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A Story Of Nr. LincOIn's Duel.

We have before heard of the following
story, which appears in the correspondence
OF the ban Francisco Bulletin: ..n. .s
i1g General Shields, Mr.. Lincoln and Mary
Todd, the atiianced of Mr.. Lincoln, were all
residents of Springfield. General Shields
had just returned from the Mexican war
His public or private life had not been of
the highest standing, but being of a naughty
nature, and looking with some degree of
disdain upon Honest Abe he sought on
one occasion to force Miss Todd to accept
his company, during which something oc-
Cured which gave her great offence. She
wrote severe and sarcastic article accom-
panied by piece of poetry, all of which
was most scathiug and cutting rebuke to
General Shields, and handed it to Mr.. Lin.
coin to have it published in the Springfield
paper. Mr.. Lincoln hesitated a little, but
having confidence in his judgment and good
sense to manage such an affair, he took it
to the editor, enioined the strictest secrecy,
and it was published. 1t was a labored
comment upon much of Shields public as
well as private career, and he writhed like a
chained tiger under the goad. Although
his name was not mentioned, everything
pointed directly to him, and he sought by
every means to find out the authors name.
AT last he threatened the editor with imme-
diate prosecution if he did not disclose it
To him, aud gave him but short Time for a
reply.
The editor wen. to Mr. Lincoln's Office,
laid the whole matter before him, and asked
his advice. Mr. Lincoln sat moment in
deep study, and then, with his characteris-
tic GOODNESS, said: Tell Shields that Abe
Lincoln wrote that article The editor re-
paired To his Office, where he found Shields
in waiting, and when he heard the informa-
tion vowed vengeance upon the country
pettifogger.' Mr.. Lincoln waited the result
with Il good deal of anxiety, expecting a
personal encounter with Shields the first
time they met, but instead he Immediately
received challenge to fight duel. This
was unexpected to Mr. Lincoln, but not
doubling his ability 10 still bring the matter
to a pleasant issue, he proceeded with the
affair. But will use his own language in
relating it afterwards. He said i thought
| if should fail, after leading tue General
along as far AS | could on his road of "hon-
orr and Shields being a small man and |
very tall, with exceedingly long arms,
thought a sword would serve me as we'll as
anything, and chose long swords as the
weapons
Everything being arranged the parties
met, and when the final issue was about to
come, Shields being perfectly incorrigible
aud Mr.. Lincoln seeing there was no other
alternative, looked Shields earnestly in the
face and said.
Shields, do you want to know who
wrote that article y
"'Did you do il y said Shields.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-08-17
"DEAn BRoRE.n

HYoIENIc.-If the physicians who make
their weekly returns to our Board of Health
are consulted, it will be found that deaths
sometimes are occasioned in this, as in
other cities, by persons sleeping together
one of them being in a morbid condition
At night there is considerable exhalation
from the human body, and at the same time
we absorb large quantity of the vapors OF
the surrounding air. Two healthy young
children sleeping together will give and
receive healthy exhalations but an old,
weak person near child will, in exchange
Cor health, only return weakness. A sick
mother near her daughter, communicates
sickly emanations to her if the mother has
cough of long duration, the daughter will
at some time also cough and suffer by it
if the mother has pulmonary consumption,
it will be ultimately communicated to her
child. 1t is known that the bed of a con-
sumptive is a powerful and sure source OF
contagion, as we'll for men as for woman,
and the more so for young persons. Parents
and friends ought to oppose as much as is
in their power the sleeping together of old
and young persons, of the sick and the
healthy.--Philad. Inquirer.
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" T. H. B. B..n5IMASSER & CO.,
SATURDAY MORNING. ..AUGUST'17, lS

