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K r o m e r , \ E d i t o r a n d P r o p r i e t o r . I Jfeto to ike £!& lei il]e eijips W \x>i\eU iijejj Ml I T e r m s , T w o D o l l a r s ( ±->er . A n n u m . VOL. IX. SCHOHARIE, NEW YOllK, FETDAY; DECEMBER 15, 1871. JSTO. 6. I'llEStI)EST GIt.iNT. Tin l' iisonol Calumnies of Hit Accuser* Completely E.ip 'otltd. From the New Yor& Times. A low days ago the Brooklyn Eagle brought together into one article thu accusations against Gen. Grant, which llio Sun, the World and other papers, bitterly opposed to the President, are constantly icpeating. The President's detainers—and it may save mis construe ton to say here that in the remarks we have to make about them we do not in any way refer to the Eagle, which sim- ply repeats charges without inventing them —havo echoed their complaints so often that at least they probably* almost believe in their justice. To prevent others falling into the same error, we undertook to reply to the Eagle's article as soon as we had time to enquire into the facts. We shall necessarily have to give a condensed account of the Eagle's ;-ta',eiiients bete, but lest anybody should think that we had misrepresent- ed them, we print the entire article on another page. The Eagle says, "Grant went into office poor, and is notoriously a million- aire already ; and lie cannot have made his million out of his official salary, or his legitimate receipts in public service." If one part of the duty of the President of the United States was to answer every question addressed to him about his pri- vate circumstances, and empty his pocket-book to every visitor and show how much money he had about him,the dignity of the ofliee would not be much increased —and, perhaps, the people would not consult their own interests by subjecting their chief officer to such ill- usage. The President considers his own se'f-respect, and we believe he also con- siders the wishes of the people, by never replying to any attack made upon him. We have no authority to speak for him —but careful inquiries have assured us that outside of his official salary, his in- come docs not exceed six thousand dol- lars a year. IPs principle property is his farm of six or seven hundred acres, nesr St. Louis, part of which was inher- ited by Mrs. Grant. The remainder was bought by Gen. Grant from the other heirs, out of the one hundred thousand do'lars given him by the citizens of New York before he becan:e President. One of the charges against the President is that his St. Louis farm was a present to him. The rest of the one hundred thousand dollars icferred to was used in paying off the mortgage on his house in 1 street, Washington, now owned by Gen. Sherman, and in purchasing and furnishing his house in Long Branch, which ho is charged with receiving as a present lrom Mr. Murphy—that being another of the numberless fabrications set afloat by the Sun about the Presi- dent, and repeated eagerly by journals opposed to him. Not a dollar's worth of property has been given to Gen. Grant since lift became President. During the war the President saved something out of his pay as Major-Gen- eral—we are hplf ashamed to refer to such matters, but since the Eagle asks for the facts, it may as well have them all —and with the money so saved he bought a part interest in some Chicago lots, which have appreciated in v due, but hitherto have yielded no income, lie aiso bought a small amount of horse railroad stock, which he still owns, and which pays a moderate dividend. Ho was given, while a Gcneial in the Army, a house in Philadelphia, which he rents for about two thousand dollars a vcar. Another statement of the Eagle is that "the Sun has printed repeatedly, uncontradicted from any quarter, a list of twenty-five or more relatives whom Grant has appointed to office under himself." Wc hope that the day will come when honorable journalists will be ashamed to assert that anything is true of General Grant because the Sun says it is true. The list in question has been contradicted ; it is false in every pArtic- ular; and we will print it at the close of this article, with comments that prove it to be false. The President's relatives who do hold office wertfehiefly appointed by bis