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Year: 1868

The Democracy in 1861 pronunccd the
war to peservc the Union failure, and
in keeping with this same spirit they now
pronounce the reconstructed governments
null and void. They will have a fine
time in ousting the members of Congress
from those States, if even there was a
possibility of their eleeting the next Pres
ident. We think they will find this a
plank in their platform as great blunder
as the one Of 1864. Here is what Chief
Justice fancy said on the subject, in an
opinion of the court, delivered in the oelc-
bratcd Dorr case:


Under this article of the Constitution it
rests with Congress to decide what govern
mcnt is the established one in State.
For as the United States guarantee to
each State republican government, Con-
gross must necessarily decide what gov
ernment is established in the State before
it can determine whether it is established
or not. And when the Senators and Re
presentativcs Of State are admitted to
the councils of the Union, the authority
of the Government under which they are
appointed, as well as its Republican char
acter, is represented by the proper con-
stituional authority. And its decision is
binding upon every other department of
the government, and could not be ques-
toned in a judicial tribunal.
Year: 1868

The nigger is no more to be damned
by the Democracy-that is, when he is
On the Democratic side. Who can doubt
this after it is known that the New York
Democratic Empire Club held meetins
on Monday evening, and was addressed,
by "Mr. Quickly, colored gentleman
from Georgia, and an attendant from that
State on the Tammany Hall National
Convention"
Year: 1868

a Philadelphia physician writes to thu
Ledger, of that city, to let the public
know the following manner OF successfully
treating cases Of sunstrokc:


"Lct the person thus affected be rcmov-
cd to cool and private place, his cloth
ing taken off, and the body rubbed from
head to foot with large pieces ice, at the
time that pieces of ice are keptin the arm
pits This simple treatment, if steadily
persevercd in, will save cases which seem
almost desperate and, there is reason to
believe, under any other treatment would
certainly prove fatal"
Year: 1868

During the session of the Democratic
Convention, two loyal soldiers, who had
experienced the horrors of captivity iu
Richmond during the war, met the keep
er of the Libby Prison wearing a delegates
badgol They fell upon him and gave
him dreadful beating, which was not
-hospitablc, certainly, but not unnatural
either
Year: 1868

A rich farmer of Calais, Maine, aged
sixty five, recently married second wife
who is only nineteen years of age. A
daughter of his first wife is forty years
old, and her daughter aged twenty is
about to be married. Thus there is a
child who is twenty one years older than
her mother, and a grandmother who is a
year younger than her granddaughter.
Year: 1868

The Convention has completely slubbed
Young men wherever the chance has occurred,
clause has been passed requiring that all the
Executive officers of the State shall be at least
thirty years old. The people are protected
against young men, but nothing is done to save
them from old men. We think if the people are
to be trusted at all they should be the sole Judge
of the qualifications aud fitness of the men, they
elect. The only restriction that should be inn
posed is that all persons holding office in the
State should be qualified voters. The. Conyen-
tion should not assume to legislate in the matter
of ofice-holding for the special benefit OF any
particular class of men, 'f


No State in the Union, not even the
United States government has gone to the
length our Convention has in prescribing
young men, In a political point of view party
which undertakes to get along without the aid
of young men, will soon find itself hobbling on
old mems crutehes, beaten in every race it enters.
We sincerely hope the Convention will reverse
its action i'm this particular before it puts forth
its Constitution. We do not want Texas to take
q single backward step. Remember that a ma
iority of the men who are to ratify the constitu-
ton are under thirty years Of age, and this age
qualification is direct insult to their lntegrl-
ty and intelligence. A man who is old enough
to make Governor is old enough to be Cover
nor ;f the people elect him. 1t is not within
reason that young and incapaple men, or men
TOO old win be selected by tho people to fill the
chief offices of the State, then why the necessi.
ty Of levelling direct prescription at young
MEN under thirty. We say leave the door open
to all and lot the people judge.
Year: 1868

Our paper is little late to-day because we
have employed three colered boys to learn the
trade. We had printer who said ne could not
work in the office with colored boy; we PAID
him off and let him go, and are now depending
almost entirely on colored hands to set upfetif
paper We are proud to say the boys. learn fas1
and are ambitious to excel. We think it highly
appropriate that paper which is intended as
the special friend of the celored people, ought to
be SO in every particlar. .ts4r.tl -t~ II
Year: 1868




Remember, trade is living, and II TWO u
three OF five years sare spent in learning tfaue'
tits worth the time and the trouble 1t should
be part of the education of every man 10 learn
trade.


