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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-22

. ANGLICAN AaRIcuLruRAL NIPPLE
MENTs.-An item appears in a city pa
pertunder the beading 9 Farm News,1 to
the, effect that = glish manufacturers
wonder why foreigners do not copy their
de signs for agricu tural implements.
When the Frazer river fever was preva-
lent on the Pacific coast "a number Of
Americans were engaged to open q trail
of road in British Columbia, through
densely wooded region. On arriving at
the scene of operations these men were
provided with axes of the splioeehe period
in welding which their Canadian predc.
cessors had managed to cut down one or
two trees weekly. Whats this thing 7"
asked brawny Missourian, holding the
tool at arms length- tsSeeras to me its u
cross atween an adze and q pickax.'2e1~
Replied the English overseer, "Why,
that's an ak; my man. It's the very best
kind-the Kind We use altogether at 'one,
ILyou know" Quoth the bluff backwoo
man, e You better a-kept it at ONE, you
know. / amt goin to use any sech
tookpick. [ couldn't fell tree week
with sech toy as that. And when his
fellowwoodmen came to see the tool, their
verdict was, $50 say we all of u.s." So
BY the next steamer orders were sent to-
San francisco for a supply Of American
axes. And when those articles arrived,
not only natives but colonists were aston
ished at the way chips flew and the trees
4 fell. Quoth the contractors Most re-
markable thing! These people cut down
/ more trees in a day than our fellows did
| in week Very astonishing. Nothing
like it at 'one 70 kuow:"
/ -.+AAkF
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-22

England has nearly four times as
many maj paupers. or persons receiving pubic
relief, as Ireland p The number IN the
former during the last year ending ia :
uary /, 1868, was over ,O9o, ,goo lln
round numbers, in Ireland for the same al
time there we're 73, 900. The pcpalat on
Of England is about p 600, 600; that OF
Ireland less than 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-22

paris occupies seventeen and haif
millions of acres, and contains two5mil- /
lions of inhabitants and fifty thousand
houses. London covers seventy-seyeen
and half millions of acres, has about
three millions of inhabitants and three
hundred and sixty thousand houses-b1ga
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-22
AUGUST wIGGENHORN

JE EWELER,
Has reeeatly opened Jewelry Store IN john
sons block. corner Main and lst street, where he
will keep constantly on hand a large stock OF
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated
Ware. &c &C. Particular attention pad TO
repaising Watches, Cloaks, 5Jewelry, &c, and
warranted to give satisfaction.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-22

oNjo RATs Rat originally
came from Norway, and Iiwisa they he'd
originally staid thare. s1e bna .stoT7sfb
are about as 1uncalled for as a
pane In the hack. -fv5g ..ah rTF. re ISL
/ gThey can be ldomestieateda dref6e easy,
that is as far as agettln into cupboards
and e4tin cheese and knawin pies sseon-
eerned. ~au as-5 10 sa'1te5g0gT l2I2a9E.@
The best way to domesticate them |
ever suws5is Htoi surround them with a
steel trap; you can reason with themoto
great advantage ii aon Il last" tlssl
They are migrac.ous-they. migrate
wherever they have a mind to.
f. Pizen is also good for rats-it softens
their moral nature e>sA H1v1 F9f. r..
EIadCats hate rats, and rats hate cats, and
who DON'T za..2 as.s 2: ..l15 sas u
t9a7I suppose there is between fifty and
| sixty millions OF rats. in America, but L
laquote entirely from memory-andl don't
suppose there is a single necessary rat In
THE whole lot.5 This shows at glance
how many wasteirats there is! 1oi{ef9e +
Rats enhance in number faster than
shoe. pegs do by machinery. One pair
Iof healthy rats is all that any man wants
to start The rat biznis with, and in ninety
dais, without eny outlay, he will begin
Ito have rats-tew urn9oph. ao'saAsa .
|! "a .aiu III 70 sxx,...-L.Lz-Z1- -eo3E a.ll
f. How BLoNDIN WENT TO NtAGRA.-
/ The following little paragraph, which is
going the rounds, is. vouched fer is true !:
:sSome years ago there was a rope
walker by the name ofaBlondin amusing
the people IN various par IS Of the country
In the course of his travels he came &C
Buffalo, where he pr-cticed his feats
One day he was astonished to see an an
nouncement in a morning paper. that he
was, intending to- stretch rope across the
! Niagara, chasm and astonish, the public
by walking it. Blondin in a tearing pas
sion visited Rthe office of the. offending
paper, and sought the author ct 8 ethe. can
ard. s. lie found him (Hank Faxan, in
Igeptor of the Silver Lake snake story
and other romance; he is dead now, poo
4 fellow and abused him roundly in. bro
ken English. Faxon received him good
j naturedly. told him the thing was a JOKE
aud wouldn't hurt his professional busl
ness half as much as it would help it
Blondin was calmed, became thoughtful
; and finally said :a@By Gar, [ go2doz that
d very thing" The American publ
knows whether he did it, and how vel
he succeeded"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-22

