are preparing the way far Blair. Seymour, and Hamp ton s next rebellion by their ellorts to shakfl th nonular confidence in ihe National credit. They would persuade the people to repudiate their obligations - for tJi monev which heloed us through one war, hoping thereby to find the means in the next one. lhat is the real aim of the creenback redemption 1 dodge ! Republican. WAS JVEVEtt BEFORE Rebellion and revolutions, wars and contentions, are the &taplo of human history. They may be traced back to the days of Abraham, and to those of the early Egyptians. Many rebellions have succeeded, probably more have been suppressed ; while wars have re sulted in the success of this or of that party ; but the spectacle was never till nov represented of thoroughly beaten V-nll. . i s- ueoeis teroriziiig ana trampling on those who compelled them to lay down their arms. That spectacle is exhibi ted at the South to day. Gen. Wade Hampton is widely known as an original Secessionist and a fighting Rebel from the begining to the close of the late war. He came up here last month and helped nominate Seymour and Blair, aod is now dsing his utter most to secure their election. Here is an extract from hia speech at the first ratification meeting be attend ed : "We can have no. relief unless this great Democratic party will come out and pledge itself that we shall have a fair election That the White people of the South shall vote ; and I want you all to register an oath that when hey do vote these votes shall be counted, and if there is a majority of trnxte voles, mat you will place beymour and Blair in the White House, in salt of all theooyonttes that shall be brought against them. I only want to see the election fair, and if they do that, even wiin tne incuous ot mack rule, we can carry the southern state. I Applause Here, you see, Hampton gives notice at the outset lhat the votes of Blacks bhall not count that the result shall be decided by tbe votes of Whites only ; and that, if Seymour and Blair shall shall recieve a majority of these, they shrill be inagurated "in spi.e of all the bayonets that "shall be brought against them." In other words, he proposes that Constitutional Amendments, acts of Congress State Constitutions, laws, votes, and every thing else, shall be defied, and the election decided by Whites alone. Still, there is "the incubus of Black rule" that is, the Blacks do actually vote in the late Rebel States. That incubus" is tn he overcome. How r - - VT --rr. mM extracted trom nis ratmcation speecn at Charleston on the 24ih ult. yield to none in devotion to that Lost Cause for which we fought. J ever shall I admit that the cause it self failed, and that the principals which gave it lite were therefore wrong Jyever shall I brand the mtn. who vpneld it so nobly as 'rebels and 'traitors. Never shall 1 lgnomimously seek safe ty or base r rcmolion by a dastardly denial or treacherous betrayal of it The past is irrevocable, and it does not become brave men to weep idly over its buried hopes. A noble work, and I trust a higher destiny is before us. Let us seize the opportunity presented to us, and; by courage, per severance, and zeal, chain victory to our banners. I honestly believe trial though 'tis not mortal to command sue cess, we 11 do more we 11 deserve it I conjure our people to dedicate al their energies to the work before us Organize clubs in every locality; send speakers through all the land to arouse the people. Try to convince the negro that we are his real friends ; but if he will not be convinced, and is still joined to his idols, convince him, at least, tha he must look to those idols whom he serves as his gods to feed and cloth him Agree among yourselves, and act firm ly on that agreement, lhat you will not employ any one who votes the Radical ticKet. Ude all the means that are plac ed in your hands to control this element by which the Kadical party seek toue- gr tde us while they secure euccess, and we can turn their batteries against themselves. It will not do to say that the negro has no right to vcte; fer right or wrong, he will vote in this next election," nnd his vote may turn the scale. Let us meet this as a practical question, and seek, out of this great evil lhat has been inflicted upon us, to work good for ourselves. Secure vic tory to the Democratic party, and we have an easy and prompt solution in that party of all questions which belong of right to the States themselves, as does the question of suffrage." The blacks are, and long have been a decided majority of the people of South Carolina. Ihey do not