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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-26

All the interior dopGs shah Be laid with ~, leai
mill dressed {sllqW pine planks not oVsr inoi,s
vide and IA inches lhich, PERFECTLY as1a6liaf i.SI
Tres from pad sap, kuol. lpit8 other dsfeoI1. re
galleries ena have hoors Of lrlt quality drseI ~
pfesa uiaHks. not over inches wide And Jl< ieisa
thick With tonaued and erooFad edges liat lese@
With white lead ~ the joiuta and made pafloofl5
Az ths STRAIGHT and heading Joints Of ira isstds
aua outside doors shall 20 amo0lhod OIL
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-26

The whole work ohall be e1eeutod to the eatislac
alseotions tnss. and grades % Be given b said
All the nafariaia shan be Of tbs best quality. ana
shall 10 furnished ~ the ccniracaers a. well Is the
labor.
me oontractnr ahAli b bownd "a begin the worh
in this ten days following tno approval Of the adindis
cati6n ~ the Common Council and to complete tie
Ia four months after uucer pennta 81 tHans
sgfvs dollars plI day for EACH aud every day there.
after fho same ID NOT completed.
Good fnd solvent security Ia the sum q $500 shall
3 requirgd| q 1uafanito the faithful Performance
81 the contract.
Payments Is b mada a. iolloua. ons.foarta e
the e1pIE4ct uIIco whom the walls aln All up tHo
s1q1F 444 llnlull en- one fourth Wh1n tie Raila are
sa q t1Q work. and aocoplance Of tho 1aEfc q he
2llf sAfYefef and Comralfitls q alleoI1 $50 Land
tlNtl und.l1l1qd that a 1lel q. iail1r1 y he
t41tff4tQl e 1oFIn Or InI11 TIE work. 81 ea7
Hl4l1 1Aa4l1I. uiluIu IHu period AI1f or Is f1Ia
ne lemm4n 1annlIto dlll1Il1I14 With lnt 4sn-
New-York tribune., 1868-04-04
TIE DIAMOND CoAL NINE AccLDEyE
SEVENTEEN MEN FALL 1sj FEET-TwELyE IN
hIANILN KILLED.

SEVENTEEN MEN FALL 1Sj FEET-TwELYE IN
STANTLY KILLED.
The Scranton Republican publishes the par
tcuars OF the shocking accident which occurred Tues
day morning at the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
Railroad Co.'S Diamond Mines. Hyde Park The accident
occurred at o'clock In the morning, the first
rage" load Of miners was on the point OF descending
into the +" shaft leading 10 the "E" and F. y6ns
Is men and boys had placed themselves. Tho signal
given to the engineer g put his machinery Ia mo
tOn to raise the carriage, Which Is generally raised about
a foot when II settles back upon what called fans"
which thrown the opening 20 support the
rage. A. this time the driving boss Mr. Patrick tPat
sewn Barrett said To q son Of Mr. Rccs r. Evans, tho
boss miner Get or want TO go down this time" As
removed the lever which throws back tho "fans" and
Jumped As he did the carriage started with the
distance of Isj feet sudden start by the
breaking OF link eight inches long, the best OF Ulster
iron put in less than three weeks since There were
seven smaer links above this before the wire rope com
menccd The broken Ink was picked up At the bottom
of the shaft and found to be completely
with the exception Of slight turn az each END. Ihls
strengthening ont showed the enacitY o inc ron ~ only
n slight crack was made in IL Oh the inside Of the
unbrokcn end. The other end shows the reason
OF the iron The link was made OF tbrcequarer inch iron,
and that less than half way round me rod was perfectly
welded That portion - purely & % reann s me M @ cd d
not When together, the surface eYdenuy seemed
perfectly Joined at the lap dhs w1mcep . Of wa t cysr ne
day IL said by experts that sometimes Yields DO not
take on account OF unsa "a co with , w,d ifT IN
nneson BtnminOus coal is considered better for such
operations one OF the employees who stood by at The
time of tho accident, says that just after the
carriage was raised and as ~ was on the
noni 0f descending, he happened 10 look up
and saw that the lower link standing crosswisc in
sad of nm and down and Il thought that when the
carriage fo back upon the fans aud thG Cham slachene
tLis link caught and was thrown aud held ia that post
tinn consequently when the fans were thrown OF, the
link was probably suddenly erked into an upright posi-
ton and The sudden jerk and strain caused the INK opat
AZ te weld Almost the whole population OF y de PARK,
seemingly, and hundreds from the scta,9n sue OF @ ts
tbr accident Doctor Gibbs promptly on he ground
and ms each body brought to daylight lac made an
,",u,tin and dressed the wounds well as II could
then bc done Twelve killed Instantly, hhd of the
tv. Ii,ue tbrce can hardly survive their injuries
New-York tribune., 1868-04-04
LIABILITY or RAILROADS FOR INJURIES TO
PERSONS HOLDING FREE PASSES.

