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Year: 1867




From the Boston Commercial Bulletin


In no part of the country is industry
at so low an ebb, capital so unremunera-
tive in its investments, and their joint
products so poorly paid for, as here in
New England at the present time. The
specialties of our skilled labor, which
were once source of wealth to the cap
italist and profitable employment to the
people, are now drug in the market,
and refuse to go into consumption at
any price. They are relatively much
cheaper than the agricultural products
of the West and South, or the raw min
eral products of the Middle States. Not
only are our manufactories closed, or
running OH short time, and our mechan-
les and laboring men ty thousands
thrown out of employment; but our
commercial classes are suffering i'm
mense losses from the stagnation
of trade and shrinkage in merchan-
disc value. The latter are obliged to
"carry" not only the products of New
England commerce and industry, but
also, to a great extent, those of every
other section of the country. Hence.
upon their shoulders the depreciation in
prices principally falls. And the situa-
ton with us is rendered still more Sc
we're and trying from the fact that our
foreign commerce and its dependent in
terests continue in depressed and Grip
pied condition. In fact the noble race
of importing and shipping merchants,
once the pride and boast of our New
England seaports, whose ships ploughed
the waters of every sea and poured into
our markets the wealth of every cline,
are now, alas, falling into comparative
decay. Our mercantile marine, swept
from the ocean during the late war, in
volving a loss of millions of dollars of
capital not only shared by any 9th
er section of the country, shows
no signs of recovery from the
blow. The high cost of labor,
and the unfriendIy policy of the Gov
ernment in imposing tax on tonnage,
and discriminating against ship-building
materials, have prevented any attempt
to repair that heavy loss. Our shipyards
all along the coast, once resonant with
the lively chorus of the axe and the
hammer, are now silent and solitary as
our graveyards. The Canadian Re-
ciprocity Treaty. which once brought a
large and profitable trade to our seaboard
markets-including cheap lumber for
ship building - have been suicidally
abrogated, and the raw products of Can
ada and the Maritime Provinces, which
were once sent here to exchange for oul
West India goods and home manufac.
lures, now pass by us to other markets.
This is a faint picture of the Eastern
situation, and of what New England has
been called to suffer on account of the
war and its sequences.
Year: 1867

The cycles Of time are rapidly severing
the ties that bind US to the days of the
revolution. Death has swept away the
sturdy ranks of that gallant army, who
SO nobly won, by the vigor Of their man
hood, the privileges and the liberties that
We now enjoy. Their memories alone
claim our devotion, and this will they
receive SO long as the lghtof liberty is
the beacon which shall guide this national
ship over the boundless sea of time. .g


But there are others who no less claim
our admiration and esteem, and they are
our old msen--venerable men! Venera-
BILE for their services venerable for the
works which they have achieved. They
were the real warriors Of our country
warriors for Improvement; warriors for
civilization. They warred with nature il
her widest and most fantastic forms


Their weapon, the axe, and with it they
woke the slumbering stiffness of the dis


NAL forests, by the music of their re


bounding strokes. Yes, they too were
brave soldiers, and well do the broad sur
rounding fields attest to the victory which
they have achieved. We give to tht
braves of the revolution our unqualified
admiration; but to the hardy yeomen wh'
first broke the eternal slumbers Of tht
primeval forests, and opened wide the


avenues for an enlightened civilization


we give an unbounded and heartfelt graf
itude. Yes, our old men are the worth.
recipients Of our respect and esteem, am
should the time ever arrive when tru


worth shall receive its appropriate honor
and It's Just reward, when false phil
Year: 1867

FvEN.-Kay had very indifferent meal Al an
eating house the other day and having finished it.
deposited counterfeit piece of fractional currency
on the counter. That's bad said the attendant
Well said Kay, ''l got a bad dinner
Year: 1867

0SE OF the latest dainties sold in the streets Of
New York is Italian sausages made of mule flesh
They are bought and eaten with avidity and will
probably drive the old-iashoned dog sausages ou,
of market.
Year: 1867

THE Home journal says some of the
New York ladies have adopted the
French fashion OF washing in wine,
which is claimed to have a peculiarly
softening effect upon the skin. The
paper referred to expresses great SYM
pathy for the unfortunate papa of one
young lady, who uses two or three bot.
Ties of green seal" every morning, in
her ablutlons.
Year: 1867

Take of aloes lump about the size
of your fist, and pour on 1t two quarts
Of warm water, and let 1t stand for "a
hours; then sprinkle the liquid over
your vines; usually one application is
sufficient, but it should be applied again
after shower or heavy dew.


