The Greensboro patriot [February 8, 1872]

              PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AT GREEN8BOBO, N. 0,
By DUFFY * MOREHEAD
TEHMS—ouh tavarleaty la slriaH,
Oneysar *2, six month* 11.15, Ones steafS *U
r?"Anj person mdlag/•» sub*erU>*r* will re
r*iv* on* cup/ gralil.
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Ktch additional insertioe,
Three months, 400
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Each additional, t»
Thrse months, BV.00
Six months, 30JW
On* year, *
J-oiumn 1st insertion, 10.00
Each additional, «J"!?
Three month*, 16JO
Six mouth*, 40.00
Oueyear, »M»
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Each additional, 8.00
'I hive month*, *J0
Six mouth*, 75.00
On* year, 1S0X0
IC7" SPKCIAL NOTICES 80 pweal higher (ban
lie above rat**.
1ST Court onUn *lx weska, #7; Jsaglstre***'
notice*, four week*, $0, in adi-enes. L
Yearly adrcrti*emuU changed eBeitsrry *»
desired.
gyObituary notices, over fir* II***, chaff**
a* adrerthwmenta and paid for la sdvanee.
Professional Oirda.
Jxo. H. DitxaBD, Too*. BOTIH, «.,
Lalt of Koclcim/Kam,X.C. LaU ofAlmmmet,N.C
J.NO. A. GILMXR, Greta*****, K.C.
I iilli.rU, Jluffln Je Glltner,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ureemboro, a.O.
11KACTICE iiith*C'ourUofGuilfor«.Alaaiano*
Randolph, Dsvidwo, Stoke*, Ysdkin, wnrry,
Kockingham and Caavrell Counti
One oi the firm will alwsvs attend th* rt€ul*J
Probate Court* of Kockingham, Al" laao* and
Uuillord counties.
Her. lilh, l«li« _
i . P. liBMDEMBUIX. JOHIC N. STaTUS.
MENDENHALL & STAPLES, ▲raoBnia AS? iiAW.
I.III:I;.\SBORO, N.C
Will practice in the Courts of Guilfbrd, Rock ing-bam,
Uaridaoa, Fun/the, Stoke*, Randolph and
Alamancw: also. U. S. Circuit and District Coarta.
Special attention given to collection* la all part*
oi the Stale, and to MM in Bankruptcy.
I »• (Mice on* door North of th* Court Houa*.
Jan. 'J7 : ly. ^^
W. B. BALL, TH06. ». KKOOD,
V. S. Uommbtsiooar. Regi.ter in BaakrapUy
it v I.I. *V KKOQH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
GUKKMSBORO, K. C,
JPRACTICE in the Court* of Guilford, Baek-iughaui,
Darid«>ii and Randolph. Also in the
(,'n. nit and District Court* of th* United Bute*
for North Carolina.
i'jirticular attention giv*n to
■ NTKRNAE. KKVHl'C CACSatS
iii the IT. S. Court* and before th* DxraxTJtxKT
at WtMIINdTON.
Will give special attention to th* proeecutloa
..! claim* againat the govarnmmt for property
lnk.-it by the U. 8. Army, and will practice be
fore the Commission appointed by lat* act of
Congreaa te take the testimony.
\\ ill al.o attend promptly to application* un-der
recent act of Coiigre*. featuring to th* plo-sion
roll., survivors of the w*r of 1012.
Jan Ifcly
RALPH GORRELL,
Attorney and Councilor at Law.
Greensboro, N. C,
\\" II.I. practk* in th* court* of Aliauace, Da-
» > vidson, Guilford and Randolph, and Bank-rupt
court*. Office, No. 5 Law Row on We*t
SiueofCouit liuuae.
Prompt attention ui"" to collecting, and all
other buainaa committed to hi* car*.
April S7^871jly_
Established in 1824
ipn
Business Cards.
IV. B. FARRAB
WATCH MAKKR, JKWKLK*
OPTICIAN.
Qi*Miia*bi>TO| N. C,
Hai eoiBA-tentlj on hand a
(-p'.i'iitliil aVHhortnu-iit of
Fashionable Jeicelry,
uml BOHM HpU-i.ilid H*a(cA«
AND CLOCKS,
Which will be told
CIIBAP tor C A. 8 H I
r»*"\Va(cliee.Clock*,J*w*lry,S*wingalaehin*»,
anil 1'i.tu]. repaired cheap and on abort notice.
Call oppoclM the Old Albright llotol. Ban
Market Street. 10-ly
I *■' AII »s.iurted itock of Oun», Pi*tol»,Car-tridges,
ate., alway* on hand.
N. H. D. WILSON,
G-eneral Insurance Agent.
i.ni:i:\siioRO, s.c.
