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Year: 1867

eJTHE Chicago Times quotes a recent
article from the Tribune in reference to
Gen. Sheridan, and adds this taunt:


"If all this be true, he is just the man
for the Presidency. Will the Radicals
nominate him? Will the Tribune advo-
cate his nomination? If Congress can
require Of him any work SO degraded
that be will not do it, his history for the
past six months is no indication of his
disposition. He has been dabbling in
filth ever since he was appointed Dis
trict Commander, in the hope to obtain
higher position from the Radicals than
the one he now occupies, and it would
be ungrateful in them to disappoint him.
What Radical newspaper will hoist bis
name?


To which we answer. We are not
in the Presidency business just yet.
We leave that to Mr. Bennett, who
wants Grant and Lee, and the Soup
Committee up town, who think they
would like to run Grant as a sort Of
hunger-appeasing, platter-filling candi-
date There are more important mat
ters on hand than Presidential intrigues
the finances, the tariff reconstruction
When the time does come, we shall try
and find a suitable statesman, as, on the
whole, there are reasons why a states
man should be President for at least
four years.


Therefore we advocate nomination.
But if it will do the Times any good We
will say that there is no soldier more
dear to US than Gen. Sheridan. He has
been as illustrious in peace as in war.
He has been intrepid, resolute, large
souled, brave, and has done his work
grandly. The attacks OF the Times only
elevate him in the affections of the peo-
pie, Still we are far from nominating
him, or anybody else, for the Presidency.
At latest accounts it seems as If Presi-
dent Johnson is anxious to name his
successor-was about to make the
nomination himself, by removing Shcri-
dan from command in Louisiana. If
the Times wants to elect this ''dabbler in
filth" it is taking the true course. IN.
Y. Tribune. g...-. ......-
Year: 1867

cETo make a valuable speckled
dog bullet proof, Mark Twain says
Take off his hide and line it with sheet
iron. Russia iron is the best, and is
slicker and more snowy than,the COM
mon kind. Dogs prepared in this way
do not mind bullets.
Year: 1867

The IRON MAIDEN.-An American CORES
pondent writes recently from the ancient city
of Nuremburg Bavaria, alluding to the relics
of despotic punishment common there half
century ago:


Here is the statue or image-a maiden with
ahood upon her head, an iron ruffie around the
neck. enveloped in an iron cloak. Suddenly
the folds of the cloak are thrown apart, and
by the dim light of the candle you see that
the lining of the garment is set with sharp
spikes Take one step forward, and the
folds enclose you. Iron spikes pierce your
body and into your eyeballs clear through
to the vertebra do they penetrate Not a
quick embrace, but slowly you are enfolded /;
one turn of the screw, just enough to pene-
trate the flesh, just enough to touch the apple
of the quivering eye. Then. after an age of
anguish. another turn, and q hundred spikes
reach little nearer to the nerves and then,
as heat and thirst, and fever. rack the body,
another gentle turn. and another age of
torture and then one more advance of the
spikes towards the Fitals. till death comes on;
and then the maiden. unfolding her arms,
drops her victim down through trap door,
down, down, down into the unknown depths.
We drop the pebble. and hear the faint
splash of water far beneath.
Year: 1867

A FEW years ago, in a village in Chester
county, Pennsylvania, the Methodists and
Presbyterians each built church at about
the same time Soon a rivalry arose be-
tween them, especially among the juvenile
portion of the congregations. On one occa
sion the Methodist party got the best of an
argument in this way:


All guess we beat you now"


How


"Why, we've got six buried in our grave
yard, and you've only four; and there's old
Mr.. Cooper is going to die soon and he'll
make seven :"
Year: 1867

Established expressly to afford rhs afflicted
sound and scientific Medical Aid, in the treatment
and cure of all Private and Chronic Diseases Cases
of Secrecy and all Sexual Disorders.
Year: 1867




1t has become a sort of pOpular-al-
most national-faith that it is not pos
sible to be truly happy unless you
drink. Among certain Classes-and
they are by no means exclusively the
lowest-drink is the beginning and
end of everything. The very name
of liquor is held to be Synonymous
with enjoyment, and the dearer
the li1uOr, the more it is priced
and coveted. Yet every man who is
not a downright dlunk3rl, s well
aware that the pleasures of drinking
are, beyond a certain point, a mock
cry, delUsiOn and snare. I put it
to any one who has stood half the
night at the bar, or sat half the night
in a club room, drinking, smoking and
bandying reckless talk, if the enjoy
ment of such an evening has been
anything like that Ofa few quiet hours
spent at home with book or newspa-
per? The evil influence Of tavern
pleasures on the health is too obvious
to be denied by any one, and the illu-
sorry nature of the pleasures them
selves, would be undeniable also, if
the persons who indulge in them did
not deceive themselves and put the
truth out of sight.