! phobia in, Hamilton county, Indiana, m
which the patient, young womar,s is said
to have been cured, by, bromide Of ,pothssi-
um., But from the published reports IT, Is
by, no means clear that the disease, was by.
| drophobias att ALL The Young woman had
been bitten BY a mad dog about two months
before. The attack began with repug.
nance to water, but there were no very Sc.
we're symptoms until the third dag, when
she suddenly began grinding her teeth, and
then fell on the floor, gnashing her jaws,
and horribly convulsed. She bit furiously
at every one who came near her. A second
spasm came on soon afterward, during
| which she is described as Swapping, snarl.
ing and Yelling" like cur dog. She bit
! her hands terribly, and bit pieces out of the
bed-clothes. The paroxysms lasted five or
| six days, after which the disease yielded to
treatment, and In ten days the patient was
pronounced convalcscent. .. f.
Now, these symptoms are much more like
hysteria than madness. The foaming at the
mouth, the fit, the self laceration, are not
Characteristic of hydrophobiv, but they are
exactly what often happens in hystcria.-
That disease moreover is known to initiate
hydrophobia sometimes so closely as to de-.
ceive the most wary physician. The bark.
ing and snarling like cur must have been
the effect of Imagination either in the pa.
tient or the observer who records the case.
Such thing does not occur in madness
from the bite of dog, though it is popular.
ly supposed it does, the error originating
probably from the spasmodic Efforts which
the sufferer makes to cure his throat of
saliva. But it is quite conceivable that
hysteric woman, knowing that she had been
bitten, might have fancied tha, she had the
disease, and have produced unintentona!ly
the barking, the fear of water. and the other
symptoms which she supposed to he charac-
teristic of it. Until n mere accurate history
of the case is made public, we shall be slow,
therefore to believe that this was hydropbo-
bia, or consequently that any cure for that
horrible affection has yet been discovered
The only safety is in the excisiou or burn
ing Of the bitten part.
AS death surely follows when the disease
has once declared itse f, it is comforting to
know that even if you are bitten the chance
of infection is slight. The virus may not
have penetrated the wound, or your organ.
ism may not be susceptible of it. Dr. Ham
itun estimates the chances of escape as
twenty. five to one John Hunter as twenty
one to one; Mr.. Youatt as four to one
The chance Of dogs taking the infection
from another is about as one to three.
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a young widow of Quincy, Ill.,, met a
stranger on the street, and asked him the
way; he asked her if she was not a widow !;
she said she was he said he was widow.
er; Doctor from Palmyra, Mo-, and pro-
posed matrimony on the spot she bushed
ana hesltated-woudn't he come home and
see her friends about it the interview was
satisfactory the marriage was arranged for
next mornings the widows cash ($4O) got
into the Doctors pocket he went to get
shaved and has never returned. He even
ielt her, cruel man, standing in the public
square, while he just "run over to the bar
ber's." There's 70 such Doctor in PALMYRA,
and the curtain drops upon woman in
tears.
How TO MEND THE GREENRAcKs.-Thc
following is said to be the best plan of
mending the greenback currency, which, as
all know, are so exceedingly delicate, and
apt to become dilapidated and torn After
smoothing out the edges, carefully moisteu
the edges with the tip of the finger after
wetting it on the tongue; then lay the bill
on piece of Writing paper, carefully draw
ing the edges together, and lay another
piece OF writing paper over It,. A few
seconds rubbing. with the finger over the
seam will make it adhere, and little
adroitness, when 1t is dry, will enable a
person to lift the bill from the paper with.
out tearing IL. The seam will, it is said,
then be invisible, and be the strongest part
of the bill .# .... ..t..l... :, o.
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! NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A-
OLD SERIES, VOL. 81, NO. Az.

