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Year: 1868

crimes of the President, win exercise
its power to .depose from Office the
worst man and the most reckless usurp-
er that ever held the position.


[Cleveland Herald, Feb. 22d.j


This action of Mr.. johnson is another
of those erratic and insane endeavors to
make himself martyr in the eyes Of
the people. On the plea of wonderful
devotion 10 the Constitution, he strikes
out W Idly in every direction 10 keep
himself before the country. He is in-
dustriourly seeking the nomination of
the Democratic party. This attempt
again to remove Secretary Stanton is
either designed to bring about an arm
ed collision between himself and Con-
gress, or is a feeble effort to keep up
the character of martyr. 1t is wholly
unwarranted an in direct violation IF
the Civil Tenure of Office Bill. Mr..
johnson and his advisers, we are aware,
deny this, aud, possibly, he may have
issued this order with view to throw
| ing the whole question into the Supreme
Court to decide on the Constitutionslity
of the Law by which Mr.. Stanton holds
his position.


No fears need be that, if the Presi-
dent has organized plan for an armed
collision with Congress, that he can sue
ceed. Gen. Grant is commander Of the
army, aud the army cannot be used by
Mr., johnson to carry out his reckless
lsehemes. That Mr. Johnson is reckless
enough to plunge the country into an
other civil war, if he could hope for
success, we doubt not. lie is capable
of audscities greater than is generally
supposed. But even he, blinded with
rage and ambition, cannot be SO dull
as not to see how utter must be his
failure in any such attempt.
Year: 1868

Secretary Stanton has beaten the
President at his own game. During
last night he swore out an affidavit
against General Thomas for attempting
to interfere in his duties as Secretary
Year: 1868

[Sandusky Register, Feb. 22d.


Acting under the worst of eounsels,
Mr.. johnson has been foolhardy enough
to precipitate direct conflict between
himself and Congress by attempting
forcibly to remove Secretary Stanton
during the session of the Senate. He
has usurped the judicial prerogatiye of
deciding the Tenure-of-Office law un-
constitutional, and.has acted upon that
decision. We should be glad to think
that this forcible removal of Mr.. Stanton
would lead only to a peaeeable test of
the validity of the law before the Su-
preme Court, but we cannot see it so.
We look for trouble of serious nature
and very soon. We write upon the sup
position that johnson has already forci-
bly, removed Stanton, or will do SO to-
day. We earnestly hope our Congress
may be equal to the new and rugged
issue. With this hope we await de-
velopments with anxiety.


cleveland Leader, Feb 22d


The removal of Secretary Stanton,
coming as it does without any note of
admonition or warning, and the inn
mediate appointment of Ex-Adjutant
General Lorenzo Thomas TO the posi-
ton, in defiance of the Tenure of Office
Act, startles and surprises the country.
1t is a revolutionary act, and it gives
such evidence, not merely of the fierce
and bitter wrongheadeduess of the
President, but of his deliberate inten-
ton to oppose the laws and usurp the
judicial authority of the country that
we may well stand aghast at the con
sequences it threatens. Thank heaven
that in this emergency We have Con
cress as true as steeli The usurpatiou
of the President viii be met by no
eowardly compliance, no trucking
timidity. We can put our trust in that
Congress, resting satisfied that if the
President shall continue in bis mad
course of usurpation, the executive
branch of tho Government, to whom,
by the Constitution, is entrusted the
solemn prerogs+iye of furnishing the
Year: 1868

OF General Grant, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel G. B.
Penrose, Captain and Commissary Of Subsistence,
Is relieved from duty in the First Military District
and ordered to return to Washington and report to
the Commissary General.


Arrival Of the Idaho mt Cape Town.


