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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-11
TIE SINGULAR POISONING AFFAIR IN CONNECTICUT

Tho family Of cornsius W. Peck. Of Berlin, Conn,
poisoned the 30th uIt One OF the victims, Mr.
Peaks mother aged - years. died sunday afternoon IN
terrible agony, and three others arc dangerously ~
There several theories how the poison was al
minstsref but Of them satisfactory, ans the
affair " wrapped In mystery.
The Hartford Timss Of Friday evening says
The police have learned quite detail Of facts con-
nccted with The past Affairs and present surroundings o.
the Peck family u Berlin, Who have been poisoned.
There are property complications and law
suis In which tho Peck family are witnesses.
About q year since Mr. Nelson Taylor. brother.
in-law 70 Ms Peck, died suddenly; and y Is
now thought that he may have been poisoned Hts 70.
nainSars 70 be pken up and the stomach (which would
preserved by arscnc analysed Taylor Vas the prin.
cpa 10 law suit and also had considerable property In
his name whs. this chain win finally lead 70 remain.
he scen Possibly 70 viii reach patss not yet named
" the public prints The family rslasvss know more
shss ,hsy ,sl and more shsa they oughsso TELL this
xs sarn BY rnsmben Of me family to-day tina, this
forenoon The ssvsns eir Elisa Fox who wss expected
70 de vas ssil living ene b.a sns O. I've spasm. IN
the night but the phydcians think that they 90 not
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ncps that ~ rsss 81. ssd - vi s rho .oc
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uectien with the rebellion. He did net counsel
any prsssntnsnts FOR treason, inasmuch - thcse
who would come within N indictment had
many Of them been pardoned and proceedings
against the others would manifesty be unjust Again.
the meeting Of Congress close at hand and he felt
given by that body In his recent charges the Grand
Juries Newbern and Wilmington the Judge took oc-
70 dwell upon the wicked and dissatisfied spirit
that brought about the rebellion.
IMPORTANT ARRKsT or AN ALLEGED CoUsrERvEIrER
Information having been laid before United States
Marshal Goodloe this district that determined effort
had been made TO flood Duplin county with counterfeit
money, Deputy Marshal Robert G. Kehoe OF Newborn,
and detective from W. p. Woods secret service al.
vision at Washington proceeded Magnolia and arrested
man named Patrick O. Oates, TO whom, 1t was alleged
large quantities Of bogus So and fifty cent notes haa
been traced Large numbers Of the people, black ana
white or the vicinity were in possession OF the counter
felt all OF which, IL was charged, had emanated from
Oates store The accused examined before United
States Commissioner Lehman and held In 81 900 bail
for trial at the next term Of the United States Circuit
Court N#
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out upon the pond had been handsomely nttsd M end
such Spectators may prefer witnessing The fsats Of
winsry air have every Opportunity 70 Cal a eve upon
the scene from well lighted and we'll warmed saloons
An runs around the pond and gives stand
for themselves sheet Of Ice eight hundred by four
hundred and fifty feet in dimensions whersupon 70 glide
fanciful devices with the aid Or their skates band Of
muse will be In daily attendance q the Capitolne Pond
Messrs Weed Dexter,s patrons in Brooklyn are too
Arrangements Of the present season shall be more than
equal In excellence to those perfected in former years
TIE UNION POND,
under the management Of the proprietor Mr. Cammeyer
one OF The finest ponds In the State II s located on
Flushing avenue ~ BROOKLYN E. D.. and is carefully
iaid OUT ana fenced In. The grounds nine acres
and the flooding Of the pond involved an outlay Of
LOO During the past two weeks extensive prepare
season, and the buildings destined to accommodate the
visitors have been enlarged and improved ladies'
restaurant having been added thereto Al night the
pond WIZ % lighted by four hundred gas jets placed
about the Chinese pagoda erected In the OF the
lake. The Union Pond has been literally patronized
ana put enjoy popular favor under the supervision
OF its able manager f988t sf
10 only separated from the Union Pond by fence and
~ therefore, the second very excellent lake the pos
session Of which the skating resdcnts Of Williamsburg
can boast The ground flooded in anticipation Of
months by the Satellite Cricket Club II is equally well
adapted for the two purposes and the skating fraternity
who largely represented last winter win no doubt
deputize numerous committee who win each day make
the ice Of the Satellite Pond ring under the steels Of
their skates As1
nlt OTHER SKATING PONDS, aes &
certainly not as extensive those briefly described
above but nevertheless well attended by the lovers or
Staten Island at Yonkers and In divers places within
greater Lessor distance from this city. Every little
burgh has now its rink. and no American citizen, how
ever small the village N which he belongs has any
cason 70 envy the Canadians their natural skating ponds
Within the past few years, heretofore stated the
teres taken in skating has assumed hugo proportions,
and of late the preparations for proper celebration OF
the justify the expressed opinion that skating
has become AZ national Q recreation base ball. All
win admit that this is not saying little.
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CITY RAILROAD CLEANING MOUSE.
70 ruE IpTron or Yur uvp.,r

