The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, November 05, 1879, Image 1
- - , " " " ,.'1""' ii i ; . I ' ... r. - s. Rates T6?kdisin The Journal Is 1SSUKD KVKIIY WEDNESDAY, M. K. TURNER & CO, Proprietors and Publishers. r a Space. lior Zw'Jybiq 3m 0i lyi lcoPnin 1 112.041 1 $2U I $25 $25 f$Ct 1 ?10 H " I 8.0rt tSt:J3-l-urr 3.V1 Cd ' 1 y.oj B..isiiitai 4inehes 5.25 j 7.fA) 11 U j-jSt " I l-U I S.2.1 I 4, . L s; 10 Busine- and professional, Vard ten lines or less space, per anniimvtcn tlol lars. I.cal advertisements at statute rates. "Editorial local notice-." Jirtrrn cent a line each Insertion. '"local J2T0Ili!e, temporarily, in the Hooker building, Thirtcenth-st.,Cluinbus, Nob. Terms Per year, ?2- Six months, ?1. Throe months,. -0c. Single copies, 5c. nonces hve cents a line c.ich.3nsjT tloii. Advertiments classified as- "Spe cial nnflrtw tivr. . .. i;.. .-. . VOL. X.-NO. 27. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1879. WHOLE NO. 495. uon, three cents a line each .u''sc jtient 3V11IUII. 'm mm rnrn Hm ma mm w m fmiae cmvmrmM mWM rsarsM m sun.'& ga cttvss zwsVnWnw m m : - -- - --- - II - - -...-.- .1 . ADVERTISEMENTS. WM. BECKER, JDKAI.KIt IXf GEGQERIES, Giain, Produce, Etc. lit NEW STORE, NEW GOODS. Geods deliocretl Free of Charge, anywhere in (he city. Corner of 13th and IVIadicon Sts. Korth of Foundry. 37 Daniel Fauccttc, Manufacturer ami Dealer in fas, Saddles, Sridks, and hilars, keep C8ii-lanllv on hand all kinds of whip-, Saddlorv Hardware, Curry eowfcs. Brushes" Bridle Bit-. Spur-, Curd-. Harness made to order. Ite jmirinp done on short notice. NEBRASKA AVENUE, Columbus. a. I. roLnmrs win store. A. W. DO LAND, (Mi-reoi: to doi.vxd & -.Mini, t TiFinriTnr v. ' inn II lUiUlll UlUUiUlUUUI IlLUlUiiVil Wall Paper, fnild Arfirlrs, PAT NTS AND OILS, inc. 1:1c, Kit1. Best Of God s And Low Prices, -:: MB. SMITH will -tUl he fuiuu! at the old stand, and will maki prescrip tions a specialty, a- heretofore. SHl-x Dr. A. HEINTZ? DKA1.E1. IN S, MUCUS. CHEMICALS vi.ls, ibi;osjs. Fine Soaps, Brushes, PERFUHERY, Etc., Etc., Aud all articles usually kept on hand br Druggists. J'hysicians J'rcscrijrtions Carefully Comjwundcd. One door I2sit of Galley, on ISIcvciitli Sterol, COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA Win. SCHILZ, Manufacturer and Dealer in BOOTS AND SHOES! A complete assortment or I-atlles nml dill- ren" Shoes kept en hand. All Work Warranted ! ! Our JSotto Good stock, excellent werk and fair prices. Especial Attention paid to Repairing Cor. Olive mid XSflt !.. COLUMBUS BRICK YAED (One mile west of Columbus.) THOMAS FLYXX & SOX, Propr's. GOOD, HARD-BURNT BRICK Always on Uaiid in QUANTITIES lo suit PURCHASERS r.Ti-tf BECKER & WELCH. PEOPEIETOHS OP SHELL CHEEK MILLS. MANUFACTURERS & "WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND MEAL. GooaGooasanaFairDBa OFFICE, COLUMBUS, NEB BUSINESS CAfl5)S" TT .1. IIUDSOX, XOTAJIY 1'UJILTC. 12th Street, 2 doors nest of Hammond House, Columbus, Neb. -SOI-y Scaler in HEAL ESTATE, CONVEYANCER, COLLECTOR, f a;i i;ouiA:.i,-Aiii., GKXOA, NANCE CO., ... NK11. ft II. SIMPSON, ' A TTOllXEY A T LA W. Will practice in all the courts of the State. Prompt attention jjiven to all business entrusted to his care. OJice: Up-stairs, one door east of lour.NALoJlice, Columbus. 479-Cm T S. MURDOCK&SON, Carpenters and Contractors. Have had an extended experience, and will guarantee atUf.tction in work. All kinds of rcairinr done on short notice. Our motto if, Good work and fair prices. Call and pive u an oppor tunity to estimate for you. iSTShop al the Itig Windmill, Columbus, Xebr. jM-y ni:i.on Mii.i.jrrT. kvkon millctt. .lustice of the IN-aee and Notary Public. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Columbu, I Vplirnsksi. XV H Tl...- xvJll .rivi. --- . ...-. ... t- ..... p.... close attention to all businessfntrusted J to them. 2tS. H. C. Ci2i7T. .". 