North Carolina Newspapers

tf lie tyttkh JLKEPUBLICAN' WiiEXLY NEWd PAPEU THE CENTRAL ORGAN OF THE PARTY. for PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY? (SEE RATES' OF SUlJSCRirTION )N THIS PAGE.) to w. Ml mttlWX, Manager. v-tJoB tVonK oxaouteJ-at short no Hcoand in a Htyie unsurpassod by any similar establishment In tbeSt&te. RATES OF ADVERTISING . Ono square, one time, - - $100. " two times, - - 1 60 " three times, - i , - 2 00 Contract advertisements taken at proportionately low rates. Okkick on Newb'rn Avenue, some ix or nevon huiKlr.evI yards eat of the Capliol. - : .... -or ' 4f t' - ...... .4 - I - VOIi. V. NO. 51. . .... " .-.V-4 1 tJf:fdmuh -aril ttf Jfjifr.,,.,. '4 v " ' - ' b I : RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year, - - - 2 10 Six month, .... 105 Three monthv . - - . ' 65 ? XJT III VARIABLY IN ADVANCK.- i Poetry. The Careless Word. Tw but a word, a crelea word, A thUtle down it aecmed as light ; It paused a moment In the air. Then onward winged IU Might Another Up caught up the word. And I wreathed it with a hearty sneer; It aatbered weight an on it sped . That careleas word In iU career. Then rumor caught the flying word, And busy osip gave it weight. Until that little woru uecaiue A vehicle of angry hate. And thenanotlwr pageof life blurred; With burning, scalding tears waa A load of care was heavier made. Its added weight that careleas word. That careleas word, oh ! bow It scorched a fointinc?. bleed Id?, ouivering heart! Twm like a hungry nre, wa searcneu - . rT ... . . m Tbroagh every tender, vital part. Ilnw wildly throbbed that aching heart 1 Deep agony ita fountains stirred ; It calmed, but bitter ashes mark The pathway o? that careless work. Miscella neous. Stammering. A gentleman who stammered rn.n Hti1hfvw1 fllnwMt tin tfi rnnn :. ..) ho.xl gives a very tdmpte remedy for the misfortune. 4Go into a room where you will U quiet and alone, get some book that will interest but not excite you, and it down and read two hours aloud to yourself, keeping your tceih together. Do the same thing ewry two or three days, or once a we k if very tire some, always taking care I o read slowly and distinctly, moving the liiw OUl not ineimu. mrw, ncnr-ln with other, trvtosocak 7 V Jii.i- as siowiy ami uisuuiuj s iuwuic, and make up your mind that you will not stammer. Well, I tried this remedy, not having much faith in It, I must eonfess, but willing to lo almost anything to cure myself offuch an annoying difficulty. I rend for two hours aloud with my teeth tgether. The first result was to make my tongue ail jaws ache, tint is, while I was reading, and the next to make me feel as if some- thin had loosened my taking ap- pir.du. f.r i could speak wi;h less diffirulty iiiimetliately. Thechange waswtiereat that every one u no knew me renarkel it. I reieated the remedy every live or six days for a month, and then at longer in terval until cured." Ho-tiikoh Thing Wouks- We clip the tollowlng irom me Hurler Jltutlr, which shows that Mr. Avery, in .ho .U..e tow,, , of Mor- jraiuon, ex riei., ",7"""h....Xrh f WHICH Vlljf runwio probitbly on h 1 1.., u iroiKtuiy n A It will uiiuouirttHiiy .prw. wn. , l,y at least every euuor wuurau3 ' Un Now, we venture to my , all our farmer renders in the c timii try are thinking thai ; while - they are plow- i.... in ihi hot sun. the etlitor of the ... ... . i nrttff m iiHVinir ail euv umo ic cling in lhehade. Not a bit or It, 04vUMitioii lias its annoyanowj, and to give you a hample of what we have to nut up with, we will cpuote a few fragments of conversations with us, or about us. So here goes : l frigid of the rat road manage mrrd: See here, w hy InNthe thun d r don't the Blade give the Asy lum Board ahe a I about the way they are managing things? A friend of the Atyluin Board : Ixxk here, A very, folks are grum bling powerfully about your not cussing out them Radical Commis sioners. Why in the thunder don't you give Canady a rake about rid ing iu special trains, and pitch Into the whole concern about high frfktrrhfa ... . A I Candulate JOT jummiwncr jujcl election: Why don't the Blade go for those Shylocks that are dealing m county bcrip and sucking the blood of the county? Soldotdman: Ain't you never going to 'cuss out" those land shirks that are buying up all the property in the county at sheriff's sale? Why, sir, a poor man at a sheriff's Rile is like a bound boy at a frolic There ain't uochancufor him. countywiper would a "busted" the MvomiM nud driv the soldiers revenues ana uriv away afore now. Soldicrofthe 1..S1.