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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-09-25
THE WASHINGTON HOUSE.
LTNCHB URG. III,
I'M N BW HANDS

DElNG the owner of this valuable proper
ID ty, have taken charge Oft on my own
account, with determination of making it
a FIRST CLASS HOTEL in all Of its de-
partments, having had it thoroughly reftted
and furnished so as to accommodate both
ladies and gentlemen with all conveniences
and comforts.
The table will be keptwell supplied at all
meals with the best that the MARKET will
AFFORD, while the ban will be furnished
with the purest of LIQUORS, WINES, &c,
and neither surpassed byuny in Virginia.
The services of Mr.. NJ. 7. Bledsoe have
been secured to take charge S principal man
ager, assisted by Mrs. NJ. j. Gibbs, both OF
them highly capable Of conducting the BUSH
ness of hotel keeping, and being well known
rs such, can with confidence assure the pub
lie that in patronizing the house, they will
have no cause to complain.
The omnibus will attend the Depots reg
| ularly to take passengers up to the house
| and return them to the depots free Of charge.
Being centrally located, convenient 10 the
| principal business Of the place, with the
Postoffce in the building and with first
| class accommodations at reduced rates,
confidently expect fair share of patronage
| from my friends and the public.
4, c. S. FERGUSON.
LYNCHBuRG, VA, Feb. 8, 1868.
feb2l 6m
The New York herald., 1868-05-16
NEW YORK HERALD SATURDAY MAY 1e TRIPLE SHEET

General Pimentel complicates matters for Gene.
raj Baez. especially as the embarrassments
Of President salnsye, Of Hayti, who nnds
himself penned by the Cacos prevent that President
from aiding his c0nfrere Baez. Last week . com.
mission started for Portau Prince composed of the
following improvised generals:-Carlos Baez, Jose
Camner0 and the Italian BartOl0 Magg0l0 The object
reported Is to solicit from the Hayden government
loan Of but we have reason to believe that
the real object In view s to take view Of the situa
ton there for the purpose of adopting Interior
measures prejudicial TO the interests Of Haytt.
To sum up, scarcely had Baez reached here than
he inaugurated the most shameful policy. He at
once entered into negotiations with the ilibusters
Cazneau and Fabens, his old accomplces in the at
tempt to monopolize the resources OF the repnbic.
Fabens sailed for New York with q new plan
ft to figure among his old mining schemes. He
would like to raise the wind and then buy property
IN Jamaica. The history OF the American West Indies
Company and OF the New York and st. Domingo
Copper Mine Company is not yet forgotten.
Business here Is entirely paralyZed and money
scarce The people refuse to take paper, still Baez
is about to make q new issue Of $lO0, 600 of this
money. He pays neither his soldiers nor his en-
poyfs, for no money is received into the treasury
All he gets Is through forced loans.
Cholera has vanished.
The New York herald., 1868-05-16
RESTITUTION FOR III. BLEND.

Tie argiveI AIRY exhibition OF the Now York Insti-
tuition ,he Bind took pace last evening at Stein
way HAL Friends OF the pupils ana patrons OF the
institution turned Out IN large numbers 10 witness
the interesting exercises, filing every part OF the
spacious nni, ncludrg the galleries, TO its utmost
capacity lse pupils, about one hlnired aud
thrty-fvc in number, half OF them girls and
half boy- were seated 0h raised seats on the
Stage. TEe girls were dressed ia Waite, and pre-
sen;ed very neat ami tasteful appearance. Mr..
william Is. Walt, superintendent Oi The institution,
CONDUCTED the exercises which were opened with
PRAYER hy the Rev. II. 4. W. 3ucklard..
length put most pleasantly acceptable and d.
versfed programme made mp the evenings enter
tanment. Singing, readings aud recitatiOns cont
prised principally the list The singing in solos, IN
duets, in qdartets aud III chorus very
fine, and .he selection OF sOngs OF singl-
iar auplOrria .eness. The songs "Merry u
the GREENWOOD" Heaven in the Vaey' and the
"WatOiman'S CGl,' were sumo with remarkable
clear esq AMI precision Of iltrna'On and appr,pr
ate expression Oc fcelig. The rocita.ons in object
lessons, conducted hy Miss Mary OWES, and IN
q ait'lmetig d geog aph, conducted b. - BabcocS,
showed care U. teaoniny on the part Of the instruct
O"s and happy arti.ude on the part 0l the pupl g
Tie questions, covering Il VIDE range, were promptly
answered. pleasing feature w.is reading raised
print, winch WIS read as 8pdy nearly rs ordinary
reading b, those li0u whom the sense OF ST. ht has
not been wifhneld. The exercises listed two hours
aud terminated with The bene lIction
The New York herald., 1868-05-16
THE WEEKLY HERALD.