The Germantown Telegraph gives the
following remedy:


We SOW around each hill at the time
of each planting few radish seed, and
coming up about the same time, the
tops supply pasture for the bug. which
it much prefers to the vines. Lettuce
will also answer, but the radish is
rather liked the best. While our vines
are untouched by making this little
provision for it, the young radish tops
are completely perforated.
Year: 1867

MoUNDsvILLE, January 1st, 1867.
Editor of the Register:


Another one of the patriots of the
war of ls12, has been gathered to his
fathers.


Lewis d. Purdy, one of our oldest and
best citizens, now sleeps in the silence
of the grave; he breathed his last at his
great and peaceful home near Marshal
county Court House, Sunday, the 10th
day of December, 1866, in the seventy
fifth year of his age, in the full
hope that he would he companion of
angels and Just men made perfect in a
better world beyond the grave. He
was member in full communion of the
Presbyterian Church. His honest de-
pertinent as a man and strict perform
ance of his every Christian duty, give
hope and assurance to his numerous
relatives and friends, that his spirit
now rests in Abraham's bosom.


As husband, he loved the partner of
his joys and SORROWS with his whole
hearts devotion as father no one was
ever more indulgent and kind and as n
citizen he was honest, generous and
obliging, even to fault !; and long,
very long, will the memory of this good
man be cherished and admired by his
numerous friends, who win yet go to
his tomb. and there, with fearful eyes,
recount his patriotic deeds, venerate
his virtues, and resolve to follow and
practice all his good examples. In
1872, when the clouds Of war obscured
all our country's horizon, the capital of
the nation in the hands of the British,
and the tomahawk of the savage red
with the blood of innocent women and
children, and the stoutest hearts fearful
as to the result Of the war, our friend,
, for whom we now mourn, full of ardor
and patriotism, shouldered the mus
ket. marched to the western frontier
and there performed we'll his part as a
soldier and n brave man. 1t was my
good fortune to have been for fifty years
an accepted friend and intimate associ-
ate of the deceased, and during the
long years Of that pleasant and agree
able intercourse he confided to me many
of his secret thoughts and desires. l
feel it. therefore, TO be my duty to say
that no word or expression ever escaped
his lips in my presence or hearing but
that of love of country, forgiveness OF
his enemies, if any he had, and mani
Testing charity and forbearance towards
all men. Peace to his ashes. b. W. 7.
Year: 1867

In the village, of Ebberup, in Fanen,
lived a very wealthy farmer, who had
gone one day to Assens with load OF
barley; so one Of his neighbors, a cot
tager, asked leave to go along with him
for the sake of fetching home goods in
the empty cart. The farmer had no OBJ
lection, so the cottager followed the
cart on foot, and as it was a
very hot day, he pulled of his
worsted stockings and wooden shoes,
and stuffed them under the barley
in the back of the cart. 1t happen
cd TO be on Sunday, and they had to
pass close by q church on the roadside
The man got a little way behind the
cart. so that he could see that the min
ister was in the pulpit. 1t struck him
that as the farmer was driving very
slow, he might as we'll turn in and
hear bit of the sermon: he did not like
TO 20 into the church that the minister
could see him, so he stood inside the
door. The Gospel for that day was abou;
the rich man and the beggar. Just as
the traveller entered the church the
minister shouted out, But what has
become of that rich man 7" The Eb'
berup man thought that the minister
was speaking to him, so he stepped Tor
ward and said. He drove on TO Assens
with load of barley Nor thun.
dered the minister, "he went TO hell
mercy on us,r cried the other, running
out of church, "then / must look after
my shoes and stockings ~
Year: 1867

Nine ont of ten who attempt TO burn
coal in stove, waste about as much
coal as is necessary TO be consumed fol-
the obtaining Of all the heat desired
Observe the following simple rule:


Never fill stove more than half OF
two-thirds full of coal, even in the cold
est weather.