CL,cdgo and Rock Island Railroad Company
1gt charles H. Daniels, On mis- ner fteId-Appea from
te Circuit Court for tho Northern District OF Illinois 10
the Supreme Court Of the United states. TINS cause
comes here a certificate Of division Of opinion 1he
plaintf below, MINOR, and who was suspended hama
road In consideration of his Hiring the enigma Tor ms pas
sage. During the passage there was fatal hccdcht
accustomed, alleged 10y the negligence or the engineer
i'm consequence Of which the plaiun was seriously IN
lured The charge Of the Court in substance as fooW
will give full statement OF the facts and law involved
engineer himself that II he. tho engineer had exercised
proper care and diligence, the accident would not nave
occurred. IL may be assumed, therefore, mat inc
iuInry to tho plaintiff resulted from the neg
ligence Of one Of the servants of the Company IN"
oueston as To the relation existing bctwecn the pam
the service of the Company, within the ordinary meaning
OF the term was he merely passenger coinpra,tS
the Company for his passage by firing TIE ehshrf lns
was no doubt as 10 the liability OF the Company lo th
uer,0n in the accident had occasIOncd injury To s
through the negligence OF the plaintiff while N"fhuig ms
passage; he was IN sense therefore ~ the service
of the Company Nor there any doubt ~ to te non
follow-servants engaged In the same business. Wa,
Daniels much servant Of the Company that he e"u
NOT recover for the ncgg gcncc of fclloWsNanl on Tue
rnund that lac and the engineer were cngagcd IN the
s1me general business Tho Court ruled, Tor thr pu
noses OF the trial, that Daniels not 81 nurh ctNd
~ the Company prevent by the nature OF the ser
vice u recovery FOR tho negligence OF telloWscrNall
The Court left Il for the jury to say whether the engineer
was competent, from ntclnponnce or Olhtf cause lu
The proIor discharge or the duty undertaken. ana
whether, also, tho fact known 10 tho oIi'ns
az the Company, ought to have been known
IN them Tho Court refused tn instruct inc
jury on She reGuo7, Of the doieudah' ih"t III 'ho '"'
New-York tribune., 1868-04-04

believe from tho evidence .he plaintiff at the time OF
the injury complained OF was in the employ Of the dc
fendsnt engaged firing the engine, and IL he received
the injury consequence OF the negligence OF the eng
neer on that engine lie cannot recover II the engineer
was also az the time the employ OF the defendant
unless YOU believe from the evidence that the engineer
was an incompetent servant and that the company knew
or Ought 10 have known it." To tho refusal TO rule,
and TO certain portions OF the charge 10 the jury excep
taken and thereon the cause was taken 10 the
Circuit Court ON appeal That Court divided on the fol-
lowing question, on which the cause comes here:
Whether upon the facts stated and proved at the
trial the action can be maintained and whether consc
quently the jury should be instructed that under the
facts proved plaintiff cannot recover This question
discussed at great length on both sides and the decision
thereon will be important fone TO railroads ana otht
common carriers the public and to railroad employees
New-York tribune., 1868-04-04
OPEN BOARD or BROKFRs--:,! p NJ
: ENnrnsa IMnsf Ininn IeI LChtc A. n AZ praf
FRrpAY. April ar. ".