The Cheapest and Best Newspaper in the
Country.
The WEEKLY HERALD OF the present week, now
ready, contains the very latest European News by
the Cable up to the hour Of publication; Teegraphic
Dispatches from the Sandwich Islands, giving details
of the effects Of the terrible Volcanic EruptiOns,
Earthquake Shocks and Tidal Waves which destroyed
entire villages with fearful loss Of life; the latest
from Abyssna, giving details OF the English Assault
upon the Batteries of King Tneodorus also dispatches
from Central and South America Mexico and other
points, the latest proceedings in the great Impeach'
Trial OF President Johnson; full account OF the
Execution of Samuel Mills for the Murder OF George
Maxwell an old man, siXty-fve years Of age; Chap
ter of Suicides and other interesting news the Cur
rent News Of the Week; the Fashions; Amusements;
Varieties; Facete; Scientific Artistic, Sporting, Po-
iitca Religious and Literary intelligence; Editorial
articles on the prominent topics Of the day; Our Ag
ricultural Budget Reviews Of the Cattle, Horse Dry
Goods and Boot and Shoe Markets; Financial and
Commercial Intelligence, and accounts OF all impor-
tant and interesting events of the week.
TERMs:-Sngle subs ,ription So; Three copies, s5;
Five copies So; Ten copies SIS; Single copies, five
cents each. limited number Of advertisements in
serted in the WEEKLY HERALD.
The New York herald., 1868-05-16
MAILS FOR TIE PACIFIC.

The steamship Ocean Queen viii sail from this port
on Saturday for Aspinya
The mails for Central America and the South
Pacific will close at half-past ten O'Clock In the
morning.
The NEW YORK REHABILITATION for the Pacific
will be ready at half-past nine in the morning.
Single copies, in wrappers for mailing, six cents.
The New York herald., 1868-05-16

arc To amend chapter ss4, Laws Of 1s5s entitled
cAI9u can act 70 make road district OF the village OF
$780, TO amend chapter i4o, Laws Of 1884, entitled
AN act 70 consolidate and amend the several acts
relating to the village Of Batavia" to alter the
Dounds and enlarge the powers Of the corporation OF
said village and chapter 20, Laws Of 1855, entitled
IAN act 70 consolidate and amend the several acts
relating to the village OF Batavia.n
SSl. TO auCnor1zo the trustees OF the Hamilton
Union Pres0yterian church OF Guilderand, Albany
county, to sell their parsonage
1872. To amend IAN act to incorporate the Sidney
and Unadilla Bridge Company" passed April a. 1855.
383 To amend IAN act for the incorporate, OF the
Skaneatees Railroad Company and to snthoriz, the
same TO construct and operate q railroad rom the
village Of Skaneateles to skaneateles Junction,n
passed April II, 1885. .
ss4. In relation to the Goshen and Deckertswn
Railroad Company.
1885, To define the boundaries OF the village Of Iav
ingstonville, Schoharie county, and In relation 10
highway labor therein
$50. TO amend IAN act regulating highways and
bridges In the counties OF SunOlk, Queens ana
Kings" passed February %, $780, and acts amenda-
tory thereof ~
$751; To provide for the examination Of accounts
and operations Of the several commissions in the city
OF Brooklyn.
sSs. To iegalize the proceedings Of Henry H. Hathe
way as Justice OF the Peace Of the town OF Lenox,
Madison county, in this State
The New York herald., 1868-05-16

