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SHOCKING BARBARITY.-A brutal
affair took place in Pittsburg a few
days ago. Some hogsheads of sugar
were placed outside of the grocery
store, and attracted the attention of
some children on their way home from
school, The children put their fingers
through the crcviccs and holes Of the
barrels and INDUCED in sweets for a
few minutes. Suddenly q man named
Batchel rushed out from the store
with a vessel of boiling water and
dashed it upon the children, who
were dreadfully sCaldcd. One little
boy presented a shocking appearance
rhc entire side of his head, face and
neck being literally cooked. Thu
doctor stated that it is probable that
all the hair from one side of the head
will come out, and will never grow
again. 1t is also feared that one o
the eyes will be lost. The bruta
perpetrator was arrested and held
for hearing. He desired to make
an information against the child fol
the larceny Of sugar, but was not per
mitted.
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\ WONDER FOR THE WoGGsHop.-
Ever Mechanic should have ready
at hand box Of Grar. els Celebrated
Salyc, as it is q rem .cdy for accidents
such as Cuts Bruises, confused
Wounds, Burn 5, Scalds, Poisoncdakin
and ErnpufJns. caused by operation;
IN the ia' tory, dyc-housc, or printing
once. Only % cents q boz.
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Contraction,

OOAuA CtJltOAAi
The fact that Secretary McCulloch
is a supporter of the reconstruction
policy of the President, docs much TO
prevent his financial policy from be-
ing adopted by the Republican party.
The official conduct of Andrew John
son has rendered him so obnoxious,
and the distrust of him is so general
and intense as to attach odium to
every one connected with him, aud to
excite suspicion Of any policy sup
ported by him or his friends Butt
will it not be we'll for Us to "glre the
devil his due" which is an old maxim,
aud a good one. If a sound hnanci
al policy is proposed by the friends OF
the administration, there is no more
reason whg it should be rejected, thau
if proposed by some one else. Every
such proposition should stand upon its
merits and not upon The political char
actcr OF those who propose it. Now,
Secretary NcCll.och "d'ocat.s the
gradual contraction Of the immense
volume Of our rredecmaoie paper
currency, and by TINS means an
ultimate return TO specie pay menu
winch ne THINKS MA! Oo S"'e'' '''''''eN
by july I0ooj ara nc proposes 70
elect TINS very ocS'raolc result ~
compelling the Nollona' p"'A9 to Fc'
deem 'ne'r V!.is ~ Nc" ''N, 81 'o",o
other Atlantic c''!. "'" ~ .N' VIM
ura"ol from c'c''"''o' 'I '.'' y p"
notes al 'h1 i"'' ol rom ,'"' mn
hons to SIX millions OIL uo.'a'7 pen
month-a9 tue interests OF 'Taoo WIZ
permit.
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For the Standard.
Education--Be Somebody, &c.
BY A GOOD TEMPLAR.

~, tnat many an Individual lives anu
dies unnoticed and unknown, whose
natural abilities to rise to stations OF
honor aud distinction, are as good as
many possess who really do rise to
those stations; and their only him
drance is they arc afraid to start; af-
raid to take the first step lest they
fail, and so are laughed at or ridiculed
for the failure. And there is no
doubt in my mind that many a man
is to-day ground down by incompe-
tcncc or actual poverty, who but for
this very fear of the results of failure
might be enjoying competence or even
wealth. But It is q sclf-evident fact
that wealth, honor, distinctiGn,or even
a passablc standing in society will |
never be ours without an effort. In
some countries, money and titles and
power are Unbeatable. But, thank
providence, it is not 50 in ours. Here
we have no Kings, nor Princes, nor
Lords. nor high-born ladies. And il
any would be honored, trusted and
confided in.they must show themselves
worthy And to do this they must
make all effort, and the effort must be
commensurate with the hight of the
object which they aspire to attain
:, Let the school boy content himself
= with the idea that little reading,
writing and spelling, with just enough
of arithmetic to enable him to com
pate interest, is all he needs to insure
: him success in life. and with the at
: tainmcnt OF these, the first rudiments
Of education, his books are thrown
J.. aside. and he forever remains igno-
! rant Of the power his own mind pos
scsses to grasp and retain knowledge
and he himself is forever barred
from all those Offices of town, state
= OF nation, which the educated mar
{ only, can command.
