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Year: 1869

The Gold Exchange will meet tomorrow to
Sarther discuss tile proposition for new Clearing
House. Meantime, the new receiver Of the Gold
Bank is working assiduousy in order to obtain u
return OF the patronage Of the gold brokers to that
institution The effort to force 1t into bankruptcy
led to the solicitation and serving Of another Dunc
tion to-day from the Superior Court which will pro-
baby be vacated tomorrow on the ground that the
bank was already under the jurisdiction Of the
Supreme Court. The directors seem disposed to do
what they can to procure the business OF the Gold
Exchange, and have aided the receiver in adjusting
all accounts, except for the expurgaea
nine firms originally posted as falling to pay
their differences. II seems that the bank Is re.
sp0nsbe for all differences where such notice was
not given. The settlement OF legitimate accounts will
entail q loss Oh the bank OF three 10 four hundred
thousand dollars, which VIII fall on the stockhold-
ers. As the capital is Ave hundred thousand ana the
surplus nearly three hundred thousand dollars the
directors and receiver expect to resume business
with capital OF about four hundred thousand dol.
lars. Still the feeling in the Gold Exchange Ia very
strong In favor OF an auxiliary clearing department
instead OF an Independent clearing house, and the
matter win be very warmly discussed before it Is
finally decided The range OF the gold market was
No follows.
Year: 1869

Upon which the Post of that city remarks:-


When the individual deposits OF the Boston banks
fall of nearly TWO millions week 1t shows plainly
that there mas been o sharp demand for money.
When the country banks draw down their balances
$072,221, 1t seems TO signify that they have many
calls over and above those made on account OF the
payment OF the semi-annual DIVIDENDS, which OF
course form as usual very respectable Item. There
Is no very serious embarrassment reported in legti
mate business circles on account Of the scarcity OF
money, and yet the available supply at the banks ia
hardly up to the demand. Some Of the best manu-
featuring corporations are taking considerable
money at IA a per cent, and smaller establish
ments at a 10 per cent. Good double name paper
is still offered on the street at 10 a H. Between
banks ana depositors the rates are per cent.


The Chicago Tribune under date of Monday even
ing, says:-


The banks to-day generally report less demand for
money. There is none OF that pressure for loans that
was experienced on one or two days Of last week.
Deposits, however, are down to an unusually low
ebb and II the demand for accommodations were
as great us on some days OF last week. the banks
would not be any better prepared to meet 1t now
tnan then There il fair prospect that money will
gradually grow easier, ana even some probability
Thai II Will be quite plenty month hence; but az
present 1t is quite stringent.
Year: 1869




have heretofore advised that the death
penalty be either ensured or abolished Not
that the law leaves it doubtful whether il is
the Governors duty to execute the sentence
at all-whch would be manifest absurdity
but that in failing to fix a limit within
which the warrant shall be issued, it has left
chance for the Executive to defer it indefi-
nite'y, and thus precedent had been estab-
lished too strong to be set aside without
bringing odium upon any Executive VINO
should do his duty. Now that this prece-
dent has been broken, it may be best to IeaVe
the law as it is. Cases might arise wneie rev
woud saw that death was not the only ade-
quate penalty; vet it might be desirable to de-
Law the execution while testing some partic-
mar theory. In .he case of Doyle, for iu-
stance nothing but the earnest conviction of
his counsel that another party was the guilty
one. saved him from execution. This surery
is not a case for communication. If Doyle is in
nocent he should be set at liberty, and every
possible reparatlon be made him. IT guilty
he should suffer the extreme penalty OF the
law. Then too if you abolish the death pen
atty, you do not discriminate between sim
gle high crime and an accumulation OF such
crimes. Take the above cited case of rape.
The punishment is imprisonment for life. If
the offender sees no higher penalty before
him he has powerful motive to dispose of
the principal witness against him. He has
everything TO gain and nothing to lose by
adding the crime of murder.