Represent* KIKE Companies with %fgnf,X»
CAPITAL of
Twenty Trillion* of Dollar*.
ALao TUB
JETNJ Life INSURANCE COMPANY,
Unsarpaaaed liv any in the CHEAPNESS
and K<<1 lability of impolicies.
ASSETS S12.000.000.
full and insure your property against loas
by tiro, and ilni- secure you a homo, and pre-vent
iiiiibaiinaaiaiiiil in business, in case of
accidi
tM' Provide a LIFE POLICY for th* np-port
of your wile and children when yen ar*
gone. Oinot -.-Banking Honae of wilaon
It Shober, South Elm St. 77:ly
N II li WILSON. C'Has. E. SIIOBBB.
«ll.s()\ /c SHOBER, & ^v N K: E R S .
OKEJ3NSB0R0, JV.C.,
(South Elm Street, opposit* Expree* Office.)
Buy ami tell Gold and Silr*r, Bank Hot**,
State and (iuvernuient Bonds, Rail Road Stocks
and Itomls, Ac, &c.
If- Reeeira Moneron deposit subject to SIGHT
CHECK; and allow inter**! la klaa
upon iiinedepu*itsof CURRENCY or SPECIE.
DLcuunt lluaineaa Paper!
Collections Made at all Accessible Points.
Sept. loth, ly
Mr*. C. r. Leo,
Having recelred a new
T-oct BTO Piano, is prepared to giro aatUfae-toi
v LBBSONI n Music at rednced rate*.
OLD IN8TITUTE,
HSfctf Oreen»bon>. April Sth.
Qhas. 6. Yattt.
MANUFACTURER OP
TIN. Sliest Iron and Copper Ware, and dealer
Dry Goods, Hats. Boots and Shoe*, Wood
\> *f, Lumps, Crockery, and Glass War*, Gro-
, S'.uves, unl assorted Goods, generally.—
N i. «l Snath Elm Street.OreensboroJJ. C. Good*
Uow for eaah, or aartar. jan H>:ly
THE DEAD LETTER.
•T JOB* O. aaZB.
Andean it be f Ah, yea, I »**,
"Til tkixiy yaats and bettor
Sine* Mary Morgan **nt to ma
Thia «n*ty, mn*ky UtUr.
A pretty hand, (aba •ooldn't apaU,)
As aay BIBB mast voW It;
And twaa, a. I tiBWilar wall,
A pretty hand that wrote it I
Hew calmly BOW I riaw It all,
A« memory backward range*
The talks, the walks, that I roeall.
Aad then-th* postal* chases* !
How w*U I lor*d her I can go***
(Since cash la Captd's hostage}—
Joat one-andndxpenes—nothin g
This letter eost 1B postagal
Thel*»*Uatwrott*t*aahar,ts,
(»T i«e»o lit WBB a stase eae I)
—haalsad BOU (I o*Jo«lBe»)
Was o*rtal»ly » dsap OM ;
Aad yet It died—ofslow decline—
Perhaps sospieion chi I led It:
I'TS quit* forgotten If 'twas mine
Or Mary's flirting killed It!
Sic. 3. Upon all the real and per-sonal
e»t»te,whether legal or equitable,
situated within the State, which shall
deaoead or be devised or beqneathed
to any collateral relation er person,
other than a lineal descendant or an-cestor
of the husband or wife the de-ceoaed,
or husband or wife of snoh an-cestor
or descend an t,or to which such
collateral relations may become enti-tled
under the law for the distribution
of the intestate eetatea,and which real
and personal estate may not be re-quired
in payment of debts and other
liabilities,the fallowing percentam tax
upon the value thereof shall be paid:
THURSDAY, Pr^^ g ^
I • prew Series No. 206.
SEC. TO. Every dealer in spiritons,
vinous Hi|nors,porter,lagcr beer,oroth-
[ er malt liquors, shall pay a tax of five
per cent on the amount of purchase,
and ererr agent who offers liquors for
sale,shall pay this tax on the value of
all liquors of any description aold by
him.
SEC. 11. Every licensed retailer of
spiritous liqujrs, wines or cordials,
twenty-five dollars tor one year. Eve-ry
retailer of malt liquors only, shall
pay fifteen dollar*. The tax in this
section shall in addition to the tax im-posed
on purchases of liquors in this
schedule, and every person who buys
saw*
1. If such collateral ^S"*2 u1*0 *' *Dd w"8 8UCn ,i1nors ••> quantities less
brother or a sister of the father or j than one quart shali, within themeau-mother
of the deeaaaed, or the issue of ing of this act.be a retail dealer.
At last the fatal L-. _
"My letters—plaaee retarn them;
And yoBrs—of eoaree yo« wish th* sama-ra
sefld thsai back or barn them."
