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A DEAD LOVE. Practical Hints. Secretary Stanton's Dying Opinionof Grant- -

oto stay a little longer, stay mvdear."

She told me to 'stop my talking

reason for this is the ready combi-nation of resinous matter with al-

kalies to form compounds solublein alcohol.

Sljc iDccklij (Enterprise.

A 'DEMOCRATIC PAPER,FOB THE

Business FVlan, the FarmerAnd the FAMILY CIRCLE.

no difference he drew his pay forbis "services." About a dozen ofthese papers were actually printedhere in the city and sent over tothe several parishes vhei;e theypurported to be published, andgiven way. Papers, the income ofwhich, upon merit, would not betwenty dollars a year, drew fromthe State Treasury from two to

From Correspondent of the N. Y. World.A distinguished Louisianian was

in Boston recently, anel hadn in-terview with Senator Sumner, at qhis rooms, at the Coolidgo House.During a lengthy conversationwith him Mr. Sumner related aninterview, the last he ever had withEelwin M. Stanton, the late Secre-tary of War. It took place short-ly prior to Mr. Stanfbn's death.Mr. Sumner hael made one of hiscustomary calls. Mr. Stanton rc-quest-

Mr. Sumnor to cemle nearhis bed-sid- e. The dying mauoplaceel his hand in that of Mr.Sumner's and said:

"Sumner, I am going over theriver. I shall never recover. Iwish to say one wore! to you be-

fore I elie." m'

Sumner. I hope you are not dy-ing Mr. Stanton, but go on.

Stanton, (emphatically.) Gener-al Grant cannot administer thisGovernment. lie is not eepial tothe elutics.

Sumner. Mr. Stanton, yourstatement is broad.

Stanton. I mean it as broadly asI state it.

Sumner. Why did you not men-tion this before the nomination?

Stanton. I was busy in myoflice, and was not consulted bythe politicians who maele the nom-ination. They elid not take me in-

to their councils.Sumner. But Mr. Stanton,

made speeches during the cam-paign; why elid you not state thisfact then?

Stanton. You examine mysnccches, and von will not finelone word in favor of Gen. Grantfor President. I spoke for theRepublican party eWy,

Sumner. But you say Grant Can-not aelminister the Government.He sucecded well in the army, anelthe people gave him creel it for oursuccess.

Stanton, (stretching forth, hi.sohand.) Senator Sumner, this handsupplieel him with men, and mon-ey, unlimited. I gave him the eti-recti-

on

of the affairs. I am dying, 0Mr. Sumner, and I state this to 0 o

Ilcr love, she said in coldest tones, wasdead ;

Her face seemed lH:e statnes's carvedin stone ;

She took, with trembling fingers, from herbands

The rings I gave her and laid thcrn inmy own.

I might have Epoten'many bitter words,For bitter thoughts Were struggling in

my heart ;But forcing Dack the angry flood I said,

"If it be so, 'tis better that we part.'

Does she remember? we had wanderedwhere

My iips."firstwhispered love unto her ear;'Twas in October, in the maple's leaf

Wore the rich crimson of the later year.The golden reed upon the uplands gloved

And through the fields the narrow path-way lined

The painted sumac's swaying brancheswaved

Their fiery tassels in the autumn wind.

She gave me back my letters, and un-clasped

Upon her slender wrist the band of gold;And when her touch met mine it seemed

to freezeThe blood within my bonea, it was so

cold.And few and cold the parting words we

spoke.So different from the lingering farewells.

The sweet "good-by,- " in which I seemedto hear

A distant music, as of marriage bells'Long years have passed since then ; twin

roses blushBeside the fragrant garden's graveled

walk ;Thecream-whit- e lily.with her heart aflame.

Bends low upon her slender, taperingstalk

And still I keep the trinkets and the gems.As one might keep some relic of the

dead.Sb.;it clos:e within a 'casket from all eyes.

The hiritlden souvenirs ot moments tied.

