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New-York tribune., 1868-08-27

THE NATIONAL WATCH COMPANY
OF MeE ILLINOIS.
EaSuyAcTuRENs oy
x,to.sr. ACCURATE AND DURABLE TINEHEBFtRS
,....s,, ,,o.r.p..d w.,ebMllUs Railway OGsr' Express
Bsr nd RnsiD.e, iObs
xvr1Es DESIGNED BETTER MADE AND BETTER FINISHED
,sn,r. ,er American OF imported, osaedia lie HTi at
IssnII RATA
The Company has spared neither expense effort securing m 'heI
er, me mOs sAn men IN the profession Of Matchmaking that
.nts snlpe is country Europe and feel eOHsdli that 'h'r
,,Bou, .lg,rn,pdu and assistants surpassed BY nO'' IL TIE
,orld ,or their scientific aiiainnsBts and mechanical 'iIn
They have alec expended o7ua
QUARTER OLA MILLION OF DOLLARS
IN gHB COSsTBUoToS
NEW AND IMPROVED MACHINERY,
ss ii, By their suPernebdsn and patented nd owned
s coupary TIN, giving them exclusive control DE latest and most
valuable improvements in
MATCHMAKING NIACH1NEEY
INACCESSIBLE TO OTHER COMPANIES
A, r,,U Al grades watches Manufactured at EEn tie low
priced ven TIE hshPhssd have within tine obtained
.,.yutslop in al pss Of The county, surprisingly ,eesrae
TINIE.KEEPERS.
III, IyUt,on Company Intend to s BY rot entering into
COMPETITION WITH FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS,
SoLpSA cOSFAMEs CoVyTR7 IN Ns manufacture Of The
cheap , Of Esse. which give satisfaction to accuracy, and
AZ, WORTHLESS, as to durability So that the public assured t
a., watch bearing their trademark perfect and reliable T~r
EStTIS, shd win give permanent satisfaction
Many Ep, improvements bss been aas ,he construction Of The
nsir Watches, among which may be mentioned
BuRrs PATENT CENTER PINIoN NUT.
Preventing da,nss. to The 'rsln
IN cAss OF BRsAEAep OF NArS sruyo
md
nOsElErs BAR SPRING STUD IMPROVEMENT
T.., os,tt with he hlat he barrel can be removed By ""py
.lr, d ls, barrel bridge .lops van,rts rs IL claiming superiority
ever al o,bsr
AMERICAN OR FoREIGSNADB WATCHES
Ysu suong ii. many tesmoris Their have received
.h,r sever, ,,,arr b, following pre'suiei:
DrBrgrp Mas 20, 1864.
uon Wsh Co ~ Biga H. Which b,i November last
b, performed an sHy watches which have tested
Including Jrgnsen Chrononeter Ny for The determination
tine . nearly eQus to those any Astronomical Observatory IN the
county, include vsmouatsi us instrument and 6clas'
boz CAopOn,ter with which time determined hon The cred
to the oaeiourh part of second
Iosr watch bghphsed one bat take pleasure IN eomre'd
log 10 ny eIclng perfection Of time keeping The seu'
,rshy hgbpHced European American Watches which 80
far AZ can Judge also Of snh and excellence Of
sorlusn,hp. Iosrs truly,
ASA HoRR NJ D.
The Estotsiws,eh Co. BIsn H.
NJ Berr vel known bOusb the wes ron bis connection Sih
b. Astronomical Observatory at Dubuque regulator Of The
iOI Tia, city and vicinity.
The Company have styles in maisi bearing The following
r.ds HsrA, on upper Plate Of movements
Rw RAYMOND CM. WHEELER,
M CULVER, MAT LATLIE
Culver IT. RYERsoy
ELGiN, ILLINOIS
New-York tribune., 1868-08-27
Associated PRFss prspArCr.

GRTRNBRIAR WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W Va, Aug.
26-Geu RosecraIsS mission here has reference what
10 Mexican affairs the opinions Of leading journals
the contrary Notwithstanding. lt Is OF purely private
aud not OF political character In reference 10 tho
Presidential candidates Gen ROseOians represents that
President Johnson IS mcOndtOnally FOR seymour and
Blair but that Nh seward non.cOumittal No formal
interview has taken place between Gen Kosecrans and
the leading SOutherIrs According 20 his own represen.
tarons he comes Of his accord Ia satisfy himself
private 10 the tone and temper ot the south,
and expresses his qualification at the result OF his ohseI
yatOis. He has b,en Invited by prominent men here 10
deliver an address, but he will not accept
New-York tribune., 1868-08-27