Two precious fools, I must allow,
Whichever was the greater:
I wonder if Pm wiser now,
Some seven lustres later f
And tail aloae remains I Ah, well I
These werds of warm affection,
The faded ink, the pnngent smell,
Are food for deep reflection.
They tell ofhow the heart contrWe.
To change with fancy'a fashion,
Aad how a drop of mnak sorviTes
The strongset hnman passion I
Harpers ftr Xovcmttr.
BUILDING PLANS.
DRAFTS OF PLANS for New Hoes**
or the Impn.rement ot old ones. Plain do-
"",.,'.'r,r l,uT"-'*» drawn to ord*r.
o»:tf LYMDON SWAM
An ACT to raise REVENUE.
fls-ow. I*« Wilmington Jovr*al.J
SECTION 1. The General Assembly
of Horth Carolina do enact, That the
taxes hereinafter designated, payable
in the existing national currency.ahall
be assessed and collected under the
rules and regulations prescribed by
law.
SEC. 2. On each taxable poll or male,
between the ages of twenty-one and
fifty, except such poor and infirm per-sons
as ths county commissioners may
declare and record its subjects for ex-emption,
there shall be annually levied
and collected a tax of one dollar and
five cents, the proceeds of such tax to
be devoted to purposes of education
as may be prescribed by law. If any
poll tax shall not be paid within sixty
days after the same shall be de-mandable.
it shall be the duty of the
sheriff.if he can find no property of the
person liable, sufficient to satisfy the
game, to attach any debt or other prop-erty
incapable of manual delivery, due
or belonging to the person liable, or
that may become due to him before
the expiration of the calendar year,and
the person owing such debt, or having
such property in possession, shall be
liable for said tax.
Ssc. 3. The taxes hereinafter desig-nated
shall be applied to defray the
expenses of the State Government and
to pay appropriations for charitable
and penal institutions.
CLASS I.
Sic. 1. There shall be an ad valo-rem
tax of lfifoents for the general
fond on every one hundred dollars in
value of real and personal property in
the State, subject to exemptions msde
by law,including moneys,credits,bonds,
stocks,&c
Ssc. 2. A special tax of 12 cents on
the one hundred dollars shall be levied
and collected on all the taxable prop-erty
of the State, to be applied to the
erection of tbe penitentiary and sup-pert
of the convicts.
Ssc. 3. A special tax of eight and
one third cents on the hundred dollars
shall be levied and collected on all the
taxable property of the State for the
Insane Asylum and the Institution for
Deaf, Dnmb and Blind.
CLASS II.
The subjects and persons mentioned
in the following class shall be taxed as
specially mentioned.
SEC. 1. On the net incomes and
profits other than that derived from
property taxed from any source what-ever,
daring the year preceding the
first day of April in each year, there
shall be a tax of one per cent. The in-come
tax shall include interest
on the securities of the United States,
ot this State or other State or
Government In estimating the net
income the only deduction by way oi
expense shall be:
1. Taxes other than the income tax
due this State.
2. Rent for use of buildings or other
property or interest on encumbrances
on property used in the business from
which the income is derived.
3. Usual or ordinary repairs of the
buildings from which the income is de-rived.
4. Cost or value of the labor,(except
that of the tax payer himself,)raw ma-terial,
food and all other necessary ex-penses
incidental to the business from
which the income is derived, together
with the necessary expenses of sup-porting
the family,which shall in no in-stance
exceed one thousand dollars.
The tax payer shall retarn to the as-sessor
the gross amonnt of income and
the gross amount of his expenses to be
deducted therefrom, which retarn the
assessor shall file in the office of the
county commissioners.
such brother or sister,a tax of one per
cent
2. If such collateral relation be a
more remote relation, or the devisee or
legatee be a stran ger.a tax of two and a
SEC. 12.-Every merchant, jeweler,
gT0oer,drn»(ji8t,and every other trader,
who as principal or agent carries on the
business of buying or selling goods,
1 wares or merchandise of whatever
_ to the sheriff to grant bim
or sis>license, to expire at the en*
sheriff, ftttm from its date, and the
order cerUtos)*Ktion of a copy of such
commissionei^lkfi.jhe clerk- of said
for his county onKrrant such license
tax, to-wit: 1st. Thai of ten dollars
one person shall peddle "* more than
cense. 2d. That nothing iu* the li-tion
contained shall pievent aW sec-son
freely selling live stock,vegetaT*f-
THE SITUATION.
ieffcT from Hon. J, R. Doolittie, of
Wucontin.
EACINK (WIS.), January 13,1872.
