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Is
fulfoS 0xwsgo Co., July, 1865.
h..srs Hoststtsr b Smith
Cenflem1 have been severely Askssd with para-
ysis Of the somseh and svss NJ BY several emil
nsnt pdysciaas have tried several remedies OF tor
ic and stimulating bat without any good result
Some three or four months ago vs., induced 70 ~
your STOMACH BIrrKRs. and have used about ssvss
or eight bottles with decided benefit. Ny health b
greatly improved asd consider your Bf1THss the en-
/, sncacinus remedy Of tSsr kind In the market, II
used - dirsSpd tAsy viii sissys prove sovsrsas.
remedy 70 those sctsd With dyspspsa o. other disser
sss Of like nature Respectfully yeurs,
LYMAN NUDGE
HAsrrsas. Dakota % ,Mtsa, Aug lsee.
Msuurs Hostettsr 4 smith, Rittsburg, Pa:
Gentsmsn:--Have sold your BIfTKRs e-sr since they
were brought out and co.sidsr them the best among
|th. many before this pabis fhoss brought ct ssss
the tax ha, been imposed spirits are Trash nsss
recommend them.
Respectfully sud truly yours,
colox, 81. Joseph O.. ..kleh, July 81, isss-
Messrs. Hoststt.r 4 Smith;
Geatemea.--I consider your Btrrkss 9 sovsrsass
balm for . thousand sis.
Youn. truly. -
.psodav Do kEysoLDS, H.
"a Uuspsxp Yssrs to Come DR. J v. poIands whiss
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A RKxARxAHLK TREE.-A traveller gives
the follcwing account Of the sZamane,n /.
tree belonging TO the sub-order C~sslpinw
which 10 Nv 10 venesnsla, South America:
Its head 10 somewhat the shape of an
umbFsllay and covers very nearly an acre Of
ground. In 1857 measured lie head in ia
ersatoee diAmsesr from sstsoutheast to
vsst-ncg9hvssG, NJ GGethlly, and fouad i,
70 - swe handrsd and M feet and eleven
inches. Fifty yean pssvioas il wAs found By
Humboldt 70 measure in it, greatest diameter
one hundred and ninety-tvo feet, French
msasure, whieh h equal 10 two hundred and
four ieet and six inches, Hence We zee thai
this sznunrdlnGky tree - uisAln nfty-s seven
Year,, incrssssd the horizontal diameter q
~ bead only By two feet end X ltehsa, e
which 70 may infsr thai Il = a. nod "a
go: Ths naitss assert, Morvovss, lhas e
In baek - ~ discovery ~ he coanto. -
~ 6Raniaaee thrse ~ a-half esatnrise 20
fksszanaa M szsa = that sarly a.
:: III! I; :; 1 2, =
=: -: {: !: Z! |; !. q :. s : : !:
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A ONE-STORY frame dwelling house.
With Ave ioous sad good cellar. tall lea. with
woed horse, t~o eistsrns and . v&yfsty u all
kinds Of suit frsnkhn bsfvees ssh Ard ssh
kpgaire Of Nm FULTON
uichIT Rial EStatr AGENT - Hatpxt
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This endid Hair Dye 10 the best in the world The
only tys and perfect Dye-HrmlesS Reiiabr Instapts
neous No disappointment. No ridiculous tnts. ct
urai Black or Brown Remedies the ~ effects Of Bed
Dyes Iavigprstes the hair leaving ~ sss and bsautt
FIJI The genuine Is signei Fiuidz 4. Batoaeie- AL
others limitations and should be avoided Sold
by all Druggists and Perfumera Factory 81 Barclay
street New York. Id-cl3 dAviy
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"A Husphxp Years to Come" Dr.. J ". Poisnd's Whft
Pine Compound will be the only recognized needles
preparation IN the treatment Of all diseases Of the Blss
AMI gianeys aud Throat and LING Affections rhos
sands attest its merits spsodkw
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KEoKUK. IOWA.

