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The Meriwether County Vindicator.
VOL. 1.
THE VINDICATOR.
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BY WM. T. REV ILL.
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After tin* date, alt legal adverUseu cote
for the county of Meriwether, will be pub
lifted tn the Mauwwraaa<JoewTY Vmt>t
— CAVtfcR. ■ *■
JONES W. FLLLEK, Sheriff.
A. J JUNTOS,
Jau tth. t>C3. CteiA •*' ra,
BUSINESS CARDS.
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)QHM L WOItKItr.SON.
\ttornev at law,
ÜbKKKVII.I-K, <la.
Will practice iu the District t*mrta sud
* ir.lioarv‘4 Coßrt of Mcrf wether County,
„nd the Superior Court* of ifie counlir*
t i m posing t* Tallapoosa t ocu t
('oHeciiooa promptly attended m.
tW~ ( 'flier first doot sotiitl or Prm mg-
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BADGES VXD HiNflb
M Bowl nrol M uU: to Or -tor, ami < nci <vc<!
a.i *ltort no’u.i' Also, full supply
of 'he i-elijliraud Diamond
VjiorM arlta" fwa} * on
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Camp House.
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Byinj l Pi Hotel.
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< 1m Stibie* rsonveiiierifly faceted,
m l •'ihi I silt niton to i' k yiiaraoiAl
'l l*#* ot Mfimetln t ii* v #t< ! l.
give nw acall. Iv .
JOHN W. I'Altli,
\ T IOHNLY At LA"
J\ (lu'JwMHJI ( 1\
Wi’l practice jo 3feriwetl*cr and the <l
J 'ns i og countin’*
DRUG STOliJd
CRIFFIN. GEO.
I wo; 1,0 ■ ily **v ,rf t'i* triuUnr p-ii' I '.
rbonofUKir Ini-'IISII*. W>t UK navi >ni
•Munnmrt nCOrar> *tHt I'brnni-als. p.m Oil*,
Oi. I*t, i. arta. CtWUi a*tr>-*,
,ml KvS"* . P*Ti'ißu-n a*4 T'4n* cnuHr tod <
*r,tna t k*ia •* •ar*-i** lws*a Mac*
rd ££■% f ar,i>iw %n •*! at He ln* uarli^l
' ier-nit an a vwthowt i * te m. .-dn
t,ke ten •pr-c.il •• rut I B has* lus /time, aj>c. a
■nutluee is!l u* tii
iBir7SlJ S.HHAUP.I*.
SchaulVs G^allorv
Griffin Ga.
A SPECIALTY' mad* of fine PWo
arauba of all wzea aad kind* Other
kind* <A piwwsm -• -amery Uraeriptiow—
Old pictured copied, eelerm; and painted
fa oil. My Meriwether frteod* are reapet
fnliy inetted to celL epl4 if
J. IT. WHITJS, of OrURA C*.,
WITH
HENRY Sc JOHN PARET
Mens Teatka A Bwye
Clothiojg at Wholesale.
rt }; i\i r .
e. wwrri er . NfW f rfc.
Waeow O. St-rr. I
nwilrrmi f ,frr U,A T*-r
STRAYED OR STOLEN,
About two weeks si km? a
Moaß bey SUy with one tff k -oeLnd
out and sbewt three year! old was ,toh-ri or
sssraiessiMioiE
fnnweUrm „ to her wbereaboats wiO be
I heretly Wwardol
joly4 #NO. RUSSEF.L. I
vim*.-.
ini w
blue apt wared at W doer, En^pßcMr'jgjP’
ed tor a ilriak of cxrid
*fcr! I know in reason that you V* <U*d
nod thirsty, and that yon wW hh power
fa! {lnd to gat a drink of water, not to speak
of a liMo wroth in' to mix with it,”
•Thank you, taunt j but I Iwlong to the
Caughtera of T. rupct.-uice. and can't drink,
mimes it is a little in the way of medicine,
and 1 do feef Terywwtk.aaiinrve marched
more than C-Wtf *ilea to-day.”
“Forty mile T The laws have massy !
flow could yuu do U J Why, it would kiii
rey mule,"
”tl kraa>rr Wfd , *it WOJH used toTi.