.7o''7' s'-''l s'1os'' u TR1uNE. July s.
i, 1 hasten, agreeable to my promise, to
inform you, pI Of the success we met with
in o our attempt to capture the ,'big snake"
The box was watched, at various times
through the day, but nothing was seen n! or
heard Of him until late Monday evening,
when a Mr.. Palmore who lives near, vis-
tied it. as. IS familiarIy with danger lessons
fear-~havins been there 50 often and
seen nothing-he carelessly threw him
self before the open end, placed his face to
it and looked in, but only looked, for there,
witbin three feet Of, his face, was a pair
of blazing eyes, ike Goals q, fire, glarinS
at at him. he. didn't, stop to see how large
the head was, but threw himself down
the Hill with such headlong speed as 20
catch a series Of falls, in one of which he
very seriously injured his head. + Had it
not been. for the accidental visit of Mr..
Palmore, he would very quietly have tax,
en- the bait But it seems he got scent
New-York tribune., 1868-03-05
A DINNER TO pRoF. aAMGEE.

A magnificent banquet was given last evening
DeImonicos in honor Of Prof John Gamgee Of London
by the New-York College Of Veterinary Surgeons.
About guests present several Of whom well
in the literary and scientific world Prof John
Busteed presided, ass ated by W. Palen, esq. After
the cloth had been removed Prof. Busteed paid =
glowing tribute Prof Gamgce referred 10 his
abors the advancement Of veterinary science
and concluded by offering "The health Of guest 70
which q pleasant reply was made. Numerous other
toasts were given. Humanity 70 animals = was grsee-
gland" by Mr. Henry Blasson Ian admiring subject Tn
Weld Veterinary Science" by Professors A. Lantard
r. K Colvile. and A Large. Brief addresses were alo
made by Messrs +. ID. Meisse s. r. Percy A Roe q. ".
Busteed J. A. Richardson and others. after which tbs
pleasant company took leave Of the distinguished guest
and dispersed az Late hour.
New-York tribune., 1868-03-05
THE LAST OF BARNUMs MESAGERrE


Banum's Museum has passed away, and the
closing scene the grand Transformation, OF
passing grandeur and far exceeded anything that could
even enter into the heart Of WheaEey TO conceive not
withstandlng his great conceptions and achievements
Rgl and sanga and BOnfanti may hop. skip, jump and
excite wondermont by their remarkable performances
bound cages Monday night far transcended by their
saatory exercises the tabled feats OF the rooster on
hot gr1ddle Smoke, and ame, and the cruel acts OF
oharitaby disposed men may put period to the exist
OF the reconstructed giraffe, which has
shown remarkable wisdom in submitting 70 its fate bnt
neither a deluge OF water, density OF smoke. 10,
combined could affect the rugged bear which, after Nv
ing two nights and day the midst OF the fray choss
to out from amid the debris Yesterday morning ana
streets adjacent 20 his old headquarters and as he passed
1t, apparently wondered how respectable animal thas
could mOnopOlize the streets at his will should bs
four walls for the delectaton and edincatiOn OF
pumpkins at 80 cents head children half price on he
and conducting himseust like gentleman bear he H.
Reaching Nari0nst aud catching sight OF ehe green
lamp In front OF the statonhouse be dverged and made
dash for provision store which he broke INTO and In
medatey became master OF the situaton-but only for
short time Sergeant Polly OF tho Fourteenth Precinct
and officer Crown OF tho Eighth who had been following
and thus secure dragged drove the boast in most
proved style 10 the Sprngst station House, followed oy
thronR OF old and young On reaching the
the animal was hurried into the yard and detained unh
his familiar keeper and feeder presented himself 10 claim
and to what he had supposed had to that
bourne OF which We have no definite knowledge Ihs
baby Tom Thumb) elephant is doing well - coud to
expected and it believed he will sOon be restored 20
his former self And as these SURVIVORS OF the wreck
and ruin Of the great temple OF the moral drama were noe
enough for contemplation in day. people Interested
in the Museum delighted with the appearance OF
the ponderous safe which indefinite number OF labor
lng men dragged from the snoudezng building yestsr
New-York tribune., 1868-03-05
.JUDGE CH1SE,S LETTER.

