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Year: 1868

Jrhe Pittsburg dispatch Of yesterday says:-


One of the most shocking accidents Wulcn
we have been called upon to report for a long
tame occurred yesterday morning at the saw
mill OF John Rsdman, on Mckee street, BIZ
p.Ipgbam, Isaac Robb, an empl0ye In tne
mill, was literally split in two nv circular
saw Mr.. Robb was a man OF family. ana re-
aided on the hillside near Saw Mill run. The
accident happened shortly before 10 O'Clock, at
which time four men were engaged at the saw,
n large one OF above four ana half feet In
diameter, Two men were engaged IN WORKING
the ''caIyiage" and timber in front OF the saw
and the oil her two were in the rear dlsposlng OF
the boards and refuse pieces as they caI1e out.
Robb was standing next the saw with his back


He took up one end OF refuse piece. while
Patrick Crehan had the other one. They were
in the act OF hurting the long piece of wood to
one side when II broke in Two places, and Robb
lost his balance and fell back upon the saw.
The usual speed OF the saw Is about six hun
dred revolutions per minute. and the untortus
nate man In an instant was literally split In
two and ore half of his body fall upon each
side of the saw. One side of his face was torn
OF from the body, while blood and matter were
thrown upon the joist above. and over the
sawyer In front. So quick was 1t done that the
work men engaged with the unfortunate man
could hardly say they had seen IL, aud one OF
them almost tainted at sight of the remains OF
his cOmpa nion. Coroner ClaWson, who was at
Brownslown holding an inquest was sent for,
and at noon an Inquest was held over the body
of Robb, the parts Of which had been gathered
together. The jury returned verdict OF acct'
Ale Mt death.
Year: 1868

According to Rdvices received at Havana
from Porto Rico. the sentence OF death pro-
nounced by a court martial upon the leaders
OF the revolt which took plass=fn that island In
carried out. The parties, seven in number,
were tried on the nth ult,, and sentenced to
he garotted. On the 2lst the Captain General
published n decree approving of the sen tence
but subsequently, after taking the advice OF
his council, he commuted the sentence in the
case Of fine of the condemned TO one of penal
servitude, doing so in his capacity of Civil Gov
ernor. In the case of the other two the execu.
tlon of the sentence had been suspended pend.
ing n decision of the question OF competent
Jurisdiction which had been raised on behalf of
the accused
Year: 1868

TIE EXPRESS. N. E. Express com pany which succeeds the Housatonic and N. Y. Express on the Housatonic railroad, has already abridged the accommodation s afforded by the latter by withdrawing the Express from the special and evenin g trains, so that now the Express is confined to the morning train down and the after noon train up. The apathy exhibited by the old monopolies towards the New Eng land Express (when they fought our Hous- atomic Express so fiercely) leads us to think the new Express is simply dodge of the old companies to do the business under Q new name, and so avoid the odium they have gained in time past.-Berhs1tire Cour- ter.
Year: 1868

The Collins company's steel blows took the first premium at the New Jersey state fair last week. The orders for these blows are extensively increasing, orders for i've hundred and even thousand having been received in single day.
Year: 1868

A writer in Harper for June says:


Rousseau said that no woman with
Ace teeth could be ugly. Any female
mouth almost;-with good set Of
worries, is kissable. Inc too early
loss of the frst teeth has an unfavof'
able influence upon the beauty and
duration of the second. The young
est children should accordingly be
made to take care of them. All that
is necessary is to brush them several
times day with a little Ordinary
soap or magnesia and water. Grown
people should clean their teeth at
least FIVE times in the course Of the
twenty-four hours, on rising in the
morning aud going to bed at night,
aud after each meal. A brush as
hard as can be borne without pain
should be used, and the best Of all
applications is pure soap aud water,
always lukewarm.


After eating, the particles of food
should be carefully removed FROM the
teeth by means Of toothpick of
quill or wood, but never of metal, aud
by a thread passed now aud then
between the teeth. Tooth powders
of all kinds are injurious both to tho
enamel and the gums, aud if employ
ed every particle Of them should be
removed from the mouth by careful
riusing. The habit which some wo-
men have Of using bit of lemon,
though it may whiten the teeth and
give temporary firmness and color to
the gums, is fatal to the enamel as
are all acids. No one, young or old,
should turn their jaws into nut
crackers; aud it is dangerous even for
women to bite of, as they often do,
The ends Of thread in sewing. 1t is
not safe 10 bring very hot food or
drink, especially il Immediately fol-
lowed by anything cold, in contact
with the teeth.