During the days of slavery colored men were
taught trades in order to serve "old master" ana
to keen out the free mechanic All kinds OF
labor was considered degrading and was mad made
SO by slavery. Now all are free and labor ana
skill are the test of superiority, and there sho"io
be no jealousy among tradesmen, nothing ont
generous rivalry to excel.


We have heard of but one instance in whleh
a person has been prescribed because of color oy
any tradesmen and do not believe this proscrlp-
ton is general. The instance we refer to nap
pened in this city. A smart colored boy was
taken into the Republican printing Office to
learn the printing trade; after he had been there
few weeks the boy was discharged because the
printers of this town had resolved they weuld
not allow a coiored person to learn the trade.
This rule still prevails We employed three col
ored bows as apprentices; we had white printer
who objected, we paid him off and let him CO.;
he is a Conservative, and we suppose such was
the political creed of the printers who prescribed
the colored boy at the Republican office. All
| over the South it is common for colored men TO
be employed in printing offices as pressmen ana
| otherwise: we see no reason why they should not
| learn the whole trade We hope this proscrlp-
| tion among printers does not extend beyond this
town. Printers are highly intelligent class OF
| to be found in the front rank of progress and
| freedom. 1t would seem by the action of Messrs
| Haynes and Longley, the proprietors of the Re-
publican, in discharging the colored boy, that
| the Austin printers have turned their backs up.
on freedom and progress. We hope the colored
people will never show any such prescription
Messrs Haynes and Long1ey, we learn, have re-
ceived thousands of dollars for their newspaper
from the Convention, which Convention was
elected by colored men, and partly made up OF
| colored men, and yet we'll behaved colored


boy was discharged from their Office because
he was black. R g !5b!i .e.


| All over the country colored men and white


men work together in the fields and in the
workshops, and our advice is learn trade; they
are all alike honorable.
Year: 1868

sEcREoT.-You should be onreful not to on
trust another unnecessarily with secret which
il may be hard matter for him to keep, and
which may expose him to somebody IS dispieaJ-
ure when It Is hereafter discovered that he was
tho object Of your confidence.
Year: 1868

1t is customary at concerts in New York
now when singer is to be complimented
to make up dozen or so ordinary bouquets
county cheese, and hand it over the or
chestra to the artiSte, whose absurd appear
ance as he or she carries it off fully compen.
safes for the outlay. One of the papers
suggests as a needed convenience the erec.
tion of derrick, by which one of these
consolidated Conservatives might be safely
swung across the orchestral gulf and behind
the scenes. The ladies subject to these
floral Affections are now compelled to make
muscular trainings a part of their daily
RvocatiOns.
Year: 1868

new enterprise to be known as the Natio
Telegraph Company has been organized with val.
liable franchises conferred by recent act of Com
gress for the purpose of establishing Trunk lines Of
Telegraph on all the principal railroads and mail
routes in the United States. The stock is to be
issued upon the same principle as that of the Msr'
chants Union Express Company, which recently
commenced operations. The design is to interest
the entire business community in the enterprise.
This is done, not 30 much to dispose of the stock
as is to secure the business of the country through
which the lines pass.


The Capital is to be
Year: 1868

The Revolution afirms that Washington
has two gambling hells exclusively for
ladies. At all hours of the day the most
elegantly dressed ladies at the capital may
be seen there stalking their money, or some
body's money, in surprising amounts. It is
rumored that certain divorce case now
pending in the District Court is attrlbntabls
In a measure to the squandering of hus-
bands money on the tables of one Of these
places.a Since these facts are reported by 3
Journal like the Revolution it is impossible
to doubt their accuracy. Without such
authority we would have supposed the story
to be a mere invention.-N. Y. Sun.
Year: 1868

Which will be sufficient to duplicate lines to all, or
nearly ALL the paying points reached by the present
monopoly.


