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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-06-05

The New York Herald is alarmed at
the results ofLhe Radical crusade against
the South. Congress did the mischief
and it very properly appeals to Congress
10 remedy il as follows:
Congress should come TO the rescue on
tbis point. II shoui1 usv,ainly assemble
IN July and tale @sasesss. to provids
ngainst political .7es9faisgipg.ip distric,s
not politically lsss@. has jset n military
law. If it doas fs6E ~ sksIj .see undone
all that has hitherto been do3e toward a
restoration Of .lo Stata
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-06-05

Why KELLY DIDN'TSPgAK IN AUGUSTA.
lit is stated that ;he reason Judge Kelly
refraped ftom speaking in Augusta was
because Of Al in,imstioo from Gen. Pope
that there had been controversy enough
IN his line.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-06-05

A newspaper published at tho North.
and entertaining radical views, suggests,
"a the southern negroes are generally
disposed to defer 10 the opinions Of l.e
Christian ministry. heing naturally incIin
ed to feel reverence Tor religion xnd its
promoters and preachsrs-,hHt the negro
ministers OF the Gospel should be encag
ed tn canvass the South in the interest Of
the Republican party. Here is direct
proposition to subsi'lizs class Of men
who are held in high esteem bv their
race. to prostitute their offices as ministers
Of Gods word for the advancement Of
party interest 7, is not ONLY an insul,
to the preachers, bu, i. is an attempt to
bring ridicule on the Christianity and de
votion 1f the negroes Will they lend
themselves,to such . base and sacrelipious
u.el We predict that they will repel
the overture with indiensn, loathing and
scorn.- Columbia Phenir.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-06-05

CHEF JUSTICE CHASE AND Mn DAvtSs
RELEAsE.-We understand, on VIVA, ought
to be good authority, ~ coming directly
from Chief Justice Chase himself, that he
was not in any wav party to the release
Of Jefferson Davis on bail lie knew
nothing whatever Of Judge Underwood's
int eutiGn, WAS no, consulted by him on
the subject, but fully expected that the
Trial would take place, aud that he him
self would preside at l.. Nor is he now
aware Of the reasons which led to n dif
fersnt result. Judge Underwood acted In
the matter wholly on his own resnnu.,hiIi
ty-so far at least as any person officially
connected with the Government were con
eerned. We DO not vouch for the truth
Of this s,'temett-but only for the fac,
thst il comes 10 us directly from q reliable
person. who clnimes to have received i,
from the Chief Justire-N. y. Times.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-03-08

has it, more or less and the fairest COM
plected children has it the worst; it will be
all gone in day or two; law, sakes that
isn't nothingw
" Nothing" indeed and it had changed
my lily white babe in one night to the APP
pearance of a boiled lobster or wild In
dian What the "red COON" was | did
not know then, and am sure don't know
now-perhaps more experienced matrons
among my readers may hut nurse was
very firm and resolute woman, she never
suffered her experience to be upset by the
breath of my inexperience. She said il
would all go off in day or two, and it did.
The last days of June came. Nothing
but my pride and selfrespect withheld me
from asking my husband TO write, and ask
what had detained them; and even these
impediments were beginning to give way
under the nervous Impotence and anxiety
with which, like Mrs. Bluebeard's unmar-
ried sister Anne, was looking out for our
longexpected guests Still. l hated to
speak TO him about it; l could not tell him
what a bugbear his sister was to me, and
gentlemen never understand these things
[ was sure he would say, Don't think a
word more about it; if they come, let them
come. and take us as We are They don't
come expecting us TO make strangers of
them, or if they do, let them find that we
don't expect to do it; besides, we always
live well enough-dont fret or fuss your
self about it. my dear Mary" Oh, yes,
that Isl nothing is a trouble to those upon
whom the trouble does not come.
But one day, when Mr.. La More was
later than usual to dinner, he handed me a
letter as he went up to his dressing room
DEAR HENRY: The late important commercial
news has decided me to 60 abroad at once. Ny
wife goes with me, of course. As we leave this
week, this alters all our plans for the summer
Isabella joins me in love to Mary and the little
ones; hope our visit to you is only pleasure post
poncd: what can we do for yen in Paris! - etc.
And this was all this was the final re
suit of all my painStaking Yes this dis
| appointment was my portion of all my
labor and travail which / had taken under
the sun could have cried with hearty
good will but il was Just dinner time
have an idea that tears arc not in good taste
at the head of ones table; and it is I'M
era eful, not to say awkward. to weep and
| help so soup at the same time.
Mr. La More came down, and we went in
to dinner :" | wonder" he said, "how
long Charles and Isabella intend TO remain
| abroad ~
His letter does not say" l replied, with
forced calmness. Possibly he does not
know himself until he gets there Lily
my Gear, do not tip up your plate in that
way when you take your soup; that is not
ladvlike'
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-03-08