And so il the requirement of wealth
Many man will look idly on, anC
&c sec his ncighbor adding dollar to dol
l. lar. farm 10 farm and store to store
he the while complaining of his OWL
bad luck. An idea. by the way, will
which have not the least sympathy
For does not observation teach II
that man is the maker of his own fol
tune, and not fortune the maker c
the man. Who does not know tina
inherited wealth almost invariabl
#DrnypS tho min of tAa inba,it1r
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The Massachusetts House has PASS
ed bill fixing the rate of interest at
Il per cent.
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HE SOCIAL EVIL IN NEW DIRK.
In compliance with the request Of
the Legislature. the Police Commits
sioners have taken a new census Of
the fashionable and questionable
brothcls in this city, and they find Of
the former, which are known as par
lor houses, where costly wines are
dispensed, about 300, shcltcrine
about 5000 abandoned women. The
number of less pretentious brothcls
where a connection Of New jersey
cider aad muriatic. acid is sold q,
champagne, and dealt out over th(
bar. IS about 500; and these keel
I from two to ten prostitutes each
OF Easements. containing from two
to five inmates, the number is 100
aud Of dance, waiting, a S gnltioI
I. houses, the number Is 100. The Tentl
Weird, which supports the creates
number of dram-shops, is also thC
dwelling place of the greatest mum
Der Of women who are lost to shame
but, as in fashionable neighb0rh00d.
up town. many Of the noviccs III thi.
peculiar crime are unsupported, cXccp
BY the police. Not few Of the cost
lie8t palaces Of pollution up town
are 50 quietly kept that only the init
lated are aware OF their existence
For example, two magnificent brown
stone mansions on Fifth Avenue, on
in Twelfth street, several in Twentg
second street, two in Lexington Ave
nue., one in Broadway, and one il
Madison Avenue. two in Fourth Ave
nue. all superbly furnished and main
tanned at enormous cost-pasS a
fashionable boarding houses, and an
til recently two Of these institution
deceived even the detective police
In one block in the Eighth Ward cy
cry house is a den Of iniquity. TIL
Police Commissioners estimate Of to
tails in this shameful business is FL
under that which has been c0mmonl
received. Their figures are as FIJI
| lows: Houses Of iIl-fame, 2.1OO
inmates thereof, 1900; women VIII
| ply their vocation on the streets an(
| dwell in furnished houses and hotel,
$4,000.
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A CALIFORNIAN ON PRESIDENT JOHN
soS-Rev. Horatio Stcbbins. of San
Francisco, California, thus philosophy |
ed over President Johnson in his
Thanksgiving sermon:
There are men who can STAND
forth as bold defenders OF cause
and vet be utterly incapable OF apprc-
ciating its spirit. While the cause
lies within the passions and wlll,While
its defense consists in personal am,
mosities. in bitterness in defending
old hates, and visiting revenge on
old enemies, and triumph Ill an aug
meatcd personal resentment: then
the passions initiate the heroic sell
will struts q martyr. The President
of the United States, though an lnsis-
nifcant figure in himself,is yet part
of the times and one OF its CHIEF les
sons. The speaker honored m
for everything in him that was honor
able, for every struggle OF noble am
bitior, for every sacrifice OF case, OF
estate, for public good. lie had nc
desire to open a battle of small beer
4 defamation on the dwelling weak
ness or public insolcncc. he looked
upon him in his historic character, a.
the self-made man Of slave society
} brought by accident to be the admins
) traitor of the principles Of rcpublicaI
liberty. The most striking thing Il
President Johnson's character is th
: feeling that he has no social position
Kicked, in nlted. scorned, he returnc'
kicks, insult. scorn. Not sure of hin
self he is uEdcr the dclusion OF fats
estimation, and exposed to Halter
and vanity. His education wa
= among people with whom riOaldr
and insolence were both argumer
, and persuasion. A provincialism {
: mind which applies TO the whole couI
, try the standards Of his village, an
to the times the old traditions Of pal
= ty is his next defect. He is Oblivion
Of the great change; he acts as if til
: people felt now as they did in 1866
! when Douglas was telling them, II
$ matter which, freedom or slavery, Go
= or devil. In turning people out {
! Office to build up party, he docs nc
= discern that the great republican pa
! ty is in no proper sense party-bl
= the country itself. He calls Congrc:
: illcgitimate, yet signs or vetoes il
= = laws. He calls the States that cicc
- ed him an unconstitutional Union, an
= vet claims to be President Of Il
7 whole country.
