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Year: 1869

SENATOR MORTON of Indiana has
accepted the invitation of the board
of commissioner of the Gettysburg
national cemetery to deliver an
address on the 4th of July next at
the dedication of the monument,
which will be completed by that
time. An original poem will be de-
livered by Bayard Taylor, and Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher will perform
the duties of chaplain.
Year: 1869

Throughout the whole of this crisis the
Emperor exercised his usual tact and
He invited nearly all the
deputies in the corps Legislatif TO dinner
Snd soiree at the St, Cloud this week
Year: 1869

1t is, however, so late in the season
that but little can be done in the
way Of prospecting it until spring.
The claims that have been opened
are considered to be good twenty
dollar diggings to the hand in the
spring when water is plenty. At
present there Is too much ice and
snow to work to advantage.


Goods Of all kinds, and in fact
everything necessary in the eating
and clothing line are cheap and
pleaty compared with former years.
and wild game is abundant. AL
Ripson, and Ben Morris, our Cos
Clerk, were out yesterday and killed
couple Of deer, one weighing 200
pounds and tasted delicious.


OLD CAL.
Year: 1869

GETTING THEIR EYES OPEN
The cOlored people of the South
seem to be gradually opening their
eyes to the rascality of the carpet
baggers, which has always been fully
understood by the whites. The
OhalestOn Record, the only news
paper in the country, we believe
that is owned and edited by a colored
man, in an article on the "mean
whites" who hope to profit by an
afhliation with the negroes, uses the
following pointed language:


The colored people have. been
sold often enough, and have come to
the conclusion that adventurers with
white faces and black hearts shall no
longer belle them and fatten of their
stupidity. Not one Of these scamps
will ever nisrePresent them at Wash
ington."
Year: 1869

PURITAN CHARITY.-A Boston
clergyman complains that his people
clasp their hands so fervently in
prayer that they don't have any luck
getting them open when the deacon
comes around with the scraper.
Year: 1869

Both Houses are now fairly at work
on the Code, with every prospect of
completing the task before the close of
the session. The proposition is to re-
enact the old laws, with such changes
~ experience has shown to be necessary.
As thus passed, they will be printed in
single volume, aud with this 10 his
possession every man will be able to
know what the law is. Judge Nix is
chAirman Of the COMMITTEES having
charge Of the code, and is highly com
Plimentsd for the ability be displays in
that position
Year: 1869

4 THIRD ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.--On Mon
day night Thomas Callahan, the man who
had made two attempts within three days at
Sclf-destruction, was found in the lower
ward in the act Of taking laudanum for the
third time. The bottle was taken from
him--the laudanum not having been
touched. He seems to be very good man,
and could be made useful if he could be
carried somewhere where his recent dis
having been shaved and drummed out of
service seems to wei gh heavily upon him
and to actuate him in his persistent attempts
at suicide.
Year: 1869

Excursion FOR THE NATIONAL BOARD OF
TRADE.-We understand from members OF
the Chamber of Commerce that William e..
Dunham & Co.. on behalf Of the Old Do
minion Steamship Company, have rendered
80 the Richmond Chamber Of Commerce
the use of one of their fine steamers gratis
to take them and the delegates to the Ma
tional Convention OH a trip down James
river, and that the offer has been accepted
and properly acknowledged. This, ii strikes
Us, would be an interesting feature in the
programme here. and we suppose it could
he SO arranged that the trip could DC en-
tended below City Point, or that the cNcllr-
sion party could visit Petersburg ria City
Point, and in either ease return the same
day
Year: 1869