predecessors ; was he bound to trarn them on*, when he came in office himself? Is it not to be the rule of public life that when a man ac- cepts a responsible position he is to bo gin by thrusting his klTvsfolk out ol any offices they may happen to hold, and giving up all the property ho may pos- sess ? Do the rcoplc expect this ? The absurd statement is that Gen. Grant received twenty-five thousand dollais in the ScnecA Stone Company, as a gift, and then appointed Mr.Cooke, the President of that Company, Terri- orial Governor in Washington, "thereby enhancing the value of the stock of Metfra. Cooke, Grant & Co." This is a total misrepresentation of a very simple transaction. Shortly after the organi- zation of tho Senaca Stone Company in 1807, nearly a year before Gen. Grant was nominated President, he was invited to take twenty thousand dollars' worth of stock as a mmimmt. Ho thought well of it, and surely no one will deny that he was free to invest his money in any enterprise ho chose. He had as much right to use his money at his own discretion as any other citizen. He in vested ten thousand dollars in the pur- chase of the stock, and it hat never paul t him a cent, lie has been Anxious for i! long time to sell this stock; perhaps some of the accusers would like to buy it? GOT. Cooke was apptinted last February—stock bought in 1867; Cooke appointed in 1871—snd that appointment had aliotit as ranch to do with Senaca *tont as it had with the oeposits of the posttertiary period. t h * t I'rcnident I Dr. E. H. Grant, President's third cousin, Clerk in the Internal Rev- enue Bureau, Washington. No relation. XXI. E. C. David, President's wife's cousin's husband, Special Agent of the Post-office Department in Illinois and Iowa. No relation ; President does not know hi in. XXII. Charles F. Baldwin, President's cousin's hunband, Mail Agent in K e n - tucky. No relation; President does not know him. XXIII. John J. Grant, President's second cousin, Assessor of Internal Rev- enue Twelfth District of New York. No relation; President does not know him. XXIV. Alexander Sharpe, Jr., P r e s - ident's nephew, Cadet at Annapolis. Mrs. Grant's, not the President's nephew. *" XXV. Frederick Dent Grant, Presi- dent's son, Second Fieutenant Fourth Cavalry ; gone to Europe on an illegal leave of absence granted him by his father. Appointed to West Point by J o h n - son ; is lot on leave of absence, but is on duty on staff of the General of the Army. Our readers may now see for them- selves the wilful dishonesty with which this list has been prepared by the Sun. What arc they to think of any fresh charges against the President which may proceed from the same quarter. THE NASBY LETTERS. Mr. Naxby and his People Accept the "Paxsicc I'oiir.y "—the Amendments of Oavitt, Ban- corn. Pennibaekcr and Veiuoii Poyratn and the Terrible Jtesnlt. fyONFEnnrr X ROADS, } (Wicli is ni the State uv Kentucky, > November 24, 1871, ) W e hev heard uv Ohio, I'ennsylvany, Noo Yoik, and a number uv other States, at the Corners, anc are satificd that suthin hoz got 10 be done for tho Dimocrisy. Tho entire yoonanimity with iwich the country hez prononnst agin us, iz one uv the most remarkable things wich ever occurred to mo. I brother-in-law, Marshal of the District of Columbia. A first class man, and capital appoint- ment; is a member of the President's household, and the duties aro of such a character that from time immemorial the place has been filled by a relative or near friend of the President. VII. James S. Casey, President's brother-in-law, Collector of the Port of New Orleans, and electioneering agent for t'le rcnomination of Grant by means of United States soldiers and Gatliug guns. Is not President's brother in-law, but Mrs. Grant's; has proven an excellent collector; carried out many reforms, principally in taking control of Custom House out of hands of politicians. VII. Jas. Longstrect, President's wife's cousin, Surveyor of the Port of New Orleans, Is no relative whatever to cither the President or wife. IX. Silas Hudson, President's cousin, Minister to Guatemala. Was stiongly recommended b j bis friends in Iowa; President his but slight acquaintance with him. X. N. A. Patton. President's wife's cousin, Collector at the Port of Galves- ton. No relation. The President docs not even know him. — X L Orlando H. Ross, President's cousin, clerk in the 'third Auditor's A traveler in China wa3 entertained by the Amir or Viceroy, who sent for a native juggler, and ordered him to per- form some feats. "Upon this," writes the wanderer, "he took a wooden ball with seven holes in it. through which long throngs were passed, and, laying hold of one of these, slung [it into trie air. It went so high that we lost sight of it altogether. (It was the hottest season of the year, and we were outside in the middle of the palace court.)