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Wilmington journal., 1868-10-30

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Litchfield enquirer., 1868-06-25

The habitans of Canada are enjoying an- other miracle, which is calculated to strengthen their faith greatly. A deyout young father named Joseph LeClerc got astray in the woods near the Noire river. and though he might have been supposed to have been in great straits, this was not the case. He avowed before witnesses that he had never suffered the least from hun ger; that tall lady in white, very beauti- ful and amiable, had every day brought him two supplies of food, consisting of a sort of large round biscuits, far better than any biscuits he had ever seen before. She came to him flying, and at night covered him carefully with large quilt, which kept him quite warm. These are the certain facts, according to the Union des Camto,as. which adds: "Who can explain them oth- erwise than by a mysterious protection of Heaven? If not, we must start many suppositions, and it is more natural to be- lieve that the Holy Virgin condescended to take care of this young man and to re- store him in safety to his family as a re- ward for his virtue" ~.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-06-25

A contemporary, which is at times mild lly sensational, expresses profound alarm at the isRlread Qf Freneh opinions and customs can people are ''rapidly forgetting the sanctity of the Anglo-Sabbath. There are several counts in this indictment The editor has ''known respectable families to allow the singing of secular songs, operat- ic airs, even burlesque and comic ditties- when living in their summer homes in the country" He has surprised a '' Broad street broker" and an eminent profes- sional gentleman" matching pennies on the beach one Sunday afternoon. "The extent to which Sunday firtations are now carried, he thinks, ''amounts to an open and most sinful defiance of the Fourth Commandments. Then, the old distinc- tion between Sunday reading" and ''week day reading," seems to him to have been almost obliterated. Against all these in- novations and impieties our contemporary firmly remonstrates, urging it's native-born readers to leave the "open dissertation of Sabbath holiness" to foreigners who may be charitably supposed to sin from igno- rance.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-06-25
WHOLE NO. 2299
ANECDoTE OF MIR. CHASE.

|
 l Some forty years since, Salmon P. Chase
 was private tutor in the family of William Wirt, Attorney General of the United States, during the administration of John 1 Quincy Adams. The usages of Washing ton society accorded to persons in his sit1l- 1 tion the e71t,ee to the fashionable circles of
 which Mr. Wirt and his family were dis tinguished ornaments. The position of
 the young tutor, however, was somewhat
 anomalous and embarrassing among the ellie of the political and moneyed aristocra- cy and by managing mamas and ambitious
 young ladies. his approaches were rather
 endured than encouraged. There was a
 marked exception, however, to this ill-con-
 cealed indifference in lady whose charac-
 ter and accomplishments gave her 8 com
 mand1ng position in society. who always
 contrived to make room for him in the charmed circle which the graces of her
 manner and conversation invariably drew
 around her, and by giving the conversation
 an intellectual turn, instead of the mere
 trlclous tone which but too frequently per-
 vades such assemblies, placed him perfect
 ly at ease, and soon made him an accepta-
 Die companion to those whose countenance and favor were not to be despised or disre-
 garded. Upon the breaking up of MT. Adams ad-
 mln1stration, MT. Chase removed to Cin- clnnati, where he commenced the study of
 the law, while he supported himself by
 teaching. He was remarkably successful as lawyer, and also as @ politician, and
 but few years comparatively had inter-
 vened when he returned to Washington city Senator from the State of Ohio. Among his first inquiries was one respect ing the lady who had countenanced and befriended him in his obscurity, but the places that had known her knew her no more. NIisfortunes had come upon her. and she had faded from the vision and the memories of her former associates and ad- mlrers: Pursuing his inquiries, he had learned that she was widow and in strait ened circumstances, and making his way to her humble residence, he found her con- fined to her bed with fatal malady, with scant attendance, and still scantier SUD- ply of the necessaries which her condition lmperatively required. He immediately summoned skillful physician, engaged a competent nurse, surrounded her with ev- cry comfort that the most tender solicitude could suggest. and devoting much of the time which could be spared from public duties in personally ministering to her ne- cessities, cheered and comforted her in her dying moments. And when he followed her remains to the grave he had provided ln one of the public cemeteries, he was the solitary representative of that gay and heartless world of which she was once the ornament and the pride.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-06-25

