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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-08-09
How Cars are Crowded.

A correspondent of the Xenis Ohio
Torchlight, tells very amusingly his exper-
fence in crowed car. He says:
The O'Clock train this morning. up
from Xena, was packed with peOple-but
loosely packed, US is the royal American
custom A long string Of man coied all
over two seats. with hard knot OF head
up in the window and a double bOw-knog
of boots over in the aisle ; an incubativcly
wide crinolincd oman spreading defiant.
ly and looking cluckshly spitefu! at any
entering passenger OF the same gender
who offered to shove her over man and
a woman with three valiscs. two baskets.
five flower-pots,'egst shawls, hira'cage
and an inval id poodle. preeinptively as.
seats 80 loosely was this train Over-crowd-
ed with passengers when we entered it at
Xenia.
1T requires courage to get a seat here
To get three seats requires audacity. We
possess audacity natural gift. and We
push for the four seats which contained
the man. the woman. the valises the has.
kcts. the flower pots. the shawls, the bird.
cage, and the indesposcd poodle. We pro.
pound to the man the preposterous inquiry,
whether or not he occupies all four of these
seats AS if we could not see that he just
more than occupied them! Man, with tho
full measure of disgust appropriate to tho
situation as though sick in his very soul
with our mpertinence. promptly and sharp
! ~ replies he rather does occupy these four
seats, and his decisive emphasis. cOrrobor.
ated by the before detailed appearance Of
things. goes to indicate that he means to DO
understood US occupying every inch Of
them.
But, my dear sir. have you paid for
four seats = This was an outrageous
question and we fancied the vaietulinari-
an poodle gave symptoms of fainting at
the shock Of it.
Yes, sir, have paid for them this
response coming with an indi ynant pop, as
if jcrled out with a corkscrew.
We'll, sir, we shall see if you have''-
We had become obstinate, and believed
We had call to fight it out on that line.
We therefore reinforced with the conduct
or, and moved upon the works. The ran
offered to bet the conductor some four
dollars and half. We think it was, that
payment for n seat implied whole slip.
and that he only had what his ticket called
| for. The conductor very courteously de-
clined to take the bet, but did take tho
valses and the rest of the inventory ore
or two of the four seats. making the two
look like an overloaded furniture car with
the little family economically packed III
the middle. AS our two ladies went into
possession of the vacated premises. we
felt pang of rcmorse for our action u
! cjectuent.'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-08-09

Old Judge Cole, Of Texas, was charac.
terizcd BY bic attachment to the seductive
drink called peach and honey and by his
hatred of whiskey and whiskcy drinkers
While holding Court at Austin, two men
were brought up on charge Of . drunken
affray. It was plain case: the row had
occurred in the open street, in open day.
and there were fifty witnesses to tie whole
transaction. So the two delinquents plead
de guilty. by the advice of their counsel.
and threw themselves OH the mercy Of tho
Court. they were then brought for sen-
tencc separately.
You are guilty off an ARRAY growled
the Judge.
Yes, your Honor whined the offender.
thoroughly frightened.
Drink, suppose grunted the Judge.
Yes your Honor. murmcred the prison.
er. with some faint hope that having been
drunk wonld mitigate the punishment,
Drunk on rye whiskey. too. I'll var
rant roarcd the Judge in voice OF thuu-
der.
Yes your Honor, drunk on rye wiskev.'
Mr.. Clerk, record fine of fifty dollars
against this man. cried the Judge. Send
him to Jail for sixty days. shall fine the
next one who is guilty under such az
gravating circumstances hun dred dollars
and send him to Jail for six months.
This was poor comfort for the unfortu.
nate fellow who was waiting his turn, and
now came forward with fear and trembling
AS he passed along Ivy his lawyer. that
thoughtful gentleman whispered in his ear.
When the Judge asks you what you got
drunk on. tell him on peach and honey
| He took the stand
You. too, are up fere for an ARRAY
growled the Judge. gnashing his teeth au
il he would like to bite the prisoner at the
bar.
Yes your Honor
| Drunk too. l suppose
! Yes your Honor, sorry to say it; drunk.
very drunk.'
Drunk on rye whiskey, too, suppose
90, no, your honor, never drink
whiskey. got drunk on peach and hon.
ey.'
The Judges features relaxed in an in
slant. Leaning forward and raising his
spectacles, he contemplated the offender
with something like tenderness,
All! SIR said the Judge blandly, peach
and honey, eh! That's gentlelnan's
drink, sir. The Court sympathizes with
you, sir, and does not regard your offence
rs very serious. Mr.. Clerk he continued
in softening tone enter q fine of ono
dollar against this gentleman, and dis
charge him on payment Of costs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-08-09