M. a Galloway, Esq.:
Dear Sir—Your note of the 8th ult,
asking my views upon the political sit-dation,
the prospects of a Democratic
nomination and of " passivism," was
fnut,oysters,fish, books, charts, map. duly received, and ought, in courtesy,
a half per cent The real estate liable to name or description except the pro-taxation
shall be listed by the devisee . ducts or manufactures of the State,one-or
heir in a separate column, designs-! eigth of one per cent, on . the total
ting its proper per cent tax. The per-1 amount of his purchases in or out of
tonal estates or real estate reduced to the State,foV cash or on credit: Provtd
assets, shall be liable to the tax in the | ed, That no retail merchant shall be
hands of the executor or administrator ; required to pay any tax on any pur-and
shall be paid by him before his ad- >, chase made from wholesale merchants
ministration account is audited or the ! residing in the State,and it shall be the
real estate is settled to the sheriff of ; duty of the sheriff to demand of every
the county. If the real estate descend- \ merchant.or other person required to
ed or devised shall not be the entire | iist his pnrchases.who may do business
inheritance, the heir or devisee shall j„ bis county, shall pay taxes ou the
pay a pro rata part of the tax, | sa„10 as the law requires, said taxes to
corresponding with the relativo be collected bv the sheriff on the first
value of the estate or mterest. If I days of Janua'ry,April, July and Octo-the
legacy or distributive share to be : ber, in each year, on the purchases
received shall not be the entire prop- i for the preceding quarter. The sher-erty,
such legatee or distributee shalKiff 8hall have power to require the mer-in
like manner by paying a pro rata | chant making such statement to sub-part
of the tax according to the value | mit his books to examination bv tho
of bis or her interest. Whenever the ; sheriir,aud every merchant refusing on
personal property in the hands of such i demand to submit his books to such
administrator or executor, (the same \ examination,sball be liable to a penal-not
being needed to be converted into I ty to the State of two hundred dollars
money.in the course of the administra-; t0 be prosecuted by tho sheriff and re-tion)
shall be of uncertain valuo, be covered in any court having jurisdic-ahall
apply to the county commission- tion of tho case. It shall further bo the
era to appoint three impartial men of ,iutv 0f the sheriff to bring suit against
probity to assess the value thereof,and : every merchant refusing ns aforesaid,
such assessment being returned to the jn'the Superior Court of" the county, as
! may bo prescribed for special proceed-ings,
to the end of obtaining such ex-j
animation and compelling payment of
I the proper tax.
SEC. l.'i. On the net receipts of bo-j
tels, boarding (booses, (except those
< used for educational purposes and as
: private boarding houses,) restaurants
and eating houscs,the tax shall be one
commissioners and being confirmed
shall be conclusive of the value.
To facilitate the collection of tax ou
collaterals, every executor or adminis-trator
shall return iu his inventory
whether the estate of the deceased goes
to tbe lineal or collateral relations or
to a stranger, and if to collaterals,
whether such collateral belongs to tbe
first or second class above stated,nu-1 j,,.r Ceut.
der a penalty of one hundred dollars, i SEC. U. The tax on public ferries,
to be recovered in the name and for ; ton hridges ami gates across high-tho
nse of the State; and it shall be tho j WUV8,ouc per cent, on net receipts,
duty of the superior court clerk of tbe i gEC. i,-,. Every money or exchange,
county to furnish the sherift with the : bond or uote bro'ker.piivale banker, or
names of the executors and tho admin- > agent or a foreign broker or banker, iu
istratore who make such returns, after | addition to the ail valorem tax on their
each and every term of his court.
Soedule B.
The taxes in this schedule imposed
are license tax for the privilege of car-rying
on the business or doing the act
named ; and nothing iu this schedule
contained shall be construed to relieve
any person from the payment of the
ad valorem tax on his property as re-quired
by the preceding schedule, and
uo county, city, town, or other munici-pal
corporation, shall levy any greater
tax than levied by the State for tbe
privileges herein taxed.
SECTION 1. Traveling theatrical com-panies
shall pay five dollars for each
exhibition. When the theatrical exhi-bitions
are by the season of not less
than one month, the tax shall be fifty
dollars per month.
SEC 2. On each concert or musical
entertainment for profit shall be paid
five dollars; on each lecture for re-ward,
live dollars.
SEC. 3. On museums,wax-works, or
curiosities of any kiud; natural or ar-tificial
(except paintings and statuary)
on each day's and night's exhibiting,
shall be paid five dollars.
SEC. i. On every exhibition of a cir-cus
or menagerie for each day or a part
of a day ; forty dollars, and for each
side-show to a circus or menagerie, ten
dollars.
SEC. 5. On all itinerant companies
or persons, who exhibit for amusement
or the public, otherwise than as men-tioned
in the preceding sections, five
dollars for each exhibition. Exhi-bitions
given without charge for
admission, and when one-half gross re-ceipts
are given to charitable objects,
shall be exempt.