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MR. Pc DoDY's DoHATIoNs-Esti
mating the Mississippi bonds at half
a million Of dollars. we believe the
following list Of Mr.. Pcabody's dona
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Local News.


Below we give the teachers version
of the Bloomington whipping case,
mentioned in our last. We under
stand from Mr.. Alfred Ripley, the COM
mite man who hired Mr.. Ordway, that
he was not turned out of school, ana
that nearly every person in the as
trict was satisfied with him as teach
er; that he whipped one boy little
too hard. aud the other not near hard
enough; and also that the statement
below is strictly correct:
BARTON LANDING, Feb. Il. 1867.
Mr.. EARLE-Dear Sir Il noticed
in your paper of last week, a short
piece headed, Rumpus in Browning
ton, which bears false statements, and
does me Injustice as the teacher. |
will therefore make plain Statement
Of the facts of the case, which | can
Iably prove. and ask as an act of JUS
tee to myself that you will make the
correction in your next issue and give
The public the true statement.
Two boys, one a son OF Albert Day,
land n Young ilan named Carey, living
lat Mr. McCurdy's, who had been
Troublesome during the latter part OF
/ he school. left school and went to
1 the house OF Henry Miller to make
/ lominocs. When they returned tt
the school house | forbid their Icav
ing the school again without my con
sent. In day or two afterwards
thov brought their dominocs to schOo
ana commenced playing with then
which | forbid, when they said the.
would 80 where they could play.
told them to be back by / o'clock /
which one replied, Il shall do as
am mind to about it." And agai
went to the house of Mr.. Miller an
. played awhile, then started to com
e back to school, when Miller callc
@ Them back to 90 and break roads,
= The next day when they came
/. school | demonstrated with them 1C
- their misconduct and found it ncccSs
j. ry to punish them as | told them
| should if they went away again wit
ont ny leave. | secured some sma
s sticks and after giving them u lc
e blows, asked them if they would obC
i the rules Of school if permitted to tai
+ their seats; they refused to answer
l. the affirmative, when | told them til
il | should whip them until they di,
T. and did SO, not giving them mo
than five or six blows without givi
=. them Il chance to answer; young d.
d. being the most willful, received t
81 most blows, and though carving Sol
If marks was not materially injured, t
r. skin not being broken, and return
# to school in three or four days.
h avoid any further difficulty with t
a earaged family ol Day, left the scho
Il but with my own free will, and Wi
10 out any order from the committo
is aad with urgent requests from othC
r. to remain. GOODWIN ORDWAY.
SMART OLD LADY.-Mrs. Sally
" lard, aged 64, has since the first
July last done her own work for h
self, her son, and all hired help c
= ploycd in finishing off a new hou
cleaned up after plastering, picked
and moved, spun 4S lbs. of rolls, We
= 24U yards of cloth, colored, sp
" woyc, cut and made her son a suit
clothes. On Thursday, Jan. 81, |
birth day, She spun Ga knots Of ;;
in eight hours and half. Her cI
iht d Il 4. 1
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let him take his fill. We leave the
field in disgust.
Well. old Massey Tandard SAINT pague
him emmy more! no it saat! So do
right on and airy to plat dood tide
paper bess his sweet tummuck!
Oh. you pity sugar plummy,
Docs it want its story talky,
So it sail; you ducky tummy.
Let nassy Early sec it walky.
Ny, wha: ails its sweetest moufy,
Tandard fad its going to ky,
Oney see its ippys pouty,
HUSKY, barley, rocky bye.
Docs the sauce old Early givey,
Make its little tummy ache
Is the little eyes SO sleepy,
Waitin for its swccy cake?
Is his little rosey notify
Has EXpessy catchy cole?