Father Farrell, Roman Catholic priest,
 writes letter to morning journal, in which he denies that his church was deco rated on the occasion of the recent Ger
 man Central Union celebration, and adds that he regards the quiet American man. ner of observing the Sabbath as eminently Christian, and conducive to the p1ety, so- br1ety and general morality of the people. lie also W1ates that he considers public pro- sessions through our streets on Sundays. whether gotten up by ecclesiastics or lay. men, m, as calculated to disturb to worship of Christian communities, and an outrage on American feeling. ' Fl e1
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-06-25

EXTENSIVE HosPTTALITY.--A Melbourne letter of March 3, referring to the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh, says: You know how exciteable people we are here, and will therefore not be surprised to hear that it is estimated over e320, 900 were spent by the government, public bodies and private persons on the different festivities and en- tertainments. The whole crew of the Gal- atea (about 600) were supplied with fresh meat, poultry, milk, fruit and vegetables Tor the six weeks she was here, and ton of ice was sent on board every morning for their use.''
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-06-25

A sensible Texan writes to the St T,on;s Densocrat:-'' would rather receive as ;ra migrant into Texas fifty thousand oenn;na n ,,.s fun-blooded, unadulterated Yankees than to receive that number from England. Ire land' France, Germany, or the South. D
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-06-25

The westward movement of our Ameri- can population is very large this year. Mis- sour, Nebraska and Kansas will probably get the largest proportion of the emigra-
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-06-25
OUR MILLIONAIRES,

Nothing marks the high civilization of the day more surely than an intense desire to millionaires Every man believes he ought to be. one, and many men, for time at least, believe they can be. A cold blooded inspection of this vital question may enable us to sec what we are about. and it may, too, teach ns how this blissful result can be accomplished.
 An examination of the tax books of New York city (for 18G67) showsthat ten men own one-tenth part of the whole taxable property of the city, as follows
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-06-25

About forty acres in and near New Haven are under cultivation for strawber- ries. ., isas HI ts. a
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07
Group.

We find the following in the
Columbus CO., Crisis. AS DR..
Trevitt, the editor of the Crisis,
is one of the best and most exper-
fenced physicians in the State, we
suppose this receipt whould not
have been inserted in his excellent
journal without his approval:
CRoUP.-As this is the season
of the year in which this infantile
disease is most prevalent, we pub.
the following recipe from the Paris
Medical Gazette: ''Mix one tea.
spoonful of sulphur in a glass of
water, and give a teaspoonful of
the mixture every hour. The
disease is cured in two days, the
only symptom remaining being
cough arising from the loose pieces
of false membrane in the trachea.'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07
Exposing Himself.

A fellow signing himself j. M
Campbell, who seems to have been
the cause of the arrest of some so.
called Kukluxes in Memphis a
few days since, comes out in a card
denying that he was stool-pigeon
of Beaumont's. A more complete
case of selfconviction we have
seldom seen. Claiming to have
stood SO high in the organization
that he was nominated twice fol
Grand Cyclops, he says: "That il
was a Kuklux den / do not know"
Again he writes: "They say
they had no constitution and by.
laws. Admitted" After this he
coolly tells us that "the docu-
ment seized by Colonel Beaumont,
though entirely IN my o.0'a hand
qOriting, was our joint production :
was adopted without dissenting
voice." He tells US also of an as
sassination committee of three, of
which he was chairman. In short
to believe his statements, is to be-
lieve him a character unfit to be
believed on oath.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07
Sweet Potato Seed from
the Bloom.

