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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-27
The Largest Lump or Gold Ever Found.

Accounts from Australia report the find
Ing by a miner of the biggest golden mug
get on record. 1t was uneartbed AZ a claim
In Dunolly, where big nuggets have been
found before. Two men were working for
over year at the place. and had found a
couple of nuggets weighing respectively
10S and 36 ounces. In February last they
succeeded in opening up the largest mug
get the world ever saw. One of the men
in following the claim and working
round the roots of tree in his path, struck
some hard substance with his pick, and,
not supposing it was gold, exclaimed, al
Wish 1t was nugget and had broken my
pick. On unearthing the impediment the
nugget was found, though the pick sus.
t8ined no damage. 1t weighed 21O pounds
troy, and yielded 2.26S ounces and 10 pen
nyweights of pure gold. 1t is a mine in
itself, worth nearly $4,000 10 coin, and
about $47, 900 in greenbacks.
The largest nuggets previously found in
Australia were as follows; The Welcome
nugget, found at Bsllarst, at the depth of
ioOieet, and weighing 184 pounds ounces ;
tne Blanche Barly, found at . depth of
snil'een Ieet, at KingOwer, and weighing
145 pounds ounces !: q nugget at Cana,
dian gully Ballarat, weighing 134 pounds
II ounces, at depth of sixty feet; the
Lacy ho'nam' weighing ninety eight
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-27

A RESIDENT of Oshawa, Canada, has
invented an improved velocipede, which,
it is claimed, far surpasses all others in
speed. The gearing is so arranged that
with one motion of the foot the front
wheel will make two revolutions; another
brake will throw the machinery into gear,
so that the foot will move twice to one
revolution of the wheel-adapted for
ascending hills; third adaptation will
throw the crsnks off the wheel, and thus
the velocipede will roll down the hill
without the feet moving; a fourth ar
rapgemcnt will convert the whole into an
ordinary bycicle. 1t Is furnished with
brake to check the speed of the machine.
When put to its full speed it can be driven
a mile in two minutes.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-27
poetrp.
MY LITTLE ONES.


NEVER a nOise my little ones make,
Pattering through the hall;
Never a bit of trouble they take
Always within my call
MY little ones are, and oh so good,
Gathered about my knee.
Harry would be a man. if he could
Though he is only three.
Benny, my eldest, my first-born,
Sill sitting on my lap,
Though he now dreams of the college hour,
And hoists his ready cap.
These are my little ones ah so sweet!
And yet one more
He never has tried his little feet,
Never beyond the door
Nestled close in my heart are all
Myquiet little ones;
Ever within my whispered call,
My nOiseless little sons.
They play at ball on The Oaken floor,
Many a time and oft:
Or steal behind through the open door
To kiss me soft.
Ny little ones in memory live,
Allsoquiet and still:
Never a bit of trouble they give,
They come and go at will
Come and go about my home
So soft and stil:
In my brain my little ones roam.
My heart they fill.
All about in happy places
Are my little ones:
But none may see the angel faces
OF my little sons.
Hearth and Home.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-27

A SUBSCRIPTION paper, circulated for
some charitable purpose, was presented to
wealthy French manufacturer, who sub
scribed twenty francs. Twenty francsP
said the lady who presented the list to
him "wny, you ought to be ashamed OF
yourself Your son has subscribed fifty
francs" "That is all very well" replied
the manufacturer "my son has rich
father, and can afford to give more than !.
who shall not inherit anything"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-27

"A gigantic plant of the Arunt species
has recently been noticed in N;carpone
1t produces but one leaf, nearly IA s.et in
length, supported on a stalk ten feet Iona
The stem of the flower is a foot in c;rourSs ,uS'
ference, the spathe or flower two feet Ion,
purplish blue in color, with q powerful
carrion. like odoH.
, 1869-10-01

Assurances OF every desert tIon on sim
gle lives are granted by the Society for
any sum from 100 Dollarst to 10, 900 Dollars.
Premiums are received Quarterly, Half
yearly, or Yearly, at the option of the
Assured.
Assurers wishing to discontinue the
payment Of their Premiums, may either
dispose of their Policies TO the Society
upon equitable terms, or obtain a free
Policy for a reduced amount.
Loans are granted to Members on the
Security of their Policies.
All claims occurring by death are
promptly met within 3 months after salts
factory proof of such death has been re-
ceived by the Society.
Strict Investigations into the position
of the Society are made quinquennially,
and the surplus then existing is allotted to
the Members, after a sufficient sum has
been set aside for the purposes of the
Reserve Fund. The next investigation
and Division of Profits, will take place at
the 31st December, 1870.
The Society has Agencies in nearly all
of the British West India Islands.
Actuary-ALEXR. S. BURNETT,
Secretary-HENRY CRUMPTON.
MEDICAL EXAMINERS:
DR.. Won. BRETON. DR.. HOLM.
Forms of Proposal, Prospectuses, and
every information may be obtained from
?. B. GRIFFITH, Agent.
, 1869-10-01
INDKALDELSE.