New BRUNswIcK.-A correspondent 0l
the New York Evening Post draws very
pleasant picture of New Brunswick as {
lace for travellers of moderate means:
There is an erroneous popular impress
sion that New Brunswick is another Sitka
or Nova Zembla. In order to dispel this
illusion, American tourists should leave
the beaten paths of summer travel to seek
out the freshcr charms aud b. ncits o.
these higher ATTITUDES.
FRS. let me recite some of the advan'
tages of living here. The best boarding
houses receive guests for 81 week each
while the hotel prices is only 81 week -
One can hire carriage tor day for the
price of an hours drive in New York
Every morning, fat luscious salmon lie on
the cold slabs at the fish market. waiting
to be purchased at eighty cents each
Strawberries sell at twenty-five cents the
bucket full-several quarts, Good house
rent at $40 per year, UNFINISHED. II
costs as much to starvc here as it does to
live decrntly. Even rates of travel, in
some instances. are dirt cheap You
can visit all the lower provinces by railroad
and steam DAT for thirteen dollars, by tax
ing what is called the round trip
This takes You up the Bay of Fundy to
the Avon river ; thence to Halifax by rail;
thence by rail again to Pictou and her ia
mons coal.felds; from there to Charlotte
town, Prince Edward Island. by frst-class
steamboat; thence by steamhoat to Shedac.
which is one of the early Acadia settle
70 on1 frau, ttarn hv rail hank IN ~
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-08-09

SINGULAR STATE OF THINGs.-SOme
weeks ago special agent of the Post Of
flee Department reported to the Postmas-
ter General that he had detected frauds
perpetrated by the postmaster at Greens
burg. Indiana, and that thepostmaster had
admitted that his hook entries had been
changed. Sc. Upon this showing the
postmaster was suspended. When Con-
gress met. the fncts were certified to the
Senate. and new postmaster nominated.
The Senate rejected the nomination. and
uuler the Tenure of Office law the old
postmaster is rtinstated in Office. The
Postmaster General on Monday notified
the reinstated officer of the Senate. and
added You are respectfully requested.
as favor to the department. to use as lit.
tie of the money Of the government aud
make as few false entries Is possible.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-08-09

yWere our first parents sugar plsntersl
Ans.- Yes, they raised Cain.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-08-09
2oetrN.
Castle and Cottage.

Castle and Cottage.
Their stands castle by the sea,
With an ancient keep and turrets three,
And in 1t dwells a lady rare,
Rich and lovely, with golden hair,
By the wild wave FLASHING YEARLY
In 1t dwelis baron bold,
Gallant and young. with store Of gold,
Store of all that man can crave,
To cheer his pathway to the grave,
By the wild wave. plAshinY YEARLY.
III.
The lady bright is kind and good,
The paragon of woman hood:
And her wed ted lord is leai and sure,
Beloved alike Of rich and poo,
BY the wild waves plashins cherrily.
~.
There dwells fisher on the strand,
In u little cot with a rod of land,
With his bonnie wife and girls and boys,
That climb to his knee with pleasure noise.
BY the wild waves FLASHING cherrily.
And the lady OF the castle signs,
When she meets the fishsrswife's gladden.
iuS eyes
And wishes that Heaven to bless her life,
Had made her mother as well As wife,
By thu wild waves FLASHING chsrrily.
VI.
The lord Of the ,astle riding home
Ger the hard sea sand where the breakeri
foam.
OFT sees the fisher, his labor done,
cit with his wife in the CLINT o the sun,
By the wild waves FLASHING cherrily.
VII.
Sit with his wife, and his boys and girls,
Dandling the youngest with golden curls,
And turns his envious eye aside,
Aud well-pigh weeps, for all his pride,
BY the wild waves FLASHING YEARLY.
Wiz.
''l'll give" quoth he, 'my rank and state
by wealth that poor men call SO great,
Could but have that isherman'~ Joys,
His happy home and his girls and boys,
By the wild waves FLASHING eherrily.
Al the Year Round
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-08-09