Dispatches have been received at the Navy De-
partment from Volunteer Lieutenant Commander
Edward Hooker, commanding United States steamer
Idaho announcing the arrival Of that vessel at Cape
Town, Cape Of Good Hope after passage OF twenty
four days from Rio Janero. All on board were WELL
Year: 1868

|The New York Tribune SAYS that the Pc
publican of that State and Of the whole country
Will gsdly learn that the movement To detect
and expose the gigantic frauds whereby the
vote of hat city last week was so monstrously '
falls heC is beipg prosecuted with visor and
resolution. They may rest assured that it Will
be pushed On TO the end. Particulars Will be
gwen in due season.
Year: 1868

~ The new diocese OF the Episcopal Church
in Northern New York VIII come into exist
eIce on Sunday next Ry the suggestion OF
the present Bishop the day " i'll be celebrated
in all The Episcopal Churches III that part OF
the State by the administrator OF the Holy
Comm union AT the morning service, when the
offerings OF the people will be appropriated
To the fnnd for the support OF the Bishop who
Is elected ON the I'd of Decemocr.
Year: 1868

ELEVEN millions of dollars per month
is now the running expense of the
army alone. This will be increased if a
war with the Indians on the plains
should follow the present demonstration
of General Sherman, SO that at the end
of the fiscal year taxpayers may have
to face Que hundred and eighty or two
hundred millions as the expenses of one
department of the government. This
Indian difficulty could have been pre-
vented il the troops had not been kept
in the South to aid the Radicals in
forcing negro suffrage and equality up
on the people of that section. Twenty
thousand troops are stationed south OF
the Potomac, at q cost Of forty millions
per year. Had these been properly
placed on the plains, the Indians would
never have assumed their present posi-
tion. If, therefore, an Indian war does
occur, ali the bloodshed, suffering and
cost will be directly chargeable to the
Radical party.
Year: 1868

IT has cost the people about s29oO
since the war for each negro that has
been made voter for the benefit Of the
Radical party. White laboring men In
the North work five days fer themselves
and one for the negro each week.
Year: 1868

THE Radical carpet-baggers in Ala
bams early saw to it that imprison-
ment for fraud was done away with.
They did not know but the whole party
might get into Jail if the old laws con-
tinued in force.
Year: 1868

of which s499s42 consists in the market value Of its
stocks beyond their cost. The item Of commissions


whom it is paid would not be without interest In
the language of Mr.. Ezur Wright. one Of the most
eminent insurance authorities, Life insurance has
become exceedingly popular, and it Is an excellent
thing for those who need IL. Those who have no
creditors OF helpless persons depending upon them
Year: 1868

lie that lives without prayer or prays
without life has not the spirit Of God


We must all appear before the judg.
! ment-seat of Christ.


Remember that you are at the door Of
eternity, and have other work to do than
to trifle away time.


Turn to God and he will turn to you;
then you will be happy, though all the
world turn against you.


He that loveth not, knoweth not G God
for God is love.


If we forget God when we are young,
he may forget us when we are old. II
we expect to live with Christ in heaven,
we must live with him on earth. Christ
satisfied the law of God to the uttermost,
and therefore can save those who believe
in him to the uttermost.


Benefit your friends, that they may
love you more dearly still.


Benefit your enemies, that they may at
last become your friends.


Hope is the sweetest friend that ever
kept distressed soul company; it be-
guiles the tediousness of the way = all
the miseries of our pilgrimage.


Christians are not so much required to
live out of the world, as to live aJcUc it.
A hard duty, indeed. yet there is vic
tory which overcometh the world.


Many flowers open to the sun, but only
one follows him constantly. Heart, be
thou the sunfower, not only open to God s
blessings, but constant in looking to him.


He that is good may hope to become
better; he that is bad may fear that he
may become worse; for vice, virtue and
time never stand still.


In matters of conscience, first thoughts
are best; in matters of prudence, last
thoughts are best.


Religion is much talked of, but little
understood, till mans conscience is
awakened; then a man knows the worth
of soul and the want of Saviour.


Religion must be our business, then it
will be our delight.