MREDITORERNE E. II. New
" tons FalIitbo indkaldes heryed til
at mode i en- S~kiftesamling SON vii
blive afholdt Fredagem den 29de
October f0rstkOmmende, .Middag ~.
- slet, i Rettens Locale, hvor da en-
Liste over de med Boet anmeIdte
Fordringer vii bIive fremIagt, og der
efter Beslutning tagen eller om for
n0dent Decision afsagt i AnIedning
al de mod fere af de anmeldte For
dringer nedlagte Indsigelser.
Oct bemerkes, at if0Ige Boets Sta
tus skj0nnes Diet like at andre end
Haandskriftscred The indbe-
fattet Pantecredit0rer der like ere
bIevne dHkkede we'd Pantets Reali-
sation,-have ~InteEesse i de her ON
handIede Sp0rgsmaaIs Afgj0relse.
Frederiksteds Skifteret den 22de
September 1869.
C. SARAUW.
, 1869-10-01

the working-class in America is more
'"religious" than our own. [ do not
mean to say that in America the majority
of the poor are "religious )" sceptici>m is,
doubtless, spreading there as in Europe,
but | do think that Americans have a
greater right than we to the title Of
''Christian people" If one goes a step
higher than the w~orking-class, and takes
what, for convenience sake, may he call
ed the middle-class, the balance between
the two nations in this, as in other mat
ters to be referred TO hereafter, would
possibly come near 10 being redressed.
In all the great cities of the Eastern,
Western, and Middle States, Sunday is
kept more as it is in Scotland than in
England and the sale of beer and spirits
is in most places prohibited during The
whole day.
The clergy seem to be in every way in
closer communion with the laity than
among US, being less regarded as a class
set apart than as e~verybody's friends and
relations. The following paragraph re-
fers to a very general custom of giving
ministers presents, sometimes called hold
ing a "BaIl' from the manner in which
the congregation swarm the parsonage on
these occasions = e.
"The pastor of the Camden, N. Y,
Church, organized less than a year ago,
writes with lively emotions of gratitude
of his congregations delicate and liberal
attention to his wants. When he passed
from the intermediate state of boarding
to the full realization Of housekeeping,
cellar and larder were found stocked as
if by magic Shortly after he had a sur
prise tin wedding"
l think the part of the sentence ] have
italicized about the prettiest way Of say
ing she got married" | have ever seen.
, 1869-10-01
BARBADOS Mutual Life Assurance Society

INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACT 1851.
CHIEF OFFICE:
No. 20, HIGH STREET, B~RIDGETowN, BARBADOS
DIlHIS Society, which confines its bust
AZ ness exclusively to assuring the lives
Of persons resident in the West Indies,
presents advantages such as no other AS
surance Company, %labQuring in the same
field, can offer. lis scale of Premiums,
although considerably lower than that OF
any other Company, has nevertheless been
found quite adequate to provide for the
risk of life in the West Indies, and suth-
cient TO create large SURPRISES, out OF
which Rever>ionAy Bonuses, averaging
p per cent per annum upon the amounF
assured have been distributed among II e
Members Of the Society.
Its career, during a period of 20 years,
has clearly demonstrated the fact that the
lives of persons residing in this part 70
the world, are, when carefully selected,
almost as valuable as those ~inhabiting
Europe, and that they do not demand
such excessive Premiums as are charged
by every other Company.
Tie following abridged Table shows
the Premiums required TO assure 500,
for the whole term, upon a single life:-
, 1869-10-01
PETER MATTHIAS ANDERSEN,
constituent UinderdOmmer Og SkriUer
M. M.
paa
Gen St. Thomas i America,


mJ0R VITTERLIGT: At efter Begia-
W ring af St. Thome Skifteret som be-
handlende Skiftet efter afgangne const.
Postmaster Viggo Ulstrup heraf Den ind
~stevnes herved med lovlIgt Varsel at mode
linden dette Steds ordinaire Bything, som
vii blive holdt paa det ordinaire Thingsted
i Eiendommen Mr.. s N0rregade, Kongens
Qvarteer, Mondagen den 22de Nouember d. Il.
Foymiddag H. 10 sLet, Intestatarvingerne
efter neVnte Abode Viggo Ulstrup, for
der og da at varetage deres Tarv og h6re
Vidner afgive eedeligt Vidnesbyrd til OPP
lysning ON G~yldigheden at ct af Abode
under 12te dennes oprettet Testamente.
Til samme Ret, It'd og Sted at mode
i~ndstevnes under Falsmaalsstraf D'Hrr.
Lieutenant Balthazar Christensen og Civil
ingepieur Jens Andersen for at afgive eede-
Zig Forklaring ON den af dem som Vitter-
lighedsvidner Testamentet ~paategnede At
testation.
, 1869-10-01
Total S321,62O 70