4 hRI0INkL NOTkCE--To Dascam Ais
Alks;tannr 0ssbtiBa = - Eickan, Untex Char
FsesDry, Qtllca An1sssos. Naon Co., ChAAssa, Blow
Z Co, Hras, Hsmminesay Co lows esuzs Insasar
0bnpeuy, John Snssscps. D. " Pr~ssl, asnssi RttcA-
e. Rankh nlais., tsns.st 1nnsr rretssidk Sooss,
noeer, estsy HOOD Z albeit nsssAfd rsssy, : ~
Ysa - sssA eSynu bwehy nDti0sa - thsEs b
nsw ~ in ~ ciwks 0cs " shs Dheres Oosrt a
wissthsld Co., ciAinlag = sg&6st skh, sssrS AM
N " -, apWss cltns and 9esA ts1s - 1ess I've
sns IN in bnck one hps6rsd and uihe, lathe Uts u
nsokuk. Leg ooa1s1, Ipsa. a.
Ara usisa yoa 80 ihss1s - Sssssa ~ cr =
fbFs sooa u tks sscsSd ~ fshs D. ptsaberfn1eG
kqk On tks ninth DAY d aepssnber, q i0g, 8lsalt
vl - sss~sd agaanst yeu ssa ~ rssdsa thSsn.
W.B 0OI.Lfno.w
ap<M 4 NN Atty ~ Pm.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-16

Wf!lia,s a. Getting q George HanSen ~. Caark
cA,oo,tsThs p'intis in this action arc real estate
brokers and the defs dant the keeper Of restaurant
and formerly Of the Lieds Restaurant in Fourth
street. The plaintiffs sued the d.. an0an. % scover nve
per cent commissions on the purchase :.
Vow street which defendant bought. Piann. @'eso.
that they first informed defendant that the resau,
was for sale and that he promised and n
them Ave per cent commission II he snoud INV the
same. Defendant on the ".,..or hand denied tina. he
ever made any agreement with the plaintiffs in regard 10
his attention was attracted hv notice in local paper
that the plaintiffs had d~n town restaurant for sale
that on calling on n.m they gave him the number Of
owiers n.orned him that tho same was not then for
saie. Several months after, however, the Slme place
wss again offered for through other brokers' OF
whom defendant bought IL =. There was considerable
conflict Of testimony The jury returUed verdict for
the defendant
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the purpose or subsequently stealing, number q brass
boxes wighing sixty pounds and Of the value Of slb
Il Was proved thas the brass boxes had been removed
from the OIL room, where thsy kept ana hid In the
woodboase, where the prisoner had bsen employ ca.
Clark was seen TO change the MD ng place Of the goods
the latter s. II he would cay nothing about the matter
Tho jury, however, after considerable elaboration were
unable 10 agree on . verdict
Joseph OnriselIo tried charge OF assault and
battery preferred against him BY Mr. Buchanan. me
assault took place IN December last and although put
bov gwen the complainant seriously In
jurcd that the held m antemortsm examination
upon his body Several Witnesses wore examined upon
both Sides after which The jury returned verdict OF
guilty. and Judge Russell sentenced the prisoner 70 De
ccnaned in the city prison for sixty days and 70 pay
Sns Of $50 #' 800 So ~ -
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supreme Csars.