COULDN'T BE FooLEp.-A genuine Fe.
MAN damsel. fresh from the green soil Of
her native land, seeing an advertisement
in newspaper in this city. to the effect
that chambermsid was wanted at -
street, quickly donned her best bib and
tucker. aud made application at No. 27 Of
the same street, when the following die.
logue occurred -
Lady of the house-What's wanted
Girl You advertised for chamber.
maid.
Lady-You must be mistaken, do my
own work.
Girl--No, am not it was in the morn.
ing paper.
Lady-Where did it say inquire,
Girl-At No. 72-strect.
Lady-This is no q. No. 7S 10 further
up the street.
Girl-This may be 81 coming down the
street but came up as ] came here, and
that makes it No. -. You can't fool me.
if have just landed.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-08-09

An old mser, who was notorious for self
denial, was one day asked why he was so
thin. IL do not know said the miser; i
have tried various means for getting fatter.
hut without success have you tried any
victuals p inquired the friend.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-08-12

TEE frat action in the British House
of Commons upon what is called "the
culminative yote'' occurred on the 9th,
and the measure was defeated by a vote
of sl4 to l73. The bill provided that
In constituencies electing three mem
bers Of Parliament any voter might GU
mulate his three votes upon a single
candidate. This in many cases would
enable a minority. TO secure n mem
Der, instead Of losing Misrepresentation.
The principle is n which, in some
form, is likely to prevail, because there
Ia evident Justice and fitness in it. A
modification in the cumulative vote has
been suggested for this country. 1t is
that q state shall not be districted for
members Of Congress, but that each
voter shall vote for n candidate only,
and that a. many of the candidates as
the State is entitled to representatives
who shall have the highest number Of
votes shall be elected. By such an ar
rangement the minority party, II large
enough TO elect a single representative,
would obtain ono, and in fact the rep
resentston would be divided between
the parties very nearly in proportion to
their numbers. That the popular will
would thus DO more truly expressed
than By tho present mode Of election is
evident; and It is applicable to other Of
aces as we'll as members Of Congress.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-08-12

The progress of the West is described
by a writer in the Cincinnati Gazette,
who Jays that seventy-thres years ago
the first boat started from Cincinnati
up the Ohio. 1t was bullet-proof, equip
ped with two cannon and small arms.
The round trip to Pittsburg was made
in about four weeks. At that time
Cincinnati was a more military post,
which three years afterward only con-
tanned Eve hundred inhabitants, Pitts
burg was a little nest, built away up in
the forks Of this great highway of M
ture, and between these two points q
wilderness stretched on either side Of
the river. S%eventy-three years since
and Fort Washington, with a population
of two or three hundred, is Cincinnati
with a population Of CSC, 900 Pittsburg
is NO longer a nest, but it is great
city; the two or three dots of eiviliza-
ton between those two points have
multiplied into q hundred and ten thriy-
ing cities and villages, all palpitating
with the industry Of a free and prosper
Gus people. The steamers that nov ply
the river, could they all be brought to-
gether, would make a floating city in
which a hundred thousand people could
dwell with comfort.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-08-12
mAx,,,s FOE MARRIED MEN.