The present telegraph Companies of the country
have been consolidated into ons huge monopoly.
and earning six millions Of dollars per
year, or over one hundred per cent on the actual
cost of their lines their present capital having been
Whtersd over one thousand por cent


The National Telegraph Company have ia recog-
milton from ths United States Government Of the
Importance of their enterprise with grant of the
most valuable franchises ever conferred upon
Telegraph Company. No competing line has eve
had the right now granted by congress to this Com
pAny to construct and operate lines every Rail
road and Mail Route in the United States. The posi-
ton of this Company differs from that OF any com
pany ever before organized. The question Of the
right Of way is forever settled.


The Stockholders of this Company can not be sold
out or transferred to any other Company. The act
Of Congress under which this company has been
organized, prohibits any transfer Of the franchises
grantedl
Year: 1868

One per cent Of the Stock will be required on isub-
sorbng, and subsequent calls not to exceed i've per
cent per month, will be made by the Board Of Di-
rectors from time to time. may be necessary, to
upply funds to construct and equip the lines bu
no calls will be made after the per cent is paid
until the entire Capital Stock shall have been sub
scribed.
Year: 1868

stated session OF this Board held yesterday
morning, all the Commissioners being present. The
reports from the wardsns and keepers Of the various
institutions were received and ordered nle They
contain nothing than statement Of the ordinary
routine business of the departments The applications
for relief to tho Department Of Outdoor Poor still
very numerous but the distributions OF food vt the
police courts. commenced few DAYS since, have rs
duoed somewhat the number Of applications at tho
tro Office
Year: 1868

The Ne10 York Herald photographed
the late Democratic National Conven-
lion, in the following lively, lite-ike
colors:


1t is becoming more and more ap-
parent, Notwithstanding the outcries
of the party press, that the material OF
the Convention is Of an exceedingly
light character-below mediocrity, in
point of fact. Here and their may be
seen and heard very uncertain lights,
who doubtless are regarded as
great guns" in their localities but in
the metropolis, measured by the intel
lectusl growth ard force which are the
result Of social and commercial attri-
tion, they are nearly all of them "smsIl
potatoes" Why, we would guarantee
20 get up in day better Convention
from the beershops within the circuit
of half q mile, taking Tsmmany Hall
as the center, a better posted set of
men on politics and whisky than are
ninety-nine out of every hundred OF
those who are deputed to speak for the
Democracy of the Union.


New York is too large for these fel-
lows. In threading its streets their
small intellects seem to dwarf into
nothingness, and to supply the apart
ments thus made vacant in their sculls
they resort to stimulants. The result
of this excess-the delegations seem to
prefer Jersey riAed" and "unrecti6ed
benzine" even to their own native
drinks-is delay of ordinary business
in our police courts. The police, as in
duty bound, are neeessitated to arrest
all drunken and disorderly persons
whom they find on the streets, and that
the business Of the Convention may
not be delayed for want of q quorum,
those among the prisoners who are del
egates have precedence in the examin-
ations before the sitting magistrates,
who are kept busy from six o'clock
until nine or ten every morning,
dismissing, fning and lecturing them
for conduct so unseemly.
Year: 1868

In Racine, a young man undertook
to make lead cannon, taking for his
purpose a piece of gas pipe, and pour
ing hot lead through one end of it,
having previously put wet clay at the
other end. and rs the melted lead
came in contact with the clay it ex-
ploded and sent the pieces of iron and
hot lead in his face, which it is feared
will deprive him of his sight.
Year: 1868

A Gentleman once said to Rowland
Hill: at is sixty-fiVe years since
first heard you preach, and the sermon
was we'll worth while remembering
You remarked that some people are
very squeamish about the manner of q
clergyman in preaching but you then
added, 'supposing one is hearing a will
read, expecting to receive 9 legacy,
would you employ the time in critics.
ing the lawyers manner while reading
it! No, you would give all your
interests to ascertain if anything was
left to yourself, and how much. Let
that, then, be the way in which you
listen to the gospel"
Year: 1868