supreme Court.
beiSs Judges Lott, Bernard and Gilbert
the last Srcuit application was made behalf Of
the Phenix lnssen Company for writ Of mandamus
70 compel the onty Asasurer refund taxes paid by
them IN 1888 and ON United States certificates Of
inoeDsednees which was denied. Yesterday the case
came up N tne Court for argument on an APP
pea rom the decision'Vf Judge Gilbert After hearing
the argument for the Insurance Company the Court
sook the papers and resefed decision
Court or Sessions.
Before JudgN Dikeman.
INC negro ssrvan.. Nelson Gravier, who II charged
with attempt q commit zoe vas tried in this coars
yesterday morning From shs circumstances .. elected
from the testimony Of Hiss RsSee>. II nexsse< the
young lady upon whom the outrage was atsenp..As a
appears shat the negro worked for her father Mr.
Garrett Bergen, OF Flatiands, followed her TO the
yard during The sosence Of her parents the evening
Of the 31s or january and caught hold or her. but shc
escaped int tho house, the prisoner then went away,
and SLOWLY aSY returned, threatening the witness and
her sisar who had locked themselves up In The sitting
room, THAI " be got In he woud ravish them. He did
not succeed In getting into the ROOM but great
deal Of obscene language.
Mr. Bergen testified to his daughters having related
the circumstances TO him his the evening
question: and also that after the prisoner away
got bis gun TO 60 after him.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-16

About ten minutes past o'cc~. yesterday morning
while some nve or six wc-A'nsn were engaged W the
erection Of new b'Sdngs on me norm ade o. Sky
s.oord st,o.4 oetwseu First sad Second avenues
nj, uolning the ouss the west side Suddenly gave
wsv ana sumbled down with tremendous crash,
seriously injur.ns two Of the men, while two others
werc but slightly Injured One o. the injured parties,
csrpenser named Johu Heary. who resided a. No. 2D
Ess2 Esehtss1th street. was removed 70 the Belevue
Hesplts his injuries being internal The other Francis
Burrer carpenter, tbirty-Gve years OF age who was
badly Injured, taken 70 his home Ia FCrtyninth
street, corner Of Second avenue 81
The new buildings wers intended for private dwelling
houses tlrcc ssecs high. and appears they we're put
IN In most reckless manner The mortar used was Of q
most inferior guali and tbs ncstar iine was scarcely
percoptbla The wall wns BULL Up against the wall or
ihe adjoining house The builder M Slles stated that
be attributed the accident 70 water running fcm she adj
Joining house. causing the founda1ipm 10 give way
ever On assassination II was found thai the house
we'll severed, and that there was 20 water novng 70
niure the foundation Some measures should DO taken
% prevent The erscsssa Of SUCH dangerous class "
dwelling houses nUr 4s Nxs NM
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sDsssuisG UU - FashSsnable Dres-~s.ker..
Dn-Whas d Goats 20 Live Among the Up
peF-Tendsvs.
go s.-.r, Before Judge +. D. Smith
Z 1asy A. DssCgas - Cxsa n Meyer The complaint,
n Nh sosicn sss forth sAas the plaintiff Is dressmaker.
Il A D. Lsssy, ana sAah between the 10th OF March
80 tAs 7n Il April 1see he furnished the wife Of
- plaintiff various sarsjcles or ladies' dress wesr,"
snoas which vsrs black slk basque Of the value Of
slsl brown silk suis worth elao, black silk dress
S1sp, su snovcidsrsd mans1A eloe; purple morning
wrapper, costing 500 fsur undsrwasss s2s one balmo-
ssvss Sc d The assssss vsias q SIS 90 and thai
0sAoxeh payment or The account has been demanded
p Il: S -: ssss From hs
On and testified that he had attended the family Of Mr.
Mayer - their rssdence % plccningdsls road whe
- ..ssI 40 Az !: * ScS ssSs!
ssnd.nt had on ons occaion stated 70 him whs rssd.
sns the latter place that HIS defsudans) expenses
ais syy:. % sS :S =:
soced 70 him ~ the Countess Of Bsr thaI they were
fsn . ~ sumptuous In fact extravasant manner.
wealthy that he had about $500 900 in gold Invested
- ~. zsn, q. and an equal amount ia England
ms evidence was introduced with view 10 proving
sns social standing and society in which The defend
s.rs .smy moved that The articles furnished were
Chas Mayer testified that he vas the defendant in
80 scsaon ana that The time the goods mentioned
vloomnRdale road that about the 20,h dsv ~ Warrb
leeo npon his returning from his office 70 ma resdsnss
that she had gone tina. he had always furnsb s
stsbundancs Q, wearing apparel for her use; that he
~ PAID On one oo q $4,000 A. stewart for goods
Ukn cross s1amnasisn n was elected ,bs. NJ, ~.
had aitssd her homs through domestic 'spa,;, thai
former cssons and NJ about Inc end * xpy issn
rsuniS was s9scssA sad ~ subsequently lived Il
me js repdsrsd VERDICT foe the plaintiff for sbs
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-16