THE RICHMOND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEMBERsHIP.-Att the last annual meeting
of the Richmond Chamber OF Commerce il
was unanimously agreed upon that the fee
for membership for the year ending Seth OF
September, 1870, or in other words the cur
rent year, should be SO instead OF -; and
in order to ascertain among the old men,
bcrs who did not attend that meeting how
many of them would continue membership
under the new rule, canvassing commit
tee was appointed to 60 around among them
and get the names of such as wished to SUBJ
scribe; but as this committee have not yet
been able to canvass all the old members,
and as some Of the latter who may not have
been called on may desire to continue their
membership, and as the committee may
not have time to see all between now and
the day on which the National Board will
assemble here, all thus unavoidably not call
ed on, and who desire to become members,
are requested to leave their names with the
Secretary, at the Chamber of Commerce, or
with David J. Burr, the President. Altthe
members of the Chamber will be assigned
to committees in connection with the re-
ception of the National Board. and a day or
two before the meeting Of that body the
full lists Of the committees will be publish
ed. No less than eighteen new members
were added to the roll yesterday.
Year: 1869

RADICAL STATE CoNvEsTIoS.-Delegat
the wing of the Republican
party which supported General Wells at the
last Gubernatorial election will meet in
State Convention at metropolitan Hall in
this city to-day. A comparatively small
number Of delegates had arrived last night
Year: 1869

TIE CONCERT advertised to he given at the
Manchester Baptist church on last night has been
postponed on account of the weather until TO-
NIGHT at 5 O'Clock. ut which time we hope they
may have favorable weather, and trust that their
friends may give them full house. Let every ore
who can assist in the good work.
Year: 1869

The rate for carving ranged from six per cent to
nine per cent in transactions before and after Clear
ing House time The disbursements OF coin interest
to-day amounted to $72o, 500. The following is the
report of the Gold Exchange Bank
Year: 1869

That the career of the "velocipedes-
trian" is not one of unalloyed happiness
is gently suggested by the following in
uuiries, propounded by novice in a
western journal: 'If fellow goes with
his velocipede to call upon lady,
whose house has no front yard, and no
back yard, and there are lot of boys
in front of it, ready to pounce upon his
machine, and the lady is smiling
through the window, what is he to do
with iti


If fellow, riding his velocipede,
meets a lady on particularly rough bit
of road, where it requires both hands to
steer, is he positively required to let
90 with enc hand to lift his hat, and,
if SO, what will ne do with his ma
chinei


If a fellow, riding his velocipede,
overtakes a lady carrying two bundles
and parcel, what should he do with
itf


If a fellow, riding his machine, meets
three ladies walking abreast, opposite a
particularly tall curb-stone, what ought
he to do with it


If lady meets fellow riding his
machine, and asks him to go shopping
with her, what can he do with iti


Ifthe hind wheel of q fellows machine
filings mud just above the saddle, ought
he to call on people who do not keep a
duplex mirror and a clothes-b brush in the
front hall 7


lfa fellow, riding his velocipede, en-
counters his expected father-in-law,
bothering painfully over bit of slip
NPerry sidewalk, what shall he do with
iti


II people, coming suddenly around
corners, will run against fellows ma
chine, is he bound to stop and apologize,
or are they


If fellow is invited to join q funeral
procession, ought he to ride his ma.
chine


And is it proper to ride a velocipede
10 church; and, If so, what will he do
with 1t W hen he gets therei


There should be a "mixed commits
sion" OF ladies to decide these questions.
Year: 1869

GRANTS Cabinet is appointed and the
national anxiety isat an end. We
regard this rs an extremely fortunate
occurrence. The political busy bodies
of the country have so veXed their
souls of late, have undergone such dis
tressiug perturbation over question
properly belonging to the President
alone, that continuance of the sus-
pense might have been disastrous to
brains eyerwcrked with vain endeavor;
probably fatal to the possessors OF the
peaked noses, prying eyes and eager
ears that for some weeks have infested
the key-holes pertaining to GRANTS
headquarters.


Speculation being ended by solution
of the knotty problem, and conclusion
having been reached which meets as
general anticipation about rs closely as
the blind folded contestants in q wheel
barrow race approach the post at which
they aim, public discussion turns to
the merits of the men whom the Presl-
dent has called around him as clerks or
counsellors, rs he may deem best TO
consider them. WASHBURNE has been
more fortunate than most men who have
done service in the field of invention or
discovery. COLUMBUS was not able
even to give his name to the continent
he discovered; WASHRURNE, on the con-
trary, has been privileged to retain
control of his discovery, and in being
retained next the person and conscience
of the new President may be able, if he
chooses, to make of the mighty person
ages whom he first brought to light
ga clese monopoly and patent right"
His appointment illustrates the graft
tude of GRANT, and for this reason the
country may not be as unfavorably dis
posed toward the selection, as if it stood
upon its own merits.


