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Year: 1868

Rooms have been engaged at the Chanler House
for the Georgia delegation the Democratic Convenuo


A match between the schOoners Magic and
Pauline of the NewYort Yacht Club Will take place on
of time from the Magic the latter being the larger Doat
The Magic was the victor in the late regatta ahd as he
10 be sailed k the same as that ersed upon the
above OCCASION great deal OF excitement about the re-
suit IS prevalent. =, II.
men as possessing speed and seawOrthy qualities mas
challenged the OF the Dauntless TO sail race from
the stakeboa of the Club House, Staten Island around
the ght3hip OF Cape May. and the challenge mas Deen
accepted The must take place between me 4t anu


th of uly and the prize is TO be set Of silver worth
$500 Vessels carry all the canvass they please ana
how they please.
Year: 1868

A horrible outrage was perpetrated at
the toll gate house between Royal Oak
and Birmingham, on the Pontiac road,
OH Sunday night. The house was occu-
pied by family named Pullen. The
only male member of the household,
William Pullcn, went away from home a
short time since, leaving his mother, an
aged lady, and his wife and sister at
home About eight o'clock on Sunday
evening two ci2namon cOlored negroes
called at the house and asked for a
drink, which Miss Lorinda Pullen pro-
cured for them. They withdrew reluc-
family, and as they went seemed to cX-
anime the door and observe the windows
very closely. At half-past ten the fam
lily were startled by heavy rap on the
door, and one of the women, on looking
out of the window, recognized the two
negroes who had been there for wa
ter in the early part of the evening
They were very much alarmed, aud the
old lady and Mrs. William Pullen went
up stairs for safety. Miss Lorinda tried
to induce them to remain and defend
themselves with an axe and a hatchet,
the only weapons of defence i'm the
house. The negroes were at this time
| irving to effect All entrance at one OF
the windows, and Miss Pullen proposed
that her sister.in.law and herself sta
ton themselves on either side of the
window and as the negroes entered
deal them blows with the axe and hatch
ct, but before she could overcome the
fears of her timid comrades the scoun-
drels effected an entrance to the room,
and seiziug hold of Miss Pullen demand.
ed all the money they had in the house,
She told them she hadn't much, and
begged them to spare her life. She went
to the drawer where the gate money
was kept and gave them the contents
about sixteen dollars. They were not
satisfied with this; they must have
more money, they said, or they would
kill all in the house. Miss Pullen then
produced two five dollar notes, which
she also gave them, and they then went
up stairs and seizing Mrs. William Prl
len subjected her to the most wantor
outrage. She finally escaped from their
grasp aud succeeded in getting out o.
the house. She ran with all speed tC
the nearest neighbor, whom she aroused
and with several Others returned to the
toll house. The negroes became alarm
ed after she got out Of the house anC
fed.


We cannot learn that any efficient


steps for their capture have been taken
in fact but little was known regarding
the affair by our police authorities til
last evening, when some oHe from TIT
nsighborheod reported the affair to al
officer. 1t seems strange that the OF
ficers, if there are any in the vicinity
should let two days pass without som
active efforts at securing the perpetra
tors ofso gross an outrage.-Detro't Ere
Press.
Year: 1868

TIE PAY PoR EIGHT Hours WoIK-It is
understood that the Attorney General has rem
oeTed al opinion that under the recent law of
Congress all employees on Government work
are entitled 20 the same pay for eight hours
work As hey previously received Tor ten.
Year: 1868

SECRETARY MCCULLocH today rejected the
nomination OF Spencer hing, for Supervisor
for the Eastern District OF New YORK. and It is
understood that the nomination OF Mr South.
worth for Eastern Pennsylvania, and several
others VIII shortly share the same fate
Year: 1868

As one excuse for passing the Iav


which, N effect, disfranehises colle@s
students, the democratic press
throughout the State are claiminc
that Massachusetts passed a some,
what similar law . generation or two
ago. But what Democratic paper
may sag is true and what really is
true are horses of quite a different
csior-one is pure white and the 9th
er Jet black. Therefore, without
calling upon them for the proofsof
tneir assertion, we beg leave to say
tnat matters must have esme to a
strange pass indeed when Democrats
seek to avoid the responsibility for
their infamous laws by shifting the
odlum upon the people of Massaebu-
sets, upon whom they have for Years
heaped the most violent abuse. and
called by all the foul names to which
they could lay their tongues.