- Mine Grott, vhat a wreple is dot Plue Hitch PhX? It rfhm mitde govern- mentalldetline. ; . falling in the midst of aquantit ' of Itevrtiuti officer ; D -n Avery and rock. That he escaped ins int his paper. What dues he waut to dealh u a niygtery, which can t ily SS'SSum?? Ughl ""ted for on the supposU on Friend of the old Dry Board: that the mall bag fell between h m- Why don't Avery pitch into this self and the rocks, and thus broke, new wet board ? Wonder If he is th violenC8 ofthe concussion soi le runnlng the blockade? . L i Irieml of the new ' Wet Board d what. As it was, his left wrist ias This Is no wet board." We hold two? badly fractured and he is believed oaices In the Templars, but we are to have received severe internal against Sherman to a man. 'Why tniurip, ivpctdes as it. was t went v- uidn't the Blade rake Sherman injuri haes, asu.-WM iweniy- when he was in? ' four hours after the accident before Cbforerf Gemman : Why don't de be spoke a word, and at last ac- Blade git after dem -white gemmen counts ho was still spitting blood. what sings 'round de street of a night? If 'twas a-darkey he'd be The body of a colored woman. was in de paper, if he warn't in Jail. found In the river at Wilmington Of of all these and similar com- on Tuesday. In consequence of bad plaints, during our editorial career, health, and a two free use of qui- we have realized the pitiful sum of nine, it Is supposed she committed II. 00, scat U3 by an anonymous cor- sulce. respondent, who .wished' us to skin cat fish John. Martin for. en terine: spring hous during the war and Vii mfldH thf Ktim nnlv ixiiinnMr we maue mis sum oni because our correspondent did notcorne forward iukiii aiuuuu pun iiuuoca 3iui;ca Mail Catchers. Charlotte Observer.) The patent mail catchers are be ing put up on the Air-Line Rail road at different points, and on the mail cars. These are to catch the mafia at stations where the trains do not stop. A post is set on the ground close by the track, and to this the mail pouch Is fastened. There is an. arm on the mail car. I operated from the inside by a crank ..... ... i nn i npinrp rpflnninw rnp aiaimn t n o and before reaching the station, the route agent lowers this arm, which is in the shape of the letter U, so wide at the mouth as that, no mat ter how the car shakes, it cannot fail to catch the mail pouch on the post. Catching it, it closes upon it, and the route agent draws it upby means of the crank. The mail for delivery at the station is thrown out as the train reaches the post. Mail hags are.made especially for I i0 J. these stations, and It is a violation of law to use them elsewhere. These mail catchers are being put up in view f preparations, which arc making to put . a faster schedule in operation on the Air-Line, after which some .unimportant stations where trains -now stop, will be passed except 'when waved down. The invention is that of man Moar-lWrirl1. Wp nnwl not Y" w. "IC Kctu;i.u xiieae mail catchers are now in use on man caicners are now in use on only one road in North Carolina the Sealoard & Roanoke.V6- Sinking of a Hotel into the Earth. St Louis Journal, May 13. Considerable excitement was cre ated in East St. Louis lately morn ing on the discovery! that the Belle ville House, a two story frame just south of the Pittsbnrg R. R. and Coal Co.'s dike, near the southern limits of the city, had disappeared in lhe quickstind. The circum- stances connected witk the unusual occurence are as follows: The house, which is used as a hotel, was built on piles, but, a few days be fore, showed evidences of an incli nation to sink into trb earth. On Thursday night it sunk about two Decker, not ap pi hendng anything serious, paid very littlfe atte ition to the matter. On Friday night the ffi WlJrioJS Heubner, discovered tlattheprem- IISCT wcitKCUiusinmu ""SCUICU, and crave the alarm, before the inmates couia reanzeiwnat was inmate8 could real on ho buklin4 had sunk forty-eight feet, carryinj with it ten Afte conlidiable diffi, they Were all resled, badly r- faeneif bui not riut Tn . r, v .i ... 