igiI'No; Mary Todd wrote it, said Mr..
Lincoln, with asmile upon his countenance.
The friends present burst into roar of
laughter, joined by Mr.. Lincoln. In few
moments Shields stepped forward, gave Mr.
Lincoln his hand, and joined In the merri-
ment. i.... ......l .
THUS ended Mr.. Lncolns duel He soon
had an interview with Mary Todd, who had
known nothing of the affair, related the
circumstances to her, and sought her par
don for finally disclosing her name. Of
course he was forgiven. To Shields the af-
lar was ever afterward annoying, but to
Mr. Lincoln, with his quick sense of the ri
dlculous and the nice appreciation of huuor
SO characteristic of the man, the whole af-
iair was ever laughable one when referred
to in after years." IL -
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why is the bridegroom better than the
bride2 Because she is given away, and he
is sold trftt
The election In Kentucky, on Monday,
passed off quietly.
The dis.harging oe negroes for having
voted the Radical ticket, still goes on in
Tennessee. .c alI
A fire occurred in the oil region of Canada
on Saturday night last. Ten wells, with
all their machinery, tanks, &c, wers',de
streyed. Loss, $4,000.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-08-17


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Scrofula, Scrofulous Swelings and Sores, Skin
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Syphilis or VeneTeat Disease is expelled from
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Female Diseases caused by Scrofula in the
blood, and are often cured by this EXTRACT OF
SARsAPARILLA.
Do not reject this invaluable medicine, because
you have been imposed upon by something pretend
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have used AYER's-then and not till then, will you
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will furnish gratis 10 all who call for il.
AYERS CATHARTIC PILLS, for the cure o
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Y SATURDAY MORNING. i
P O E 7 / G Al.
iaCRoQUET.


d,-jb owl - CRoQUET. 3h' otni of
oq rideio 10 ga7nda -Ir-' fona di!'
The evening was bright with the moon Of May, Of
And the lawn was light as thought lit BY day; ia
I Fromlmy windows locked tosoe Croquet. b.
.,m y ssomo1 % fI3qm1fta yif19os1 o-
or mallets shd balls the usual display, ,f1'lf
The hoops all stood in arch array, .t
l said to myself soon we'll see Croquet .I
But the malets and balls unheeded lay,
And the maid and youth, side by side sat they
And said to myself, Is that Croquet?
. , ". .,... .,,. H
saw the scamp--it was as light as day
Put his arm round her waist in loving way,
And be squeezed her hand. Was that Croquet
V.
While the red rover rolled forgotten away, E
He whispered all lover should say, -.
And he kissed her lips. What a queer Croquet
VI. DEL.
Silent they sat meath the moon of May,
And l knew by her bushes she said not nay,
And thought in my heart, Now that's Croquet
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New York gives token already of good
fall trade. The abundant harvests furnish
a certain basis for it,
ANOTHER new style of bonnet has made
its appearance in Paris. 1t is a twine string
with diamond set in the top.
The man who "carries everything before
him"-the waiter.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-08-17

Why are good husbands like dough 3
Because women need them.
Is there any danger of the boa constructor
biting2" asked visitor Of q geological
Snowman. mot the least" replied the
Snowman; 'he never bites lie swollers his
whites whole"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-08-17

ICE CREAM FREEZERs and Haleys Paten
/ Clothe W ringerR for sale BY -
sunbury, July Z, 1865
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BOUNTY FOR SOLDIERS.

e made arrangements in Washington City,
le prompt collection of Bounty under the
Of Congress. have also received the pro-
ks to prepare the claims. Soldiers entitled
ounty should apply Immediately, as i is es:
that it will require three years to adjust oil
us.
oilers who enlisted for three years and who
received more than Sl00 bounty are entitled
,nefts of this Act, as we'll rs soldiers who
isted for three years and discharged after q
# two wears, by reason Of wounds received.
ontracted in line ofduty or re-enlistment.
LLOYD T. RoHRBAcH
~, August IL, 1855.
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HERDICaHOUSE,
IL. A. UPSON, Sup't, III
wILLIAMsPoRT. PA.
May IS, l867.-6m
AYERS SARSAPARILLA,

is a concentrated ex-
tract Of the choice root, SC
combined with other sub
stances Of still greater al.
terative power as TO afford
an effectual antidote fol
diseases Sarsar arilla is re-
puted TO cure. Such a
emedy is surely wanted
ly those who suffer from
Sfrnmous complaints, and
that one which will accom.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-15
soon as the failure Of the present law shah be-