Four things 4 Christian should spe-
cially watch after; to be humble and
thankful, watchful and cheerful.


If we would not fall into things unlaw-
ful, we must sometimes deny ourselves
those that are lawful.


If you follow Satan, you will find the
tempter prove a tormentor; if you follow
the Spirit, you will find the Counsellor
prove a Comforter


They that spend their days in faith and
prayer, shall end their days in peace and
comfort.
Year: 1868

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A week or two ago the wife of very
respectable merchant residing on Twelfth
street, in this city, died after short i'll
ness, and the usual arrangements were
made for the funeral services. One OF
the city undertakers, at the request of
the husband, provided very handsome
coffin for the deceased, into which the
hfeless remains were placed, and they
were permitted to remain In a room. Du-
ring the ensuing night, however, one of
the watchers, who had heard and read Of
reports of cases of suspended animation,
and being imbued with curiosity in the


premises, decided to ascertain for him
self whether there was any probability of
truth in such reports. A favorable op-
portunity presented itself for the fulfill
| ment of her schemes, and having salts,
fed herself that she was really alone with
the corpse, she obtained small looking
glass and laid it upon the face of the de-
ceased. To her great surprise there ap-
peared evidences of breathings upon the
face OF the glass, aud she resolved, for
fear of deception, to make another test
with another glass. The operation being
repeated the same signs were manifested
aud she revealed her discoveries to the
other watchers. Each in turn tried the
glass, and each had the satisfaction Of OBJ
serving precisely what the first did. OF
course In the morning the whole affair
was discussed with the family of the de-
ceased, and it then occurred that long
time ago young man, a member of the
woman's family, had died, and previous
to the burial the corpse had actually
rolled over on one side, showing signs of
life, and the case was declared to have
been one of suspended animation by the
best medical testimony that could be pro-
cured. Under all these circumstances it
was by the husband deemed advisable to
deter the funeral ceremonies, and accord


ingly notice was given that the interment
would not take place at the time previ-
ously announced. The corpse was left in
the coffin several days, and upon the fifth
day, after the supposed death, signs of
life were so numerous that the body was
removed to a bed, where it gradually be-
came warmer, and finally its previous
deadly expression forsook it altogether


The ensuing day the woman opened her
eyes, spoke on the third, and she is now
in fair way of recovery. Three well
known medical gentlemen are now en-
gagged in examining this case thoroughly,
and when their labors are completed, we
are promised their written opinions con
corning the affair. = Mobile Tribune.
Year: 1868

A youth, aged eighteen, belonging to
a respectable family of Paris, had, about
a year ago, been condemned for theft to
five years Imprisonment. His conduct in
prison being quite exemplary, he gained
the good opinion of the director, who
soon remarked in him peculiar aptness
for mechanical contrivances. A few
days ago he begged to tell him what
o'clock it was that he might set his watch
{" You have watch, them" asked the
director. Only since yesterday, sir,
said the prisoner, and to the astonishment
of the director produced one made Of
straw! The little time piece is two and
a half inches in diameter, about half an
inch think, and will so three hours with
out winding up. The dial plate is of
paper, aud a pretty straw chain attached
to the whole. The instruments the youth
bad at his command were two needles, a
pin,. a little straw and thread. Several
persons of distinction, moved by his sur
prising genius in mechanics, are eudeav-
oring to obtain his liberation.
Year: 1868