Gold closed at l3i9. The extremes were 3S. a 1871.
Gold is carried with difficulty and per cent inter-
est. with q margin equal to the premium, has beos
declined by banks, which preferred to keep their
currency rs reserve instead OF using gold for THAI
purpose. The clearings of the Gold Exchange Bank
were SCI $4,000, and the balances $l,5S2,jS9 a.
Governments opened heavy, but at tho noon call
were much stronger and upon several issues held at
per cent advance. As much as per cent was paid
for three days options by buyers. State stocks con
tinue strong at the full quotations of yesterday.
Express stocks were steady and in some cases
higher The fluctuations III Erie were large, 72t
to 7j3 closing at 73. The Western shares wero
strong, and no large amounts offered. New
York Central was active, and with Erie.
mOnopolized the chief attention of the street.
Pacific Mail, under free supply of cash stock fell
to &C. closing at 96l The opposition line is making
arrangements for a weekly steamer, and closing con-
tracts of character which assures long contest.
IL is reported that Mr. Garrison is to operate the At
lantic end of the route for which purpose the steam
ers bought recently will be used. The point aimed
at by the opposition is an equal division Of the busi
ness. and it is sought by means used by the Mor-
chants Union Express the use of a small capital
against q large one-two millions against twenty
This ruinous fight for the stockholders, is pushing
California ahead with unexampled speed, as can bs
more fully appreciated by visiting the docks OF ths
rival lines and see the rush of travellers and goods
At the close the market was steady and dull on tho
general list Pacific continued to depressed for sale
North Western Preferred was strong at 74.. Rock
Island was in demand at improving prices. Govern
ment Bonds close steady at quotations.
New-York tribune., 1868-04-04

Quoted by Dr. Deaned The subject had been embalmed
O3 days II without smell, and the face presented
naturaness that startling. 1t Is claimed Tor TINS
process that U decay once and the examination
OF tho body sub antaed the fact No injection ~ made
the veins ncsion in the body IL Is claimed
nat the bodies embalmed viii last century. The learned
Professor O the Hospital expressed himself asonfshed at
the result and in response TO question OF MT Clark
the agent for the patenees replied: 81 any
thing like it in my life" The body was cut at every part
Thestudens ayaed themselves Of fingers and toes ana
distinguished chemist carried away piece OF the lungs
In ais Vt.-fD DQelo
New-York tribune., 1868-04-04
THE FIRE IN FULTON ST.

IL u, Edihr ~ The Tfbas.
SIN. I'm your report of the fire at No. a Fnl-
-, g., ,,r ts.re Of Apr l. you say that the fire orig
nacd Ina our promises an act "l Jusu,e 20 Us you
viii plcase insert these lines IN yohr Nhluapo lmFti
The statement the irc dd not originate
i'm oir niacc bn In the office Of anoer occupant oi inc
building ' ~ -"
N,,r V,y Apfll o. 1865
New-York tribune., 1868-04-04
WV r,1nALMING rEocEss.

At Bellevue Hospital, yesterday, the body oi
q woman. embamod by the process Of Prof Charles A.
seey and Charles Eames was cut open 10 the presence
Of prof James r. Wood Of the Hospital and company
of distlngnished gcntlemcn, Tho dissection was coH
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1868. (. !.
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c. C. PINKNEY,
PETER \. SHAND,
PAUL TRARIER.

BY proper and judicous measures much
may be done in influencing the colored popu-
lation In Edgefeld District at one poll sew
enty-six votes were cast, of which seventy
three were Democratic Why cannot like
result be obtained in other precincts Aid
and encouragement sh uld beg y.n t. such ne
groes as Wouldi. lily themselves with the Dem
ocratip party, and in employing workmen the
preference should be given to those who would
acs with us.
At Aiken an auxiliary Democratic Club,
composed exclusively Of colored pers5ns, is
being formed, and the members are furnished
with neatly printed card of membership,
commencing them to the Democrats of the
State. If this Course was pursued throughout
Barnwell District, and proper encouragement
given to those who adhered to the party, by
the fall elections we would be strong enough
to peoteet o4rselyes frola the outrage OF being
governed by carpet bag politicians.
1t rests with the white men OF the South TO
control their own political destiny. This can
only be dorc by active, energetic and united
action. Even those who are disfranchised
can aid by their infuence.-Barnwell Sen
tinel.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-24
Committee.
Shall the Democratic Party Die or
T.iuo2

