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Year: 1868

The recent life of Josiah Quin-
cy has the following good anecdote:


"One day Mr.. John Quincy Ad-
ans, who was addicted to the same
vice of Incorporate early rising,
with much the same consequent
ces, was visiting my father, who
invited him to 60 into Judge Sto-
rvs lecture room and hear his LEG
ture to his law-class. Now, Judge
Story did not accept the philoso-
ply Of his two friends in this par
ticular, and would insist that it was
more excellent way to take out
ones allowance of sleep in bed, and
be wide awake when out of it
which he himself most assuredly
always was. The Judge received
the two presidents gladly, and
placed them in the seat of honor
on the dais by his side, fronting
the class, and proceeded with his
lecture. 1t was not long before,
glancing his eye aside to see how
his guests were impressed by his
doctrine, he saw that they were
both of them fast asleep, and he
saw that bis class saw it too.-
Pausing a moment in his swift ca
reer' of speech, he pointed to the
two sleeping figures, and uttered
these words.


"'Gentlemen, you see before you
a melancholy example Of the evil
effects Of early rising


"The shout of laughter with
which this judicial obiter dicta'm
was received effectually aroused
the sleepers, and it is to be hoped
that they heard and profited by
the remainder of the discourse.
Year: 1868

A correspondent Of the Pittsburg
Chronicle relates the following


Reading the article headed
"shall women propose p in which
Mrs. Oakes Smith relates a story
of a woman proposing :to@ the
wrong man, reminds me of an oc-
currence that happened here some
twenty years since. A distin-
guished professor and divine from
this neighborhood, was on visit
to some friends east of the noun
tains, and was introduced to a
very respectable family which had
two accomplished daughters--one
of them very handsome, the other
rather plain. After spending
some weeks in the neighborhood
and having frequent opportunities
of meeting the ladies, he became
quite enamored with the younger
and prettier Of the sisters. He,
however, returned home without
showing any preference. He was.
man of very sedate and studious
habits, and soon became absorbed
in his books, and for time he
seemed to forget his new acquaint-
ances.


But the image Of one of them
seemed to be continually before his
mind. After having maturely
considered the matter, and hav-
ing, l have no doubt, sought gui-
dance from on high, he concluded
to begin a correspondence with
the object of his affection. Un-
fortunately, or fortunately, as he
afterward stated, he addressed the
wrong lady. He had got their
names transposed. The cores
pondence finally led to an engage
ment. The day was fixed for the
wedding. and the grave and rever-
end D. D. entered his appearance
at the proper time. But what
was his CONSERVATION to find that
he was going to marry a lady whom
he had not courted. But being a
sensible and honorable man, he
said nothing about it, believing
that the hand of Providence was in
the matter, and was actually mar
ried to the sister Of the girl he
thought he had won. Time wore
on, she proved to be a most amia-
BILE, intelligent and affectionate
wife. He never told the story till
after the younger sister was happi-
ly married. He had never had rea-
son to repent the mistake, and he,
to this day, is firm in the belief
that God ordered it for his happl-
ness. Calls well that ends we'll"
Year: 1868

1t is seldom necessary to file off
a ring which is too tight to readi-
ly pass the joint of, the finger
If the finger is swollen apply cold
water to reduce the Inflammation,
then wrap small rag wet in hot
water around the ring to expand
the metal, and soap the finger
A needle threaded with strong
silk can be passed between the
ring and finger, and person
holding the two ends and pulling
the silk while slowly sliding it
around the periphery of the ring
is plain hoop this process is easy
if it has g setting or protuberance
more care will be required. An
other method is to pass piece of
sewing silk under the ring and
wind the thread, in pretty close
spirals and snugly around the fin
ger to the end. Then take the
lower end-that below the ring
and begin unwinding. The ring
is certain to be removed unless the
silk is very weak. The winding
congresses the finger, and rem
ders the operation less difficult.
Year: 1868

NEWSPAPER SPoNGERs.-Ansex-
change makes the following SEN
sible remarks: "There are many
people in the world who make it a a


business to sponge the reading OF
their county paper without any
expense to themselves. They
are found where the paper is lett
in a shop, Office, store or bar
Der shop, and often borrowing 1t
before the owner has an opportu-
nifty of seeing it. This is done
by very many who are abundantly
able and whose duty would seem
to be tosustain their county paper,
by subscribing and paying for it.
Year: 1868