This is far specimen of Demo
cratic manliness. 1t is ''any port in
a storm with them however. Thev
are beginning to see that they made
mistake; that they have gone a
little too far in their high handed
course; and now that the outraged
good sense of the people is making
itself heard, they sneakingly attempt
to lay the blame at the doors of 9th
er and better men. This dodge will
not avail them. - CKlhieotke Gd-eHe.
Year: 1868

On and after the first day Of April next, tho
subscriber will be found at the above stand,
where he will be pleased to see his old custom
ers and all others who may want anything
the WATCH or JEWELRY LIN. u
mar 19-tf he - FAEM1SG,
Year: 1868

AMAN FRIGHTENED TO DEATH BY A VISION.
The Corinth (Mississippi) Caucasian Of the
23d instant says: ~ H..


"A strange and surprising incident occurred
last week in the country some miles north OF
Corinth A Mr.. Manglum killed a young man
during the war, and few days since Mr.. Man;
grum was on deer drive, and while at one OF
the stands he saw au object approaching him
which so alarmed him that he raised his gun
and fired at it. The object, which resembled
man covered with Ia sheet. continued to ad-
vance upon Mr.. Mangrum, when he drew his
pistols and emptied all the barrels at the ghost.


None of the shots seeming to take effect, he
climbed tree to make his escape. By the
time he was a short distance up the tree the
white object was standing under him with its
eyes fixed upon him, and he declared that it
was the spirit Of the young man whom he had
killed. Mangrum was so startled at the steady
gaze of the eye that he had been the cause OF
laying cold in death, that he tainted and tell
from the tree. His friends carried him home,
the ghost following and standing before him
constantly, the sight of which brought up the
recollection OF his guilt with such force to his
mind that he died, in great agony, after two or
three days suffering"
Year: 1868

There never was such a failure. There
never was such stale, fat and unprofit-
able conclusion to any thing that 50 thun-
dered and threatened in the prologue.


Impeachment is the old case of forty
crows put into the pompous character of
a great political process. Forty crows,
as we are all aware, would hardly cover
tine number, even as stated by those
most moderate in speech. Some said the
flight darkened the heavens, and at the
last it was hardly possible to prove the
presence of one solitary little black bird.
So the nation that was assured its liber-
ties and peace were in danger from the
countless and heinous crimes of the Exc
cutive, finds. when it comes TO evidence
in court, that the prosecution cannot
prove enough TO send juvenile delin-
auent to the House of Detention for two


days. Six days have now been taken up
by the prosecution, and what has been
shown On Monday we had the windy
and grandiloquent opening of Butler.
Since that it has been proven that the
President ISSUED an order'' for the re-
moval of Stanton-not that he had re-
moved him on had not the right to remove
him or issue the order; the attempt has
been made to prove that the President
conspired with soldiers TO oppose the
laws. and this has resulted In clearly
proving that he did not 80 conspire. And
Year: 1868

now the prosecution is proving what the
President said in his public speeches,
proposing to trench upon that most sa-
cred right-absolute freedom in the ex-
preston of opinion. rg=t


