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Year: 1867

1t Is said that the shares Of the Washington
Library Company Of Philadelphia are being dis
posed Of with unexampled rapidity. The sb-
sence Of all cOnceAlment, the honesty Of purpose
manifested by those who first inaugurated the
enterprise, the fairness with which the proposed
final distribution IS to be conducted, and the
patriotic purpose to which the entire surplus is
to be applied, have taken firm hold upon pub
lie confidence. So large have the sales been
thus far that the trustees hope to anticipate the
time originally fixed for the dispensation Of the
gifts, amounting to $500 900, thus placing the
funds collected much sooner than they expected
in . channel to carry out the noble act Of ben
evidence which was the object Of their enter
prise. All those, therefore, who desire to par
tcipste With them in the pleasure Of doing a
good action should subscribe without delay.
They will receive at once fine engraving worth
at retail more than the money invested, besides
q gift Of such value as their share may be enti
tied to in the 6nal distribution. Read the sd-
yertisement.
Year: 1867

while the refusal Of Stanton to resign, and the


conclusion-joined in by Seward, McCulloch


and Rsndall-thst the power Of the President to
remove him vss doubtful, overset this nice
arrangement, and suggested the plan Of making
Grant Secretary Of War ad interim, according
to precedent established in the assignments OF
Scott and Wool during previous Administrations
we have the highest Democratic authority
which s in confidential relations with the
white House. for saying that Stssdman ex-
pected 10 60 in the Cabinet, and that the failure
to do % was serious disappointment on hi.
part.


These matters are in themselves Of little pub
lie consequence. They only serve to show what
was in the mind Of the President, and what the
country has escaped through Gen. Grants IN
tuence OF far more importance Is the evident
determination Of the President to impede in
very possible way the loyal reconstruction Of
he South. To this, within very short time.
he attention Of the public viii be painfully IL
ectei
Year: 1867

rate propose to rule the party, that thi


should be donc-and it was not done.


We take it, under all the circumstances


that the voters will feel perfectly free to vote


for whom they choose. The movement by


his former supporters to get Mr.. French's
name of the ticket, on the avowed ground
that they and the party " could not stand


his election, was as really bolt, as the
Essex Convention. The nomination OF new
man by the County Committee, before Mr..
French's withdrawal had been received and
when be had apparently repented of his al
most compulsory assent to the proposition to
withdraw, was wholly irregular There is
no regular republican nominee for States
Attorney. air. Talcott however has the
nomination Of large convention OF earnest
republicans, representing every town in the
county and a large and mot respectable
portion Of the party. IL, nomination rs
precisely ike that of Hon. worthington
Smith. by the last Hyde Park Convention,
in the congressional campaign of last FALL
not regular, butyet nomination from the
people, and the only nomination from the
people. And those who prefer that the peo-
pie should retain some voice in the selection
1i public servants, will feel at perfect liberty |
70 vote for him, if they choose.
Year: 1867

Every department Of business has an imme-
date interest in the markets Of the country. and
in its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who fatls to keep himself properly ad
vised as to the rise and fall Of the markets, ~
controlled by the laws of demand and supply
and the relative condition of the currency A.
exposed to constant loss, and must necessarily
fall behind his more intelligent and enterprising
neighbors. In order 10 make our paper valuable
as well as interesting. we shall continue 70
make this a SPECIAL FEATURE. Our Daily
Market Reports. domestic and foreign. by tele-
graph, and our City Reports. gotten up at heavy
expense, have challenged the commendation OF
our best business men while our current Finan-
eiai Reports from ali the leading money centres
Of the country are fuller than have ever been
published by any other Journal in Tennessee.
Year: 1867

We shall constantly. admonish the Southern
people TO be self-reliant, and shall do What we
may be able 10 induce the establishment OF
manufactures in our midst for cur home pro-
ducts. To this end we will pay special attention
to the COST and sTATisFIos OF manufacturing.
and exert ourselves to encourage the divefsih-
cation of Southern industries and the develop
nent of Southern resources.
Year: 1867

by A CONSOLIDATION OF THE FASH
WILLIE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH, and by the generous and united
support Of the UNfOS AND DIsPGFCH By the
patrons Of both the former papers. the Proprie-
tors are enabled to present Newspaper hiths
to unsurpassed in this city or State.