-£ wontdn*t hare minded H. ff I bad any
ihlnc? to eat”
“Sake* alive ! Do route in ant* ail down
soldier -
(food old lady brought ont a black
battle, trow which the batrenwr Tcuran
poured a tpas|wsin(iii into ■> glam of waiar.i
and look a vigorous pull at the bottle when
li r l>ark an turned- Then situ j>!*4 be
fore bint a *ub*tulial supper of hatn aud
eggs and corn coflee, upon which
he advanced its gallant style.
"And yon are mighty young to lie a so)
dittr," site aaltl. looking at him bcniguantly
over her sjxt laclek
"Yes, mum; lam the only aitn oi my
widowed mother ; Ih|l my County calledav
and my duty to my country 1* only seettud
to u>y duty to my Creator.”
**Stm ? Why yon taik a* peert ag a tain
liW ”" - "
•*1 was studying fir the ministry when
the war broke out."
"I hod a notion that the soldiers were all
so wick-d , but 1 sm glad to find out lin y
siu't.. You have i-orti a power of tightm', 1
r reckoe,' '
“A g'vat dial, mam. ft i* hard tor •
Cfirietian to lake ill, ; but tin) ent'infes of
Sit obtmify intm be putushlid.**
"Jess hO Hare you ever bfe o woundafit"
“Very 'often, l was oner *oi through
Uli* lissft ”
“ Thr< ii* h 'tiv heart ‘ Law ei> ' Didn't
a KIT yon V
"N<fi quite The intercostal muscle was
Sled longitudinally Aid cslfllVseated
\vrrfr-vmirrTic-rtnnv; trnrrtfe t,oltJ7t rioigud
nt-t*,*- tt-rr teiHobe >T the sraeiiooul artery,
,nulm;iug a t-.,**.**.i.i.o -i ti ....oilr of li.*- so
'erior p;oi,i. sol Un ,en bcliuiii, and cans
iug a U: ion ut the spinal vw wy and U,<
1 tlVl'Opt... Ul '.lie 110 jU, : irt that i|e
o c 4 lay leooVei J
... i- ii, lo • n lriot y- mi lived
.: ii ii .t, ;t it. ,i ;■' -
' I Si? *|*h-I ii, tioiui, To Ce an fiuinl te
... ii. a-i .mi i.. o| t In- itur* t-y-H —I' r o-,-|rhai?-. "
i. ll* i. K ■> V*. ... IVT ■■ Ilia l 1101:1-*
4.n> •. . jiv , zoimjpjjj' do .-u tb* cl
t i* i a lln. i Ih • ufr; id
•ikilj f B lot :i:J •■!. yoi.
I oi-fe 4* lohjiLtnti Jstihae ••!, uisua a oeu
-l ih ..h. * -.'.. i* lio
-,i .-i and to kill i* . uot tin 01, a.i-a lb* ro
r - it sway. ' ''k.
.Don,, i h-u J think >o'l outfit to
i* iii ottlurr.
f’leanfetii hs' tried to j', node me
to i i;.-[>i h comim.i ion .•. General, but I
tins twin vel-thill I esn serve lit y C;lU>tf)
in-tlrr in tnv prew ut sphere. Think you,
I don't out ii Ido ake a sp nniful of that
I must in going now, with tny thanks fin
your kindness. It Is nearly time fiif rnir
evening prayer eueeliog. and I must be
there Pi o|<* it Have you such a tiling a*
a picket Bible lo spate ’ AJio>: wasdustriy
ed -Is the Is*l liet'h-by being strut k by s
bullet iu my co a pocket It was the law
gift of my beloved Mother, and it saved my
life
“Lawfal rake* ! Wiririr pocket v *
"The behind pocket, mid.”
“ What a Ucwd thing U> haw* • Bibi-
Thive it one thd belonged to my IfntDila
| Jane ; but T know that you will igake a
r good u*e of it I will remember youln my
prayer*, ;<ore wild let p
Aa the tact ray* el tbeaelUngepa lighted
! tip the tare of that haltered veteran, they
! rliat on two big tear* that vraa clowly
tri* bting down cither cheek, making minia
ture canal* tbruagh Ute doM that oealed hi*
epidermic. He walked ap the road whea
be tree Joined by aercrai more veteran*
who came ant front the earner ef the trace.