70 TEE nDrroR or THR HERALD.
The immense srafhc On The street cars both In New
York and Brooklyn would suggest the feasibility Of the
tickets Of any company being available for travel on
their several cara especially the prices are % "sn-
form" Two facts would b. acoomplshsd-shs public
would b. greedy facilitated ana shs conpauiss' psses
would b vondefsy increased - huslrs6s wsu1 -
W. us00avw w ueks0 w1e ~ - - - ~
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The steamship Henry Chaunccy, Captain Gray. viii
leave this por on Tuesday, for Aspinwhh.
The mails for Central America and me South racas
win close u halfpast ten o'clock on tuesday morning
The Nsw YoRx HsnALD-Ed'uon rot 'ns Pacine-~'n
bs r..dv !, ha,f psss nine O'Clock In the morning.
SINGLE copies IN wnppss ready for mailing, csnsA
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rbs cspasd mail steamship soesia, Captain Jsdkns.
vuI leavv mis- port on wednesday Tor Liverpool
ma malls for Europe will close 81 haifpass seven
o,o,ook q wednesday movnine \
me- Nsw Yonx HxaAIs-- Edition for Esrops-wili W
rss1y q half.paa four ociosk Tuesday afternoon
slsGs sspss, 10 wsppss rsaAy s~ nainas 10
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sss!sss c:asss tAsa = smva By =. MANY llsskss
csmpaniss. With ssa6 Of tho clsrs would susc. ~
NE adjnesnses q 'weekly sxchangah am in no way
interested except = one Of the travelling public -
70 make this suggesiop 70 the several railway compaueg
Is have neither time nor inclination 70 address Ihe
everaly on this subject.
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ali persons publicly whipped for any offence There
have been unusually large number OF negroes whipped
OF late and the boast made not very long since that
by the time Congress had imposed negro suffrage, every
negro In the State would be dsAnchised How far such
threat s capable OF fulhmsnt may be estimated by
consideration OF the fact that Of the four thousand
magistrates OF the State, q large majority IL APP
pointed from the old slave ownns and secession ele
prevent such an injustice, for the lsw % applicable to
citizens OF every color Whatever there may be IN the
boast referred Co. Is certain that the grcudces o. tho
prcsen, dominant party are no, Of kind TO withhold
sentence from the poor negro maleactor MS punish
ment 20 secure his ACKNOWLEDGMENT
UNION SOCIETIES.
During the the Union men In the State Organized
secret society known a. the RED strings which had
a branch 10 Washington and embraced many prominent
generals and officers OF the government The house and
presence OF Union man In the state were known BY the
display carelessly exhibited worn Of red card or
string The organization was very useful In aiding Union
srouts refugees and dessrss from rebel conscrpton
The society Is s In existence and may prove Of great
the SOUTH despite tho fact that % many depre
cate secret political societies IN . republic Not long
they gave Imaginable proof Of their presence a,
meeting In the country whore secession orator
was holding forth al great length He listened TO
patiently but the conclusion found that his horse had
disappeared After some search he discovered me AMI
mai some distance OF tied TO tree and completely fes
TONED with red strings His eloquence had evidently
been lost that audience The name Of tho organizs
chapter Of Joshua.
Thcre u another secret society called the L. r. La,
Ss sSss Rs:S g =
necessary In view OF the depredaiions committed by
bands or soaed regulators These latter seem TO have
particular spite against Northern settls though they
arc dreaded by natives well Happily these bands
fec, ana they have confined their evil work 70 the
burning Of occasional cotton gin. with ~ conenis.
No coiored man, however 10 allowed 70 keep horse or
stock Of any kind. Such procseding sminently in
opposition 70 the laws which thses eesslemen have
established for the government Of the country Union
men, however, wish the United WaSee troops ana the
Bureau sill 70 remain In the State.
SITTING ov.rnp UNITED uArD corpr
Judge Brooks United states District Judge for the
6tssct Of North Carolina convses4 the Circuit Court
ks week In the absence 81 Chief Justice Chssa There
have been trials bus some twsnty.nvs judgmenss
cpsd Jgry az nes ,cvch ypop nasl9DS naHsn N eqp-
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-05-09
Prices Adopted By the State Convention.



