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Year: 1868

CITY ITEMS IN BRIEF.-Miss Nelli3 Otis,
alias Bridget Bralligan, whose occupation
is not involved in mystery, is in trouble in
consequence of her pugilism, caused by
absorbing only two pints of absynthe, She
will modestly step before Recorder Becker
for lecture in q day or two.


Sandy Jones, one Of the young men who
was too anxious to experiment with his
handwriting at the expense of the State, by
forging warrant for services as page,
was last evening surrendered by his security.
A concealed weapon was found on his
precious body, and that makes one more
charge against him.


Bob Brsdman was last night taken to the
main station for having vainly endeavored
to make daylight through the head of a
Frankling street damsel.


]. D. Frazer, young man OF hitherto
excellent character, has been arrested or
complaint of Jacob Hunter, who charges
him with embezzling sum OF money.


The FIRE early yesterday morning was in
the provision store No. New LeVee street
The place was entirely consumed.
Year: 1868

TRIAL OF T. A. MoRRIs.-Attorney General
Belden yesterday presented this young man
for killing Raymond Lang, in common
street bar room on the 25th Of July last.
As the shooting was not witnessed by any
one, Of course the Attorney General had
more than ordinary exertions to make in
behalf of the State. However, he used
much skill, and availed himself of every
point to make out fair evidence against ac-
cused. The jury, composed of white and
colored men. failed to find sufficient founda'
tion in the testimony to warrant them in
returning verdict of guilty. The State
witnesses were used by defense. At dark
the jury retired and soon afterward sent a
message to the Court that they were unable
to conclude on q verdict. They were then
locked up for the night.
Year: 1868

A DETERMINED SUICIDE. Henry Sherman,
a native of Bremen, about twenty-six years
old, living at the corner of Bacchus and
Thalis streets, yesterday committed suicide
by shooting himself through his heart, as
far as learned, without any further cause
than temporary insanity. Not half an
hour previous to the dreadful act he was in
retail store near his home, pretending to
make some purchases, but suddenly left the
place, saying that he would send his wife
and let her buy the desired articles. He
then went to his room, called to servant
to take counterpane off the bed, and when
she had completed this she turned to attend
to his little child lying in cradle crying
He had thrown himself on the bed, and at
once committed suicide. He lived about
half an hour; but previous to his death Dr.
Ball had called, and Immediately pro
nounced the wound mortal. Coroner
Roche gave his verdict that Sherman diet
| by his own act.
Year: 1868

We stated last week that the wages of
the working classes in Manchester, \.
a., hal been reduced twelve and a half
per cent. 10y their employers. We took
occasion then to remark that this reduc-
ton in wages was caused by the condi-
ton of the Southern States. There il
something Of contrast between the
WAGES of our mechanics, and the wages
of the negroes of the South, who are
framing Constitutions for the govern
ment of the whites. The latter are vot.
ing themselves eight and ten dollars per
day, while the laborer and mechanic can
scarcely find ways and means TO support
life No one seems TO think anything Of
their condition. And they are fortunate
III they can obtain labor at any price. In
the great city OF New York, it is estimat-
ed that fifty thousand men, who depend
upon the labor of their hands to keep
their wives and children from starvation
and the aims house, can find nothing to
do. We estimated that the number of
laborers out Of employment in New
Havcn would reach fifteen hundred, but
upon further inquiry we find that the cs-
innate was entirely below the actua!
figures. Not less than two thousand
men are out Unemployment in New Haven
to-day, without any prospect Of obtaining
work for months to come.