Two '•( theta bore a keg, others parried Up
bodeeta, and other* bad their area* full of
bottle*,
*-Haa yea got it, bayaf cekad the vat
vraa to whoa* the Bible wa* preeeetad
“All right. myoovey. Ten gaßoo* of old
peach bra.,uy, a keg of ajgJt j*ck, and ever
mi many bottle* U blackberry wine. The
aU gal waa well taed mg?'
“ Too made each a dwaoe of a aoiae that
the weald hate waohed yon if I hadn't
beea then to throw her off thetraeft bet'*
go and divide. I ought to have the bigg**
than, a* 1 had lb# her deal portion el the
wofk/*
It taffca* that petriotiam and virta# aaa
rewarded.
The wile ef a Method** ■>*■* ia Tew
•mmw hae baaw Mriowdy inr aoeaa thaa,
but, my* a tSoodun paper ia cawiwhciag
Mae lad. "hop** era entertained (hat the
will lacjaear." Aad then * adtia, “Imt hha
(thWlilf l)>Mvphpey i> Hh| i**>wy
era nfhh hwfltff* la tW tear* mm*
wd djacawnrameal.” _ .
A lUetadn hrdee Ui lamiy wPtd ia Mag
land lor |IO,OOO. ' 1
pLE, MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA., JULY 11, 1873.
W fProsaOMV. B. K. RUfv p|Ne 1
Browalew and Nttt>
tub parson DRHoUJtcen as a pocl mon
vrut
For a quarter of ft century befbre the civ
U war, Rmr. W. 0. Brownlww waa the self
cnttPutdapoetie qf die pro slavery party
M owe of the same am ;dnt of btnina tihl
to much to fire tie ti-mthern heart ami in
fluence tk<! douthvru titlnd against th'* Al>-
o iiion iiKiVemc.it, sml thus to h iojf about
the inevitable conflict of arms, as llto self
appointed champiou of human lamdage
.Rev. Mr. Brown low challenged the Her
Mr. Uryue to meet him iu Puilsiletpbia and
there discuss the slavery question, la that
debate. Her, Mr. Browulow used tha fol
lowing; language:
Now, Mr. I'yru*, way I ask you and your
fMlow laborers In the onus ot Ott dmil to
pause mrd lift the vefi ttf the future; nut a
quarter ot a century ahead of you and use
your Utflurnce to ttuy :&*/.** ■(*&•! Aoerf
mow d to etrJU the bone of mtn tn your om a
fry Gall around you a com.rH of >. ii wad
men and warriors--B*rator toward, suua
B. Htddiogs, Chase iud Frtd. Dtqtgl is -Tor
whom you are doing journey worn, .*ud go
to that vicurn tn the lunatic Qor
ritt Smith, whoac tool you have Urn fiw
years, ami on whose money you b tye lived
sml Jet) yottr wife aud otuldien -ask tbem
all if ymi bad not belter change your pro
gramme. If the response is not eatislaclo
ty, call a prayer meeting, and have Wen
iloll I'hillips, Beecher, thee rev, and all the
Tong- faced hypocrites who insult God. an.l
mock tw cttllinf upon hint for me*
cy—pray old John Brown aud his con first
rrains out iddiaU, whsse tho whole hatch
of you are going with lightning speed ! Ask
God to forgive you for your wickedness;
pray iug morulug, evening and noon with
your taua towards Harper's Ferry l Ask
Him to wash your filthy garments from tire
•lain of the blood from your Kansas aud
Virginia murders, sud Troimriune Him un
til you get your answer 'go sud sin no more
—KO iw longer agafeat <wm;*oHnc* a*l v r
csouiltry's law and Constitution.’ Don’t
pray for heaven, for go power can qualify
you to walk the New Jerusalem ! Don’t
a:k iur merry, for tlm wltiged messenger
can nev-r light on surh mean detestable
inatures. Don't ask to be punished id hell,
Cur that would he inadequate toyoui crlmcl
Ak bi >w annihilaUd. nr bunlihcd to the
utmost vent* of the act runout leal imagina
t ion, whgju th gboai >d a twyP m ty never
rise up to remind you whence you earner
ITu n ht predicted that the AbolUloutata
would ruiu tin; country, calltnjr them mur
drrrrv, and end they were ‘‘gotng W llSl'
whh Sj-etl ” riedrroed byTffrpnr
■mvery runi md fierce dcntinCTiCTom ot the
ALad ;ti lulsi.-, ti.>umiid ri J Ills igll'lliml fui.