mourn The Lost Cause of their enslavement. nor seek to recover under Seymour and Elair what was surrendered with Lee and Johnston's armies. They are Republicans having the best possible reason to be and will vole for Gram and Colfax as naturally as water runs downhill. How, then, can South Ca rolina be carried for Seymour, Bbir, and "a White Man s government? Simply by starving the Blacks into votin" away their own manhood. Say to them, "We own the lands, thft teams the implements; you have bat your hands, and must starve if we do not employ yon; and we will unite in pledg ing ourselves that 'we will not employ anv on$ who votes the Radical ticket By ihus coerc.ng a third or fourth of the liiacks in paruo vote wun us ana I in part not to vote at all, we shall carry I South Carolina, and with it every other WHAT Rebel State, for Seymour and Blair !' Thus the party which does not la- ment the overthrow of 'Tbe Lost Cause is to be beaten by that which does. Thus i the Rebellion to triumph, even the track of bherman a Great March. Tribune. Thi Will to be Tbaixkd. Men often speak of breaking the will of a nild, but it seems to me they bad bet ter break its neck. The will needs regulating not distroying. I should as soon think of breaking the legs of a horse in training hire as a child s will. never yet heard of a will in itself too strong, more thaa an arm too mighty. of a mind too comprehensive in its grasp, or too powerful in its bold. I would discipline and deyelope tbe will into harmonious proportions. The in structions of a child should be such as o inspire; animate and train, but not to hew, cut. and carve: for I would al ways treat a child as a live tree, which was to be helped to grow; never as a nry, dead timber, to be carved nto tbis or that shape, and ' have certain grooves cut in it. A living tree, and not dead limber is every lit tle child. &. One ef tbe Capperhead papera of bacrimento was lately erowin? over the supposed acquisition of Gen, Hal leek to the Seymour and Blair party As soon as the General saw the state ment he positively contradicted it. Now, we learn that Gen. Halleck, in peaking of the nomination of Seymour, said, "It may do for some, but n won t do for me." Tribune. Honci GaxELT e&id ma speech in New York the other nigh: "They say Grant can't make a speech. Well, if Horatio Seymour had never made speech he would get a good many more votes than be will get. In all Sey mour's speeches where did he ever make a remark that the rebel army wouldjnot have cheered from beginning to end? 1 never heard of it. The New York World it as bold a lion, and speaks of its eondidate President Seymour. Njt only this, tut at the expiration of bis term in IS- 3, it baa promised it to Pendleton.- Tbia is very kind of tbe World, and on the wounded pride of the Uhio I a m m - - greenbackist. Who is to succeed Pen dleton has not yetbeen announced. ueorge rrancis is writing hit auto bioeraply. The advance sheets drew so heavily upon 'cap. IV that the pub lishing house had to postpone the work until they could 'sort up. iwo boys, one of them blind of an eye, were discoursing on the merits of their respective masters. 'How many hours do you get for sleep? said one 'Eight,' replied the other. 'Eight why, why, I only get four!' 'Ah! said the first, "but, recollect, you have only one eye to close, and I have two. A Chinese giant now on exhibition in London is eight and one-half feet high, and drinks a gallon of beer at a draught. After quoting the letter of Gt. Sey mour wherein he states he never owned a United States bond, The Cincinnati En quirer, Pendleton's bona organ, says: "We did not need this to convince ns that Mr. Seymour was not tbe bondhold ers' candidate. Those who attended the Now York Convention from tbe begininc to the close were made throu-ihly aware of tbis fact. The bondholders' hopes and anticipations were entirely in a dif ferent qnarter, which was well known by Ohio and by Mr. Pendleton's friends, who nominated Mr. Seymour when their own favorite eould not he seltcted. Mr. Seymour represents the people in this is sue, and not the bondholders.'' The Rev. Father Cabley, President of the ersat Catholic University of Notre Dame, was in tha processien which es corted Mr. Colfax from the depot to the Fair Urooads, on bis recent reception at South Bend thus civing evidence that the Catholics of his home resent the base Democratic fabrications, in regard to the assorted hostility of Mr. Colfax to tha Catholics and foreigners. It does not become Frank Blair to prate hftiit the camel baggers, mere nas been no time