Yrou suorE t, many tes,mors bave received
sh.I sever, t.,ttr u, following preisBtei:
New-York tribune., 1868-08-27

AMERICAN OR FoRElCN-MADB wATcnBs.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-04-24

Il ALABAMA CLAIMS.-It would
seem from statements made during
the debate in the British House OF
Lords on the 9th ult., that a new
turn may soon be given to the Ala
bama question. The LORD Chancel
lor, in answer toa remark of Lord
Westbury, said,
His noble and learned friend had
spoken of the negotiations as having
been broken off. He wished, there
fore, to explain that Mr.. Stewards
last communication contained a pro
posal, couched in somewhat general
terms. and there should be a com
mission to inquire into all claims
Upon that his noble friend the For.
eign Secretary requested Mr.. Sc
ward to develop more accurately
what he designed or aimed at 10y
such commission and the ncgoti.
ations, he thought, were at present
waiting for communication from
Mr.. Seward on that score
1t has been for some time mani.
fest that the English government
were anxious to have their claims
adjusted i'll some way, and as the
ministry which come the deadlock
with Mr. Seward, is now out of pow
er in England, the question is in a
fair way to be reconsidered, and de.
cided in spirit of justice toward
this country.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-04-24

THE WIDOW CABOCHARD.-It is
we'll known that at the Pere la
Chaise Cemetery, near Paris, stands
in a conspicuous position splendid
monument to Pierre Cabochard,
grocer, with a pathetic inscription
which closes thus:
ellis uncorsolable widow
dedicatcS this monumental his mem
DRY, and continues the same business
at the old stand, 267 Rue
Mouffetard'"
Now n Partisan paper relates that
a short time ago Il gentleman who
had noticed the above inscription
was led by curiosity to call at the
address indicated. Having express
ed his desire to see the Widow
Cab0chard, he was immediately
ushered into the presence Of fash
ionably dressed and fall bearded
man, who asked what was the OBJ
ject OF his visit.
~ came to see the widow Of Ca
bochard, sir"
"Well, sir here she is"
81 beg pardon, but | wish 10 see
the lady in person"
"Sir, am the widow Cabochard.n
81 don't exactly understand you.
] allude to the relict of the late
Pierre Cabochard, whose monument
| saw yesterday at Pere la Chaise.'
II see, | see," was the smiling re-
joinder. "Allow me to inform you
that Pierre Cabochard is IL myth,
and therefore never had a wife,
The tomb you admired cost me a
good deal of money and although no
one is bnried there, it proves first
rate advertisement, and | have had
no cause to regret the expense
Now, sir what can | sell you in the
way of groceries ?"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-04-24

MASONRY AND MORMoNISN.-
The Grand Master of Nevada. in
answer to a communication from
few MasonS in Salt Lake City, ask.
ing what should be done with Nor
mons claiming TO be Masons, replies
that in no case are Mormons claim.
ing to be Masons to be admitted
into Lodge room, and also that
petitions for the degrees Of Masonry
shall not be received from any per
son who is a Mormon. This deci.
sion is based upon poIygamy's being
in direct violation of the laws ofGod
as given us in the Decalogue, anC
also i'll contempt to the laws Of Tx
land.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-04-24

"Peacc hath her victories no less
renowned than those of war;" and
first among them must be named
the triumphs of modern discovery
in removing the ills that "ilesh is
heir to-" and especially those by
which the delicate membranes aud
tissues of the scalp and hair are af.
hieted. "Barretts. Vegetable Hair
Restorative" is the great antidote to
wigs, badness and grey hair con
taips no mineral or deleterious quail
tiles, and is universally admitted TO
be the finest article known.
Take notice hereof, you who have
detected the premature evidence OF
age--thc tell-tale whitening of the
LOCKS, the unnatural thinness of the
covering which nature designed
should go with you to the grave
A word to the wise is sufficient.
BY taking Parsons Purgativo
Pills, the body is invigoratcd with
new life, health and regularity, the
liver and heart will be assisted and
strengthened to discharge Their
functions, and the bowels regulated
For the cure Of rheumatism, spi
nal diseases, sprains, chapped hands
bruises, burns, bites of insects, &c.
use Johnson's Anodyne Mniment
We ask no man to use 1t after al
unsatisfactory trial.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-04-24