What is proved here that can authorize
the removing man from an office in
which he was placed by the will of the
people? And what is the whole result so
far Only that a grand occasion has
been given for Butler to strut and fret
and plume himself in the public eye.
Only chance for this vaporer to show to
the world that there is no sphere of hu-
man endeavor in which he is not equally
incapable. He was a Genessal a little
while ago, and he made more noise in
dispatches and orders and proclamations
than all the other Generals in the country
together. He was the most mighty of
all the heroes. But the sum of his achieve
ments in the field is included in the
names of Big Bethel, Bermuda Hundred
and Fort Fisher. He ''saved his men"
and his bacon; and he never was within
ten miles of a battle that it did not prove
disaster. Peace came and, not shamed
into obscurity by his failures, the mighty
man returns to politics and law. He
leads the great case of his party. He
makes the same tremendous threats as
ever, and as before he dwindles into
pitiful insignifcance when brought to a
practical test. Fortunately, there was
a way of pushing such leaders aside in
war. Let us hope that the Radicals may
not for while learn that wisdom.


Ne,c York Herald.
Year: 1868

IF you viii plant cotton, get a Cotton Planter
cover it, just as deep as you want and do all this
as fast as horse can walk, and with only the
labor of one horse and one man. Also the cele-
brated fsCorn Planter" that does Just the same
as the t.Cotton Planter" with the addition of
crushing all the tlods on the corn and leaving
the earth thoroughly pulverized. The smallest
creole mule or poney viii work either of them,
and boy of IL years can manage them. But by
all means, get the stafford Cultivator,' with
which you can cultivate ten acres per day, with
one hand and two good animals. Go to the Live
Oak Plantation, near Washington, and see all of
the above in use, and where you can purchase or
trade for them. p JAMES POWERS


April llth, 1868 44-2t
Year: 1868

This distinguished sensationallst,
is confirmed tipler and smoker
He recently made desperate effort
to break of from these very common,
but unclerical vices.


An exchange says:


AT a recent conference of Baptist
ministers he publicly repudiated the
pledge, and declared that he could not
get through his arduous labors with
out his wine and beer. He even con-.
fessed that he had been for some time
taking them on the sly. His own
words are: ~ bought some wine and
some medicine glasses, and l think
for o year I drank no wine except
out of q medicine glass, and with
locked door. But, of course, it Leak
ed out, and found I was doing more
harm than by open drinking" etc.
In short, he took TO "open drinking"
again, whatever that may be.
Year: 1868

/" Appearance-Notice Of Motions.-0r-
dersd. That upon the fling of the tran
script of record brought up oy writ OF
error or appeal, the appearance OF the
counsel for the plaintiff in error or appel


lant shall be entered, and no motion to
dismiss. except on special assignment by
the court, shall be heard, unless previous
notice has been given to the adverse party,
or the counsel or attorney of such party"
Year: 1868

SPECIAL SEssIoK.-A movement ia IN
foot among the leading republicans at tho
South to have their Legislatures unite in a
call for special session of Congress. Unls,,
this is done they fear that the democr.ts
will carry every Southern State.
Year: 1868