The communication from Chief-Justice Chase
TO the Senate, claiming that he is part OF
the High Court of Impeachment, under the
authority of the Constitution, and has right
to participate in framing the rules of procedure
for the trial of the President, necessarily calls
the attention of Congress and the public to the
relations which the Chief-Justice sustains to
the Senate for the purposes Of such trial.
The language of the Constitution i'll this respect
is as follows
The Senate shall have the sole power to try all I'm
peachments when sitting for that purpose, they shal
be on oath or affirmation When the President OF the
United states is tried the CheiJusce shall preside and
no person shall convicted without the concurrence OF
twothIrds OF the members present.
Ii ia evident from this that the Senate is the
entire Court, no more and no less. The franz
ers of the Constitution supposed that in the trial
of a President. the ordinary President of the Sen
ate, since he would succeed the President on his
conviction and removal, would not be the most
impartial presiding officer. In looking for some
other officer topreside they could only select either
the Speaker of the House or the Chief-Justice.
They preferred the latter. But still 1t Is the
Senate that tries, though the Chief-Justice pre-
sides He acts not in the capacity of Judge
sitting with jury--he to administer the law, they
to determine the fact-fOr this would make him
the Court. His position is the same as that of
the President of the Senate on the trial of an
impeachment against any other officer lie is
a presiding officer, merely entitled to decide
points of order, subject to appeal from the
Chair to the House, and to preserve order, and
is subject to the rules which may be adopted for
the trial by the Senate. The term High Court
"of Impeachment" in frequent use, is bor-
rowed from the phraseology OF English
law, and finds no warrant in our Constitu-
tion, which mentions no Court whatever,
but simply declares that the trials on
impeachment shall be by the Senate. The
Senate seems to have assumed that the pres
ence of the Chief-Justice would not be neces-
sary until the trial should begin. But one of
the most important parts of the trial is the
adoption of the rules for the trial, and 1t is
conceivable that there might be at least very
great advantage in having those rules adopted
by the Senate under the presidence of the same
officer who is to preside at the trial.
New-York tribune., 1868-03-05

or walking in procession to the Senate, Demo
cratic members decline 70 take part thus yir-
tually carrying their partisanship as flr as 10
abdicate the functions of Representatives Tins
spirit extends to the newspapers. The National
Intelligencer and The World have discussed this
question with ungovernable fury and in some
cases with indccency, descending at times to
epithets which gentlemen have banished from
polite conversation. The Republican states
men and the Republican newspapers have
shown, on the other hand, a calmness and I'M
partiality almost judicial. The partisanshlp
has been exclusively with the Democratic Con-
gressmen and the Democratic press.
1t is well to keep this in mind The I'M
peachment of the President is a new proceed
ing, and attended with awe and gravity. The
Republican party has assumed it, and we call
upon the country to witness how nobly it has
thus far performed the work. We presume
mistakes will be made. They who walk the
path for the first time may be excused for
stumbling. We may have some manifestations
of passion, for these men are mortal and have
the passions of mortality. But we feel assured
that Impeachment will be conducted with con-
scientiousness, patience, and courage, and GER
tainly without the slightest semblance OF par
'tisauShiD
New-York tribune., 1868-03-05
OUR RAILROAD SYSTEM.

CHE NEW RAILROADS IN THE VICINITY or THE
METROPOLIS.
The SEM-WEEKLY TRIBUNE of March
contains the OF Railroads in progress which
vas printed in Daily issue OF Feb. 27 The descrp
tOn covers the Boston, Hartford, and Erie Railroad;
The Hudson Highland Suspension Bridge; The Erie and
New England Railroad; The SpuytenDuyVel Railroad;
rhe York Housatonic, and Northern Railroad; The
Dutchess and Columbia Railroad The Western ConDee
cut Railroad; The New Haven and Derby Railroad; The
New.Havcn MiddletOwn, and Wilmantic Railroad; The
Midland Railroad; The Hudson River West Shore Rail
road; The New-Canaan Railroad; The Lebanon Springs
Railroad; The KinderhOok and Nyeryle Railroad; The
waikiki Valley Railroad; The Goshen and DeckertOwn
Railroad; The Sussex Railroad; The Newark and New
York RailrOad The Paterson and Newark Railroad The
Vineland Railway; The Monmouth County Agricultural
Railroad; The New-Jersey Pneumatic Transportation
Company The RondOut and Oswego Railroad; The Le-
high and sasquehannah Railroad Of Pennsylvania; The
PembeTton and Hightstown Railroad; The sOuth-Side
Long Island Railroad; Unfinished and Projected Rail
roads &C. together with maps showing the location OF
the different roads The article prepared with great
care and is OF exceeding interest Price, in Wrappers
ready for mailing Eve cents. Subscription price. 81 per
annum. Address 1IIE 1HIBUNk' NeN-fOfk'
New-York tribune., 1868-03-05