— There now only remained a .short end of a thong in tho conjurer's hand, anc' he desired one of the boys who assisted him to lay hold of it and mount. lie did so, climbing by tho thong, and we lost sight of him. The conjurer then called to him three times, but getting no answer, he snatched up a knife, as if in great rage, laid hold of the thong,and disappeared in his turn. By and by he threw down one of the boy's hands,thcn a foot, then the other hand and the other foot, then the trunk, and last of all the head ! Lastly, ho came down himself, puffing and blowing, and with his clothes all blood, kissed the ground before tho Amir, and said something to him in Chinese. The Amir gave some order in reply, and oar friend theft took the lad's limbs, laid them together in their places, and gave n kick, when presto I there was the boy, who got up and stood before us ! All this astonish- ed me beyond a measure," naively adds the innocent pilgrim. endoored Ohio, I stood firm under Pennsylvany, but when Noo York went agin us, I felt that all was lost, when the Dimocrisy uv Noo York lose confi- dence in Tweed to the extent uv jinin hands with the Ablishinists, I felt that it wuz uv little difference wat happened thereafter, and I took my drinks me- chanically, like one stunned. So dazed wuz I that for a week after the elecshuns I didn't acceptinvitashuns to drink over half the time. I notice that the Noo York World and other leadin Diinocratic papers are urgin the policy uv not nominati.i a Diinocratic candidate for President in 1872, but uvallowinthe Dmiocrasy and all the elements which don't like Grant to yocnito and run a Independent can- didate. I agree with the World. I am satisfied that the Dimocrnsy kin never elekt a President in 1872. It seems clear to me that the in di cash ens aro that the people don't want a Dimocrat to fill that posishen, and I content to bow to the will uv the people. The Dimocrisy alius bow cheerfully to the will uv the people when they can't possibly rebel. and that appears to be our situashen jist now. I therefore accept the passive policy, and am convinst that the Dimo crisy shood not, as a partyT, nominate a candidate for the Presidency, but sb. •!, to save the country from iinpendin rooin, relinquish their party orga'iiz t- shen, and co-operate with such uv the Republikins cz are dissatisfied with the Adininistrashen, to overthrow the pres- ent tyranical Administrashen and inog- gerato a reign of purity. My noshen wuz eminently strategical. It wuz to make a platform, wich sed nothin in pertikclar, and put onto it a man no- boddy ever heard uv, and depend for the fncher .-upon tho fact that he bed bin elected by Dimocrats.and wood hev to take his tone from them. I communicated this idea to the Di- mocrisy uv the Corncfs, and a meetin wuz held to give shape to our thoughts on this subject I opened the ball by in trodoosin the follcrin rosoboshen : WHAKAS, It seems to be tollaby cer- tin that of we, the Dimocrisy, shoe! nominate a candidate, he wood, in all human probability, bo whaled out nv his boots, and WHAIIAS, While we o n g ' t to be somewhat yoosed to tho whalen p r o - cess by this time,' we hev never yet get to likin it, therefore Rusoloed, By the Dimocrisv nv the Confedrit X Roads, that in their opinion the Dimocrasy uv the Yoontted States, in a spirit uv liberality, ^and actooated solely by a desire to rescue the country from iinpendin danger, shood decline to make iiomiuashens for tho offices uv President and Vice President, but shel jine hands with dissatisfied Republikins, Labor Reformers, Temperance men, Civil Service Reformers, and sick other people ez'object to Radicalism, on t.ie basis, solely, uv opposishen Jthc Radi- calism. Here the thing shood hev encHd.