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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-10-11

NAvTGsroS oF 1--WE UrrrR wArxRs or
rHE CoLUNsrs RrvER. Though broken
by numsrou- poriarss. the Coluntia river
and iis brsnehes afford long STRETCHES
sdapfed 20 steamboat navigation. a,d they
are destined TO furnish important aid IA
setiliag the vast region % the Northvess.
which = rich IN mineral and agriculturaI
wealth Already they are partially avaiIed
Of for reaching Idaho and Montana. and
arrangements a'e in progress for rendering
them sfili further fribgssr. 70 the Increasing
PoPulafion Of that region. The Aits Cali.
iorniA remarks:
On the main Columbi.. steamers run
from the ocean into the British territory.
80 a. 90 accommodate the miners at Big
Bend. Sake river Is navigs,ed TO Lewis
ton. in Idaho. for the trade of the salmon
river mines. One bend Of Snake river 10
only one hsndrcd and twenty-five mile,
distant from Pen d'Oreille Lake. which Is
an enlargement % Clsrte's fork Of the Co
lumbia. 4 stage is % form a connection
and steamer - no- on The lake. and she
te'A7 - tit tAN sAit@AAi~ A. q u OrtttAt elfts
thirty miles across the lake and twenty.
miles up Clarke riyer 80 CabOnet Landing.
AZ the foot of Hsrron's Rapids. where there
is a portage Of seven and half niles. BE-
yond which there is stretch q sixfy-Eve
miics good sicaming; again. a portage Of
four and one bali miles and then. sieaming
seventy miles 10 the mouth of the Jocko,
Shieh = ninety miles by wagon road from
the mines Of Montana- Steamers are ei-
ther finished or building nov Tor al these
stretches. 80 that we expect 20 bear in
month or t~o that The rad i open 20 Mon
taaa By the uew r0Bte. Between Lewis
ton and Old's Perm on SnAke river boats
cannot run. but between the latter point
and salmon Fails there 10 nayigabie
stretch Of two hundred miles. bringing ihe
traveller 10 the vicinity oi the Owyhee
and Bose mines. and within hundred
and eighty @iies % sab Lake Cry
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-10-11

or i kno- you are fond Of them-sad -e
have such excellent eresm-sRd everything
o. sweet and still-O.- said she. putting
her arm within hrs. and looking sp bright
ly IN has lses. 4" Oh - shall Be so happy 2"
Poor Leslie Vas 0vercO@e. lie e.sght
her IN has bo-0o-be folded his arms
Arosnd her-bs Kissed her again and again
-se eOoid not speak. bat the tears gashsd
into has eyes; and he hs. Ofaen assured me,
that thoogh the World has since gone pro.
Perously WITH him. and his life has indeed
ben a hapPs one. yet never hs. be sxpe-
riencsd \ monent Of more sKqaisite felicity.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-10-11

4 Traveller stopped 81 80 ian IN ccr-
TAN village. snd fniing tbs lsndlord and
lsndlsay sr6ting. oried cot. " Hslioo. ~ho
keers this houseY The viis feplicd
% That's just -bai -s are tryins 20 decide.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27
SOUTHERN RELIEF.

The South is to-day rich in land and poor in
almost everything else. Part of her soil is
badly cultivated, the larger portion unproduc-
tive, while her mines are unopened, and her
water-power runs to waste, because she has no
capital wherewith to develop and improve
them.
The very best thing that men Of Means can
now do for the South and for themselves is TO
invest literally in the purchase of her lands
They are amazingly cheap-often offered for
less than One-quarter of their intrinsic value
yet offered in vain. Money wherewth to buy
them is not found at the South the few who
possess it have too much land already. Fami-
lies which hold thousand acres of mainly
good soil, but generally in bad condition, are
absolutely harassed by debts of few hundred
They Try to borrow; but no one wishes to lend
them the security is good, but repayment is
slOw-those who made advances TO Southern
planters in 1865, expecting payment from that
years crop, are often awaiting it yet, with a
cloudier prospect than that of two years ago
1t is not possible TO obtain loans in such amount
as will afford sensible relief TO the South but
real estate is now 80 low there that money can
be invested to great advantage, even though
the land were TO lie idle and taxes be paid on
it for the next two or three years.
There is no question Of willingness to sell ;
the owners must SELL or the sheriff will save
them the trouble At least quarter of the
soil of the former Slave States is in the market
at low prices to-day. Some of it is as rich land
as the sun ever warmed; far more has never
yet been plowed to a depth of six inches, and
though worn and exhausted on the surface, is
deep and strong below. There are thousands
OF acres of choice timber in market for sums
which quarter Of their trees, properly dealt
with, would pay, leaving the residue and the
soil clear profit. There are water-pOwers of
great prospective value which arc not counted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27