James Robertson, a relative of Chief
Justice Robertson, was found dead on the
9th ult., in Lexington, Ky, from intern
perance.
The Supreme Court of Alabama has de
cided that the Emancipation Proclamation
of President Lincoln did not take effect in
that State until May, 1865
The lottery mania has extended TO the
South, and we now have the announcement
of A Grand Tombola, a scheme by which
Rich and Poor can aid in raising Fund
for the relief of Mr. Davis family"
Heavy falls of snow have occurred in
the Southeast within the past few days.
In central Kentucky the snow is reported
ten inches deep. High water On the Ter
nessee, and other Southern rivers has car
RED oil several railroad bridges
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-03-08

The Postmaster at Niagara Falls has
been arrested for opening letters
The cashier of the First National Bank
of Newton, Mass. has absconded leaving
the bank $4,000 short The cashier of
the First National Bank of Hudson is also
deiaulter, compelling the bank to sus-
pend business. He acknowledges having
lc : cavity in fancy stock speculations.
n, recent meeting of the Directors
of the Union Telegraph Company
in New York it was voted to abandon
all further work on the Russian extension
lines. The successful operation of the At
tantic cable and their reduced tariff of
rates, make the proposed overland cable
unnecessary.
Five dead bodies were found at Buffalo
on the 9th, at the Grand Trunk railroad
depot, packed in barrels, directed to party
in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The bodies we're
those of two men, two women, and one
child, and, apparently. had not been dead
over week or ten days. They were in
tended for the use of the dissecting room at
the University.
Petitions have been drawn up, and will
soon be circulated, asking that the Pan
Handle counties, Ohio, Brooke and Han
cock, be annexed to Pennsylvania. 1t Is
contended b. those moving in the matter
that if the counties above named were
taken from West Virginia and attached to
Pennsylvania, the peoples burdens in the
way of taxation would be much lighter, and
that the territory is so situated that it
would increase its value were it annexed to
Pennsylvania.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-03-08

In Louisville the heaviest snow storm of
the season fell on tie 4th.
The river has broken through the levee
at Columbus, KY, and partially inundated
the city.
The Kentucky Radicals are about to
establish daily paper in Louisville. Album
dant capital has been subscribed.
The negro murderer, Horace Greeley,
was executed on the LIST inst. There were
few spectators. He admitted his guilt.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-03-08
4 RENTNLSCEYCE.

Once, when was little boy,
sat me down to cry.
Because my little brother had.
The biggest piece oil pie.
Twas no; but had quite enough,
But then / could not see
The reason why a partial nurse
Should give him more than me-.
They said / was a naughty boy,
But have oft seen men
Behave themselves as foolishly
As i behaved then.
For we are often thankless for
Rich blessings when we sigh
To think some luckier neighbor has
bigger piece " of pie.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-03-08

A BOOK published in London in 1898,
said to be one of the most beautiful that
that or any other century can boast of,
gives the natural history of the rarer lepi-
dopterous insects of Georgia. 1t was writ
ten by Mr.. John Abbott, many years a
resident of this country, and contains one
hundred and four colored plates.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-03-08
The West.