HORTLAND AND RUTLAND HALL
RoAD.-We find the following con-
corning the movements in New
Hampshire relative to the connecting
line between White River junction
and Portland. 1t is an extract from
letter of a correspondent of the
Manchester N. H. Mirror, under
date of Franklin. n. H., April 6.
The chiefend of man, as represent
ed by the dwellers around the head
waters of the Merrimac, is to get
the Portland and Ogdensburg Rail
road laid out and built through our
front yard, instead of having it go
through our neighbours back kitchen.
Last summer, parties from Portland
interested in connecting that city
with the West. asked and obtained
OF the Legislature a charter for a
road across the northern part of the
State, through the White Mountain
Notch, which with the connecting
sections already chartered i'll Maine
and Vermont, would form c0ntinu-
Gus route direct from Portland to
Ogdensburg and thence to the West.
Since last summer, however, it has
been discovered that the route on
which the new road was chartered
is very difficult, if not impractical
bic one, and search has been made
for a better. The first proposed was
to leave some point in the eastern
part OF The State, and run westward
through New Hampshire and Bris-
tol, and thence to Danbury, forming
a junction with the Northern Rail
road at the latter place. Secondly,
it is proposed to come through
Chinatown and Sanbornton to this
place, tapping the Northern here
Assuming that the road is to be
built on either ofthe proposed routes,
1t is, OF course, of the first inn or
lance to our people that it be bro't
here, as it would make this railroad
Junction, give us communication by
ran with the eastern part of the
State and with Maine, and contrib.
ute i'll score of ways to our materi-
al prosperity; and our citizens are
wide awake III the matter, deter
mined to succeed if possible. \
delegation lately visited Portland to
interesrparties there, and a meeting
was held last week at Sanbornton
Bridge, to organize victory" Ac-
cordlngly engineers are expected to-
day to commence a survey of the
route, which II is claimed, will dem
onstrate that this is not only ten
miles shorter, but much easier to
build on, and in every way more
feasible than any other proposed.
But the Bristol and New Hampton
people "don't see it i'll that light y
and all that we are doing for the
Franklin they are doing for the Dan.
bury route, claiming that 1t is fan
preferable. Which place will win
depends, OF course. very much upon
; the Portland gentlemen Immediately
; interested in the road, and their Pre-
ference hinges upon the advantages
+ to be derived, SO that we are likely
> to have lively contest before We
get through with it.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-04-24

EXTENT OF THE AMAzON.--The
following extract is from Professor
Agassiz' new book entitled ga jour-
ney in Brazil :"
"a region of country which
stretches across whole continent
and is flooded for half the year,
where there can never be railroads
or highways, or even pedestrian
travelling to any great extent, can
hardly be considered dry land. 1t
is true that in this oceanic river sys-
TEN the tidal action has an annual
instead Of daily ebb and flow /;
that its rise and fall obey large
orb, and are ruled by the sun and
not the moon; but it is, neverthe
less, subject to all the conditions of
a submerged district, and must be
treated as such. Indeed these semi
annual changes of level are far more
powerful in their influences on the
life of the inhabitants than any
marine tides.
People sail half the year above
districts where the other half they
walk, though hardly dry shod,
over the soaked ground; their oc-
cupatiOn, their dress, their habits
are modified in accordance with the
dry and wet seasons. And not only
the ways of life, but the whole
aspect of the county, the character
OF the landscape, are changed. The
two picturesque cascades, at one of
which we took our bath this morn.
ing, and at this season such favorite
resorts with the inhabitants of
Manaos will disappear in few
months, when the river rises for
some forty feet above its lowest lev
ell. Their bold rocks and shady
hooks will have become river bot
tom All that we hear or read of
the extent of the Amazon and its
tributaries fails to give an idea Of its
immensely as a whole. One must
float for months upon its surface, in
order to understand how fully wa
ter has the mastery over land along
its borders. Its wateTy labyrinth is
Il fresh water ocean cut AMI divided
by land, then net work of rivers.
Indeed, tbs whole valley is an
aquatic, not terrestrial basin, and it
is not strange, when looked upon
in this point OF view, that its forests
should be less full Of life, compare
lively, than its rivers
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-04-24
The LAST "ACCIDENrArrc.