The naming of A. 7. STEWART for the
Treasury Just means that GRANT and
money bags have gone into partnership
in the Presidency. Bonds will be the
power behind the throne, banks vii
flourish, the capitalists will fare sump
tuously. With sixty bank directors II
the House and STEWART at the head o
the Finance. let us be assured that NJ
matter what becomes of the labor
the country the monied interests vii
not suffer, always provided the grea
merchant displays the same ability viii
regard to public matters that he ha
shown in his own business.


General SCHoFIELD's appointment, II
is said, is merely complimentary an6
temporary, and it is expected that hi
will decline. Who will be the perma
nent god of war, we believe, is 40
known. AS Secretary of the Interior
we are inclined to think that ex-Gov'
ernor CoX's appointment will be th'
most popular of the batch. He has su
perior capacity and the confidence o
his party. CREsswELL, as rostmaste
General, will probably prove a humbug
He is not an average politician; is toe
much of fanatic to be of any benefit a
an adviser, and has no executive ability
to bring to the duties of his depart
ment.


Before passing upon the merits of th
Secretary of the Navy and the Attor
ney General, the public will be com
PEELED to await an introduction. Nei
ther of the appointees having eve
been heard of before, it is hardly likel
that much can be said against them
Year: 1869

It is well established fact that fully one
half of the female portion of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health, or, to
use their own expression, never feel we'll"
They are languid, devoid of all energy, extreme.
ly nervous, and have no appetite.


To this class Of persons the BITTERS, or the
TONIC, is especially recommended.


WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN


Are made strong by the use Of either Of these
remedies. They will cure every case of MA.
RASMUS without fail
Year: 1869

Following is the Act to amend the Federal
Judicial system, as it passed both Houses
and received the approval of the President.
The noticeable features of the new law are
the appointment of Circuit Judges for the
relief Of the Supreme Bench, and the com.
pulsory retirement of all United States Judg.
es after reaching the age of seventy:


Be it enacted, etc., That the Supreme
Court of the United States shall hereafter
consist of the Chief Justice of the United
States and eight Associate Justices, any six
of whom shall constitute a quorum, and for
the purposes of this Act there shall be ap-
pointed an additional Associate Justice of
said Court.


Sec 2. And be it further enacted, that
for each of the nine existing Judicial Circuits
there shall be appointed a Circuit Judge,
who shall reside in his circuit, and shall pos
sess the same power aud jurisdiction there
in as the Justice of the Supreme Court allott
ed toIthe circuit. The Circuit Court in each
Circuit shall be held by the Justice of the
Supreme Court allotted to the circuit, or by
the Circuit Judge of the circuit, or by the
District Judge of the district sitting alone, or
by the Justice of the Supreme Court and
Circuit Judge sitting together. in which case
the Justice of the Supreme Court shall pre-
side; or, in the absence of either OF them,
by the other, (who shall preside) and the
District Judge; and such Courts may be
held at the same time in the different dis
tricts of the same circuit and causes may
be heard and tried by each of the Judges
holding any such Court, sitting alone, by
direction of the presiding Justice or Judge,
who shall designate the business to be done
by each. The Circuit Judges shall each
receive an annual salary of $4,000.


Sec. 3. That nothing in this Act shall
affect the powers of the Justices of the Su-
preme Court as Judges of the Circuit Court,
except in the appointments of Clerks of the
Circuit Court, who in each circuit, shall be
appointed by the Circuit Judge of that cir
cult, and the Clerks of District Courts Shall
be appointed By the Judges thereof respect
lively; Provided, That the present Clerks of
said Courts shall continue in Office till other
appointments be made in their place, or they
may be otherwise removed.