When the fire is low, never shake the
crate OF disturb the ashes; but add from
ten to fifteen small Jumps Of coal, and
set the draft open. When these are
heated through, and somewhat ignited,
add the amount necessary for new
fire. but do not disturb the ashes yet
Let the draft be open half an hour
Now shake out the ashes. The coal
will he thoroughly ignited and will
keep the stove at high heat from six
to twelve hours, according TO the cold
ness of the weather.


For very cold weather: After the fire
is made, according to rules first and
third, add every hour twelve or twenty
Jumps of coal. You will find that the
ashes made each hour will be in about
that rate
Year: 1867

The "soft note of the pistol is heard
ever and anon in Texas. A Galveston
paper relates: "One of the most san
culinary personal affairs We ever wit
messed occurred the other morning be-
tween two of our citizens. Each party
fred three shots at the other, and every
shot took effect; one of them shooting
the last shot with mortal wound in
him, and while lying on the sidewalk y
Year: 1867

An old cider imbiber, who was af,
flicted with the palsy, was wont to
start in the morning with his mug for
the tap in the cellar. After filling
the mug and drinking it oil, he would
refill it and start up stairs; by the time
he had reached the upper hoor,--he
moved very slowly from his atfiiction,
the mug would be drained to the bot
tom. so he would then turn about, re-
trace his steps for the tap again, and SO
90 on till bed time; only to vary the
Journeys by attending to his meals and
shop. sa-s~kE
Year: 1867

county this year. The Oldest resident
does not remember when so many were
to be seen. Enough aretaken to make
venison plenty and cheap. Last Satur-
day one went down on a cake of ice in
the Ohio, and was captured two miles
below. Sunday another went down
and was captured at Catlettsburg. The
latter weighed 75pounds.


Twelve Pole creek is frozen over for
nearly the whole length of it, and has
been increasing in solidity for five days.
This has occurred but twice before for
ten years. For seven days now the
weather has been freezing, with only a
few hours when the mercury was not
below the freezing point all the time.


During the cold weather we get the
mails enthusiastically" only.


NAT
Year: 1867

polls than would have done but for Messrs.
Monroe and johnson.


The Republican party need not depend for its
victories on the persistent misbehavior of its
enemies, 1t is strong enough to rule By it's own
merits, independently of their tollies and crimes.
But to this end, 1t must frat complete promptly
the reconstruction of the Southern States on a
basis of blended justice and magDanlmity;
second systematically educate and enlighten
the people. The necessity and urgency of clos
ing up the wSrk of reconstruction on the broad
and safe basis OF universal amnestyand impair .ial
suffrage is now so clear that we will not dwell
upon 1t. Events are more COgent than argu-
ments. We will speak to-day only to the second
point.


If there were neither a newspaper nor a COM
mon school IN the country the Democratic party
would be far stronger than IL is. Neither ee-
mentaTy instruction nor knowledge of tran
spring events is needed to teach the, essential
articles OF the Democratic creed:-"Love rum
and hate nigeers.n The less one learns and
knows, the more certain he is to ''vote the
regular ticket IRON A TO Izzard.o


But Repubhcanism rests on a radically diff
ferent basis, and is sustained by wholly diverse
considerations. 1t lives by intelligence; il dies
in the murRy, sitting atmosphere of Ignorance.
Canvass almost any township in the land and
distinguish those who take from those who fail
to take newspaper, and you will find that two
thirds of those who take vote Republican,
while three-fourths of those who read nothing
but chance paper picked up for a few moments
in q bar-rOom, vote the Democratic ticket and
will not be persuaded to touch any other.