SEC. 6. On all gift euterprises,or any
person or establishment offering any
article for sale, and proposing to pre-sent
purchasers with any gift or prize
as an inducement to purchase, one per
cent.upon the gross receipts. And on
any lottery,whether known as a Bene-ficial
Association or otherwise, $500,
and 5 per cent on gross receipts to be
paid to the State Treasurer. This tax
shall not be constructed as a license,or
to relieve such persons or establish-ments
from any penalties incurred by a
violation of the law.
SEC. 7. Every agency of a bank, in-corporated
out of the State, one hun-dred
dollars to be paid to the State
Treasurer.
SEC. 8. The tax on billiard saloons
shall be twenty dollars on each table.
Every place where a billiard table is
kept for hire shall be considered a bil-liard
saloon within tbe meaning of this
act.
SEC. 9. Ou every bowling alloy, or
alley ot like kind, or bowling saloon,
bagatelle table,stand or place for anv
other game or play, with or without a
name,unless such alley .stand, place or
game is kept for private amusement or
exercise alone, and not prohibited by
law, there shall be a license tax of
twenty dollars.
I Capital invested.or the tax on their net
! income, shall pay.il employing a capi-tal
of twenty thousand dollars, a li-
I cense tax of one hundred dollars; if a
'capital of less thin twenty thousand
! dollars.and not less than ten thousand
dollars.liI:y dollars| and if a capital of
i ten thousand dollars or *•**! a tax of
twenty-five dollars ; and also ten dol-lars
additional for each county in
which they have an agency, tho tax
to be paid to the Public Treasurer,
the license to be given by tho Au-ditor.
SEC. 16. Every person who,for him-self
or as agent for another,sells riding
vehicles not manufactured within the
State, shall pay two per ceut on his
sales.
SEC. 17. Every auctioneer on all
goods, wares or merchandise, sold by
himself or agent.whetber by ascending
or descending bids,or at public outcry,
shall pay one per cent, ou tho gross
amount of his sales, subject to all the
regulations and exemptions set forth
in the tenth chapter of tbe revised
code, entitled "Auctions and Auction-eers
;" but this shall not apply to to-bacco
warehousemen who shall pay a
license of thirty live dollars a year.—
Nor to persons who keep a warehouse
exclusively lor the sale of cotton where
all who wish may exhibit cotton for sale,
but the person keeping such a ware-house
shall pay a license tax of fifty
dollars.
SEC. 18. Every commission mer-chant
shall pay a tax of one-eighth of
one per cent, on his sales as commis-sion
merchant, of all articles not the
growth or manufacture of this State;
1'roriiled, That when spirituous,vinous
or malt liquors are sold by commission
merchants, they shall pay a tax of
five per ceut. ou their sales of such
liquors.
SEC. 19. Every person whose occu-pation
or business is to keep horses or
vehicles to hire or to let,sball pay a tax
of two dollars for every horse kept for
that purpose, at any time during tho
year,to be collected by tbe sheriff quar-terly;
Provided, That this section shall
not apply to draymen.
SEC. 20. Every itinerant dentist,
medical practitioner,portrait or minia-ture
painter,daguerrenn artists or other
persons taking likenesses ol tbe human
face, ten dollars for each comity in
which he carries on his bnsiuess; Pro-vided,
That such person as shall fur-nish
satisfactory evidence to tbe sher-iff
of the county in which he pro|K)ses
to practice, that he is_a resident of the
State, and has listed bis income as re-quired
by law,shall be exempt from the
tax imposed in this paragraph.
SEC. 21. Every person that peddles
goods, wares or lnercliandise.either by
land or wate.i, or any drugs-.'uostruins A Brattleborn, Vt., hn.hami. who l««l posi-mediciues,
whether such person shall i ed hi* wife, touk it all bask thus: "Having
travel 011 foot or with a conveyance Or . advertised my wife last week while under tho
otHhi e.rfwleisae, eevxcceetpitt mmaanntuiffajccttruirrperras oorr ■ inflaeBCe ef Intoxicating drink and the ad- vjce of oth j hereby give >olice th>t Mid
their agents, selling by sample, shall j .avertiaemeut we* withoot ju.t cause of pro-have
obtained from the commissioners i vocation, and is hereby retracted."
printed-musie, or the articles of bis
own growth or manufacture within
this State. 3d. That nothing herein
contained shall release peddlers from
paying the tax imposed in this act, or
persons who deal in the same species
of merchandise,which Us shall be col-looted
or received in the same manner
as in the ease of other merchants and
traders. -.
8EC. 22. Every itinerant who deals
in or puts up lightning rods, five dol-lars
for each county iu which he car-ries
on business.