A Conservative State Convention in North
Carolina has nominated Zebulon b. Vance for
Governor, and for minor offices men OF his
political stripe. AS nothing can give more
satisfactory illustration of mans opinions
than his own words, We take the liberty OF
putting ex-GOy. Vance in the witness-box.
Listen to Zebul0n B. Vance as he addresses
regiment of Confederate soldiers:
"Boys fight till hell freezes over and then fight on the
ieep Eight until you nll hell so full OF Yankees that
their feet will stick out the windows"
That is good as far as it goes. Now hear this,
from a letter written by Mr. Vance to Prof
Swain, in 1864:
"The final plunge which have been dreading and
avoidingthat to separate from large number OF
my political ftiendss about to be made. 1t is now
fixed policy of Mr.. Holden and others TO call conven-
on in May take North Carolina back 70 the United
States, and the agitation has already begun For any
cause existing likely TO exist can never consens
to this course Never But IL 1t should be inevitable, ana
be unable to prevent it, have no right TO suppose
could believing that it would be ruinous alike TO tae
State and the Confederacy producing war and deyasts
ton at home and that would steep tho name OF North
Carolina in infamy, and make her memory reproseh
among the nations it my determination quietly to
tire to the army and find death which will enable my
children TO say that father not consentng To
their degradation This may sound little wild and re
mantle 70 use no stronger expression but II Is for yoof
eye only"
Should the Democratic supporters OF Dir.
Vance want further copy for electiOneering doc
uments, they will find certain prOclamations on
file at Raleigh which breathe more fully tho
spirit OF the foregoing extracts.
New-York tribune., 1868-03-05

! We published yesterday brief report Of the
proceedings of a meeting of citizens TO protest
against the repeal of the present Excise law.
That some judiciOus amendments might be
made TO this law, we do not undertake to
deny; but that the repeal proposed in the
Legislature would be prolific Of great evil, no
reasonable man can doubt. As we understand
il. the repeal, if carried, would place the
licensing business in the hands of the Common
Council and the Mayor it would effectively
cut off every cent of the fifteen hundred thou
sand dollars now paid into the public treasury,
since the intention of the movers is to make
the license fee merely nominal it would place
in control of the dominant party for the time
being the most powerful and unscrupulous OF
all electioneering agencies it would array the
drunkard- makers aud the officers of the peace,
and lead to infinite disturbance and trouble !;
it would break down completely every vestige of
law having respect for religion and the Sabbath,
and convert the now peaceful and orderly Sun
day into a season of vile and reckless dissipa-
ton. In purely partisan view, the full con-
troll of the rum interest would augment the
Democratic vote of this city next November
by many thousands, and it is for this advan-
the business and its patrons that the Demo
cratic majority in the Assembly are working.
We hope the friends Of order and public virtue
in the Senate will take care that the sweeping
repeal of the Assembly shall go no further.
Since the Court of Appeals wiped out Barnard,
McCunn and CardOzo, with their five
hundred iDjunCtiOns, our city's quiet has
been rapidly improving; drunkenness has fallen
off, and the number of fearful crimes that
spring from liquor has greatly diminished.
Even the moro respectable liquor dealers are
in favor of the present law, If for no higher
reason than their own protection from lawless
violence. We entreat the Legislature to hear
the testimony of our really leading citizens,
and of the Police and Almshouse Commission
ers, of the Directors of the Association for the
Relief of the Poor, and tho managers of char
liable and reformatory institutions, before
venturing upon any modi6cation--much less,
total repeal-of the existing salutary laws.
New-York tribune., 1868-03-05

SENATE, March A communication was
received from the Chief-Justice concerning the
1ules of the impeachment trial, which was
referred to the Select Committee the
The Impeachment managers of the House
.,nneared and formally presented the articles of
,npeachmcnt, and resolutions and orders were
,,dpnred 10 tho effect that the Senate would pro-
seed to consider the impeachment of the Presi-
dent on the following day.
Mr.. Henderson addressed the Senate on the
Eunding BILL -,
5mpeachtnent proposed by Mr.. Jenckes was
aeferred to the Managers.
The House resolved itself into the committee
JmneacIment TO the Senate Chamber, where
the articles of impeachment were formally
The resolution to admit Mr.. Butler, member
elect from Tennessee. without recurring him to
New-York tribune., 1868-03-05
KEV- HAMPSHIRE.