since the Blair family ceald crawl that each member or it has not been in Washington, carpet.bag in hand, clamoring and begging for omce. FoTt Pitt Feundry. the establishment which turned out so many big runs du- tins tne war, nas neen soia ler $ ioimjuu. A cirl in Chicago died last week from swallowing the point of a needle, which broke off while 6he was picking her teem A newspaper biographer, trying to say that his subject "was hardly abla to bear the demise of his wife," was made by the inexorable printer to say "the chemise of his wife." A process fer silvering hooks and syes made of ron wire has been patented in Bavaria. A German genius has recently invent ed a watch which runs a year without wiadirigj ' : Mrs Prosser who has been a reader for Queen Victoria is about to open boarding sthool ia New York. Th town of Laporite, California was destroyed by fire on Monday. The loss is stated at a half million of dollars MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Some of tbe best Iasd in Algerai ells at Si an acre. Ship building is growing brisk again at Bath, Me. $20, 000,000 worth ef diamonds are owned in New York. Drouth threatens the crops in Geor gia. The Austrain wheat crops is said to- be a failure. Barber, the Virginia sculptor, died est week. A revolving fort ia New York htr- bor is proposed. Tbe N. Y. Fireman's Library now has 2,008 volumes. Ex-Gov. McRae of Miss., died late- v ff y id nocauras. Sweden is sending out a polor ex pedition. ' Watt's wrote two-fifth of the hymns in the English language. Tbe lew prohibiting publio executions has gone into effect in England. The Chinese rebels bare evacuated the eountry around Tein-tsia. Traveling on tbe Mississippi river was never so greet as it is at present. Central Park, N. Y.; bas received a buffalo, a toucon, a caique, and a laps. Velvet coats ere going eat of favor among the young swells in N. Y. Tbe London Telegrph bas been fined 960 for the publication of a libel. Caribaldi thinks ef visiting Ceng- land and tbe Uuited States the coming- fall. A solid salt bed, five handred feet thick, has been foand sear Berlin, Prussia. Once happy Portugal is at last suffer ing from a woman a right movement. Charleston is expecting te export 50, 000 bushels of peaches the present season. A New York bride last week re ceived $300,000 as wedding present from paper. There are now aeout 400 Young Men's Christian Associations in thia country. Pittsburg and Allegany city rcgother churches. A new mail contract, connecting France with Panama ana1 Chili, has been approved. The corner etone of the Jewih tem ple in Cincinnati to cost $100,000, hae been laid. An anti-low-neck-and-em-broidered-gaiter society has been formed in Par is. The Rev. Geo. Porter ef London will inaugurate a midnight mission it) New York. Over a million of dollar is to be ex pended on the new Jewish temple in New York eity. Minister Bancroft contemplates vis- ting tbe courts of the different South German States. Three new translations ef Bsncrofte History of the United States are pre paring in Germany. A 22 inch vein of silver has beeu opened near Ripley, West Va. Great excitement about there. The revolution in Venesala is gain ng strengtn and rapidly extended throughout tbe country. Cardinal Andrea spent his last hours n writing a letter bitterly denouncing the Court of Rome. Mr. Huff ef Winona has for gar dener a man who formerly filled that office for King William ef Prussia. Jas Beaumont; who built the first cotton mill in Massachusetts CS years ago, was 90 years old on the 11 ult. But two ex-Presidents of the United States are now living Fillmore and Pierce. Yale College is 167 years old and still in its prime. Frogs legs, are a dollar a pound in New York. They leap higher than that in Chicago. Four thousand eight hundred dollars a year is the salary of the chief cook of the Astor House. Tbe female are in the majority in Chicago, but thia is cot the reason why it is called Shec&go by some. - Two thousand men are now working on the road from Des Moines to Coun cil Bluffs. The Empire Eugenie has long de voted one day in each week to visiting poor families. Isabella the famous flower girl in Paris was lately struck by. lightening but not fatally. The master masr-ns of New York have conceeded the terms demanded by the bricklayers '- - The "Glen" at Watkins, N. Y. is becoming one of the favorite places of summers resort. The Princis Dagmar received a $ 32.0C0 diamond necklace for bringing Russia an heir. An Indianarl's Justice fined a man $5 and cost for jumping off the cars while in motion. : 1 id