However the experience of suffering may
have affected my personal sympathies,. the
consideration OF the public safety convlnces
me that this is not the time to soften penal
ties. Too much crime is abroad, and en-
bodened by the midness and uncertainty OF
punishment. Most of our Deighboring States
retain the death penalty. We DO not wish to
invite crime here oy the mPun'y pun ials 70 nha
merciful But to whom? ask. To the vio-
Year: 1869

"Old winter is blowing his gust along,


And merrily shaking the treel
From morning dill night he will sing his song;
Now moaning and short--now bowling and


long, ..s-
His voice is loud for his lungs are strong


merry old fellow is he
Old Winters wicked old chap, l ween--


As wicked as ever you'll see
He withers the flowers so fresh and green
And bites the pert nose of the miss of sixteen,
As she trippingly walks in maideny shecn,-
A wicked old fellow is he!
Old Winters Il tough old fellow for blows,


As tough as ever you'll seel
He will trip up our trotters and rend our clothes,
And stiffen our limbs from fingers to toes
He minds not the cry of his friends or his foes
A tough Old fellow is hel t.r.
A cunning old fellow is Winter they say,


A cunning old follow is he
He peeps in the crevices day by day,


To soc how we're passing our time away,
And marks all our doings from grave to gay
I'm afraid he is peeping at me l'
Year: 1869

move the soil of excessive moisture, where
the land is at all inclined to be wet Ma
ture has made ample provision for the
drainage of some sections Of the country ;
while in other localities, even where the
land is cultivated from year to year, the
soil is quite too wet for wheat. Another
requisite of prime Importance is, the i'm
provement of the seed. The farmers of
our country can never raise good crops of
this or any other cereal, until the seed has
been saved with great care, from year to
year, for many successive seasons, just as
we save the seed of Indian-corn. With
the imperfect cultivation that our wheat
now receives, if the seed were improved
as seed-wheat may be, by careful selec-
ton, for few successive seasons, the
wheat crop would be increased fully one
third.


Another consideration is, more thorough
culture and preparation of the soil. Some
kinds of plants will flourish luxuriantly,
and fructify bountifully, where the plant
food is rough and the culture of the soil
rude. But abundant crops of wheat can
not be grown under such circumstances.
w hca1 fequHeS systeu vi tnorouBu anu
progressive agriculture. The wheat-plant
is delicate and dainty feeder the roots
will not feed on coarse manure they need
the fine and delicate pabulum that has
been prepared by the growth and decay of
the roots and stems of red clover. The
wheat-plant must be supplied with such
fertilizing materials as will form large
heads and plump kernels of grain. Strawy
manure will not make grain. The wheat
plant requires such pabulum as is left in
the soil after heavy crop of red clover
has been ploughed under; and also after
heavy dressing of rich barn-yard manure
has been applied, and crop of Indian-corn
removed. The barn-yard manure must be
such as is made by fattening sheep or beef
cattle on grain. Such manure will yield
a liberal supply of grain, producing mate
rial such as the growing wheat-plants
must have before large and plump heads
of grain can be developed.
Year: 1869

To while away the tedium of winter
day in the country, when everything was
knee-deep under snow and ice, in January,
1867, the following transpositions of the
letters comprising the word 3" Baltimore
were written, to ascertain how many words
could be formed of those nine letters,
using no letter more than once in any
word. Over three hundred are given
below and the number could doubtless be
added to by any intelligent person who
would take the pains to do SO. Who will
try it?
Year: 1869

A SMooTH-G0rNG HARROW. In ear The
village of NJ. there lived a farmer who en-.
gagged a son of the Emerald Isle to work for
him, One morning in the spring Pat
was sent out to harrow piece of ground


He had not worked long before all tho
toeth-except two or three-oame out of
the harrow. After while the farmer
went out in the field to see how Pat pro.
ceeded, and asked him how he liked haars
rowing. "Oh," replied Pat, at goes
bit smoother now since the pegs are out"
Year: 1869

GRAIN FOR MILcu Cows.-Corn meal
alone; shorts alone are less useful than
mixture. Why? Because in corn meal
the elements of butter abound in shorts
the element of curd or cheese AS rule
the heavier milk is, the more cheese it will
make; while light milk makes the more
butter: if feeding for cheese or milk only,
shorts are best if for butter, corn-meal
Year: 1869

OF the secret history of the two at this
time nothing need be said. She was
ruined in character, broken in health,
utterly lost to the world as only wo-
men can be lOst-left without hope,
without society, and without sympa-
thy, except from the few who were re-
lated to her, and who loved and pet
ted her. She had long intervals Of
nervous prOstration, when she would
lie for hours like dying person. She
sat day after day with her head lean
ing upon her wasted hand, and eyes
listless, seeing and caring for little in
q world whose sunshine to her had
been so darkly ecIipsed. She sighed
family, but said little or nothing. She
was a sad wreck. She knew she was
dying, and expressed no thought or
interest in anything but her absent
daughter.