Collin Wood, in the Plow, the
Loom, the Asvil, says that he has
raised, for three years past, sweet
potatoes of better quality than u
sual in the following way:
: The yam potato vine blooms in
August; in about a month there
after they form pod the seeds
are then formed of about the size
of sage seed and of the same color.
The pods should be noticed and
gathered when ripe, or else they
will soon drop. In the spring, at
the usual time of sowing the seed.
l SOW them in the same way I sow
cabbage seed. They do not come
up as soon, but will continue do
ing SO during the spring. The
plant is small and delicate in ap
pearance, and should be drawn III
a wet season, with little dirt at
tached to it, and transplanted,-
The leaf and vine have a diferent
appearance from the potato; will b.
found to grow larger and smoothel
than usual. ! prefer this method
after satisfactory practice in raising
the potato, to any other.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07

The TRUE REAsoN.-The recent
rise in the price of cotton, it is
stated, is not the result Of light
stocks in Europe altogether, but
was caused by the change in the
machinery back to the require
ments for the working of the A.
merican long staple. 1t will be
remembered that in order to con-
sumo the short, fuzzy cotton of the
East Indies, the spinners altered
their method of fabrication, but
the experiment was not satisfacto-
ny, it yielded little or no profit
and after fair trial a change back
to the old machinery was made.
A late visit by southern gentle
man in the cotton manufactures
of England, gave him the informa-
ton that working the short staple
of Bombay and other eastern
grown cotton, has proved too trou-
blesome to be profitable; and the
American long staple is now once
more the only dependence of the
manufacturers. The demand for
our product at this time is based
mainly upon this fact.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07

Some time ago Mr.. Ehrler was
crushed to death by rock while
mining near Mineral Point, III,
The Mineral Point Tribune states
that Mr.. Ehrler had SO vivid a
dream the night before the accident
that he was being crushed with a
rock, that he got out of bed while
yet asleep, and called for some one
to remove the rock. He related
this dream to his wife on being a.
wakened. She tried to prevail on
him not to go to the diggins that
day, but he remarked that it was
only a dream, and, promising to be
careful, went to work, and his
dream was realized.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07
Important Decision il
Bankruptcy.

The McMinnville Neso Era has
received from Maj. J. W. John
son, Register in Bankruptcy for
the third district, the substance
of an opinion recently rendered
by Judge Trigg in the case of
Hamilton Payne, of Smith county,
in regard to the right of petition
ers in bankruptcy claiming and
receiving exemptions for their
homesteads. Judge Trigg says
cit does not appear, by agreed
statement of facts, whether the
bankrupt's petition was filed be-
fore or after he had made his
declaration claiming his home
stead. If the declaration was
made before the filing of the pc
tition in bankruptcy, l think
the bankrupt will be entitled
to have his homestead exempted
from the claims of creditors, eX
cept such Of them as may have
acquired vested right in the same
before making the registration of
his declaration as stated above
and provided by sec. 2ll5 of the
Code; but if the declaration was
made subsequent to the filing of
his petition in bankruptcy, ther
he will not be entitled to claim
the exemption"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07

A pertinacious map agent, who
canvassed Wilmington, ILL.,, some
weeks ago, bored man named Da
ley whom he didn't know, until
the latter told him that he would
subscribe for sixteen maps for him
self and friends, if the agent would
take trade for them. To this the
agent agreed, and the other day
Mr.. Daley, who is an undertaken
expressed to the agents home in
Michigan very large coffin with
plate enclosed, and also bill of
$40, giving credit for sixteen maps
$41 80, and asking for remittance
of the balance.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07

A Colorado paper says, "Thert
is great suffering in this State, be
cause the Governor obstinately re
fuses to sign bills of divorce.
And in another paragraph the
same paper says, GA thousand
Yankee and New York girls coulo
get good husbands and homes In
Colorado, if they only come here
and no questions asked"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07
INSOLVENCY..

DURSUANT to an order Of the Clerk oi
Il the County Court of Lincoln county,
Tenn, upon the suggestion of the admins
traitor Of the estate Of ELIZA j. BROWN,
deceased, of the insolvency of said decedsnts
estate; notice is hereby given to all persons
having claims against said estate TO present
them to the Clerk Of said Court, authentica-
ted, on or before October list, 1865, for
pro rata distribution, or they will be forever
barred. [apr2l WIN. TOLLEY, Adm.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07