TIE washlssssn IrvisG ssea.ssnlp Case-Is
Virginia ssase IN NE Uasens
Before Judge Leonard. -,
Tsns Matter y 0esvSs O'sey Thu ssss, ths paS,ieu.
ssrs Of which were fully rspcrsd In N. HERALD Of res
ssrdy, and In which me petitioner 10 sleeed 10 have
ssksn The steamer Warrington Irving Of which M wss
- oenAad - captain from the posscssisn and control
nfAms - NJ military aushortss ~ Norfolk vjrrn,s
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the COURTS.
uEyEp STATES ctacul1 COURT
Exactien Of Duties.
BEFORE yuSyYe Smalley.

n t Before judge smaley tf
Jums Ho&aHoorA q Cty against Drdp~-rnm wss
= suh breucht 70 recover duties exacted by Col
hector Of The port on an Importation made in 1885, the
ehsstsr claiming the articles IN question were
uasnvsacture of WOOL and such liable to duty OF
cents per pound and forty per cent ad vac
YIN Mr. webster counsel for the plaintiff, contendcd
Ast the goods were embroderes Of sks and known ~
Sahe ana piano covers and as such liahls Only 90 Pay
AMY thirty osAt cd vavreu soV0sA imp orr
en- were examined both sides The Court held that
the pont turned question OF law - TO the me aiming
az he statute that the article In question being
ufacture Of wool nevertheless embroidered 10 SILK 70
soe extent and therefore must be held under the stat
be embrodertos IN silk, and were thes0fore not
liable TO the forty per cent ~ yaorem but - the lesser
duty tbirty five per cent only. The court directed
verdict for the paiukin N1.. "a s..t 1sAs
J. Ss~ges and Others against Draper. This was
another OF those Custom House SUITS brougR
20 recover alleged excess OF duty Importation
81 indigo The Collector levied duty Of ten per
she importation, under the act Of June 40 1884 witch
provides that ten per cent ad yaorem shall be levied
npon all goods from east Of the Cape OF Good Hepe IN
addition tho duties now levied by law Mr. A. r. Cai-
81 tho present time exempt from duty and couse
quenaiy addition or per cent cOuid not be Inn
posed there was nothing 70 make the addition to-
Mr. Courtney, u g. District Attorney, urged that the
pncpe involved IN the Identical With ono lately
decided by tho Supreme Court against the position taken
raw alk. which was exempt by previous statute, was
subject by later STATUTE 70 ahsste duty of ten psr
can't The Court directed verdict for the government
subject TO decaen on the point of law raised
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Before Judge Russell
The cases tried In this court vesterdav ware or com
parstively little public interest,"
VIM Clark, late In the employ Of the Harlem Railroad
COMPANY, va tried on charge Of HAVING sscrstAd M
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TINE CONNECTICUT RIVER.

HARTFORD, Feb Is. 1857
The Connecticut river 10 open far up as Mddlcown,
and " we have any moro warm weather will soon be
omen 40 that the hoAfs run,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-16

