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Year: 1868

TIE PEAcEABLE CONDITION OF THE
SourH.-With the undoubted causes for
irritation and excitement which exist in tie
unreconslructed States. it Is marvel how
the Southern people keep SO quiet and
peaceable. Born with a love OF freedom at
once deep and ineradicable, and inheriting a
repuguance to military oppression which the
war ofthe revolution developed and nurtured,
we nave seen them sitting quietly down for
the past three years and peaceabIy submit
ting 10 the yoke of the conqueror.


New York Herald
Year: 1868

DAUPHIN COUNTY REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.


The Dauphin County Republican Convention
met yesterday afternoon to appoint Senatorial and
Representative delegates TO the State Convention They
were Instructed to vote for Grant and Geay Tor Pres
dent and Vice President
Year: 1868

The Presbyterian Union Convention In Indian.


ap0Iis.


INDIANAPOLIS, March I3. 1858.
IL the Presbyterian Union Convention the topics
suggested yesterday were discussed during the entire
session OF to-day and the following minutes were
adopted


Resolved, That this Convention holds that the
Church s by the constitution Of her living head Is
one built upon the foundation Of the Apostles and
Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner
stone, and that however impracticable visible or.
ganc union may at present SEEM 1t is the duty Of all
the different branches OF the Church TO pray for and
by all proper means seek such organic union.


Resolved, That from the expression OF opinion
given In the Convention the basis OF the Philadel
pta Convention Is endorsed as a satisfactory basis
for tie reunion Of the Old and New School Assem-
blies.


Resolved That In the language OF the Philadelphia
basis, the book OF psalms, which is 0. divine
inspiration Is well adapted to the state Of the Church
in all ages and circumstances, and should be used In
the worship OF Cod therefore we recommend TO
prepare the way for the smaller bodies represented
In this Convention to unite with larger. that new and
faithful version OF the book OF psalms be prepared
which shall take the first place IL the authorized
psaimody OF the United States Church.


Tie Convention then adjourned SINE die
Year: 1868

A.-SeIling on: Our Entire Stock Must be Sold
before May to make room for very important alteration
and extension building The cheapest largest and
best ready made Clothing for men and boys be found IN
this city merchant tailoring department 10 under the
management Of Mr. Brownell late Of Broadway and has
Just been replenshed with entire assortment Of
novelties London Paris Boston and New York. One
entire store full, just made up, Spring 0vercoats


BROKAW BROTHERS,


62 Lafayette place and Fourth avenue,


opposite Cooper Institute.
Year: 1868

PUss IN BooTs-Another good thing is in
preparation. The S. P. Society of the New
Jerusalem Church in this city, who have won
such golden opinions for the charming enter
tainments got up by them in past seasons, will
bring out ON Friday evening next, at the City
Hall, the beautiful fairy operetta of Puss IL,
Boots. The ladies and gentlemen composing
this Society are unsurpassed for the taste and
skill which they manage affairs of this kind.
and they have spared neither labor nor ex-
pense in the arrangement of costumes, scene
ry and all the other accessories necessary for a
brilliant effect, Chandler will furnish the mu-
sic, and the entertainment will conclude with
promenade concert. All who remember the
graceful pantomime of Cinderella and the
charming spectacle of the Snogfake, as brought
out by the S. P. Society will know that they
may expect delightful entertainment on this
occasion, For sale of tickets, &c., see adver-
Year: 1868

SHALL MAINE BE THANKFUL?-We should
think so from listening to sermon delivered
by Rev. Mr.. Fem in his pulpit last Thanks
giving day. 1t was really an able production,
and gave our State high position among the
sisters of our Union. This sermon was full of
statistics, and contained much valuable infor-
nation, which ought to have more enduring
record than mere Judgement in the memories
of those who heard it. We would give more
extended view of it to our readers if we knew
where to begin and where to leave off after we
had begun, but it was so full of interesting
matter, and so bound together, that we can't
we'll break the chain and give detached parts
without in some good degree marring the beau
ty OF the whole. There was quite large con-
gregation for Thanksgiving Day present on the
occasion, but not so large as it ought to have
been, or probably would have been but for the
lnc'emency Of the weather. The speaker very
cheerfully gave credit to Walter Wells end
John A. Poor Tor many of the facts and figures
which he so ingeniously wove into his dis.
course. Politics had no place in it, and that
was well. The great election is passed, and
now the people Can return TO their respective
occupations and repair the damages the rebel.
lion has wrough. under the leadership of man
in whose honesty, ability and patriotism they
have full confidence
Year: 1868