one day she turned suddenly to a
young friend and asked: "Do you
think me guilty woman" and
without waiting for an answer, she
went on: 81 wish to speak now while
l can. / was so shocked and terrified
at that horrible time that l did not
know what / said. But am not
guilty of any sin. Mr.. Sickles was
very violent-I was afraid OF him-he
brought me paper, which he said I
must sign-he said he should be hung
i'll did not sign it. l never read one
word of that paper; did not know
one word written in it. / put my
name where he told me, and to save
his Iife."


She was sinking rapidly, and was
carried to her bed from a long fainting
turn. As she opened her eyes, reviv-
ing slowly, they fell upon the face of
Daniel E. Sickles, painted and framed,
hanging before her. Lifting her pale
hand, she said:


"Take It away"


Those about her demonstrated; but
the second and the third time she
murmured: "Take it away"


The picture was removed. "NOw
place my daughters face there" she
said, with a sad smile. This was
done. and she gazed with a longing,
wistful look upon the young face, and
sighed heavily. The poor, weary
eyes closed, and she was gone to Him
unto whom is opened the secrets Of
the heart
Year: 1869

Our cousins of San Francisco have
the advantage of those OF us who live
in the interior, in their opportunity to
look out daily 10 the westward on the
waters of the great "Big Pond" On
the 20th of August, at about O'Clock
in the evening, they commenced OBJ
serving what even to them was new
and singular phenomenon in the sky:
The San Francisco Times gives the tol-
| lowing description: THE sun had set
full hour, and already the shades OF
night had begun TO gather over the
city, when a warm glow stole over the
heavens, rapidly deepening TO that
rosy hue which usually accompanies a
sunset in clear weather. 80 strong
and ruddy was this strange light that
hundreds of persons supposed great
fire had broken out somewhere.
Those who live on the hills were
startled by the crimson glow rejected
from the walls of those houses which
faced the West, and many fastened
into the streets to discover the where
abOuts of what they imagined to be
an extensive confagratiOn. The light
filled a space in the heavens Of about
fOrty-five degrees from the horizon.
1t was Of a warmer hue than that
usual in auroral phenomena, and, un-
like the latter, was perfectly steady
and continuous. For the space of an
hour it continued to glow redly, and
to light up the walls of the houses as
with the reflection Of phantom sun
set. Those who observed the Phe-
nomenOn carefully noticed that bank
of vapor, not clearly defined as a mass
of clouds, but evidently humid and
heavy, hung high in the atmosphere
above the ocean, and probably served
as q reflector and distributor Of the
rays of the sun, Itself far below the
horizon at the time.


''The fact that similar appearances
have been noticed at Marysville and
Sacramento during the past forty
eight hours, Indicates the existence of
an abnormal condition In the atmOs-
phere. How that condition is caused
we do not pretend to say, but there
can be little doubt that this strange ap-
pearance was produced by reflection
of the suns rays upon bank of va
por, which remitted II to the earth
again, after the sun had disappeared
below the level of the horizon"


lulS DutuUilltuOl,oO 50 NOilucIAuA dHA
astonishing, was witnessed at many
other points on our Pacific coast and
in the interior, this side of the sierra
Nevada. Some years ago similar
phenomenon was witnessed in the In
dian archipelago from the decks OF the
United States supply ship Lexington.
On that occasion everything on board
the ship, the men and officers in
cluded, assumed a bloOd-red hue; the
sea foamed with perceptible ripple
as all bloOd-red it passed the vessel
which, barely moving at the time,
was shortly distanced by the froth.
1t was noticed shortly after that the
frightful phenomenon, before which
the stoutest heart on deck quailed, pre-
eeded q squall of most destructive
character. Not one of the officers ex-
planned and none of the men could
explain a phenomenon that did not in
any way attach to the going down
of the sun as that event occurred some
hours after.-EDs. APPEAL.l
Year: 1869