0SNA % Wiz 'eAAANAo Va sAo RApeV%N A'''
come apparent.
The more friendly tone of the Northern
press admits of q similar Interpretation Ihat
which the Charleston Mercury halls as prooi
of change, the result of fear, Is the enect OF
belief that, despite all opposition, tne loysi
elements in the South, black ana "hiVe 'lu. ooli-
bined, will prove strong enough 10 lnsuIe
compliance with the law. Ihls Denel Is pre-
dioatsd on observations and reports akin to
those of Senator Wilson, touching the rapid
Growth at the South of a disposition to abide
bv the law in good faith. We hazard nothing
in saving that if this belief thus fostered be
not verifed--if the antcipatiOns of reconstruo-
tion which have grown up within the last few
months be not fulflled-"the public press of
the North" will, under the twin impulses of
duty and self-interest quickly dispel the de-
lusions cherished by those who imagine that
they may defy Congress and its laws with i'm
punity.
We do not accept Mr., Hersohel Johnson as
more than the exponent of a certain class of
Georgia politicians - not of the Southern
people; nor do we regard the Charleston
Mercury as a representative organ of Southern
newspaperdom. Both are noticeable only as
indexes of particular difficulties to be en-
countered at the South, as well before as after
reconstruction. They are reasons Tor making
the work thorough, rather than for despairing
of its success,
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The President and his Cabinet.

From the World.
, The statement that President Johnson will
appoint ga New England Ex-Governor
meaning Governor Andrew, as Mr.. Stantons
successor, is probably one of those unfounded
rumOrs to which conjecture gives wings when
ever public curiosity is excited to high
pitch. 1t is against all reasonable probability
that Governor Andrew would accept this ap-
pointment, if it should be rendered him. He
is radical, warm in his approval Of Congress,
and being a man of talents and ambition, he
would not break with his party to aid the Pre-
sident. Nor would the President regain any
influence by such an attempt to eonciliate the
radicals. Nothing so completely prostrates
statesman in public estimation as to play fast
and loose either with political parties or pub
lie questions. The removal of Stanton is a
defiant declaration of hostility to the Repub-
licans, and the President cannot now afford to
court them by inviting into his Cabinet men
who are known to disapprove of his policy.
We have no great confidence that President
Johnson will manage this, or any similar
matter, with wisdom and skill-qualities of
which he has shown so little heretofore. We
can see how, at the outset, he might have ap-
pointed strong radical Cabinet, and have
gained by it. When he found that Congress
inclined to be less liberal to the South than
himself, two courses were open to him,
either of which would have been more favor
able to the success of his policy than the one
he adopted, which was the worst possible. He
might have formed a strong Democratic Cabl-
net, and have preoipitated his quarrel with
Congress before they had time to bring the
public opinion of their party up to their mark;
or he might have appointed radical Cabinet,
who would have given him efficient aid in
managing Congress. With amazing want OF
tact, he has pursued system which combined
the evils of both these methods and secured
the advantages of neither He has inhamed
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theorists and demagogues who stand as their
peculiar friends in virtue of the extravagant
promises made-promises that can only be
fulfilled at the expense of the rights of the
white man.
AS a blow against the negro policy-a blow
in behalf of the rights of white voters North
and South-the removal of Stanton is sgnif-
cant; for he was, during the war; the great
leador OF the negro olamor-the man who
spent an undue amount of national money
IN putting into the national uniform some
thousands OF niggers who never fred a shot,
and who were only intended to be used as
capital for future niger legislation, to pave
the way to this very supremacy of nigger
voters. He was, therefore, a good man to
begin with; but the President must not stop
with him. He must go through the entire
Cabinet-oust Seward, Welles Randall, and
more than all, Stanbery, the man who is, per-
haps, more likely than any other to compro-
mise the President before the nation; the man
whose interpretations of laws and whose deola-
ration in the Supreme Court of Democratic
sympathies make him a political millstone.
All these must be driven out; and the Presi-
dent must then reorganize his Cabinet with
men whose very names will convince the
country of the honesty of his purpSse-will
show that he is fighting the dangerous ten
denotes of faction, not opposing the will of
the people. He must reorganize with men
whose history, and, more especially, recent
career, show them to be in sympathy with
the great national movement; who were in for
the war; heart and soul; who cannot be sus-
pected of any disposition to betray the great
principles for which the people fought but
who have the wisdom and the courage to
oppose a firm front against that evil and
dangerous policy of extreme Republicans that
can only end in giving the political balance OF
the nation into the hands of half million
negro veters. This is the issue. If the
President meets the necessity boldly, he win
have the sympathy and support of the nation;
if he goes half way, and stops, he will only
have made matters worse.
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COAL.

