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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-04-25

In 1864 the earnings were $li759,05s, and the ex-
penses Sl0G939H leaving the net earnings si,Od5,lli
The percentage of expenses 72G and the rate of
dividend 10 per cent
The Hartford Times says:
The Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Is being pushed
along as fast possible Fifty large duinpcars TO be
drawn by steam locomotives. are being put upon the
road and two locomotives will soon be put upon ten
pOrary track. These arrangements Will insure the RAPID
pro Of tho work OF excaYating and filing OF which
there large amount "a be done In the Valley OF the
work digging away for the foundations for the abumcns
the bridge the Natchaug and laying temp
Iary track for the conveyance OF the stone frUm tie
quarry little distance up the stream. They have thee
large Quantities OF OF the finest stone for the riT
pose 10 Is expected that the road Will be finished to WI
limantic by the close OF 1862
The weekly returns OF the Bank Of France. pub
lished to-day and reported 10y Atlantic Telegraph
show that gold is again flowing to the Bank The
amount in vault this week is greater by nearly 10000
francs than last week
The Paris Boursc, rs we learn by Atlantic Tele
graph, was frmer to-day. Rentes 60 francs q cen
times or confines higher than yesterday.
The following is an abstract of the Quarterly Re
ports of the National Banking Associations Of the
United States. showing their condition on the morn
ing OF the first Monday of April, 1868:
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts including Oyerdrafts SG G9Ss8 "a
u. s. Bonds deposited 10 secure circula-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-04-25

rE0 CAPITALISTS.
The undersigned for sale, limited amount Of the
BONDS or rHH PORTLAND WATER COMPANY, OF PORT
LAND MAINE .II.n
These bonds hear Interest payable In gold and the prne
pal reeemahe in gold Ia tsea The coupons payable
nnuay In Boston the LIST of April aud the l October The
Company chartered by the state Of Maine With capital q
AMI IA authorized 10 bonds the o. $4,000 secured by
mortgage on is property and franchise erGov Israel Wash
brn h and Mayor Jacob Mcclellan Trustees The proceeds Of these
bpd M he applied 81 the Of the works The
contae, material and the completion Of the rBre works with the
American Gas Pipe Company Newersey under
tees bonds with the value aud Importance OF hs
works
together $50 qusre The works based
present population Of Portland The
obtained by gravt,on and without machinery the lake being IA feet
above and distant from the city about sixteen miles
Por further information regard the bOuds apply 10 MeSrs L.
Won HOFFMAN, Co. No. HanoversL, TO g. T. BONNER
Ca M. BTuai-sL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-04-25
SECOND KOARID


cOvHRNMRNT DEPARTMENT
II G. 1865 Coup u 6s $50 Coup % 5-2OC 81 nj
10 900 ....l42 3,0OO..........l1O 10000.
II Gs $40 Reg 90 $500 Reg 65 Treas Notes 5lO
OK o0o - lO5 | 1000 .........lO4I I'd Series.
5000 ......l0ik S6S6DCou 90 2SoOO .''...''.V'
S Gs $50 Reg 81 $4,000. -.....l0S5I
2QO Loft
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-04-25
rMpoRrs-rSro THE UNITED STATES.
Eight months s2Oo.2,l.Oe5 s17.62o.0Oi t22c.s17

The Controller of the Currency has issued the fol-
loving circular:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-04-25

SMOKED, ETC.
4 Tongues. each..s1 259s1 80
Sheep Tongues, y d0z..50055
Pigs feet, y doz. ..55 eco
Sausage, Ylo. ...-.- 1920
! Bologna, green. y ID l6dls
J Head cheese, y ID. 5000
Triple, v ib....."...-..lO@-
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dOZ.. ...-----....H ZodSz oO
Squads. y doZ. So 00i6s5 so
Wild. y doz. 81 1902 90
Snipe, Eng..P doz-$2 50DS3 90
Ployer, p doz 81 25ds2 rs
xUVRa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-04-25

In the Essex Market Police Court. before
Justice Mansfield Michael sullivan, for stealing three
bags Of cotton from the schooner j. b. Myers YIN at
Pier No. 81 East River, was hold Tor trial.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-15
Insect RaVapps.