The laboring population of Manches-
ter had an opportunity, Oh Tuesday last,
TO express their opinion as to who are
responsible for this state Of things. We
affirm that it is the natural result of Radi-
cal legislation, and it seems that the Man
chester operatives took the same view of
the subject. The Radical majority last
year was five hundred and forty-three.
This year the Democrats carry the city
by over three hundred majority after
sharp contest. Men naturally look for
relief to the Democratic party in such a
time as this. Two hundred millions Der
year, is about what it costs us to sup
port represent military governments of
the South. Seventy seven millions are
asked for BY the War Department for the
support of our standing army in the
South. And the military commanders
admit that an army must be kept there
for several years to come And the
money to support it, must be taken from
the industrial classes. This was the view
taken by the voters of Manchester on
Tuesday, it would seem, who cast their
ballots in favor of white men.-New
Haven { Conn. Register.
Year: 1868

AJ- With every important Democratic
victory down goes the price Of gold Ii
went down to l2t! The people are sat.
isfed that only in the overthrow Of Radi
calism, is there any hope for the country
Down with them.
Year: 1868

Gs" On Saturday night last for the first
time this winter, we had a good snow storm


continuing through Sunday. This is about
the first intimation of cold weather that we
have had. The warm sun soon melted itaway
Year: 1868

inst, the following important order:


Commanding officers are directed to notify
leading colored men. and take such other
measures rs may be necessary to give publica-
ton of the fact that all Freedmen who are
able, will be required to earn their support
during the coming year, and to 90 to work
upon the best terms that can be procured,
even should it furnish support only. and
thus prevent their becoming a burden to the
government. All Freedmen who can, but
will not earn livelihood when employment
can be procured, will lay themselves liable to
arrest and punishment as yagrants. The CO.
operation of Shcri1S. Constahlcs and Police
Magistrates is requested in the enforcement
of this order and any just action of theirs un-
der the provisions will be sustained by the
military authorities.
Year: 1868

The President decided to-day to re
move Gen, Pope, now in command Of the
Third Military District, in which decision
he was sustained by the Cabinet meeting
which had the matter under discussion
1t has not been determined as to who
shall succeed Gen. Pope, but Gen. Meade
was telegraphed for last evening. He
arrived to-day and has been in conference
with the President Oh the subject. This


information is derived from al official
source and may be relied on,
Year: 1868

ONE HoRsE.-A member of one of
our best business firms, who does not in
vest much in advertising, lately sent a
copy of the Democrat to his sister, resid-
ing east. She wrote back that she had
read the paper carefully and was much
pleased with the same. but had searched
in vain for their advertisement, and had
therefore concluded that they were a lit
tie stone-horse concern"


Moral-Business men, if you wish to
command the respect and attention of the
public, and make money you should ad-
vertise. Whenever you discover that q
business man don't advertise, or if he has
bsen liberal advertiser and has COM
menced Withdrawing his patronage from
the papers you may be sure that there is
something wrong-that if his house amt
F'one-h horse concern" already, it will be.
- CdrEinviIle Democrat
Year: 1868

Dear mother, when my prayer Is said,
Before you take the light,
Oh, loan your head so closely down,
And always kiss goodnight;
For am happier In my dreams,
and sleep Il sweeter rest,
IL ! have laid my lips TO thine,


And thine TO mine Is pressed.
One kiss. dear mother, for tho love
NV heart keeps warm for thee.
And one for all the tenderness


Thy sweet eyes look to me;
Kiss me forgiveness Of my wrong;
Kiss INC with hope aud prayer,
That shall be a better child,


And moro reward thy care.
kiss mo for some poor orphan child
To whom no kiss Is given
Aud next for oil the happy ones,


And then for one In heaven
Kiss me for everything love,


The beautiful and bright;
Sweet mother, kiss me for thyself


Once more, aud now goodnight.
Year: 1868

SoUFFLE PUDDING.-Put six ounces
of corn -four into stew pan, with eight
ounces of pounded loaf sugar; add four
ounces Of fresh butter and few drops OF
essence Of vanilla stir briskly over the
fire and then work in vigorously six yolks
of eggs and the six whites whisked into
a firm frotb. They are to be slightly in
corporated with batter which must then
be poured into butter dish.
Year: 1868