Muss not runny in the lofty,
Cooley, poody, sanity sole!
AUCTIoNs.-M. Shonyo at East Al
bany, Monday, Feb. Is, sells cows, OK
en-. hay, farming and dairy tools, beds,
harnesses, &c. s. 5. Kimball, auc-
tionccr.
David Blaisdell near Albany Cen
tire, Friday. March l, sells 25 acres Of
pasture land, 5 COWS, ycarlings, hay,
oats, shoat, wagons, sap pans. sap
buckets, household furniture, &c. 5.
s Kimball. auctionccr.
Geo. 3. Hazcn near West Glover;
Saturday, Feb. %, sells 10 extra COWS,
horses, colt. shoats, hay, straw, sIcds,
wagons, buffalo robes, tanning mill
harnesses, dairy and farming TOOLS
?. ;. Paine, auctionccr.
! DoNATIoN-Tho friends OF Rev
Mr.. Fowler in Irasburgh, arc to give
, him a donation on next Thursday eve
| ming, at the Methodist church.
TEACHERS INsTTUTE.-Thc teach
l crs' Institute for this county was he'll,
at Greensboro on FRIDAY and Satul
day of last week, bnt as We have Il lC
cal itcmizcr there who gets the Stan
dard for his services, we have no II
port of it, No maltcr-wc shall 0
: course send it just the same.
!. BARToN.-Thc following are til
i officers of Phoenix Lodge for the q
Y suing quarter:
Milo c. Cutler, P. ". c. 7.
Q Rev. c. Tabor, ". C. t.
n Miss Sarah Z. Mason. W. Y. T.
# Miss Emma Hoyt, ". ).
Miss Clara Barnard, w. A. ).
e Miss Nellie West, w. T. ).
9 Mrs. Lucy Robinson, ". 7.
y George Il. Blake, w. N.
lc Miss Helen kimbalI, w. y. N.
.e Rev. VIM. A. Robinson. ". c.
&c Mrs. G. II. Blake, W. r. Ii. 5.
d Mrs E. 4. Chapman. W. l.. H. s
. j. b. Robinson, L. d.
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C0yENTRY.-Mr. David ellis, who
lives III the East part OF Coveatln met
with quite a severe accidental injury,
on the LIST inst. lie was drawing d
load of wood, and the horses were
going SmartIy, when the sled sudden,
~ slucd, and caught his leg between
the sled and u tree. A cash several
inches long was cut on the outside
of his leg, and the muscles on the in
side, just above the knee. were badly
cut and torn. BY the time he sue
aecdcd in getting home, he was almost
exhausted with pain and loss Of blood,
and the boot on the injured leg was
full and running over with blood
His wounds were dressed by D. w
Blanchard and he is in fair way to
get well, though he can hardly escape
from many weeks of lamencss.-Liull
Pratler, Newport.
GOOD COLTs.-Wm. Pitcher of Al
bany, recently sold a pair of three
years old colts to a gentleman from
Massachusetts, for $750.-LiHic Pyuh
Tier, Newport.
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ADMINISTRATIONS has just taken
a State census, and reports a total
population Of 845, PA whcrco: 442-
443 are black. III 1860, she had 964.
296, of whom 435 lS2 were slaves
1t is evident that her black inhabi-
tants are just about as numerous as
Il 1850, while her whites are about
10000 fever. We infer from this
that the Southern States generally
have nearly if not quite as many in
haoltants now as in 1860, and will
have more in 1870. The stories that
the blacks are "dying out" seem to be
utterly baselcss. A good many Of
them have migrated northward or
been taken to Texas; but they will
number ut least 100000 in 1870.
William Kelly was killed at a wake
in Camden county, n j., on Wcdncs-
day night, and his body was allowed
to remain in the middle of the floor
while the festivities were going on
The murderer was arrested.
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FIRE IN NEwPoRT.-Quitc a scri-
Gus fire broke out at Newport on last
sunday evening, which destroyed the
livery stable and dwelling house Of
Jerry Drew, and large barn belong
ing to OrvilIe Robinson. Drew also
lost rs new harnesses, two or three
wagons and sIcighs and 1000 bushels
ot oats, two hogs and several pigs
tbs loss is estimated at from $800G
to $4,000, on which there is an insu
rance of about $4,000. The furniture
and clothing was mostly saved.