The correspondent of the London Star,
writing from Paris, August 20, says:-
/ cannot say that an exhibition of insects Is an
attracting sight, although most interesting to
farmers. The one now open at the PaaIs DIN
dustrie is all the more important inasmuch as
we all know of the frighttul devastation lately
committed by locusts and cockchafeIs in Algeria
and in the South OF France as well AS the
mischief done by the weevils to the corn stores
last winter. Twelve couples of these insects in
hectol1tre of corn suffice to produce 5000 of
their species. As each consumes three grams in
the year, the amount destroyed during that
period would be IL per cent.
The lesidonica, writes the Debdts. from which
l gather these curious details, destroyed the
third OF the wheat crop in Belgium in the year
lS46, which third was valued at 9l ,600,0 900 or
4O,OO0,0OOfr. The puceron, an almost invisible
insect, has been known in eight days TO destroy
sixty EIGHT acres of COLA when the plant is in
flower The scolytus appears to be equally de-
structive to forests The pgmy seolytus, in
| spite of its diminutive size, accompIshes a
| gigantic amount of work; co. 900 young oak
| trees have erumbed TO dust In the woods of
| Vmcennes by means of its voracity; and the
scoyuS nluIt'Strtd proved equally destructive to
| the elms which used to adorn the boulevards of
| this capital,
These trees have latterly been replaced by
| species OF planta1n which resists their at
| tacks, and whose broader leaf forms more
efficient shade from the glare and heat of the
| sun. Among useful insects, evidently silk
worms and bees are the most note worthy.
| Previous to the silkworm disease, the cocoons
p'dCtu III tuS DOuJueTu departments pTOuuCeu
| $4,000 600 worth of raw silk; unfortunately,
| that sum is now reduced to a third of mil
lion sterling. French bees not only produce
wax candles and honey, but likewise brandy
| and vinegar.
| M. Deblon exhibits vinegar liqueur, boot and
| furniture varnish, and miigly cerine for pre-
serving fruits AGAINST fermentation; NJ. Favre-
| Vommier, of Broude, preserves made with
| honey, instead of sugar and vinegar; NJ. Barot-
| Denis, Kirsch, cognac, rum ETC., all of which
various articles are manufactured from honey
or wax. The bees of France cannot be accused
Gustry in This mornings IS De Bebafs. Another herr curl.
Gus part of this exhibition appears to be the
suits of ornaments for ladies' decoration, made
of the green and blue chrysomelians and pha-
neus imported from the Brazils, of the bright
winged coleopterus found near Beaugency, and
of the blue and enamelled noplies to be found
on The shores OF the Loire.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-15

ings upon Lambs knitting machine though
sometimes the grandmothers knit them with
needles, which think Is the best way because
1t keeps them quiet aud they won't bother us
boys so much. When sheep Jump and run, one
always follows the rest. l mean the rest always
follow one II the leader should jump through
q keyhole, or over the moon, the rest would all
follow, which think is verS bright in the sheep
and In other folks who always follow the leader;
OF course the leader is always right. Lambs are
kept for their innocence, which | should not
think would pay, though they eanbol all the
time, which isn't so innocent neither, though
suppose they are the black-leg lambs | forgot
to mention that there is kind of sheep called
goats, which, when you put up nights, have 10 be
kept separate from the real sheep-the sheep on
the right and the goats on the left. don't
know as know any more about sheep, though
Cousin Dud does, cause he keeps sheep, and
he's got 'em so they'll Jump irst-rate, too
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-15
MUSICAL ITEMS.

An italian journal remarks on the circum-
stance that three opera houses are about to open
the season with one of Signor Petrella's works
the theatre Brescia with Cdterina Ho,1drd; that
at Casalmonferrato with Marco ViSconH; and
that of Capri with La Oon,essd GAm0if
Miss Nilsson. the famous Swedish singer, is
SO popular in England that she can't buy ne W
pair of gloves or take walk without giving
occasion to a series of newspaper paragraphs.
Such is the penalty of fame.
The London Orchestra sis requested to state
that Miss Louise Pyne does not intend to visit
America this year." This seems to settle the
matter.
"A new opera by Flotow, Les Deu1 Com.
poSaeuTS, is announced for this month al
Prague.
The scheme of founding o "Rossnian So
ciety" in Italy, cherished by Minister Broglo,
has been abandoned.
Patti has been very successful at Homburg,
and will soon return TO the Paris Italiens.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-15
Concerning Sheep.