ANIMALs.-The maintainance of ami
mails in the stable or in the yards at any
time of the year is unnatural. but if they
have great abundance of food and con-
siderable range, the conditions surround
ing them approach those they are subject
to IN the wild state. The amount of food
animals exposed to the weather will cat
is enormous, and then they never come
out in more than fair condition. We
think every spring that it is almost absurd
to rciterate our condemnation of farmers
who expect, as a matter of course, to
have their cattle "spring poor" This
condition of mans stock tells of expos
ure, lack of food, and of very serious
losses to the farmer himself-losses both
of fodder wasted and of cattle injured
in their productiveness for the rest of the
year, or the rest of their lives.
Year: 1868

The other in place as tight, contented
was the press to slight; aud did not let
the people know, of what he did or where
to CO. His drafts fell duo aud were not
paid, and levy on his goods was made i;
the store was closed until the sale, and
for some time he was in Jail. A bank
rupt now without cent, at leisure he
can deep repent, that he was foolish and
unwise, and did not freely advertise.


If you think the moral of this story
wise, you should not neglect to advertise.
Year: 1868

TRUE WoRDs.-I arraign the republi-
can party as the party of disunion. ar
raign that party for breaking up the un-
ion by denying representation to ten States.
| arraign it for being the only party
which recognizes disunion. / arraign it
for needlessly keeping standing army in
the South, at your expense, but for the
purpose of making the white man subor-
dinate to the negro. l arraign that par
ty for having turned the South into a
bowling wilderness. She pays not dol
lar toward supporting the government; ;
but the North is taxed to keep there a
standing army as guard over the ghast.
ly ruins and desolation of the South. In
the name of the -burdened laborer of
the North-of the dead soldier who gave
up his life for the preservation of the Un-
ion-in the name of the services and sac
rifccs of the Union soldiery, [ arraign
the Radicals for keeping the Union asun-
der, and of surrendering the Southern
States-those vast regions of wonderful
fertility and productlveness-to the con-
troll of race which cover them with a
blasting, withering desolatiop.- VOORHEES,
Speech at Hartford.
Year: 1868

nar Prentice says: The more no
read of the early life of Gen. Grant, in
the New York Ledger, the more our ad-
miration is excited by tho extraordinary
attachment of the little Ulysses to horses.
He must have had mare for wet
nurse"
Year: 1868

Notwithstanding the mighty efforts that have been put forth by the radical party to hold in hand, and control the government, it is with profound grati- tude that the shadow Of their depart ing power is looked upon. The exam pie of the northern democracy in their emphatic repudiation of negro suffrage, has infused new hope into the hearts of men of all parties in the South so that that which is. deuied us in the halls of national legislation we may hope to gain by united effort at the ballot-box. In efforts to establish n white mans party in the South, that will cooperate with the democracy of the North, in their endeavor to de- throne radicalism, we are proud to say, Arkansas is not whit behind the fore most. Already she has buckled on the armour,and is preparing for the great political contest, that this coming Fall must restore us to honored privileges or seal us to radicalism with it's perni- cious influences. A Democratic State Convention is called and throughout the whole State, counties and town ships are catching up the cry and send ing forth one to the other, words of cheer and expressions of determina- ton. A mighty effort will be made, must be made for the defeat of the pur- poses of the radical party in Arkansas. Their energy will be bent to fastep ups on us negro suffrage with all the ills that will flow from it. To thwart them in this and to vindicate the honor of our State, these organizations are in- tended. Yet we as people are not sufficiently alive to the responsibility that devolves upon us. In order to put forth our whole strength in Arkansas against oppression and wrong, it is necessary that the people understand one another and this can only be &C., complished by the means proposed. Let State Convention be held and its determinations endorsed by county and ratified by townships in organized meetings; let every citizen be reached and awakened to his individual respon- sibility in these times of trouble, and all that we hope for may be obtained in our State. Nor does the necessity for thorough organization of the masses holding that this is and should be white mau's government, stop with these local causes. From the North, East and West come the evidence that the great national contest of November will involve the salvation of the coun- try. Would we take part in our own delivery from wretchedness, let Us be at york. Let Democrats, Whigs. and men of all parties come together upon one platform, and resolve to act and act nightly for the overthrow of the unprincipled party that now holds the government in its hands. In the con- tests that are toacome. both State and National. We know not what the par ticuar party doctrines may be, but We are opposed to negro suffrage unalter- ably. and that party that holds to this doctrine. and dares declare that this is white mans government shall meet with oursupport. People of Arkansas, let us act with united determination to defeat prejudice with principle, and He who shapes all things for the accomp- fish of His purposes, will give Us vic tory. ~
Year: 1868

