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Year: 1869

From. the Belair fd) -Egis and Democrat, April 16.


On Wednesday Miss Cairnes was arrested by
Constable Rockhold, under warrant issued by
Justice Cathcart, and brought to Belair, where,
waiving an examination, she was committed to
Jail by Justice Fulton We understand that in
consideration of the condition of the Jail, the
sheriff procured IA room for her at Glenn's Hotel,
where She remains in his custody to await the
action of the Grand Jury. The cause assigned
for the above affair was the fact that McComas
had been suitor to Miss Cairnes and under the
promise of marriage had seduced her, and she
had taken this method, upon recovering from
her confinement, to redress her injuries. Alto
gether it is one of the most melancholy and
heart-rending occurrences that ever transpired
within the limits of our county. Both parties
are widely and respectfully connected, and the
event will long casta shadow of gloom over a
large portion of our community. The above are
the facts connected with this sad occurrence, as
nearly rs we have been able to ascertain them.
In view of the fact that further investigation
will probably be made into the matter, we alb
stain from all comment that will at all tend to
influence public opinion, feeling that many
estmable citizens connected with both parties,
who are already so deeply distressed Mt the
caamties which have befallen them, will thank
us for so doing.
Year: 1869

think that they can wish to increase their diff
culties by getting into fresh quarrels.
As for our part it seemed to
me plain and clear from the FIRST and it seems
to me plain and clear now. There has never
been any question upon our side of Offering
reparaton for wilful and intentional wrong, be-
cause we do not admit, and we have no right to
admit, that any such wrong was ever committed
by us. Applause.) But what we have all along
in substance said is this, that international law
being vague, and many new points of interna-
tional law having arisen in connection with the
events of the late war, it was quite possible that
upon either side, or upon both Sides in the ab-
sence of precedents to guide US, acts of uninten-
tional wrong might have been done
Chear," and applause), and that the
question whether they had been or not was one
which we were perfectly willing to refer to the
Judgment of an impartial arbitrator. applause }
That is in substance the language we have beld
throughout, and whether il leads to an imme-
date settlement of the matter in dispute or not
seems to me-although may startle some per-
sons by saying it-a matter of very secondary
importance. Whatever happens in that respect,
we have secured the main point. We shall have
satisfied our own conscience, and we shall have
put our country Enthusiastically in the right.
loud applause). ..0
Year: 1869

Some time since the item was floating around
in the papers that Ada L. Webb, the popular and
fascinating actress, and one of the celebrated
Webb Sisters, was about to be married. Later
the paragraph was current that she had married
and retired from the stage; and later still was
paragraph denying the aforementioned report.
Amid all these rumors and counter rumors it
seemed altogether likely that the fair Ada was
of some sort. And such seems to have been the
fact, for we find on the records of the Wayne
Circuit Court that action was commenced on the
26th ult. by Ada l.. Webb against John Skae for
breach of promise of marriage, and the damages
are laid at $50,0


Three counts are set up. The first is that in
the city of Detroit, in January, 1868, the said
Ada L. Webb and John Skae plighted their
troth. That is not exactly the phraseology of
the legal document, but it conveys to the popu-
lar mind better idea of what was done by Ada
and John than would the verbose document of
half dozen pages of legal cap, with its whereases
verbal agreement to be married to each other
within year, or in January, 1862 The sisters
were playing an engagement in this city at the
former date, and Skae was most assiduous in his
attentions as q lover. The first count further
alleges that Ada made this promise of marriage
in good faith, sincerely relying upon the party
of the second part to stand by his pledges like
a man; that she then expected to fulfil her pro-
mise, and ready to do so, and has been
ready ever since.


