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Year: 1869

The rain poured steadily down
during the time the various orgSn
izations were getting into line, be-
tween the Treasury Department
and Georgetown. Not daunteG,
however, by the weather, the
streets continued to fiji up with
people, who watched with great
eagerness every movement made,


At quarter 10 eleven Chief
Marshal Gen. Webb rode TO Gen.
Grants headquarters and reported
the procession ready to move and
waiting for the presence Of the
President elect.


Around the headquarters q very
large crowd had assembled to see
Gen Grant make bis appearance
A full company Of cavalry and q
mounted band were drawn up in
line opposite the headquarters, to
move into line with their Comman.
der.in Chief.
Year: 1869

Were the first to mvve toward
the White House, and their march
ing attracted much attention. A
company of fifty colored me n
who walked all tho way from
North Carolina TO witness the in
auguration ELECTED much attention.
The procession will be much lar.
ger than was anticipated, and in
consequence will not got to the
Capitol until half past twelve
O'Clock.
Year: 1869

The streets were with the great
est difficulty kept clear Of people
by the police, and everywhere
Gen Grant was greeted with
cheers, The scene can not well
be described in this brief dispatch


The windows OF every house
along tho route were filled with
ladies. who waved handkerchiefS
and flags To all these manifesto
tions OF good will, Gen Grant rose
and bowed on each side as the
carriage was driven along.
Year: 1869

Arriving opposite to the White
House, q halt was made TO await
the coming OF President Johnson.
After some little delay, II message
came from the White House that
Mr., Johnson did not intend To ride
in a carriage with the procession;
and with many surmises at this
strange proceeding, tho procession
moved on.
Year: 1869

Contrary to expectation and against


the public pefare, the straight Republicans
of the Constitutional Convention held a
caucus a, Springfield on Saturday night,
and resolved to organize tse Convention on
strictly party grounds. This, though con
trary to the proprieties of the occasion, and
the hopes of the better part Of the people of
the State, is 10 perfect keeping with the
history of The Republican party, whoss speak.
ers insist on thrasting their politics forward
on all occasions--At church, in the social
circle, in Constitutional Conventions, in
courts of justice aud even at the eed side of
the dying and on funeral occasions Old
Grsnd.mama Oglesby was present, and is
said to have made a "s,rong speech" in
favor of a strictly partizau organization, and
to have declared that the people of the
state demand Republican constitution.
Milton Hay presided at the caucus, and
Joseph Medill of Chicago, and one Church
were put in nomination as candidates for
President of the Convention. Medill was
chosen by the caucus as its candidate by
vote Of 10 to IL. II 10 due TO Mr.. Medill to
say he was not present, and it is hoped that
he will do himself the credit to decline
partizan caucus nomination to preside over
q convention to which 10 he sent by non.
Par''~"n constituency to sssistip framing
constitution for his state.


1t is thus settled that 30 far as the straight
Republicans may have the strength to bring
about such result, we are to have, as the
result of the labors of the Constitutions
Convention, q constitution devised in n
party caucus room, and in the interest of a
party. The strength of the two parties,
however, is about equal, and, it is hoped
few respectable Republicans may be found
to unite with the Democrats to defeat any
partizan movement in that body.


We record with pleasure the fact that the
Democrats of the Convention have held no
caucus but hold themselves ready TO unite
with the independent members in in non.
partizan policy in the selection of officers
and doing the work Of the convention. Any
other course would entitle them to public
execrstion.
Year: 1869

The thermometer sunk from ten to TWEEN
ty four degrees below zero throughout New
England last Wednesday morning. The
snow in Boston and thereabouts is over
foot deep, and there is excellent sleighing
Year: 1869

A telegram from Rome reports ths. the
Pope has issued decree providing that in
case Of his death the Ecumenical Council be
dissolved and none but cardinals take part
in the election of his successor.
Year: 1869