DR. HALLEoK-Thtn l would kick him out now.
Tia, i er)
Mr.. L0viNThen perhaps your foot would deserve
vote OF thanks. Laughter.) But man has spi-
he should use these than do the improper thing Of
kicking man.
After an address by JOHN BEEN and others, the
meeting adjourned.
The New York herald., 1868-05-16

A BsOLUTE DIVORCES LIE ALLY OBTAINED IN
~ New York also from States where nonspport, drunk
in advance: advice free. =. l. KING,
Counsellor at law, 26l Broadway.
The New York herald., 1868-05-16

Chandeliers and Fixtures, Bron,es clocks Glassware
&C, &C., IA proportion
L.. V. liAU 1.-Two co,
4s 4so and and 400 Broa,w.,s, ,ro Street.
GEE WHEELER WILSON'S BUT,ON HOLE iTTACH
unent; makes hundred button-no.es a. hour
are at desdeatum for fames ressuakers aud manufac
turers. No SO Broadway
The New York herald., 1868-05-16

ARRIVAL OF CANAL BoArs.-The canal boats
Merchant and Dewitt ParsLal arrived In this city
from Bufalo last evening being the first boats from
that port this season. The first was loaded with
$500 bushels of corn the latter with $500, con-
signed to parties in this city.
The New York herald., 1868-05-16
RII.I.iAIsnS.

BILLIARDS.
LroR SALE CHEAP-Two PHELAN BILLIARD ia.
bes, Ba! Cues, compc,e, Apply Weldon Hotel,
427 and a. Broadway. '
E'oR SALE VERY CHEAP. A FOUR POCKET pII-
tard liable In perfect App,y 266 Hicks street.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-22
what Is ~ an.

Almost everybody who keeps a phil
osophy shop" feels called upon to give a
definition of man. Sometimes a crying
animals, then a talking one, or a biped
without feathers. According to last &C
counts from authentic sources, he is a
development" On the authority of an
old and little-read philosopher, to whom
the world ives more than it thinks it
does THAT called c~a}oateL for instance.)
and whose name is Paracelsus, we must
dissent from all these definitions which
do not define, and take the following,
which appears in the Letter to the
Athenians, by Nurelrius Theophrastus
Paracelsus Bombast of Hohenheim
whatever hath a body Is nothing bat
curdled smoke, wherein a particular pre-
destination lyeth hid. And all things
shall at last vanish ike smoke. For
that specific which doth coagulate hath
power but a certain appointed time. The
same must be understood Of the coagula-
ton for all bodies shall pass away and
vanish into nothing but smoke-they
shall all end in a fume. This is the
end Of things corporal both living and
dead. * x x X Nam Il q
coagulated fume."
\ coagulated fume Think of that.
vain man. nor ever again dare to put a
"~stoye-pipe" on thy head.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-22
Cares.