THE PURCHASE OF THE GAS Works


Very Important resolutions were Of
fered by Captain Mcclure In the Council
last night, and may be found In our re-
port this morning, providing that the
city shall avail Itself OF Its right to pur-
chase the Gas Works on the expiration
Of the charter OF the Gas Company. II
the city can supply It's customers gas
at such prices as the company charges,
about three months would suffice, we
suppose, 10 pay of all herindebtednes
This is move In the right direction.
The charter ofthe company has yet be-
tween one and two years to run.
Year: 1869

au DON'T BATTLE TOO MUGH.-Sea and
river bathing. are now in order and it
is to be hoped that people will not in
dulge nlthose luxuries with reckless
ness Many constitutions are badly
shattered every summer by too, much
bathing. Bathing is good thing
employed i'll moderation; but immod-
,srately enjoyed it becomes a very
dangerous and damaging thing.
Only the most robust and soundest
systems can long stand daily sea or
river immersions without being i'm
paired. Persons afflicted by organic


disabilities should bathe in the sea or
river not oftener thane very other day,
and in no event should they remain
in the water longer than ten or fifteen


minutes. Any indulgence in bathing
extending to half an hour. or an hour
(Which, is more frequently the rule
than the exceptionD is highly injurious
although the injury may not be i'm


mediateiy, apparent, .e.a44 ,q.sH
Year: 1869

i went to California OH the steam
er Ariel. This is the steamer Ariel,


'Oblige me by gazing on the steam
er Ariel ;and when you go to Cali
fernia, be sure and go in some other
steamer, because the Ariel isn't very
good one.


sTHBsPICTURE OF THE GREAT DESERT.


This picture is a great work of art.
1t is an oil paitning done in petrole-
um. 1t is by, the old masters. 1t was
the last thing they done before dying.
They did this and then expired


The most celebrated artists of Lon
don are so delighted with this picture
that they come to the hall every day
to gaze at it. 1 wish you were nearer
to it-so you could see it better. 1
wish 1 could take it to your residence
and let you see it by daylight Some
of the greatest artists come here every
morning before daylight, with Ian
terms, to look at it. They say they
never saw anything like it before
and they hope they never shall again.


when l fret showed the picture in
New York, the audience were so en-
thusiastic in their admiration of this
picture that they called for the artist
and when he appeared they threw
brickbats. at him.
Year: 1869

70 Do NOT affect humility. The mo-
ment humility is spoken of by him
that has it, that moment it is gone
1t is like those delicate things which
dissolve the instant they are touched.


You must seek out the violet it does
not, like the poppy, thrust itself upon
your notice. The moment humility
tells 81 am here" there is an end to it.
Year: 1869

A BOY, five years of age, having
stolen can of milk, his mother took
him to task, with moral suasion, and
wound up her discourse by exclalm-
ing: what in the world were you go
ing to do with the milk anyhow"
Il was going to steal little dog to
drink it, was the crushing reply.
Year: 1869

WASHINGTON, Navember 27.-The
Supreme Court of the District of CO.
Ivmbia met this morning for the pur-
pose Of rendering decisions in the
cases held under adyisefnent at the
opening of the Court, The Secretary
OF the Interior withdrew his motion
previously submitted, and argued and
held under advisement by the Court
to vacate the Judgment and quash the
writ of mandamus issued in the Me
Canadian claim, thus leaving the
Judgment in full force. The Secretary
must therefore obey the writ and is
sue to McGanahan the patent for the
Rancho Panoche Grande, in which
the New Idea California quicksilver
mines are.
Year: 1869

Is the first to develop, and is the form and founda-
ton OF the mind and soul clements it should first
DC trained and cared tor and that the young mind,
getting first its best knowledge from studying its
surroundings, should not be diverted from this and


so injured by toe early too constant putting to
dry and artificial book study
Year: 1869

How TO CLEAN BARLEY. When barley is dry
and in good condition, and is thrashed with ma
chine, the boards all knocked off and the barley
is prepared for market by simply running it thro
an ordinary tanning mill In England where
great attention is paid to the barley crop, and
where, owing to the fact that high duty is charg
ed on every bushe of barley converted into malt it
is very desirable to have the barley of the highest
quality, and entirely free from all eXtraneous mat
ter. they have machine for breaking off the boards
But in our dry climate, and where the maltsters
are not so particular there is less necessity for it,
Much of our barley is sold as it comes from the
machine, without running it through a tanning
mill.
Year: 1869