{Concluded Next Week.)
[From Pomeroj'a Democrat.]
Author of "Home, Sweet Home."
Thousands who sing the song of
" Home. Sweet Home," are as much iu
the dark as to its author as is tho wri-ter
of the following letter:
PORTLAND, Me., Dec. 24,1871.
MB.POMEEOY—Who was the author
of " Home, Sweet Home," and where
did he die t Pleaseanswer and oblige
one of your readers.
W. H. MCNULTY.
The author of that beautiful and
touching song was John Howard
Payne, an American, born in the South
in 1792, and, at the time of his death,
United States Consul at Tunis, where
he died in 1852. In early life, when
but a boy, so to speak, he appear,cd up-on
the stage, and was at that time con-sidered
a theatrical prodigy. Possess*
ed of no inconsiderable talent ns ti dra-matist,
he wrote a tragedy entitled
" Brutus," together with some other
works of tbe kind.
Upon one occasion, when there was
a bitter feeling nnd something of a
contest betweeu Georgia and Alabama,
relative to the title of certain lands,
Payne was traveling through Georgia,
p have been answered some time ago.
Sehwjon are aware, after leaving the
govenaud before my nomination for
in profesJ.had been actively engaged
city of Chic&tduties, mainly in the
ciated with mythere I am now asso
Some time spen-J. E. Doolittie, jr.
Mil, more than tbaf>,rha canvass,
destroyed office,library, f>. t-re which
and all the records of the M*«p>>
brought such additional labor, .h»v*
last two months, that I have hat?-*
time to answer your letter before, o
to take a glimpse at the political situa-tion.
The only respite I have taken
was to attend a banquet and reception
iu honor of our distinguished Russian
guests at Milwankie, and now I must
reply in the briefest possible terms.
In my opinion the present party
holds power simply because those who
are opposed to it do not act together.
Three million Democrrtic voters are
opjwsed to it, and, as I believe, nearly
one million Republicans are also op-posed
to it. Can tho four million unite
and vote together f If they cau, they
will have a majority of five hundred
thousand. If they cannot, they must
fail.
How can this union in jmlitical ac-tion
be effected t It cannot by a coa-lition
of lendeis to obtain office and
power. There ninst be a union of the
masses upon common principles, and
to effect a common and great patriotic
purpose.
The whole country waits now to see
what shall be the action of the Liberal
Republican convention- to be held iu
Missouri ou the 24th instant.
If that convention shall plant itself
squarely upon ideas, and pledge itself
to principles which all true Bepabli-cans,
and all true Democrats of Jeffer-son's
school cherish as vital to the
maintenance of republican govern-ment,
and to constitutional civil liber-ty,
they may command the confidence
notouly of the 1.000,000 liberal Repub-
A Sard 3itto Mm
liean reformers and liMsaW fl
la New York they woattae I
Hoase, aad, failing to at* it, they mn
beat upou mischief at Albaay. la
Louisiana they are wraabMing *w ths)
Custom Hoase, and, falling re gat it,
they raise ft tswribto row, iBT©lvt»g
tbe killing of a ssaa or two. la Mis.
sonri they hare set op a new party,
and in Sooth Ostfoltaa they are play-ing
the fares of "High Life Below
Stairs." In Georgia aad la Tift-isMi
they have turned over the State to th*)
Democrats, and in n las-east and Ar-kansas
they are goug tbe sasse road;
And the whole troablels that, as there
are from fire to tea or twenty appli-cants
for every office sod errery Job
under the government, the •polls won't
go round. Ho wonder that General
Grant, to save himself and to head off
Messrs. Trumbnll and Carl Sohsre,has
adopted the saving policy of civil ser-vice
reform, with aa examining board
of seven schoolmasters, and (ho ignor-ing
of tbe claims of members of Con-gress.—-
V. Y. fleraW.
Little Things.
A little BOBseBss sew ai
Is relished by the hast of ssaa.
In Spain, that lead ofasoak* ai
The thing called wine doth ooaae fro** grafss
Rot on the Boule river Rhine,
The thing called grapes doth eons* freawia* |
and was arrested by a party of roving,
independent, guerilla-like desperadoes, I licans, but of the 3,000,000 Democratic
who were out on a lark ot some kind, i voters. Rut in order to do so, they
They conducted him through the woods | must declare agaiust centralization;
at night, to be taken before certain au* i against keeping military power above
thorities under suspicion of being a spy | civil authority ; against using the fed.