The present is crisis in the Democratic
party which has no precedent in its history,
as it is crisis in the progress of the coun'ly
which is also without precedent. Never be-
fore has the Democratic party encountered
events so seriously affecting its future vitality
as now. Not that it beholds itself diminish
ed in the magnitude Of its members-(or it
is numerically stronger than it has ever been
before-but that, having been beaten or a
great national issue, as to which it believed
itself to be wholly right and the opposition
wholly wrong, and still so believes, 1t must
nevertheless abandon that issue--tor the de-
cision Of it is tnal-and either sit down in
/ decayiug and helpless inactivity, or strike
boldly out upon new line, selected with pc
culiar reference, not to things as VIC wolid
have them, but to things as they actually sr",
and in pursuing which line it shall cease to e
hold back or" conservative" party, and b.
come, what it was in its palmy days, pro-
gressive and an aggressive party. These arc
the alternatives,
1t will not sit down in helpless and decay.
ing inactivity.
What next? Can the Democratic party sue
ceed until the negro question shall be got
out of the way? 1t cannot. Why not? Is
not negro suffrage inevitable, and is not the
quickest way to at once concede the suffrage,
making issue only on the degree to which it
shall be conceded2 We know that many
Democrats have not reached this advanced
view of the case, and that such are still great
ly inclined to revolt at the proposition Of ne
gro suffrage in any degree; but let us tell them
kknk, - - oil f0 kh..
BILE when the inevitable comes. Negro suf-
frage, we say, is inevitable, and whether it
shall be qualified or universal depends upon
the promptness or otherwise with which the
Democratic party shall move with reference
to it. The South will speedily yield negro
sufftage upon the motion of the Democratic
party because, if for no other reason, she
will soon see, if she does not already see, tho,
if she does not yield it, she will ultimately
be compelled to accept universal negro sut-
frage.
Qualified negro suffrage yielded by tho
Southland by this W. mean impartial suf-
frage dependent upon the intelligence Of the
man, irrespective of color, as is now the rule
10 Massachusetts-the negro question will
have been disposed of, and the occupation of
tne Nortnern hepuoncan party Will oe Sooe
forever. Not one inch of ground will it have
to stand upon; and the country can once
more turn to those Neutrality-suspicious. of pub
lie policy, the right disposition Of which is so
essential to the public prosperity. It will
be upon these questions that.the Democratic
party will triumph, and it will be BY this tri-
umph that constitutional government and our
Federal system will be preserved.-Chicago
Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-24

,Colfax the black apd tan noairee for tht
.Nice Pre,idepcy, was last fall an aspirant foi
higher place On the radical ticket, and ii
order to silence Grant, his rivsl, got up 70,
circulation By tho radical party, circular
containing sixteen reasons why General Grant
should not be run for the Presidency. We
. give several of those reasons, for they are
true and undeniable good reasons why Grant
SHOULD not,be elected to that high office.
l. "He has all he deserves at the hands Of
the American people.
2. He could not deliver an inaugural ad-
d ess.
8. Because at this peculiar period in the
history ol our great country we need an able
and experienced statesman at the White
House,"
4. Because he has proved a tail..rs IN every
capacity outside oft military.
8. He claims to have no knowledge Of poll.
tics or national affairs.
1. Q. We have one hundred better men for
President.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-24
Give and Grow Rich.