1 UaCKWUitT iruiiJ lilt: rivei soon sur- rounded the place wheretthe house stood and would very! probably have carried it away iflthe gable end, all that is visible, hai not been securely, fastened with tropes to terra firma. Mr. Deckerw loss on the building is about $G,0i), and on the furniture about $ljbtH). The house was recently purchased by Its present proprietor. Iriall prob ability it entirely disappeared last mgnt, as very jmie or it was vis ible at a late hour. Accident to a Mail Afcnt. Wrlmington Star. We learn that Jacob Thompson, the colored route agent on lie Wil mington, Columbia A Augula Rail road, who fell off the train bn Sat iinIijii inn.n itirr titat nn.lk nf X a inrn uiuoj iuuimu6v)ugi uul m wi jumiuu, is in a critical condition andtiis re- covery is a matter of dotbt. It ms that at tho time of thtV acef- seems that at the time or lht acci- dent the train was passing ivera high trestle, and Thompson, hkving got the notion in his head , tltU he nGflrinr a shitinn stPnndl out wasneanng a station, steppfU out on the platform with a mail 1kg in his hand. A3 he did so, the train gave a lurch acd he fell. His lands hns full, he failed' to grasp kny thing to stop him in hiscourse.lanc thing to stop and tne consequence was that he lwa3 precipitated down an embankrient ut- tL a distance of at least thirty feet, Correspondence: V: A It must be understood that this paper P08'1'01 enaoree me aenumencs iu correspondents in every instance. ,Ju mns are open to the, friend of do-not endorse the sentiments -of Its the E arty, and their communications will e given to the public as containing the views anu sentiments or the writers. The following communications is taken from the columns of the Tri-Weekiy Constitutions T v --"rrvZ To the Editor of The Comtitution: Will you alhnY u.s of. the centerto suggest a ticket for Wake county ? For the Senate? ' "! B. II. WOO DELL, : For the House of Jlepresentatives : JAMES ENNISS, Dr. T.lJTBANKS, , . JDIMES II. HARRIS, A. L. DAVIS. For County Commissioners : D.H.GARDNER. JOHN MASSE Y, J. P.-H. ADAMS, OSBORNEJIUNTER, Jri j. W. COLE. For Sheriff: J. J. NO WELL. , Register of Deeds :. M.V'B. GILBERT! For County Surveyor: THOMAS C SMITH. For County. Coroner:; J. M. FORREST. ' With this ticket representing all - v V. , . ' " " fear the result. tL P, Yours truly; :, VOTERS OP ISA LEIGH TOWNSHIP. lb the Editor of the Constitution : Please announce the following as our choice as candidates for Wake county at the ensuing county con vention, viz: For the Senate : ROBERT W. WYNNE. For Sheriff,: .' J.J. NO WELL. For the House of Representatives : B. A. PERRY, DAVID GARDNER, Dr. T. L. BANKS, EATON BLEDSOE, JAMES II. JONES. For County Commissioners: THOMAS C. SMITH, GEORGE A. KEITH, STEWART ELLISON, JAMES ENNIS, F. H. PERRY. " For Register of Deeds : M. V'B. GILBERT. For County. Treasurer: . , (' WILLIE D. JONES. For.Surveyor : .... . t J. P. II.ADAM3. , For Coroner: lf MOSI A. PATTERSON. NEUSE. 1 To the Editor of The Constitution: Please allow me, as a good Re- publican, to suggest the following as our county ticket: : For Sheriff: J.J. NO WELL. For the Senate: ! ROBERT W. WYNNE. For House of Representatives : Dr. T.L: BANKS, B.A.PERRY, JAMES H. JONES, DAVID GARDNER. For County Commissioners : JOHN G. ANDREWS, WILLI AM JINKS, STEWART ELLISON, THOMAS C. SMITH,- : JAMES H. HARRIS. For Register of : Deeds : . Capt. W, W WHITE. ; For County Treasurer: i THOMAS B. BRIDGERS.1 For County Surveyor : j,p..iL;AbAMS.:';;M':4! For County Coroner: MVStXi A-iAiiJJ.tKsu. v: ji tnis ucKei siiouiu ue pu" c field we have nothing to fear.;. ;. 4 (..L WAKE. .Mil y State .Ticket- . 7b the Editor, of the Constitution r The time will soon be here, when the delegates from i , the , sever al counties of. the State will assem ble in your city to nominate can didates to fill the State offices. 