The LAST "ACCIDENTAIrC,n
TRoPHE.-After a brief respite a. a.,
few weeks duration we seem 70 b -,
again entered upon a new seasn na'e
appalling catastrophes.n Fir. VI
church floor in Chicago settles os
ing a panic in which women N" a0,
children are trampled to death anu
the swindle builder is not vet ca nna
to account. A steamer is burne9i
on Lake Michigan, and one bnndaegi
precious lives are lost-all OWN .u
the grossest carelessness of ono " "
the boat hands, aggravated Nv I'LL vi
incompetency of the officers V yie
''no one is to blame,r of courSo ie'
While the public ale vet readin-
with avidity the details of the la1s,
''hrst class sensation" they are aSl b'
Ell this morning to pass on to a fresh
er horror. This time it is onIS l'
broken rail on the Erie railroad 5nS
the consequent slaughter and mai nu
ing OF the passengers. The sickon
ing details are recorded in the tola
graphic column, and should be rs s,C
at once, for they may be eclipsed hr
the record We may be Obliged +,
make tomorrow. This last Erie dis
aster, like the others which bavo
happened on this. on the Central
and on the Hudson river roads ton
frequently, was of course, ..unayoid
able" Ills always SO. Still tbose
who think that if the New York rail
roads were run for the public GOOD
and not to promote stock iobbina
operations on Wall street and deye1
op railway kings, there would be
far "tewer shocking disasters
to relate. Messrs. Drew and Wand
erbilt will do well to turn their ar
tention from railway litigation to a
critical examination of the MANAGE.
ment of the respective roads in which
they are interested. Perhaps thew
will discover more sound rails need
ed Wor. Spy.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-04-24
Steamboat Disaster.

A sad calamity occurred on Lake
Michigan on the morning of the 9th
inst, of which we find a room for
the following:
''The steamer. Sea Bird, belong
ed to the Two Rivers, Manltonee
and Chicago line of steamers. She
had made four trips this season and
was on her fifth when she met with
the terrible disaster reported TINS
morning. When off Naukegan.
about half.past six O'Clock this morn
ing, fire was seen issuing from a
pile of miscellaneous freights slowed
around the after guard, outside the
ladies' cabin, and in ten minutes
time, the entire stern OF the BOAT
was wrapped in flames.
From the statement of one OF the
passengers rescued, it appears that
all on board became demorallZed,
even the officers, and no effort was
made to lower the small boats. The
only survivors. as far as known, are
G. A. Chamberlain, and Edward
Hauenburg, passengers from She
boygan. The latter makes the fol
lowing statement: There were II
all about one hundred persons a
board, including some eight or tel
ladies and seven or eight Children
| saw smoke arising from the mali
deck, below the ladies' cabin. There
was lot Of tubs and straw lyinG
near. The fire got among them.
cried out, and the crew and passen
gcrsruShed from their rooms. There
was great confusion. The fire
spread so rapidly as to convince mt
that it had been burning Ions
time. Within five minutes the after
part of the boat was i'll flames.
do not think that all the ladies haC
time to get out of their state rooms
and some of them, must have beer
burned. An effort was made by ;
portion of the crew, to reach The
small boats, but they failed
Mr. Chamberlain states that a
about half-past six he was lookin!
over the side of the steamer, ant
saw a porter come out of the ladie
cabin with a scuttle, coal and ashes
aud going to the bulwaIks, nea
where a quantity of miscellaneous
freight was stored, he threw til,
contents overheard. In about :
quarter OF an hour after, he hearC
an alarm Of fire, and saw flames is
suing rom a pile of freight. |
seemed not more than ten minute
before the whole after part Of tn
steamer was in flames. In his opin
ion, when the porter threw the coal
overheard, the wind blew some bacl
into the freight. Heard no eXplc
sion and thinks if the fire had caugh
from the boiler exploding, it wonl'
have been discovered sooner
Capt. Yates, Of the schooner Coz
della, states that when Off WaukC
gan, he saw the burning steamer
was distant from her or 5 miles
bore down to her, and succeeded i
rescuing two passengers, one c
whom was in the water and til
other on the steamer. Think it nc
probable that any others were savet
Learn from one of the survivors
after the stermer took fire, the helm
was dashed hard-a-port, causing he
to whirl around and around as Ion,
as the engine worked, The Cordelii
did not leave the wreck until sh
burned to the warter's edge
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-04-24
New YORK, April ii.


One Of the most terrible railroad
disasters on record occurred early
this morning at Cars Rock, on the
Erie Railroad, 16 miles above port
Jervis. At the scene of the acct
dent the bed of the road is cut in
the side of bluff overhanging the
river. The ledge on which the track
runs is very narrow, and the conse.
quence was that the cars, which
were thrown from the track by the
breaking of a rail, went down an en-.
bankment Of twenty feet, thereby
greatly increasing the loss of life.
To add to the horror of the scene
which ensucd, one of the cars took
fire, and it is said that several pass.
engers were burned to death. This
report has not been verified, the re.
mains not having yet been taken
from the ruias. Thirteen dead bod.
les are at Port Jervis depot and fifty.
two wounded are at the hotels and
two more have not yetarrlved. Mr..
Lynch, the sleeping car conductor,
estimates that seven dead bodies
are consumed.
Renne's Pain-Killing Magic Oil is
used by number of the families in
our town, and they speak well of il
as % remedy for curing most painful
complaints. 1t Is the cleanest and
most delicious article to use we have
found. The large size bottles IRE
cheapest in proportion to the price,
Upper Sandusky, the local paper
says, has twenty whiskcy shops
but no bookstores. =
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-04-24
We find the following in the las