In tbe Liverpool market at the open-
ing to-day the demand was good, and
prices tending upwards UpIands, IOAd :
Orleans, Id. Sales Is. 900 bales. No
further dispatches received, owing to in
~terruptiOn along the Newfoundland
wires, until after business hours, when
inst market was quoted buoyant, with
sales OF 20 eco bales; Uplands, 1GE0TId;
Orleans, llB9ll+d. The New York mar
ket opened quiet but steady, with Mid
dliDgs, 244c; Mobile, 243o Orleans, 25e.
at noon IL was quiet but frm, and at the
close vas very frm, with holders asking
higher rates, but quotations unchanged.
Demand light. Sales 1900 bales. Weeks
sales, %. COO bales. Weeks receipts,
5000 bales. Gross, %. $50 baIes. Exports
sinca September fst, IS. 81 bales. Stock.
$500 bales. Receipts st ali United
States ports for the week, 1900 bales.
The New Ociesos market was firm st the
opening, with a fair demand at 23c for
Middliugs; and st 2:30 pm. wac firm
holders sskiDg al advance Of Il. Sales,
5000 bales. Our market was no better
than on yesterdsy-on the contrary
there was more disposition to sell among
holders, aud 81 the large tables upon the
market were closed out. The inquiry
was active, bus all orders seem 10 be
Among the sales were 1O1 bales
Good Ordinary at 2Ig9214e, "a at 2lfe;
IS bales Low Midddpgs at DC, 100 at 22e.
AZ at 22c, SIS at 22e, $50 at 22e, SIS at 22,;
SO bales Middiings at 22fc;. 90 bales
MiddIirg4 st 224o, 10 Al 22se, 7 at
zee, 10 at 23e; 81 bales Strict to Good
Middliu gs, 234c. We quote as follows:
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-22
JOSH billings IN BRIEF.

He that will foller good advice, IL a
greater man than he that giveth it.
1t IL human nature to err but deyilish
20 brag on it.
Blessed IL he who haz > big pile and
knows how to spread it.
The minds ov the young are easily
trained it IL hard work to git an old
hop vine to travel a new pole.
/ don't banker after bad luck, but I
had rather run the risk ov it than trust
too much in the professions ov men.
Just in proportion that . man IL thank
full to heaven, and hiz nabcr, just in that
proportion il he happy.
1t is a dreadful fine thing to whip a
young one jist enuf and not emmy more.
L take it that the spot IL lokated jist
where their pride ends and their mad
begins.
Blessed IL them who have no eye for a
knot hole.
A man should learn teW be a good
servant to himself before he IL fit to boss
others.
The more exalted our stashun, the
more conspicuous our virtews, just as :
rich satin adds to the brilliancy ov q
jewel.
Blessed are the single, for they can
double at leisure.
If W want tew learn q child to steal
oats in the bundle make hin beg out oY
you every thing you give him.
There is nothing so difikult fur the
best ov us ez to get the approval oV our
own conscience.
Blessed il he who kan pocket abuse
and feel that it IL no disgrace to be bit
By a dog.
Punishment, tew hit the spot, should
be few, but red hot.
Happiness consists in bein' perfektly
satisfied with what we have got, and
what we haint got.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-22
HOrtense schneider.


Here is a portrait of Hortense
Schneider, the Paris prima donna, drawn
by a Frankfort journalist, who is,
evidently no admirer of hers Mile
Schneider, Of whom so many Partisan
petite creves are enamored, is a fat, wad-
ding woman, with a short neck, a round,
v~oluptuous face, a crooked, ugly nose, an
exceedingly narrow forehead, and very
fine bright eyes. There is absolutely
nothing very attractive about her person,
except those eyes. Her bust is too ex-
pansive, her waist at least three times as
large as it ought to be, her hands and
feet plebeian. When you meet her on
the street you would not look at her /;
and yet, she is the queen of the French
opera boufe, because she can say nasty
things in q ten times nastier manner
than any other French actress. This
woman, with her lasciyious glances and
inueudoes, has done more to demoTalize
the French stage than all the Wretched
little plays which are performed at the
lowest suburban theaters. Her popular
ity has brought riches to her. She
is Weather than any Of the celebrated
prime dome of the Italian opera. Her
demands of salary are perfectly mon
strous. She receives more money for
singing for two hours than Henrietta
Sontag, thirty-fve years ago, received
for singing six nights in the week; and
yet she is neither good looking, nor even
a passable cantatrice; and her whole
theatrical capital is a skill in doing
thinso at which evOry honest woman
would blush"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-22
The Swedish Arctic Expedition.