EesolUed, That we, the Publishers Of the
Weekly Papers of Ohio, agree to adopt tsr0 dol
lars and frty cents in advance, as the subscrip-
ton price per aunum for each copy Of our said
Papers, from and after the date Of the adoption
Of this resolution.
ADvERTIsEG-LEGAL AND GENERAL.
The Committee on Legal and General AdVer-
tsing submitted q report, fixing the rates for all
kinds Of advertising, which was adopted.
For legal advertising, no paper shall charge
less than one dollar per square for the rstinser-
ton, and fifty cents per square Tor each subse
quent insertion.
The committee adds this recommendation: ::
That in all cases where revenue taxes are de-
manded, the amount be added to the bills
rendered.
In general advertising, the committee agreed
upon the following minimum rates for basis OF
charges;
Not less than $50 per column for one year;
not less than $50 per column for 6 months;
not less than S35 per column for months;
not less than $50 per column tOr months;
not less than $50 per column for month;
not less than $40 per single square for l year;
not less than 81 per single square for
months not less than IS per single square for 3
months not less than 81 per single square for 2
months not less than S3 per single square for
month; not less than $50 per one-haf column
for one year; not less than S35 per One-half
column 6 months; not less than $50 per one
fourth column for year.
All advertisements in special places, twenty
five per cent additional
All lmarriageand death nOticesshallbe charged
fifty cents.
The committee recommends a charge of fifty
cents per square for notices Of Benevolent SOcie-
ties, Rel gious Societies, &c, &c.
All political notices to be charged transient
rates.
The Committee also begs leave to recommend
the propriety of fixing the measure of a square
at a space Of not more than ten lines Nonparie'
type.
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uiloago for Running Down Chickens.