Balance of deposits s 43,41O OIL
1 new deposit accounts, viz.
/ Various.
Is Withdrawals amounting to S 2o8 90
Receivers for Saturday, end Octbr. 1869.
In CHRISTIANSTED
I. E. Mendes, Esqr., Trustee.
&c. Fr0rup, Esqr., Members
In FREDERIKsTED
r. Moreton, Esqr., Truztee.
G. Gyllich, Esqr., Member.
GEO. BEHAGEN,
President.
st. Croix, 2sth September 1869.
, 1869-10-01

Forel%g og Lavdag er hevet we'd For
ordn. 3die Juni 1896.
Underdommer- og Skriver-Embedet, st.
Thomas, den 24de September 1869.
?. M. ANDERSEN.
Gebyhr 81. 90.
Err Zen vest. Daler.
A.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-06-17
ConStable'S Sale,

R1 VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION
Peace in and tor Idaho City. Boise county. Idaho
Territory. upon Judgment rendered in said Court
wherein Martin Bcibtrcu is Plaintiff. and ". y.
Htzworth il defendant. for the of Seventy Six
Dollars Judgment. and Twenty-Five Dollars costs OF
suit. duly tested the 4;h day Of June A. u. ls69.
haN" seized and taken into execution the following
described property. to-wit: Mining Claim stu.
atcd on Buena Vista Bar. Boise county, Idaho Terri
tory. consisting Of two hundred feet front. bounded
on tho north by MCGaner Il Co.. on the south by
kossman X Co. Public notice is hereby given that
on
Tuesday. the 9th Day OF July, A. ID. 1869.
at o'clock =. NJ. I will sell at public auction. in
front Of William Fagan's Justice Office. Mont
gomcry street Idaho City. to the highest bidder for
cash the above described property TO satisfy said
execution and all accruing costs.
r. b. LYONS,
Idaho City June 10, ls69-w3 Constable.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-06-17

vest the Federal Government, its successor, with
the rights now claimed, and if that fact is es-
tablis6ed by the contention ofthe United States
themselves, Lord Clarendon will assuredly find
a eoodly array of arguments ready to his hand.
The United States are undertaking to prove to
the satisfaction of the Court of Queens Bench
that the Government over which Mr.. Jefferson
Davis presided was really and truly de taoto,
Government competent to make contracts and
acquire rights by its duly authorized agents.
They must then prove that between themselves
and this Government a state of war occurred !;
that they subdued the said Government, and
succeeded by right of conquest to whatever
property was held by that Government or by
other parties on its behalf. All this they may
perhaps be able to establls; but they can hardly
do so, as we should imagine, without foregoing
many of the pretensions which they have re-
Gently advanced, and abandoning most OF the
charges levelled against ourselves.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-06-17

DIDN'T BUY A CoRsET.-We clip the fol-
lowing good anecdote from the Kansas City
| Times:
Yesterday there came to the city young
lady from the country. Accompanying her
was q soft eyed, sleek and atfectionate looking
feow-pcrhaps her brother-perhaps lover.
The twain were making sundry purchases in
the dry goods house of Messrs Plaut, Rosen-
thai & Co-when tho lady remarked that
there was still an article, the name of which
she could not call to mind, that she desired to
purchase. In vain she endeavored to give the
gallant Mr.. Plaut to understand what she
desired. AT last she blushingly said that the
object of the article was to tighten lady's
waist.
ooh yes 1t is corset you want.
"Yes, sir, that is what they call ENID
forgotten the name"
"Why, Jennie" spoke up her companion
''you don't want one of those things. Remem
Der you will be married next week. Married
women don't use 'em. They quit ldcing"
Jennie blushed, said not another word, gath
cred up her goods, which were duly paid tor,
and the twain left the house
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-06-17