A brief note, addressed to the presi-
dent Of the Royal Society, Professor
Nordenskiold written at Kobbe Bay Sep
TENDER Is, gives 8 few particulars of the
Swedish Arctic Expedition. The highest
latitude to which the party were able to
navigate their steamers was SO 81,
where ice stopped them. This was the
end of August but a week later the
sea was clear, and from enc Of the high
est peaks Of Parry Island "traees only
of ice further northward" could be seen.
The exploring steamer, after taking in
coal, sent u for her use to Knobbe
Bay, made again for the north, whether
to pass a winter in the ice or not is at
present uncertain. Meanwhile, the coal
ship returns to Sweden, bringing fve of
the exploring party, with the rich
geological, geological and botanic eollec-
sions' made during the first part Of the
voyage. 1t is probable, therefore, that
in a few weeks we shall get full partieu-
lars Of all that our e~nterprising rivals
have discovered and acquired since they
crossed the Arctic Circle in July last.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-22

THE New Testament is already in
course of publication in Japan, trans
lated and edited by the American Mis-
siOnaries. 1t bears the imprint of the
Baptist Free Mission Society, and the
title page and sundry sheets have been
received at that Office. The English and
Japanese are printed in parallel columns
and Roman type, an excellent arrange
ment, which viii facilitate the mastery of
beth languages, enabling the natives to
learn English, and foreigners japanese.
There is no sound in the japanese tongue
which represents either the letter Z or III.
The former is expressed by its substitute
r. and the latter by S. The Mission asks
for i've hundred dollars to buy a new
font Of type.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-22
Parliamentary Reports.

The following is from a book recently
published in London Il know nc single
profession that in the course of the past
forty or fifty years has, considering its
own numbers, produced a more dis
tinguished group of men than the par
liamentary reporters. Poetry, law, liter
AZURE and science have all replenished
their ranks from the gallery, and the
names Of most of these men are elo-
quent of genius. Take poetry. There
are Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Thomas
Noon Talfourd. These are the only poets
that I can call to mind on the spur of
the momen but they represent a host
In themselves. In the literature Of art
and science it is enough TO refer to Mr..
S. c. Hall, the editor of the Art journal,
and DR.. Forbes Winslow and Richard
Lalor She'll may stand as the representa-
tives Of oratory. It is in the law and
the literature of Imagination that we
find the most distinguished IN of
parliamentary reporters. At the head
Of the list stands plain John Campbell,
Lord High Chancellor Baron Alder
son and Mr.. Justice Talfourd stand by
his side and l could select more than
oae name from the present list Of Judges
in Westminster Hall to bracket with
There are dozens of men at the
bar who began their career in the Re
p%orter's Gallery. In literature l need
refer to Charles Dickens, Shirley
Brooks and W. II. Russell. Editors,
the gallery has produced by the score
and several Of these have attained the
posts in their profession-the
chairs Of the Times, Daily News, Morning
Post, Morning 4GVerdser, and, in It's
lay, Of the Morning Chronicle"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-22
A Revelation in Cotton Plant
Ing,

From the Macon Ca Telegraph, November IS.
No doubt We are on the eve Of an
important change in the Georgia cotton
culture. We published yesterday more
than a three bale crop TO the acre, very
light land-and thirty bales to as many
acres Of same quality. This, at present
prices, Is a three hundred dollar crop to
a single acre, and an average Of a hun
bred dollars to each acre Of a thirty
acre field, and this a good deal above the
best cotton latitude Of Georgia. Such
results as these stimulate the universal
feeling among planters in favor Of small
fields and thorough culture. Whoever
lives a few years longer in Georgia will
see FIVE bales produced to the acre, and
will learn that it is the kind Of cotton
planting which pays. AS labor will
gradually become the dearest element in
cotton production, that is the one which
must be chiefly economised, and the way
to do it is to till a little land for large
crops. We hear no other ideas among
intelligent, reading planters.
Moreover, this is the policy which will
bring Georgia lands into request. True,
1t will temporarily throw many thousand
acres out Of tillage, but practical results
like these viii tempt immigration and
purchase. Multiply them and swell cot
ton productions far beyond its ancient
limits under slavery, and We shall dis
lance all competition and monopolize
the cotton producing Of the world. The
South viii grow in wealth and power,
and cease to be the butt Of ridicule and
the victim Of political persecution.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-22
TRADE.