LICE IN HEN HoUsEs--We al
ways have found limc-washing eff.
fectual when thoroughly DONE
1t must be we'll worked into all the
creyices; holes which the brush
cannot reach must be stopped, and
the operation must be repeated till
the desired change takes place
If the fowls are supplied in the
house and in their run with a coup
lie of bushels Of dust, or better still,
wood ashes, with which should be
mixed four or five pounds of black
sulphur, they will use it as bath
and rid themselves of their visi-
tors.
Year: 1868

At Window, Maine, Mr.. Cart
land a short time since purchased
a sIeigh--so nicely vanished that
the back Of it reflected like a mir
ror. 1t was put in a building in
which was a a"gobbler'' turkey, who
in passing the back of the sleigh
thought he had found an intruder,
whereupon he fought his reflection
until be had ruined the back of a
costly sleigh.
Year: 1868

The seal attached to English
letters patent is six and half
inches in diameter and about one
inch thick, having an impression
of Victoria on horseback on one
side, and her on her throne on the
other.
Year: 1868

All this has led to a condition of which
repudiation, bankruptcy and anarchy
are the prominent features. More war
is the sole Radical remedy; and Brown
low leaves the State debt unpaid to sup
ply his party with armed militia for the
coming political canvass.


There is, for this great and spreading
evil at the South, but one real, effective
remedy. 1t is for the North to judge
these people by themselves to realize to
themselves the hell upon earth the Radi~
Gals have made in subjecting freeborn
American white men to the rule of ne~
groes; to find in complaint, under these
circumstances, not rebellion, but the
voice of nature and of race to note how
patiently the great mass of the Southern
people have waited till the people Of the
North wiz give them the freedom that
belongs to men, who were born free as
themselves. For this is the fact appa-
rent, in spite of Radical falsehoo d and
forgery, that the people Of the South are
waiting as patiently as human nature
win allow, till the people of the North
admit them again to a share in the priv
ileges Of that free constitutional govern"
ment which all but the Radicals agree it
was the object Of the war to vindicate
and restore.
Year: 1868


terms of equality in that grand oopartner.
ship Of States, which constitutes our Fed.
eral Union, we do 30 with no hostile intent
on the contrary, we wish to share its bene-
hts and its duties to rebuild our places
under the protection of its flag to re-es
tablish the old era of good feeling in our
common country; to thwart the designs Ot
unpatriotic men everywhere, who seek to
perpetuate discord and division, and to
participate in the blessings as well as the
burdens of the government"


This is all a generous North can ask,
and all the Democrats do ask-while per-
seeution and vengeance are the Radical
aim. Some Of the delegates to this con,
ventiOn came fifty miles in wagons, and
some actually came twenty miles on foot,
for the simple reason they were too poor
to pay their fare or hire a convey
ance. An impoverished people who will
do all this, earnestly desire 'peace that
is not war that will bring prosperity
and relief to this down trodden and un-
happy country.
Year: 1868

THE VOTE OF THE NORTHERN


STATES THE POLITICAL OUT


LOOK.


We give below, the vote of the North
ern States at the late Presidential election
and at the last State election, so nearly as
they can be ascertained, with the Demo-
cratic gains in each. They are facts, and
we commend them to the careful reading of
men of all parties.
Year: 1868

GEN. GRANT.-A good story of Gen.
Grant is going the rounds now Fred l.,
Olmstead and Fred n Knapp Of the'San-
itary Commission were with the General
on Mississippi steamer, and all had
drank freely of the mud colored liquid
which stood in pitcher on table beside
them. After talking at length on Sher-
mans Sun Flower expedition, he rose and
placing one hand on the back of chair,
gvae hearing TO well-dressed woman,
who just then made her appearance, He
ended with saying that if convenient his
medical director would call upon her to-
morrow at eleven. The lady assented and
withdrew, and the General remarked that
her request seemed reasonable, and he
thought it ought to be granted. After
wards often that same lady met Rev DIR
Knapp and declared that she had beer
present when Gen Grant was drinking
with two Of his boon companions, when h,
had to support himself on chair to keel
from staggering, and the next day had t.
send the doctor to find out what was hei
business. Perhaps her request had beer
refused. At any rate, Mr.. Knapp il
known to the writer Of this as strictly ab
stinent II.
Year: 1868