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY
NEWS. our paper will compare favorsbly in
the best in the entire country; and in sayin
this. we only repeat the expressions Of many
our patrons. who are most capable Of Judging in
uch matters.
Year: 1867

In explanation of the fact that team can
draw ton of hay easier than the same weight
of wood. coal or iron, on the same wugOn, over
the same road, Prof Tilman says the only ex-
pIanation that can be given is that the hay
does not rest as iron does, dead weight apon
the axles. If the hay was pressed into COM
pact bales it would not ride easier than wood,
and not much easier than iron. The loose hay
acts in the same way that springs under u
wagon would act. The elasticity buoys up and
floats the load over obstructiens.
Year: 1867

IN|..I


A Virginia City (Moptana) letter thus
speaks of what has already been done in
that young and enterprising territory, and
of the agricultural resources and the cli-
mate;zile8 @ a


Montana is scarcely four years old.
Under every possible disadvantage she
has in that time contributed more to the
substantial wealth Of the nation than any
other territory or State which has had an
existence Of thrice that duration. In the
eastern States this is not understood. for
the reason that the people estimate our
wealth by the value Of our quartz lodes'
never taking into account the yield and
extent Of the gulches or placers, which
thus far have been the chief resources Of
the territory. AT This time there are
more than thirty gold yielding gulches,
worked with various success, not one Of
which, however, fails to pay abundantly.
Over sixty million have been taken dur
ing the past four years from the gulch' on
which this city is located. An amount
nearly equal to this has been obtained
from Last Chance and other gulches in
the vicinity of Helena, one hundred and
twenty miles distant. Highland, Sum.
nit, Confederate, Silver Bow, Mcclellan
and Blackfoot are among the other most
productive placers. from which large
amounts Of gold dust have annually, since
their discovery. been sent to the States
These localities are still worked with sue
cess. AS soon as the gulch claim fails
the sides of the hills or mountains border
ing it are subjected to hydraulic pro
cess, which, from the little experience al
ready had. promises to be more product
i've than the simple process Of gulch min
ing. Our own gulch, sixteen miles il
length, has been thrown into upsightl.
heaps the entire distance, but the hill
sides along il are now being washed down
Year: 1867

The only value Of the ballot box is its
purity If it becomes corrupt it is the
worst kind of despotisn, The votes within
it must cmanate from pure, disinteres-
ted source, from personal soundness and
integrity Of opinion and judgment, unbi.
ased by fear or favor, or else the num-
bers of these votes are Of no consequence,
whether they amount to thousand or a
hundred thousand. Corruption cannot
produce purity. Nor can the good in
tentions and correct judgments OF individ-
ual voters be Of any avail in giving
character to the government so long as
they are directed by corrupt and designing
men. gg gA isa1 stisqlt fei peaA z


The stuffed and crammed ballot boxes
Of California would be just as good as
ours Of Vermont are unless we insure to
every voter free, unbiased choice in the
selection Of his officers To present to the
voter two bad men for Office, and tell him
that it is his duty to choose the lesser
evil of the two, and to vote for the one
who would be likely to do the least harm
| is to impose upon his rights, his freedom
Year: 1867

and his good sense. The least evil in the
case would be to sacrifice his freedom and
to vote for neither and hundreds and
thousands of voters, whose votes would
certainly be worth as much as those which
are generally cast, are impeled to this al
Tentative every year. They don't vote at
Ill
Year: 1867

The Jury in this case, rs l;5 p. IN yesterday, came
in and stated that they agreement than
they had when they were sent out and had hope VI
agreement They were Therefore discharged after being
out % hours II understood that they stood 10 for con
yiction to two for acquittal.
Year: 1867

1t was the very last day at Sea-
view. On the morrow there was to
be a general fitting. Trunks stood
in the halls, locked and strapped,
though everybody had kept some
last box open, saved out some deco
rations tor the evening. They were
going to dance, and to make the
affair as gay as one ever can make
a last evening, with the subtle, pro-
phetic sadness which always seems
to haunt the air.