— This rcsolnslicn shoo hev passed and the mcetin shood hev adjourned. But Dee- kin Pogram lied got a maggot in his head and he wantid aresoloosiien added ez follows : Resolved, That tho Dimocrisy will not ask for the nominashen nv a Dimo- crat. but they must insist that the nom- inee pledge him elf to undyin hostility to the 14th anc! 15th am e n dm en ts, and to all tho measures uv reconstruction, inventid and enforced by the Republi- kin part)', and in short the entire Rad- i we had been in the valley and shudder |so long that he wuz wiilin to make a sacrifice uv his feehns. lie wood vote for a man who wuz not a Democrat, but —on this pint he wuz inflexible-tho Post Offices niuat be in the hands uv Democrats, ami not only tho Postofflces but tho other offiees. ("Hear ! .hear !" from every man in the room who had lent me. money. Baseom'w voice bein heard among tho others.) This wuz his ultimatum. If the nominee nv the allied forces will accept the condishuns laid down to-night, and pledge himself fully and unreservedly on this pint, he wuz his man, but not otherwise. He was not to proud to say that he wanted his Collectorship back, r.s MePclter wants his Asscssorship, and our beloved Farson hiz Post Offis. Without them uv wat avail is triumph ? Paul may plant and Apolh.s may water, but uv wat avail is the plantin and watorin un- less we get th) increase ? I lay back in my sea!, gaspin with rage, when Joe Begler, the especial pest uv the Corners ariz He remarkt that lie hed never in tho whole course of his life seen sich a sacrificin body of men. The spectacle uv a Kentucky Dimocrat who cood voluntarily perpose to vote for a man who wuz not a Dimocrat, wuz one calculated to make Stints weep with joy and angels shout "glory." lie knowed the Dimocrisy uv the country wood accept this ackshon, for if they didn't happen to like the nominee, the rcsolooshen passed, w'-ich the said nora inee, wood hev to accept, wood kiver him like a cloak. It wuz a wise policy and one wich wood win. The Dimocrats cood vote for the platform and the others for the man,and se-all cood bo satisfied. But ho wuznt agoin to allow the Dimo- cresy t'.> bo so severely tried. There wuz but one man in the Yoonited States fit to stand on such a platform, and he insisted that that man shood*be dec'ar- ed e^ tho choice uv' this mee'in for the nominashen. That man he wuz proud to say w.iz Jefferson Davis. I sprang to my feet to stop this," but ic wuz too late. The Cross-Roads hev bin so long in the habit uv hur:ahi:i at office, Washington Wan a gallant soldier; was appointed before Grant became President, and not on his recommendation. XII. Mr. Addison Dent, President's wife's third consin, ehrk in the Regis- b o n e » w a s a " t 0«y ^ ' a o f f e r m m - y * ^ 1 n?r«arjr^paTtrnont, Wash- ir.glon T H E IMMORTAL "56."—The following is a complete list ot the signers of tho Declaration ot Independence, with the places of nativity and profession. The professions of the Declaration of Inde- pendence are as follows: Printers, 1 ; lawyers, 28 ; physicians, 5 ; farmers, 6 ; shomakcrs, 1 ; minis- ters, 1 ; gentlemen, 5 ; sailors, 1 ; sur- veyors, 1 ; soldiers, 1. The places of nativity of the signers, was as follows : Massachusetts, 11 ; Virginia, 9 ; Penn- sylvania, 3 ; Maryland, 5 ; Rhode I s - land, 2 ; Maine, 1 ; Connecticut, 4 ; New York, 3 ; New Jersey, 4 ; Scot- land, 2 ; Sooth Wales 1 ; South Caro- lina, 4 ; Delaware, 3 ; Ireland, 3. Benjamin Franklin, aged 71, was the oldest, and Elbridgc Gerry, aged 32,tho youngest of the signers. Stephen Hop- kins, aged 00, was the next oldest, and Tlfomas Jefferson, aged 33, the next youngest. "What sort of sport can 'cave-hunt- ing' be f" was the exclamatory question of a fine old gentleman, who had spimt a long and active life in pursuit, of the fox, the stag, tho hare, the otter, the badger, and every other animal frnr naturae; and he was not much en- couraged to join in the chase, when in- formed bv his scientific friend that No relation whatever. XIII. George B. Johnson, President's third conrin, Assessor of Internal /«,<*v- eniie, Third District of Ohio, No relation whatever, XIV. B. U Winans, President's