GRAND CoNcERT.-The public must not be
unmindful of the grand sacred concert to take
place at City Hall tomorrow night. The large
audience who heard Mile, Filomena only some
four weeks ago, and were so much pleased
with her first appearance, will no doubt be
anxious to attend in order to gain greater
knowledge of her powers than single per-
formance can ever bestow. The fine music of
Halls Band is in itself a great attraction, as is
also Mr.. Halls cornet playing, and the rest of
the performers will do all in their power to
render the evenings entertainment a highly
satisfactory one
Year: 1868

CANADA wanted the possessions % the Hud-
son Bay Company. The matter was taken in
to consideration in the English Parliament
and it was found that there was no way to
dispossoss the great corporation of its lands
without its consent, and so the mother country
negotiated with the Company for a transfer to
Canada The price was agreed upon, but
Canada expected England to pay for the coun.
try and make the Dominion present of it.
This England refuses to do so, and matters
are at dead lock. The people of the Domin-
ion cherish a secret hope that England may
see the necessity of running railroad through
the Hudson Bay territory in order to connect
the D ominion with British Columbia and the
Pacific, and thus be compelled to make the
nurcnasa.
Year: 1868

OUR army swore terribly in Flanders, quoth
Uncle Tobey, but no worse will be bound to
say than many men at the present time who
are Obliged to eat heavy black bread, and think
the fault in the cook as they pay high prices
for Hour. Take my advice; get a barrel of
Chase's ten dollar flour, and you will have good
bread. You will find him at No. 169 Fore
street, near the foot of Exchange street.


nov22-3t
Year: 1868

MUNICIPAL CoURT.-There was not case
before the Municipal Court Friday. which
shows how quietly people passed Thanksgiving
day. We did not hear of but one fight or Draw
during the day.
Year: 1868

bis pledge, but again and again be found
from time TO time be was literally fall
log, ard one day, 30 close was he to the
verge OF the grave, that l said, Young
man, there was one man who went to
heaven in chariot of fire, but that is
no reason why you should go to heaven
ia one Of water, and went myself and
fetched glass of wine, which ensbled
him 20 finish his days work. he said,
What more Is to be done?' I said, /
will tell you my own experience. /
tried coDc;eRtiously to be teetOtslleF
FOR some nine months myself, but found
/ was obliged 10 give 1t up, at least
thought SO, and determined to take what
d d take in secret. bought some wine
and some medicine glasses, and think
FOR year drank no wine but out of a
medicine glass and with locked door.
Bat, Of course, it leaked out, and found
| was doing more harm than by open
drinking. / found some had got a habit
Of secret drinking who were confirming
themselves in what / Was doing so l
put the medicine glass on one side, that
no one should say / vas ashamed OF do
ing publicly what did in private"


The New York World gives the fol-
lowing estimate of the number Of Trade
Unions 10 the United States:
Year: 1868




Orr AS A REMEDY AGAINST In.
sEeTs.--Many years ago we yere in
terested in some. experiments made \
BY some medical students on the der
struction of insect life by oil. The /
slightest drop Of sweet oil, put on the
back Of hornet, beetle, bee, or SINH /
lar thing, caused its instant destrnc-
tion. We were told that the breath.
ing pores were closed BY. the oil, and
life was literally smothered out. In
after life, greasy water was always 4
favorite mode with us Of DESTROYING
insects, and we have repeatedly urged
it upon the readers Of this Journal.
Yet we are astonished to find how lit
tie the hint has been acted on. AL.
most every day we meet people who
ask how todestroy this insect or that .
and our dravertis filed with similar
inquiries; and to all the, idea Of,
grease or Of oil seems as new o one as
if we had kept the matter o profound
secret. .19a I7siW


Of the millions Of people in the
United States, how few are there who
would not s'give anything" as they
say, to. know how to keep away the !
cabbage fly from their seed beds. yet !
about a tablespoonful of coal oil,
put in common garden waterproof,
sprinkled over the seed.bed, when the
little jumping beetle is noticed as hav.,
ing appeared, will instantly destroy,
the whole brood.