Wholesome gums are more essen
tial, even, than the teeth TO the beau
ty of the mouth. They should be Of
a firm texture aud a lively red color.
and we'll spread over the base Of each
tooth, but they are often pale and
liyid, shrunken. heshness, and some
times even liberated. The excessive
use Of sugar candies does great mis-
chief 1t is not only the bad effect
of the acids produced by their decom,
position, but the grittiness Of these
substances which wears away the
gum, bares the tooth, aud spoils the
mouth. This is the chief dagger Of
the use Of tooth powders. Livid
gums will be benefited by occasional,
but not too frequent, hard rubbing
aud priekiug with tootbpick until
they bleed slightly
Year: 1868

A specious proposition has been made in
the Legislature to give the State printing to
the lowest bidder. The objections to this
plan are that the lowest bidder may not be
pecuniarily responsible, o. if responsible may
not be qualified to manage the business, or if
qualified may not be honest, and in general
that the first object is to get the work done
and well done, and the second to get it done as
cheaply as possible, and that the committee
on printing should be allowed sufficient dis
cretion to secure and harmonic both these
purposes. In reply to Mr.. Bradbury (Dem.)
of Hollis, whovdefended. the proposition as a
measure of retrenchment and economy,
MFR. Foster (Rep.) of Portland, chairman of
the committee on printing, proceeded to IL
lustrate the character of Democratic economy
as follows: p 81 f4
Year: 1868

at such hours as suit. in time to reach Edenton
to pack the fish in ice, ready for the steamer
They leave the wharf in time to reach Baltimore
| and Philadelphia with shad, oh!
This pays better than sailing and barreling
But Observation-Disclosures of thousands of shad,
herring and other fish are barreled along the
shore of the Sound and shipped to parts un.
known. And what is true of the larger part Of
the waters of eastern North Carolina, 220,0 900
herring have been caught at haul; $4,000 are
often known to have been hauled at once


1t is sight to see the fish put in ice. Here
stands the ice crusher, about the size of wheat
fan. Lumps of ice are shoveled in, away goes
the crank, out comes the ground ice, Jumps as
large as hens eggs. A layer of fish is put into
the barrel, then shovel full of ice, another layer
of fish and another shovel full of ice. A cloth
cover is put on, fastened by hoop, and away it
gees ro.ly for the beat. Probably one or two
thousand barrels filled thus leave every week for
Northern markets 1t puts our little upcountry
mill pond fishing far in the shade The latter
has the same ratio to the former that a tin sword
has to cavalry cutlass.


Edenton is the home Of very intelligent and
highly refined population. The town wears the
aspect of an orderly, quiet and we'll organised
community.


The wharf cannot be source Of pride, at least
1t is small, out of fix and needs reconstructiug.


Here I halt. More about the country on the
North of the Afbemarle sound.
Year: 1868

The Tax Lists for the City of Charlotte for the
wear 1868 have been placed in the hands of the Tax
Collector for collection.


AS the City in need of money to carry on work
on the and to meet balance of debt due Tor
purchase of Fire Engine, DISCOUNT OF FIVE
PER CENT will be allowed to all who make their
payments before the FIRST DAY OF JULY, 1868.
By order of the Board of Aldermen.


THOS. W. DEWEY,
May 25 1868 5w City Clerk and Treasurer
Year: 1868

uAVE PROVED, FROM THE MOST AMPLE
LII experience, an entire success: Simple
Prompt-Eficient and Reliable. They are the
only Medicines perfectly adapted to popular use,
so simple that mistakes cannot be made in
using them; SO harmless as to be free from dan
ger, and go efficient as to be always reliable
They have raised the highest tcommendation from
all, and will always render satisfaction.
Year: 1868

A LATE letter from Rome announces the
opening Of the canal which leads from the
Ostian marshes to the sea, and will carry
off several large stagnsnt lakes near Tore
Paderas and give to cultivation large
tract of hitherto waste land. All the low
and pestilential marsh land between the
sea and O5tia, hitherto unreclaimed, and
appropriately termed the Campo Morto,
will be by the new canal completely
drained and brought into state of COM
paratively salubrity and utility. Exten-
sive salt.works will be established along
the shore, which will give employment to
the hitherto miserable and fever stricken
population.
Year: 1868