The following composition by boy is charac
teristic of first essays in the art of Writlng:-
sheep is about as big as dog, though they
are better than dogs, cause dogs Kill sheep, but
sheep don't kill dogs, except once when man
wanted to break his dog of sheep killing, and
so held him and let an old sheep butt HIM till
he broke his bones into little tine pieces about
as big as piece OF tooth; and so that was the
way that dog got broke, and guess he wished
butchering-dOn't you? There are mostly two
kinds of sheep--ewes and rams. The rams have
a few horns. There are principally several
kinds OF rams also. There Is the battering ram
that they had in the old time TO knock on the
gates OF cities when they wanted to come in.
Then there's the ram that they ram down guns
with IL wish / had gum and the hydraulic
ram they ram up water with. Sometimes when
they wanted TO knock down iolks' walls in the
Bible they didn't have whole rams enough to
batter them down, and they had to take rams
horns and blow them down. That they did
with the. walls of Jerry Coe. | don't know
whether he was any relation to the phosphate
OF lime man or not. There is two kinds OF
sheep the South Down, that they have down
South, and the Merino which is the Spanish for
marine, cause they come over the sea. They
keep the sheep for their mutton, which is good
when they can't get turkey, though general Y
they jump out and run away, so that they can't
keep them.
The way to make them Jump is 10 Tie old
barrel slaves to their legs for fetters. The
fetters scare them, and they Jump to get away
from 'em. Sheep are troubled with wool grow
ing all over them and so in the hot weather
they cut il off TO keep them cool. suppose
they would have to cut 1t off any rate to get at
tGs mutton, TAeJ spin up the wool into stock.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-15
EDUCATIONAL.

M r. H. Y. L A U D R &C HIS
SELECT
Classical, Scientific and Commercial School
for Boys and Young Men. VIII open on MONDAY
September IA, at the
ASSEM- BLY, BUILDINGS.
TENTH and CHESNUT Streets.
This school Will combine the thoroughuess and sys-
tenn Of frst-cass public school, with The peculiar
advantages OF
WELL-APPOINTED PRIVATE ACADEMY.
Applications for admission may be made n the
rooms daily, from A. M. to 3 p M. 82l
n. B. No teacher VINO has not had years success
ful practice will be employed in any department..
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-15

THE MISSES JOHNSTONS BOARDING
i and Day School Ior Young Ladies' No. 1927
SPRUCE street, will reopen %. w september
u, 1865. S24 2m
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-15
LITERATURE.
REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.

VA PSYCHE OF To-Day. BY Mrs. G. Jenkin.
Published by Leypoldt & Holt. The title Of
this story is not the most felicitous that could
have been chosen, although the authoress at
tempts to justify It by comparing her heroine
to the Psyche of the lovely old Greek legend,
who she takes to be ian eternal type Of young
womanhood when she left her home to follow
the young god" The Psyche Of the old story
was a type of the soul purified and sanctined
by love, while in the pathetic tale OF
modern life which we have under no.
tioe the soul OF the heroine is crushed and
broken because the love upon which 1t relied
proved illusionary and unreal. The story,
however, is one of far more than usual merit
and interest, and, without obtrusiveness, the
moral is one that cannot easily be mistaken
The scene is laid in France and the characters
are French, and although the authoress Is, we
believe, an English woman, her style is cha
racterized by that peculiar graoefulness which
Is so attractive in French writings Of this
class. The various characters are drawn with
nice discrimination and the heroine Regina
may almost be considered dramatic creation.
Throughout the work there are passages
which show close observation and study of
human nature and fine powers of mental
analysis: passages which fix themselves in the
mind as pregnant truths which are worthy of
earnest consideration. The story shows the
dangers, misfortunes, and wickedness Of mere
marriages of convenience, where there is no real
reciprocity of affection between the parties.
While the story is decidedly French, both in
style and substance, the subject is treated
with the utmost delicacy, and it is entirely
free from any of that disposition to trespass
on the bounds of propriety, or to gloss over
and apologize for sin, which is the bane OF
most of the best French writings Of this class
We can recommend the book as one of real
interest, and as likely to leave impressions of
pure and ennobling character on the mind
of the reader.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-15

H. W. Beecher has become member Of a
kFlnters' Grant and COlfax Club.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-15
COAL.