Rules, maxims and directions for the
instruction and guidance of the young
in the affairs Of love and courtship, have
been for some years as common as
csmomile," but rules for conduct after
marriage are seldom to be met with.
An exchange, however, thus supplies a
few, which are highly sdifying
Maxim l.-Ayoid the use OF mh1ims
or rules in q matrimonial discussions.
Women are incapable ofappreciating the
abstract. Thus If you remark generally
that you know it " takes two 10 make a
ouarrel,n you will be met with the re-
ply that she does not"
Max. 1.-The same may be said OF
satire and IRONY. Women arc not good
satirists, in speech, however much they
may indulge in it in action. They some
times display . crude idea OF irony, such
az " Oh, yes, of course my wishes are
no consequences" or Certainly, my
love, you are always right but being
usually in q palpable passion at the
time, the statement lacks the purely
philosophical GOODNESS which makes
irony effective. -,
Max. 3.-Only q fool has trouble with
his mother-in-law or wife's relatives.
He is usually weak enough to show bis
dislike, or oppose them. The wise man
flatters them until he discovers some
points Of difference between them and
his beloved partner. He then, of course,
espouses the cause Of the relatives.
He points out to the wife the duty OF
6lial obedience, and otherwise so con-
ducts himself that she, if she has any
spirit, is forced to quarrel with them
outright. He then gracefully yields to
circumstances.
Max. 4.-The wife makes her hus-
bands society. She regulates the visit
ing lists and controls the card basket.
II she does not like this Misses Slim
mems, who used to admire You in your
ante-nuptial days, she stops your visits
by not returning theirs, and, as a gen
tlsman, you cannot 60 where your wife
does not. 1t is her friends whom you
must cultivate. In this she is despotic,
and in the present absurd state of 80
cicty l see no relief for you.
Max. 5-Don't attempt to regulate
your wife's wardrobe. Some women
cuuuingly enlist their husbands sympa-
thies by offering to dress to please them,
to consult their tastes, and so lead them
through a labyrinth of folly and ex-
pense. Don't imagine because your
wife looks we'll in simple morning
dresses and plain calico that she will
eschew silk. Women talk for themselves
aud think for their husbands, and dress
for enemies, Your wife's finest gown
is worn as a weapon Of defense.
Max. eff your children have any
virtues not immediately attributable to
yourself and wife, you will observe that
they are inherited on the maternal side.
Thus, baby's sweet disposition is eI-
actly like an infant sister Of your wife
whom you have never seen. Adolphus'
beautiful smile is a counterpart of
brother Dicks at o similar age.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-08-12

SoME time ago a "sink hole" occurred
on the Michigan Southern Railroad in
Northern Indiana. 1t vas about two
hundred and twenty yards long, and in
order to fill it the company have thrown
in two acres of earth, averaging ten
feet in depth, three acres Of timber and
~brushwood, the ditchings and scrapings
Of ffty miles Of railroad track for about
eight years past, the old ties of about
one hundred miles of track, and about
three thousand car loads Of gravel, be-
sides the forty rods of embankment,
from fonr to six feet high, that was
made before the sinking occurred. At
last accounts the hole was about filed
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-08-12

CHEAP LABOR RECOMMENDED. This
conviction Of the greater wealth Of their
county has been dearly bought by the
inhabitants Of Nevada county, who,
from 1856 to 1854, were among the fore
most to run to every mining excitement
abroad. At the outbreak Of the Washoe
excitement, Grass Valley and Nevada
were almost d%epopulated, and even the
most cheerful could hardly contradict
the general assertion that the county
had gone in" But it had not, and
neither has the prosperity Of ~tbesouth-
ern counties. Want Of water in some
mining camps, want Of capital, and,
what has proved quito a great q want,
practical knowledge for the successful
development Of the quartz interest, have
made themselves principally felt in tho
southern mining counties. Cheap labor,
too, which, in the shape Of Cinnamon,
has been driven elsewhere by harsh.
treatment, is also much required there.
-N. r. Buusfiu.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-08-12

The Register aud the NeDs are the
only papers that have anything to say
against the mine-taI.- Wdshoe Stop.
After which, and to note how near
narleyow can eIude towards the truth
read the following from last Tuesdays
Trs,pass:
"Under the unjust bill to tax the
mines, which was intended by His In.
telligency and %cow-county coadjutors
to depreciste the mining interests Of
Nevada, the act came to its first tangible
test yesterday before the Board Of Coun.
ty Commissioners for Storey county,
and resulted in a perfect defeat of the
tactics Of the cabbage and skim-milk
faction. The first step has been a blow
in the face Of the infamous bill"
The washoe wart will now, probably,
be vexsd into an attempt to extract an
other one Of its fungus ibers.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-08-12