3. UA'S. CARIOAV So CAMP, Ailornoys and Counselors at Law, AND REAL ESTA TE AGENTS. Will jrivc rompt attention to all busi ness entrusted to them in this and ad joining counties. Collections made Otlice on lltli tr et. opposite IIeiutz.s luifr- store. Columbus. Neb. s,pricht Dent sch Parle Frjiiieias. Er. i:. B.. SSE.S, Pliysician and Sui'gon. ISTOllice open at all hours 1 H M? . snh1 an n ncr. '"""'n' ."Votice:: IF YOl have any real estate .r sale, if you wish to"buy either in or out of the'eity. if jou wish to trade city pioperty for lands, or lands -fur city property, she u .1 call. A'aisvoi:tii & Jossi:i.vn. BEICK! EIKMKi: & STOLCK keep constantly , on hand aud furnish in the Wall, the best of brick. Order solicited. Ad res, a- aboc, box !". Columbus. X. PICTURES! PICTURES! 70V IS THE TIM Ii to secure a life i like picture ol yourself and chil dren at the New Art Kootiis. east Mth street, south side . lilroad track, Colum bus, Nebraska. -JTS-tf Mr, s. A. .lu.s.sr.i.YN. KELLY & SLATTERY, IT vn nniiTi TTOr.DS IIIMSELP IN READINESS Ii for auv work in his line. P.efore letting your contracts for buildings of anv description call on or address him at Columbus. Neb. jrKiist-class ap paratus for removing buildings. TOR SALE OR TRADE ! MARES COLTS, Teams of Horses or Oxen, SABan.K Eo:EE-:s. wild or broke, at the Corral of 42!l GEURAKD.v. ZEIttLER. Columbus Meat Market! WEBER & KNOBEL, Prop's. KEEP ON HAND all kinds of fresh meats, and smoked pork and beef; also fre-h fish. Make sausage a spec ialty. jSTRemember the place. Elev enth St., one door west of D. Ryan's hotel. -HT-tf Chicago Barber Shop. COLUMBUS, NEB. HAIR tl'TTING done in the latest styles, with or without machine. Nunc hut thst-elass workmen employed. Ladies' and children's hair cutting a specialty. Rest brands of cigars con statitlv on hand. HENRY WOODS, 72 im Proprietor. stak uosite:. JOHN Hl'lJER. the mail-carrier be tween Columbus and Albion, will leave Columbus everyday except Sun day at G .'clock. sharp, p.issinr through Monroe, Genoa, WaUrille, and to Al bion The hack will call at eithet of the Hotel for passenger., if orders are left at the po-t-ortiee. Rates reason able, $2 to Albion. 'J'ii.lv GOOD CHEAP BRICK ! 1 T31Y RESIDENCE.on Shell Creek, JTjL three miles cat of Matthis.- bridge, 1 have TO. OOO gooil. li:irl-bnritt ln-ick lor Mile. which will be sold in lots to suit pur- 1 4!S-tf" GEORGE IIEXGGLER. DOCTOR BONESTEEL, COLL'MItrS, NEnitASKA. OFFICE HOl'RS. 10 to 12 a. in., 2 to -1 p.m., and 7 to 5) p.m. Otlice on Nebraska Avenue, three doors north- of E. J. Baker's graiu otlice. Residence, corner Wyoming and Walnut treets. north Columbus, Nebr. -iXl-tf IMetricliV Meat Harlict. WakhlBRton Ate., nearly opposite Court Hocte. OWING TO THE CLOSE TIMES, meat w!ll be sold at this market low, low down for cash. Best steak, per lb., 10c. Rib roast, " . . . . Sc. Boil. " Cc. Two cents a pound more than the above prices will be charged on time, and that good responsible parties only. 'if TnvK. R. .5. REILI.Y, JOrticcon Thirteenth Street, Opposite Engine House, Columbus, Neb. Er sprich t Dcutsch . -litf.x K ELLEY & SLATTERY, House 3Iovlng: and house building done to order, aud in a workman-like manner. Please jrive u a call. J2J"Shop on corner of Olive St. and 1'acilie Avenue. JSTi tf F. SCHECK, Manufacturer and Dealer in CIGAES AND TOBACCO. ALL KINDS OF SMOKING ARTICLES. Store on Olive St., near the old l'ost-office Columbus Nebraska. 417-ly MRS. Y. L. COSSEY, Dress and Shirt Maker, 8 Poors West orstillman' Iru? Store. Dresses and shirts cut and made to orderand satisfaction guaranteed. Will nlo do plain or fancy sew ing of any de scription. 1ST PRICES VERY REASONABLE. Give me a call and trv my w ork. 425-ly iaw, reaiTestate AND GKNKItAL COLLECTION OFFICE W.S.GEEE. TONEY TO LOAN in small lots on 11 farm property, time one to three years. Farms withsoine improvements bought and sold. Office for the present at the Clot her House, Columbus, Neb. -IT.'J-x GEORGE N. DERRY, CARRIAGE, House & Sign Painting, APAPEP !UHMIRVS ... ii-isi5 -..,,,,. .. i.mn V'A? u-iiiu.itf. vuAimt, s- "V f Jg - SB.-...,. FKnntritlfr. KALSOMINING, Etc. v ir -n worK warrauieu. c 1 "" Olive street, opposite the "Tattersall" Stable. aprlrty HENRY GASS, UNDERTAKER, KEEPS OX HAND readv-made and Metallic Collins, Walnut Picture Frames. Mends Cane Scat Chairs. Keeps on hand Black Wal nut Lumber. TadiiaEt:s Ats. 8jjc:i'.e C:srt Eetie. Cclss-:, '.tJb IJ. S. 