The second count charges the unfaithfulness of
Skae, and sets forth that whereas the plaintiff
was ready at the time agreed upon to be married,
and has been ready ever since, the defendant
positively and absolutely refused to marry her.
She alleges that she repeatedly and frequently
urged upon him to make good to her his promise
of marriage, but he has put her off from time to
time, and now utterly refuses to marry her,
although she was ready and willing during all
this time ..-r


The third and last count sets forth that upon
her engagement with Skae to be married in
January, 1869, it was understood that she was to
retire from the stage, which profession she had
previously followed as a means of support to
herself and her mothers that she did so retire
from the stage on that account, and has since
that time been deprived of that means of sup
port For this reason, and for injuries to her
feelings by reason of the failure of the defendant
to fulfil his promise, she claims damages to the
amount of $50 000 The attorneys in the case
are Moore d Griffin for the plaintiff, and Dick
inson IL Dickinson for the defendant. The case
is likely to be very closely contested one, but
it has not yet been set down for trial.-DetrOH
Post April IS.
Year: 1869




Journal.


From the Harrisburg Journal


On all sides, by men Of all parties and In all cir
cles it is freely admitted that the Legislature OF 1859
was the most yenal and corrupt body Of men that
ever sat In deliberation In the State Capitol. we
do not pretend 10 say that there not Senator'S and
Representatives. who are above and beyond the
influence OF bribes for votes for filthy and dis
honest legislation, but we do assert II, feenng
1t to be our solemn duty TO give the people
warning on the dangers OF sending ignorant
and dishonest men TO the Legislature and It will not
just closed TO bankrupt the Commonwealth, bind its
lab0rng energy at the feet OF tyrannical corpora
tions, invest individuals with special privileges 70
hold and control the resources OF the Commonwealth
against the welfare and interests OF the great mass.
Anything that had money in II, however unfair, dis
graceful, and destructive il might be, could be en-
hoded In the shape OF bill and passed, while any
thing which could not be manipulated and money
made out OF IL, however fair absolutely necessary
IL was Tor the establishment of justice and the vim
tempt, unless, indeed, the ring which controlled
both houses condescended to let il become q law.
Divorce bills were openly sold in the lob
bies and the rotunda Divorce bills one
killed could be revived although the proceeding was
in direct opposition to positive rule, just whenever
the parties were willing TO pay. For $4,000 any man
could divorce his wife; for pretext, any vouptuous
wife OF easy virtue could ding her husband away by
the aid OF the Divorce Committee of the House.
which committee was hercely accused in open
petroleum and coal was bought through the House,
and when t reached the Senate $4,000 q vote was
offered for its passage The money to buy the Cattle
bill through was exposed AZ fully. i'm both branches
are the funds Of sheep drOver when he is in the
market to purchase stock.


We repeat our declaration that a more dishonest
and corrupt legislative body than that just adjourned
never occupied the Capitol OF Pennsylvania
Year: 1869

The numlyous projects brought before Con-
gress Tor rcNrmng our national banking system
are pretty good evidence of the dissatisfaction
existing in the public mind with the practical
working of the present law on the subject. The
many changes and notifications of the existing
laws which have succeeded each other of late


while aiming at the correction of some acknow-
ledged evil. have either utterly failed in their
object or have morely displaced one evil by an
other. Among these may be numbered the law
objects aimed at were to check undue eXpan-
sion, and to prevent the stringencies which in-
yariably preceded the process of preparation.
The evil was serious one to every branch of
industry and trade, and called for reforms but
the remedy applied has merely substituted
permanent for spasmodic stringency, and
forced the banks into policy of conservatism
which renders them of little practical value to
the business community. To keep themselves
in constant readiness for q call from the Con-
Year: 1869

times as old as she. They live together
five years. and the girl is ten years old.