AEkNNsAS.-The action ot the Senate
on Monday in refusing to take up the
Arkansas bill should not H. regarded a~
indicative of determination to exclude
that State. The Senate will pass the
bill probably before the end OF the i'm
peachment trial hut the Senators thus
admitted will not claim the right to vote,
and even if they should, their votes, as
Mr.. Harlan demonstrated few dny ago,
could not in any way affect the result. 1t
ia said that if the bill is passed the Prcsi-
dent will not send in veto, but will let
it become a law by the lapse of ten days.
Year: 1868

GONE OF YOU CAN'T, AND WE PITY


~ you. You have tried every remedy but the
ONE destined, by its intrinsic merit to supercede
all similar preparations. it is not surprising you
should be reluctant to try something else after the
many experiments you have made of trashy COM
pounds foisted on the public as certain cure but
Year: 1868

\ DISTRESSING case came on, the other
day, in an office near by. In making some
changes of gas, and water and waste pipes,
the things had got confused. The porter was
sent repeatedly to bring fresh water in the
pitcher, instead of that he had brought but
a minute before, direct from the pipe Some
times the water would be all right for half
day or such matter. Then it would be a
little brackish towards evening-but was the
worst in the morning. Complaint was made
to the water company F; and finally one of the
men told them to take their id old pipes
out entirely, and melt them up, if you can t
do better than that = The water tasted of
picked olives tasted like that from Salt
Lakeland was not to be endured The
water works people didn't know what to do
the water was sill right everywhere else,
and sometimes all right in the offce-but it
was uncertain. Mason tasted and tasted of
it, and could make nothing. At last, looking
to see if the taste could come from the pipe,
he found that the Irish plumber had joined
onto the water the waste pipe from a funnel
shaped tin box in the corner of the hall
what they call-let's see-yes-a hopper.
The whole thing was explained, and every.
thing 2rranged in a short time, and water
wass&eet and palatabie again but none of
tb6se people like olives since.-Ta. Tresnass
Year: 1868

The following resolution was adopted at
the late Democratic State Convention, held
in San Francisco, and without one dissent
ing voice:


Resolred, That it is not only the patriotic
duty, but the deliberate purpose of the Dem,
ocratic party nerer TO submit to be governed
by negroes nor those claiming to be elected
by negro suffrage.


Won't submit to be governed by those
elected by negro suffrage, eh Won't sub,
NIT to what may become the law. We shall
see. Those words Rerer TO submit have
been heard before emanatng from the Dem
ocratic camp. and we should think that their
late experience in vndicating the same would
teach them better than To give utterance 70
such vain threats. If Uncle Sam IN his
wisdom should say that those black soldiers
who bore arms and aided in crushing out
their rebel allies during the late rebellion,
shall vote and have voice in the affairs OF
the Government for which they shed their
blood to sustain, why they shall do so, and
that will be sufficient authority. That
they would never submit" They boasted
that they never would submit to the rule OF
a Republican President that Abraham
Lincoln should never take his seat as such.
They were sincere, and meant what they
said. and endeavored by strength Of arms to
verify their threats. But the world knows
the result. A little man called Grant,
another little man called Sheridan, and Sher-
man and host of Others said that the taU
should be obeyed Ave, and it was obeyed.
If our Democratic friends again become so
arrogant on account of the great leniency
and for5earance shown them by the Govern
ment, and wish to try the wager of battle,
they will find plenty of the boys IN blue who
are always ready to step forth at the call of
Uncle Sam and enforce an obedience to the
law. This resolution, taken in connection
with the speeches made at their Convention,
gives us sufficient assurance of what we can
expect from them If thev cannot succeed
in securing the reins of government any
other wav, they say that they Will take
them I" from those tyrants and fanatics who
are guilty of the blacklist crimes known to
God or man" See Hoden's speech. =
Yes, guilty of what black crimes of sus
tanning the nation and threshing rebels
And it may be that some of these unrepent.
ent rebels will feel the weight of our hands
should they attempt to put into execution
what they preach. A little temporary sue
cess, caused by dissensions in the Union
party, has rendered them super-arrogant
and exceedingly bold-so much so that they
are now beginning to show their true colors.
Certain it is, that those who have ever had
the least particle of Union sentiment or feel.
ing cannot now identify themselves WITH or
act in concert with them Before the ides
of November next close upon u.s. the vain.
glorious boasts of Democracy will be consid
cradle below par. 1t is perfectly impossible
for them to succeed in electing a President
under existing circumstances.-Sac. Record
Year: 1868