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FRozEN.-A woman livingin Salem
10y the name Of Almira Lewey aud
her son about dozen years old, were
out getting wood some three weeks
since, they were SO badly frozen that
the boy had to have both feet taken
off, and the mother lost all her toes.
She was mulattO.
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NAUGHTY LITTLE ROGUE.-Misscr
lamp of the Little Prattlcr, at New
port. has dot his title back up" and
says swear words at US for what we
said last week, when we was "iess in
fun, and says naughty so:
We sincerely ask pardon of our
readers for inserting the above choice
scintillation from that brilliant brain
which runs the Standard. We intend
always to exclude from our columns,
i all articles of questionable character
and should have placed this, where it
more properly belongs, among a Ger
tain class of advertisements if we had
any of that kind which would not bt
dISgraccd by the comparison. We
simply print it, in order to give our
readers: fair specimen of that chaStc
literature, one of those "articcs of
interest which Earle gives his read
rs weekly, and upon which he is 81
rapidly wasting that "noble brain" OF
MS. flc is daily gaining an enviable
reputation, as one of the leading, con
trolling 'moral forces of the day
we leave entirely to him that broad
held OF literature" where "low slang
lana vulgarlty reign supreme. From
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Lives of great men all remind us,
We can make our lives sublime,
And though dying, leave behind us
Footprints On the sands of time.
Footprints that pcrchancc another,
SAiling Der life, hilIowy main,
A firlorn or shipwrecked brother,
Seeing may take heart again
But an education cannot be Obtain
Cd IN a day, il it could we would al
be educated Offic, 8 of honor anC
distinction do not descend to us. We
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THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DIsrRIcT.-
The following is a summary of the
amount paid to the assessor Of Inter
nal Revenue for salaries and contin-
gent expenses in the Third District,
for the year ending June 30th 1866:
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advantages immediately desirable. yliiie
thsir aequisition could be occurred in hor-
piony with the principles to which have
concluded with the King Of Denmark for
the ceeeion OF those islsnds, and will bo
submitted to the Senate for consideration.
~ viii hardly be necessary to call the
etfention OF Congress to the subject Of
providing for the payment to Russia OF. the
sum stipulated In the treaty for the ces-
tion, oi Z Alaska, Possession having been
i9rmaly deltyered to our commissioner,
the territory remains for the present In
care Of y military force awaiting such
civil organization as shall be directed By
Congress.
The annexation Of many small German
Stat5s :" Prussia, and the reorganization
OF that country under o new and liberal
constitution, have, induced, ,me to renew
sne effort TO obtain ajnBt aud prompt set
.iemsnt @ OF the long;sefed Question CON
ceTning the claims OK foreign States for
military service from their subjects natu-
ralized in the United States.
In connection with this Bdbject, the at
tention- OF Congress isrespectfully called
to singular and embarrassing conflict of
s%a Government AH,iye Sss h;fhsss s;7
as it now holds, that NATURALIZATION, in
conformity with tue Constitutions and laws
ot the United States, absolvea the recipient
rom his native allegiance. The coufts or
Great Britain hold that allegiance to the
British Grown is indefeasible, and is not
absolyed by our laws OF naturalization.
british judges cite courts and law author
lties OF the United States in suppolt or,
That theory against the position held BY
s sne Executive authority Of the United
States. This conflict perplexes the pub
lie mind concerning the rights OF natural
lzed citizens, and impairs the national
authority abroad. 1 called attention to
this subject in my last annual message,
sss.s; a aaT again respectfully appeal to Con-
gress 70 declare the national will unmis-
takably upon this important question.
= The abuse of our laws by the clandestine
prosecution of the African slave trade from
American ports or by American citizena
has altogether ceased, and, under existing
circumstances, no apprehensions of It's
renewal in this part OF the world are entetl
tanned. Under these circumstances il be-
comes question whether we shall not
propose to Her Majesty's Government o
suspension or discontinuance OF the stipu-
iations for maintaining o naval force for
the suppression Of that trade
ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, December 8. 1867.