Sec f. That it shall be the duty of the
Chief Justice and of each Justice of the Su-
preme Court to attend at least one term OF
the Circuit Court in each district of his cir
cult during every period of two years.
Sec. 5. That any Judge of any Court Of
the United States, who, having held his COM
mission as such at least ten years, shall, after
having attained the age of seventy years
resign his office, and shall thereafter during
the residue of his natural life receive the
same salary which was by law payable tC
hun at the time of his resignation.
Year: 1869

A YOUNG man asked an old man for his
daughter in marriage. The answer was
-" Go into the orchard and bring in num-
Der of apples. Give me one-half of the whole
number and the mother half of the balance
and half an apple over, and to the daughter
one-half the remainder aud half an apple
and have one left for Yourself, without cut
ting an apple, and then if she is willing, you
can have her," He solved the question:
How many did he bring
Year: 1869

BAD FOR AarTAroRs. They have a queer
custom down South just now. Whenever
man makes himself conspicuous in a district
by trying to push his political fortunes at the
expense Of the neigbborhood by agitation
and the utterance of harangues calculated to
demoralize labor and make property unsafe,
somebody follows him out on the road and
shoots him. This usage has had great effect.
Atlanta is full of conscience stricken agitators
who are afraid TO leave town.
Year: 1869

A VALUABLE CHURCH MEMBER-The
Lowell Courier relates that "a worshipper in
church the other Sunday is reported to have
been walked up enough by the passing of a
contribution box to calculate season, and then
went to sleep again" That devotee ought to
be made to understand that it is Christians
duty to worship both ''in season and out Of
season." But the pious people in Massachu-
setts have way of their own in performing
their deyotiops
Year: 1869

LEARN TO LABOR AND TO WAIT.-The
trouble with James Buckley was that he would
not work for his living. He wanted to make
money in some faster way, and SO he stole an
express wagon, with oil its valuable contents.
Judge Bedford sentenced him to fifteen years
hard labor. Had Buckley taken different
view of things he might have got an express
wagon in five years of hard labor.
Year: 1869

SIGNIFICANT The Nashville Banner hears
of q county superintendent who has received
over FIVE thousand dollars and established but
two schools-and large country dry goods
store. Schoolmasters are probably abroad in
that part of Tennessee.
Year: 1869

A CONSULAR Jon. Somebody who wants to
be United States Consul at Southampton is
working dreadfully to oust the present incum-
bent by showing his former sympathy with
rebels. Since we can forgive the doings of
Longstreet perhaps we can forgive even sym
pathy with those doing.
Year: 1869

THE BALANCE OF PowER.-N is now many
years since Canning talked of ''redressng
the balance of power in the Old World by
creating counterpoise in the New" The
recognition of the South American republics
by England was the first result of this policy.
Canning, however, did not then dream of the
enormous power to be welded so soon by the
United States. We are the great controlling
Power on the American Continent. Our will
is law if we choose to execute it. In idea and
In actual fact we are the advance guard of
civilization. In any future consideration of
the balance of power we must not be over
looked. The nations look to US and ask our
aid; we cannot ignore our position. Old
things have passed away; al things have be-
come new
Year: 1869

THE Richmond Enquirer suggests that ''f
somebody would come to Richmond and hang
out a flag with the device of carpetbag and
play the 'Rogue's March what u company he
could raise" Such talk as this is not calculated
to help Virginia getting out of debt, nor in re-
storing her to friendly relations with other
states
Year: 1869

A WESTERN MIDDLE ABOUT SCHOOL
TEAoHER.-A Western paper states that
school teacher Gin Minnesota town appeared
in some private parlor theatricals. The board,
indignant at such objectionable conduct, voted
his discharge. The public, likewise indignant
at the board, met and offered that body the
alternative of resembling their action or re-
signing" This is a refreshing instance Of
Puritanism transplanted from New England to
the usually liberal and tolerant West.
Year: 1869

TIE BROAD CHURCH, have got done
praying" said tho prophetic reporter as the
last spike was driven into the Pacific Railroad.
We worship now In the grander service Of
working out the great problems Of human
DESTINY
Year: 1869