of Missouri became once more safe place to
live in-untl the next murder there and the
next execution
The reporter whose account of this affair we
have followed, is so impressed by the cOnVic-
ton that Pete Chrisman was an imbecile, II not
an idiot, that he is constrained to give notices
of a number of idiots and imbeciles who have
been executed in this country and in Europe.
He is led imperceptibly into these studies and
"reminiscences; and the fact proves, what must
be the common belief in the neighborhOod con-
corning the mental condition of Chrisman. We
are not disposed to urge the general insanity
of all who commit murder; but it is clear that
hanging being a conclusive and final penalty
and the EXTREMIST severity known to the
Courts, should at any rate be cautiously re-
sorted to. The benevolent theory of the law
is, that it is better for ninety -and-nine guilty
men to escape than for one man to suffer IN
nocent of the Offense charged upon him.
Technically the crime of murder with its ne
cessary constituent of prepense malice, Is one
which it is impossible for an idiot or an I'M
beetle to commit. He may be hung, but it is
for something else. Being hung. however,
unjustly, reparaton is out of the question.
He OIaJcj WIFI luI pOHoI W lOoVi"hh an '""'O
who labor under homcidal prOpensites, should
be ashamed, with its unlimited strength and
authority, to kill men because it is afraid of
them, as dangerous animals are killed Above
all, it should dread the commission of any mis-
take; but so long as the cheap resource of the
gallows is held to be the best device of
civilization, 80 long mistakes will DO made, de-
plored and made again
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27

ut all in the prices asked for the estates when
include them. Beds of ore and mines of coal
that will soon be worth tens of thousands OF
dollars are included in tracts of mainly tim
bered land that are offered for $40 per acre OF
less; while plantations of one to two Thousand
acres seek purchasers for less than the cost OF
their buildings. LabOreTs in abundance cling to
or surround those plantations, anxious to he
hired for $40 per month and ratiOns that would
cost less than s. more AS good labor as theirs
cannot be hired this way for less than I'D per
month (iDcluding board, and the Blacks ex-
pect to work long and hard in the crop making
season. The Peach, the Grape, tho Strawberry
may be grown luxurantly almost everywhere;
so may early Vegetables along the coast; Tea
and Silk will yet be Southern staples. Lands
that were worth $50 per acre for cotton grow
ing, but would rarely command that sum- VIII
be eagerly bought for ten times that price
when covered, as they will be, with orchards
and vineyards and accustomed to a more varied
and thorough culture than the rude husbandry
of the planter, who will learn how to make
better living from hundred acres than he ever
did from thousand.
Every dollar invested by strangers or immi-
grants in Southern Lands does good to every
interest and section. There are thousands OF
extensive andhoders now lodging the sheriff,
unable to hire and pay labor, untitled by en-
barrassment for any earnest, persistent effort,
who if they could sell half their land even at
q sacrifice, would be once more on their feet.
They could pay their debts they could buy
seed, implements, and fertilizers; they could
hire, feed, and pay laborers and they would thus
produce far more on the residue of their estates
than they now do on the whole And the pur-
chase-mOney, after paying scores OF debts,
would return to the North in satisfaction OF
debts or in payment for new purchases, and
would thus do more good here than though 1t
had never left us.
Men who would gladly revive the Tagging
energies of the South, tighten her miseries, and
restore her to vigor and prosperity! take OF
send down your money and buy Southern
Lands
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27
gold dollar of the United States is t,6ri.5o mil :

gold dollar of the United States is t,67i5O mil
ligrams, its excess over the five-franc gOldpiece
would be $500 miigrams, the value of which
is 81 cents. Our gold dollar would require to
be reduced, therefore, to 96i cents of its pres
ent value. The half eagle would be reduced
III cents. The dime and cent would require
corresponding reduction in order to maintain
the decimal system. The English sovereign
would require reduction in value of only four
cents. The coins OF each nation would con-
tinue to bear the names and emblems preferred
by each, but each would be a legal tender,
public and private in all the countries which
Joined the Convention. 1t is recommended that
the measures of unifcatiOn be completed by
diplomatic conference. Responses have been
invited by the Government of France, at the
request of the Convention, to be sent in by
the 10Th of February next.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27
WOOD PAvEMENTs.
To N, Editor Of tn. Tribune.