If every man in the country could read, and
did habitually read two good journals, one of
each party, we should have no more doubt of
electing Republican President next year than
of the rising of the sun. But every voter who
does not read is peril; and the multiplicity
of such voters subjects the results of our cleo
tiOns too much to the control of accident.
Fortune will not always favor us as she did in
1864 and 1866. We can be sure of victories only
by deserving them. And the duty now impera-
lively pressing upon us is to take care that every
voter who can read, and will read it, or who has
some in his family who can and will read it to
him, is seasonably supplied with good Repub-
lican journal for the whole year 1868.


We are not going to succeed so easily as
many have fondly calculated, and we rejoice
that we are not. If we let the contest go at
hap-hazard, and do not seasonably provide for
and deserve success, we may be beaten. But
If we begin now and by concerted, systematic
effort, put good Republican newspaper into
the hands of every voter who will read it, we
cannot be beaten.


Flooding the country with printed matter on
the eve of an election is desperate resort
better than nothing, and that is all. No oreliance
can be placed upon it; little good ordinarily
comes of it. But begin now, and systematically
insure that every man that has a vote shall
have a newspaper if he will take it, and all is
safe. Republicans resolve to see to it at once


HORACE GREELEY
Year: 1867

LOWELL, Mass, Sept. 27.-My Dear Sir:-I am
much grati1ed to find that my views meet the
appreciation of Mr.. - and yourself They are
the matured opinion of close observation of the
wants of the country. That they should accord
with the principles of my former Democratic
associates is not remarkable as they are
Democratic as was Democracy before it became
more, George I. Curtis, Winthrop Josiah Ran
dali, and persons of their opinions, who never
drew q Democratic breath.


The Democracy must look to the radical Re-
publican party for the resuscltahon OF It's true
principles as applied to men as men. With us all
true Democrats will ultimately be found who
believe IN equality of right, equality of power,
equality of taxation under the Government to
every man who, by the Constitution, has the
high position of an American citizen. My hopes
or expectations of political preferment have
go forward speaking the truth in politics as in
other matters. And the more unpopular, If
find them just and true, the more surely will
declare them.


This is not the kind of stuff Presidents have
been made of, and 1t is more than doubtful
whether they ever will be made of sterner stuff.
Have not answered your question "whether
should make good candidate tor the Presl-
dency?' / will not say with Clay "that had
rather be right than be President" because he
was wrong, and not President besides; but 1
dence Of thought and action to be President ten
times over, and that is not saying much, seeing
what sort of men we have had, and may possibly
have, to fill that now degraded place. I.shall
be at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on Tuesday next,
and will be glad to see you and your friend, but
not for the purpose indicated.


Yours, respectfully, BENJAMIN F. BUTLER.
Year: 1867

Railways are symbolical of modern civil
have been aroused by what they regard as the
retreat. Rightly enough, they infer that
the completion of these two lines will spec
Oily make an end of the primitive tarl,ar-
ism. The present gathering of the tribes,
in warlike array, has for its object the dis
persion of the railway builders and the per
manent Illustration of the enterprises. Of
course, such efforts come in consequence of
inadequately comprehending the resources
of the white race. But it seems probable
that the work on the lines may be retarded
during the summer by the forays of the saw
ages
Year: 1867

deed do-for all your kindness, but could
not bear to think that you should misjudge
me. L knew Amy long ago, when her pa
rents were both living, and she had all that
| wealth could give her. / loved her then in
quiet way, but l was too poor to tell her
SO. Then came reverses and death, and in
her poverty and pride the girl hid herself
from me resolutely until now She tried to
earn her bread by her accomplishments but
failed, and gladly took this means to do So
Now | can win her for my wife, l shall
bring Mrs. John Dare to see you, some fine
day this summer-may |, Uncle Abel ?"