With this issue we present the premium
list offered by the Walla Walla Agricultural
Society, end bespeak for it the careful atten-
tion Of our readers. The premiums offered
arc liberal, and should have the effect to
bring out full exhibition of the agricultural
and other products of our Valley. We have
here one of the finest agricultural districts
on the Pacific coast, and it should be our
pride to see that our magnificent resources
are fullyand fairly represented. Ofthe utility
of fairs. and the influence they exert on the
general growth and development, it is useless
to argue. In Europe or America, take the
communities in which fairs are held in the
highest esteem and most literally patronized,
and there We find the greatest amount of
wealth combined with the highest degree
of intelligence and virtue. In the adjoining
State of Oregon, we fnd that our neighbors
date the period of their greatest prosperity
from the time when they commenced giving
their earnest and undivided attention to the
business of holding State and county fairs.
Under the influence of these annual exhibis
tions, the industrial resources OF Oregon have
been developed to an extent never before
attained, and the projectors Of these fairs
have been amply repaid for their outlay of
time and means, in the enhanced value of
property and the general prosperity that
followed. In Washington Territory we have
been slow to avail ourselves of the advantages
that follow in the train of these annual ex-
hibitions of the products of industry, but
now that our people are awake to their i'm,
portance, we anticipate the most favorable
results. On all sides we hear the notes of
preparation for the coming fair, and judging
from the indications, the exhibition promises
to be a grand success. The products of our
teeming soil would alone suffice TO render the
exhibition both entertaining and Instructive;
but in addition to the display of the products
of the farm ard the garden, we shall have a
grand assemblage of the finest stock in a
district of country where unusual attention
has been paid to the rearing of fine cattle.
This feature of the Fair alone will amply re.
pay the visitor for any expenditure Of time
and money. In addition to the settlers in
our own immediate Valley, we hear that our
neighbors on the Touchet, as also those on
the Umatila, and indeed the whole vast ex-
tent of country of which Walla Walla is The
central point, are preparing to unite with US
in making The Fair creditable reflex of the
industrial and agricultural resources of the
Columbia River Valley. Our neighbors will
be here not only with the products of their
farms and their finest stock, but they will
also bring with them their flmilies-their
wives and little ones-and for all these they
will find hearty welcome.
Year: 1868

a GREAT MAN FALLEN.-lt will be seen
by the telegrapbic dispatches that Thaddeus
Stevens the great leader Of the radicals, is
dead. Stevens was the moving spirit Of the
radical party, and gave pith and vim to the
organization. Bold and resolute, it was he
who when occasion required it rallied the
scattered bands of radicalsm and gave to
them the courage to perpetrate outrages from
which the more timid shruuk back He was
the first American statesman 10 gravely an>
nounce the intention to govern the country
without regard to the constitution, and this
declaration he forced his party to adopt and
incorporate in the reconstruction acts where
by ten States of the Union were denied all
rights under the constitution That he meant
we'll, is doubtless true, but that his rule was
disastrous for the nation is Illustrated in the
distracted condition in which he leaves the
country. Intended by nature for great
party leader, the rebellion gave him the op-
portunity to bring out his splendid abilities,
but now that 'life's 6tful fever is over" we
doubt whether his warmest admirers will
venture the opinion that be governed either
wisely or well. The deceased statesman was
native of Vermont. and was in the 10th
year of his age. In 1915 he was elected to
represent the Lancaster District in Congress,
and with the exception of short interval,
continued to represent that district until the
date OF his death. "Let his good deeds live
after him-his bad ones bury with him"
Year: 1868

8&s@The Nation, in recent article on "A National Bureau of Life Insurance" makes the following remarkable state mont, which is worthy of attention !, There are life insurance companies in this city whose available cash means far exceed those of the Erie Railroad, who have little or no property over which the State can obtain control. What would be the result, if one of these companies should Iepudiate it's obligations and set the State at defiance? There is no disgusting the fact, that in our times submission to law ful authority is not to be relied upon from powerful corporations, unless the power is at hand to enforce the authority. The life insurance companies are gradually developing into hodies of the most extra ordinary power and importance. Those doing. business in New York alone have assets to the extent of nearly one hundred and fifty millions of dollars their fresh liabilities entered into last year reach nearly five hundred millions of dollarsj their aggregate liabilities will in . few years, far exceed the total of our entire national debt; the legislative restraint placed upon them is feeble, ignorant and inefficient; and there are not wanting men of thought who assert that in less than twenty years every one of them will be bankrupt. Reflections such as these, assertions such as these, unintentionally developed in the o~rsc of the discussion about the Central Bureau at Washington, seem to show that it is high time for the public and the press to look somewhat more closely into the subject"
Year: 1868