.m r* toon up arm* against the murderer"
■ upccGug their |iro slavery ciminpioii t <
n sd tot in to lh* * ho oi. ,i'‘ii L il cod iy ln ur’.i
<r t li rt v. *‘!t toi and i n’’ Ifni tlooe
'Tit S J,.11gl I in ! 1.-fl I id. ’I ; a id I lie
1,—0,^*0. .* --1 4 J• *iio"T
.. ivi he I* id ■i. *i* iioc iasiu ii i' mud tn.it
dil.lr, and Uo .lide i U oi‘'O to the sJaugh
o i <1 hr. kindred, uei.pioors, and country
men. who hid b< n atluiul.t'ed try hi* leech
in;; into ofCii warfare against the Aholi
iioius.r. it u ut be. a>JmiHu(i, however, in
uiiiplc J.rstkjr to the Key. Mr. U.owulow'.
pindeoc*. (hat be lo ver cam* wilibtgiy
ii bin a bundled yards of a rebel battery,
! but front a far ami sate dUlauca chueied on
llie slayers of hie own people.
'l'hc Itcf Mr. Brown ow has rtcetiMy
artich in tic iiuosvllle Ghron
tele, briegtag several charges ag oiiu the
ryjitor ol the tkHitherir H<n Tb i is not
a eentenct in that articV that is ir llri <t
ly falsa, ot wnU.h lout not c e-nvc/ a ir.se
U-mkl by Implication.
1 wifi only noth*' a few of Un ae w lekul
libels Thus, he |>r iduetly tails to quote
what i did say about Oe-oe-al knotty, aud
ointlrA, HTtii p iirt nim v > •
oe language never used He. himself, was
nut denounced for IcyuHy, but for betraying
the m<*n he bad seduced toto the field, nod
then irrging hie old enemies to slaughter
them for being guided by his own teaching.
Again, he falsely accused me of misleading
and coercing men into rebellUm. No hu
man being can charge tr-e with teaching
either pro slavery or seceesfon doctrines,
prior Ut IHfif. Oo the contrary, there are
living wiloraws to prove that 1 warned the
hot-bloods that tney were rushing into a
long and disastrous war. When my coun
trymen did take up arms, however, I cast
in my lot with them, and have never once
regretted that I did so. It was the Itev.
Mr. Brow alow, himself, that misted and
coerced men toto rebellion. I will show
preaestly that be waa the flrst mtu ever to
use the words “iy/ttlhem Confcdorneyf and
lo advise its establishment. A third gross
falsehood to, that twesrty-al* loyal men,
were bung by my order, ore morning be
fore breakfast Tins la made out ol whole
cloth. It was never my lot lo order ettfaer
tbs shoodag or hanging of deserters or toy
al men. At no time daring the war wwald
Last* wMiagfe hamted more than one <fe
garter. That imwtor, l would hare cheer
fatty hanged to a “sour apple tree," not bo
esrase of Lis loyally lo toe Unto*, bat bw
cause be urged the "hell hound party” (to
•ae his own eloquent fsngua.e). to slough
lor the men he Lad inveigled toto rebellion
Tbetfrraerts*. however, kept bitnscU safe
fafa id the battfetrento af Wnshtogtoo, and
USasked Gvd devoutly for every fresh
Sfagghier of bl- ale deloOed Mtowera.
Her. Mr. Browalew Hakes that the 4#Vll
was faa esstber of secern awe ami the fomb
ern CowfiAfcrsey. I rs'her think that i l
waa U. daviPs vicegerent on earth, tor Mr.