1 We all trust.wisdom and prudent coun sei may prevail in that Convention, and, if so, may we not hope to have 8herifff they wUiiiavetdone but lit the following ticket : a ; ; ; ; tie to show their gratitude to him. r or governor: Hon. RALPH P. BUXTON, o Curaberland county., ' f For Lieutenant Governor: ' Gen. RUFUS BARRINGER, of Mecklenburg county; 1 For Attorney J3eneral Hon. J,W. ALBERCSOtf, of Per- , f: intquimans county V . ; For Secretary of Statei Col. GEORGE uWV STANTON, Wilson county. iM For Treasu rer : ? DAVID Al JENKINS, of Gaston . ., 4t.-jilf its ! county b.i i ...j.. t it;v-i-LsFor,Auditors,iuii TII03IAS B.ijKEOGII. of Gail v , ; . : .-.fonI county. .-V : V Frtf SuperinCendentn of Public In -I litructioni i" r i' SQUIRETRI VETT, ofIcDowell Iet theConvention whn it meets V on the 121 h Of July,1 nominate this ticket and we can; beat anything the opposition cani bring out against us. They are rail gentlemen- who are well known to the:pebpleof North I Carolina, 'and men of true honesty and integrity. They are all g.xwl speakers and if nominated will be elects J by 20,000 ' majority:'' By all means give us thU ticketi 1 bw GOUIAII. To the Edi orx fThe Constitution : ..? In this o y of, suggesting o. ct best men for positions on our ticket, please allot mo to name the roiiow- ing, vizir- .., .r. .... . - i; For Governor: . THOMAS SETTLE, of Guilford county. : ; For Lieutenant Governor: WILLI AM. A. SMITH,, of. John i m l; i -a ston county. ; i ' " " " , WILLlHi JUiM, oi wane " county. ' For Treasurer: WILLIAM A. BAILEY, of Row , an county. For Auditor: STOKES D. FRANKLIN, of For- syth county. For Superintendent of Public In struction : JUNIUS , B. WHITAKER, of Wayne county. For'Attorney General : T. L. HARGROVE, of Granville county. This is a g(xxl ticket-and cannot be beaten. "TARHEEL." To the Editor of The1 Constitution : Much is being' said about who shall be the candidates on the State ticket, and but little interest Is man ifested ; 'concerning"1 the ticket in the county of Wake,' which ail must admit 19 a matter of, the greatest importance and i consideration, not only to the voters of the county, but' to,the.voier3 air over the State. I trust you w ill permit me to say a few words, in behalf of one of the truest ana ixm ivepuuucans in uie county tf Wake-r-one ; who - has borne i the burdens p, .the Jieat of Ihe dayi whO; has never-faltered or fallen by the-waysidp, '4)ut whose every pulse has beat full and strong with the' nrinei oles of; genuine Re- publicanlsm: ' vho ' haW under-all pipeumstances! 'advocated' tnel'true: principies of Justice and Quality before. the la'w to fall Vneri,an(I with out :any tmx)gnitton of; the color lines, has maintained that fitness and intelligence , with faithfulness ; ' ' ' . i' L ! ana unswerving "Hegniy,wiiii-u.nrtj the bhly reqaisife or! qualifications fofbffice. TT'.:' The tlistinguishel man to whom I allude to is General Willie D JonesU He command ..the respect and confidence! of. h)I goad and just men, and : byi the itrue men'of his own partv; his name is 'cherished and appreciated. Mr. EMiroi1; Gen. WilHe D. Jones is the man for the Republicans or Wake county to nominate for their sheriff, and if he isi nominated hai will most assuredly;ihes elected. by a large majority, and his nomination on the county , ticket, of , Wake for the office of sheriff will dOmucrt:tq secure the entire ticket in the coan- ty Y it will alsti give strength' to the nCTeSsionai ticket and beof great advantage to tne state ucKeu Qen Jones is a man Of modest worth and Will not enter a contest where there is a scramble' for office, when he feels so much the Jmpor tance of harmony and concentration nf effort for the success of his party. of whlcli he is J to ila, and always has been, a strong, support and pll: larl J The ' Republicans of V.Wake county should f recbgnizehls great l.lfJ.7. ''. J n.1I..Mnntlr and services ut uitm uiuiviuuou . to "the party, Jand . when hey, shall hava nnmin; And elected him and in placing fun .in tnat respon- sible office, they will have theaatis- faction of knowingthat the responsi- billtiea Incident .tbere.tof will'be dis- charged honestly, with' faithfulness to the peopleand to himself and with credit and honor