Applicants for admission 10 the Agricul-
tural College from this county have till the
18th Of October to report themselves to the
County Superintendent for examination.
Tho President Of the College has authorized
the possponement of the drawing till that
date.
Year: 1868

lish third institution and with that view IL was pro-
posed to advise her Majesty TO grant charter 20 no


man Catholic university The Of the first Senate
would be mentioned in the charter The latter BODY
would include Chancellor, Viee-Chancenor. four pre-
lates be elected by the hierarchy six aymen and tne
heads Of colleges The Senate would have the power OF
granting degrees Of holding university examinations,
and Of determining what colleges should be established
and the Of study to be pursued therein In order 20
carry this scheme t would be necessary 10 provide
for the expenses Of the officers Of the universities and
professors and make some provision for the puding
and for the endowment OF certain university scholarships
With respect to the endowment Of the colleges however
he was not In position TO make any proposal on the SUD
ject until he knew what the nature OF the colleges was


likely TO be- On the subject OF the Irish Church the NOME
Lord reminded the House that commission was now IN
quirng the establishment and that Ii would be pre-
mature TO attempt any hasty legislation upon such Q
question. He did not believe that the Irish Church coud
be oyerthrown without fierce and protracted struggle
and he considered that II 1t were eventually TO faI IL
would infict ncaleuable injury on the country.


On motion OF Mr.. HOrsnan, the debate was then ad-
jOurned 10 the 10th of March
Year: 1868

matter of book-learning. A young man whs
leaves college without having been taught TO
Re q gentleman and an ornament to society,"
instead of a rampant nuisance, has wasted his
time and his teachers are usually to blame
for hi, deficiencies. we would not have uni
versitv students treated like boys at a board
ing-school We are in taYor o1 developing
their manly qualities and their capacity Tor
self-control by the largest liberty consistent
with good order; but whenever they abuse
that liberty they should be held strictly ac-
countable and we respectfully intimate to the
proper college authorities that they have a
duty to perform toward the culprits in tins
disgracoiul affair at Worcester, and if they fail
in it they may expect to see the moral stand
inc of their colleges steadily and rapidly de-
Year: 1868

The riotous behavior Of the College students
at the Worcester regatta has provoked general
Indignation on the part of the press, and some
of the young men, we are happy to learn, have
been fined by the police magistrate. The mis-
conduct of last week, however, was nothing
very unusual. Both Yale and Harvard and a
great many other colleges as well, are infested
10y a set Of drunken and disordeIly lads, who
are bringing dscredit upon the institutions
with which they are connected, and whose bad
influence is represented to DO on the increase


They ought not to be left to the police it is
the duty of the faculties to correct them, and
if the faculties are unable to do so they there
by show themselves incompetent for the per-
fOrmance of one Of the most important func-
ti9ns Of their office. Education is not mere
Year: 1868

At the close of June (the date Of our latest
adyices) there was not yet any notable change
in the civil war of Japan. We now learn that
the brother of the Tycoon commands the
army of the latter, and that he is advancing
upon Yeddo where the party of the Tycoon is
very strong 1t is thought probable that the
war will split the country into two empires-a
northern under the Tycoon. and southern,
Year: 1868

The best political document that the friends
of Grant and Colfax can circulate is The
SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. Send it everywhere.
Each number is filed with matter important
throughout the canvass, and if the efforts of
our friends are continued, we shall be able to
give a cheering account of the good work it
has accomplished in November.
Year: 1868

We desire to call the attention of our read
ers to the appeal of Tie Baltimore american
for aid to the sufferers by the recent food
We hope the citizens of New York will respond
promptly and literally. Many persons are
sorely in need of all the assistance that can be
given them, and We feel sure too much cannot
I,e oYfended
Year: 1868

under the Mikado. The former Of these en-
pires would adopt thoroughly progressive
policy, while the latter would endeavor to
retain the former isolation Of Japan as much
as the Treaty Powers would allow.
Year: 1868

The letter from our special correspondent at
Montgomery gives an interesting sketch of
tho new Alabama Senators. They are both
gentlemen of high character, and will reflect
honor upon the distinguished body to which
they have been elected.