SIR: In the article on "WOOd Pavements' in
this mornings TRIBUNE reference is made several
patented methods Of preserving the material Dut no
ausOn made TO that is regarded by many men OF
science as the most effective durable and economical OF
all. refer to petroleum, the absorption OF winch by
wood OF all kinds been proved 10 be very simple,
CHEAP and thorough operation and possessing the pro-
any FORM for q length Of time superior to any
other material employed for the purpose. There are
specmeDs Of wood be which are believed TO have
been conn etCly preserved for nearly hundred years
by simple saturaOn with tins peculiar oil II has re-
arkable power OF sepenetratng the pores OF wood 70
and finally substituting itself in their places. Petroleum
also contains chemical ingredients than can be
found in liquid derived from the dlsatOn OF either
coal OF tar and in IT'S natural state contains the ee-
OF both coal and tar The only means required Tor
it 10 penetrate wood, Is TO immense the timber III a
tank containing the natural OIL the operation being com
pletely successful In surprisingly brief period Timber
saturated with petroleum resists the permeatOn OF
water the attacks Of all insects and the ncrustaon OF
all other substances, which account IL requires no
paint, being in fact already ned with pant hteIhany
III would be a difficult task to state the immense
amount Of saving i'm the construction OF ships roofs
fences bridges railroad ties and nearly all other wooden
structures by the application Of petroleum. judging from
the facts already known respecting its preserVatye
property. Another valuable property OF petroleum 10
porous the timber by which it IS mbbed the more thor
Oughy Is IL penetrated by the OIL the result being an in
crease OF its density and hness The advantage OF us
for preserving wooden naYements il sanitary point
Of view Is also very important II being far less liable 70
the absorption OF animal fluids and other foul matters
than either Of the other chemicals heretofore used IL
certainly should receive the consideration OF our City
Government aud also Of all citizens interested in subst
tuting wood for stone paYements HYGEN.
Netr- York Dec. %, 1867.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27

The report of Mr. Samuel B. Ruggles, Dele
gate from the United States to the Interna-
tional Monetary Conference at Paris, shows that
the Conference represented the United States OF
America and eighteen of the principal Powers
of Europe, viz: Austria, Baden, Bavaria, Bel
gum, Denmark, Spain, France, Great Britain,
Greece, Italy, Holland, Portugal, Prussia, Rus
STA, Sweden and Norway, Switzerland, Turkey,
and Wurtemburg. The general features OF
monetary uni6cation agreed to by the Confer
ence are: First, n single standard exclusively
of gold; second, coins of equal weight and di-
ameter third, of equal quality, or nine-tenths
fine; fourth, the weight of the present tive-franc
gold piece, 1,0l9OO milligrams, to be the unit,
with its multiples. AS the weight Of The present
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27

The Richmond Examiner has a sympathizing
letter from "A Michigan Copperhead,' who
certifes that he is not exempt from military
duty, but ready to take up arms against Radi-
calism. But the ugly fact that he and his
crowd didn't take up arms for the Rebellion
when they had chance stares him IN the
face, and here is his explanation of It:
Gould you travel through different Northern states,
IA have done for the past five years you would De n
satisfied that there tens, yes may say hundreds OF
thousands OF the Democracy OF the North whose Opp0s
ton 10 Raeai reroon deeper seated than any other
political feeling. IL may be asked why did tley not
openly take up arms against Radical fesoutionF 10
this may be answered that the OF the
Government in the hands OF those JacoOlns, ana
they the pom6erats not in apparent personal danger
had much confidence In the pretended honor OF their
6nemie and did NOT discover their error Sh OF course
the exception OF the more obseryngl I'LL the shaokes
were upon their hands and feet And when state my
own case only represent that OF tens OF thousands OF
others like minded. that the happest reflection OF my
past life since tho brutal began is, that never
care cent for the payment OF the meeedry war be-
yond what was eItorted by the bogus Congress OF the
United {! > States in the form OF taxes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27
amustntnts.