A correspondent of this journal re-
Gently gave us an article on the vir-
tues OF coal oil in killing scale insects.
We have repeated the experiment on
some Daphnes with entire success. ana


1a short, we have no doubt that
coal oil, well diluted with water, is
death to all kinds Of insects, and there
is no reason why it should not be in
'as general use as tobacco is for kill
ing aphldes--more valuable, in, fact,
because it can be applied in SO many
cases where smoke cannot. a2' =


One great point in favor Of coal oil
is, that it acts as manure to vegeta-
tion, while dealing out death to il.
sects. We have seen cabbage beds
nearly destroyed by the cabbage fly,
and have seen the whole crop Of bee
ties destroyed almost simultaneously,
while in few days afterwards tho
plants, as if by magic, would cover
the bed with luxuriant leaves.


We do not believe that the undi-
uted oil would prove injurious TO the
leaves, but such extravaganza is un-
necessary, as the small quantity we
have given is effectual


No doubt the eggplant fly, and all
insects that can be reached by the oil,
can be destroyed. r. s48d


There is scarcely one Of our readers
to whom we are sure this hint alone
will not be worth many annual sub
scriptions. ss2


We may add that any oil is as good
as coal oil, but that being likely to be
more easily obtained when wanted, is
recommended also care must be used
to keep the water in the pot stirred
when used, so that portion Of the oil
gets out as the water runs, otherwise
the oil floating on the top Of the. water
will stay there till all the water goes
out and only the oil be left for the
last. For this reason syringe, in
many cases, will be preferable to the
water pot, as the oil and water will
have a better chance of getting out.
Gardeners Monthly. ad
Year: 1868

JOHN ". LANGsToS, the celebrated col
ored scholar and orator, created sensa-
ton when lie spoke in Louisa Court House
Virginia, some time ago, in favor,
of the republican party. The seeesh
were at first highly indignant at the i'm
pudence Of q negro coming to. talk in
their midst, even to his own people but
hey were good deal taken down, first
by his wonderful eloquence and finished
Style, and next By the fact that Langston
proved to be the son Of one of their
slaves The education Lalgston reeeiV-
ed came from his white father, who, as he
said in his address, "slcerS by the side of
my slave mother in the village grave,
yard" The Confederate General Cor
don was so pleased with Langston that
he called upon and invited him to his
house after he had heard his argument
in favor of Radical Republicanism, and
the white ladies of the place would not
be satisfied till he had given them
speech in the village church. Truly, the
world moves!
Year: 1868

WuIsrLIyG GIRLs.-Notwithstanding
the old proyerb, writer steps forward
t. defend whistling girls in this indepen-
deut fashion: Show me the girl whe
has the hardihood to whistle in these days,
when everything natural, even to the
very hair Of your head, is at discount,
and I'll show you Il girl who can be de-
pended upon, one who Will not fail You
In time Of need, and will give You the
true hearty grasp, the cordial hand-shake,
the warm, genuine welcome the tip o! o!
the kid glove and a cold how do you do:'
who can brave danger, look toll in the
face without shrinking. laugh with those
that laugh, and weep With those that
weep, as well as whistle with those that
whistle who can. take the world as she
finds it, rough and rugged, and not 60
through life as though she were walking
on eggs and afraid Of cracking shell
who deals in substance, not shadow.
Year: 1868

'1Beyond this, he represents nothing to
me but the cold lava of the burnt-out


volcano of the late civil war;" There
is great deal of cold impudence in this,


but l think it correctly represents the
f, cling Inf the leaders of the Locofoco


party in regard to the record of our


brave men in the war against the rebels
their desire that instead of being for


ever remembered with gratitude by the
country, they should, as soon as possible,


be forgotten, as representing the most
appalling evil, instead of the glorious
deeds of a patriot fighting for his coun


try. .rla ea t rsag ar a.