BRUTAL MURDER OF A NORTH CARROLL
MAN MRRoHAHT.-A late Savannah, Ga,
paper informs US that on the night of
Friday, the 28th June, a most horrible
murder was committed 10 Pierce county
in that State, by which a storekeeper
was murdered and his body burned to a
crisp. The particulars, as we learned
them from a gentleman in the city, on
whose place the affair occurred, are as
follows: IA gentleman named W. 5.
Flynn, from Washington, N. c., had
emigrated to Station No. y, on the AL
bany and Gulf railroad, about q year
ago, and established himself in q small
grocery business. His conduct up to
tho time vas .commendable, as he had
rendered himself very popular by. his
generous conduct. On Friday night
last, while sitting ia his store, two me-
groes entered about 9 o'clock, inform
ing him tibet they wished to purchase.
he Immediately arose to attend to their
wants, but was confronted by n of the
negroes, named Joe Williams, who
seemed to enter into a deep CONVERSE
ton with him. While so engaged, the
other negro, named Grior jackson ap-
preached from behind aud struck him
three times on the back Of the head
with q Ratchet. The man was killed
almost instantly, and while the body
hy in its blood upon the floor, the ne
groes proceeded to rob the store Of its
valuables. Being satisfied with their
plumber, the body vas placed in an up
right position in the chair, and the
house Immediately set on FIRE, after
which the assassins made good their es-
cape to their quarters. A short time
afterwards, several negroes came to the
store for the purpose Of purchasing and
seeing the house on Ere and the body
sitting in the chair, they became some
what scared and ran to the house Of the
overseer, informing him of the fact.
Hastily gathering few Of his srusty
men, he repaired to the scene; but Just
Us he reached it, the roof and walls fell
iu, burying the body Of the unfortunate
man. In the morning, after the FIRE had
somewhat subsidized, the Ratchet was
found covered with blood. Several OF
the negroes Immediately recognized it
as the property of the negro, Jackson,
and a squad being sent for him, he, in
connection with Williams, were imme-
diatsly arrested.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-08-12

JOHN STUART MILL is no friend of the
system of game prevailing in England.
In a late speech before the National Re-
form Union in London, he said: "The,
landlords would get on much better
with laborers were it not for the &C.
cursed subject Of game. Such was the
state of feeling which had taken possess
sion of the landed interest On the sub
ject Of game that he could not conceive
of any agricultural laborer choosing to
be represented by any man who kept a
game-keeper." This was a hard blow
at %aristocratic privilege, and the work.
ingmen, who formed the larger part of
Mr.. Mills audience, received the senti-
ment with loud cheers.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-08-12
n, quoted a speech of Lincoln's that
% y,,f-H LA tLan IN o;vS suffraoa

IN quoted q speech of Lincoln's, that
If Illinois had the power to give suffrage
to the negro, he [Lincolnl should OPP
pose it. He then touched upon Mr..
Gorhsm,s letter, regarding Chinese i'm
migration, and charged him with play
ing on words. T~allsyrand had said that
words were iutendedto conceal thoughts;
but this fragment Of Talleyrand, on q
small scale, wriggled in and outof holes
and n Of speech, and was full Of
vigorous Inconsistencies. he showed
how, in his estimation, Chinese labor
degraded white labor. II they came OF
their " accord and without compuls
sion, they should be treated kindly; but
IL equality was cfaimed.fo fol the Chinese,
he would say no ten thousand times
mol GApplauss.l--Fkom Edrard StaH-
hyis Speech, in San FFaaaseo.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-08-12

vIoroR HUGO, it is announced, has
returned to Paris to witness the per-
Torrance Of his new play, Herman"
He could have gone to Paris at any
time, being included in the general
amnesty accorded by Napoleon to bis
political enemies, but he encouraged an
impression that he would not return to
France Al long ss Napoleon resigned.
Hugo's visit to the French capital will,
doubtless, put a stop to much rhetoric,
OF which his exile was the subject.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-08-12
THEY ARE STATES NO MORE.

The Presidents suggestion that Con-
gress, having destroyed the Southern
State governments, should assume the
debts OF those States, was not wholly
without support in commonly asserted
principles Of law. But there are other
logical consequences Of the present the
DRY and policy of reconstruction about
which there can be no dispute, aud
which Congress should meet boldly,
squarely and at once. By the principle
upon which the reconstruction bills
stand, all the legislation Of the late
rebel States since the ~ is rendered
null and void. 1t follows that the anti
slavery amendment to the Constitution
Of the United States has not been adopt
ed, and provision should be made for
submitting it the Southern States again
after they are duly reconstructed. 1t
10 true that Congress assumed, in offer
ing to these States the now pending
amendments as to the representative
basis, that they wore in condition to act
upon it. But q new position has since
been taken, and the board is swept
clean of all that Congress and the South
ern States have done in reference to
that section since tho war. In building
up anew from the foundation let not the
most important stone, the constitutional
establishment of impartial liberty, be
dropped out.-SprnafsH Mass Rspu0-
licdn.