A correspondent of the Boston Tran
script thus describes a remarkable maple
tree growing in Vermont:


suppose it started from the root Of a
small tree that was cut down for fence
about sixty years ago Since that it has
become a tree somewhat more than two
feet in diameter. Three several times
the sap has been made into sugar by it
self The first trial, when the tree was
smaller than it now is, it gave me twenty
pounds of good dry sugar, at another time
twenty FIVE pounds, aud at the last trial
twenty pounds; and it was con-
jectured that enough was lost by the sap
oyerhowing the receiver to have increased
the amount to thirty pounds. The tree
was tapped with nothing larger than a
half-inch or FIVE eigth inch bit or auger,
and in but one place. | suppose that to
call the sugar it has afforded for the last
twenty years twenty pounds annually
would be moderate estimate. The ave.
rage product Of the trees in our sugar or
chards would not probably be more than
fifth part as much. | believe an ave-
rage product of four pounds to tree in
favorable seasons is estimated a very good
yield.
Year: 1868

have rich neighbor, that is always
SO busy that he has no leisure to laugh !;
the whole business of his life is to get
money, and more money, that he may
still get more aud more money.


He is still drudging on, saying that
Solomon says, The diligent hand max
eth rich" And it is true, indeed, but he
considers not that it is not in the power
of riches to make man happy, for it
was wisely said by a man of great obser-
walton, That there may be as many mis-
cries beyond riches as on this side OF
them" And yet God deliver US from
pinching poverty; and grant that, having
competency, we may be content and
thankful. Let us not repine, or so much
as think the gifts of God uucqually dealt,
if we see another abound with riches
when, as God knows, the cares that are
the keys that keep those riches, hang Of
ten so heavily at the rich mans grdle,
that they clog him with weary days and
restless nights, even when others sleep
quietly. We see but the outside of the
rich mans happiness; few consider him
to be like the silkworm, that, when she
seems to play, is at the very same time
spinning her own bowels, and consuming
herself And this many rich men do =
loading themselves with corrodiug cares
to keep what they have already got. Let
US, therefore, be thankful for health and
competence, and above all, for 4 quiet
conscience. = Isaac RdLOn.
Year: 1868

The Lutheran Synod of Pennsylvania
is having prepared beautiful medal,
commemorative of this, the seventh Jubi-
lee anniversary Of the Reformation. 1t
is the intention to give one to every Sun
day School scholar in connection with
this church. 1t will be a precious trea-
sure to them in years to come, and will
be referred to by them with great delight
should they live to see and enjoy another
such great festival
Year: 1868

Crown POINT, March 10.-Capt. Ralne, the
keeper assisted by his son in attempting TO
draw his two daughters Lake Champan to Chin
ney Point in Sleigh broke through the ice and all fell
in The son first gained the firm lee and saved his father
but his sisters fell under the Sleigh and were drowned
Year: 1868

Are finished and in operation. Sxt miles of track a,
been laid this spring, and the along te whole BET
the atlantic and Pacific States is being pushed forward
rapidly than before More than tw"n. thou AMI


employed and it not impossible that the entire track ro
Omaha will be finished in instead of
The provided ample and all that
money can do to secure the completion of this
Year: 1868

An ingenious mode of tiger killing is
that which is employed by the natives Of
Dude. They gather number of broad
leaves of the prauses tree, which much
resembles the sycamore, and having we'll
besmeared them with kind Of birdlime,
they strew them in the animals way,
taking care to lay them with the pre-
pared. side uppermost. Let tiger but
put his paw on one Of these innocent
looking leaves and his fate is settled.
Finding the leaf sticking to his paw, he
shakes'it in order to rid himself of the
nuisance, and finding the plan unsuccess-
full, he endeavors to obtain his object by
rubbing it against his face, thereby
smearing the ropy birdlime over his nose
and eyes, and gluing the eyelids together.
By this time he has probably trodden
upon several more Of the treacherous
leaves, and is pewildered with the novel
inconvenience then he rolls on the
ground, and rubs his head and face on





the earth, in his efforts to get free. BY
so doing he only adds fresh birdlime to
his head, body and limbs, agglutinates
his sleek fur together in unsightly tufts.
and finishes by hoodwinking himself so
thoroughly with leaves and birdlime,
that he lies foundering on the ground,
tearing up the earth with his claws, ut
tering howls Of rage and dismay, and
exhausted by the impotent struggles in
which he had been 50 long engaged.
These cries are signal to the authors Of
his mischief, who run to the spot, armed
with guns, bows and spears, and find no
difficulty in dispatching their blind and
wear;ed fee. aEe
Year: 1868