to the party an the people which elect him". Whe the Republicans of Wake hono Gen. Jones, they honor themselv of and he has al frays honored thos who have hone re J him. The gen nine and liberty-loving Union R publicans will give him a war and hearty support, and tjje toucn of elbows will be manifest and thrilling all along the line, and thff artial towards Johnnie, andean veterans of manv hard foueht batl il'dways divine tl:e cause of such ties will rally to his standard and will not be content until they shal have won the victory. Let him b the nomiuee, and he will, withou doubt, be the next sheriff of th county of Wake. f I am, very truly, A WAKE COUNTY VOTR. -It. C. Badger for Congress. To the Editor of The Constitution : While others are busying them ' selves regarding the State ticket, all low me space in' your columns tl mention a man as a candate on uie rvepuoucan ucKei, iroui tin district, for (Congress. I nominat XI ' T LI? M. i 1. ! I' H R. C. Badger, and ask tha h, iims be placed before the nom iiiuting Convention, soon to assem ble. Mr. Badger is very generall known throughout the diatrict, an it is thereforer useless to allude to diis ' distinguishad "abilities as a peiiker, as a lawyer,- ana a risin young statesman. He would mak a vigorbus canvass ; is more than match ' for anv asDirinff Democn ih:i the District ; and would add strength to, j instead of detracting from, the State ticket. His record is unimpeachable. His official conj duct is without reproach. He has no official sins of omission or com mission to answer for, and there is no fear of a Congressional Commilj tee being appointed, after his noml . v M O L ination, to examine into oflieial as fairs, and thereby weaken the tick et,J and place him and his friends o the defensive. He can beat Jo Tktvria Tha "R.onnMipnna pan rrn sistently rally to his support to 1 man. and will do it. I make thi suggestion without any consulta w tion with him. and without hi knowledge; but the time and th crisis demands that no persona feelings or individual preference! should guide us in our selection We must have Badger to win. NEW LIGHT. Gen. W. 1. Jones. To the Editor of the Constitution : In calmly surveying the fieJa can -see none yet mentioned mor worthy than the gentleman whos name heads this article. I believ that there has not, as yet, been an particular one mentioned on tl Republican side as a suitable ma to represent this, the Raleigh di trict,- in Congress. Nor do I be lievo ' there is one more worthy in theentire district than the genj tleman in question. Thus believ- ing, and after consulting many my fellow-citizens, I take this lib erty with his name, without havj ing one word from him on the subv ject.'i Then let the district rally r around him "who has been tried and found true, weighed in the halsinea and found not wan tine" II the old war-horse of Wake, and we will carry the district by a hand.-. some majority. 10 tne iroui, . rr il . r A. ; i manry, to the front. VIGILANT. June 1, 187G. Sclio61.t To the Editor of The Constitution : The annual and closing exercise of Johnson High School took placi on last Friday, evening at St. Paul') A.M. E. Chinch. A very la rg audience, composed of both colored f. . ' - . - - and white, creeted the teachers and ! pupils of this school on that occar sion. J A large platform wTas erected around , the pulpit, upon which sal the neatly attired boys and girlst whose faces beamed with intellt- gence. At the appointed hour, tfit f ivell,hdl of us should thank Gov entertainment was opened with I ?rnor Woodford for saying this: prayer and , song, after which ea in his or her turn came to the fron arid did credit alike to themselv and teachers.