Y MIDDLETON d CO., DEALERS IN
~. ~, HAkLElGA Ill LEHIGA and EAGLs AZ VEIN
for nmily use. Yard, No. 1295 WARRINGTON
nR. KINKELIE, AFTER A RESIDENCE
il and practice OF thirty years At The Northwest
moved TO south ELEVENTH Street, between MAR
Is superiority In the prompt and perfect cure OF
Al recent cel4nIc upe peAi nnu aneo-
Diseases OF the skin, appearing In = hundred OFF
weakness, and all nervous debties scientifically
and sUccessiulIy treated Once hours from A. NJ
to0P.M M,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-07-22
STATUTE OF FRAUDS.

Section 2O, Article l, Of the Consttn-
ton, having provided that mo person
shall be imprisoned tor debt, except in
cases OF lrau,I," | recommend that tue
General Assembly shall 1T an early day.
enact Slainte Of Frauds. and also new
Statute oi Limitations. defining the rights.
remedies, and Liabilities OF creditors and
,chlUrs.
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JUDICIARY.

JUDICIARY.
Article 4, of our Constitution, provides
for the reorganization OF the Judicial De-
partment of the State, and detnes the
fsz5sdction Of the several courts, t0 be
organized in pursuance OF the same: This
important subject, 50 vital TO the prot,e;c-
ton OF the person and property o. the
citizen, demands. and will, dohbtiess'
receive your curly and most serious at'en-
tion recommend that the jurisdiction
of Justices Of the Peace be extended, 80
that they may render judgment in petty
cases, involving the liberty OF the accused,
subject of course TO All appeal. he State
will thereby be saved Inc cost OF support,
ing many prisoners in the jails, charged
with small offences, but unable to give
bonds for their appearance at the general
term of the court, while the committing
Justice has no authority to pass sentence
upon them. l would also recommend
that Justices OF the Peace shonld be vested
with the power to discharge from arrest
in any case where there is not probable
cause OF reasonable grounds for believing
the accused guilty. This would not debar
the Grand Jury from investigating the
cn,e OF person 80 discharged, and finding
Il bill of Indictment against him, should
the facts warrant it; while it would
prevent much hardship to innocent per-
sous, aud expense to the State, by the laws
delay.
In this connection, I would urge that
the fees OF justices Of the peace, clerks of
conrts, sheritfS, constables, and other
officers who may be entitled to receive
fees. should be strictly regulated by stat
ute.
REVISION OF CODE AND CHANGE OF PLEAD
INGs.
invite your earnest attention tc Sec
ton 8, Article 5, of the Constitution,
providing that " the General Assembly.
1T it's first session after the adoption OF
this Constitution, shall make provision 10
revise, digest, and arrange under proper
heplH the body of our laws, civil and
criminal and form penal code ftnnded
upon principles of reformation" This
section also provides that the General
Assembly for that purpose shall appoint
some suitable person or persons. whose
dnty it shall be- to revise, simplify aud
ahridge the rules, pra' tice, pleadiAgs and
forms OF the courts now IN use in this
State. A well digestcd code of Public
Laws, with full and clear index, will be
of great value to all classes of our people.
professional or otherwise. Such !; code
South Carolina has never possessed. The
Commission appointed for this purpose
should be composed oimen of the highest
legal abili' V, and should be empowered to
omit from the code such statutes az are
nc longer in accord with our Constitution,
or thar conflict with the changes in our
pnlitical and civil systems. Especially
should the plea Of :. Benefit of Clergy" ;"
which has so LONG disgraced the judicial
system of the State, be no longer recog
nizcd by our courts. trust tnat the
General Assembly will make an appropri
ation sufficiently liberal to give fair
compensation to the members of that
Commission for their necessarily arduons
aburs.
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ELECTIONS.