TIE Radical party in Congress is So Shvloclt
! looking in the pprSistency Of its demands for
/ " the pound of flesh from the SJlth and
show such a heartless disposition to crush the
! fallen or imagined privilege, that /! reminds
US of a story which we beg to infict on your
readers as Illustrating the action OF Congress
/ better than any argument Of ours could do
Mr.. Lawrenca. a well-fO-dO farmer lived
in the rpighborhood Of Nashville, Tennessee.
He was honest. hard-workiag and good na-
tured. and never could refuse favor to his
friends. especially when they were in trouble.
In an evil moment he went on Il friends
bond. The latter failed and Mr.. Lawrences
land. house slaves, horses, cows, pigs, chick
ems, and everything. went under the hammer.
His friends and neighbors came forward and
svmpathized with him in his distress; but
thanking them for their kind Wishes he
promntly gave them to understand that it
was all right The debt was Just and should
be paid. Il an young energetic, and the
world is before me, and I'll temperate. y.
The sale took place, and, on the morning
succeeding, Mr. Lawrence was observed to
walk with measured tread, sorrow and dis
couragement plainly developed on his coun-
tenance, and his many warm and devoted
friends Immediately concluded that he was
now. for the first time, realizing the hard
ships of his condition. rendered more painful
because caused by no fault of his They
rallied again around him, and reminded him
Of his oft-repeated assertion that he was
Young and energetic" &c, and eutreated
him to shake of dependency and enter the
battle Of lie. " You entirely mistake me,
gentlemen. and do injustice to nv character !
It was right and proper, tor the debt became
mine bv the failure Of nv friend, that the
sheriff should sell my lands, house, slaves, !
horses, cows, pigs and poultry, and for this
blame no one; but there, gentlemen, is |
what gals and wounds me in the house of |
my friends. There" pointing to a bill in his
hand. 1.-The sheriff charges me mileage for
running down chickens which happened not |
to be in the coop on the dav of sale"
Does it not seem, Mr.. Editor, after a calm |
and dispassionate examination of the whole |
subject. that the deStructives are trying to |
insert in the bill against the South an item
of mileage for running down their chick |
ens?" It certainly cannot be a matter Of |
surprise to any right-iudging man that Pres
ident Joeuson firmly and decidedly resists
the insertion of anV such i" items in the al !
ready full bill which the South is endeavor- /
ing to liquidate and, as daily evidences prove.
the people are fast realizing the fact that the
sheriff is making unwarranted charges and
unconssltutionallv expressing and making ex-
tortionate demands of the debtor-Letter TO
Nel0S
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iness transactions and rclallnvestments
almost surpasses conception. He IS probably
the greatest contractor" in the world. There
is scarcely a railway in all the vast dominions
of Great Britain in which be has not an i'm
portant interest. Besides, he has built rail-
ways, and still sustains and vitalizes and con-
trolls railways in many lands. in all parts OF
the world, which are not under the paw Of
the British lion. was told the other day,
by wellkuown London merchant that prob
ably no other man in the world, except the
Emperor Napoleon, carries such load Of re-
sponsibility, and has need of such immense
executive power as this British Baronet
When he bought and leased the land on
which this pretty village stands, fifteen years
ago, he was simply Morton Peto It was by
his patriotic energy in constructing govern
ment railways in the Crimea, during the
Russian war, that he won his title. They
tell me that he has never had time to visit
this place but twice during these fifteen years.
and on each visit he stopped only two OF three
hours. He is also famous for being the great
layman of the Baptist denomination in Eng
land. His liberality to struggling churches
and ministers is 7erY great; and if little
church can get Sir Morton to smile upon it.
its fortune is made. He is about to publish
q book on America, entitled: "The Resourc-
es and Prospects of the United States."-
FrSm such an authority, the statements he
therein makes win have a powerful effect
upon the monetary standing of the Great Re-
public among the capitalists Of Europe.
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A Good Rebuke.

TIE talented editor of the Peoria National
Democrat. handsomely rebukes neighboF-
ing Abolition editor in the following:
"The Paragraph, disunion paper pub
Iished in Bloomington snxiously enquiries in
regard to the Presidents Peace Proclamation:
Does this Presidential Proclamation look to
such result? Are we not on the blink of
another civil war"
No sir. we are not on the brink of any such
thing. The coup d'eiat that your party in-
tend to make to get hold of the executive
power Of the nation, will be so suddenly
squelched, that it cannot be dignifed with
the name Of iusurrection. We shall have no
civil war, because those who attempt to in
augurate it would hsng as high as Haman,
before the emeute was tweuty-four hours
old"
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He is dead, the beautiful youth,
The heart of honor, the tongue Of truth
He, the life and light of US all,
Whose voice was blithe as bugle call,
Whom ali eyes followed with one consent,
The cheer of whose laugh, and whose pleasan
word,
flushed all murmurs of discomfort.
Only last night as we rode along
Down the dark Of the mountain gap,
To visit the picket guard at the ford,
Little dreaming ofany mishap,
He was humming the words of some old song,
" Two red roses he had on his cap
And another he bore at the point Of his sword. y
Sudden and swift a whistIing bali
Came out of a wood, and the voice was still;
Something heard in the darkness fall,
And for moment my blood grew chill;
1 spake in a whisper, as he who speaks
In a room where some one is lying dead;
But he made no answer to what I said.
We lifted him up on his saddle again,
And through the mire and the mist and the rain
Carried him back to the silent camp,
And laid him as if asleep on his bed;
And saw by the light of the surgeons lamp
Two white roses upon his cheeks
And one just over his heart blood red
And saw in a vision how far and feet
That fatal bullet went speeding forth,
Till it reached town in the distant North,
Till it reached house in a sunny street,
Till It reached heart that ceased to beat
Without a murmur, without a cry;
And bell was tolled in that far off town,
For one who had passed from cross to crown
And the neighbors wondered that she should die.
-AHGHtic Monthly.
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Dangerous Power of the National Banks.