- But we must say-j- tnougn not in uisparageiueui ii either teacher or pupil that thif exhibition vas not so good as some that have been gi ven by th is school on other and perhaps more favorj able occasions. A person acquaint ed wi th the i m ped i men ts attendan t upon; the preparation of a'school ex hibithm, can reaflily appreciate the many dis.td van rages under which i teacher lain its, especially in a Iarg;e school, and even a critic can some times pass tittle imperfections by ' i . .... . . . . . when' it Is known mat eacii anu everv ouoil roust have a say, d mebodys feeling wii! be sorely ind surely wounded. The faithful eacher has to contend with the am otion anl rivalry of the svhohirs Hid the jealousy of the parents, and f they fail to nurse ei ther, it is al nost impossible to have a good ichool. For instance, if Johnnie is illowed to sneak a piece and Willie artiality. Ho oes home a?;d tells ather and mother ami they, too, egardlcss of the mental worth or itness of their child to appear in I Sublic to advantajro, f)econio ollond- xi, and in some instances, we have mown them to send their child to mother school for no other purpose, tlenee we are inclined to believe, hat it was the deep interest felt in ?ach , individual pupil, by 1 1 i ose worthy and competent teachers, vnicn contributed, doubtless m a ilight degree, to the burden of the jrogramtne and the little faults, it hus they might be termed, that iouId.be found of some of the refl ations and singing. We do think hat if these closing exhibitions vere converted into thorough ex aminations, the result would be nore beneficial to both the schools i Ind the public. And if children ire now like they were in our school lays, they would not be so very fmxious to participate in the exer cises on such occasions, and patience jrvould not cease to be a virtue on liccountofan irksome programme. Thus room would be made for the nore advanced, and an impetus ould be given to the Jess advanced pupils. -However, I he exhibition of Friday light was very good, taking all hings into consideration. But we lo not think that it was a fair test )f the sufficiency of the teachers r progress of the scholars. ). JI., Jk. Ul.CVasliiiigt.oii orrespondence. irrerd (pi(al topics Decoration day at A rl'ui'jton 7 tylor's poem , and Woodjordii address Celebri ties Present Xo tables absent II" flections of the, hour Chandler for President and Woodford for his Lieutenant The occasion surpris- ing the thoiifht 'Speaker A'err's 2)Osi(ion. Washington, I). C. June 1, '70. Decoration day has come and jone. Each sleeping hero at Ar lington has had llowers, beautiful lowers laid upon his last resting '.dace, in the words of the poet o?ay!or Upon a yrravc v. Ik'so trrass v roof ir rows ) lower ; s troubled waves subside when storm dimplo in tho sod, as if earth -smiled To think sho child holds her miirrv soldier The occasion was a grand one, jind; worthy of ihe year,;lS7(J. The people were there in crowds, not ixelnsively from the populous cities lcjir by, but from the country for niles around, and fully one 'half i i - ,vere from the recent !v emancipat ed race, arrayed in holiday attire, espectful and orderly in their de ortment, as is uniformerly the ;ase.' The decorations 'of the stand were ine, the music good, and the pro gramme well ca'riicd out. The bust )f Lincoln, in the are i opposite the )lace for the speakers was wreathed .vith garlands and when the ser vices were over, hundreds dropped heir testimonials of bouquets some imes of only a single ilower, on the pedestal supporting tne likeness of liberty's great martyr. ' B;F. Taylor's poem was grand ind fitted for the august occasion, , :ml Gen. Stewart Woodford's ora- - A . I . ' - ion was capnai ; in exc xcellcnt taste is regards matter and b brevity, and ull Of striking, well condensed and instructive points which the Ameri- 1 an people should Jay well to heart. Vmong other things good and no- Mle and delightful to listen to as Courage and honor alike require :hat'we who by God's providence 'were victors in the strife, should be 'freely and absolutely generous in peace. Courage and honor equally (require that they who were beaten, Should yield manly submission to ihe decision of that final tribunal of Ihe sword, to which they appealed. These are plain words plainly spoken among our dead." ; CELEBRITIES PRESENT. The platform was filled with peo ple of distinction, i'resident Grant was the central object. To his right wTas Gen. Sherman, and further on the orator of theday, General Wood ford. To the left of the President was the stalwart form of theS3cre- tary of the Interior, the Hon. Z. Chandler. Mr. B. F. Tavlor. tho