No one brought any good out ola
drinking bout yet. 1t is a short, fever
ish spasm of animal enjoyment, which
leaves nothing behind but moroseness,
regret and bad temper, self-reprOach
and headache. 1 should like to ask
you, sir, if you say your prayers
when you come home in that state :?
No-you don't. You are ashamed to
say them. You postpone them until
you have purged yourself, your mind
and your lips by more sober and
rational behavior. Next night when
you pass the hours quietly at home
with book or a friend, you feel that
you have had real enjoyment, and
that the time has passed pleasantly,
that you have learned something, and
that you have not injured your health.
You are not ashamed to say your
prayers, and you get up next morn
ing with a clear head and good appe-
tite, and an increased faculty for work
and enjoyment of life.-[All the Year
Round.
Year: 1867

districts to levy a Poll Tax on the in
habitants of the district i'm aid of the
General School Fund, and for no other
purpose


The General Assembly shall levy a
specific annual tax upon all Railroad,
Navigation, Banking and Insurance
Companies, and upon all Insurance
and Foreign Bank and Exchange
Agencies, and upon the profits Of For
eign Bank bills issued in this State by
any corporation, partnership or per
son, which shall be exclusively devO-
ted to the maintenance of public
schools.
Year: 1867

OWNING A HOME.-Henry Ward
Beecher recently said if he was a
POpe-no, a King-he thought he
should make n better King than q
Pope-nO young man should be q
iourneyman without having a piece Of
land. There is nothing that anchors
a man like ground. A young man
that has got a plat in the city, or an
acre in the country, with a good ad-
wiser on it, gives a mortgage to the
State that he will be thrifty, honest,
sober, and industrious. Such a man
the devil soon abandOns. Where
you have a whole community Of la
bOrers, society begins to approach
the ideal Of American industry. He
liked Philadelphia better than New
York or any other city in the country,
not because it has cleaner streets or
broader brims, but because there was
a larger percentage of the houses
owned by those people who occupy
them than in any other city in the
world. That must also be virtuOus,
and must be deeply rooted in pros
perity in the household.
Year: 1867

Children are taught music in En-
gland through a game recently in
vented. They take great interest in
it, and become perfectly familiar with
music at sight. They are made
thoroughly acquainted, both with the
absolute value of notes, and their re-
Iations one TO another on the score.
Year: 1867

Wait, mother, before you speak
harshly to the little rogue who has
torn his apron and soiled his white
Marseilles jacket. He is only d child,
and smother" is the sweetest and
most sacred word in all the world to
him Needle and thread and soap
suds will repair all damage now, but
if you will teach him to shrink from
his mother, and hide away his child
ish faults, the damage cannot be re-
paired!
Year: 1867

"The sympathizers with the Man
chester prisoners have kept the city
and a good part of the county in a
ferment, and the authorities have
had their hands full in preparing to
meet any demonstrations that might
be made. The bread riots continue in
various quarters, and new source of
disturbance has arisen. The move
ments of the Irish in England have
aroused the spirit of hostility among
Protestants of the lower classes, and
they are beginning to indulge in at
tacks upon the Roman Catholic
churches, and the residences of the
priests. Altogether we are in very
unpromising condition, and as cold
weather is coming on, when the poor
will snffer more than ever, and be
ready to listen to almost any sugges-
ton, it is greatly to be feared that there
is an uneasy winter before us. 1 never
before knew the whole country in
such an unsettled and threatening con-
ditiOn. -
Year: 1867

