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Year: 1868

NATURAL GAS W WoRKs.-A few months ago
while workmen were boring we'll in the rear
of the premises on Gravier street, New Orleans,
gas was struck at depth of forty feet from the
surface. On match being applied to the end
of the tube this gas ignited readily and burned
with strong clear fame. It was allowed to
burn thus for several days and nights, during
which time many persons visited the spot; and
then meter was added and the gas introduced
into the establishment, which has been lighted
by it ever since. A similar discovery was made
in like manner in another portion of the city,
the gas pouring out with such violence that on
being imprudently ignited an explosion took
place, the building was speedily wrapped In
hames and would have been destroyed but for
the exertions of the Fire Department. The
result of these discoveries has been the forma-
ton in New Orleans of the "Louisians Natu-
raj Gas Company"
Year: 1868

Political opponents do sometimes
agree. The Radical papers say. now ex-
actly what the Democratic papers said
before the election The organ of the
Radical party here remarks in yester-
days issue:


"Aud from this time forward we ex-
pect to hear much less of the spirit of
disorder and strife in the Southern
States"


Exactly so. The Democratic press,
for more than year prior to the election,
assured the public that every means
would be used by the Radicals, during
the canvass, to stir up dissension among
the negroes, and bring about a collision
between them and the whites of the South.
1t happened as the Democrats had pre-
dicted The negroes were crazsd with
whisky, and then rushed recklessly to
their death by cowardly carpet-baggers,
who always managed to escape the dan
ger themselves by fleeing at the first fire,
if they hadn't thought it judicious to bring
up the rear in advance, and to lead the
van in retreat And this for what? To
fire the Northern heart, to arouse the
Northern passions, and to keep
alive the feelings of sectional ami
mostly, that a partisan purpose
might be accomplished and partisan
ticket elected. For the same purpose
the whole infamous scheme ofreconstruc
ton was devised, and the Freedmen's
Bureau and negro State governments es-'
tablishsd and upheld by the force of the
bayonet. The Democracy told the people
so at the time, but the whole Radical
press most vehemently denied it. They
swore it was the work Of the Ku-Klux,
and that the whole Southern people were
in state of semi-rebellion. Now, they
tell US there will be no more of these
things. Whyf Because General Grant
is elected. That is very true; and it is
true, too, that because he is elected, and
the Radicals have gained all they can
expect to gain, the carpet-baggers will
be ordered to cease their devilment, and
let the tortured and tormented South rest
awhile in peace.-Kansas City Times.
Year: 1868

authority Of the Council But this posi-
ton is, / think, not tenable 1t is GER
tainly not sufficient to impart life or vi
tality to the contract made by direction
Of the Mayor, and which was wholly void
at its inception. By the charter it ap-
pears that every contract, although made
In pursuance Of valid ordinance, is re-
ouired to be submitted to and approved
BY the City Council before it is final and
complete. This provision ia obviously
to hold check and control over the ofi-
Ger making the contract, and to see that
il is made soniormable to law, but it can
not be made to avail the plaintiffs here.
With this view of the case, / think the
Judgment should be affirmed. The ether
Judges concur. DAVID WAGNER.
Year: 1868

Il ECONOMY m BUILDING. We copy
as follows from the Springfield Re
publican: ..~. H. W @.u-


La these days of inflated prices,
when shelter for a family is the
chief item Ia the expense of living,
economy in the construction Of
dwellings, is a, matter of the first
Importance. q In materials and
methods of construction the limit
of economy has been pretty nearly
reached, and houses, can hardly be
made with less lumber thanis now
used In cheap structures, with sal


ty to the occupants. But in the
matter of form there is still opPor-
tunity for improvement The fact
that the square inclOses the largest
area with the least circumference
of any rectangular form is well
enough known, but not always con-
sidered In the erection of cheap
dwellings,. The area of a square
increases In double ratio the in
crease Of the circumference. "a
house twenty feet by twenty is four
times. ,as large as one ten by ten,
but requires only twice the amount
of external wall. A house forty
by forty inCfUsBs twice the space OF
one twenty by forty but requires
only one-third more wall 1t is
obvious that a square house is
much more economical than one
that gives the same amount of
room in an irregular form, The
latter may, be more elegant-itO Oer-
tainly gives opportunity for greater
variety i; but where the object Is to
obtain the largest amount of room
at the least expense, the nearer we
get to o square the better, The
squareis also susceptible of a bet
ter arrangement and connection Of
rooms; and by a variety of win
dows and good taste IN the exter-
nal ornamentspa square house may
be made quit attractive in appear
ance. One cannot examine the
dwellings in a city like this without
perceiving that many of the cheap
est houses are built in entire disre-
gard of economy IN shape; and
many of them contain enough
lumber to enclose nearly twice the
space they actIfaAy contain. The
subject is one deserving more at
tention than it receives from archi-
teots and builders. There are few
things more to be desired in this
world than spacious, convenient,
and pleasant house, Only in such
q dwelling place can the true idea
OF home be realized 81
Year: 1868