'E'i' 'S'alili- Eastward Hound. Emigrant, No. i. leaes at Passcng'r, 4, ' Freight. " -S Freight. " 1, " Westward Bound. Freight. No. S, leaves at Pas-en-'r. '' :t. " Freight. " 0, Emigrant, 7. ' i::2.'i a. 111. 11:00 a. m. 2:15 p.m. 4:"0 a. in. 2:00 p. 111. 4:27 p. 111. !:00 p.m. 1:30 a.m. Everv dav except Saturday the three lines leading to Chicago connect with l P. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays there will be but one train a day, a shown bv the following schedule: CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. A. ?. Pauikkmc. lT. S. Senator, Beatrice. AI.vin SAUNDKKS.r.S. Senator, Omaha. T. .1. Ma-ioku Rep.. Peru. E. K. Vai.kntink, Rep., West Point. STATE DIRECTORY: Ai.mxus Nanck, Governor, Lincoln. ..!. Alexander, Secretary of State. F. AY. Liedtke, Auditor, Lincoln. G. M. Bartlett, Treisurer, Lincoln. C. .1. Dilworth, Attorney-General. S. R.TIioinjisoii. Supt. Public Ins.rnc. H. C. Dawson, Warden of Penitentiary. Y1Y'Kht:' Prison Inspectors. C. H. Gould, ' Dr. J. G. Davis, Prison Physician. II. P. Mathewson, Supt. Insane Asylum. .IUDIC1ARY: S. Maxwell. Chief Justice, r.eorge B. Lake.) AgM,ciate jmigPS. Aniasa Cobb. 1 lOLT.TH JUmCIAI. DISTRICT. (. W. Post, Judtre, York. M. B. Reese, District Attorney, Wahoo. LAND OFFICERS: M. B. Hoxie, Register, Grand Island. Win. Ativan, Receiver, Grand island. COUNTY DIRECTORY: J. G. Higciiis, County .fudire. John Staufler, County Clerk. V. Kummer. Treasurer. Benj. Siiielman, Shcrilr. It. L. Rosssitcr, Surveyor. win. Blocdorn ) John Walker, V Ct John Wise. j ountvConimissioners. Dr. A. Hcintz. Coroner. S. L. Barrett. Supt. of Schools. ByrMillelt!"'! .TucticesofthePeace. Charles Wake, Constable. CITY DIRECTORY: C. A. Spcice, Mayor. John Wi-rmuth. Clerk. Charles Wake. Marshal. C. A. Newman, Treasurer. S. S. McAllister. Police Jmlge. J. G. IJoiiton, Engineer. councilman: lAf U'tinZ J. K. North, G. A. Sehroeder. '2d Ward E. C. Kavanaugh. R. H. Henry. 3d Ward-F.. J. Baker, Arm. Burgess. i'olnmtias Eos; SC-. Open on Simdajs trm II a. .m. to 12 M. and from -!::fo to (5 i. m. Business hours except Sunday (J a. m. to S i m. K'isrerii mails close at 11 a. m. Western mails close at 4:15 P.M. Mail leaves Columbus for Madison and Norfolk, daily, except Sunday, at 10 A.M. Arrives at 4:30 p. m. For Monroe, Genoa. "Watervillc and Al bion, daily except Sunday C A. M. Ar rive, same, G P.M. For Osceola and York,Tuesdays,Thurs days and Saturdays, 7 a.m." Arrives Mondavs, Wednesdays and Fridays, C p. M. For We If. Farral and Battle Crceli, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, G a.m." Arrives Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at G p. M. For Shell Creek, Creston and Stanton, on Mondays and Fridays at 6 a.m. Arrives Tuesdays and Saturdays, at C r. M. For Alexin. Patron and David City, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, IP. m "Arrives at 12 m. For St. Anthony. Prairie I2ill and St. Bernard, Saturdays, 7 ,. M. Arrives J jnusys, p..m. .Vv.M I .im an old miner. Xot one of the nowadays Washoe and Nevada stripe, but an old forty-nine Califor nia miner. I have been engaged in all descriptions of mining transac tions, except the new-fangled one of mining stock in companies "feet," I believe they call it. Among my varied undertakings was one opera tion in a tunnel, in which J and my partner engaged in the summer of 1S52. One afternoon in that year as I was carrying up a bucket of water from the river to our tent at the top of the bank, my foot caught under a large stone, and my perpendicular was at once changed to a horizontal posture, while the water from the overturned bucket spread itself in various directions. "With a few ex pletives of rather a forcible charac ter, quite customary and common in that region and period, I raised 1113 self to my feet again, and picking up the bucket was about to retrace my steps to the river, when my at tention was attracted by a folded paper which had been placed under the stone which caused my fall. "When my foot tripped, the stone was overturned, and the paper folded in letter form lay exposed to view. Bending over, I picked it up and proceeded to examine it. It was written in pencil, in characters very irregular and stiflly formed, as