The whisky distiIlers throughout the
country met at Washington last week to
unite their influence upon Congress in
favor Of a repeal of the tax upon whisky.
They want the tax reduced to twenty
cents on a gallon. We have not heard,
but we suppose the Hon. James Emmitt is
thnrn
Year: 1867

THE UNDEReROUND RAILWAY or
LONDOE.-A New York business man,
of great experience in road matters,
writes from London under date Of JAN
uary 20. naming some of the things
he has seen which be likes


Not least Is their extensive sys-
tenn of underground railways. It IS
perfectly wonderful how they jerk the
people about, at the rate of fifteen
miles an hour, from one end Of town
to another, aud ACROSS and around
stopping about once every half mile,
at some prominent corner, at a station,
from which y0u emerge to the upper
air, and find yourself somewhere near
where you want 10 be, and miles from
where you we're a half or three quarters
of an hour ago. These trains run each
way, being double tracks, about every
ten minutes and morning and even
ing they often consist of seven or eight
cars, holding thirty OF forty people
each. The cars are lighted with gas
not the tunnels, except at stations
so that you can read your papers and
there is no smell of smoke, or sense Of
suffocation. How they Fentilate them
so well 4 can hardly see. III there is
any fair show for stock in the New
York Underground Railway, I want
it. IN r Post
Year: 1867

F5aspo e0uai IN the world as a remedial agent
THERE'S not a preparation known that as
certain speedy, and infallible in It's act0n-re
leving and curing at once- We say this, positively
Year: 1867

Mr. MAGGIEL is the founder Of a new Medi-
cal System! The quanttarians, whose vast
internal doses enfeeble the stomach and par
alyze the bowels, must give precedence to the
man who restores health and appetite, with
from one to two of his extraordinary Pills, and
cures the most viruent sores with box or SO
of his wonderful and all-healing Salve. These
two great specifics of the Doctor are fast super
Year: 1867

On che third page win be found the adyer-
tiscment Of DR.. Samuel Gilberts Celebrated
Preparations. They are all good. The old
Doctor has been favorably known in the South
west for over twenty years, and his great sue
tess In the cure Of diseases Of the Skin and
blood is a sufficient guarantee for the value Of
his Preparationy
Year: 1867

NoTioE.-Members of the Legisla-
ture wishing extra copies of our daily
or weekly edition are requested to
send their orders direct to the counting
room. An account will be kept with
each one, and settlement for same may
be made at the close OF the session.
Year: 1867

Every department Of business has an imme-
diate interest in the markets Of the country. and
In its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who faSls TO keep himself properly al
vised as TO the rise and fall Of the markets. a.
controlled by the laws Of demand and supply
and the relative condition Of the currency. i'
exposed to constant loss. and must necessarily
fall behind bis more intelligent and enterprising
neighbors In order 10 make our paper valuahls
as well as interesting. we shall continue t'
make this SPECIAL FEATURE. Our Daily
Market Reports. domestic and foreign. BY teie-
graph, and our City Reports. gotten up at heavy
expense. have challenged the commentator OF
our best business men while ourcurrent Finan-
cial Reports from all 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 aasnouish the Southern
people to be selfreliant. and shall DO what We
may be able Ia induce the establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro
dasts To this end we win pay special attention
to the o0sF and STATISTICS Of manufacturing.
and exert ourselves 20 encourage the divsruih
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
uent Of Southern resources.
Year: 1867

by A CONSOLIDATION OF THE lash
DISPATCH, and by the generous and united
support Of the Union AND DIsPArcH by the
patrons Of both the former papers. the ProPrie-
tors are enabled 10 present Newspaper hithe
TO unsurpassed in this city or State.


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY OF
NEWS. our paper will compare favOrably with
the best in the entire country; and in saving
this. we only repeat the expressions Of many 4
our patrons. who are most capable Of iudsins in
uch matters.
Year: 1867

SAD AccIDENT-James Carr, proprietor
of the wagon road over Scott Mountain, met
with an accident few days ago, by which
be lost one of his eyes. He was engaged in
blasting out rocks on the Trinity valley
grade, and while holding drill for Howard
Turner to strike, piece of steel flew from
the instrument and struck him in the eye,
destroying the sight forever. -.r.....
Year: 1867