Lu Haversham had h hurrie d
through her packing, and two hours
after dinner she went down into the
hall, where she knew we'll enough
some one waited for her. A hand
some man looked up from the news
paper he was making prefer of
reading, when he heard her foot on
the stairs, and came forward to meet
her. A great, noble looking fellow
he was, with his Saxon face clear
blue eyes; fair, curling hair; and
lips that could be firm and proud
enough, though just now their ex-
preston was winningly gentle and
tender.


Max Pembroke was a man whom
all women liked. Miss Haversham
had meant to be an exception, and
had carried herself distantly when
she first came to Seaview but had
ended by something little more
than Irritation, little less, per
haps than love affair with him.


She had a good deal of worldly
wisdom. She knew that she need
ed money, and had no certain pros
pect of it. Her uncle had brought
her up as literally and elegantly as
if she had been his own daughter,
but ii he sh ould die tomorrow she
was not sure of money enough to
buy her gloves. He might have
willed her something, or he might
not. He had never told her, and
she knew that to make a brilliant
marriage had been the object and
end of her social training, the ont
thing her uncle and aunt Havershan
expected of her in return for al
their outlays in her behalf.


1t was strange oversight on thei
part which had allowed her to come
to Seaview, and be left there to he
own devices. Mrs. Haversham hat
been in mourning for her sister, and
of course, out Of society. She dit


not care to let her niece 60 to an,
very gay place without her and
just as they were settling their plan
some friends had begged for Mis-


Haversham's company at Seaview


and her aunt. and uncle had con


sented.


To he sure they might have beel


justified in trusting something t


the common sense Of their niece
Lu was in her twenties, and had a
d ready proved herself to be anythin
. but an easily impressed young w


man and then she had been we
:. instructed as to what the other hig


contracting party in any matrimt


NAL compact she might form wa


expected to bring. Miss Have
= sham was accustomed to reaso
!, about it very coolly and clearly.
r Z" II / had anything" she used
y say to herself, "marrying for loy
: would be all very well. ! woul
= = rather give a man fortune than
d take one from him but we all kno


people can't live on air, and thel


must be money on one side or Il
: other. So it's very evident ] car
afford the luxury OF falling in lo'


with q poor young man."
Year: 1867

Women who wear short dresses should
read and heed this bit of advice from the
New York Times


There is one little fact that our ladies
seem to overlook in the effect of the re-
cent fashions. In other days, when
trailing skirts were the mode, the habits
of twenty years led the whole generation
of women, whether they bad experienced
the whole twenty years or accepted their
results from elders, to use their feet in a
very careless manner Walking, stand
ing or sitting, the awkwardness of femi-
nine feet must have developed to aH
extent unthought Of, because unseen.
But since the short wslking-dress has
come into style, these infelioiiies Of move
meut and of pose are revealed, and many
q lady, under the secure consciousness
Of the former habit, will walk the streets
or sit in such positions as would, in her
own eyes, instantly stamp any man in
dulging in them as a candidate for the
awkward squad" We know It is sup
posed TO be highly improper TO observe
a ladY's feet, but when, BY reason either
Of grace or clumsiness, they attract at
tention, they will be observed, and the
pressat walking dress affords ample op-
portunity for the display Of either OF
those qualities
Year: 1867

the early times of the war consisted
merely in the application of the Sanserit
alphabet to the spelling of the English
words; that is to say, the words used in
the secret dispatches were English, but
the Sanscrit characters we're employed in
their formation. All that was necessary
for any person to read and understand the
dispatches was simply for him to learn
the Sanscrit alphabet, which can be done
very quickly; but of course our officers
were not in that secret AS the number
of persons in this country who know
Sanscrit is exceedingly small, the rebels
carried on this ingenious system for
long time with impunity. We may re-
mark that the idea of applying to one
language the characters of another in
this way was not novel with the rebels.
We have seen in this city very curious
book, printed in England in the early
part of this century, in which, for par


ticular reason the Greek character is
applied to the spelling of English words
throughout the entire volume. - Neic


York Times.
Year: 1867




A brief paragraph has elected the fol-
lowing from a correspondent, who writes
from Amite City, under date of Septem-
Der I'd:


About the year 1880 / became ac-
quainted with an aunt of my wife, who
was then upwards of ninety years Of age,
and dined with her at the house of her
son, who was born when his mother was
sixty years old, and who was fifteen
years younger than his next youngest
brother or sister.