if made by a person with a wounded hand. The content.: were as follows : "If this letter should fall 'into the hands of any person I wish to in form him that I have been attacked and mortally wounded by my two partners, who wished to obtain my money. Failing to discover it after wounding me they have lied, leaving me here to die. Whoever gets this letter will find buried in a ravine at the foot of the "blazed" (roe, twenty live paces uje north ol this, a bag containing $5,000 in gold dust. That it may prove more fortunate prop erty to him than it has to me is the wish of AxnitF.w Fourst.'' I stood for some moments after reading the letter like one awakened from a dream. I could not convince injself thai the letter in my hand was genuine, and read it over and over again, thinking I might get some clue from the handwriting to the real author. It might be a trick got up by my partners to raise a laugh at my expense. No ;the place where it was found, and the purely accidental discovery rendered such a surmise very improbable. I sat down on a log and turned the mat ter over and over in my mind Ion some time. At last I got up and pacing oil" the required distance in the direction mentioned in the letter I came to a large tree. Carefully examining it I discovered a. sear, clearly indicating that the tree had been "blazed"' at some 1 emote period. This was confirmation as strong as Holy Writ, and I immediately went lo work to discover the locality of the ravine. Here I was at fault. Nothing of the kind was lo be seen. To all appearance a stream of water never had passed in the neighbor hood of the tree. This was not en couraging, and I sat down on the ground and read the letter again to see if I had not mistaken some of its contents. No; I was in the light place, but where wasthe ravine? A tap on the shoulder aroused me from my meditations and looking up, I saw my two partners, who loudly abused me for having neg lected the prepaiation for their sup per. As an excuse I showed them the letter and detailed the manner of my finding it. To my surprise they were as much excited by its perusal as 1 had been and we all looked around pcrseveringly for the ravine, but without effect for some time. At last Jack Nesbitt, who had been a miner since '48, said: "I think there has been a ravine here, but it has been filled up by the rains." On close examination we decided that his supposition was correct, and after some consultation we deter mined to commence digging early the following morning. Morning came, and we repaired lo the spot with pick and shovel. Jack proposed that we should follow the course of the ravine, which appeared to run into the body of the hill, rather than to dig down ; for, as we said, we would he more likely to find the bag in the bed of the ravine by following it up than by digging down in any one place. The result, was that in a few days we had form ed quite a cave in the side of the hill. Yc worked at this tunnel for four days without finding the bag. On the fourth day Jack proposed that he and my other partner, Bill Jen nings, should carry the dirt we had excavated down to the river, and wash it, leaving me to dig the tun nel. In that way they thought they might "make grub'' while searching for the hidden money. I thought the idea foolish, but as they entered so eagerly into myviews regarding the bu ried bag of dust, I made no objections to the plan, and dug away with redoubled energy. In fact, I had thought so much about the object of the search that I had become utterly regardless of almost everything else. I had dreamed of it when sleeping, mused on it when waking, and it had obtained com plete control of my mind. Day after day we worked, I digging, aud my companions washing; yet strange to say, I did not become discouraged. They said nothing about the bag of gold dust, and I asked them nothing about the result of their washing the excavated soil. We had worked aboat three weeks aud formed a tunnel extending about fifteen feet into the hill, when, com completely tired out, I sat down to rest in the cave. I had only intend ed to sit a little while, but five min utes had not elapsed before I was sound asleep. I