"MANIFEsT DESTINY" approaches rapidly
to definite development, in the annexation
OF Cuba 10 this country. Our national eyes
have long been fixed upon the beautiful
island, and when territory so comparatively
valueess as Alaska, is paid for in hard gold
it is fair to suppose we will avail ourselves
of the first convenient excuse to acquire
Cuba for nothing. But the tyranny of the
Spanish rule has quite alienatcd from the
home government majority of the Cuban
people, and they would vastly prefer being
united to our free and happy Republic. Still
further, the insolent and high-handed CON
duct of the Spanish officials, on the island,
towards the American residents, adds an
other reason to a list already sufficiently
formidable.


Cuba Is coming. Who will be the first
United States Senators from the new State /?
Shall we not have her vote for the 10Th
Amendment
Year: 1869

NOTHING MORE RECOMMENDS President
Grant and his Administration to thoughtful
and humane people than the noble stand he
las taken on the Indian question. The
language of his Inaugural was most graft
Tying, and the letter which we print else
where, to-day, is equally creditabe to him
as Christian and statesman.
Year: 1869

On Tuesday OF last week a retired gentle.
man, who had been spending the winter in the
Kent county alms-house, started to go some
where by walking on the railroad. In jumping
from the track to avoid an approaching train,
near Willow Grove station, he fell, and his head
was so near the rail ut the time of the passage OF
the train that the wheels cut the hair of of the
top Of his head Though terribly frightened, the
man was not al all injured
Year: 1869

The New YoRK TRIBUNE counts twenty
one States. (Which is over the real number,
that have ratified the new Amendment, and
cries triumphantly-"Success is almost be-
''yond contingency Land, hot" The
Tribune is tremendous rejoicer, but con
sidering how little ii did to bring the Amend
ment up in Congress, or press its passage, or
advocate it as the proper solution of the
suffrage question, there is a flavor of new
ness about Its enthusiasm.
Year: 1869

SENATOR BAYARp has made speech on
the 10th Amendment. Now let him explain
how much revenue he expected to raise by
his batch of Tax bills. Also whether he
really earned his five hundred dollars for
helping Eli contrive il. Also, whether the
tax on collins was inserted on purpose to
raise the necessary fees for the service.
Year: 1869

MACK says: And now comes General
Grant, with his promise of peace" be-
lied in advance by his means of estab-
fishing it,


Peace through Congressional recon-
struction is as impossible as virtue
through bagnio or salvation through
sin. The means are diametrically op-
posed to the end. "Attrition" was the
favorite mode cf warfare which Grant
looked to as the surest road to success.
1t reduced the whole struggle to a
question in arithmetic, and finally wore
the opposing forces into an enforced
surrender. Perhaps General Grant
when he conquered peace" in
his letter of acceptance, had still
the policy of "attrition" in his mind
He may have thought to wear cut the
spirit of "disloyalty" by legislative and
executive "attrition.' But he has be
fore him the solemn warning of Burke
and the greatest men who have evel
written or spoken on the subject, thai
this task is impossible, and he will yet
find that "disloyalty," will not yield tc
"artritiop," and that loyalty is not
plant of forced growth.


LET US have peace" by all means; bu
if YOU reason of the future by the past
don't expect it through Radical legisla
tion. That only, in the language o
Shakespeare, "rubs the wound when i
should bring the plaster
Year: 1869

The following daguerreotype of Re-


ben E. Fenton, the newly elected Set


ator from the State of New York, draw
by the New York Commercial AdUertisf
a leading Republican Journal, mu4|
prove highly interesting to the peopl:
of that State who are to be representa-
by him for the next six years:


The great political fraud of the ag}
has triumphed. Reuben E. Fenton ha2
been nominated by the. Republica1
members of the Legislature Of this Stat
for United States Senator. This dis
graceful result was produced by mer
who had full knowledge of the true
character of the man and the scandal.
ous history of his administration. IL
is sad commentary on the cendI-
ton of public sentiment and public
virtue. That a man whose char
acter is black with vices thai
make him loathsome, who is without 9
merit or a virtue that should entitle
him to the eminent position occupied
and aspired to by the ablest statesman
of the country, achieves such triumph,
is a sorry indication Of the demoralizcd
state of political society. 1t is history
again repeating itself, that in the de-
lirium of fanaticism and venality, bad
mea rise to the surface. In the face OF
the charges publicly made against Fen
toms administration, and dehantly in
vited into court to afford an opportunity
to prove them, this man is selected TO
be the representative of this great State
for the next six years, to be the peer OF
Fessenden, Trumbull, Sumner, Sherman,
Conkling, Wilson, Morton. and other
statesmen, eminent for ability and
integrity. Lock at the history of this
man, who is to be the associate of
these gentlemen. Starting out in life
with the most shameful Irregularities,
suspected of arson and charged with
theft-the record of his crime will be
found on the docket of the Albany Po-
lice Court of February 3, 1888, we pass
over these youthful indiscretions and
remind the reader that "as the twig is
bent the tree is Inclined and "what is
bred in the flesh cannot be taken out of
the bone" He becomes a member Of
Congress by one of those revolutions liz
politics by which designing men take
advantage and fiud their way to high
places. With no reputation for states
msnship, and less for integrity, he plays
his card with the cunning of the
sharper. and wins the prize for the NOM
instion of Governor at time when no
prominent man in the Republican ranks
could be found to accept the nomination.
Successful before the people, and seated
in the Gubernatorial chair of the State,
he gathers about him the most venal
crew that ever disgraced the purlieus Of
the Capital at Albany.


We have already given a brief but
interesting history of his administra-
tion at the Capital. 1t is record scan
dalous and without parallel in the
history Of the State. We have nothing
TO take back. We reiterate the charges
and stand for the proof. His friends
and admirers may call this vituperation
and billingsgate. We call it truth and
are prepared to prove it.


LET us have peace"
Year: 1869

An adrOit system of robbery is prsc-


ticed in Bostos. 1t consists of cutting
out a piece of window pane BY means
of diamond, and removing the same
with what is termed sucker placed
upon the piece cut out. On Saturday
evening jewelry worth three hundred
dollars was stolen from a Washington
street store throught such an aperture
Year: 1869

1t is a well established fact that fully one
half Of the female portion OF our population are
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health. or, 10
use their own expression, never feel we'll
They are languid devoid OF all energy, extreme
II nervous, and have no appetite.
To this class Of persons the BITTERS, or the
TONIC, is especially recommended.
Year: 1869

Proclamation by the GOvcrnor-An Extrncr.
dinary Term Of Oyer and Termincr 20 be
Held by Judge Card0zo.


The following proclamation directing the holding
Of an extra term OF the Court Of oyer and Terminer
by Judge Cardozo this month, will be OF interest to
certain class Of the communtv:--


STATE OF NEW YORK, EXECUTIVE DrrAsTNHvrl


ALBANY, May %. 1859.
JOHN HOFFMAN, Governor OF the Stale OF New York,
by virtue OF the reposed In by section d
the Code of Procedure OF this
of Samuel Garvin District Attorney OF the city county
Of New York, and IN judgment the public good requiring
the same do hereby appoint special court Of Oyer
and Terminer, 10 be held in and for the city
the said city, to be commenced on Monday, the
2sh OF June next and TO be continued held
az II may be necessary And eereby direct the said Dis
rct Attorney of said city and county OF New York
pecept according 70 The statute in such made and
vidsd directed TO the Sheriff of said city OF New
York. to do and peror all that may be required by
said precspt.