r MIDDLETON CO., DEALERS IN
STC..sr hARlElGa LEHIGH and EAGLE VEIN
foS fro Kept dry under cover Prepared expressly
Avenue ONCE, No. 5l4 WALNUT Street VI
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SPIRIT or THE PRESS.
RprToRiAL OPINIONS OF THE LEADING JOURNALS
UPoN CURRENT ToPIos-COMPILRD EVERY
DAT FoR THE EVENING TELEGRAPH.

An Expected "RevuisiOn or FeeIInE',-
"A Southern Blunder.
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MY stock of Groceries
Taken Up,

DY the subscriber, living on section ls. town
- Of Cooperstown, RED OK medium size,
black spos, nice horns, white stripe on the
belly. The owner is requested to prove proT
erty, pay charges and take the same away
FRANK VANISH.
Cooperstown, 4ugust &c, 1867 64,+
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In Probate.

In Probate-Manitowoc County Court. n the
matter of the estate of Ludwig F. D. Mime
gerod. deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given, that By virtue and
Y in pursuance of an Order of License.
made in said matter, on the 23d day of Sep
TENDER. a. D., 1867, by the county court of said
county, the undersigned, administrator of the
estate of said Ludwig F. d. Minnegerod, de-
ceased, will. on Monday. the 2ls day of De-
tober, A. d. 1867. at ten O. clock in the forenoon
of said day, at the office of the County Judge
in the village of Manitowoc, in said county,
offer for sale, at Public Vensue the following
described lands, to wit: The west half of the
northeast quarter Of section number six { 81 of
township number nineteen { 49, north. of range
number twenty -four (24) east also let num-
Der two q OF section number eleven IL of
township number nineteen 49, north, of range
number twenty-four (24) east; also lot num-
Der six t6) in block number two hundred and
sevcnty-four (274) in the village of Manitowoc,
all of said lands being in said county of Man
,itowoc. The terms of sale will be made
known at the time and place of sale.
WM. BACH, Administrator.
Dated at Manitowoc, the 23d day of Septem-
Der, A. D., 1867.
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In Probate.
In probate-NIanirow oc County Court In the

In Probate-AIanitowoc County Court In the
matter of the guardianship of the minor he'll
of Thomas Hopper.
-nN reading and filing the petition of Mich
~ ael A. Maloy, guardian of slid minor,
representing, among other things, that the said
ward is seized of certain real estate in said
County of Manitowoc, and that it is necessary
that the same should be sold, and praying for
license to sell the same and it appearing to the
Court, from said petition. that it is necessary
for the interest of the said minor ito sell said
estate it is ordered and directed that the next
in kin to said ward, and all persons Interested
sic estate, appear before the Judge Of this
-urt, on MONDAY, the It'll day of October a.
H., 1857, Mt ten o clock, AN. at the Probate
Office in the village of Manitowoc. in said
County, then and there to show cause tif any
there shall be- why license should not b.
granted for the sale of said real estate, accord
ing to the prayer of said petition.
And it is further ordered, that copy Of this
order shall be published for three sue essiyc
weeks prior to said day of hearing in the Man
itowoc Pilot, weekly newspaper printed ut
Manitcwoc, in said county. g s.s
Dated at NIanitowoc, the It'll day of September
ID, 1867 GEO. W.BARKER,
8 st County Judge.
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