Work has been commenced on Handy's
new Opera House at Cincinnati.
The collector of the ST. Louis Times
has absquatulated with 81, 600 belonging to
that paper.
The Supreme Court of Ohio have de-
livered decision declaring National banks
liable to taxation.
Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
worth of property was destroyed in Kansas
by the recent freshet in the Kaw river
Governor Fletcher has brought suit
against the St. Louis Erening Dispatch for
defamation of character The damages are
laid at 100000.
Townsend P. Abel, the only son Of DR.
L. p. Abel, of Chicago, died on the 2Sth
ult., of hydrophobia. The deceased, boy
fifteen years of age, was bitten by mad
dog last November. The disease did not
appear, however, until the day before he
died
There is proposition before the Legisla
ture of Nevada to petition Congress to
act annexing the Territory of Utah
to the State of Nevada The Daily Union
vedette, of Salt Lake City. says that Brig
ham Young is in favor of the scheme, as
he thinks that Utah can outvote Ne
vada"
Major General Mansfield, Adjutant Gen
eral of 1ndiina. in his report to the Legs
ture on the condition of the State militia.
says it consists at present of Major Gen
eral, Lieutenant General, Quartermaster
General, and no privates; and he recon-
mends the passage of militia law that
will add II privates to the force
BY bill allowing the jury to fix the pun
ishment in all convictions of felony to
which the penalty was death under exist
Ing laws, to be death or imprisonment for
life, at their discretion, the Illinois Legisla-
ture has virtually abolished capital punish
ment. The jury is not allowed, however,to
sentence prisoner, convicted of murder,
for loss than fourteen wears
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-03-08

The capture of Col O'Conner in Ireland,
is denied.
The United States steamer Tuscarora
has gone to the Feeje Islands to punish the
savages for barbaraties on American sea-
men.
In Parliament, on the 4tb, Lord
Brougham made a speech strongly urging
the adoption of the principle of household
suffrage.
In the late Prllssian elections Count Bis
mark and every General of the late war,
or Prussian hero, were signally defeated by
the constituencies to which they We're
nominated.
The Eastern question is becoming more
complicated. Dispatches have been re-
ceived from the south of Turkey, which IN
dictate general rising of the Christians
throughout that Empire
The HeraldS CHILEAN correspondence
says "The English and French Ministers
have advised their countrymen to refuse
payment of the contributions that have
been forced by the Chillian Government.
The Mexican Legation has official infor
nation of the capture of Guanajuato by
the Liberals, together with one hundred
and fifty prisoners, five hundred muskets,
twenty two cannon, ammunition and var
materials. The battle lasted six hours
A Montreal dispatch says that Canada
under the same name, will be declared a
kingdom at the first meeting of the United
Representatives. and Prince Arthur, third
son of Queen Victoria will assume charge
of it. He is seventeen years of age, and
one of his numerous names is Patrick, given
as a mark of royal regard for the whole
Irish people. He made his entry into pub
lie life in Dublin, and it is supposed may do
much in his executive capacity towards
neutralizing the Irish tendency towards
Fenianism in America.
The name of the new Confederation is
not 1.-THE Kingdom of Canada," as hereto
fore given, but simply Canada" and in
cludes the Provinces of Canada Nova
Scotia, and New Brunswick These are to
be divided into four Provinces, named re-
spectively Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia
ard New Brunswick-Upper Canada be
ing now called Ontario, and Lower Cana
Ola, Quebec. The Executive power is vo sted
in the Queen, and isto be exercised through
a Governor General AMI Privy Council
the latter to be designated by the Governor
General The Parliament for Canada con-
sists of the Queen, an Upper House, called
the Senate, and the House of Commons
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-09
what IL ''One-IIOrse power:"

The use of the term horsepower" is
very common; yet few, except good me-
chanics and engineers, attach q definite
meaning to it, but regard it Us indicating
loosely, about the power, which one horse
conld exert. 1t is, however, when used
in the sense under consideration, as def
mite as possible, and meaHs the power re-
quired to lift 30, 900 pounds avoirdupois
one foot high in one minute. \ horse
hitched to the end of a rope oyer n pulley
one foot in diameter placed over a deep
well, travelling at the rate of about q
miles per hour, or 220 feet per minute,
will draw up $50 lbs, the same distance he
travels. The force thus exerted is called
in mechanics, horsepower" it being an
approximation to the average amount of
continuous power it is fair to demand Of a
strong horse. If we multiply the weight
raised (150 pounds) blythe number of feet
it was moved per minute (220,) the pro-
duet will be the number Of pounds which
the same power would raise one foot high
in the same length of time $4,000 lbs
The dynamometer is an instrument made
for measuring power, particularly that ex-
crted in drawing. Those used for testing
the draft of agricultural implements are
very strong spring balances, or steelyards
graduated to indicate the power required
to raise any weight within reasonable
limit at the rate of q miles per hour.
When we apply the dynamometer in as
certaining the draught of machines, if the
index indicates $50 pounds, it is shown
that the horse is required to draw just as
hard as be would do if raising $50 pounds
out of a well with arope over a pulley one
foot in diameter at the rate q miles per
hour, and so for other weights. The velo-
city at which a team moves is to be consid-
cred, as yell as the weight to be raised, or
the load to be drawn. If the horse trav-
els faster than 81 miles per hour, while
raising $50 pounds out of a we'll, he ex-
erts more than ope-horse power. If he
walks slower than this he does not exert
a force equal to one-horse power. In as
certaining the draught of a plough, or
mower and reaper, by drawing faster than
23miles per hour, the dynamometer would
indicate more than the correct draught
and by driving slower, the draught would
appear to be less than it really is. In
testing the draft of machines a team
should always move at the rate of q
miles per hour, or 22O feet per minute.
which is the universally accepted rate
with reference to which thermometers
are graduated, and an easy n to which
to approximate in driving with almost any
kind of team.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-09