On Tuesday next will occur the first State
election in 1863, and both parties are looking
for the result with intense anxiety. The Gran
ite State is to open the Presidential campaign,
and her voice will go forth with prophetic
power. Whether justfably or not, the people
seem TO have made up their minds that
this election will direct the current of pub
lie opinion and among the thousands whose
irresolute natures are swayed by omens and
accidents, this result will doubtless have potent
effect. New Hampshire has been thoroughly
worked during the canvass. The amount OF
speaking, the number of public meetings,
and the extraordinary attendance of the
people, have been quite out of proportion TO
the Issues Immediately at stake. Ordinarily
the election of a Governor and Legislature IL
devoid of excitement, il not of interest. The
average vote from year to year has not varied
beyond few hundreds, and in ten of the past
twelve years the Republican majority has
ranged from 5000 to about 1900. In 1859 and
1868 the State went the other way by 2457 in
the first and 3,79S in the last year. This year
the canvass has been animated and thorough
on both sides; but not one in forty OF the
speeches have been devoted to State affairs; 1t
has been national contest, and New-llampshre
governors and legislatures have been quite
Overshadowed by the more important questions
now at issue in Washington and the Southern
States; Reconstruction has crowded out local
issues and displaced or eclipsed home affairs.
The Democracy, whose dislike of political
" parsons" is so well known, have had as their
Chief canvassers the Rev. Henry Clay Dean, the
Rev C. Chauncey Burr the Rey.J c. LOyejOy.
and the irreyerend Montgomery Blair. Re-
corder Vaux of Philadelphia tried the field, but
did not like the company and speedily retired.
Opposed to the three Reverend Copperheads
above named, and to many other Democratic
speakers, the Republicans have had the gallant
Gen. Sickles, Gen. Cochrane, Gov. Hartman
himself Gen. Henry Washburne, the Hon. Han
nibal Hanlin, Gov. Woods of Oregon, Gen.
William B. Stokes, and others, whose records
during the war and since are without spot
or bIemish. Nearly every town in the
State has had at least one meeting, and in the
chief cities there have been dozens. The voters
of New-Hampshire cannot plead ignorance, nor
can they complain of inattention from party
leaders beyond their borders. Certainly the
Democracy put forth their representative men
(excepting Brick PomerOy) in Dean, Burr,
LOvejoy, and Blair; while on our side We ac-
cept such leaders as Hamln, Sickles, Wash
burne, and the others, as fair, if not superomi-
nent erponents of Republican principles.
The work is nearly over, and the question is,
How will New Hampshire vOteY How she has
voted tor dozen years past will appear in the
subjoined table:
New-York tribune., 1868-03-05

The consideration of the question of Irish
Reform in the House of Commons, postponed
until the 10th inst on account of the illness of
Earl Derby and the change in the English
Cabinet. will he productive of little good, if
the recent speech of Lord Stanley at the Mini
isterial dinner at Bristol may be taken as
indicating the policy of the Government. Still,
the fact that English statesmen are sometimes
compelled to think of Irish affairs gives faint
hope that Ireland may one day have justice,
and that England will obtain peace and free
dom from constant Fenian alarms.
New-York tribune., 1868-03-05

We hear that the City Hall conspirators have
concocted a new plan TO perpetuate the
Dynasty of Thieves. 1t seems that they are
afraid to trust themselves to the people in
separate election next December, and SO an act
is to be passed Mt Albany restoring the
charter elec ion to its old place in. Novem'
ber Under the overwhelming Importance
OF the contest for President, the conspira-
tors believe they can ride triumphantly
into Office and get new lease OF power.
Tweed and Tammany are at the bottom of this
trick. Tweed is afraid of Mozart and Wood.
and the now almost imaginary Constitutional
Union party, and invents this plan of lodging
their fire. lie expects the city to give at least
$4,000 majority for the Democratic Presidential
ticket, and on this avalanche he may ride tri-
umphantly. 1t may be a question whether the
separation of the Municipal from the State
election has improved our condition; but cer-
tainly a return to the November whirlpool is
the last measure of relief that any sane man
would propose. The Governor and Senate
must save us from such a catastrophe.