CANNOT VorE.-A late Missouri paper says:
The friends of the venerable Samuel Keith.
lhy, of st. Charles county, celebrated his eight
eth anniversary with religions and social en-.
tertainment few days since. Mr. K. was
born in Kentucky in 1889, and emgrated to
Missouri in 1908, settled in St Charles, where
he has resided 81 years. He has one hundred
and cighty,six descendants, one hundred and
forty -four Of whom are living. He has paid
thousands Of dollars Of taxes in this State, pay
ing 1857 in 1868, and yet cannot vote in Free
Missouri" The octogenarian is not "loyal."
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-06-17

BED BUGs-For the benefit of any who
suffer from the midnight raids of these san
culinary cusses, we give the following which we
clip from late exchange:
You have only to wash with salt water, fill
ing the cracks where they frequent with salt
and you may look in vain for them. Salt seems
inimical to bedbugs, and they will not trail
through it.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-06-17
SALEM WIrCHEs.-The Concord IN. H.

SALEM WIrCHEs-The Concord IN. H.,
People says:
There resides in this city a lady aud her
two daughters, lineal descendants, IN the sixth
and seventh degrees, of one of the unfortunate
Salem Bitches They are also iineal descend
ents of daughter of Rev. John Wheelwright
who was "banished" After the repeal OF the
Punishment, he settled in Hampton, n. II. He
subsequently, went to England, but at the res:
torati0n of Charles III, he returned and settled
in Salisbury, Mass, where he died, Nov. 18th
1879 There resides in Merrlmack county the
wife of Congregational clergyman, who is
also descendant of the same Uitch.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-06-17

A LATE Vermont paper says: The vanity OF
human expectations was illustrated during the
late cold snap. by the experience of North
amptOn man VINO went to Shelburne Falls to
attend an auction. He bought COW. n sheep,
hive of bees, and broad axe, and started
for home. When he arrived, the cow was lame,
the sheep sick, the bees frozen stiff as tenpenny
nails, and only the broad axe was unaffected
either by the weather or the journey.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-06-17

STRANGE DUEI~-A duel was recently
fought near Bologna, Italy, between Marquis
Pizzardi and Marquis Mazzacnrati. Accord
lug To the conditions of the affair. the parties
were allowed to take their stand within five
PAGES, and as a set-otf against the advantage OF
the first fire. the second shot might be dlscharg
ed with the pistol brought up close 10 the an
tagonist's face NJ Pizzardi. having the first
fire, approached his enemy and offered TO waive
his right, if the other would take his hand and
DE reconcied Fire, or will kill YOU" an
swered Mazzacorat. The other did not wait
for 4 second summons, but lcveled his pistol
and at once laid his adversary dead at his feet,
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-06-17

THE London Leader says: 1t is remarka
bic fact that our best rowcrs and athletes al
most invariably die of heart disease, and die al
the very moment when the bodily system ap.
pears in superb order Athletic science is a
very MoOch whose victims were they told ny
would brighten the nervous into the opposite
extreme-that of not undergoing sufficient ex-
ertion to keep the physical system in good
working order.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-06-17
BUFFERS "PRESsuRE" PArERs.-A Wash

BUFFERS "PRESSURE" PAPEKs.-A Wash
ington correspondent says
Butler has thirty-sx volumes of telegraph
dispatches that he captured when serving on
the Impeachment Committee These extend
back several years Butler saw that Senators
and Representatives were implicated in vari
Gus jobs, by dispatches which had fallen tenn
porariy into his hands. He immediately caus
ed copies to be made, and had them bound up
and safely put away. He has evidence enough
there TO Kill great many men whenever he
chooses to use it. Hence great many people
are afraid Of Butler.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-06-17

MOLLY ExPREssED.-We clip this little gem
from an exchange:
II there is man who can eat his bread in
peace with God and man, it is that man who
has brought that bread out of the earth, or
won it by his honest industry. 1t is cankered
by no fraud; it is wet by no tears; it is stained
by no blood.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-06-17

WuiCu IL pIolcsscu W TccOgnlZe. ITeclSPly the
same difficulty ran through the whole of the
case; for, while the United States refused to
acknowledge the authority of the Confederate
States agents, they were preferring claim
which, except on the supposition that these
agents had good authority, could not be sus-
tanned
Mr.. Mellish, on behalf of the Government.
objected with some reason to the length to
which the interrOgatOries had been carried. 1t
was naturally the defendants object to embar.
rass the plaintiffs as far as possible, and to bar
them from insisting on certain facts by show.
ing how incOnveRient such assertions might
prove in another and more important suit.
But the advantage was certainly pushed too
far. 1t could not have been relevant or neces-
sary to examine the United States on the right
of secession under the old Federal Constltu-
ton. nor as to the principles on which the
Northern and Southern States respectively re-
lied in the civil war. Accordingly the court.
while admitting the liability of the United
States as plaintiffs to this kind of interroga-
ton, limited it's scope to three points-the du-
ration of the de facto Government, it's termi-
nation, and the authority of its agents; but it
will probably occur to the reader that even as
thus circumscribed, the crOss-examinatiOn may
be rendered extremely perplexing to the re-
spondents. We are at loss, indeed, to con-
ceive how the American Government can at
one and the same time succeed in its suit
against Sir Peter TAFT and in it's controversy
with the British nation. If the Confederate
Government was Of such q character as to in
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-06-17