We copy tho following sensible re-
marks from the Western Empire, pub
lished at St Joseph, Missouri. They
ar" well worthy of thought and study:


The printers dolIars--where are they /?
A dollar here and dollar there, scat
tered over the numerous small towns.
all over the country. miles and miles
apart, how shall they be gathered to
gethcr? The paper maker, the Journey
man compositor, the building owner,
the grocer, the tailor, and all assistants Is
to him in carrying on the business, have
their demands, hardly even SO small as
y single dollar. But the mites noul
here and there must be diligently gath
cred and patiently boarded, or where
with to discharge the liabilities will
never become sufficiently bulky. We
imagine the printer will have to got up
an address to his widely scattered dollars
something like the following


dollars, halves, quarters, dimes, and
all manner of fractions in which you are
divided, collect yourselves and come
home! You are wanted. Combination
of all sorts OF men that help the printer
to become proprietor, gather in such
force, and demand in such good reasons
your appearance ut his counter, that
nothing short Of you will appease them.
Collect yourselves, for valuable as you
are in the aggregate, single you will
never pay the costs Of collecting. Come
In here In single file, that the printer
may form you In battalion, and send
you forth again to battle for him, and
vindicate his feeble credit"


Reader, are you sure you haven't q
couple Of the printers dollars about your
clothes" If you have, order them home
/ Immediately.
Year: 1868

To be turned out of "A home, improved by
years Of labor, would be a great hardship,
yet there are hundreds o: men in Marshall
county at all times subject to this misfortune.
A very large number Of titles to land in
this County are perfectly worthless rs they
stand but many of them can be corrected
and perfected at slight expense. Do you,
know reader, that the title to your land is
good? You may find too late that it is not.
BY calling at our Abstract Office you can
satisfy beyond doubt.


CoRBIN s. VANvALKENBURGH.
Abstract oil ,e over the Bank
Year: 1868

WONDER if the radical candidate for
representative for this county intends su-
ing the trustees ofthe Presbyterian church
for the little amount due him, now. or will
he defer action until after the election?
Year: 1868

A LITTLE boy belonging to Mr.. C. G.
Buck came near meeting with serious
accident yesterday afternoon. The little
fellow was playing in the street, when he
accidentally slipped and fell, the wheel Of
passing wagon running over his leg,
-Sruising him somewhat, but otherwise In
flicting no serious injury
Year: 1868

ACCIDENT-CHILD KILLED,-A little
child three years old, whose parents name
is Sullivan, living in the cast part of town,
was killed by the mail train from the east,
on Tuesday afternoon. The little fellow
was sitting on the cud of n tie, with his
back toward the track the engines pilot
struck him on the back of the head, neck
and shoulders, producing instant death
From the appearance of the corpse We
should judge the child to have been one
of unusual promise. Words are made
quate to express the feelings of the be
reaved parents.
Year: 1868

LIFE INSURANCE.
5000 for SO Premium
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE
Manhattan Cooperative Relief Association.
THE MA NHATTAN COOPERATIVE
RELIEF ASSOCIATION
Is CHARTERED BY TIE STATE OF NEW


YORK.
Year: 1868

The object Of this Association Is 20 secure q cash
payment within forty days after the death of .
member, OF as many dollars as there are members
In the class 20 which he she belongs, 10 his OF
her hefrs -
Year: 1868

RETURN OF THE ATTORNEY GRNERAL-A
letter received here from Attorney General
Evarts, who is now in New York, announces
that he will not return to Washington before
next week, as there are business matters which
require his presence in New York.
Year: 1868

We have received the Old Guard
for April. 1t is the best number we
have seen. It speaks right out. Here
are a few extracts from it: ..--
A correspondent Of the Nississipian
who signs himself "A Northern Dem
ocrat," warns the people of the South
that they "must not believe for one
moment that the sentiments proclaim
Ell by the New York Day-BoOk, or
the La Crosse Democrat, are the sem
timents Of the united Democratic par
ty of the North" The two papers
here named equal in circulation near
ly all the other Democratic papers
in the United States. And it is
furthermore, within bounds to say
that seven-tenths Of the Democratic
papers Of the North abjure such De-
mocracy as is sent forth by a few
such papers as the New York World.
We have no doubt that the Mississip-
plans correspondent was in Lin
coins war, either as contractor or
an officer. He has upon him the
stains of the blood of men who fought
for liberty, and he wants to see the
Democratic party planted upon the
basis Of the Abolition war; but that
he will never see. The rank and file
of the old Democratic party hate that
war as they do the devil, and no
Democratic victory shall ever be won
on platform recognizing the justice
of either the principles or the results
Of such a war. a


In speaking Of the impeachment of
Andy johnson it says:


Resistance to impeachment under
these circumstances, is just as necessa-
ry as resistance to the abolition of
the Presidential office by the Senate.
Only a generation Offools or towards
would submit to either.