was awakened by a crash, aud found my feet and legs completely covered by a mass of dirt and stones. The front part of the tunnel had fallen, aud in a man ner buried me alive. About ten feet of the tunnel remained firm, and from my observation of its structure prior to the accident, I was convinc ed that I had no reason to apprehend any danger in that quarter. Aly partners had carried dirt enough to the river to keep them busy there for the rest of the day; so I had nothing to hope from their assist ance. The question that first pre sented itself to my mind was, how long can life be sustained in this confined state? I had read a dozen times statistics in relation lo the amount of ir consumed hourly by human being' lungs, but like al most every body else, had merely wondered at the time, and then for gotten the figures. How much I would have given then to be able to recall them 1 The next thought was, how can I pro ceed to extract myself? This ques tion was difficult of solution. If I went to work with shovel and pick to clear away the dirt that had fallen it was very likely that all I should he able to remove would be im me diately replaced by that which would'fall in from above. This was pleasant. I racked my poor brain to devise some means of liberatiii" myself, but without effect. Leaning against the wall in utter despondency, I was about to throw myself down on the ground and await my fate, when I observed that quite a current of water on a small scale, was making its way down on the side of the cave- At first I was alarmed, as I thought it might loosen the earth above and bring another mass down on my head. The next moment the thought struck me that it might bo turned to my advantage. Why could not I direct it so that it would wash away suffi cient earth in its progress to the outlet of the cave, to make an open ing large enough to allow me io crawl through ? Even if I only suc ceeded in making an air hole it would enable me at least to exist until my partners could come to my rescue. Carefully examining the course of the water, I succeeded in finding the spot where it entered the cave, and to my great joy ascertained that I could easily direct it by cutting a channel out of the sides of my prison to the mass of earth that blocked up the entrance to the tunnel. The air at this lime was quite hot and stifling, and I became aware that whatever was done must be done quickly, or I ehould perish for want of oxygen. After cutting a channel for the water to flow toward the entrance, I enlarged the opening by which the stream entered the cave, and rejoic ed to observe that it flowed with redoubled force. Taking my shovel I pushed it through the moistened earth as far as I was able, and then awaited the further action of the water. In a few minutes I could push it farther, till it last it was out of my reach. Then placing the pick-handle against it, I pushed both as far as I could. With what eager ness did I watch to see the first opening made by the water, but I was soon gratified by observing that it flowed a steady stream iu the di rection in which I pushed the pick and shovel. In a few minutes I discovered a faint glimmering in the distance which might be an opening or the effect of an over-excited imagination. I scarcely knew which. But the doubt soon resolved itself into a cer tainty, and an opening some five inches in diameter speedily dis closed itself. Larger and larger the opening grew, lump after lump of earth was washed away by the stream, till the channel -became large enough to place my head in and call lustily for assistance. Just as I was drawing my head back. I caught sight of a buckskin bag. Hastily seizing it, I found it was the one we were in search of, and which, but for the accident, I never would have found! Wishing to surprise my companions, I con cealed it and redoubled my cries. In a few minutes they came running up the hill aud soon liberated me from my unpleasant position. "Well, Ned," said Jack, as he shook my hand; "I'm glad to see you safe, old fellow. The more so as Bill and I have been deceiving you a littte. You know Bill and I have been Dy ing all the summer to gel you into a tunneling operation, but