A family uOnstsciat, "a a man, his
wife, and three or four small chill
dren, were turned out Of their
wretched tenement on Oak street,
last Thursday, with their humble ef-
fects, and all spent the night in the
street, The next day, having no
funds with which to pay for the fur
niture, nor any place where to take
it. the mother and children remained
near to protect it from thieves. The
second night came, finding them
watching their little store, and for
the second time the woman and lit
tie ones were fain to make their
couch as best they could among the
pile of bedding, and spend the night
with no canopy over them but the
stars, The amount OF rent due, fol-
default IN the payment Of which all
this suffering was inflicted, was the
heavy sum Of four dollars. Thehus-
band and father Is an able-hodiet


working man, but dissipated habit!


have rendered him worthless to hi


family Buffalo Express.
Year: 1868

Seymour and Blair, which Hes with
in your grasp. You can restore the
Union, You can rescue the Consti-
tuition from the hands Of It's destroy
ers. You can annihilate negro doni-
nation and military desputism in the
South by the peaceable agency OF the
ballotTbox. You cangive real and
lasting pence to the nation. y
Year: 1868

night, suffering intense pain from his
leg, he acceded to their request, and,
after resting about an hour at Benton,
proceeded at once TO their camp on the
Teton. i am sure that if this treaty is
not observed ii will not be the fault of
the Indians, because no one present at
the council could doubt but that they
were sincere in their desire for peace.


The popular prejudice existing in the
minds of the majority of the citizens of
Montana against the officers of the Gov
ernment, is short sighted, and people
stand in their own light, when they at
tempt TO embarrass the efforts of the
civil officers TO carry out their instruc-
tions. BY these treaties the Indian title
to large tracts of country becomes ex-
tinct, and in no other manner, except
by the repeal of the Indian laws, could
a perfect title to land in this Territory
be acquired by the whites. 1t is, of
course, to the interest of whiskey traders,
30 prevent the ratification of these
treaties, because the location of reserva-
tions and the building of agencies for
these Indians. will, in great measure,
interfere with their illegitimate bust
ness. "OBSERNER."


SPEECH OF CALF SHIRT"


w e come 10 sec our great It aNntfs anu
listen TO what he has to say. We are
not women, but meE. We did not come
TO benefit ourselves but to do good TOR
our people. Our hearts are glad to meet
the whites. We are all friends. We
will force our young men to keep this
treaty and keep them from stealing, while
the whites travel we will not hurt them.
The past is buried Ny Father, | want
you TO take pity on US. We have young
men growing up-what you say TO US
they will know. Our nation listens TO
you. In very early days we had old ira
ders-we want the new traders TO act
like the old men who traded long ago,
when there was nothing but peace and
quietness. When we come to trading
posts we do not want TO be interfered
with. We want good traders so that
we may buy and live. Rivers flowing z
from the mountains, the fish, and game
on the prairie are the support of our
families. Father, we have come long
way TO see you've are tired our horses
are tired When we separate every
thing will be good fer you and US.
What | tell you is true we will force
our young men 10 do good, and you
must do the same with your young
men. We did not intend 10 come, but
when we saw these old men Colonel
Vaughan and Major Culbertsor1 we
thought il was good so we come We
want the Half Breeds 10 have free in
tercourse with rs.


1t is peace-peace-peac |
am done.
Year: 1868

We sincerely hope that now he
General Mcadc) has turned his at
tcntion to an evil that has so long af-
tlictcd this unhappy section, he will
not withdraw his hand whilo single
"Loyal League remains b array
race against race and cngcndcr colli-
sions and lead to violence and blood
shed. We know Of the existence of no
other secret political society than this
in tho South it is this society more
than any other ono thing that has lite.
ally "inauguratcd h-l' in these
States it is through tho machinery
of this society that such men as Ash.
burn have stirred up strife in quiet
aud law-abiding &C mmunitics it was
this society that drove thousands Of
unwilling voters to the polls at the
late election in Alabama it was un-
der the auspices Of this society th at a
banner was borne in public procession
through the streets of Macon, only the
other day, dcnouncing death to every
man who should refuse or fail to vote
Tho Radical ticket. This is tho only
secret political society of which We
have any knowledge in the South.
We believe it is the only one in the
South. Crush it, General Meade !!
Year: 1868