cousin'-, husband, Postmaster of New- port, K?. No relation whatever. From the evidence taken before the Fire Commissioners, at Chicago, it turns out that Mrs, o'Leary's cow was the cause of the great fire, after all. A bishop of London having entdown a noble eload of trees at Fnlharn, Lord Chancellor Bacon told him he was a good expounder of dark places. ical .policy concernin the nigger, from the Emancipashcn proclamashen down to da*e. And the idiots passed it yoonani- mouslr, and before tho Deekin hed sunk into his scat, B iscom, |to my horror, moved tho adopshen uv this rcsoloo- shen : Resolved, That tho Dimocrisy will not ask the nomenashen uv a Dimocrat but the nominee uv tho jint allies must pledge liissclf to thojepudeashen uv the unholy .nashnel debt, and to all the fi- nanshel measures uv this administrashen and that uv the late A. Linkin. Ef it is considered advisable not to go the whole figgt-r uv repoodiashen, the nominco shel pledge hisself to afleast make the debt worthless by adoptin Pendleton's greenback dodge or somethin equiva- lent. This wuz adopted with loud cheers, despite all I cood do, and immejitly C a p t McPeltcr arose. H e sed he was pleased at the percedins. T h e Hnerality uv the Dimocrisy in surrendcrin their organizashen uv layin it, he mite say,on the altar uv their country could not be too highly commended. l i e wonld so jest, tho, that the nominee, whoever he might be, shohd L«e required to pledge hisself to prokoor the repeal uv all Ku Klux legislashen, to never in eny w%y interfere with (he vhitos uv the South in wat they might desire to do, and, perticnlerly to he7 tr -wniist tho tax on whiskey and tobacco repeeled. Tlnie wuz r.o yooso of tryin to stop it and I didn't* Elder Pennibackcr wuz satisfied to nominate some ono not a Democrat, but the Codvenshun wich nominated birr, should put him on a platform in which Free Trade,opposition to National Banks and State Rites, shood be tho principal planks. It wood be a severe tri«I to Mm to vote for a msn who wuzn't a Democrat, but on these eondishuns he wns willen to make tho sacrifice. Issaeker Gavitt then sprung to his feet and remarkt thht he had a word to add; tho bare meushun uv that name, that the wiloest shouts rung through the mtetin house, and when Bigler moved that his rcsolooshen be added to the others and they be adopted ez a whole, the vote wuz emphatic and yoonanimos and the meetin immejitly adjourned. - It wuz no use to abuse anybody, and I didn't. What does Bascom, Gavitt, Deekin Pogram and McPeltcr know nv tho country outside uv the Corners ? — wat do they know uv politik'e strate- gy ? I did intimate to Joe Bigler wat business he bed in a Diinocratic meetin, to wich he replid, "Bless you, Parson, I thought it wuz a nicetin uv dissatisfied Republikins QZ well ez Dnnocrats.'' The resoloi shens, Davis and all, will, I suppose, be publisht all over the Nitth wich uv cour.-e, ends my hopes uv a independent party movement. Will it be any better in the Nasbuul Independent Convenshun ? Kin we nominate such a man cz Chase, for i n - stance, without s> kivrin him with Din. ocrisy ea to make him smell jest ez fra- grant ez tho be hed alluz bin with us ? Ain't our party run Jby Ingram's and Bascom's and Gavitt's? I few so. PETROLEUM V. NASBY, (wich wuz Postmaster.) What is left the enemies of the Pres- ident to says? Upon what measure of government can they criticize him ? Up- on what question of public policy can they take issue with him ? His message has knucked their props from und.'r them. The question mainly urged by that class of men who opposed Gen. Grant are civtl service reform, internal revenue reform, and amnesty. But upon every one of these points, tho President takes the highest ground, and leaves even captiousness without a peg to hang criticism on. Upon most of these ques- tions he was heretofore understood to be in sympathy with a clearness and emphasis whielTare unmistakebte. fits adversaries will now be compelled to rely more that ever upon those petty personalities which havo been their A DAlitXU FEAT. SCHOHARIE UNION. A D V E R T I S I N G 4.00 6.60 (1.00 8.00 10.00 18.00 •A5.00 H[)»CU | W 1 iucU i.OO •1 " 1.50 S " 2.00 4 " 8.00 K col. 4.00 'i '• 8.00 l •' is oo •J w 1.60 9.60 S.60 4.00 6.00 1-2.00 10.00 <» il.60 4.00 4.60 0.00 H.00 13.00 '20.00 B A T E S . im. B.00 « • • 8.00 111.00 la. oo •2'2.00 36.00 oa 7.