THE INVENTOR OF FRICTION MATCH
Es.-The inventor offriction matches was
Alzono Dwight Phillips. He worked in
Hammer & Forbes powder mill, in East
Hartford, near Manchester, in 1881, by
mixing the ingredients Of powder, con-
ceived the idea of igniting a compound
by friction and by experiments he sue
ceeded in doing it. He vas a shoemaker
by trade, and came to Hartford, where he
worked at his trade, on Fourth street,
and attempted to msnufacture some ofthe
matches; but his means were so limited
that he could not produce many. He APP
piled to DIR. Abial Cooley, (the father of
Col. Samuel Cooley,) who was manufac-
turing the best liquid backing ever made
and he assisted Phillips to get his match
es into the market. Soon after the match
es became popular, Phillips went into
partnership with Mr.. Capin, of Cabott-
vile, and the firm turned out large guam
titles of them. Phillips procured a wag-
on and went round the country selling
matches and town or county rights. In
this way he gathered up considerable sums
of money, but he expended the money as
fast as he got it, and died poor.-Hart-
ford Times.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-09
LINN County, Oregon, Marc

LINN SVbNIh VANBVhb NAAN - AP1tS
EpIroR DEMocRAT-Dear Siri-When l saw
your communication in tho Democrat" on Chris
lianity vs.. Spiritualism, / thought Il out of place,
and stated TO my friends that you had wrote II
from the impulse ofthe moment, "withoute thought
of the consequences" / therefore agree with you
in your Gfterthought, that II is not policy to Gil tho
democrat with such self-righteous ideas; and
my object In writing was to open your eyes that
you might sec your folly.
You stated, in your remarks, that Splritualists
ignored tho Bible, land Il was presumed, that
knowing this, you was prepared to meet IL " there.
fore your excuse for not publishing my remarks on
that account, has rather n fimsy appearances at this
time. If You had so ahhorrcd a passage at arms
with one that denied tho iniinity of the Bible, you
should have made that proviso In your communities.
ton. / did not believe, and so stated. that you
would publish any communication on tho subject
when you saw the insurmountable obstacles before
you ; therefore | am not disappointed but as you
have had two shsts, let me shoot my pop gun, and
if you will quit firing such heavy guns / win keeT
my ammunition for u bother target. and will close
l remain as ever your friend, LIBERTY.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-09

Miss Ida Jordan, of Maine, Iowa, re-
Gently died of trichinasis, having eaten of
diseased pork last spring. On post-mor-
tenn examination her body was found to
be filed with worms. "Hog cholera" (as
the disease is called in the animal) israg-
ing throughout Illinois and northern Ken
lucky and defying all remedies. A west
ern carcase, apparently healthy and unu-
sually fat, was examined in 0swego a few
days since, revealing millions of trinchina
in a mouthful of fat, varying from atoms
scarcely perceptible to worms two inches
long. The Palladium describes them as
ofa grecnish-yellowss color, resembling a
needle pointed at both ends, The prac-
tice of allowing swine to feed upon flesh,
offal, and excrement of animals is said to
be the source of the disease. The trichi-
ma egg never develops tora harmful stage
passing naturally through the intestines.
1t must be eaten, and thus harbored and
nourished a second time, IN order to reach
its boring apA destructive stage of growth.
1t is a penalty of confederate greed and
filthiness in swine and their owners.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-09