] invite your dticHIWii 10 'HecLloH u,
Article. S, of the Constitution, which pro-
vldcs that lit ehaIl be the duty OF the
General As.emhly to provide from time
tn time tor the registration OF all electors" !"
1t is important to the safety OF the
State that tho rights of its electors and
the purity of the ballot box should be
riyi,iv guarded. therefore recommend
that you will pass stringent laws pre-
scribng the duties ofregistrars and Judges
OF electious, with appropriate penalties ;
and providing also for the punishment of
bribery and corruption at public elections.
REMOVAL oF POLITICAL DISABILITIES.
would earnestly recommend that your
honorable body will, at an ear y period,
mcmorialize Con rrss To relieve every
citizen OF South Carolina from all political
disabilities max, this recommendation
the more readily from the fact that there
are believed to be none Of that class in
this State who have committed infamous
offences against the laws of war.
The statute of disiraachiscment was
doubtless wise and proper at the earlier
stage of Reconstruction, and justly marked
the nations abhorrcnre OF those who.
having been the trusted leaders OF the
people, had led them into their rebellion
against the benign government OF their
country. Yet the continuance OF snch
disfranchisrmcnt would he an anomaly
under our Republican system. based upon
the doctrine of universal suffrage. Let
us hope that such an act Of magnanimlty
sill not be mistaken hv the class disfran-
chised, while to deny it will tend oma|se
them Objects of sympathy, aud will be. as
It were, to keep Il knife sticking in an
open wound.
EDUCATION
Civil liberty aud tho education of the
masses are iiseparahlc.
Tie safety of 81 free State rests upon
the virtue and intelligence OF the people,
and it cannot preserve tho one without
cnltiva,ing the other A republics of
which history makes mention, have owed
their decline and fall to the corruption OF
the people who, having become unmind-
FIJI of their rights and duties through
ignorance, became the prey ofdrmagngnes
through, choice. In Il country such az
ours. where the hnmblesl citizen. if worthy
and well qualified may aspire to the
station of the ighest, and where tho
hard.landed child ot poverty and toll
may become the chief magistrate of the
republic, the diffusion of intelligence
among the masses is not only a measure
of public justice, but vitality concerns the
public safety
Z The Government of the United States
has been so mindful Of the Importance OF
nonular education, TINT it has already
-,viven 10000, 900 of acres of public lands,
-sTor,h ut least ninety millions $3.50. .O00,-
O0O) of dollars, for tho establishment of
schools and colleges in tho States and
territories of the Union. ] would, there
! fore, earnestly recommend that the pro-
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S42U,OO0
So that by an expenditure of four hundred
and twenty thousand dollars, to be raised
by taxation in three years, this great en-
terprise would be secured. The State
would have ample security for her guar
anty. A first mortgage on the road thus
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-07-22
TAXATION AND ASSESS MtN1s.

farrc is no problem that can engage
tic Attentions of the Legislature more diff
cult lha, The training OF an equitable $, -
;crn of taxation. Even il tic most pr,,S-
scrons communities. the laws that exact
from the citizen Il portion "f his means
to support the government that protects
.,is lliv and property, are viewed with cx-
tr.uc sen~iliveness Especially is this
The case in a society such as ours. where
vnIu.s of every kind have hecn suddenly
changed by the commissions of war, and
wh.re the exclusive government OF class
has been expanded into the tue liepuhli-
cunism Of universal suffrage. Hence,
those who oppose the free Constitution OF
our State aliego that it enables the non.
property holder 10 leg'siGnn.te: :: ior an. anu lax
tae property holder. If.ls argamamu, gan. menu,
however specious asst may seem' destroys
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-07-22

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND
EMIGRATION.
A celebrated statesman has observed
that "Agricnltnre feeds us; in great
measure it clothes MS; without IL we could
not have manufactures, and we should not
have commerce; they will stand together
like pillars, the largest in the centre, and
that is agriculture" Agriculture is,
indeed. the life of nation-its very ex-
istpnce, depending upon the annual pro-
ductioh of it's soil In view of the vital
Importance of this subject, and of the
amount Of arabic land in the State
now lying wild and talow, or at best
poorly cultivated, | respectfully suggest
the passage of al, act creating State
Board of Agriculture and Emigration, to
consist of at least three capable persons,
one of whom should be a practical chemist.
This Board should be charged with the
duty of investigating and making known
10 the entire country the agricultural re,
sources of the State, and should be re-
onired to make an annual report to the
Legislature, embody the results OF their
labors, and recommend such improvements
as they may deem necessary III the system
of cultivation now practiced among our
people, and snch improved agricultural
machinery as to them may seem most
proper, together with the value and mode
of using fertilizers. They should also set
forth the attractions that our soil and eli
mate and mineral resources offer to the
/ thrifty agricultnrists, mechanics, and mi
ners of our Northern States, and to those
of Europe. They should also present ia
bles showing the cost of living, the rates
of wages, the number and class of mechan-
les needed in the several counties, and the
price of land, and the terms upon which
it can be rented Their report should be
furnished to the trades unions OF this
country and Europe. -,
This information, if properly distribu'
ted. will, feel assured, start tide of en-
grafton that will flow into and greatly en-
! rich the State. The German and French