Brow -tow himself was the flrst human bo
inf tr naremmend a Southern Confederacy
lu jkltgwd for slavery he wrote five tlUhy
letfsnof a> use to Rev. Me Dryne. in the
fifth pf these lettsrs, he said;
l ‘t tit,vmtUfaor an tlllian v with Kronor
as a means of more effectually punishing
and starving out the Abolitionists ol the
North. ThU far-neeing monarch of the
FremA would unit* with ns on our own
form*, as it would afford him an opportuni
ty crush the commerce and manufacture of
Old EopHhHt, ami make her feel that’she is
depemT'.-p upon her ancient enemy, as well
as atone far villainous troaunout of hU II-
InstriotM uncle, Napoleon Bonaparte. l)n
solve the Union, you imamous villains, aud
wtt shatl make Hhs projvHlt ion at ouee to
Louis NapoU *, a most sagacious monarch,
•ad b* fain quarter at New Orleans
OOP Freiirdmnm, aid at UhespaAe BaydKlO.-
more; we would then command lha
Mlssiariq.. tslluy, whip lAt north tettlern
St u* rsft* our SorniKHN OotsvaoisttAor,
and we would turn upon the New England
Htte7ard-cnM! tfin hurricane of civil wsr
rpgjff H't’i M pfin rhJ Otnou'B
line to lha Pod fisheries ol Maine, until we
would atrtlngnisii the last Ahodfion Hhil
hok! on the continent of America I Face
to face, knife to knllo, steel to stent, and
pike to pike, we would meet you, and as
wo would aue yon to bleed at every pure
w wo it It I psabs y.i.i reyrtt, m (As Mtir Pyo
nut /fart*4, .that you had ever'felt any
cortcern for the African race I”
This letter wss written six years before
the war, mol Ilfs admitted on ah hands that
Me*. *|r,.Browulow was the first lo use Hut
words “Southern Confederacy." the rev
erend brifapuioeio did norwltTp'tiio Wes
turn States Into out SoulUorn Confederacy,
hut he die cheer on tho Western troop* to
their work of crushing that Confederacy—
He did not fight "face to face, knife tn knife,
steel to steel, and pike to pike," against
"the hell-hound parly.” On tho contrary,
he joined that parly, and applauded them
in their work of blond and devastation Hr
did notlwi hi' conquering relicts to the
fisheries of Cspe Cod, but he clapped his
hands wttli joy when New Enqltnd hired
-Irhdi and Germami bMfeholate tlm land of
his birth.
The revtftcuJ blasphemer U fond of Mo
-dotrromp|fons There was one “llngut
t.’liarluy" Iff tbo Modoc gang, who sang war
song* sad fifiCAil l£S tlioKraiide, slid -then
betrayed bis Uaßsf and kindred to their eu
Amies Thogwu slave)y renegade can acarce
ly fttS to out; ihs reaemMsoee iiciwucu the
traitor ■ ..I himself.
Tit* ■mp)ff' n| 'bis mlserahto- ctcatnru
im* ~‘j ,*jy l i a ll* A mlnlnfer ol
Uic |mri j} *“|)'.TM I Sh-lst, he has belched
: torrlt- h-.ti.rng lint fvinctmorl, blasphemy and
olim'i i,i)y. F.r a quarter ol a century thu
M-lt efrr*-',; rb.mipi'n of trtman bondage,
lll.’lias lor iwi vs j cats traveled in loving
j ay in pat' y altlt "lie; litli bound parly” of
; yfeiliiioni-U. The fils' to tuggi'sl u Hmiili
! ere Cotifedciai y. In baa bel li tin; fioreea’
,;nitt-tiiif f A oufi-dcial*’*. 4 Dragging of
! *be brffrid* ibiiiga he nt.uid do iu war, he
i-.til.lk .n i IcMlltcpio. T ..i) strong *i<l
the first wliUilu of bill* Preaching,
l wil'lng and lectuung lor twenty years that
! iiic negro wnt a bnne, tli only tor bom !g".
I lie owes fits present Senatorial honors to
I negniinfluet'ce. Dialing all bis life about
j honesty, he voted for the Hack autary steal,
n * look lit" share of the stolen money.
]locrent to every trust, fait bless to every
obligation, and fsiew to every profession,
tnv loul monster in Ids long career of wick
tiduess has been true only U flltb, to f*l*<;
hood, to slider, to blasphemy, to blacken
iug charac-wr, to L'lackgii.trdiiun, and to W
ii. Ilrownlow.