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 20.00 36.00 (10.00 | y I'.OO J '.00 2!.0(» 2 -.00 s-'.co 6...00 101.00 Hate lin inch Remarkable (ov its spire—tho loftiest one of St. Petersburg—is the Church oTSt. Peter and St. Paul. An anc odoto connected with this church, and not known, we believe, out of Russia, is worth tilling. The spire, which rises _ "Lofty, and light, and small," and is properly represented in an en- graving as fading away almost into a point in the sky, is in reality terminated by a globe of considerable dimensions, on which an angel stands supporting a large cross. This angel was out of re- pair, and some suspicions wore enter- tained that ho designed visiting, unin- voked, tho surffl1 c affaii caused some eacti other, an J, above all, re large nails used to fas- projected from the staple. Four young English swells, with more wit than ready cash,having treated them selves to a sumptuous dinner at a first- class London hotel, were at a loss how to settle for it, and hitjjon the following plan :—They eahed the waiter and ask- ed for tho bill. One thrust his hand in his pocket, as if to draw out his purse ; the second prevented him, declaring he would pay, and the third did the same. The fourth forbade the waiter taking any money for either of them, but all three persisted. As none would yield, one said,•"The best way to decide the matter is to blindfold tho waiter, ano whoever he first catches shall settle tho bill." This proposition was accepted, and while the waiter was groping his way around the room, then all slipped out of the house, and left tho waiter in the lurch. p i n The heathen Chinee has one custom which might bo introduced into other lands with good effect. It in us.ial to pay all debts at the commencement of each year, and as soon after tho ftat of January, as a householder is free from all demands ho places over his door an etiib'em signifying that he has arrived nt that exalted position ; there is a com- mendable pride to put up this caballistic at a very early day. This custom pre- vails throughout tho Chinese Empire and among all classes of people, and he Who posts the emblem the first week of the year, enjoys t\ro confidence of the ptibftc, and establishes » good financial standing. A conntry girl at a Maine tavern, during a term of conrt, thonght it un- safe to put two lawyers together in the same room by night, thev had quarclled to "in their vocation.'* Judge Dana used to compare two [opposing lawyers to the blades of abears —they didn't cut each other, bat only what came be- tween them. of the earth The uneasiness, and the government at length became greatly perplexed. To raise the scaffold to such a height would cost a large sum of mo- ney, and in meditating fruitlessly on this circumstance, without knowing how to act, some time was suffered to elapse. Among the crowd of gazers below, who daily turned their eyes and thoughts toward the angel, was"a mujik called Tclouchkinc. 'J his man was a roofer of houses (a slater he would be called in countries where slates were used); and his speculations by degrees assumed a more practical character than the idle wonders and conjectures of th 3 crowd. The spire was entirely covered with sheets of gilded copper, and pre- sented to the eye a surface as smooth as if it bad been one mass of burnished gold. But Telouchkino knew that the sheets of copper were net even uniformly closed upon that there wc ten them, which sides of the spire. Having thought of these circumstances till his mind was made up, Telouchkine went to the gov- ernment and offered to repair the angel without scaffolding and without assist- ance, on condition of being reasonably paid for the time expended in the Ubor. The offer was accepted. The day fix^d for the adventure ar- rives. Telouchkine, provided with nothing more than a coil ot ropes, as- cends the spire in the interior to the last window. Here ne looks down at the concourse of the people below, and up at the glittering "needle," as it is called, tapering above his head. But his heart docs not fail him, and step- ping bravely out upon the