I sometimes lift the lid and look within.And .sometimes read my letters o'er

again.Seeming like one wlo has a pleasant

'dresun.And, waking, feels a dull, vague sense

of painSuch dreams as linger on the edge of

nightAnd vanish with the morning's earliest

beam.When, rising heavy eyelids to the light,

We grieve to find it only was a dream.

Yet though our love is dead, like somepoor flower

Which never more by garden path shallb'.ow,

I sometimes wonder if in other ivorldsDeaft love a resurrection may not know,

For often when alone, in silent moodAnd from the careless crowd I sit apart,

Its ghost will come with sad and pallidface

To haunt the vacant chamber of mvHheart.

My Wife's Bridal Tour- -

When I married my secondwife, she "was dreadful set aboutgoing on a brielal tour. I tolel herthat she had better wait six monthsor a year, and I'd try to go withher, and she sf.id Vhe'el rather goalone when a woman was travel-ing a man vas an out-and-o- ut hum-bug.

So I gave her seventy-fiv- e cents,anel t6ld her to go anel have agood time. I never begrudgemoney where my wife's happinessis concerned. My first wife nevercoulel complain of not. going any-where, for I'm dreadful fierce togooff on a good time myself, anelalways was. I elon't pretend tosay how many times 1 took herout to sec- - the sights, anel therewas no enel to the free lectures shewent to. The neighbors used tosay, "It beats all how the Skin-ners do go !"

When Sinor Blitz was in Skunk-vill- e

with his wonderful canaries,he gave my wife a complimentaryticket. I not only sold that ticketfor my wife, but gave her half themoney. I elon't boast of it, but Ionly mention it to show how muchI thought of her happines.

I don't think any man ought toget married until lie can considerbis wile's happiness only seconel tohis own. John Wise, a neighborof mine, elid thusly, anel when Ijot marrieel I concludeel to do like-wis- e.

But the plan didn't work in thecase of my seconel wife. No Ishould say not. I broached thesubject kindly :

"Matilda," saiel I, "I supposeyou are aware that I am your lordand master !"

"Not much you ain't," said she."3 Irs. Skinner," saiel I, "you are

fearfully disorganized. You arccranky," anel I brandished mynew "sixty cent umbrella wilellyaround her.

She took the umbrella awayfrom me, anel locked me up in theclothes press.

I am quick to draw an inference,and the inference I drew hero was,that I was not a success as a

of female women.After this I changeel my tactics. I

let her have her own way, and theplan from the very first worked toa charm. It's the best way ofmanaging a wife that I know of.

Of course this is between youand me. It's a secret worth know-ing.

So when my wife said she wasbound to go off on a "bridal tour,anyhow, I cordially assented.

"Go, Matilda," said I, "and stayas long as you want to ; then ifyou feel as though you would like

you. use it whenever the inter-ests of the country elemanel it."

At the time Mr. Sumner madethis statement about his farewellinterview with Mr. Stanton he djdnot agree with the gentleman from.Louisiana as to the merits of Geir.Grant, anel made this plain to thegroup of gentleman who werelisteners to the Senator.

A Good Thirg.

The army-nav- y nigger bureauin a word, the "reconstruction"machinery for the last six yearshas averaged about one hundredand forty millions per year to keepit going! Think of that, youpoor, deluded "working-men- " ofthe North, so distressed over youreitrht hour rule. Each and every o

To Keep Milk 8,rCct. The'Soutiern Jhhrmer says that a tea-spoonf- ul

of horseradish in a panof milk will keep it sweet forseveral days.

To Whiten ZinchVnt a hanel-fu- l"of the leaves of the James

town weed in the pot, anel boilwith the clothes. The frequentuse of this whitens clothes verymuch.

Snoic-H'r- fl dtJee. One "eirp ofsugar, one of buttermilk, one ofbutter, one tablespoonful of soda,the white of three eggs beaten toa froth ; bake in small tins.

Bread Cake. Two pounelsbread dough after it is raised, onepounel sugar, one-hal- f pounel but-ter, four eggs, one cup raisens,stoned, one tcaspoonful soda, alittle cinnamon ; bake as soon asmixed.