Then the man is forty years old. or
only four times the age OF the girl. They
live together five more years, and the
girl is fifteen. The man then is forty.
five, or only three times as old. They
live until she is thirty and he is sixty
He is then only twice as old. Now,
how long will they hav to live to make
the girl as old as tue man9 Although,
in this case. the girl is catching the man
very fast, the reason is similar to that
by which it was long ago argued that
man never could catch o tortoice which
had a mile the start. While the tortice
runs one tenth Of q mile the man rams
mile, while the man rnus one tenth OF
miles, the tortoice goes one hundredth
of a mile, while the man runs one-hun
dredLh OF mile the tortise goes one
thousand.h of mile; and 10 on to any
extent to which the decimal notation Is
capable-the tortice always being some
infinitesimal fraction ahead of the man.
will give one or two more illustrations
of this character. Roe wishes to study
law with Doe, and offers to pay the Gus,
tomary fee when he shall win the first
suit at law To this Doe agrees, and
Roe becom es a student. Doe gets tired
of waiting for his fee, and determines
to sue Roe for the amount. Doe rea-
sons: "lf gain the case. Roe will be
compelled to pay me by decision Of the
court; if loose it, he will have to pay
me by conditions of our contract, as he
will have won his first law suit" But
Roe also reasons: "If l succeed and
the award of the court is in my favor
of cousse she'll hsvs to pay the mon
ey; if the court decides against me |
shall not have to pay it according to
the term of our contract, for shall not
have gained my first suit at law" The
discerning reader will easily perceive
that great many Of the metaphysi cal, !,
political and doctrinal discussions which
are going on in the earth, get their
principal fuel in the different sense of
words and phrases. I will not moral.
ize extensively on this proposition,
though there are abundant opportunities
to do SO. I deem illustration more en-


tertaing than dissertation.-Georg


Wakeman.
Year: 1869

Nothing in this world can be more
discouraging than the detection of 8
clergyman in the very act of purloining
the silver spools of q parishioner- This
is what has jus. happened in Miller Co,
California One of the flock was dy-
ing, and the shepherd was sent for to
administer spiritual consolation. Lesn


ing against bureau, and all the time
praying with great fervor, he abstract
ed from the drawer two heavy old
fashioned silver spoons which he man
aged to 'impetticoat' without being OBJ
served. Whether he was caught offer
ing the implements to his uncle or
eating porrldge with one Of them, the
record does not state, but found out be
was, and fallen he probably is from his


high estate in Miller county. There is
something uncommonly droll in the
idea of locking up the spoons when you


are expecting visit from the parish
clergyman az-a.gaa.4szz= zszss-1a.ss--
Year: 1869

Mr. Cartwright was introduced, and
was received with many ex pressions Of
applause. He had been called strong
man, but to-day he felt weak as child


SO overcome was he by this manifesto
ton Of the love and esteem Of his fel,
low christians. He was the Oldest
preacher in the Methodist Church now
engaged in the ministry. For sixty five
years he had labored for his Lord and
Master, and during that time he had
only received at three times the amount
allowed him by the church. He had the
oldest preachers wife in the world, and
had lived happily with her for so years


He had seven children and sixty grand
and great-grandchildren He was born
in Virginia, and had been II citizen of
the West from the time he was six years
old. and he is now eighty. five years old


He had no language to describe the sit


had suffered much in body, mind and
purse. He had been caught five hund-
red miles from home, in strange land,
with an old blind horse, and seventy five
cents in his pocket. He had never been
officially complained of in quartz rly
meeting but once. In his young days
he wore knee brecches and top boots
AT the first Conference he ever attended
complaint was laid against him for
corrupting the morals of the people by
wearing pair of suspenders, and they
sent him home. But the Lord always
provides for the lazy and His lame, and
be found that Bishop McKen;'ree had
INDUCED in the same luxury He was
then shouting, happy enough. When
he entered the ministry there was but
one college bred preacher, and he was
only half bred. Through the efforts of
DR. Akers he got d. D. stuck to his nam @
and that day he was taken with a bad
pain in his back. and he rather thouoht
1t arose from his title. He was a poor
soldiers boy, and his only son. There
was but one mill within forty miles, and
no paper in the country. His father
wanted to make an educated man of
him, but he missed it badly. When it
pleased God to give him religion, it was
of the true backwoods style. He knew
he had obtained the pardon OF his sins,
and the knowledge Of that had sustain
ed him in all trials. He had preached
as many sermons as any living man, al
though he could not say how good they
were. He hailed with delight the sue
cess of all who preached the true Cos