ana with one accord give it their unqualified appro
oation. we now address ourselves to all who are
uhacquainted with this the greatest Panacea of the
age Ior the healing of all diseases of the Throat
and Lungs, assuring you thata
Year: 1868

character should not be forgotten Much is
due to the living, but something is due to the
dead. From every battlefield - from the
hearthstones made desOlate by Yar-come ST.
lent but eloquent appeals which no patriot can
resist. 4" 1t is rather for us" SAID Lincoln
at Gettysburg, "to be here dedicated to the
great task remaining before us, that
4" from these hOnOred dead we take increased
devotion to that cause for which they here
gave the last full measure of devotion (;
I" that we here highly resolve that the dead
" shall have not died in vain, that the ma
{" ton shall, under God, have n new birth
" of freedom and that governments OF
% the people, by the people, and for the
"peOple, shall not perish from the earth
Certainly, if President Johnson is confirmed
and sustained in his criminal attack upon
freedom-if his new rebellion is to be approved
by an American Senate, then, truly, our
brothers died in vain The liberty for which
they fought is a mockery if it may be destroyed
by any traitor who happens to become Presi-
dent. The Constitution which came hallowed
and unharmed out of the war, is worth no more
than wasted cartridge if any chief magls-
trate may cOnstrue its provisions according to
his humOr-and If the murderer of the loyal men
massacred in New Orleans is to go unpunished,
then justice has lost its Office and loyalty is q
crime. The loyal States should have vote
for their dead soldiers cast for impeachment,
and have a right to demand it to be given by
their Senator'S


This day and the great deed it covers will
forever remain in history. 1t is the one event
that will stand ont clear and dazzling when
time has darkened with its gloomy shadows
the age in which we live, and many OF those
who act, as well as those who stand idly by
are hushed and forgotten. No Senator can be in
sensible TO the verdict of history 1t is writ
ten that President of the United States dis
graced his high Office, profaned the law,
brought massacre and anarchy into these
States, and made the American name a
scandal among the nations. q 1t is written that
for these crimes and misdemeanOrs he was
brought to the bar of the Senate and duly
tried. Tie case is closed, the evidence has
been told, the arguments have been heard.
The Senators who fail to add to this history,
that by their vote the great criminal is justly
punished may well pray for oblivion Especi-
ally those Republican Senators who have
steadily championed the policy which Culmin-
ated in this proceeding may we'll pause, before
by their votes, they write their names with
the infamous and degraded men, who in times
of national trial sought to betray their country.
Year: 1868

undertook to prove an dlibi, and it was admit
ted by the Judge that, in his long experience
no such proofs for an aliJi had been adduced
Nevertheless, the jury found Barrett guilty /;
but public opinion in England revolts against
the hanging of q man in behalf of whom such
powerful arguments have been adduced. The
Cable few days ago informed us that John
Bright and other prominent Liberals have
signed a petition to the Queen in behalf of
the prisoner, and this morning we learn by
another Cable dispatch that the Queen
has reprieved Barrett for one week We
think it safe to say that, unless the Govern
can find stronger testimony against the pris-
oner than heretofore, the civilized world
generally will be Of opinion that the
prisoner should have had the benefit of the
very serious doubt as to his real connection
with the Clerkenwell explosion.
Year: 1868

Millions per annum would cost us far less if
made on our own soil mt cost of even Fire
Hundred Millions-that is, we should give less
of our Labor for them in this case, because we
should pay largely in Timber, Fuel, Vegeta-
bles Fruits, &c, &c, which could have little
or no market value so long as our workshops
remained in Europe. And this economic truth
we hold demonstrable to whOmsOeyer will fairly
consider the facts.