The citizeps of Fairfield, who offer to give
a portion of their land, free of charge, to
white settlers for the encouragement in i'm.
migration, are prudent and far seeing men.
There 10 far more cleared land in the State
than can be cultivated under our present sys.
ten Of labor, and there is no profit in allow
ing one half the area of plantation to lay
idle, or in exharsting and killing one tract by
improvident management and then repeating
the process on another.
While slavery existed the bare land was of
secondary importance, 1t drew its value from
the negro laborer, and this is patient enough,
now that tue richest plantations i'll the State
are selling for mere song. AT this time,
the planter and farmer have nothing but their
fertile acres upon which 10 depend. There
is no advantage to them in the increase Of
their laborers. and at the end of the year the
difference between their expenses aud the
money realized by the sale of their crop is
the absolute measure of their failure or sue
cess. But there is one means by which the
farmer can improve his position, and that ia
by supporting every project which win, i'm
mediately or ultimately, increase the value Of
his lands.
The surest way of making real estate in
South Carolina more valuable, is by stimula-
ting white immigration. Every immigrant
will be consumer as we'll as producer he
will be customer for tho storekceper and
manufacturer, as well,as the means of bringing
money into the State in return for the ex-
ported fruits Of his labor he will be an ele-
ment of solid progress, as we'll as one more
vote in favor Of white man" rule. The i'm
migrant will not nevertheless, come to our
State unless great inducements are laid be-
fore him. Fertility, salubrity, a warm vel
come, are not enough but offer him farm,
make him at ONCE 2 landowner, convince
him that you are. acting in good faith, and he
will come and bring with. him his friends and
connections. Land, luxuriant land, is abun-
dant, and we do firmly believe that the State
and the individual would be the gamer, if
every farmer in South Carolina were 10 be-
atow upon white settlers one.third of his cul-
tivated and uucleared estate. The land which
was retained would be better and more care.
fully cultivated, and the increase in popula-
ton and the growing stability of the coun-
try would make the remaining two thirds
worth more than the whole would now bring
In the most favorable market.
For these reasons, we say well-done to
the people Of Fairfield and express our hope
that their sagacious conduct will find imita
tors in every section of the State.-Charlestou
News.
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-24

E The estate of the late ex-Presidcnt
Buchanan is estimated at 100000. he left
various legacies to hia servants; two thousand
dollars to the poor Of Lancaster, in addition to
four thousand dollars previously donated one
thousand dollars to the Presbyterian Church,
Lancaster, of which. be was a member, and
the balance of his estate, real anI personal,
as follows: Oce-fourth to Mrs. Harriet Lane
johnson; one-fourth to Rev. E. T. Buchanan,
and the remainder to various nephews and
neices, The W heatland property goes to Mrs.
Harriet T., johnson.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-24

sa EE a lady in London adyertiaea taat
she will pay ssO8 year for the board of Der
poodle while she travels, provided it is in the
family Of medical gentleman where there
are no children. ...
SaT A girl has just been arrested in New
York for wearing mans apparel during more
than four years. All that time she has led o
faat life with the fashionable young men OF
that city none Of whom suspected her sex.
Il If Adam had asked Eve to let him
kiss her, could the latter, without profanity,
have replied, 81 don't careA dam ifyou do ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-24

EE"My son." said the elder Sprirgles to
his junior, thinking to enlighten the boy on
the propagation of: the hen species "my son
do you know chickens come oat of eggs ?i'
said Sprggles junior, as he licked bis plate
Il thought eggs came out of chickens"
saF A Mississippi paper, which does not
wish to die Of nothing to do, says: We want
fifteen or twenty red mouthed radicals to set.
tie Immediately in Iuka. We have nobody
here to abuse, and we are almost dead tagas,
rote some scalawag."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-24
Slander.
Twas but a breath

Twas but breath
And yet woman's fair fame wilted,
And friends once fond grew cold and stilted
And life was worse than death.
One yenomed word,
That struck its coward poisoned blow
In craven whispers, hushed and low,
And yet the wide world heard.
Twas but one whispered-ons-
That mutte-red low, for very shame,
The thing the slanderer dare not name,
And yet its work was done.
A hint so slight,
And yet so mighty in its power,
A human soul, in one short hour,
Lies crushed beneath its blight.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-24

ES A Young lacy from the country, now
visiting in the city, writes home thus: !" No
body isn't nothin now which doesn't holo up
her cloz, and the hier you holes 'em the more
you are notised."