The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-02-14


Congress. and the revolutionary course
of the Racical leaders, by whom the
country is aaitatcd and kept constantly
upon the verge Of panic. The people
of the South feel no security. They can
have no hope from the dominant party
cxcept in the surrender vt all the rights
which make life dmablo. They have
no assurance that they will be allowed 10
enjoy what they raise from the soil or
produce by there labor or skin They
cannot contribute revenue to the Gov,
ernment when they are .fptIcrcd. and
lashcl and outlawed. In tie North the
Radical threats Of and movements io>
wards impeachment, coupled with open
assaults upon the Constitution. the cX
ecuive and Supreme Court, have put a
check to industrial pursuits, whilst the
commercial peop'c Stand listlcssly await
ing the settlement Of conflicting interests
on the tariff question. In word, the
the great business of the country stands
idle. whist the families and roiticans-
the .hou,s Of the body pelitic-batten
upon the vitals Of the nation.
The young and accomplished daneh-
ter of LORD st. Vincent, recently met
with fatal accident on pond in God
ncrsham Park, England. She slipped
and tell. her head coming violently in
contact with the ice, fractuing her
skull and Producing death in few
h,urs. The Young lady was aged thjr-
teen years The many accidents this
winter on the ice, ia England makes
the year iucmorabie one The appall'
ing calamity Of Regents Park will not
soou be forgotten. The sports on the
ice are exciting and pleasant, but not
ilec from danger.
Tho Ncwbern (NortI) Carolina
JouRai0f Commerce says: ~ large
nortion If this section ot the State is ut
the mercy Of Organized gangs Of armed
negroes, who will not work, aud are de-
te, mincd to live ~ the toll of Others y
aud also, that the freed negroes OF cas-
tern North Carolina appear to have be.
come ds-bandjtti-as they did
in san Domingo, ana have done in 9TH
crs OF the West India Islands That
paper adds that some rcprcs,;vcmC urcs
must be adopted by either the State or
the Government, as there is no security
for life or property.
Fractional currency received by tho
Treasury Department during the past
week, 1918 100 ; shipments, S225 33j,
Of which $1,000 was sent TO he As
sistant Triesurer Of New York, ami
the balance TO National Banks, and
others. Disbursements Tor tie week :
S3G03 9i3 for War Department :$4lG,
743 for the Navy department; S3l0,
672 for the Interior Department.
Mrs. Lydia Dcmorct. an OLE lady in
her nincty-iourth year. the widow OF
| Nicholas Dcmoret. one Of the first set
tiers oE Cincinnati, died in Butler coul
ty. on Sunday last. She had always cn>
joyed good health until few days he
fore her death. \ correspondent Of
the CrmmcrcjH says THAT her husband
cleared aud owned some land near where
the Court House stands ia Cincinnati.
about the year 1900.
Poor Lamartinc is again in trouble
Upon his recent return to Paris from
his country seat, the stoves were lighted
in his mansion. and they set fire to pa
pcrSin his study. These papers we're
letters co-taining postoilice money or
derS, which were lying in baskets until
his return, as he wished to open them
himself. 7 hey had been accumuating
for three weeks, and it is reckoned they
contained some eight thousand dollars.
Charles Sumner, according to rumor,
Is to retire from political life at the close
OF his present Senatorial term, in 1859.
and will spend number Of years in Eu-
rope. Governors Andrew aud Bullock
are named as candi ]ates orthc su :ccssor
and John B. Alley. the present Congress,
man, it is said, will probably be the next
nominee Of the Republicans for Gov
euor of Massachusetts,.
The telegraph has announced the
death at Louis \. Benoist, of st Louis
tie was the descendant Of one of the
Old Feuch families that first settled St.
hOn>, aud has letr an estate valued at
nil NJ. Most of his property WIS made
10y success iu! banking. He d'cd at La
vana on January l5;h, at the age OF
sixty four ycals.
Isaac Rosenthnl, who was recently
tied Tor attempting to blow up his
store in st. joseph with aunpowder, has
commenced suit against John Dcmoud,
the owner of the buildug. for $4,000
damages, alleging that Demond arrang
ed the whole plan to compel him
(RosenthaD to yacate the premises.
\ communication states on the an
thnrity Of General Grant. that M such
order as is reported to have been issued
by General sherman for the protection
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