Mrs. Kcmble brings her series Of Readings to
a close with matinee to-day. This Is an
nOunced as her last course; but we trust that
she may recall her determination, for the en-
tertainments have been too successful and too
keenly appreciated to be cut short so soon.
The benefit done by them extends far beyond
the circle of her actual audiences. Ii is felt
in some degree by whole classes Of the public
She has awakened the dormant sense of what
is noblest and most beautiful in dramatic lit
erature; she has done something toward making
truth and purity the fashions she has encour-
aged the nascent reaction against the sensuality
of the stage, and therefore hundreds OF us who
never heard her read acknowledge ourselves
her debtors. 1t is quite impossible for edu-
Gated and intelligent people, such as those who
have crowded Steinway Hall during her reel
tations-for women, especially with their nice
sense of what is delicate and good-to acquire
a taste for Shakespeare without cOnceiving at
the same time corresponding distaste for the
gross performances which have done so much
of late to corrupt society. Perhaps only few
thousands have been brought within the charm
of the readers voice but many more thousands
have caught the spreading influence, and the
dirty drama and the sensational drama, We be-
lieye, are already declining.
Year: 1868

"The city provides for its own incbriates, y
says the Tax Levy Committee, and so they
strike out the clause requiring so much per
briate asylum. 1t is but fair; the distribution
of inebriates in the Common Council and other
public offices, to say nothing of the Legislature.
proves that the great metropolis is duly atten-
tive to that unfortunate class of her subjects.
Why should hummer go into dull asylum
when he has his choice of seat in the City
Hall or sinecure clerkship in one of the De
partmcntsP
Year: 1868

After another thorough and animated debate
on the Irish question. the English House of
Commons on Thursday night divided on the
first of Mr. Gadstone's resolutions. This result
is most gratifying to the friends of progress
and justice. Not only did the Liberal phalanx
which few weeks ago obtained signal vic
tory over the Ministry, remain unbroken, but
the Liberal majority even increased from 60 to
O.. Disraeli acknowledged the Importance of
the vote, and announced that the Ministry
would consider what course they ought to take
under the circumstances. The general opinion
in London is that after the Scotch and Irish
Reform shall have been acted upon, the Par
Lament will be dissolved, and the Tories will
try the only weapon that is left to them, by
raising throughout England, Scotland and the
Protestant districts of Ireland the No Popery cry
to stir up the religious fanatlcism of the lower
classes in favor of perpetuating the grievances
of Ireland. Occasionally, fanatical appeals of
this kind sway the ignorant masses, and inter-
rupt for n while the steady advance of the
cause of REFORM but in a question like this,
when bigotry, fanaticism, and oppression are so
clearly Oh one side and Justice, liberty, and
right on the other side, the issue of the conflict
cannot be doubtful.
Year: 1868

The Ku-Klux gang ruling this city are de-
termined to supersede the present Croton
Aqueduct Board, and thus secure potent
lever for the Presidential election. 1t is openly
stated that bargain and sale" arrangement
has been effected, and that the measure will
bc rushed through the Legislature during the
closing hours of the session. We trust there
arc enough honest men in the Senate to save
the only economical department it the city
from the clutches of the Ring" Gov. Fenton
has saved us from many jobs, and if all other
measures fail, we confidently look to him for
- veto of this scheme.
Year: 1868