Despairing of his original plan Of recon
structionr the President has advised with the
Southern Governors and would be Represent
atives, and submitted second scheme. The
new plan Is a slight improvement onthe old
one bnts the majority Of the byal Repre-
sentatiyes at Washington do not seens in.
clined to have anything to do with any
measure or policy emenating from the White
House johnson has acted so falsely and
treacherousy, and has surrounded himself
with such Gordon Of rebels and unprlnci-
pied dcmagegues, that honest men have
concluded that nothing good can possibly
come from such an unclean quarter. Banks,
Raymond, and a few other political trim
mers, who unfortunately have attached
themselves to the Union party, may desire to
meet the creatures of the President IN
friendliness, but in doing SO they will receive
the condemnation Of their constituents. and
gain the contempt of all men who admire
honesty and consistency. The loyal people
of the land have chosen Congress whose
duty it is to provide for the restoration of the
Southern States to the Union on such terms
as will guarantee the perpetuity Of the Fed
eral compact, secure the rights and privi-
leges of all loyal citizens, and prevent the
return of rebels to political power These
terms of restoration must be adopted in such
a manner as to lift them beyond the reach of
judicial overrulings or Presidential dicta-
ton. Without this the work of the war will
be incomplete and the fruits of the great
victory won by our armies will 60 ungarner-
ed. Without this we let pass an opportunity
of doing an unparalleled service to our coun-
try, and in all probability entail upon
posterity another terrible civil war.
Year: 1867

spoke of last week as having gone on a pros
pecting expedition to the head of Mad Ok
Creek. have returned and reported finding
some rich gold quartz, but think the ledges
are too small to paw for working.
Year: 1867

BUFFALO, May l.. The Southern
portion of tho bay il still blocked
with ice. Several vessels are ice.
bound outside, aud the crews are suf-
icring for provisions.


The crew of tho bark Worralites
camo in over tho Ice this morning,
carrying floats for safety. They re-
port that the crew OF tho Werralites
have been living for the past seven
days on one biscuit day to each per-
son,


Tho crew Of tho Northwest have
been living on boiled corn for two
days past. ass


Two of the crew OF the schooner
Cornolia also came over this morn
Ing.
Year: 1867

A ToUGH SToRY.-A Western paper
tells the following rather tough story
If true, it is the most remarkable on
record


can accident OF remarkable ma
ture occurred in the woods of neigh
boring county, last week, by which a
man was thrown eighty feet into the
air. He was standing on a balance
tree lying across u large log, to see
another tree come down, when the
tree in its falling course struck the
other end of the tree on which he was
standing, and the tremendous weight
OF it coming on the spring lever
threw him like q shot into the air.


"The remarkable part of the story
remains to be told. When at his
highest elevation, the man caught
hold of limb in the top of a tree,
about fifteen feet from the trunk, and
remained suspended by the arms until
the person who had felled the tree
travelled a distance of FIVE miles and
returned with help and ladder, be-
fore he could be released from his per-
ilous position. He was found in the
same position as when left, evidently
in the best of spirits, for he was
whistling Yankee Doodle, and max
ing strong fight with his feet against
a delegation of wasps that were en-
deavoring. to build a nest in the scat
OF. his pants. He said, upon reaching
the ground, tlat he had had q
'healthy time with, the 'varmints,
and attributed his power oflendur-
anee wholly to the hotly contested
convass he had with the critters, by
their persistent fire in the rear. and
the tremendous excitement incident
thereto.


'lf that man ever gets into Office,
he will be provided for for the rest of
his natural life. He will know how
to hang on to il"
Year: 1867

TIE CASE OF JUDGE THoMAs.-ThiS case
of alleged violation of the civil rights bill
will probably be tried during the tai! term
of the United States Circuit Court, which
commences today.
Year: 1867

LAST OF THE PHILLIPS TRiAL.-On Sa-
turday morning all the witnesses for the
prosecution and defence in the case OF the
Commonwealth Us. Jctcr Phillips were re-
cognizcd to appear on the first day Of tho
spring term of the Circuit Court of Hen
Year: 1867

THE Government is erecting somewhat extensive
barracks and workshops at Gravelly Cove under
Lime Point, preparatory to the erection of the long
promised Notifications at that point.
Year: 1867