ACADEMY OF MUsIc-This Evening"" FAUST
Mis- Farny Jsnauschek's Farewell Performances
BANvARp's OPERA HOUsE-This Evening" Our
Mutual Friend The Mammoth Cave
R.rxU,i's AMERICAN MUsEUM-Day and Evening.
- Iis Dee prop A Living GOusVau Amturgh Co.'S hena
gcre-3D 90 CurodiieS
BRoApwAY THEATER-This Evening"" Lady Aud
leys Sscretr Mrs d Z Bowers
BUNY,N HALL, Union Square-This Evening
"The Pilgrim
EXHIBITION or BAL'S STATUE OF FORREST AS
CoHioLANUs-Dsy and Evening. at No Sl2 Broadway.
FIFTII-AvE. THEATER-This Evening" le GIand
Queen Be,s" Sir LtHngwen Mrs Howard Watkins
FRENCH THEATER-This Evening The Grand
Duchess Of Gerosiein."
NEw-YORK CIRCUS FOurteenth-st- This Afternoon
and Rveuing-F Of Bquesansm The MlseE OF baglau
NRw-YoRK THEATER-This Evening" Under the
Gasiighl" The WOrren Sisters
NIBLo's GARDEN - This Evening. - TIE Black
Crpok"-Grest Parisieuns Ballet Troupe
OLYMPIC THEATER-This Evening.-"A Midsum-
Nights Dream"
PLYMOUTH CHURCH, BROoKLYN-This Evening
Grand PArepa Concert -,
StFINwAY HALL This Evening. - Mr. ChaT!es
Dckens Reading Nicholas Ncklehy al Mr. SqueeTs oouoo anu
and Mr.. Bob savers Party from hekwict)
WATLACK's-This Evening.-"Ohver IWlSt'' Johh
Gilbert T. L. Davenport MsI Ross Eytage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27

After all the bother about st. Thomas, it
seems doubtful whether the islanders will con-
sent 10 ur bought. They 90 not yapt to pay
taxes or customs duty. and so We are called
upon not only to pay S7,509,OOO for their ride
lllous little quaking Paradise, but to exempt
them from the burdens of citizenship while in
surfing them all its rights. We had better let
them alone, to be rocked in the cradle of the
deep, toasted by volcanoes, and tumbled by
hurricanes at their own sweet WILL AT the
bare purchase price they are much too dear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27
THE DEATH OF CONGRESSMAN HAMILTON.

The correspondence of The Springfield AdUer-
se from Marysvile, OHIO, gives the following interest
ing particulars concerning the malady OF the Parrcde
and the circumstances OF the terrible occurrence Thomas
Hamilton the eldest Of Mr. {. ;. Hamilton, has been
for weeks slightly deranged About ten days ago
blr Hamilton returned home from Washington, having
been dispatched TO that Thomas was much worse. At
Delaware he met his in charge Of friend, en- route
for the Asylum at Columbus II having been thought best
by the friends 20 adopt this Mr. Hamilton, how
ever, concluded bring him back home, thinking ne
could do for him than the keepers OF the Asylum
For three days previous 10 Sunday Thomas
had been much worse and in consequence Of which Mr.
Hamilton had intended 10 take him 70 the Asylum to-
day. But alas, he put IL of day long On Sun
day morning about O'Clock, Mr.. Hamilton went 20 the
barn to attend TO his feeding taking Thomas him. as
be feared he might attempt sefdeStuctOn. With these
fearful fOrebOdnRs resting upon his mind he for
moment left him by himself While they In the sta
BILE, and Mr.. Hamilton in the act OF STOPPING
struck him the back Of the head, killing him,
10 j. thought, instantly. He then covered the
dead body o. his father over with cOrnstaks, and
whi'h he led his father, and aimed blow at his
mot ler, but las younger brother stepped up 10 his
mot her, and ceiyed the blow on ms shoulder Mrs
Hamilton wifi little Willie "a third son then ran 10
neighbOrs house across the Way Thomas following close
IN her wake IN determination 10 XIII her also For
tuatey they gained The neighbours house iar enough in
ad vance 10 themselves. lie then turned back and
was met by Col. Lawrence, who ordered him 10 lay
down his Ak, but Thomas drew Ia upOn him,
aud he Lad to run ior his lie lie ueyt
20 get away from the house. AT the house he met
by Mr.. BOdkn, stawart, powerful man. who under
the drawn AK dsarned him. and placed him ia tie county
jail for safety.
In his rational moments he had told his father he ought
10 watch him carefully he feared he would do
something terrible. They had no fears 81 him harmng
On saturday lac burned notes 20 the value OF O and
committed many acts which left doubt OF his insanity
Mr. Hamilton will be buried at Redwood, IN the Northern
part OF Union County He leaves wife and four children
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27
ApPLEroN,s NEW BUILDING IN BROOKLYN