People in the country who read elaborate
accounts of Gambling Saloons for Women and
other strange and wicked institutions in New
York, should remember that this city is mfes-
ted by class of seedy Bohemians whose
natural taste for lying added to pressing neces-
sity for food and toddy, compel them to invent
such old wives fables at the moderate4price Of
Year: 1868

two cents line. New-Yorl is bad we know;
but we hope few readers are simple enough to
put faith in the picture drawn by these ire
sponsible ragged vagabonds-the very chiffon
ieys of the Den aA
Year: 1868

FOR SALE ON THE POPULAR
Ms- ONE PRICE p L A N. 90


GIVING EVERY PATRON
HANDSOME AND RELIABLE WATCH |!


For the low Price of Ten Dollars
WITHOUT REGARD TO VALUE,
And not 10 be Paid for unless perfectly sat-
Year: 1868

stant cause of sore annoyance, By his
present course he is making a bitter and
vindictive foe of nation which Ger
tainlyiis indebted to him., and which he
might convert at least into a friendly
neutral, if its other obligations and
financial position prevented it from be
coming, upon occasion, a willing and
active ally. 7o bi1ods yigiElTs9 5Tt
Year: 1868

n Biliousness, Indigestion. General Debility, and
all the complaints which proceed from a want of


proper action in the liver, the stomach and the
bowels. are eradicated by a course of this great
Year: 1868

t Anniversary Exercises Yesterday.


The anniversary exercises at the Five Points House
Of Industry took place yesterday afternoon in the
large hall of the institution in Worth street. The
statistics Of the institution appear In the supern
tendent's report and are as follows:


Inmates at the opening of the year. ........... 214
Year: 1868

Yesterday was one OF the gaia days OI tHe IhatIu-
tiop pubs to the number Of three hundred there
aboufs being gathered In the main hall which Is used
for anniversary and other holiday exercises. The
sneaSinr by the superintendent tMr. Hslli.
day1 and others. II was novel exhibition
three hundred baby faces terraced in rows Of heads
at the further end Of the hail. In procession they
came to the sound of music and In procession they
retired all set TO music still and In the ceanest Of
holiday attire sort OF bread and butter pallor VI
face-a saowness which seemed to have no beef
steak in It: o quiet sadness and abstraction OF
manner even when they smiled; tendency to sore
generaiies of the appearance OF the terraced juve
nities, which at given signals sang ~ II but one
being only and moved by only one SOUL or VI another
or something with some other bad Greek name,
which neither the pupils nor the professor could
pronounce without certain Greek distortion Of the
iaw The following schedule includes the expenses
Tor the year ending March l, item by Item
Year: 1868

We print below, and desire to call to
the especial attention Of The World and
The Times, an axtract from the opinion
of the Hon. Robert j. Walker upon the
Presidents right to decide upon the
constitutionality Of the laws passed by
Congress. Mr.. Walker is Democrat,
and stands high in the confidence of the
President. He is learned in the law, and
this is the way in which he disposes of
the sophistries of The Times:-TTrib.


Il called" says Mr.. Walker, "upon
Gen. Thomas early on Saturday morn
ing, at the War Office, and communica-
ted to him in friendly way my opinion
that any such order would be nullity,
and would subject him to serious conse
quences, especially if any such collision
should occur. 1 told him he lad no
right, nor had the President, to disobey
law of Congress upon the assumption
that it was unconstitutional, and that if
this we're not so the President might set
aside all the laws Of Congress since the





ground that they were unconstitutional.
That the President possessed no such
power, because it was not an executive,
but exclusively judicial power. and
that all the laws of Congress must he
obeyed and executed by the President
unless their execution was restr aimed by
the highest judicial authority. That to
declare law unconstitutional was not
only the exercise of judicial power, but
the HIGHEST JUDICIAL POWER, and only
to be resorted TO by the courts where in
their judgment. the act was clearly un
constitutional, and that In all doubtful
cases the court had uniformly refused to
interfere With the execution of the law.