The Austin (Nev) RevetUe of June %,
gives the following description Of this
formidable and dreaded plague:


Utah is not only plagued with locusts
but with an insect called ELEPHANT beetle" !"
From the description given to US of this
formidable insect, we can easily imagine
that its presence appals the inhabitants of
that Territory. A reliable person who
returned from the neighbour ood of Salt
Lake last week, saw myrlads of them
covering the earth with their shining,
brownish blacI. bodies, and destroying
everything which they met in their path.
Even small animals, he was informed by
the ill -fated residents, did not escape the
voracty of these hordes; their bodies
were crowded npon and worried and
wounded cruelty with the powerful an
tenna until they fell down exhausted by
their struggles and loss of blood, when
they were fastend upon by thousands and
devoured. The entire carcass of sheep
was eaten and the bones picked clean in
two minutes and quarter and it is said
that dead OK would be gobbled up by them
in a quarter of an hour. So ferocious are
these giant beetles that mothers are afraid
to let their little children 60 out of the
house unattened by grown person. In
their frequent bloody contests the wound
ed are devoured on the instant. Our in.
formant says they are about four inches
long, with legs three inches long; their
antenna are stiff, sharp, and fully four
inches long; they have a short tail,
armed with powerful horn, and their
shells are so hard that the weight Of
man will scarcely crush them.


They ar very frisky at times, and jump
with the agility of feas. No other spe-
cies of the beetle possesses their faculty
of uttering loud sound which made by
thousands of them at once, resembles the
braying of band of jackasses. Their
noise terrified the horses of our informant
and his companion, who could not be kept
upon the plain, great was their fright.
On one occasion while they were riding in
valley that was black with beetles, and
crushing them under their horses hoofs,
when their hard cases would crack with q
report like a rife, the fierce insects showed
a disposition to attack the horses, and
fairly drove them out Of the field We
were informed that scientific man in
Salt Lake city was collecting specimens
of this formidable elephant for transmits
sion to the various learned institutions o1
the country.
Year: 1868

The war over, he removed his little
family one hundred and fifty miles to the
west, and settled in the midst Of wild
erness, forty miles distant from the near
est settlement There he built his cabin
dug his we'll, cleared his cornfeld and
lived the life of a :pioneer in its perfec-
ton. His skill and courage in hunting
the deer, the panther and the bear, were
wonderful indeed and [ only wish the
shortest of his bear stories were not too
long to be inserted here.


Years passed on. The country filled
up with settlers. The fame Of David
Crockett as a hunter, story teller and gen
eral good fellow, spread far and wide, and
at last he found himself elected to the
Legislature. So popular was he in the
Legislature that, Tin 1924 he was set up
as an anti-tariff candidate for Congress,
and was only beaten by two votes in a
district of seventeen counties. AT the
next election he was returned by the ex-
traordinary majority of twenty seven
hundred votes


At Washington he was conspicuous
parsonage for his fame had proceeded him,
and he was perhaps the only y genuine
pioneer and backwoodsman that ever set
in Congress. He was member for four
years, and would, no doubt, have been
again elected if he had not differed with
his old commander, President Jackson
on the removal of the Cherokees. He
found, at the next election, that Andrew
Jackson was too strong for him. He was
defeated. aad soon after joined in the
movement started by General Houston,
which was designed to sever Texas from
Mexico and annex it to the United States


His exploits in Texas were as roman
tic as any which have ever been related
in the Ledger He was caught at length,
in fort garrisoned by hundred and
forty Texans, when it was invested by a
Mexican army of two thousand. Never
was place more valiantly defended.
After ten days Of conflict and starvation
every man of the garrison had perished
except six, one of whom was Colonel
Crockett These six heroes then sur
rendered to Santa Anna. the dastardly
traitor and coward, who commanded the
Mexican army. This base wretch SO far
from being touched by the heroism of
Colonel Crockett, ordered him to be mur.
dered, and the gallaut pioneer fell pierced
with dozen arrows.