Enormous fires are raging In the
woods all along the track Of the Grand
Trunk Railway from Quebec to Mon
treal. In several places along the line
the people have become so seriously
alarmed at the devastation caused by
the approaching wave of fire that they
had abandoned their houses and taken
refuge in the open fields.
Year: 1868

The Express says: The Erie war is
finally settled Dre1's loan has been
paid and he is allowed to keep his hy-
potheticated stock at 20, which as he
had it at GO puts nearly half million
into the Treasury of the company.
Vanderbilt sells the company fifty
millions of the new stock, about the
average of the sales Of convertible
bonds which is to be retired and can
celled. Drew is now out of the Direc-
ton, and Is understood to be out of
stock.
Year: 1868

lam fully prepared with the best material.
and shall give my exclusive attention to the
supplying Of this roofing. and all work will be
done under my own supervision; believing IN
the old maxim that he Tho By the plough would


TCii E7E.7 tfFl s. PARISH


In addition to the making of new roofs. PlaS-
tie Slateis the
Year: 1868

SMART CHILDREN "a la Ha,pn1.-It is known
that the measles are quite prevalent in Ottawa,
and one effect has been greatly to lessen the at
tendance at the public schools. A little six year
cid, on the east side, down with the measles,
lamenting her inability to attend school, and the
growing psucity in number of scholars, finally
oonsoled herself with the remark that Miss Reid
the accomplished principal in the I'd ward
public SCHOOL, was going to let out school any


way at the end Of the week, ''if she had any


scholars left to le. out school riM."
Year: 1868

RIDIcULous.-The attempt of the Chicago
Tribune to work up the recent city election in
Ottawa into Republican victory. There is no
way Of figuring in which the democratic msjori.
ty can be cut down to less than 800, which is
larger than the democratic majority on a square
fight at any other election in the last ten years
in Ottawa
Year: 1868

New HoTEL.-By notice among "New Ad.


vertisements" in to-day's TRADER it will be seen


that the last instalment of the stock subscriptions
to the New Hotel is called for. The building is
now being plastered as rapidly as an army of
mechanics can do it, and the carpenters are fin
ishing closely behind them. Tho expectation is
to have the hotel ready for occupancy before mid.
summer, when it viii doubtless be found most
pleasant resort for eastern or southern pleasure
seekers, who may desire to enjoy tho beauties Of
the west in her vegetable glory. When finished
and furnished, the hotel will have cost over
100000, and will be the handsomest structure
Of the kind in the state at least outside Of Chi
cago and with one or two exceptions, the largest.
Year: 1868

A writer in the Wing of last week, over
the signature of "a Lawyer" enquiries of
the editor of this paper why the decisions
of the Supreme Court are not published
in some paper in East Tennessee. This is
a question we would like to have lawyer,
a doctor, or divine answer for our own
benefit and our own information. The
Legislature of 1865, if our memory serves
us correctly, designated this paper, the
Press and Times at Nashville, and paper
at Memphis as the papers to publish the
acts of the General Assembly. Our inn
preston is that the acts were to be furn-
ished by the State Department, and the
Supreme Court decisions by the clerks
Of the Supreme Court. Neither the acts
of the General Assembly nor the decisions
of the Supreme Court are furnished the
publishers of this paper, and We are too
proud-spirited and independent to beg
secretaries and clerks for any such patron
age. Still we should like to know why
they are not regularly furnished. Is 1T
hostility towards this paper or its publish
ers, or is it only negligence on the part of
those having charge of the BUSINESS


KnorriHs Whig.
Year: 1868

'sOne thing is clear the conviction
and removal Of Mr.. Johnson and the trans
fer to Mr.. Wade of all the patronage and
power of the Executive Office, will put
the whole canvass into the hands of the
Radical section of the Republican party.
1t will make the issue between the Rad
icals and Conservatives of the country still
more definite and distinct. Whether that
is Observation-Disclosures it will make the
Republican party stronger and more uni
ted or not, is matter fairly entitled to
some consideration. 1t does not seem to
us, we confess, wise to add to the number
of issues of this character, Of, which the
Republican party has to assume the re-
sponsibility in the coming election.