In letter of Rev. II. w. Beecher to
correspondent in Maine during our wet
spell last summer he said:


81 hope that you Maine people are
not conspiring to drown us out, as our
storms come from down East"


This is very common belief and often
stated. Mr.. Beecher can hardly be sup
posed to partake of this error. He must
have been facetious. But, as coming
from him it helps continue the delusion,
let me state few facts: A balloon which
rises high on the Atlantic sea coast goes
to sea. A vessel about leaving the At
lantic sea coast and expecting a storm
telegraphs to the south and west to ascer-
tain if one is coming. A storm that was
in New York state yesterday is in Maine
to-day and in Nova Scotia tomorrow.


Why do all these movements in the
air point easterly? Because the whole
bulk of the air one or two miles above
the surface of the earth in this latitude
is moving easterly, and always moves
easterly. No balloon can enter there
No whirlwind, shower, or storm can
thrust its head into that overwhelming
current without following its course. The
easterly and other sarface winds which
enter the storm supply it with moisture,
and, rising up high in its center, furnish
the sail by which the great upper current
watts it to the east always, and not from
the east as often supposed.


The air which rises at the equator and
flows north is the great current referred
to. This warm air is replaced by the
cold air of the north which flows south,
equalizing the temperature of the earth.
A storm on the equator moves westerly.
In the southern and middle states north
erly, and in this latitude easterly, always
with the flow of the upper current. The
telegraphic reports of storm in the
middle and western states to-day notifies
US, if the storm continues, what we are
to expect on tomorrow or next day, for
it will come through at the variable rate
of the flow of the upper current.


1t is too late in the day, with the fore
going facts, to accuse the state of Maine
of furnishing storms for the United
States.-PortlGnd Press. ..
Year: 1868

Above all things else, don't try to be
so genteel, either as host or guest, as to
lose the real, heartfelt enjoyment which
shouldaccompany every occasion of social
intercourse and good cheer, making it in
truth, ga feast of reason and flow Of
soui.N True politeness springs from the
heart, and though it may sometimes
transgress the laws of ultra fashionable
society, it is never at a discount among
people who are shrewd enough to distin.
guish between sham gentility and the
genuine article, and sensible enough to
appreciate the difference.
Year: 1868

A thoughtless girl, in Western city,
answered to q personal advertisement
in a city paper, just for the fun Of the
thing. The first note led to three more,
thus throwing herself into the hands of 4
scoundrel. Her father was surprised BY
the appearance of the william at his store,
who demanded $500 for the four notes,
and the father was forced to accede to
his demands rather than have notes writ
ten "just for fun " shown to all his friends
and relations. This should be lesson
to every girl in the land.
Year: 1868

RETURN OF HIRAM POWERS. Hiram
Powers, the famous sculptor, will visit
his native country the coming summer, it
is stated and spend some months with his
relatives in Cincinnati. He is native
of that city and lived there for many
years, having shown his genius by max
ing some excellent wax figures for Dor
feuil's Museum, well known place of
amusement in the West at that time.
Among other figures he made one of Al
exander Drake, a popular comedian in
that section thirty years ago. Some of
Powers friends were so much pleased
with his work that they invited the Queen
City journalist to look at it-among them
one notorious for his hypercriticism, and
and believed to be something of pre-
tender withal. The particular critic came
in the evening, when the Museum was
dimly lighted and took his position be-
fore the glass case. After gazing at the
figure very intently for five minutes, he
said to Powers, who was at his elbow !:
There are some good points about this,
Hiram, but it has some extraordinary
defects. The nose is too long entirely; and
the mouth has queer twist. One arm
is longer than the other. The position
too, is unnatural. No man can stand
that way if he tried. II would be i'm