The ProtectiOnist theory has the heaTtiest
assent of our understanding and our Judgment.
The Free Trade theory we comprehend and
respect, though it seems to us framed in dis
regard of some vitally important facts and con-
sideratiOns. But the Pike theOry-which is
neither fish, flesh. nor good red herring'-we
utterly dissent from. To permit the free inn
pOrtatiOn of building materials is TO open
Il wide door for smuggling and evasion Of
duties. 1t is to say that the labor which builds
ships deserves Protection, but not that which
cuts timber and mines ore, and makes
iron. We do not believe it would
sells ten per cent.-perhaps rot five
while it would derange and unsettle everything.
Let us abolish the tunnage duty If we can do
without it let us protect our own shipping by
discriminating duties against foreign bottoms ;
let us reconstruct the States lately in revolt so
fast as may be, and reinvigorate their industry
so as to increase our products and our cargoes 4;
but let us not foster ship-building at the ex-
pense of other interests at least as important
as it is or can be. And if Mr.. Pike wants Pro-
lection for the special interest of his district,
let him not hope to obtain it by assailing the
Protection accorded to other interests, and
thus earning the plaudits of Mr.. Eldridge.
Year: 1868

The real issue in the Impeachment Trial,
is, Did the President attempt to appoint
Gen. Thomas to an office without the ad.
vice and consent of the Senate, in viola
ton of the Constitution of the United States
and did he attempt to remove Secretary
Stanton in disobedience of the Tenure-of- Office
lawq This is the issue for which the House OF
Representatives impeached the President.
and on which he is placed on
trial. 1t is not his speeches, made
while Swinging around the circle; for the
House had once refused to impeach him for
those, and the recollection of them had nearly
faded from the public mind. 1t is not the
fact that he attempted, or intended, to use force
in removing Stanton, and appointing Thomas;
for whatever the President has the right to
do at all, he has the right to employ all the
military and naval force of the United States
to aid him in doing. His impeachment was
based upon tie two unlawful acts of removing
Stanton and appointing Thomas. If the SEN
ate would not remove him for these, they
would not remove him though he should
attempt to turn the Senate itself out
of doors. For it is certainly less
oilense TO turn the Senators individually out Of
the Capitol than to deprive the Senate as
legislative body of its constitutional functions,
by multiplying the laws of Congress and over
riding the right of the Senate to share in the
appointment and removal of the officers of the
GOvernmpnt
Year: 1868

The Rev. DR.. Tying presided at the ami
versary of the American Female Guardian
Society last evening This truly benevolent
organization clothes, feeds, and instruCts more
than thousand children who otherwise would
swell the crowd of ragged students of crime
that swarm in many of the streets of this city.
1t also throws its protecting arm around
another class among us just at the time they
need assistance, and saves them from entering
ON q life OF shame
Year: 1868

His Excellency is said to be in good health
and buoyant spirits. The prospect of trip to
Tennessee, where he will enjoy immunity from
the pestiferOus Ofiice-seekers, assuredly ought
TO improve his digestion.
Year: 1868

The conclusion of the Clerkenwell trial-a
special report of which, for THE TRIBUNE, may
be found on another page-cannot fail to
deeply interest our readers Few political trials
OF late have attracted a more universal atten-
ton The defense for the prisoner Barrett
Year: 1868

THAT overweenng conceit which seems as
natural to the young man as playful disposi-
tion to the kitten, or a soft and timid one to the
puppy, often assumes ridiculous, and oftener
still an unamiable aspect. And yet, though it
originates many very foolish things, it seems to
be in itself a wise provision which, were it not
made by nature, would leave most minds with
out spring enough to effect, with the required
energy, the movements necessary to launch them
fairly into busy or studious life. The soberest
man of mature age who has learned pretty cor
rectly to take the measure of himself has usual
ly acquired both habits and knowledge that as
sist him in urging his onward way, and the NOV
ing force of necessity always presses him onward
from behind; but the exhilaratng conviction of
being born to superior parts and to do something
astonishingly clever seems necessary to the
young man.-Hugh Miller.