And again:


If President johnson and tho DEM
ocratic party do not treat this illegal
II ial as null and void, on the ground
that the Rump is not a Constitutional
body, they will deserve the eternal
execration. of every patriot in Amer
lea


1t wants another war. Hear it:
Year: 1868

Ny rst in the West Indies was found IN days Of old
Leading to destruction my second stands out bold
My third is very cerpuent, it can grow lean
And without my fourth 1 know few widows would
be seen.


Ny fifth and my sixth is always found about
A house, and my whole is not easily tired ont.


SALLIE.
Year: 1868

agreed with a tinker, whose name was Doolittls,
To make for my wife a fiat bottOmed kettleJ
Twelve inches exactly the depth Of the same,
And twenty-five gallons Of beer to contain;
The number Of inches across on the top,
Was twice on the bottom when at the shop:
How many inches across must the bottom then be,
LiksWise on the top, pray show unto me?
Year: 1868




WASHINGTON. May !, 1865.


The galleries were filed nj noon, and after the
chief Justice had taken his seat the members of the
House of Representatives entered the chamber IN
greater force than they have yet appeared In since the
first week OF the trial.


ARGUMENT or MANAGER BINGnAM.


Mr.. BINGHAM then began his address. lie said he
brought TO the discussion Of this great question 40
feeling OF resentment He did hisdnty in the intcres;
OF the people OF the United States in the interest OF
tle laws and Of the constitution. The SUI
premacy of The laws had been outraged and
an attempt was beiug made to Justify and dc.
fcnd that violation. At the close OF the war the
word went forth TO the country and to the word
that the American republic was sayed-saved IN the
yalor. patriotism AMI seli-slcrihce of the people;
saved for all time TO come, aud ready TO 90 forward
in its great mission OF freedom. At this period an
,ssasss hand took away the life OF the Chief Magis
rate ami Andrew Johnson came into the exercise OF
the executive power. lie took an oath to uphold
and defend the laws OF the republic, and the ques-
tion was now before the Senate Of the United States
how thin man had fulfilled his trust. II ne had
failed nShis duty he just as amenabe to the
laws az the humblest man in the community
Whatever laws were made In conformity with the
constitution were supreme every officer of
the government until they repealed or changed
by the whole people OF the United states. Washing
ton, the ilrst and foremost OF MS counirymcn, de-
clared laws made In accordance with the constitu.
ton incumbent on him. Statements were mace here
by the counsel for the President of the most nagrant
audacity he had ever heard In q court OF Justice
that the Executive can interpret laws for himself and
declare those null and void which do not agree with
his Judgment. They assert, and he wished It was
burned into the brains OF Senator's that the Pres.
dent can decide laws judicially for himself. He re.
spectfully submitted that the constitution which
they had been taught to believe was the sacred
Charter OF their liberties was now q constitution
OF anarchy aud ruin, which countenanced every
violation OF law, and shielded the volator from JUS
tice They te counsel) might try to screen the
President from the crimnality Of his acts, but the
issue now before the Senate was whether he can de.
eide and anDul the constitution and IN laws OF this
republic. lie assumed to himself az an Executive
prerograttve TO interpret for himself and execute
or disregard at mis- discretion either the constitution
or laws OF the United States. The man who does not
understand this as he issue has been denied by the
Almighty the use OF that intellectual faculty which
we call reason. The Senate having the sole power TO
try impeachment, must be vested by the constitution
with an the power 10 investigate every issue
of law and effect bearing on the case; yet IL
has been the endeavor here TO prove that TIE
Year: 1868

Somebody who is ashamed of his
name, sends us an anonymous letter
from Ritchie county, on the political
situation there. The letter is good
one, but we will not depart from our
estab lished rule. No communication
unaccompanied with a responsible name
will be inserted in the REGISTER.
Year: 1868

In pursuance of resolution passed
by the State Convention held in Wheel
ing, on the 9Th day of January last,
there will be State Convention of the
Democratic and Conservative voters OF
West Virginia, at
Year: 1868

Thanksgiving is all well enough, and roast turkey
the table still better; but how Is 1t with those
who have nothing TO give thanks for nor turkeys
either? II Is for them, indeed, day Of fasting and
prayer and sad humiliation.


what will the poor billposters dop Two.thirds OF
the fence on the Chambers street side or the new
Court House has been taken down. The stoop is ex-
posed and looks like the building which figured on
Thus perisheth ye Academy OF Design.