“He Is dead; but bo paysju.t aa well a*
li* ever did,’ was the reply the Belfast Jour-
I uai got Pi n dunubig letter.
ffuuday schools have beeu runuiug in In
diauoplt* lor fifty years; and yet eight out
of teu of the male citizens tsffuk when they
eall Utr so*la water.
Tlie Ditlsimig girl has sent iieok those
two barges of coal which her father gave
her for a bridal preecnt, and says she can
tbaka II hot en oigb for “hubby” without
My ouUmle help.
. ' —' mmi m tm -- -
A skeptic who was trying to confuse a
colored man by the contradictory passage
in the Bible, asked bow it could be that we
were in the spirit and the spirit in us, re
ceived tills reply: “Ob, dar's no puxz'e
'bout dot ; it's like dat poker; I put it In
de Are till it get's red hot—now de pokei’s
in de fire and de fire's in dig poker.”
A profound theologian conld not have
made a better reply.
“He is dead ; but he pays just aa well as
he ever did,” waa the reply the Belfast
Journal got to a dunoing letter.
w
Sunday Schools hews been running In la.
disn -polis for fifty years; and yet eight out
of ten of the male citizeos wink when they
call for soda wafer.
The Pittsburg girl has seat back those
two barges of eon! which her father gave
her for a bridal present, sad says that she
gumees she ana ms ha ft hot enough for
“hubby,* Without any outride help.
An I'M tet-n.UMieu Brooklyn gill said
to a gent lemma the ether night i “The mut
qattoos tre terrible. I wish jrett Mld eee
my beck P “I wish I could," *rae the quiet
mpiy r
Ai> fit tin in Idnroln.
The Alliany, N. Y., Argus is glvlm* a
series of rrlraapeetiv.* article* in the pan
history ot political partita and leading pol
itician*, which, Judging from the only nnm
tier that has renobetl us, (No. Iff) contain
much interesting truth. After giving-the
history, character and slma of the AIH
-tion party, its union with the present party,
and detailing the political evAts which led
to the election of Abraham Lincoln to the
Presidency, in 1800, lire writer proceed* to
give a brief sketch ot the good tmtnred,
generous Hearted but weak hearted martyr
President. The writer says :
“He promised everything that appeared
right, amt yielded to everything, whether
right or wrong. He swore to spport the
Constitution; but kept his oath only In
obedience to party. Whet* on his way to'
b inaugnrated President Of the United
dependence, Philadelphia—-‘Now, In my
view,’ said he, in the present uspeet of af-.
fairs, there need be no bloodshot! or war.—*
There is m> necessity for it.’ And yet,
when told in Washington, immediately
after, lUijß WHftd promise sa a man of
honor to the Southern Mutes their constl
tuilonel rights, verbally W otherwise, tbs
secession leaders would pledge themselves
instantly to stop their movement,' bo not
only refused to answer, but his party Wends
refused to answer forTiim - ‘Why,’ said hu
to Gen. Beott, when he was urging upon
him a tvrlicy —‘What wiii become
of my paity If we consent to pekeeft He
did not s|cak ot hi* oonutry, but only of
liis party*; \
“Whw| asked to make bis proclamation
,l LmaPUiittlitm. hB made 1
c.ompttreij U to the Poys'S Hull agsinal the
comet—Sml then Iswri-d it a* If lie were ent
titled to Tbeeredffof high motives for the
Act. When there win a prnapect of s|iecdl
ly closing thn war, hu dcclareil to a Irlend
'that Gen. George B. McClellan wn* equal
to any six iff. the tiest generals of the U. 8.
Army rolled together,'—and soon sftoj dN
wissed him- luuuuac Ids party could not
cunirol him h* a tool tor political purpose*,
lie favored peace a* a rnan v aml war as a
partisan. What he preinlsixfiu Virginia to
the South, was iiitant!y vetoed by H'anton
nod the party on his return to Washington
He appointed Imd mon to office, knowing
them to bc-KrTTfr; onty because they promla
ed party obedience. Both lie and Seward
were advised particularly of the disreputa
ble record of Fremont, and they were told
where the records could be fbnnd lit the
Wnr Drpartmvut— and utterly regardless of
tb* warning, limy commissioned him a MnJ
General—costing to i nattrrrr wttWrr a few
month* a wfe of the people's tnrm*y rtf
not less than ten million*! He arrested men
wliu were loyal to the, Uiiion because I bey
wen disloyal to bii party. Ho waa good
naMircd and ircnerous hearted—but lie was
Joking when our soldiers were os
Nero fiddleii wlien ftmne waa burning.