window, he sets about his task. He cuts a portion of the cord in the form of4wo large stirrups, with a b o p at each end. The upper loops he fast- ened upon two of the projecting nails above hi* head, and places his feet in the others. Then digging the fingers of one hand into the interstices of the stieets of copper, he raises one of tho stirrups with the other hand, so as to make it catch a nail higher up. The same operation is performed en behalf of tho other leg, p.vd so on alter- nately. And thus he climbed, step by step and stirrup by stirrup, tiil his start- ing point is undistinguished from the golden surface, and the spire dwindles in hi3 embrace till he can clasp it all round. So far so well. But now he has reached the ball—a globe of between nine and ten feet in circumference. The angel, the object of his visit, is above this ball, and concealed from his view by its smooth, round and glittering ex- panse. Only fancy the wretch at this moment turing up his grave eyes, and graver beard, to an obstacle that seems to defy the daring and intrepidity of man ! Hut Telouchkine ii not dismayed. He is prepared for the difficulty; and the means ho used to surmount it ex- hibit the same remarkable simplicity as the rest of the fear. Suspending him- self in his stirrups, he girds the "needle" with a cord, the end of which he fastens around his waist; and so supported,he leans gradually back till the solos of his feet are planted against the spire. • In-this position liP.timxway.hy a strong eflort, a coil of r- pe over the ball; and so coolly and accurately is the aim ta- ken, that at the first trial it fills in the required direction, and he sees the end hang down on tho opposite side. To draw himself into his original po- sition, to fasten the cord firmly around the globe, and with the assistance of this auxiliary to climb to the summit, is now an easy part of his task, and in a few" minutes more Telouchkine stands by the side of the angel, *nd listens to the shout that bursts like sudden thun- der from the concourse below, yet comes to bis cars like a faint and hollow mur- mur. The cord, which he had an opportu- nity of fastening prope-ly, enabled him to descend |with comparative facility ; and the next day he carried up with him a ladder of ropes, by means of which he found it easy to effect the no ctssary repairs. . .NAMES OE 1 THE STATES. A correspondent inquires why the Stares aro called by their present names, and what their derivation and meaning. Majue.So called frdia the province of Maine, in France, in compliment to Queen Henrietta, of England, who it has been said, owned that province. This is the commonly received opinion. Mw Hampshire.—Named by John Mason, in 1G3!) (who, with another, ob- tained the grant from the crown), from gland. The wafLacon- Hampshiro count}-, in En former name of the domain ice. Vermont—From the French vird mont, or green mountain, indicative of the mountanou3 nature of the State.— The name was first officially recognized January 16th, 1777. Massachusetts.—Indian name, si^ni- fyiiis "the country around the srreat hills." ° Rhode Island.—This name was adop- ted in 1674 from the Island of Rhodes," in the Mediterranean, because of its fan- cied resemblance to that Island. Connecticut.—This is the English orthography of the Indian word Quon- eh-ta cut, which signifies ''the lon'v nver. ^ Nvy bail, and will soon be "surrendered" to the tender mer- cies ofLudlow-street "Bastile," Sweeny trembles like an aspen-leaf, at tho ap- pearannco of everp poiico officer ho sees while thc bland antr corrupt Mayor Hall shakes in his boots in view of the a p - prooching denonement. And so also of all the Ring Pirates Truly '"the way of the transgressor is hard." The fall and winter crop of female lecturers bids fair ta be very heavy. All sorts of suhi»et* will be introiWed. "How to Keep Down the Family," is announced by a "beautiful Indiana lady of twenty-fly*.* Anna Dickinson thinks that the u n - married woman-women ha?e a vague idea that when they get their "righta" they wi'I one Mid all be prerideJ with husbands by process of law. i A Cincii.natian lately married the divorced wile of lu* own son. Thomas M. Tryniski 309 South 4th Street Fulton New York 13069 www.fultonhistory.com