you have only laughed at us." "Yes," I said. "Well, when you got that letter we made up our minds that we wo'd go into the job with you, not in the hope of finding any bag, but because we knew you would work twice as hard with such an inducement, in tending, meanwhile, to wah the excavated dirt. This we have done ; and, my boy, we have not made less than three hundred dollars any day since we begun." "Then you think the bag a hum bug, do you ?'' I asked. "Of course," said he. "Well, I don't, and intend going on looking for it," said I. "Now what's the use of being foolish?" quoth IJill Jennings. "We have got as much dirt as we can wash lor some time, and it pays. I can't see the use of continuing such a wild gooc oha3e as the hunt for that bag." "Be that as it may, I iutend lo fol low it up," I said. "Well Ned, I may as well tell you first as last. I wrote that letter in order to get you to go into tun neling." "And the blazed tree," said I; "how about that ? The blaz is cer tainly two years old.' "Why, you see," said he, we found that tree, aud wrote the letter to suit it." "Then what do you think of this," I asked, showing him the bag I had found iu the cave. Jack was uon-plusscd. On open ing the bag we found uboul three thousand dollars worth of gold. Jack would never confess, but always insisted that the variance be tween the statement in the letter and the amount in the bag was proof enough thai there wa no connec tion between the two. I don't think so, however, and I believe that Jack's assertion anything about Mr. Forest, so we divided the money amon" us. The G'ooil 3auslanI. "Nothing," said a sweet, smiling, joyful woman in a domestic circle, "adds so much to my happiness as a kind word, a kind look, or a kind act from my husband. Oh, how charming, after hard day's toil at the wash tub, or in cooking over a hot fire for the harvest hands, or in the discharge of any other domestic duly, or after a sleepless nigut with a sick babe, i3 a kind word, or a smile even, from the husband and father." Husbands, if you sec defects, or things which you wish were not so, in your wives, try kindness and see if that don't do them more good than all the unkind words and cross looks you ever gave them. "I often think," continued this happy wife, "I have the best hus band in the world. He is good and kind to me in sickness and in health, in joy aud iu sorrow. We are hap pier .than when we were imvrricd, nearly twenty, years ago. He never scolds me, nor brings .1 long cata logue of complaints against me, but comes in from his daily labor in a good humor, with a smile on his lips, and says, 'Now, Susanna, you have done enough to-day; put up your work.' Then he seizes little Nancy ; and we sit down side by side, and chat in the cool evening breeze." What woman in the world would not make such a husband a good wife? A man having fallen jnto a slough, his friend called loudly to another man for assistance. The latter, who was busily engaged in cutting a bog, and wishing to procrastinate, in quired. "How deep is the gentle man in?" "Up to his ankles," was theauswer. "Then there is plenty of time," rejoined the other. "No there's not," rejoined the first, "for he's in head first." It is the confession of a widower who has been, thrice married, that the first wife cures a man's romance, the second teaches him humility, and the third makes him a philos opher. Every day is worse than the form er. One's gain is another los3. Noth ing is agreeable that wants variety. Publius Syrus. 'JTIic Old and IV ew Democracy. r.v i:f.v. a. ii. kim.mokk. My health failing, and being about to depart and my prospect for the eternal future being bright as sun beams, I feel it my duty to ay a few words in relation to the welfare of my country. Difference between the Democra cy of Andrew Jackson and the De mocracy of John C Calhoun. Most of the modern politicians have forgotten some of the events of the past. I saw John C. Calhoun in the United States Senate several years after he should have been executed for treason. The nullifiers of South Carolina had assumed a state of uu- tagonism against the government of the country, and determined to se cede from the