SO they parted, and the passers-by little
dreamed of all that hand grasp spoke


queer l"' soliloquized Uncle Abel, home
ward bound, with band-box safely placed
on the seat before him. $50 think how
near | came to gettin' one of them gipseys
for Betsey. Why, she would have laughed
week about it. And then to think that
painted picter of girl was making game
Of me all the while. And then the other
one, with her gentle way, taking the trouble
to tell stupid old fellow like me what was
the right thing to buy. | guess she would
make our John nice wife; and after Bet
sey and me have passed away there'll be a
nice bit of property comm to John, and
that II help him on.


How pleased Aunt Betsey was, to be sure,
when the old man gave her the new bonnet.
How ''fair and young she looked in the
fresh ribbons and soft blond around her face
And how she laughed at the idea of wearing
one of them dish covers on her head.


just when the country was in its June
glory John Dare brought his bride to the
farm house where he had spent so many
childish hours, and he led her to all the IA
miliar spots, from the wier in the brook to
the grave by the orchard. But as long as
straw and ribbon may endure to keep them
both in mind how John Dare found his wife,
they tell the story of the time when Uncle
Abel bought Betsey's bonnet.
Year: 1867

In st. Louis man who had been false to
his wife, with whom he had lived twenty
four years, in fit of repentance resolved to
marry her over again, although not di-
vorced. The ceremony was said, using
her maiden name. His enemy not under
standing the state of affairs, arrested him
for bigamy, and imprisoned him. The
Judge was sick and he could not be released,
and so celebrated his silver wedding by a
few days in the lock up.
Year: 1867

FIN has the following: As compliment
to the leading journal for the skill it has
shown in adapting its politics to the popular
feeling of the hour, it is suggested that in
future it should be known as THE Winding
Sheet ~
Year: 1867

fire upon town without sufficient provoca-
ton. We beg to call Mr.. Stewards par
ticular attention to this incident It may
afford him an opportunity to annex tho
island Of Formosa, either by conquest or pur-
chase. II is rich and beautiful island in the
China Sea, right in the track Of the steam com
munication we are opening with the Fiowery
Kingdom, and has any number Of coallng sta
tions and other advantages We submit to the
Secretary of State whether 1t would not be .
capital opportunity to whip the Formosians
into selling their island, or to fight up large
debt against them, and then, after the British
and French plan, seize the island by way Il
payment As we are In the real estate and
annexing line of business, such Q valuable
chance ought not to be lost
Year: 1867

so Inferior in power Of resistance to the new
heavy iron-plated frigates Of the British navy
as some have tried to make out We hope his
imperial Majesty may never have occasion to
use her, and that "the empire may be peace"
for long time to come. But should there be
war and she should prove not formidable
enough, we can build him monitors that would
be more than . match for the best English
vessels of war.
Year: 1867

One Of the main features Of our recenh
news from Peru is the discussion of the
religious question In the Peruvian Con-
gress. This discussion took place on IL
I'd of April, when the three following
proposals were submitted to the House,
First, that the Roman Catholic religion he tho
religion Of the State, and as such be maintained
and protected. This was passed without oppo-
sition. Second, that the State would recognise
no other religion. This was passed with bub
one dissentient. Third, that the public worship
of any other sect or denomination should noA
be allowed or practised in the republic. This
third proposition excited the utmost turmoil
and disturbance for several days. Five -eighths
of the Congress were opposed to 1t and were
ready to vote for its rejection; but the govern
ment prevented this by prevailing upon some
Of the members and by purchasing the votes Of
others. The measure was carried by majority
of three. According to our special correspond
ent in Lima, religious tolerance practically
exists already in that city. There are two
Protestant churches in Lima, besides Jewish
synagogue and half dozen Buddhist temples
for Chinese worship. The first three of these
cannot be closed with impunity, and govern
ment is aware Of the fact. A wise and salutary
pressure upon the Cabinet had led to the intro
duction OF bill providing for the religious
wants Of the nonCatholic portion of the com
munty, and making it lawful for them to wor-
ship God as they please in private buildings.
upon private property. This bill, we are In
formed, had been well received and would be-
come law; and the question Of religious toler-
ance, notwithstanding all the turbulence 70
which it had given rise in the discussion, WIN
remain just where it has been all along
Neither party gains a jot or little any way.