We lind the following in the last
issue of the Brattleboro Record:
"Tbe Bradford Opinion, we think
is not, usually, very far ahead on
news or smartness, but it recently
got off the following tip.top thing
upon a squib IN the Rutland hide.
pendent TO the effect that the Clar-
endon people had expressed them.
selves in favor of Salmon i. Chase
Tor President. Ii said: I'VE are
sorry to see any attempt made to
create u split in the party; still,
difference 10 tae rights of the repub.
leans of Clarendon makes US GRANT
the candidate ior PRESIDENT whom
the people DESIRE. Cobb gave us
lhe Kernel of that Joke, surcly-that
Is, in general way.n
SO Alderman thinks we are not
very far ahead on smartness. Well.
IF We do not get very far ahead, we
earnestly hope to escape the mis-,
fortune Of failing behind him. We
have read q great deal about his
aihartness, but II NO happens that
we never saw it mentioned an,
where except In his own paper; ant
we consider the Record questionabl,
authority on apybody's smartness
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-04-24

To INvALIDs.--Those afflicted
with cancer, scrotllla, dyspepsia, liv-
eT complaints, rheumatism, neural
gia, and all diseases caused by i'm
pure blood, should apply at the
Medical Institute, No. 10 Temple
Place, Boston. DIR. II. Greene, the
Principal, has had remarkable sue
cess in treating this class of diseases
during a practice of more than TWEEN
ty years in this city. Many thous-
ands have, been restored to health
by his treatment, after seeking relief
elsewhere i'll vain.
The Doctor has issued anew edit
ion of his book, Of one hundred
pages, describing these various dis
eases and their mode of treatment,
which he now offers to send free to
invalidS. Address Il. Greene. NJ.
D., 10 Temple Place, Boston, Mass.
Boston 1iGceler.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-04-24
STEALING A LOCOMOTIVE pIDE.-

STEALING A LOCOMOTIVE pIDE.-
On the early morning of the 10 inst,
three boys broke into the engine
house of the Freehold and james
burg Railroad at the former place.
and stole one of the engines. At
mignight they commenced opera.
tons by crawling through a window
in the engine house and begun to
fire up. The engine was disconnect.
cd, but they connected her, and hav.
ing got the large doors of the engine
house open they ran her out to the
water tank, but failed in the attempt
to take in water. They however
started with What water they ha,t in
tho boiler Tor Jameshurg, blowing
the whistle at every crossing and
ringing the bell all the way, 20 warn
people to clear the track, and, rs
Briggs says, they went pretty fast
but the people on the line of the
road, aroused by the unusual sound
OF an engine on that road at so late
an hour, say they went by likelightn
ing. AT Jamesburg they ran out Of
steam, and they had hauled her u,
by the water tank ut that place
when the engine got too hot to hold
them, and they were obliged toleav,
her. Sic was found at two O'Clock
in the morning, the tender in fame,
and the engine nearly red hot ant
very much damaged. The leading
depreciation, boy named Briggs
fourteen years of age, was found fas
asleep in the barn adjoining, with
lantern beside him. He was arrest
cd and put in Jail, but posecutio,
was not insisted on.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-04-24
CORRUPTION AT ALBANY.-A re.

CORRUPTION AT ALBANIA re-
liable and fair minded correspondent
at Albany writes us concerning the
bribery going on at the capitol:
"The Assembly is rocking with
corruption. Fair minded democrats
confess it, There are many instan
ces known, where offers of $500 to
500 were made in direct terms for
a vote against the Erie bill. Glenn
was offered $500 by a fellow in the
Vanderbilt interest who trequents
.he legislative halls great deal -
The debauchery of the Assembly is
without any precedent i'll the history
0t the State. The man who is on
the grouad. editor or not, and ex-
cuses or palliates 1t, may be fairly
suspected of being privy to the cor
rupton. Now, look how the inves-
tigating committee, upon the charges
by Mr.. Glenn, is brought forth by the
speaker. A majority OF them voted
on the side which, it is alleged, re-
sorted to bribery to procure votes.
Can it be expected that there will
be anything like thorough investi.
CATION through the instrumentality
of such an organization ! tell YOU
it is enough to make an honest cit.
izen hang his head with shame, to
witness the goings-on in this infa-
nous and tralticing Assembly, and
well may the people ask the qucs.
ton, els this the entertainment to
which we were invited last Fall p
Troy Times.