This is the merest outline of a life sc
full of strange and romantic adventure.
hat if it could bbe truly and fully writ
ten, it would attract universal attention
and become permanent addition to our lit.
erature 1t is subject worthy the per
of an Irving or Cooper.
Year: 1868

EXTENPORE PREACHING.-Tne most
effective orators, whether in the pulpit or
at the bar on the rostrum or in the SEN
ate chamber, are those who cultivate the
habit of extemporaneous speech. Young
men may find something to benefit them
in acquiring the habit of fextemperaneous
speech by reading the following account
of how the Rev. Newman Hall acquired
the art as given by the Evangzist:


"When I went to college, it seemed to
me that should never be able to say a
word in public without writing But [
soon determined that i was going to be a
preacher, and particularly if | wanted to
be anything like successful preacher, [
must form the habit of extemporaneous
address. . So I went to my room, locked
the door, placed the Bible before me on a
mantle, opened it at random, and then on
whatever passage my eye CHANGED to rest,
Dr0C66u6U TO u6ltVcF IL ulSGOulo6 VI te
minutes This practice was kept up for
an entire twelve months. Every day,
for whole year, ten minutes were given
to that kind Of speaking, in my own room
by myself At first I found it very diff
cult to speak SO long right to the point.
But then if | couldn't talk on the subject
I would talk about it-making good re-
marks and moral notwithstanding care,
full to keep up the flow, and say some
thing, to the end of the term allotted fol
the exercise. At the end of the twelve
months, however, [ found L could no
only speak with good degree of fluency
but that I could hold myself strictly tt
the subject on hand, You take this
course. Don't do your practicing on al
| audience.
Year: 1868

At all times IN haunts OF business, eS-
pecially on Change, Nathan Rothschild
was marked object. There he stood,
day after day, leaning against his pillar,
on the right hand entering from Cornhill.
He was a monarch on Change; and the
pillar in question may be said to have
been his throne-but in his case, solid
one of granite. No consideration would
induce. him to do business anywhere else,
so devotedly attached was he to that par
ticular spot There, with his back rest
| ing against the pillar, and with notebook
in hand, he was always to be seen, during
the usual hours of business, entering into
transactions of great extent with the mer-
chants and capitalists of all countries.


Little would stranger, who chanced
to see the money potentate of the world
standing on the spot in question, have
fancied, from his personal appearance,
what an important influence he exerted
on the destinies of Europe. No one could
be more uDprepossessing than he--just
such man as the boys in the street
would have thought fine subject for a
clark, " unless, indeed, they had been de-
tered by the lowering expression or sui
len aspect of his countenauce. He al.
ways looked sulky, never INDUCED in a
smile, not even relaxed the rigidity Of his
muscles. Tn private, his intimate friends
mention that he occasionally made an eff.
fort to smile, but never with any marked
success, his smiles at best being hardly
more than a species of spoiled grin.


His countenance wore thoughtful
aspect, but his whole appearance was
rather that of stupid, clownish-like
farmer of the humber class. His fea-
lures were massy, and seemed to be hud-
died together without anything like reg
ularity in them. His nose had good
deal Of the cock-up form. His mouth
was rather large, aud his lips thick and
prominent. His forehead was more than
an average height, considering the alti


tude of his face. His hair had some
thing Of darkish hue, aud was generally
short. His complexion was pale, excepi
where it was slightly tinged with color BY
the weather. He was short and thick
though, being considerably under the
general height, it is possible his potbelly
and corpulent aspect generally, may have
made him appear shorter than he really
was. He usually was to be seen in {
great coat of dark brown color; and as
he paid but little attention to bis persona
habiliments, his tailor had no difficult
customer to p!ease-that is, in respect tt
taste and style, though not on the question
of price. mar.. ra.


It was one feature in Nathan's conduct
when on Change, that he never, except
when engaged in business, entered into
any conversation whatever with any OF
the multitude surrounding him. There
he stood apparently as deeply lost in
thought, and as melancholy countneance
as if he had been alone in the "vast wild
erness" of shades referred to by Cowper,
or been, the ''Last Man" described by
Campbell. Whether his reserve was con-
stitutional, or whether it arose from the
pride of purse, or whether from the mat
ters which must have ever been occupying
his mind, or from the conjoint operation
of these three, can only be surmised.-
Ptchards Monthly, s.. --