MINER Knxxp.-Eli Gilbert, native OF Petersours
Aenard county, Illinois, crushed In wintere nine
Gold Hill Nevada on the 1eth OF January, BY the spsds
falling OF q large QUANTITY Of
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basement hoor and trie9 20 Keep ne nre oown o. the
floor, and % prevent from going across 70 the
Leonard street ride the iron shutters had padocks
ndc and mad bolt At the TOP and bottom we'll the
shutters were thus fastened 70 protect The store against
thsvcs; ths elevator fastened a. the top and bot
TOM and had paddock the nrs was IN the sub-ceilar
q DID yoe rotics anything in the ha,chway leading
IRON We low. sSr 2 the uPRs, one ,s g,
each hoovt A. Looking from where No were We could
mot whether thsrc was covering or mot; II there had
served my lime fireman IN the Volunteer Depart.
mont wns assistant cnencer subsequently for quite
.n ever we sgs SrS % ~
through the Iron shutters Leonard street ave six
minutes before We sS the doors were not iron
when we broke open the shutter the nrs had
is.o The building; on the Broadway side sS ss
nre "a not show up 80 much, but the sidewalks were
n ser We opened the door Ne suSp, mar
steam engines = work ons are can throw ali lie water
Commissoner Enssrs depends on the location, sup.
pcsef A. The companies on Leonard street had more
O. II Il vsy important that we should have insorma.
ton upon that point generality A. wth the hydrants
mot throw forty feet after The other companies had gct
70 work.
NseNA nxAmsAnos or ssorsxm PURIFY $500
Enginesr Pur.ey-Am Assistant Engineer % the Fire
ne ere in Chstsnden's Store; ras slecpns IN ne
repair yard No n Elizabeth street; on the arsl alarm
ri station No. u, the summons was answered by ten
steamers and three hook and ladder srcka with 10
70 the engines and ny six 10 the truck companies
on the second alarm IN additional force o. SIN engine
compauies and three hook and ladder trucks and 109
gInea BY means Of heater The water h kept up 70
very noar boiling point; never heard Of healer shAt
failed TO do this; where I was sleeping In
Elizabeth street ls about ak blocks distant from
the station when arrived at the hre
found several ,, engines there and No 81 Vas
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-21

RELIGIoUs.-Ou the second page
will be found large amount of read
ing matter. comprising our usual re-
ligious department., which is growing
in interest with our readers.
The sermon of Rev. G. RUNCK, of
st. Johns (German) Church, will be
found a searching. and eimpassioned
appeal to the nobler impulses of our
humanity, and all will be the better
for a careful reading of it.
The Annual Report of the Superin-
tendent of the Mission Sunday
School should be read by all. The
school is the child of the public, and
all its patrons and friends-ought to
makethemselves acquainted with its
operations.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-21
INDIANA ITEMS.

Two fatal cases Of cholera have occurred
in New Albany since last Sunday.
There is to be foundry established at
Rock port.
Last Tuesday night Milton Hoy was
killed in Shelbyville by John Albrigh'.
A woman was the cause of the trouble.
The bones of two mastadons have lately
been exhumed near Huntertown in Allen
County.
Andrew w. pevin was shot last Sunday
near Sullivan, by some careless fellow who
was firing at gang OF turkeys. The ball
lodged in the hip, making a dangerous
wound.
Joseph Ingerson, charged with having
murdered nehemiah Ham, plead guilty
to the charge, q. few days ago, al Grave
louisville.
The cornerstone OF a new school build
ing to be erected at Canneiton was laid
last Tuesday, with i'm posing ceremony.
The building. viii be a splendid one.
Masons, odd Fellows, and Good Templars
were in attendance, and participated. in
the ceremonial tU e 18&sE aVACh
Mrs. Mary E. White desires information
of the whereabout OF John White, Grip
pied soldier, Formerly a mem Der of the
Fourteenth Indiana, who left home on
the Sd inst, to draw his bounty, since
which timehe has not been heard from.
Information of his whereabouts will
reach the wife if addressed to- Gen. KIM
ball, Indianapolis - - - -
An old negro man named Alexander
White was murdered last Saturday eve-
ming at Salem, Ind Tie old man Mad at
tended church on the evening mentioned,
which 1t is supposed was objected to. He
was heard talking with his supposed muir
derers short distance from the church
and shortly after discovered weltering in
his b God with "a dagger sticking in his
heart. ~oG wutn Gns SEQ SAD .s.f ia ifr
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v4Nsv11 lie DAILY s4ossATURD{s SEPTEMBER q "