COOP SALE-Up to April 18th, 81 900 copies
of A. II. Stephens History Of the War be.
tween the States had been sold.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-17
@Ifsubatb Daily MOuitor,
= = rsssgV g : %
PUBLISHED Ar 1876 BROAD STREET, BY
]. MADISON DRAKE.


AILEGHANY SPRINGS, MONTGOMERY Co., VA, /
August 10, 1869.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-17
PLAIN SEWING and MACHINE STITCHING
MRS. j. A. WILSON

WHISTLES to notify her friends and the public
w that she has removed from No. Is Washing
ton street to No Is Elizabeth avenue. She is pre-
pared to go ont into families by the day with her
Sewing Machine. Having been at first class work
for a number of years she understands Cutting,
Making and Trimming Ladies' and Childfen's I'm
derclothing. Also, Childrenis French Dresses and
Mems Shirts, and carries her patterns with her.
BY leaving the name and address at Is Elizabeth
avenue, Mrs Wilson viii call on the ladies for their
orders in the evening. m3 3m
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-06-25

The MasonIc Dem0nstvat' NJ Paducah.
The steamer Underwater, brought the
Cairo delegation to the Masonic celebra.
ton 1t Paducah, safely home about II
o'clock last night. The party was some
what sfatigued, but the memory
the good things Of the day more than
counterbalsnced fatigue, expense, time
and all other contra considerations The
The Underwriters picked up considerable
Delegations st Mound City ind Brook
lyn. The Metropolis delegation had a
boat of their own. Large NUT bers came
down from Shawneetown and Golconda,
swelling the number Of masons TO six or
seven hundred. The process on was very
imposing and called to the streets thous-
ands of spectators along the entire line
Of march.
At the fair grounds snowy cloths wer~
spread In the shade, and q fine repast of
fowls, pastry, CONNECTIONS ard wines was
arranged thereon for the invited guests
Hundreds hpartook and there was an
abundance for all. r 81
Our Cairo delegation speak in high
terms of the courteous bearing Of the Pa
ducah fraternity, and are pleased gener-
ally with the trip. On tie return the
Underwater and the Metropolis boat
dashed, and came side--aDd- side to Me-
tropolis, allowing AN intercla nge between
the passengers that was real yNnjoyable.
The Cairo silver cornei band added
good music TO the other epjoyable fea-
lures of the trip, and sigpaled the re-
turn OF the boat last might, by the per.
Torrance Of a piece that was heard all
over the city.
Take it all in all, the observance Of St
Johns day at Paducah, vas decided
I success. Ut
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-06-25
Local DYevttles.

A negro man assumed recumbent
position beside q fence on Cedar street,
yesterday, and shortly afterwards died.
We are not advised as to details.
The members OF ST. Patrick's Benevo-
lent Society, in regaiia, escorted the re.
mains Of Stephen O'Loughlin, to the
cars to-day, and many Of them accompa.
MED the body to Villa Ridge.
While the steamer Underwater was
waiting for the crowd to come on board
Wednesday night, gentleman on board,
saw rat run across the guards and hurry
ashore. Being firm believer In the ad-
age that "rats forsake a sinking ship"
he followed the rat ashore aud gave up
his intended trip to Paducah.
An unknown mother, Of the
canine species Tor her owner, left four
pretty little pups by the roadside. up
town last night, in the cold wet weeds,
hoping. no doubt, that some kind Pha-
roah daughter would come along and
rescue them. They were rescued. warm
ed and fed, and at an early hour this
morning, flung into the Ohio that they
might help themselves to water.
The citizens Of Columbus have organ.
fred an A-~so"f.oruf uuu wccnanica
Fair Association. Every community Ia
the country Is leading Cairo In this par
ticular. ..rFs-.r .Lrr ..sIta.l
A negro man was consigned TO eigh
days work on the streets yesterday
with lodgings In the calaboose, for neg
Iecting to perform three days labor, o.
to pay three dollars scrip in lieu thereof
when notified so to do by the supervise
OF streets. Delinquents in this behal
had better heed the notice given.