Union, and establish an independent government. Cal houn had resigned h'n office of Vice President, and had entered the Uni ted States Senate iu order to suc cessfully accomplish this work. General Jackson, as President of the United States, amid great excite ment, iisucd a sharp and spicy mes sage, and summed up his objections to nullification iu unambiguous terms. lie says: "I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible icilh the existence of the Union, con tradicted expressly by the letter of the constitution, unauthorized by US spirit, inconsistent with every prin ciple on which it was founded, and destructive of the yrcot object for which it was formed.'' Sec Presi dents' messages, Vol. 1, page -117. He also says, "Our constitution does not contain the absurdity of giving power to make laws, and another power to resist them." See Presi dents' Messages, page -US. And again, "But ihc dictates of a high duty oblige me solemnly to an nounce that you cannot succeed. The laws of Ihc United States must be executed. I have no discretion ary power on the subject. My duty is emphatically pronounced in the Constitution. Those who told you that you might peaceably prevent their execution, deceived you they could not have been deceived them selves. They know that a forcible opposition could alone prevent the execution of Ihc laws, and they know that such opposition must be be repelled. Their object is disun ion: but be not deceived by names: disunion by armed force is treason." See Presidents' messages, page -150. If disunion were treason then, what is it now ? Also he says, "The loss of liberty, of all good government, of peace, plenty and happiness, must inevitably follow a dissolution of the Union." See Presidents' mes sages, page 178. Aud when we sec the old General on his death bed and hear him say the great failure of his life was iu his neglect to hang Calhoun for treason, we then see the difference between Jackson Democracy and Calhoun Democracy; and had Jeff. Davis lived iu tho3C days, he would not have commanded a rebel army, but would have been hung for trea son before he started; and when that rebel Congressman annouueed himself a Jackson Democrat, if the old hero could have been permitted to rise from the dead how soon would he have hissed the traitor into nonentity. Let us see what would be the final results of the triumph of Calhoun Democracy. Sec some eleven weak states, each in the form of an aristocracy, too feeble for self defense, and too jeal ous and contentious to help each other, with their new Post Office laws and their new revenue laws ; see them with gangs of slaves hand cuffed, and with slave markets, aud blood hound to mangle the flesh of the fleeing colored man ; see their sorry little flags upheld by mobs, proudly asserting their mighty inde pendence over the rest of mankind ; sec the Hag of our own country once honored on every sea, and ad mired and cheered in every port; it was greeted by every nation as au emblem of strength, and purity, and peace; but see that dear old flag under which our fathers and broth- s crs fought and bled and died. It is the same flag under which my ven erable ancestors fought to gain our independence and then to sustain it, aud the thought of its being dis graced strikes dismay and sorrow to the bottom of my heart. But see it with its ouce beautiful stars and stripes trailing in the -dust, its "ad versaries prosper, its enemies tri umph, its beauty is departed. Now when one of our countrymen-is in terrogated in Europe as to his na tionality, he loudly answers, "From the United States of America!" Then when the question is asked, see him hang his head and blush, aud answer," I came from where the United States wore. We are not united now, but divided and distracted by the wind3 and wavos of contending factions." Then will the princes of Europe rrjoico and say, e told you so. Wo knew that men were not capable of self- government, and that the statement of Jefferson, 'All men were created equal, was a mere fable. Aud then will the Papacy rejoice and boast that the league that was formed in Vicuna iu 1S23 lo destroy the liber tics of the United State?, has suc