RAILS IN THE STREET.-It is rather ex-
pensive for city railroad companies to have
their tracks out of repair. One of them has
just been compelled to pay the price of horse
that was injured by having his foot caught
in hole alongside the track.
Year: 1869

THROWN OvER.-One of the great reform
ers of the Equal Rights Convention was very
severe on the Revolution for its vagaries, and
it was announced thereupon that the gentle
man to whom the vagaries were due had no
longer any part in that paradise. At the
same time it was announced that this gentle
man ''had furnished most of the means for the
publication of the paper" As the cashier is
thrown over the printers had better look sharp.
Year: 1869

In the Woman's Rights Convention. on
wednesday, there was characteristic dis
play of feminine notions on the subject of
equality and Of the feminine view as to what
is the main point. AS to equality, the view
the women take of it was shown in the case
OF Mr.. Foster. He did not agree with the
women, and though his disagreement was
quite fair it was unanimously voted that he
must keep his opinions to himself. He said
something that the women did not like, and
he was declared out of order with such round
and rattling emphasis that he may forever re-
gard himself as metaphorically knocked down
and dragged out. Equality, then, means ac-
cepting womans sovereign caprice as absolute
law. 1t means not to contradict woman
1t means not to believe it possible that woman
can be wrong. This is the sort of equality
that woman intends to enforce where
ever she has the power. AS the principal
complaint has been that men have always
acted in just this style, how is the world to be
any better when woman has her way with it
All the women talked about what seemed to
them the main point-that is, each one talked
about herself 1t was not only woman, woman,
woman, all through, which we might expect,
and which in itself is not offensive, but in each
particular case it was the particular woman
that was speaking who was the subject of the
speech. This little egotism, however charm
ing In a small domestic circle, is less so on the
platform. 1t will do very well when woman
only scolds her husband, but it is quite ridicu-
lous when she comes out to scold the public.
So far, however, the Womans Rights Conven-
ton has really proved what 1t set about to
that there is need for better cultivation of
the feminine intellect.
Year: 1869

If there be any question about what Sena-
tor Sprague has been driving at in Congress
it is pretty certain about one thing, and that
is that his friends have been driven out Of
Providence. But perhaps that is so much the
better for Pr0yi dance.
Year: 1869

A GooD ONE.-A young blood residing
not half dozen miles from this place, was
the victim of rather good joke on Sunday
night recently. He was trying to DE par
ticularly sweet on young lady, and had
paid her number of visits at the residence
of her parents. The old folks had somehow
got an idea into their heads that the child
ren were most TO young to keep company,
and conveyed the desired hint by calling
the girl out of the room and sending her tc
bed at nine o'clock, the lady of the house
astonishing the young gent by bringing into
the parlor huge piece of bread and butter,
nicely spread with sugar, which she present
ed to him. saying in her kindest manner,
There, Bubby, take this and run home
to your mother; it's time little boys were
in bed The would be gay young beau
hasn't felt as though he wanted any more
sweetness from that source since.
Year: 1869

Next week the Fair of the Mercer county
Agricultural Society will come eff on their
new grounds, at Aledo. The grounds are
situated about mile southwest of the town,
and great deal of labor has been expend-
ed in ntting them up.
Year: 1869

A meeting will be held tomorrow
evening to initiate n reform league,
having in view, first, to secure mod
crate and effective tariff, which may be
collected ut the least cost ana interfer-
ence with the industrial pursuits Of the
country; second, to oppose all special
legislation intended to foster private or
class interest; third, to secure some an
nual payment of the principal of the
nationbl debt and the removal of some
of the more onerous taxes; fourth, to
promote treaties of reciprocity with all
the North American States; fifth, to
promote reform in the civil service,
and the appointment of Government
officers on the sole ground of fitness
and ability; and sixth, to secure re-
turn of specie standard of values as
soon as possible.
Year: 1869

There something very curious in the
Manner in which you can twist words INTO
Rhymes single and double =
To see how one thing with another chimes
That Is, if you have not wit enough 10
Plan story, or something else TO write
About without -
Much trouble.