To get rid of all society, and unsoci.l
man sometimes joins mutual benefit So
oiety by hanging himself


What is the difference between an
auction and sea-sicknes? One is sale Of
effects, the other the effects Of sail
Year: 1867

MURDER IN New CASTLE Wednesday
night last white man named James Booth
deliberately shot dead colored Inan named
William Smith, while he was sitting in his own
house. 1t appears that Booth has a pump in
front of his house and alleges that the cOlOred
people residing in that vicinity have recently
been in the habit of annoying him very much
in reference to it. On Wednesday night a
grandson of the deceased John W. Smith, was
in the neighbOrhoOd Of Mr.. Booth S when the
latter struck Smith without any provocation.
Smith ran to the residence of his grandfather
Fpursued by Booth who struck young Smith a
second time as he entered the door. The de-
ceased hearing the noise came down stairs,
when John told him that James Booth had
struck him without any cause. Booth then
declared that if he (Smith) would put his head
out of the window, he would tell him what hI
did it for. Booth then advanced towards the
window, pointed pistol at William Smith ar anc
fired The ball took effect in his breast and ne
died almost instantly. Coroner Bellew helC he
an inquest OH the body on Thursday Inc
Coroner committed Booth to Jail to answer the
charge at the November term OF the Court
Booth is a man about 35 years OF age. Ih'
deceased was about 60 years old.-J0m7'dL


James Booth the man who shot William
Smith. at New Castle, on Thursday evening
last is the son of VIM. Booth, who is now IL
an insane asylum in an adjoining State. jaime
Booth has never been regarded as entirely o
sound mind.
Year: 1867

IT is not well to put too much faith in Washington
rumorS, but there no harm ia noticing that 1t is
feared that on the ccasOn of tho forthcoming cele
bratIon Of the battle of North Point III the great
State Of Maryland trouble may arise in consequence
OF -eelng the part of the State militia Several
regiments propose to take part in the parade and 50
do several regiments of antl.Swan independent
militia, of whom large number color,d men
One report says that the dSloyal militia ready
TO help the President TO disperse Congress. Possibly
they will reconsider this matter before the time oI
action arrives, even though at the celebration they
shOuld pitch INTO their culorcd fellow cilIZens.
Year: 1867

With reference to the anticipated amnesty
proclamation, the New York Herald states that
those who are supposed to know something Of
President Johnsons intentions say pardons
will be granted to all classes Of ex-rebels, ex-
cept those guilty Of piracy and Of cruel treat
ment to Union soldiers. The amnesty is in
tended to restore the parties concerned to all
civil rights except those taken away by acts OF
Congress. OF the time when the proposed
proclamation will be issued however, nothing
definite is yet known.
Year: 1867

Those who have hoped to nominate General
Grant for the Presidency on the Republican
ticket now begin to think that they will have
to give way to Gen. Sheridan, SO popular has
the President made him by removing him.
Year: 1867

LET any one take the trouble to inquire, and they
will ascertain that the cngravings now being given
away by the Washington Library Company of Phlla-
delphia, to those who purchase one or more shares
Of stock in aid OF the Riverside Institute worth
more at retail by fifty per cent. than what Is paid
for the stock, Besides this, every share of stock
will be accompanied by present at the great dis
tribution.


George A, Cooke g. Co., Bankers, SO South Third
Street Philadelphia, are receivers OF all the funds
and their name assurance of the integrity and
reliability of the Company which is organized tor
oooj purpose which should not be contounded with
the bogus concerns that nfcst the country. RcaG
the advertisement.
Year: 1867

ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUIcIDE.-One of the
prisoners in New Castle jail, on Sunday night
week, tore up blanket and made rope with
which he hung himself to the iron door. A
prisoner who occupied the same cell, boy,
called to the watchman, who cut the man down.
A few minutes delay would certainly have ter
minated his existence. He is from Pennsyl
vanla, and is awaiting his trial for larceny
Gazette
Year: 1867

THE PoTATo RoT The potato crop in many
parts Of New Castle county will be a failure
In some places the farmers will not dig them,
there not being enough good potatoes to pay
tor the expense of the digging. In the low
lands the crop is total failure, and on tho hipb
lands it is seriously injured. = Commercial