[■in the interest of the opposite party. | eral army to control conventions and
Toward midnight, as the party was I destroy the freedom of elections; a-tramping
along through tho woods, \ gainst the stupendous frauds, pecula-
Payne being mounted ou a horse and i lions aud robberies of the carpet-bag
surrounded by his jubilant captors, he j governments of tbe South, as well as
was somewhat startled by heat ing one ! of Tammany, the customhouse and
of his guards commencing to sing in ! elsewhere: and in favor of universal
fine style, ' enfranchisement; of giving to all the
- Home, Sweet Home," States their just and equal rights uu-der
the constitution ; in favor of the
ill which the rest of the party joined as i principle of one term lor tho president;
the song progressed. They sang it not 0f applying that principle to the pros*
only once but twice, three, four, and ent executive, and of a practical civil
even five times. Finding they thought service reform by placing a statesman
so much of the words, or of the senti-ment
expressed thereby, some kiud
angel or good thought whispered to
I'ayue that, if he would inform his cap-tors
that ho was the author ofthe soug
in which they were interested he might
be released. So he told them who he
was, and proved it to their satisfac-tion.
He was at once released, nnd instead
of being treated as ft prisoner, was
taken in triumph to the next town and
treated with every courtesy. His cap-tors
said it mattered not to them who
he was, what he was, what business
lie was engaged in, the author of
" Home, Sweet Home," had by his ge-nius
risen above the capacity of giving
offence! -
One of our associates on Pomeroy's
Democrat was intimately acquainted
with Payne for a number of years,
knowing him as a brilliant rathwr than
a saving or calculating man.
Resides '•Rrutus," Payne wrote
" Therese: or, the Orphan of Geneva,"
and " Clari." The celebrated Kdmuud
Kean played his " Brutus" with great
effect Payne never realized much in
the shape of prolit from bis.pla\ s. thus
realizing the fate of genius.
" Home, Sweet Home," appears iu
his play of "Clari." Ho wrote tiro
song and the play in an attic in Paris,
where ho was poor, neglected, forsaken;
a wanderer in strange lands; a pos-sessor
of fine feelings and an ardent
lover of home and its attractions, vis-ions
and dreams of which came to him
iu place of the reality.
Another of his plays which was very
popular, was " Charles the Second,"
in which the eminent Charles Kemball
took a leading part.
! of capacity and integrity at the head of
I affairs.
Should that convention take some
such course and the liberal Republi-cans
of other Suites follow theirexam-ple,
and show that the liberal Repub-licans
of tho whole country have tho
courage to work, and, if necessary,
make sacrifices to sustaiu true repub-lican
liberty, tho great mass of the
Democratic voters would not only
sympathize with them, but in some
proper and efficient mode, fraternize
with them in political action, in order
to save our republican system of gov-ernment.
If they seek to lead, how-ever,
they musi show themselves wor-thy
of leadership. They must speak
to the people in no uncertain tones,
aud march before them with no lalter-iug
tread. Respectfully yours,
J. R. DOOLITTI.E.
A Hew Veraion.—Some ol the color-ed
population dowu South are said by
a ootemporary to sing the following to
the tone of "Shoo, Fly,"' at their reli-gious
revivals :
"Sa-tsn, don't bodiler mo—
8a-tan, don't borlilcr me-ga-
tan. il.iu'i li.-<!.:« ■■ mo ;
For I belong to Company 0.
"I hear, I hear, I hear,
I hear the organ's tones;
I feel. I feel, I feel
Religion in my bones !
"Sa-tan, don't bodilcr me !** etc.
Excellent Interest Rules.
. For liudiug the iuterest on any prin-cipal
for any number ot days, the an-swer
iu each case being cents,separate
the two right hand figures to express
it in dollars and cents.
Four per cent.—Multiply tbe princi-pal
by the number of days to run: sep-arate
right hand figures from product
and divide by 9.
Fivo percent.—Multiply by number
of days, and divide by 7:.'.
Six per cent.—Multiply by number
of days; separate right hand figure,
and divide by (i.
Eight percent.—Multiply by num-ber
of days, and divide by 45.
Nine l'er cent.—Multiply by number
of days; separate right hand figure,
and divide by 4.
Ten per cent.—Multiply by number
of days, aud divide by 30.
Twelve per cent.—Multiply by num-ber
of days; separate right hand fig-ure,
and divide by 4.
Fifteen per cent.—Multiply by num-ber
of days, and divide by 1*4.
Eighteen per cent.-Multiply bynum-ber
ol days : separate right hand fig-ure,
and divide by 'J.
Twenty per cent.—Multiply by num-ber
of days, and divide by 18.
An Indianapolis woman, at tlio grave of
ber haaliaad, nut long ago, according to all
the papers, said "there was ouc consolatiou—
sbo knew now where bo was o' nights."
A comiliy edilnr's sole editorial in one
week's Issae of bis papsr was to tbo effect
tbat it' anything will make a man feel juicy
about the heart, it i* to talk velvet to a pair
of tkv-colorcd eyes by uoon-ligbt, in u clov-er-
field.