JJridcl Cal:c. One anel a halfcups of sugar, half cup butter, onecup flour, anel a little over a cup ofcorn starch ; half a cup of sourmilk, whites of three eggs, verylittle soela, tcaspoonful extract oflemon.

To 'Whiten'Piano JCeta. Theivory keys to a piano which havebecome yellow may be maelewhite by washing them with asponge with eliluted sulphuric aciel.or a 'solution of hyposulphato of.soda, anel expose to the sun.

jTendiny Tin Pans. Tell yourlaely reaelers to menei your tin panswith putty. It is very easily elone,and is much better than to threnvthem away. Put .it on the out-side, let it thoroughly dry, andthey will never have to mend thatplace again. I have them that Ihave useel for twenty years.'

Jfow to treat a St?c. The styeis a small boil protruding from theeyelid. It will usually pass awayof itself, but its cure may behastened by applying a warm poul-tice of bread and water in a smalllinen bag. Apply three or four'times a daj and each time fomentthe eye with warm milk and wa-ter.

Preserved Watermelon Hinds.- -

Cut the rinds into seiuarcs about;an inch long ; boil in alum watera few minutes'; then rinse m coldwater anel elrairi. Make syrup ofequal weight of white sugar; boiluntil clear. When cold aelel alittle essence of ginger, Or, what isbetter, when the preserves are tobe useei add a little extract oflemon.

To Clean PeatJiers. Dissolvefour ounces of white soap, cutsmall, in four pounds of water,moderately hot, in a basin, andmake the solution into a lather bybeating it with a small rod. Thenintroduce the feathers, anel rubthem well with the hands for fiveminutes. They are next to bewashed in clean water as hot as ;

the hanel can bear it.

The Ear Ache. Generally heatis the best remedy. Apply awarm poultice of warm oil to theear. Pub the back of the earwith warm laudanum. In case offeetiel discharge, carefully syringethe ear with warm milk anel water.In all cases keep the ear thorough-ly cleansed. Belief is often givenby rubbing the back of the earwith a little hartshorn anel water.

lure Proof Pence. A fire prooffence can be maele by followingthese directions: "Make a wash ofone part fine sand and one partwood ashes, well silted and threeparts ground up with oil, anel mixthem well together. Apply thisto the fence with a brush thefirst coat thin, the second thick.This adheres to the boards orplanks so strongly as to resisteither an iren tool or fire, and isbesides, impenetrable by water.

To Pemove Warts. Pass a pinthrough the wart ; apply one endof the pin to the llames of thelamp ; holel it there until the wartfries under the action of the heat.A wart so treateel will leave. Ifthe wart is harel, a good methoelis to cut it off with a knife or scis-sors, anel apply a little caustic tothe roots.; If the wort has a nar-row neck, tie a silk thread orhorsehair around it, and it willsoori drop off. A little caustic ap-plied to the roots will prevent itfrom growing again.

To prevent neio icooden vesselsfrom tastinrj of the mood. A newbucket, churn, keg, or other wood-en vessel, will generally communi-cate a disagreeable taste to any-thing that is put into it. To pre-vent this inconvenience scald thevessel well with boiling water,letting the water 'remain3 in it tillcold; then dissolve some pearl ashor soda in lukewarm water, addinga little lime to it. Wash the inside of the vessel with this solu-tion. Afterward scald it wellwith .hot water, and rinse withcold water before you use it. The

and go Hip. stairs and get her red43 1 .1 a l. .x h i.uauut'i nigni-cap-

, :inu mat Dag oipennyroyal for her aunt Abigai.My wife is a very smart woman.She was a Baxter, 'and the Baxtersare a smart family ineleed. Hermother, who is going on eighty,can fry more slap-jack-s now thanhalf of these primpup town girls,who rattle on the-- piano, or walkthe streets with their furbelowsand fixins, pretending to get madif a young man looks at thempretty harel, but getting mad inearnest if you take no notice ofthem at all.