"On of Hie ablest of Ida Csblnef fClifef
Jijsth ' t'haw ) ii'ott uinceit hi* ‘the most
imbecile of all the I'rnsldeuts,’ snil said
dial Ids anecdotes st the White House
were so olisccnn that Ills chosen counsellors
did not like to attend Cabinet meetings."-
ir be was not a trader lilmself, he permit
ted tils wife lo la* one, ami It Is posltlvsly
asserted thst party Wallers, against law, had
the sanction of hi* name to speculate be
yond the lines of the army. He permitted
the White House lo bn robbed of some ol
its most ancient valuables, and hla widow
refused to leave the premises until paid s
large sam—flff,ooo- to liquidate family
debts. This sum was subscribed sud paid
by political friends, and then, and not till
: then, she left the Executive Mansion. Lla
! coin was a playful partisan, a witty polltl
emu— but be was not permitted to redeem
his own pledgee, or set consistently with
his own good sayings, in no sense was be
a statesman—anilJml hia small degree was
lie permitted by his party to be Prcaldcn'
of tbe United fttetet.”
Tn* Carat.—Probably many people
have speculated upon to a precise meaning
of the word "carat." It Is an Imaginary
weight that expresses the linen css of gold,
or the proportion of pure gold in a mass of
metal; tlms, aa ounce of gold of twenty
two carets fine is gold of which twenty four
are pure, the other two |*rts bring eilver
copper or other metal. Tbe weight of four
grains, used by Jewelers ia weighing pre
ciouf stone* sod pearls, Is sometimes called
diamond weight, the carat constating of
four nominal grains, a little tighter than
four grain* troy or seventy-four and one
sixteenth grain* troy. The tern of weigh
jog carat derives its name from a bean, the
fruit of aa Ahyasinian tree celled knars.
This bean, from toe time of iu being gath
ered, varies very liuie ia iu weight, and
seems to have been, from a very remote
period, need ae a weight for gem* and
pear la.
Senator Matt. Caepaaier waa facetious
over the salary grab fa a speech be
before the Wfaconefa Editorial Association
at La Croat, a few days since. He said •
“If toe mosey belonged to the people’
whet more direct way of gelling it circuit’
ted toto to give it to such fellows ss me to
spend."
“Is Pat Flsßolgan on board this strip**
roared Commodore Nelson. during a b>U fa
toe flrtog at toe battle ol toe Nile, “lam
hew, my ford,” said Erins soa, showing
himaaif oa dpak. “Tbs*," said the gallant
Nafee*. ioekfag aaifaffod, “let the bat tie pro
ceed.” This story fa Psi's.
Neeme lu a Calif*rain Barber
Shop.
1 During the early days of the Golden
i Htnte, w lieu S.ii F. aucisoo barbers wen #a
' rough and bifid aa the balance of creation
: there, the art n! shaving was in a crude
stnte in tliat city, and the fact that the
knights of the razor drank, gambled and
tore sroun I with the bravest, quite natural
ly made them unsteady ef hand In tb*ir
bnsinukH; the consequence whereof wss
thst, slier a customer bad submitted hUn~
*elf to lie operated on, be usoally emerged
from the ordeal looking as it tie ton) just
been undergoing the operation of akmtting.
One of the festive Frisco boys at laatgirt
Bred of boliig conlinurlly cut and harkrcl.
and going into % barber's shop one day,
hauled forth a revolver, with the remark lo
a barber; “Hrrc,yoti ahavo me, and if you
cut tne llila lime. I'll blow your hr* tat out''
—“Att right,” chimed Ihe liarbari Hake"
>'our et.’’
Sat, I sa>,' ! rep. icd tlm other, “nui't you
afeald lo tackle rue nndvr.tbeckouomiance*?