FIFTEEN hundred of two thousand national
banks, issuing all OF nearly all the currency,
and controlling the moneyed power of the
republic. will place the people, the govern
meGt and the whole industry Of the nation at
their mercy. The old National Bank was a
pigmy beside this monster. It will have its
grip upon the agriculture, manufactures and
trade Of the country, and its thousand Of di-
rectors and others interested will be able 10
torestall the markets regulate the prices to
suit their own sreculations and destroy every
thing that should raise its head against them.
Such is the prospect before US. unless Con
gress take some steps to put this dangerous
monopolizing institution ont Of existence -
IF that body can raise itself to the magni-
tude Of the subject it will begin at once. to
reduce the banks to substitute government
money for their circulation, and finally, 10
break them up altogetber-Ne10 York Herald.
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The President to Smell Birthstone.

The indianapolis Journal, the organ Of the
so-called Unionists of Indiana, thus savagely
pitches into the President:
"The President sent his veto of the Civil
Right bill to the Sc ate yesterday. It is
more sweeping than the veto of the Freed
mems Bureau Bill, and he sssails every sec
ton. We are forced to corclude that {" A.
johnson. tailor" or to speak more respect
fully. His Accidenev, the President, is op-
posed to the Republican party and the prin-
ciples upon which the war was fought into.
He'll smell birthstone before he gets through
with his Veto business
If a Democratic editor had written a SINH
lar paragraph about the President year or
two ago, he would have been sent to dun
geoa in the Old Capitol or hurried off to Fort
Lafayette.
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Generous Confidence.

Ov taking the chair of the late Republican
State Convention. Of Connecticut, Mr.. Wright
said We have confidence in the Presi-
dent; we have confidence in ourselves; and
we have confidence in Congress" Nothing
could be more generous than that. But some
Of the breeching has since given way, and II
NAV be very pertinentlY asked now. "When
will those three condolences meet again?"-
Judging from the melancholy which has set
tied upon the Republicans since the 22d ult.,
they strike us as having lost confidence in
everything, and remind MS Of the matron Civ
en- advice to heE daughter aboTt going into
trust the nobody; for said she,
can hardly trust the seat I set on. Since the
of Governor Cox's letter they are
picking up a little courage; but when they
that one Stearns, of Boston. ner-
formed a similar role to that in which Gov
ernor Cox is now engaged. and then reflect
upon what followed they fail again into the
dumps, and feel inclined to let everything
slide in its own way. They are in grief, and
don't seem to care who knows it. Con-
fdence they have none
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-05-09
National Psoulia-ities.

EDMUND ABoUT says: At the age of twen-
ty-hve, an American has tried a dozen ways
Of life, made four fortunes a bankruptcy,
and two campaigns pleaded a cause, preach
ed religion. enfranchised a negroes, k lied
six men with a revolver, and conqured an
Island An Englishman has passed two ex-
aminations, been attached to an embassaY,
founded a counting-house. converted a Cath
oiic, made the tour of the world, and read
the complete works of Sir Walter Scott A
Frenchman has rhymed a tragedy, written in
two journals, received three sword wounds,
attempted two suicides, troubled the peace
of fourteen husbands and changed his politi-
cal opinions nineteen times over. A German
has SCARED the faces Of sixteen Of his init
mate friends. swallowed sixty tons of beer
aud the philosophy Of Hegel, sung eleven
thousand couplets, compromised maid ser
want, smoked a million Of pipes. and been
concerned in two revolutions. The Romish
Prince has done nothing, learnt nothing, seen
nothing. loved nothing. suffered nothing
The gate Of cloister is thrown open, young
girl with no more experience than himself is
led forth. and these two innocents proceed
to kneel before a priest. who licenses them
to begin a fresh stock OF innocents.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-05-09
Few Eggs to Spare.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Agricullurist from
Hunterton county, N. J., signing bimselt
"Old GRAY Beard, says that on the first of
December last, he started with eleven hens,
and one cock, and 141 eggs in December,
l18 in January, 131 in February, 1872 in
March, I62 in April, and l36 in May; total
in six months, $50 eggs, or so per hen. The
value of this lot Of eggs was $4,000, and the
cost of food consumed was S4G0. Besides
the eggs, he set one hen in April on II eggs. g.
and got II chickens, al of which were rais-
ed. He says that what screenings are better
than corn. It will thus be seen that as his
old hens will he worth more for food than
the cost Of their keeping, and as he has rais-
ed a supply of young ones his eggs were
clear profit, amounting to $500 per hen.