The Messrs. Appleton recently bought 20 lots
OF ground in Brooklyn and have erected upon bindery
and printing establishments. The principal front on
Kentaye will be 203 feet in length and the building will
extend 1913 feet up Pennst, and $50 feet Hewesst.
thus giving total frontage the three streets, OF Gao
feet The structure Will De substantial brick one, with
white marble trimmings, and will be provided with iron
proof staiTways throughout The main entrance on
Kentave Is In the center OF the block between Hewes
and Pennsts with the printing house the right hand
ana the bndcry the left Offices for the reception and
delivery OF goods will immediately adioin the entrance
The printing office will bo 60 feet wide where IL fronts
lenn-st, and a. feet wide where 10 fronts Kcntave
" tho intersection OF Pennst with Kent ave, the wet
Ting is to he on the first floor ana the dryngroon
tho second floor Along Pennst the building Is 10 be
story 70 feot high To the loft OF the entrance &c
the rgh The building for feet is OnestOry high For
so feet IN Kentaye. and Hewesst, respectively the
building Is Ave stories IS feet high Continuing 200
feet Hewesst that portion OF the structure known
the pistol factory encountered II s four stories or SO
feet high The engine aud coahOuSeS TO occupy the
center OF the block. and rcproof vaults for the safe
keeping OF stereotype plates being built beneath
portion OF the printing Oice. The erection Ia the neigh
borho0d OF houses for employees has also been broached
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27

tom Letter h 5y MGrI TEAM, orr Mail Facilities
, nth the IFe s The FTecdmen's Bureau The
Georgia Contention, Ciua and Criminal Courts,
The Court Calendar and Real Estate on the
second page; Christmas in the Church, Of ST.
Paul the apostle, The Common Councils helo
Lerv on the Liquor Dealers, The Last Woll-st
Robbery, Boston Lire Stock Market, The Money
Market and other Markets on the third page;
Scien &c ON the Sirth page, and Remarkable Case
of Trance, A Visit to tho Vineyards, Letter from
the Registrar of Records, Bishop Simpsons Lee
trs and LGGtoy Cff1e N wes,eEn T He%
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.

FATAL ACCIDENT on THE ToTrENyHLE RAIL-
ROAD.
Mr. Bedell Cole, an old and honored inhabl-
tant OF Newborn was killed yesterday by the o'clock
train at the Totenvne Station Staten Island TO reach
the station he had been walking along the track IN 'front.'
OF the Being deaf he did not near tne
down and the engine severed his head fTon ms pouS,
The engineer says that he saw MI Cole on tns % ~
train reached him Mr. Cole was y years OF age ma
left his resdepce at Newborn by the morning " To,ts
intended Is etGtd by the O'Clock train from I0''s"
VILE.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT AT ELIZABETH.
w. Ii. BRYAN, a brakeman on the Central
railroad had Nsleg crushed on Tuesday morning, by
train running over IT, AZ Elizabeth Ampuaton above the
ankle was necessary. Mr. Bryan while watching an ap-
nroaehing train was run down by another advancing
rom the opposte direction This accident IS the seconu
within brief time, the first being that III WHICH MI
Brown was killed
PRoynENrIAL ESCAPE OF THE MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN. 4
The locomotive drawing the express TRAM,
which was due in Detroit at II p on Thursday broke
tire near wyandotte causing the detention OF the tram
several hours The train moving at its usual speed
at the time and the broken tire, it became detached
from the wheel struck the stay bolts under the boiler
opening hole sufficiently large TO cSsSe the steam 70
escape rapidly and Nil the cab The engineer with great
prOmptness sprung the patent brakes, which had been
carefully set before starting ara brought tne Ialh 70
stand within distance OF Is rods. Upon exam
nation the tire was found 70 be restigg on the
ties, inside u the dgying wheels. aud but for
the Instant application OF the patent brake 10 every wheel
OF the train the tire must have been shaken on and ms
gRve throYp every ear from the track, H. was mIa.
dious escape from fearful acedeht aud shows the
OF patent brakes and dQfp employees one OF the brake
men, before leaving Toledo, observing that II was bad
slippery night procured assistance and set the bakesss
strongly as the spngs Wepd bear, and then carefully
adjusted ia cords attached % the belrope CONNECTING
with the engineer, This precaution saved he tram,
the ordinary method ~ calling brakes would have pees
too slow could the engineer have whsood the You""
Of steam long enough 10 give the signal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27
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