Ah ! girls ain't what they useelto be when I was young, and thefellows are worse still. When Iwent courting, for instance, I neverthought of staying till after 10oYdock, and only went twice aweek. Now they go seven nightsin the week anel cry for want ofmote; then write touching notesto each other through the day"Dear George, de you love me asmuch as you elid at a quarter pasttwelve last night ? Say you do,dearest, and it will give mecourage to go elowr. arid tackletlicih cold, beans left over fromyesterday."

. AVell, well, I suppose they cn-3o- y

themselves and it ain't for usolel folks whose hearts have got alittle calloused by long wear, tointerfere. Let them get togetherand court, if they like it and Ithink they do. I was forty-seve- n

when I courted my present wife,but it seemed just as nice to sit ona little cricket at her feet, and lether smooth my hair, as it didtwenty years ago.

As I said before, my wife wasa smart woman, but she couldn'tbe anything else and be a Baxter.She used to give lectures on we-men- 's

rights and in one placewhere she lectured a big collegeconferred the title of L. L. D.upon her. But she wouldn't takeit. "No, gentlemen," saiel she,"give it to the poor." She was al-wa- ys

just so charitable. She gaverhy boys permission to go bare-footed all winter and insisted on itso much in her kind way that wecouldn't refuse.

She fairly .dotes upon my chil-dren, and I've seen her many atime go for their trowsers pocketsafter they hael gone to sleep, andtake out their pennies anel putthem in her bureau drawer forfear they might lose them.

I started to tell you all aboutmy wife's bridal tour, but the factis, I never could find out muchabout it myself. I believe shehad 'a good time. She came backimproved in health, and I foundout before she was in the housetwenty-fou- r hours, that she haelgained strength ''also. I don't sayhdv I found it out; I simply say Ifound it out.

In conclusion, I would say to allyoung men, marry your secondwife first, anel keep out of debt byall means, even if you have toborrow the money to elo it.

What is Tiiixe Age? "Father,"said a Persian monarch to an oldman, who, according to Orientalusasie, bowed before the sovcr-eign'- s

throne, "pray be seated; Icannot receive homage from onebent with years, whose head iswhite with the frosts of age."

"Anel now, father," said themonarch, when the old man hadtaken the proffereel seat, "tell methy age; how many of the sunsrevolutions hast thou counted?"

"Sire," answereel the olel man,"I am but four years."

"What?" interrupteel the king,"fearest thou not to answer mefalsely, or elost thou jest on thevery brink of the tomb?"

"I speak not falsely, Sire," re-plied the aged man, "neither wouldI offer a foollish jest on a subject sosolemn. Eighty long years haveI irasted in folly anel sinful pleas-ures and in amassing wealth, noneof which I can take with me whenI leave this world. Four yearsonly have I spent in eloing good tomy fellow-men- ; and shall I countthose years that have been utterlywasted ? Are they not worse thana blank, and i not that portiononly worthy to be reckoneel as apart of my life, which has answer-ed life's best end?"

The following delicate compli-ment to the President's "intelli-gence" will be found in the Tri-bune of the 5th idt:

Expressions in favor of ThomasMurphy are attributed to the Pres-ident. They do honor to his heart,and confirm what we have uni-

formly urged in his behalf thathe has been deceived by Mr. Mur-

phy, and is utterly ignorant of thetrue character of the (shoddy con-

tractor and Tammany partner hekeeps in office.

A thief recently "went through"Yale College, but finally graduatedin the county jail.

Martial Law- -

From the Missouri Republcan.J

The Presielent has issueel a pro-clamation reciting disorelers inSouth Carolina 'which the J pub-lican authorities of that State areeither unwilling or unable to suppress, anel warning the elisturbersof 'the peace that if they elo notabstain from their lawless acts hewill suspend the writ of haoeascorpus in certain districts and putthe rigors of the enforcement actin execution. A el vices from Wash-ington state that this warning willin a few days certainly be followedby the more important measurewhich it foreshaelows a declara-tion of martial law.