And hereby designate and appoint Albert Cardozo
the Justices OF the Supreme Court the Justice who shall
hold said extraordinary term Of Oyer and Terminer
In witness whereof have hereunto set hand axed
the pryy seal Of the Sate a the city OF Albany the sh
day of May, 1859. JOHN r. HOFFMAN
By the Governor;


Jons d. VAN BuRRS, Private Secretary.
Year: 1869

PLEASURE PARTY DRowNEp.-ln the township
youne ladies, attended by three young men, went
out In n email boat on Jordan lake for pleasure
ride Amer getting into deep water one OF the young
Iad,es fell overheard and In tho effort TO her
the boat was capnzcd precipitating the whole party
into the water. One OF the young men aud Oil Of
the young ladies were crowned.
Year: 1869

cussed. The first was TO dissolve
the present association. Second, to
reduce the rates of elevating to one
half cent per bushel. Both points
were fully discussed, and the prevail
ing sentiment was that elevating can
be done more cheaply by an associ,a-
ton than By individuals, and the
feeling was general that the proper
course to pursue is, to reduce the
rates to one half cent per bushel. 4


The meeting adjourned to meet
Thursday for the discussion OF the
nnints
Year: 1869

Attendance nc tho Schools During tho Past


Year.
The following table shows the average attendance
OF pupils and the whole number taught in the schools
under the control Of the Board OF Education Of this
city for the year 1885, appears from the sworn
turns made by the principals and filed In the ONCE
Of the Clerk Of the Board
Year: 1869

fr4m Slavonic race the people on tho


q kreat degree been ltaiianized. Tn0N


arb very warike, living chiefly on the


TO defend against the incursions OF MontcQ
robbers. vendettas are frequent among thon -
to this day. When the territory passed to theta
OF Austria from that OF the Venetian republic It's In
habitants were exempted from service IN the stand


Ing army; but they were bound to form terrttorial
militia for the defence OF their homes


Under the new military law the organization OF
the militia was somewhat altered. and this atera-
ton was made the pretext for the present outbreak
When the new recruiting lists for the militia were to
be made ont the nighanders rose IN arms. and
small detachment OF troops sent TO strengthen the
garrison OF a blockhouse on the Montenegrin from
tier was attacked by the insurgents, VINO stabbed
the officer IN command to death with their daggers.
This looked as IL the insurrect0n had been got up
by Montenegro. which has long desired to possess
Cattaro in order TO have access to the sea. The
letter to the Governor OF Dalmatia In winch he
assures him that he viii do MS utmost TO prevent
his subjects from giving assistance " the rebels.
Year: 1869

a New York correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune says: Thomas Mast
has turned his powerful pencil to one of
these social evils, and has recently
shown up one OF them In q bold. bare
and truthful light. The title OF the
cartoon is The Wife of the Period
Suffer no little children to come unto
me-" The picture represents a group
in n proscenium box A stylishly dressed
woman, with her right hand held back
as if to ward OFF some unpleasant nppa~
riIion; a large-jawod, idiotic-looking
youth, a thin-faced fop, with hair parted
in the middle, looking through his eye
glass over the woman's fully exposed
bust. n man with q sneering face. re-
calling Mephistopheles, and back of all
in the rear of the box, the husband,
who seems TO have no connection with
the rest of the group. hjs right hand
also extended as IL to ward off some~
thing, and that something is indicated
by an angel dimly seen in the back
ground, holding an infant on her right
arm, while two other children cling 10
her skirts. pointing with her finger 70
:he inscription THE American Race
is Dying Out"


1t Is fearful picture, horribly sug-
gestive picture, in more respects than
one; but il is a true picture. tits SER
mon which needs preaching in many q
childless household. Ii is a sermon the
truth of which scores of respectable
physicians will testify TO. IL is a ser.
mon which ought TO be hurled against
the heads of scores of quacks who make
child-iourder their lucrative profession
1t is an eloquent sermon in brief agains
a brutal, inhuman and Goddess practice
which is gaining ground with frightfu
rapidity in this country and in this city
1t seems to me that there is quit
enough of evil in society, against which
the morslists might launch their invec'
tives. compared with which the semi
nudities of a few scores of ballet-dancer
are quite innocent.
Year: 1869