poet of tho occasion, Postmaster General Jewell ; Representatives Mi C'rary, Kasson and many others of note were present. One could not help observing that of those who conspicuously figured in the great conllict those who stood shoul der to shoulder with the immortal Lincoln, enjoyed hjs personal confi dence and regard and influenced his actions, only three appeared to be present, Grant, Chandler and. Sherman ; Staunton, Sumncr.Chaso, Wilson and Stevens have passed on j and joitu-d the throng of heroes iu the spirit land. The gallant Wood ford was at his post in tho Depart? ment of the South, and young and chivalric winning his spurs, nr.i Mx rioxs of tiik noun. No wonder then tho thought would enter the minds of those present, that perhaps of all the men in our country to invest with con trol, when President Grant shall resign the baton of power, Zacha riah Chandler is not only the fittest but will best satisfy the somewhat anxious loyal mind. Let that hon est and patriotic civilian, upon wIh.so character there is no stain, and who knows so well what war is by stern experience and what the issues settled, by our great victory over rebellion are, be nominated for the Chief Magistry, then let the ticket be completed by the election of New York's bravo and eloquent son, General Woodford for tho Vfco Presidency. This done.-thoneonln will say amen ! and all the powers of evil however I'droitly and ma lignantly directed cannot prevail against such a loyal and merito'nous combination. Would that our con nection at Cincinnati could .be im pressed with the idea that forcibly struck many thoughtful persons, as they ni:o,.-NisEi)in the fixed lini--ameiitsof Michigan's favorite son, that his soul was full of glowing memories, and of profound thank fulness for mercies vouchsafed, tin; idea that if he could be made the ruler of this great people, and the eloquent New Yorker pouring out sublime thoughts to the eagerly listening multitude, his right-hand man in the government of our beloved country, how completely would bo sustained and porpouatod the cause in which those heroes died, who now lie so thickly n pok ing on Arlington Hill. SPEAKER KEUII'S POSITION'. The friends of Speaker Kerr are terribly annoyed at his positson be fore the public. There seems to be apparent truthfulness in the accu sation that ho received money for procuring a position for an Army officer some years ago, yet this may be a piece of audacity on the part of malignant persons, equal only to a doen other instances which have lately occurred. The course of tho speaker has been such,, that in case of his fall, sincere regret will bo felt by his political opponents as well as friends. The example of such a distinguished person in the ranks of... the .Democracy presenting a re cord so appalling, will teach the fellows who are disposed to investi gate for party purposes merely, a lesson they will not forget! soon. With such men as Pendleton ai;d Kerr going down, and their would be victims coming out right, how long can the Democratic party live? Killed by tho Train. Ileidsvilio Times. When the .Northern bound train on the It. it 1). Ji. R. was about a mile from town, coming. around a curve the engineer saw a man lying on the track not far ahead, and as the train could not be stopped be fore reaching the man, sounded tho whistle. But as the man did . not get out of the way tho tfain in a few seconds passed' oyer the body, cut ting off one leg, and arm. When the! train hts stopped the hands found the unfortunate man t! lo one 'who', .lived in this town Ho was brought immediately to town, seeming to suffer thc most Intense pain, and in a few hours breathed his last. We have been told he had said a few days before that he in tended to put himself on the rail road track so that ho might bo killed, s he was tired of living. It is a remarkable fact that every day in the week is observed by some nation for the public celebration of religious services. Sunday Is de voted by the Christians, Monday by the Greeks, Tuesday by tho Persians, Wednesday by tho As syrians, Thursday by tho Egyp tians, Friday by the Turks, Sat urday by tho Jews. r - . 1 1 - JL