Martial law means the suspen-sion of all laws and the substitu-tion for them of the arbitrary willof him who wields the sword. Itis the final perilous remedy for dis-orders that all other measures failto reach; it is a suspension of thepopular liberties, legal processes,and civil proceedings, for the timebeing; anel, for these reasons, andbecause it accustoms a people to aloss of their rights, it is held byall eminent writers that it shouldnever be resorted to except in casesof great peril. The administrationhas assutneel that such a conditionof extreme peril exists in SouthCarolina, now. Whether the factssupport this assumption or not, isa question which the public havenothing to do with; it is the Presi-dent's concern alone1. A lv publi-can Congress has placed the liber-ties of tlie country at his supremedisposal,by making him sole judgeof the facts, and empowering himto proclaim a rebellion, suspendthe writ of habeas corjtus, and ele-cla- re

martial law "at his discre-tion."

This, then, is the product ofthat liberal, progressive 'and be-

nign policy which the ad in mist ra-

tion has given us. This is the re-

stored Union that we hear so muchvaunting about. This is the suc-cessful administration that Presi-dent Grant has furnished us. Thewar of the rebellion was success-fully closed in 1805", but a newwar is assumeel to exist in 1871.Another rebellion, in the meaningof an act of Congress, is proclaim-ed in the State where the firstoriginated, and the President putshimself in the harness of war andelrawn the irresponsible sword tosuppress it. The man who said"Let us have peace" now declareswar. If it be saiel that this lan-

guage is overwrought, and thatthe South Carolina trouble is a lo-

cal and trifling matter, we ask, inreply, why does the administrationlabor to make it appear Otherwise?If there is no rebellion, why eloesthe President assume the existenceof one? If the country is prosjer- -

ous, peaceful, cheerful and content- -

ed, why elo we hear at u asning-to- n

proclamations, military orders,the rattle ot expectant sabers, andthe movement of armies ? Ifthere is nothing in South Carolinathat threatens the peace of thecountry what is the meaning of allthis preparation i vre swordsbayonets, infantry, cavalry andartillery such harmless things thatan almost absolute executive maybe allowed to sport with them atpleasure ? Are the liberties of thepeople and their courts, laws andcivil authorities such contemptibleaffairs that the executive may beauthorized to waive them aside onslight provocation, and even, on noprovocation r

It is well for the people to re-

flect that six years of unopposedRepublican rule have leel to a con-elitio- n

of things that makes mar-ti- llaw necessary. If there is not

a rebellion in South Carolina somuch the worse for the administra-tion; it has proclaimed a falsehood,and made that falsehooel a warrantfor suspending civil law and thewrit of personal liberty. Smallbeginnings sometimes have seriousendings, and if President Grantcan, with the consent of his party,proclaim martial law where thereis no need for it, now, who can tellwhat he may assume to do, andwhat his party may support himin doing at some future day ?

Pleasant Sleep and Health.Let parents make every possibleeffort to have their chihlren go tosleep in a pleasant humor. Neverscold or give lectures, or in anyway wound a chilel's feelings as itgoes to bed. Let all banish busi-

ness and worldly care at bed-tim- e,

and let sleep come to a mind atpeace with God and all thcjrorld.

AlhTdluilnVnons, Mrs. Clev-

er said: "A girl now seems al

head !" "Yes, till you talk to herreplied Mr. Clever.

Twenty bottles of whisky wereincluded in the stores of an Indi-

ana Sunday-schoo- l picnic.

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HOW TIIK LOUISIANA LEGISLATUREHAS UK EN" RUN" TIIK RKKiNT OFj Hj A XT I J S W I X I ) I . E S .

"II. V. I. P." Cor. Cincinnati Comercial.

New Orleans, September 20The Louisiana Legislature is, pcr-l,ap- s,

the most corrupt body thatever assembled cn the face of theearth. It is no. more trouble tobuy their votes than to buy springchickens in the Cincinnati market.

m-:ix- ; a dkn of thieves,tliev have not among them evenhe" honor that We arc taught is