A HORRIBLE DEATH.-A horrible ac-
cident, says the Nevada Transcript of the
9Th, occurred at Charles Burnett's saw
mill, on Moonshine Greek, Yuha county,
this morning. William II. Benjamin, the
head sawyer, while at work, slipped, or
was caught by the circular saw, which cut
him completely in two from the right
shoulder diagonally towards the left hip
across the body. The attention of the
men at work in the mill was attract
ed by the peculiar sound of the ma
chinery, on looking for the cause Of
which, they saw the body of Benjamin
fall in pieces on each side. He was a ma
tive of IlIinois-his relatives are living
on Rock River, near Rockford, ip that
State.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-09
HEApLEY's LIFE or WAsurNoroN

HEADLEY's LIFE OF WAsHINGroN.-
A book thus entitled has been placed on
our table for perusal, and after a some
what careful examination we have no hest
fancy in commencing it to the public
Headley, as is we'll known, possesses a
captivating style as a historical writer !;
and he CLAIMS that by reason of recent
collections of documents throwing new
light on the war of the Revolution. and
to which he has had access, he enjoys SUI
perior advantages over any other writer on
this subject who has preceded him. A
good life of Washington should be read
by every child aud youth of our land
We know that, by some he is considered
somewhat antiquated and too slow for this
fast age; but nevertheless we believe his
example is worthy of all c~ommendation
and imitation and if the principles he
enunciated and enforced, during his life,
had been more generally taught aud OBJ
served, our country would not not now be
staggering under an unexampled public
debt, nor would it be laboring under
other evils consequent upon the blood
lest Civil War on record. The fol-
lowing extract from the book will serve to
give an idea of Headley's style as a
writer;
"Georgs was her eldest born, on whom she was
TO rely IN her old age, and she watched his early
development with that solieitude 4 pious mother
only knows. She saw in him these generous and
noble traits which afterEard distinguished him
marked with pride his manly scorn of 4 lie. his ha-
tired Of wrong and oppression, whatever the forms
they took, and his enthusiastic love of the great
and the good. But she saw also a bold and i'm
Petuous nature, which, when thoroughly reused,
was nos easily laid-a feaTlessness and reeklessness
OF danger, that made her heart tremble, and it was
with prayers and earnest teachings that she sought
TO place that nature under the control of reason
and the law Of right. Around that bold and pas
sIonafe heart she castligature after Gsature. woven
from truth and duty and conscience. and bound
them with maternal fondness there, till even its
widest thTObbings could not rend them asundeY.
Right well and faithfully was her work done. Il
stood the fiery trials Of youth, the storms Of battle
and the temptations Of ambition, and when at last.
.eonqueror and hero. he leaned his head covered
with honors, on her aged shoulders and wept as he
babe her farewell to take his place at the head Of
the Republic which he had saved, she rcaped the
fruit of her labors."
The agent for this Life of Washington
will soon visit Linn county, for the pur-
pose of obtaining subscriptions.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-09

GEN. STERLING PRIcE.-Gen. Sterl-
ing Price, late of the Confederate army
arrived in st. Louis, with his family, on
the 18th Instant. The Times of the 18th
says:
Gen. Price and family arrived in the
city last evening. becoming the guests
of the proprietors of the Southern Hotel
who very generously rendered the hospi-
~talities of their house. The general is
suffering from a severe cold and was able,
in consequence, TO receive but few of his
many friends. His severe sickness while
in Mexico has greatly reduced him physi-
cally. His old acquaintance miss the
elastic step and sprightliness which for
merly characterized him. Although time
has dealt unkindly with him, he has still
the same distinguished bearing, and for
his friends the same kindly grasp and af-
fectionate greeting. He expresses him.
self reioiced to be again at home among
those who know and love him, and al
ludes with peculiar pleasure TO the cor
dial greetings he has received from those
who have been opposed to him upon cues
tons of policy-from those ever who have
opposed him on the field. In answer to
our question as TO the length of his stay,
he replied, with evident feeling: 81 have
come to remain forever" We trust chat
he has many years of happiness and pros
perity before him in which to ''remain."
In the memories of his companions in
arms and their posterity he wlll live for
ever"