This old lady was the wife of Mr..
Adair, of South Carolina, whose name is
honorably mentioned more than one
time in the history of the revolutionary
war, and when met her in Alabama she
had regained her eyesight, and did, in
my house, make herself fine muslin
cap without the aid Of glasses.


Soon after this period she concluded
that the return Of sight was a warning
that she was not long for this world ;
consequently, she returned to Caliior-
mia to be buried by her husband, but
after a stay of four years she concluded
that she was mistaken, and returned to
Alabama, having four new and full
grown teeth in front, two above aud two
below My wife and myself have raised
nine children, and have lived to see the
youngest Ia daughter) married. We are
both in good health, and / now have
seven more years to wait, hoping that
she may initiate ber extraordinary aunt
by presenting me with fac son to re-
pair in part the loss of our two sons in
the Confederate army.
Year: 1867

To the Editor of the World:


SIR: Find in yesterdays World, just
received, a report Of q speech of Mr..
Greeley, at the opening of the American
Institute Fair, in which occurs the fol-
lowing sentence:


After referring to the triumph of the
Monitor over the Merrimac in Hampton
Roads, Mr.. Greeley continued, etc.


Now, there is no fact in. the late war
better ascertained than that all the "tri-
umph" ever won by an ironclad in
Hampton Roads was by the Merrmac
was one of concourse of thousands OF
people who saw the Merrimac challenge
the whole Federal fleet, through a long
summer day, to come out from the guns
of Fortress Monroe and the Rip RAps
and fight her and among those who
declined the challenge was the Monitor.
But choose to set this fiction at rest on
the evidence of Northern man, and one
whose standing as a witness in a case OF
this sort is unimpeachable. l refer to
Norman Wizard, the celebrated ordnance
founder and inventor.


In memorial addressed by him to
Congress, and to be seen in the report
on the Conduct of the War, supplement,
part 2, | find the following sentence:


at should be recollected that the
Army of the Potomac was once prevented
from passing up James river by the pre-
sence of the terrible Merrimac, which
iron.clad was encountered by another
iron. clad, the little Monitor, armed with
Dahlgren eleven-inch shell guns, the pro
iectiles from which crunbled against her
sides, and she returned uniniured TO her
picket duty, and long continued 10 hold
possession of Norfolk harbor and the
mouth of the James rire'i or so long as
until our army had passed too far to re-
turn toward disastrous campaign TO get
10 her rear at Harrison landing.


The simple trlth is that all that was
ever done in the Roads by any iron clad
was done by the Merrimac. The attack
on and destruction of the Congress aud
Cumberland would as certainly have been
followed by the destruction Of the Mime
sofa had there been sufficient draft Oi
water for the Merrimac to approach her.
and it was a leak occasioned by inJury to
her beak received in her attack on the
Ccngress,and no battering OF the Monitor
whose shells erumbled against her sides,
that sent the Merrimac back to her dock.
The only serious damage inflicted on
either ironclad was suffered by the turret
of the Monitor. Aud no sooner had toe
Merrimac been repaired than she sailed
down the harbor and vainly strove to get
the entire feet, Monitor included, to
leave their safe moorings under the
hundreds Of guns ashore TheHeefor-
ward the Merrimac lorded it on the
waters Of the great roadstead until that
melancholy morning in May when she
sank on the field Of her lame by the
hands Of her friends-m0rte sur ie champ
de baffaiHe. We have little left II not
glory - nothing. Surely the United
States can afford to leave us that uniaxa-
bic possession. h
Year: 1867

B9- A Paris correspondent says the
finest woman in the world is being
exhibited in a booth on the Champs de
Mars. Those who visit her are addressed
by her in the following modest style ;
81 am the most beautiful woman in the
world. No Empress, no queen, can
compare with me. tYou are at liberty to
touch me, messieurs; you will find that
there is no cotton about me.
Year: 1867