"customary among thieves. Thcysell their votes, for money or stockin 'some swindling contrivance, on'as business-lik- e a manner as jimerchant would dispose of a boltof calico. A gang of negroeswill get up a swindle-- , and they gointo "the market and bay legisla-tive votes enough to pass it. Ifthe rogues are deft a fair margin'after buying all the votes neces-sary, they go ahead with the "en-

terprise ;" but if the votes happento range higher than the prospec-tive profit" to be realized, theydrop it and go at something else.In the Capitol has been louna 'awritten agreement of some Sevenmembers to "Sell their Vote's to theslaughter-hous- e swindle for fromfifty to three thousand dollars'each. One poor devil sold out forthirty-fiv- e dollars ; he had justbeen elected, and was not up withthe quotations. ,1 hen there wasthe printing swindle, and the leveeswindle, and the "Backbone" rail-

road swindle, and the city charterswindle1, and the militia swindle,and . the registration swinellc, and'the .1 .ekson railroad swindle, andthe N iced son pavement swindle1,and other swindles, as the auction-eers say, "too numerous to men-

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TIIK PRINTING SWINDLE

is downright stealing, and steal-ing, teo, from a people trying towaddle along under heavy pecun-iary embnrassments. In the lastthree years, in addition to thethieves the people have hael Hoods,drouths and the cotton worm tocontend with, to say nothing oftheir impoverished condition afterthe war.

How much has been stolen by theprinting swindle, I don't know,butfrom an examination of the ac-

counts filed in the office of theSecretary of State, I should thinkthat the'amount would reach neara half a million of dollars.

The legislature thought thatthe loyal press should be fostered

and so it should when elone atthe expense of the able editorsand passed a law authorizing the"public laws1' to be publisheel inloyal papers, and constituting theGovernor, Lieutenant-Governo- r,

and Speaker of the House aboardto make contracts.

I have seen about a hundred ofthese "contracts" by which thepeople of Louisiana have been rob-bed. To the credit of Gov. War-mout- h,

let me say that he refusedto sign the most of them, and theplace intended for his name isblank, but Carter and Dunn over-ruled him, and they being a ma-jority of the "board," continuedto make contracts.

And I have seen some of thesheets in which the laws were pub-lished. The one before me is a fairspecimen small, dirty, badly ar-ranged, old type, thick ink, poorimpression, ami edit eel by a jack-is- .

A man could not read the"Jaws" in it if he should be so in- -

I'HESE LITTLE NOSE-RAG- S

sprung up all over the State andpublished the "Acts of the Legis-lature," for which they receiveelbom two to six thousand elollarseach. If the paper had but onereader, and lie was the editor, amitoo drunk to read at that, it made

three thousand dollars each forpublishing what nobody read

The printing swindle pervadesevery department ot the governrnent, in some form or other, fos-tering a thousand leeches upon awen nign bankrupt treasur). Thecost of the city printing is aboutnineteen thousanel elollars a year,and the Picayune offers to elo itall for four thousand. But no,fifteen thousand dollars must needsgo into the pocket of the Iting-rriaster- s.

o. 3. duxxtought to be ashamed of his print-ing contracts by which the Stateis so heavily swmdled. WhenGovernor Warmouth refuseel togo;any deeper into it, it was timefor Dunn to stop. Not much bet-ter could be expected of Carter, ashe is a white man and a memberof the Legislature, but Dunn is anintelligent colored gentleman and'ought not to have lent his name tothe swindle. Ife has a continuedhankering to be Governor, but asomewhat different course on hispart would increase the chances.All the small potato rural editors,into wlvose liands ne has thrownthe public money, .wuld split theirlittle throats cheering him on if heshould make the race, but beshould know that these editorsare mere time-server- s, who willdisappear with then sheets whentheir supply of plunder is cut oilas it will be some time. Whenleft to make a battle on merittheir "journals" will disappear likethe morning mist over a mill-pond- .

By pnying attention to this, andnot counting toe largely upon thatwhich exists through fraud, Mr.Dunn might save himself somemortification and inconvenience.After the melancholy exhibit hehas made 'of hinrseif, perhaps thecountry might manage to getalong in an indifferent sort ot away if he should retire from thepublic service.