Business to-day was fair, and prices
have undergone no change since yester-
day.
The returns Of the whole oil region Of
Pennsylvania, show a product for Octo-
Der Of S40,slS barrels; for the last day,
II. I13 barrels reduction Of 1414 barrels
upon the last day Of the previous month.
From the Let OF January to the 1st OF
November, 1868, the aggregate yield wss
8, 00G, eco barrels-with nearly double the
number of new wells-sn increase of
only about 10 per cent. upon last years
product. During this period Of ten
months, the shipments to foreign coun-
tries have increased so per cent. upon
last years; while the sto ks on hand in
Europe aggregate 20 more. showing a
increased consumption there
Meantime, the whole stock on hard here
is Only 10000 barrels, against $3.50 coo
(oE 400 900 lsss than the same time Last
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-22
ReckIessnezs OF Life.

Mr.. BOYLE, in his letters from the
Msuritius, says: 1T has happened more
than once that a convicted felon has dis
played the greatest disappointment at
escaping capital punishment, when the
alternative has been hard labor. Quite
lately q man pleaded guilty to murder,
purposely, to avoid all chance of such
prolonged misery, but he was bafled.
The case was brought in one of aggra-
waited m~anslaughter, and the man was
condemned to twenty years on the roads.
As they were let out, a comrade, on find
ing himself certain of the gallows.
crOwed over the other whose sentence
was TO live and labor. A still stronger
case happened just before l left Mauri-
thus. a man who had hoped to be hung
was bemOurning his escape to another
man, who was at work with him in the
prison court. Well, said the latter, go
up to that police officer Ratchet was
lying near the fellow so advised-'knock
him on the head. He snatched the Ratchet
up sooner than he could be observed and
most terribly wounded the officer in the
face before the latter could defend him
self. 1 came away without hearing the
result, whether the poor policeman died
and the murderer consequently was
hung but l was told. if the former did
recover, he must always be fea1fully dis
figured. 1t is said this r-ecklessness of
life has only sprung up since the gallows
has superseded the guillotine-the mode Of
execution of course introduced by the
French, and which was for some time
continued under an English government.
VIII the reason given be guessed? By
the English way Of despatching him out
of this world the criminal arrives in the
other q whole man BY the French,
manned and mutlated, being headless,
about which unbecoming appearance IN
Paris they have q most decided religious
s~cruple.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-22
DAY APPEAL.
The SKATER

TIE skater livhtly laughs and slldes.
Anknowing tDRt beneath the ice
WheTeon tie carves his fafr device.
stInened corpse IN silence sides.
1t glsreth upward ~ his PLAY:
It's cod, blue, rigid dguress steal
BeEeafh the tread ugs Of his heel:
IL no2ts along and hoasS away.
he hiss not seen It's horror raSx:
HIS heart Is blithe: the village hears
$ distant laushte-: he careers
IN festive waltz athwart The glsss-
W are the skaterS. We who kim
IN s1rtsce q Lies solemn flood.
A id i've, with EladbeSs in cur blond
Aud daring dance from briJn 70 brIa.
Oar feet are swift oUr faces burn.
Our hop s aspire Tx s0sriog birds:
Iae wor takes courage from cur words.
And sees the Colleen time return.
But ever near as. silent. cold.
ElOat fhose WIN borpded from the hank
Wit eszer be IT'S. Xix n. aud sank.
becauSe their feet were overload.
Thy sank through breathing holes of vice.
~ cugh Z essh-t0u sheens AZ uubeit-f.
m y know not their despair aud gris-
Their hearts aod mindsa are turned % ice.