The Salt Lake Telegraph is being this
week removed to Ogden in toto. Ev~
identity Salt Lake City is subsiding into
an Id foc-v church town. and Stenbouse
dies 10 the arms of the much decried
civilization
Year: 1869

THE boy who, when asked to what
trade he would wish to be brought up,
replied, stI will be trustee, because
ever since papa has been a trustee we
have had pudding for dinner" was .
wise child in his generations. is
Year: 1869

THE fast freight train going South on
the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincin-
natl Railroad, at eleven O'Clock Tues
day morning, ran over an unknown
man near the northern limits of Crest
line. The engineer discovered him
laying across the track and used every
effort TO arouse him, but of no avail.
He was struck by the engine and hor-
ribly mutilated, and probably instant-
ly killed, as he was dead on being
picked up. A little change was found
on his person, but no papers to identity
him. He had been seen wandering
around town this morning, and may
have committed suicide.
Year: 1869

poses now to vndicate himself against the charges
After auding to the fact that "the New York Herald
treated the report as another sensational humbug,n
DI Porter proceeds to say


The substance of these in their worst form is,
na haSng charge Of SnPpng the Book Concern with
allowed him them to charge the house heavy commits
sion which commission shared with him them, where.
terms 10 this reply that it made special
duty TO buy the for the a ALL either by vr.
pe o. my appointment or by any arrangement between
take it, knowing little of the bu and being necessarily
absent from the city much of tue time. Besides found
anotner man OF long experience and unquestoned skill
the ONCE therefore never bought pound of paper
during the whole twelve of connection with the
allow him any commission whatever, great small.
Neither am aware that he employed by any other
party TO do TINS work. Instead OF defr luding the
Ooncern as wckody insnuated, did thousands OF dol
lars OF extra literary and other SERVICE for which never
received dime, besides expendng Mt least $1,000
year for several years. Of private funds learned before
And did this to lift that embarrassed Concern out of
IT'S more than SlOOOO Indebtedness oocasoned by the
in which found it, and place IL the solid foundation
on which had the pleasure of leaving il.


After lengthy discussion OF the subject he con-
cludCs as lOoWS:--


rumor and what is the inspiration and object of them
OF course, can give positive answer. They bear
telnal evidence of specific origin and object have
traced those against me to personal source and have
written theory of the but withhold it for the
that defense not he embarrassed by collateral
issues. The only question to be settled s:Did DR.
Porter do what is alleged? IN have proved that he did
not to the satisfaction of those who have whispered the
scandal eight or ten years. as is truthtu declared by
pains to retrac the alsehood and repair the injustice
done and hope that editors who have given publicity
to the rumored implications will do the justice 30 pub
ish defense and otherwise seek to repair the damage
unWittingly done
Year: 1869

Anthony Corcoran was arrested in Minneapolis for
shooting Miss Alice Ferguson, beautiful girl OF
sixteen, for whose hand he had been a suitor On
the preliminary examination Miss Ferguson tes-
titled that the night of the 5th Of August between
S and O'Clock, COrcoran came to her room at the
NcOllet House, and not suspecting any danger she
told him to come in; as he came in she arose to go
out, and he told her TO sit down she replied that she
would Sit down If he would; she then sat down,
when he asked her If she had considered the ques-
ton he had asked her before, to which she replied
that she had, and that her answer was the same as
It always had been, and that she did not want to
nave anything 10 do with him she then started TO go
out OF the room, and AS she did so he raised up and
placed one hand against tie door, and the other IN
MS pocket; he then said If she did not marry MN
she should never marry any one else aud that she
might take her choice-either marry him or dlej sne
replied that she wouldn't marry him he then aimed
at her heart and fired his pistol she raised her eit
hand, in which she held a book, ana tne Dali went
into her wrist and lodged he then went out Of the
room and shut the door.