DUXX HOLDS SEVFPAL OFFICES.I 'don't kn6w how many, butamong enormous duties devolvingupon him, lie is a member of theBoard of Police Commissioner's.As such, last month he brought ina bill against the city for one hun-dred and sixteen dollars, "extraservice." This extra service is abig thing, and his bills for thatswells tfie amount of his revenueconsiderably. But I think heought to be careful about this spe-cial service business and set thegreedy whites an example of pru-dence, ami moderation, instead offollowing iti their footsteps aneltaking all the pickings he can gethis liands on. He is a negro, tobe sure, but no prejudice shoulel beharbored against him by the peo-ple of Louisiana on that account,lie cannot help his color. All ofus might have been black for allthe say-s- o we had in the matter.A book was once written to provethat Aelam was a negro, and it hasnever been proven to the contrary.The probabilities are against thehypothesis, however, for had liebeen a negro of average planta-tion sense he never would have letEve fool him and hence plunge theworld into so much unhappiness.

There is talk among the Demo-crats of taking Dunn up and run-ning him for Governor against theWarmouth faction. But 1 imag-ine that his "printing contracts"will be an iinpeeliment thereto.When a man goes ahead in de-

pleting the State Treasury, afterWarmouth has been scarce! intostopping, he will bear watching.

A correspondent of the NewYork Tribune, whom the editorvouches for, says that a year agoThomas Murphy leveled a tax onthe salaries of the Custom-hous- e

clerks, and collected from 30,000to 8 f 0,000 for political purposes.Every clerk, to the number of onethousand or more paid one-quart- er

of his monthly salary into thefund. No one dared to refuse forfear of removal. The same screwsare being applied to the Federalemployees in Philadelphia. Therate of assessment is three percent., anel if the money is notpromptly paid, resignation is ex-pected.

Appropriate Names. For aprinter's wife, Em; for a sport'swife, Bet--ty- ; for a lawyer's wife,Sue; for a general's wife, Sally;for a teamster's wife, Carrie; for afishermans's wife, Xet-ty-; for ashoemaker's wife, Peg-gy- ; for acarpet-man'- s wife, Mattie; for anauctioneer's wife, Bid-dy- ; for achemist's wife, AnnEliza; for anengineer's wife, Bridg-it- ; tor afarmer's wife, Gerusha,

one of you must give say one hourof your daily toil to the "cause of Ofreedom," to support an army- - uthe South to protect the carpet-baggers, while they arc "recon-structing" Sambo anel making himyour equal, forsooth ! But .thearmy is now reduced to some foilythousand, anel during this presentyear ten thousand have desertedfrom this degrading "service" of"reconstructing" niggers into"equality" with white, people. TheDay-lhjo- k has always advised theSouthern people to make frienelswith the rank anel file, for they can- - nnot help it; but to regard the com-missioned officer, who thus becomesthe abject tool of the Abolitionlunatics, with disgust and abhor-renc- e.

Meanwhile, we are happyte record such a good thing as thedesertion of these ten thousanelsoldiers, for though it will notmodify Northern taxes, it is creel-itab- le

to white humanity to fin elso many of the rank and file es-

caping from a "service" so utterlyrevolting. JY Y Day-Pool- e.

Rhode Ist.axd Election A Forkignkiinot as Goon as a Negiio. In the littleState of Rhode Island, remarks (be Cin:cinnati Enquirer, a property qualificationin real estate ha3 always been demandedof foreign born persons as a qualification

for exercising the right of suffrage. The

neijro now votes without it. An attempt

has been made lately, to amend the Con-

stitution so as to allow the foreigner theGerman, the Irishman, the .Englishman

and the Scotchman the same rights as a

neTO. But the proposed amendment has

been voted down by a vote of G.3GG

against 33'M in favor. RepublicanRhode Island, therefore, still adheres Idthe proposition that, for voting purposes,the foreigner shall beheld not to be equal,but inferior to the negro. At the sametime the voters declared against the re-

peal of the registry tax. This tax oper-ates to the disadvantage of the poor andin favor of the rich. It is often made so 0high that none but the rich can afford tovutew It is also an element of corruption,rich men registering poor ones in consid-eration of their votes. These principlesof, government are still to be retained inRhode Island by the votes of the Repub-lican majority.

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