I’ll shoot
"Oh, (firn’t yon Worry,’’ralumail ilu
ber; “If X bsjqren to niok you, why, I’ll
Jftst ont your ol—tl fhroqt. . '
The bloodthirsty customer wilted forth
with, ami oonciudiog that he wouldn’t be
shaved just then "walked off on hie ear.”
(from tb* Pori lan* (Ha.) Argn*.
JrC Davie* Alleged Blsgain
tam no admirer of Jeff. Davis. lam a
Yankee, bora between Maccarsppa and Gor
ham Corner, am lull of Yankee prejudice* ;
but I think Ii wicked to lie even about him,
or, for that matter, about the devil.
t — T wss with 'Tyff..
Davis, saw the whole iraaeeoU£B front its
beginning I bow say—and hope yon will
publish It—that Jaff. Davis did aot haveoc,
nt tho time he was tskea, any |arm&tsuoh
os Is worn by women. He did bare over
Ills shoulders n water proof article of cloth
ing- Honmibiag like a "Havelock.,’ & was
not to the least concealed. He wore a hat,
*nd did ont carry a poll of water os hie
head, nor carry |>all, bucket, or kettle In any
To tho bust ol tny recollection, be carried
nothing whatever In bis heads, Hie wife
did not tell any person that tier husband
might hurt sumebmly, If he sltonld get ex
asperated. Bhe behaved like a lady, and
he as t gentleman, though manifestly he
was chagrined at boiug taken Into custody.
Our soldiers behaved like gentlemen, as
they were, and our officers Ilk# honorable,
breve men i*n<l tin) foolish stories that went
the newspaper round* of ths day, telling
how wolfisldy hu deported himself; wage
ntt fsler. I know what ! siM wHftnjf Mbbnk
I saw J< If re.,n Dnvis several times whlto
he Whs •laying lu Portland, tn.rqy years
ago; and I think l was thu first one who
recognized him nt thu time of his arrest.
When it was known that he was certain
ly taken, soro newspaper correspondent--
I knew bis nsmo st the time febricated
the story about the disguise In an old wo
man’i dfes*. J beard the whole matter talk
ed over as a good Joke , an I the Officers,
who knew better, never tyok the trouble to
deny It. FWbsps they thought the Con
federate President deserved all the con
tempt that could be put upon him. 1 think
so too, only I would never perpetrate a
falsehood that by any means Would beOMM
history. And, further, l wo*Ul never slan
der a woman who has shown so much de
votion as Mrs. Dsvls baa tn her bus bead,
no matter how wicked he If or nay have
been.
I My any pcnoo to Sad a single offlcer,
or soldier, who wsi present st the captnre
otJttt. Dari*, who will ay, upon honor,
that he waa disguised la woman's clothes,
or that hi. wife acted In any way finledy -
tike, or undignified on that occasion. Igo
for trying him for his crimes, and if be is
found gulUy, pualshtof Wm. Bat I would
not lie about him when the troth will oer
tstoly make It bad enough.
Bllburneille. Jjj. ||. Penas*.
The Doylcstown Democrat, on# of the
ableet and beet weeklies in Prnnsyt reels,
lies this torey by way of adrioa to theee
wlio take the paper published In their oerw
cflontp*
Postaok on Ncweraraitr -iller an
exemption from postage on nesrapapesr *
within the county srhern they are prlelat.
since the gorernmest wee (bonded. It Is to
be enact*! from the flsSdepef ant f*
It Mote trifle, to be sif-flw oeou a*
quarter, or twen ty cents a year, bat itsnfr-
to Iseeereeliegs, and la • tan
ft an ou trace oa the people" *
this mean rtcsnga for bate* eMlpetf to m
paal the franking pririlagn, aofl
“to make all thtega area” (ha BMmfrera
back pay, wad to-
Indignant protest of the wifl
be earn to he mpeaiad at the want aaarifla
of CVmgmmi Wo would —inn adrtee
oo sobsoribers not to pap mom thwa aha
Blooa,# pntsfls, ten sarta, m aflaoaaa
brae ess we brhere the Insr will herapnalafl
•Xpi of 4
Three lad lee that no saw star mat. &
lady that eaod powder; a lady wtmflMafl |
kase day aebberam gwine to hsdVptrtifr
NO. 30.