four years and eleven days. Her maiden
name was Bass. Her parents were vir-
ginians and went to Kentucky at an early
day. The deceased was the twenty-fourth
child. and the last to depart this life of a
family of twenty-six children.
The Maysville, KY Eagle says General
John A. Logan is a grand SON of 2 brotheF
of General Ben. Logan, of Kentucky@ons
of the most distinguished names in the
early history of the State. The family
came to Kentucky from Pennsylvania,
and were of Irish origin. He was named
after Colonel John Allen who fell at the
battle OF the River Raisin.
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Kentucky ITEMS.

A post ofitsle Grand Army of the Re-
public viii 9snortly'be organized in Padu-
cab. The Herald is worried about it. 81
DR.. A. Elbow, half brother of the la
mented Lincoln, dropped dead at Mum
louisville, few days ago, while mixing
some medicines for patient. - 4fi
The difficulty which has for some time
past existed in the Second Presby terrain
Church, at lexington, has at last cuIrni-
mated in open rupture.
In Louisville, on Tuesday evening, Chas.
L. Taylor was shot dead by. John NJ.
Greenslade. Taylor had frequently gone
to Greenslades house and attempted fa-
miliarities with his wife, and was in the
act of entering be house when killed.
A negro named Tom Wilson, who in
self defense shot an ex-rebel soldier at
Paris, Ky, short time ago, has been
tried and acquitted for that offense, but
was fined so for carrying concealed wea-
pons. g-H tpEf
On Tuesday afternoon at a farm about
six miles from Louisville, Charmer Smith
shot and killed his son-in-law. Wilson
McIntire. Smiths. daughter compla ined
10 him of bratal,treatIaent at the hands of
her husband. gMcIntire, and he had gone
to the house for tie purpose OF taking her
away. a quarrel ensued McIntireassailed
his father-in-law with a knife, andArhe
latter shot INN III seif-defe1ise 20 g ''-i'0
Mrs. Martha Cole died in Green County.
Kentucky, on the 4th instant aged eighty
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NEws ITEMS.

Gold closed in. New York on yesterday
at @14315. 1s9a $50" 80 fsi'"
The attempt to purchase the Island OF
st. Thomas has failed. p .'s s#stf
Dispatches received from Arkansas re-
ports that one-fourth of the cotton crop
has been destroyed by the worm -al,GG
General Grant disclafms any intention
of extending the time for registration in
the South. tae-
General Hancock will leave Washing
ton in few days, for st. Louis, but win
not for some weeks proceed to New Or
Jeans. 1afSesGGT3 f.ss.aE ta $50 III -
The celebrated DIR. Blackburn, of yellow
fever notoriety, has left Canada for New
Orleans, haSing obtained permission TO do
SO under the late amnesty proclamation.
The steamboat chipola exploded her
boilers eighteen miles below Columbus,
Ga, on the 10th inst. by which six persons
were killed. 80
General Pope has ordered the election
for a convention totake place in Georgia
on the 18th of October. The election for
delegates takes plaee the same day, that is
if the majority decide In favor of a con-
vention. 1T~-ssk94 ~tEera E.tt
"A great Conservative Democratic Con-
yention or Mass Meeting, composed of the
Democracy of Washington and the sur
rounding country, Is called to be held al
Blandensburg to-day.
1t is now statedsthat subsequent to the
removal of Mr.. Stanton, the President
rendered the War Office to General Nc
Clellan, and that the offer was promptly
refused by thai gen tlerhan. "
The President il reported to have said
that he could not open registration in the
South without mourning the risk of i'm
parchment. He also admitted that the
reconstruction acts confer on the district
commanders sole control over registration,
and that his only power of interference
consisted in the removal CT commanders
when they failed TO exec ute the laws ae-
cording to his views.