RAJ Confederate bonds of the eight
per cent. loan are still being bought up,
it is supposed, by the authority of the
British Government, to be put in as an
Offset against our claim for damages
done by the Alabama.
Year: 1867

Resurrection Of Jesus, and their own, con.
scquent Resurrection at tho last day. But
where are the crowds that gathered in, and
about the old school.housc thirty years ago
Where arc the old men with their cheerful
faces and honest hearts? Where, the old
women, with their modest manners and
sterling virtues? Gone, nearly all gone.
Here and there is one, whose ands of life
have nearly dropped away, yet they love to
recall and speak Of tho pleasant times in the
old school.housc. But the earthly house of
their tabernacle will soon be dissolved, and
as the old schoOl-house is to givo place to a
better structure, SO they, we trust will have
q house not made with hands Eternal in the
Heaven.
Year: 1867

NNOrON u n,
Dr. HagLToxDor Sir: Having about year been myself
petey restored health BY your wonderful Medicines after sneFng
h diseased liver and beeging that life and beng
enjoyment better health from the result Of your remedies than
write SISTER who hss been
very moor health Tor thu have doubt bat that
will cure her you statement Of her complaints ~bcS
examine and then reply


an and ever viii be- truly grateful and Heaven reward
Year: 1867

THE EIGHT HOUR LAw.-After all the froth and fury of the campaign on this question, and much talking in the House, the wisdom of the assembly has placeed on the statute books law upon this subject which is supposed to be satisfactory to all working men of moderate views-that is to say all who do not hold such extreme opin- ions as being opposed to labor in the ab- stract. The history of this question in its relations to Connecticut politics, reflects no credit upon either party. It has been from the first perfect piece of humbugging clap-trap, and demagogism. and leading men of both political parties have not only known the fact, but have unhesitatingly and publicly acknowledged it while mak- ing the loudest hurrah about it, and press- ing 1t upon the people as living and i'm portant issue. Some of the men who in the House yesteaday talked loudest on this question, knew, and were ready to con- less, that more consumate piece of dem agoglsm Was never hatched Mir. Waller, ot New London, remarked upon moving the previous question, that both parties had got enough buncomb out out of the bill, and 1t was time the discuss stopped. hope the law will be productive of as much good as is anticipated, but do not apprehend that it will be anything more than another dead letter in our stat ute book-''a tub to u @ whale. ."-NorOieh Bulletin.
Year: 1867

The friends Of the 'late lamented,'
those who persist in according TO him
more patriotism and Nrtue than even
Washington possessed, have recently
discovered by an official statement OF
the worldly affairs Of the great martyr
at the time of his "taking OFF" that
he was in the blissful possession Of
Government bonds to the amount Of
about eighty thousand dollars and
they point to the fact as still another
evidence Of his groat loyalty. When
we take into consideration the fact
that the bonds in question are subject
to no taxation whatever, and that the
ldboring community are taxed exorbi-
tantly to pay an interest in gold equal
to nine per cent on the loyal Lincoln's
bonds, it becomes a question with us
as to who is the loyal mamie who
boasts of and measures his loyalty by
the amount of his bonds, or he who
submits quietly to inordinate taxation
that the Government may be enabled
to pay such loyal leeches an interest
in gold. We doubt whether Mr. Lin
coin would have died possessed of
Government bonds to the amount Of
one dollar, had they been subject, like
otherproperty, TO taxation. Tho true
patriot stops not to count the cost Of
his patriotism, but freely gives his
accumulated wealth, however great
or small, for the defence of his coun-
try. How many such patriots can we
boast of in the late conflict ? The
truly loyal men were those who stood
by the Constitution, every article of
which was repudiated by our Radical
rulers, and outside of which Mr. Ste
vens boasts Of acting; and the day is
not far distant whom the people, who
have been duped and misled, will so
declare from one end OF the continent
TO the Sunday Mercury
Year: 1867

Henry Ward Beecher, in his dis
course on Sunday, said that "Some
men will not shave on Sunday, and
yet they spend all the week in shay
ing their fellow men ;and many folks
think it very wicked TO black their
boots on Sunday morning, yet they do
not hesitate to black their neighbours
reputation on week days" Good for
you, Henry.