1 do not know that 1 fully understand
your idea in regard to the payment of
the national debt If in moral point
of view the nation, as debtor, in pay
ing borrowed money, is bound only to
pay the real value of the money bor-
rowed, instead of the number of dollars
called for, the same rule ought to be OBJ
served in settling loans between individ-
uals-that is, it ought to be regarded as
inequitable to demand more than the
actual value of the thing borrowed. But
how is this to be ascertained? 1 believe
that in 1864 gold was as high as ESQ.,
Shall we, therefore, say that for every
$3.50 loaned to the Government only 81
in gold should be paid ? The fact is
that, at that very time, paper dollar
was, for many purposes, worth more than
paper dollar is now. The price of Ia
Dor and the price of land are much high
er now than in 1864, in paper; and if
the creditor had, at that time, invested
his money in land instead of public Sc
curities, the investment would have been
equal, probably, to the fve-twenties pay
able in gold. But your statement leaves
undisposed of the real and all-absorbing
question involved in this matter. What
is the Government to do with the cur
rency2 Are we to have currency that
shall be standard of values. or are we,
for an indefinite period. to have an irre-
deemable and deprecated currrency2 g
-an1a Your friend, T. @. JONES.
Year: 1868

w. G.. ID. says, alm


"Tug TRIBUNE asks why gold is Away, low when the
Treasury sells It,"


No such thing. We asked why tho Treasury
always happens TO sell when gold is Iowa
horse of quite another color from w. G. DIS.
All know that the Treasury must sell gold at
some time then why not sell when it is highest,
and not wait to seal when it is lowest 7? IL Mr..
Van Dyck were selling his orn gold, he would
sell it whenever the price mounted above 145,
and not when it was below 140. We ask him
TO sell for the Government as he would for
himself.


w. G.. ID. argues that the Treasury ought not
to sell gold at all, but hoard till it should have
enough to resume on.


There are three objections to this scheme ::
1. 1t would create an artificial and needless
scarcity of gold, and thus enhance the price,
to the profit of gamblers and mOnoDOlists; 2.
The Treasury mast have current funds and
is often obliged to sell gold to obtain them,
unless W. G. ID. would have it borrow more
money while its vaults were full OF com;
3. Ii isn't the honest, straightforward
way of doing things The Govern
ment is heavily in dobt, and it is NOR
ally bound to pay its past-due obligations as
fast as it can. private debtor who should
keep his vaults full of coin and say TO his i'm
Fortunate creditors =" | am piling up the money
with which intend, two or three years hence,
"to pay all owe,n would be accounted knave
and rightly If you owe more than you can
pay, pay what you can.


The Government keeps large hoard OF coin
If it fully purposed Resumption on the 1st OF
January next, this might be justified; but.
since that is not purposed, every dime beyond
the current wants of the Treasury should be
devoted to paying off debt. Had Mr.. McCul-
loch pursued this course from the start he
would have saved at least Ten Millions of
Dollars which have already been paid in interest
beyond what would have been paid under the
policy we favor. If any one can tell why he
should not have saved those Ten Millions to
the People, whose paid servant he is, let him
speak. We believe the premium on gold would
have ranged lower and the credit of the Gov
elnment that is. the price Of its bonds much
higher If he had seen tit to save the People
those Ten Millions.
Year: 1868

Pennsylvanians your State has been rightly
called the Keystone. You do not now abso-
lutely hold up the rounded arch of our as
sured triumph we can win without
your aid. But you can give us greater
moral assistance; you can thrill us with
warmer inspiration; you can place upon the
remaining campaign the seal of more perfect
assurance than can any other OF our great
Commonwealth. The position, the strength,
the hour, are yours; need We exhort you to bc
true TO each .'-.."


Five years ago Abraham Lincoln, standing
on n spot, next to your Independence Hall, the
most sacred on Pennsylvania soil, uttered the
most memorable words-next to the Declaration
of Independcnce-tha wero ever breathed
upon Pennsylvania air. Let us call them up
as the most fitting with which to nerve you
for the new struggle in which you arc now
engaged:


"Fourscoro and seven years ago fathers brought
forth upon this continent nation, conceived IN b-
ery and dedicated 10 the proposition that all men are
created equal. Now we are engaged IN great cisl
war, testing whether that nation or any nation 80
We are met on great battlefield 81
that war We met to dedicate portl3n Of az the
that nation might live. II ls altogether fitting
and proper that we should do this But IN
"A
secrste we cannot hallow this ground The brave
men living and dead who struggled here haze conko'
Grated 10 far above our power 10 add OF detrao INC
world viii tte note nor long remember what We NY
here but II forget what hey ala here ltls
the living rather 10 be dedicated here 10 the an


finished work that they have thus far nobly carried
IL is rather for us TO be here dedicated
from these honorcd take ereds,d dorOtOnS ~ ne
cause 6, thoh hey here Jape NE last m MEASURE Of De.
hare died in rain nat he nao,, shall under God hare
neic birth OF freedom, and that hc Gorcrnntnf o l1o-
pie. by e people and for ne people, 'haH not P11h no"
The earth"


Pennsylyanians! your political Gettysburg is
to be fought tomorrow You struggle with
open aud with secret foes, with invasions from
abroad aud with domestic violence, with frauds
stamped with the seal of Court OF justice,
and with the yillainies of men who have only
perjury for their weapons. We beseech every
man worthy to be called a son of Pennsylva
MIA to be now dedicated TO the great task re-
naming before us-to take from the honorod
dead of the State increased devotion 10 the
cause for which they gave the last full measure
of devotion We implore each one that lac now
highly resolve that these dead shall not have
died in vain, that the Nation shall under God
have a new birth of freedom, and that the gov
ernment of the people, by the people, and for the
people, shall not perish from the earth From
those graves on your own soil-from that grave of
the Nations in the Far West-these words come
back to you now for present inspiration In
your present duty. We have an abiding faith
that in their spirit you will work and triumph.
Year: 1868

The butchery of negroes at 0pelousas turns
out, by the admission of the Rebels themselves,
to have been even more gross and inexcusable
than our first accounts indicated. We print
elsewhere both the Republican and the Rebel
version. An editor, it seems, had spoken of u
display of Rebel spirit at political meeting.
BY way of showing that there was no Rebel
spirit, they cowhided him. The negroes gath
cred to protect him, and he trusting to the
laws for protection, asked them TO disperse.
The Rebels then took possession of the town.
sent around their patrols, disarmed the negroes.
and thencefOrward had things all their own way.
The Rebel account says it is estimated that
cover one hundred negroes were killed, and
" about fifty wounded" And it is added, quite
naturally. that the peaceloving and orderly
Whites, whom these riotous negroes are keep
ing in constant terror of their lives lost four
wounded and none killed" How long shall
we permit this persecution of the peaceful
Whites
Year: 1868

The act of Congress providing for the natu
ralization of aliens mentions, as condition
precedent to the admission of any one to citi-
zenship, that it shall appear to the satisfaction
of the court that the applicant for citizenship,
during his residence in the United States,
"has behaved as o man of good moral charac


"ter, attached to the principles of the Consti-
tuition of the United States, as well as dis
"posed to the good order and happiness of the
Same This is point upon which the courts
seldom trouble themselves to make any inqui-
ries whatever; and if all the new voters who
are annually marched from Tammany to the
City Hall with blank papers in their hand
were required to satisfy the courts of their
good moral character, tho Democratic majori-
ties in NewYork would be very much reduced.
Year: 1868

for the Southern press informs us this morning
how a dog at church door started riot,
how an indiscriminate firing took place, how
the police fed, and then the negroes fed and
then the police returned, and how, after all,
nobody was hurt.
Year: 1868

DARIUS " BERRY has been nominated for ths
Assembly by the Republicans Of Montgomery
County Mr. Berry is an able. honest and efficient
man. He is immensely popular and we are assured
that he will carry the District in the face Of the IN
Democratic majority of last year. In 1896 the Rs-
publicans had majority.
Year: 1868

Even the Southern Associated Press is forced
this morn;no. 10 admit that the ku-klux nave
broken up the registration in several counties
of Arkansas. ave must disperse the carpet
"bae State Governments, and suffer the white
"people to reorganize their own Governments
ave must trample the Reconstruction acts OF
"ConCress into the dust
Year: 1868

were forbidden to assemble for private wor-
ship or to read Protestant books. At the out
break of the recent revolution several Protest
ants were in prison for transgrossing these
barbarOus laws