pei, He had not strength to labor as a
regular preacher, and he now entirely
dissolved his connection with the church
as travelling preacher; and. notwitn


standing the crosses, trials and troubles
of a travelling preacher, he would rath-
er be one than President of the United
States and glory be to God, He sus-
tains US all, if we have His love in our
hearts !; and he bids farewell to his
brethren with much love and feeling
He did not originate this jubilee and is
not worthy Of it. After long, hard life,
he had performed nothing but his duty.
Farewell, farewell. I ask your sympa-
thy and prayers for an cid man who has
spent his life in Gods service; and may
God bless you now and forever more
Year: 1869

ROMANCE OF THE EAsr.-Not long ago beau
tiful girl, the daughter of a rich English banker
from the grating of the ladies gallery in the
House of Commons pensive Mahemmedan. His
dress proclaimed him a noble His melancholy
eyes showed that he had been deprived of his
kingdom Pity moved the heart of the Young
lady the pair met, loved and were married
The nobleman took his wife to Calcutta, where
she was much amazed to find herself driven to a
wrctched dwelling, in which three other wives
of her hasband were already installed. Being a
woman of some 6rmness and courage, she re-
turned to England by the ship which brought
her to India. Her husband turned out to be a
" Moonshee "a teacher Of languages-earning
sixty rupees (about $50 in gold) month. One
young woman, at least. has got over all silly
notions about the " romance of the East" for
the rest of her life.
Year: 1869

Cash gold was in better supply and loans were
made at from seven to one per cent for carrying M
70 oOearng House time, and at from to three per
cent later in day. The business OF the day at the
Gold Bank resulted as follows:-
Year: 1869

The real estate dealers in Chicago
have been holding a meeting aud fix.
ing up an organization that they call
u union. The main thing under dis.
cussion at the meeting was the price
of advertising in the Chicago news
papers. 1t is very curious that the
dealers seemed to think that one
newspaper was as good as another
to advertise in, and that they should
discriminate against those that oharg-
ed high prices. The fact that an
advertisement in paper that charg.
ed twelve and one half cents per line
might be worth ten times as much to
the advertiser as if it we're in a pa.
per charging four cents a line, did
not seem to occur to the dealers.
And several Of them were so idiotic
as to talk Of running up the circu-
latiou of a newspaper with cheap
advertising. There is nothing that
kills newspaper as fast as cheap
advertisements. They fill up the
hpaNo III hhiNA tho phptI ruOuiu
be made interesting, aud, being un-
profitable, the whole thing sinks.
The only healthy policy is to charge
q good price for advertisements in
proportion to circulation-that is the
number Of papers circulated, aud the
classes of persons among whom they
are ciroulated-and thus obtain
large revenue out Of a small space,
aad use the larger portion OF the pa
per for reading matter Of general in
terest, keeping up the circulation and
increasing it, aud with it maintaining
aud advancing the value of space.
The sickliest and most hopeless
printed sheets, by mistake called
newspapers, are those in which there
are great masses of advertising,
cheap and nasty, tumbled in with
out order, cared for by no one, aud
therefore worthless.
Year: 1869

where she stopped to let her horse drink. The
rufian sprang appale emily from under the bridge,
and seized the bride of Mrs. Booker's horse,
demanding permission to ride. On being refus-
ed he cut the bride with large sheath knife,
whereupon Mrs. B. and her little children COM
menced screaming loudly for assistance The
negro then drew her from the carriage into the
water, and making hostile demonstration with
his knife, threatened to cut her throat if she
did not desist from screaming. These threats
only served to increase her cries, and the horse
becoming frightened and entangled in the har-
ness added to the general clamor, when the ne
gro abruptly left, fearing perhaps that the noise
would bring assistance. Mrs. Booker managed
to get her children from the carriage and detach
ed the horse. In short time assistance came
and enabled her to proceed.