The Marshall (Mo.) Progress
tells this story: "Mr. Leveretl
Leonard, who is improving his land
twelve miles west of this place.
has had to dig ninety-five feet fol
water. 1t would appear that the
ninety-fve feet he has had to &c
have placed him on level with the
sea, and that he has struck a body
of water directly Influenced by the
tides of the ocean. He has an a.
bundance of water twelve hours
out of twenty-four, it appearing
and disappearing once in every
period of that length"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07

The trustees of a township in
Ohio have just been mulcted in
$3.50 damages for refusing to re.
ceive the vote of a resident citizen
at late local election. The
cause of their refusal was curious.
The citizens wife was an inmate
of the insane asylum, and these
wiseacres decided that, as man
and wife were legally one, his
domicil was in the lunatic asylum
with her, and he was therefore
non compos. This excels Dogber-
RVS decisions.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07

A St. Louis dentist recently had
a verdict of $3.50 rendered
against him in favor of a man
whose jaw he broke while extract
ing a tooth.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07
INSOLVENCY.

DURSUANT to an order Of the Clerk oil
Il the County Court of Lincoln county
Tenn, upon the suggestion of the administra-
tor of the estate Of THOS.A. ESLICK, dec :,
of the insolvency Of said decedent's estate
notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims against said estate to present them to
the Clerk of said Court, authenticated, on or
before the list Of August, 1865, for pro
rata distribution, or theg will be forever de-
barred. [feb201 r. A. TAYLOR, adm.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07

The Ohio Senate has agreed to
the House amendments to the
sVisible Admixture Bill" and it
is now a law. It prohibits per-
sons with any admixture of negro
blood from voting.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07

By last accounts of the State in.
ebriate Asylum at Binghamton,
N. Y, there had been applications
for admission from SO clergymen,
80 Judges, $40 merchants, 126
physicians, 240 gentlemen, 1900
rich mems daughters.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07

A negro has been elected
Recorder in the Third District of
New Orleans Parish.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07
MB w BIRM.

u .s wv 00
HAVING bought out CARTER &
ii Evans, will continue the business of
Merchant Tailoring
at his old stand, next door to Smith
& Blake's drugstore, West side Of
the Square, under the style Of
WOODS & FLEMING.
l have associated myself with Mr..
FLEMING, and engaged Mr.. O. D. Ev-
ANS to assist him, and intend TO sell
Goods as low as the lowest, and get
up work as we'll as can be done any,
where. We will keep constantly on
hand an assortment Of Cloths, Cassi.
meres, Vestings, Hats, Furnishing
Goods, and Trimmings. Our Goods
we're bought in New York, and as
low as the market could afford.
Those buying Goods at other hou.
ses and leaving orders, will receive
prompt attention. Thankful for past
favors, We solicit a continuance Of
the same.
april23 WOODS & FLEMING.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07

ROPE, BAGGING AND IRON TIES,
On hand. which will be furnished. and Cash
advances made on Cotton, if desired by our
customers.
No charge for money advanced to pay tax
on Cotton, except Bank Interest.
sept5-tf GEO. G. ALLEN g. co.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07

a LII Goods consigned to y. G.. Greer
q shelbyville. will be forwarded without
oeiay, at the regular rates of bcuLi1ng 10Th no
e'grge jar receiving, storage or f5rr5ardinq.
kEFERENcEs wv. T. Tune, Joseph Ram
sey, DR.. r. N. Wallace. 10. d. Wilhoito
Shelbyville.
dscI2-em+ J.G. GREER
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-07


WE again offer our services to the Gotten
w Planters generally to STORE and
SELL THEIR COTTON. We can give no
other pledge than to refer to the sales, and the
promptness with which returns were made
through the past difficult season.
Our MR.. ALLEN having conducted the
entire sales, since February last (which has Civ
en- such universal satisfaction, (the constant
downward tendency of the market during the
season, was, in almost every instance, anticipa-
ted and the Planter saved by the untiring
vigilance on his part.
We will be found at the same place with a
full corps of workers, ready and polite to all
our customers.
The Cotton Clerk, MR.. JOHN W. MOSBY,
who has great experience iD this very impoi-
tant branch Of our business, is at his post.
GEO. G. ALLEN d co,
Successors to j. d. McAEster f. Coz
Corner of College and Broad Streets,
Nashville, Tenn.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-07-08