Why don't some home for the frendless or some-
body else take charge of that female who squats on
the sidewalk on Broadway, near Broome street, with
two miserable looking children and the most
squeaky OF all squeaky hand organsS


Why don't the Police Commissioners send few
men to Castle Garden who know the difference be-
tween human beings and brutesS There are two or
three OF the $1200 chaps stationed on the inside OF
the building who seem to think that candidates for
naturalization things upon which they may fully
show 'mans inhumanity TO man, Cannot the
captain In charge OF the squad use some Judgment
or common sense In the selection OF his pets for
sssoft berthssu


The eject of the recent verdict In the Fulton ferry
disaster casualty was shown last evening IN the way
In which the steamboat Columbia, which reached
New York at half-past five, entered the slip. coming
In with such headway on that when she struck the
bridge she rebounded for distance OF at least four
feet. 1t must be remembered that there are no
guards either on the boat the bridge, to prevent
nee6,s1 people being in very dangerous vicinity to
point or concnssion, while the violence or the
shock was suircent to have thrown them into the
water IL they had been thus placed.
Year: 1868

article In question was directly provocative OF
the deadly assault which followed its publica-
tion. 1t should not have been published.
Every journalist ought to have blood as well
as ink in his veins. One should never write
what, as gentleman, he cannot properly say
about the private life of individuals of either
sex. Whoever may have written the offensive
article in the Southern Opinion-and it is
said that Mr.. Pollard did not write tit is
natural enough that Mr.. Grant should have
held him responsible for it. But Mr.. Grant
chose, to say the least an extraordinary mode
of revenge. Apparently he demanded neither
explanation nor apology. According to our
telegraphic dispatches. instead of facing his
antagonist in the street he locked himself in
room in the building opposite the Office Of
the Southern Opinion and from an upper
window shot and killed Mr.. Pollard.


This fatal occurrence, whatever its details
may have been, shows that the traditional
habit Of taking the law into ones own hands,
which was prevalent during the old slave
holding days in the South, has survived all
the changes wrought by our great civil war.
1t is not improbable that m(e than one
generation must yet pass away before the
spirit which originated and fostered this habit
shall become utterly extinct.
Year: 1868

form.


While the attention of our citizens has been
directed to the frauds upon the government
through the medium of the whiskey rings and
their accomplices in the Revenue Department,
and while their attention has been occupied
with the operations of Wall street rings, rail-
road rings, judicial rings, election frauds and
the like, that Industrious and enterprising
family circle at the capital known as the lobby
has been busily and quietly at work perfecting
Legislation highly profitable to its members if
not calculated to benefit the public. Among
other measures they have contrived to push
through Congress several acts '.for the en-
couragement of emigration" which means
simply to facilitate the swindling Of foreigners
who desire to make the United States their
home under the convenient shelter of the law.
Our Washington correspondent yesterday ex-
planned the objects and the operations Of the
emigrant companies organized under these
laws and of the manner in which they systc-
matically rob emigrants of their labor, their
time and their money. The facts show either
gross recklessness and ignorance in legisla-
ton on the part of Congress or corrupt col
lusion with those interested in the questionable
business.


The whole matter of emigration requires a
thorough overhauling. Our State Commits
sioners Of Emigration conduct their business in
q very curious manner, and Castle Garden, il
reports are true, is not the safest place to
which an emigrant can be consigned. The
new State administration cannot do better than
make searching investigation into all the
affairs of that Board-its financial condition
and operations, the treatment of emigrants,
the character Of the persons employed about
Castle Garden and all other details connected
with the commission. There is no department
in the city into which light can be admitted
to greater advantage to, the public interests.
The great reform in this direction, howev er,
should come from Congress. The whole bust
ness Of the care and protection of emigrants
should be placed in the hands of the United
States, and all the laws authorizing emigration
aid companies should be repealed. At presen
there is reason to believe that the most rascally
frauds are perpetrated on emigrants, under
official authority, and as the victims are
strangers to our customs and laws, and often
to our language, the crime is the more repre-
hensible.
Year: 1868

The bloody PoIlard-t:rnnt Affair mt Rich.


mOnd.


The shooting Of Pollard by young Grant on
Tuesday last at Richmond was doubtless in
accordance with the universal unwritten law
by which, throughout the South, every man
feels compelled to avenge such insinuations
against lady relative as were contained in
the article published in the Southern Opinion,
with or without the knowledge of the late
editor of that newspaper No one was more
fully aware Of the binding force of that
unwritten law than Mr.. Rives Pollard. The