Sad Case of Drowning Mr.. Thos Mat
thews, ESQ.,, met with sudden death by drown
ing at Easton Point on Monday morning week


He with several companions went to take
bath and the tide being low they waded con
siderable distance out in the water so that h


found himself beyond his depths before he wa


aware of it.
Year: 1869

1t being discovered that there are in Wash
ington numbers OF GrpealS, who lend money
to Government Clerks at ten per cent per
month, the Internal Revenue Department pro-
poses to remedy the matter by making the
lenders take out licenses as brokers. One OF
two things is true. Either a clerk who is tOrc-
ed to pay this enormous interest does not re-
ceive a sufficient salary for his expenses, or he
does not properly husband what he does receive
The true remedy is for the clerk to go into
some business, leaving his place to any man or
woman who can live upon the stipend attached
to it. Borrowing money at one hundred and
twenty per cent per annum will not help the
poor clerk at sll. We are for taxing the bust
ness of these ShylOcks most certainly; but il
would be better if they had no business to be
taxed. Meanwhile, any clerk who is found tc
be paying ten per cent per month for money


should be turned out of his place at once. He


isn't safe person to retain, at least in the
| Treasury.
Year: 1869

ALTERING STATE LINEs.-There seems to |
be disposition to remodel State boundaries
in many sections of the Union, and make the |
lines conform more to the nature of things, TO
convenience and to common sense. The peo-
pie of western Florida are soon to vote on the
question of ceasing to be Floridians BY annex
ing themselves to Alabama, and it is generally
thought that the measure will be carried. The
old idea of annexing the Boot of West Vir-
ginia to Ohio is again reviving Another i'm
pending change is the formation OF new State
out of the peninsula Of parts of Wisconsin and
Michigan, formed by the waters of Lake Supe-
riOr, and to be known as the State ofSuperior
This is similar to our own Peninsula, in having
Its boundary line formed by nature, and which
has to be ignored under the present formation
of State lines The New York Tribune, in
suggesting other changes, speaks thus of Del
aware: 1.-The State of Delaware ought to be
divided between Pennsylvania and Maryland,
on such line as the vote of the people would
Indicate This plan will never work. 1t is
in direct opposition to our fondest hopes and
the ARRANGEMENTS Of nature. We could not
allow onr-nvcs to be thus swallowed up and
disintegrated, our identity ignored and history
lost, just the same arguments used in favor
of the proposed State of Superior are those
used in favor of the consolidation of our Pc
ninsula under one State government. Nature
has made us one by separating us from the rest
of the country save narrow neck of land, "
and trade and commerce are Strengthening our
reciprocity of interests. The Tribune comes
wide of the mark in its suggestions, and pro-
poses plan that is not at all feasible On the
other hand the plan we have in contemplation
among ourselves is the only one that is likely
to be carried out Our interests are SO pecu
liar, so important, so homogeneous that W,
believe they will consolidate us sooner or later


The Tribune also recommends that Rhod
Island be divided between Massachusetts, ant
Connecticut and that New York, below tn


Highlands, be united to eastern New Jerse
as the State of New Jersey, whilst west Jerse


be annexed to Pennsylvania. 1t thinks tina


"people would wonder after a few years, ho


ahchange so obviously dictated by convenient


had been delayed SO long" Such might /


the case, but We cannot see it.
Year: 1869

President Grant has issued proclamation,
designating the 3Oth of next November as the
time for the people of Mississippi to vote on
the Constitution adopted by the Convention
which met in jackson in May of last year. 1t
will be seen by the terms of the proclamation,
that the disfranchising sections emb braced in
that Constitution are to be submitted to sep
arate vote. AS in the recent election in Vir-
ginia, the freest opportunity will be afforded
for the expression of the popular will, and there
is no reason to fear that the result will be less
favorable to the interests Of the country.
Year: 1869

The Delaware Gazette is looking after the
negro vote ofthis State. Itsays they had rath
er work for Democrats and seems to think that
they can be easily influenced by them for this
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