The Prairie Farmer well say that the inefficient
clothing OF the cXtremities, particularly of children
induces irregularty Of temperature and circulation
to tine different parts Of the body. To that these
tend to produce cOnVulsive diseases, we have only
to reflect upon the promptness with which the
warm bath, one of the most etectual equalizers of
the circulation, relieves very many of such attacks
The bad effects of this system of attire, both in in
fants and children, made more aggravating to
all philosphic minds by the fact that as a general
rule there is sort of Necessity ol it. Ii is in
most cases, only miserable eXpedient to satisfy
dcSpicable pride which the parents have in the
plump. fair form and appearance of the parts of the
child exposed other sufficient excuse can be of
fered. God has blessed the child with fair arms
and chest, and legs, and the parents condemned
him to suffer pain and sickness, because he has
them: We call this pride despicable; that cannot
be otherwise which Injuries any human being, GER
tainly not that which causes mother to injure her
child. Then this state of things is, not unfrequent-


y, the result of the parents jealousy lest somebody
ese's baby may he more beautiful than their own
Let all the children have their limbs and necks we'll
covered. The eXtremites ofthe body should always
be well protected, and kept warm and comfortable,
then the children grow up and reach their teens,
they will not expose their arms, and the upper
parts Of the chest from CHOICE to the disgust of the
correct thinking everywhere.
Year: 1869

BLISTERED HANDS AND FEET. The speedest
remedy is to light tallow candle and let the melt
ed tallow drop in cold water then mix the talow
with strong spirits and rub it thoroughly into the
palms or soles, this is both preventive and cura-
tive.
Year: 1869

The concodrse of people who came
from the most distant parts of the
country to witness the Inauguration of
General Jackson was SO great as to
excite astonis]lment inst the journals of
the day and among public men. / His
election had inspired feeling of con-
fidence through all sections of the
country which had not been felt for
some years, and the curiosity to Wit
ness the Inauguration of "old Hick-
ory" was very great. Like Jefferson
he declined large escort and rode on
horseback to the Capitol. He entered
the Senate Chamber shortly before
Year: 1869

The New York Times, a repre-


sentative Radical journal in attend
ing to the gubernatorial canvass,
opened in this State ON the 9th inst,
says y'sl ''a sef a laa t.s-


In the presence of the principle thus
brought into the campaign, personal con-
siderations arg dwarfed into insignifc-
ance. The point to be decided relates less
to the characteristics or associations Of
Stokes and Senter than to the ideas they
respectively represent Whether the
State shall pefpetuate the cause ofmueh
heartbarniRe and justifyable discomfort,
or whether is shall hasten the oblibera.
ton OF passions and antipathies which,
begun amidst the rebellion, have been
kept alive by dislranehisement, is really
the question on which Judgment Is
to be passed And as between the two
sides in such q controversy, the svmpa-
thies of tolerant, Just and generous men
must be with Senter. He is for the
time the champion of the magnanimous
doctrine proclaimed by the convention
which nominated Gen. Grant; and we
believe that his success is as desirable IN
the interest of the Republican party as
with view to the promotion of concord
and prosperity in the State Immediately
concerned


Whether or not acknowledgements was
expedient at the time itwas enacted, is not
now debatable question. In Tonnes
see, as in Missouri, the exigencies of the
period excused, if they did not entirely
warrant, the harsh measures employed to
rescue local authority from dislOyal
hands. But the times have happily
changed, and with the improvement
comes the necessity for revision Of the
policy arising out Of the rebellion, and
the adoption Of course calculated to
restore good will throughout the cormu-
nifty. Disfranchisement may serve
useful purpose in special circumstances,
but its continuance after the danger
which produced it has passed away, can
serve no useful purpose"
Year: 1869

BosroN, June IA special commit
tee Of city officials will meet President
Grant at the depot Wednesday morning,
and informally accompany him to the st
James Hotel After breakiasting an
official call will be made by Mayor Shurt-
lift on behalf of the city, and Governor
Clofiin and committee of the LegislaN
ture on behalf of the Commonwealth.
The pupils Of the Latin and English
High Schools will assemble in front of
the St James and salute the President
during the forenoon At noon be will
review several Thousand troops on the
common, under command of General B.
r. Butler, and in the afternoon he will
attend the Peace Jubilee


General Sherman and other distin-
guished officers are expected with the
President