A tight fit—the eeliriam
" Hotiftil face—the face of Nature.
A sin.
'King to beware of—email pox.
Marks thai
'» time remoTee—pox marks.
High road to run.
**»veling in a bslloen.
Always ready for a bru.
-eouff cbawers.
In order to be a ripe scholu.
be mellow ! nst a maa
The lady with (peaking eyes has k .
them quit* hoarse by over-ualng them. •
Old Rye is said to be ono of th* healthiest
old towns in New Hampshire.
Why are our sidewalks in winter like Ba-sic
t If you do not C sharp voa will B flat.
Th* man is "a perfect brick" who build*
with brick.
Why it the truth like pale water! Be<
canse 'tis no lye.
Why is sn onion like a sponge f Because
it draw* water.
"Kxcolaior" mean* top of the ladder, aad
there's where you'll find 'ein at a Are.
"Women in arm*." Well, wher* *hoold
they be t
rbysieiau'* faulta ar* covered with earth,
rich men's with uiouoy.
If you set a rogue to eatrh a rogne, are
there two or three of thcra t
When do oarsmen resemble Inditn chiefs t
Whiu they feather their .kull..
When a pickpocket pulln at yo*r watch,
tell hiiu plainly tbat jeu hare no time to
spare
Must people are glad to gire their opinloa.
Lawyers, though, usually sell their*.
Economy for ladiea—If yon want a atom-ing
wrapper to last forever niter wear It
llUt.
It's your tsll fellow* who srO lackiest la
love. The ladio* ar* all in favor of lly-sa*B.
"Hallow, Mister, how far I* It to yoadar f
asked a sharper who got bit by lb* reply :—
"Three length* of a d—u fool: lay down aad
measure."
Homo men at the word "fire," load la tea
motions, and "go oil*'—aud aiu't seen aay
more, BO* tho good* either.
What is the difference between a man who
is partly employed and oue who I* uiiimploy-edl
One i* less busy, aud the other bosy-less.
Why is a young lady who wishes to rut
away with ber lover, and can't do it, lik* a
melon t Baoaans sbo can't elope. (Cant*
lope.)
The little hoys have a uioe aud trickery
way of getting pin* with the following
rhyuio iu counting uiiit after they get pot-
■eation of the pin :
"Three and three arc six, and three are nine,
You ure a fool, and the piu's mine."
"Water-proof" buildings have an antipathy
to fire, some people can't understand it, aad
the buildings can't stand under it.
"What arc yon doing iu my office t" asked
tho lawyer of a thiel just making his exit
with an armful of book*. "Only carry ing ost
the law, sir," wu tho leply.
A Kort Wayne** ho* been married three
times, to Messrs. Kobbs, Bobbin* aud Robla-sou,
consecutively.
A prccions boy in Ohio, having exploded a
torpedo in his mouth, is not *o regular iu his
meal* us he once was.
It was an Irishman who wanted to tad »
place where there was no ilaatb, that be
might go and eud his day* there.
It is sweet to have friend* yon can trust,
aa it is convenient, sometimes, to have friend*
who are uot afraid to trust you.
Iu the course of an Illinois di*cu**ion, a
man iu said to have -toad a ravine built la
the back of bia bead wyh a pop bottle."
On agate-post out Weat is a sign, "Tak*
warniu": No tract, nor life iusarans, nor so-iu'
niaahoena wanted hero."
A "Chicago sufferer" who made New Year's
calls in Milwaukee, bad hi* card* artificially
smoked to remind hi* hosts of the great fire.
"Ah I" mused Smith, a* he contemplated
his extensive collection of New Year'* bills,
"how true it is that iu tbe midst of life we
sro iu debt."
How the body of a drowned man was recev-cd—
pulled out by the heels with a fisher-man's
hook.
"Did you ever fall off a load of hsyf'inquli •
•d a that per of a rnde chap. "Yes, I ha**,
and in the creek with a load an top," the
other replied. "Wu it deep!" "No." "If
it was, it would have been better for yon,"
the sharper continued.
"Those who buy tombstones of as look
with pride snd sstisfsetion on the graves of
their friends," is tbe advertisement of a Wes-tern
atone cotter.
Those who travel iu Western trains BOW.
a days, aud desire to secure a comfortable
seat sll to themselves, make a practice of
announcing that tbey have the small-pox.
"If the individual who la trying to wear a
number eight hat ou a number four head d*.
tires to recover his property, be can find it
where be obtained bis morning shave," Is an
Indianapolis advertisement.
A correspondent, writing to one of the Bel
timore papers, asys "that he takes no stock
in the 'new women's club," and "that the
'old woman's club' is enough for him, and
frequently too much.''