A BATcH OF JAcoDIN PnornEcrEs.
Theodore Tilton, editor of the New
York independent prophcsicd as fol-
lows, in case impeachment failed
Conc fact that will have some weight
with genuine Republicans fact
if Mr.. johnson is acquitted, recon
struotfon and the Republican party
arc destroyed together"
John w. Forncy saw it in this light :
"Should the Senate of tho United
States fail to convict Andrew johnson
on the accusations of tho House, not
an electoral vote, with the exception
of the vote of West Virginia, NIissou-
ri, and Tennessee, will be given to
Gen. Grant in tho Southern States
next November"
Old Thad. Stevens laid it down as
follows:
elf the President is not convicted
the Radical candidate will carry but
two Northern States-Massachusetts
and Vermont"
Study the above, and think of your
latter end, yo miserable
Sinners poor and needy,
weak and wounded, sick and soro."
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-07-08

How Soon FoRcoTrEN.-So latclv
dead, so soon forgotten. 'Tis tho way
OF the world. Men take us by the
hand and arc anxiousab the health
of our bodies, and laugh at our Jokes,
and We really think, like the fly on the
wheel, that wc have something to do
with the turning of tho earth. Some
day VIC die and arc buried. The sun
does not stop for funerals; everything
goes on rs usual ; We arc not missed
on the streets; men laugh at jokes T.:
ono or two hearts feel tho wounds Of
aflliction one or two forms. But
the crowd moves in the daily circle,
and in three days the great wave of
time sweeps over our steps and washes
but the last yestige of our lives.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-07-08
A Proclamation,
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES,

by THE PRESIDENT OF TIE UNITEI
STATES.
Whereas. In tho month Of July, An
no Domini 1861, in accepting the condi
ton Of civil war, which was brought b,
'nsurreciion and rebellion in several o
the States which constitute tho Unitec
States, the two Houses Of Congress did
'solemnly declare that tho war was not
waged on the part of the Government
in any spirit of oppression, nor for any
purpose of conquest or subjugation, nol
tor any purpose OF ovcrthrowing or in
tcrfcring with tho rights or established
institutions Of tho States, but only to
defend and maintain the supremacy OF
the Constitution of the United States,
and TO preserve tho Union with all tho
dignity, equality and rights of tho sovc.
raj States unimpairtd. aud that so soon
as those objects should be accomplished,
the war on tho part of the Government
should cease and,
Whereas, The President of tho Uni
ted States has heretofore, in tho spirit Of
that declaration, and with tho view Of
securing for it ultimate and complete cf-
feet, set forth several proclamatons
Offering amnesty and pardon to persons
who had beon or were concerned in the
aforesaid rebellion, which procamations,
however, wore attended with prudential
reservations and exceptions, then deem
cd necessary and proper, and which
proclamations were respectively issued
on the 9th day OF December, 1868, on
the 26th of March, 1864, on the Goth
day ofMay 1865, and on tho 7th dav
of September, 1867; and,
Whereas, The said lamentable civil
war has long since altogether ceased,
with an acknowledgment by all the
States of the supremacy of the Federal
Consultation and the Government there
under, and thero no longer exists any
reasonable ground to apprehend a re-.
newal at tho civil war, or any foreign
interference, or any unlawful ressta nee
by any portion of the people of the
States to. tho Constitution and laws of
the United States E; and,
Whereas, 1t is desirable to reduce the
standing army and to bring to q ter.
mination military occupation, martial
law, military tribunals, abridgment of
treedom OF speech and ofthc press. and
suspension Of tho privilege Of Aa6eas
corpus, and tho right of trial by Jury !;
such encroachments upon our FREQ insti-
tutions in times Of peace being danger.
ons TO public liberty, incompatible with
the individual rights Of the oitizena con.
trary to the genius and spirit of our re-
publican form Of government and
exhaustive Of the national resources !;
and,
Whereas, II is believed that amnesty
'.::a s;;a pardon Nil! tend to secure COM