ceeded. And what wonld briti" about all this desolation aud wreck of human liberty? It is the wretch ed Calhoun Democracy, all under the false pretence of helping the poor man. Let us inquire what they have already done towards bringing about llii- final national wreck, this revolution, anarchy and ruin. It is obviwnslv bringing us back toward feudal despotism; aud should a Calhoun democrat be elect ed iu lSSOnmlo.'ie hundred thous and federal offices be filled by rebtN aud their adhcrents,it would inaugu rate our certain national ruin. How then can the present democracy bo otherwise than Cnihouu democracy, because it needs the help of the se cessionists with their terror, fraud aud violence, with their shot gun: and tissue paper so as to render it a solid South. Also they must bo Calhoun democrats iu order to help the communists and mob3 of the Northern cities; and also in order to receive the votes of the Romanists who are seeking- to undermine tho government aud to reduce it to a Roman province. They will also need and receive tho votes of the liquor party, and of the Mollic Ma guires of the mines aud the hood lums of the sand lots. How can honest men vote a democratic ticket w hen they know that many officers in the United States government violated their solemn oaths of oflico by going into the great American rebellion against ihc American flag which they had solemnly sworn to protect, and after they failed they meekly "accept the situation'' and desired office again under the United Stale3 government ; and when elect ed by their sham elections they abused their privilege, (hough paid. out of the National Treasury, and again turned against the government and made a deadly effort, by with holding supplies, to put the timu honored power of United States protection out of tho hands of tho President which provides for an honest ejection into the hands of State sovereignties under the pro tection of Southern secessionists and Northern mobs. This was done by Democratic caucuses in secret con clavc.and controlled by the most vio lent conspirators of the solid South, they having a majority, and being backed by a majority in both houses of Congress", would bring this great Republic of some fifty millioug down. to the feet of the Rebel Brigadier?- And how can men look without: alarm upon the doings of the Ia3t Congress, composed of a majority of Calhoun Denocrats with twenty rebel soldiers in the Senate and &ix- ty-fivc iu the House of Representa tives, inaugurating two among tho most wretched and wasteful sessions that ever disgraced the American nation? How many times must men falsify their oaths before they be come unfitted to hold civil office in the estimation of the South? Before men cast their ballots they should inquire which party Republican or Democratic alarmed the poor col ored people, driving them into exile, and who burned their school houses and churches, and whom do thej consider their persecutors and ene mies and whom their friends. Who is responsible for the long list of white and colored murdered at midnight in cold blood, and subject ed to all forms of outrage short of death all for political purposes?! Aud which party killed or maimed oue teacher and twenty ministers of the gospel of one denomination I which ministers' uames arc already published aud who wa3 ever pun ished for it? Which party strncl down a United States senator nearly unto death, in the senate chamber, and which party protected the assas sin; and which parly it wa3 that murdered a President, oue of the noblest that ever graced the Ameri can continent. AH these great facts should be faithfully considered, and men as patriots aud not partisans! should deposit their ballots where they would best secure the safety of the nation, and permit the good oldl stars and stripes to ware in triumpkl over a united and happy people, till time shall bo no longer. A lazy fellow standing by his brother's beuch, while the latter waa sharpening his chisel, said, "John why do you work for a living? A fellow with your talents should not degrade himself with manual labor. I mean to get my living by my wits. "Well, Frank, you can work with, duller tools than I can.77