T .New YORK. Times.
Year: 1868

The achievement of the man who swal-
lowed set of teeth in the neighborhood
of Dayton, is thrown in the shade by that
of boy mentioned by a correspondent of
the New York Times. The boy lived and
died in Orange County, New York, some
years ago. A post mortem examination
discovered clock key, silver spoon and
a pair of spectacles lodged in the esopha-
gus. He had lived for some time with
these singular deposits.
Year: 1868

They are experimenting at Hartford with
considerable success il the new method of
curing whooping-cough by inhaling the
atmosphere of gas-house. Upward of
three hundred children are said to have
been wholly or partially relieved by this
treatment.
Year: 1868

There are many different ways
of getting on in the world; it does
not always mean making a great
deal of money, or being a great
man for the people to look up to
with wonder. Leaving off . bad
habit for a good one, is getting on
in the world; to be careful and
saving, instead Of thoughtless and
watchful, is getting on; to be ac-o
tive and industrious, instead Of
idle and lazy, is getting on; to be
kind and forbearing, instead of
lll-natured and quarrelsome, is
getting on; to work as diligently
in the masters absence as in his
presence, is getting on; in short,
when we see any one properly at
tending to his duties, persevering
through such difficulties to gain
tsuch knowledge as shall be of use
to himself and others, and offering
a good example to his relatives
and acquaintances, we may be-
sure that he is getting on in the
world. Money is a very useful
article in its way, but it is pos
sible to get on with small means,
for it is a mistake to suppose that
we must wait for good deal of,
money before we can do anything.
Perseverance, is often better than
afull purse, There are more helps
toward getting on than is gener.
ally supposed; many people lag


behind or miss the way altogether,


because they do not see the album


dant and simple means which sur.
round, them at all sides, and so it


happens that there are aids which
cannot be bought with money.


Those who wish to get on in the


world must have q stock of pa.


tience, of hopeful confidence, d
willingness to learn, and a dispo-


sition not easily cast down by.
difficulties and disappointments.-


Exchange. Na
Year: 1868

w A man, in telling about q
wonderful parrot hanging in a
cage from the window of a house
which he often passed, said. s'It
cries Stop thief SO naturally that
every time I hear it I TalsoGys stop~
Year: 1868

y FEW days ago We published notice
OF the finding Of q skeleton in Benton
county. An old citizen of Grant county
saw ;the notice, and wrote at once to the
authorities of Beuton county, thatin 1868.
his son, young man grown, returning
from the west, had mysteriously disappear
ed. lie was traced TO Benton county. and
nothing was hearcd of him afterward be.
yond the discovery Of his horses and
wagon, in the hands Of farmer, who had
bought them in good faith Of young man
who was known to have been in company
with the deceased when he left the west
on his journey home. This man was at
once arrested, aud on trial was sent TO the
penitentiary for stealing the horses and
wagon. lie cOulI give no account of the
Whereabouts of the missing owner. aud
was strongly suspected of having murder
cd him. The finding of the body in the
slouth, in connection with the finding Of
the wagon cover and bows, as well as the
boots and clothing, is strong circumstan-
tial Evidence against him. The wagon
had bows and cloth cover when they left
Iowa, and it had neither when sold. The
father Of the missing man will go to Ben
ton county this week, and is confident he
can recognize the bones of his son by cer-
tain injuries or fractures received from
his early manhood. The suspected mur-
tlerer is still in the penitentiary, and will
be held for trial on the charge of murder
as soon as his present term expires.
d,anapolis Herald.
Year: 1868

A GENTLEMAN from Columbia City in-
forms us that the estimablc lady, whose
person was so revo!tingly outraged by the
negro at Pierceton, received such injuries
from the loathsome attack of the brutal
imp of darkness as to result in her death.
Being physically weak, the murderous as
suit of the black fiend entirely overcame
her, and her almost superhuman efforts to
free herself from his vile embrace was
more than her nature could endure and
she sank rapidly under her bodily injuries
and the untold horrors Of her imagin alton
until she died-a victim to the legitimate
results Of the teachings Of the doctrine
of negro uslity.-Ligonier Baxner.