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Year: 1869

ANOTHER RAIL Road PROJECT. The Columbia
Phensr is informed upon good authority that ar
rangements are being made to survey rail road
route from Frog Level to some point on the Col
umbia and Augusta Road, near Leesville.
Year: 1869

GAMBLxRs' DEv1cE-A gambling house in
Washington city has just been torn down The
gambling rooms were in the second story front.
Over them were two garret rooms with dormer
windows. In the flooring of each of these upper
rooms trsp-door had been cut about six feet in
length and three in width. The trap being taken
up shows an aperture between the floor and the
ceiling of the room below Of size to accommodate
the gamblers confederate, and series Of small
perforations in the ceiling afforded him full view
of the room beneath. By his side was the end Of
a thin wire, which, passing along under the aoor-
ling of the attic tothe walls, ran down to the flooring
of the room below (plsying upon nicely adjusted
pulleys at the angles, and 80 on until it reached
the card-table Here a very ingenious pedal ar
rangement came into play, by which, with springs
of a spiral wire triangular piece ofron was made
to work up through minute aperture in the floor
under the foot of the swinding gambler
Year: 1869

The worst carricature ever made
on the face of the earth, or on the
face ofman, is that in the last Har-
per's Weekly which purports to be
the likeness of Major-General Bel
knap the new Secretary of War.


Moreover they have got him born
in the wrong place, with the wrong
initial for the middle of his mono
gram, and commanding Division in
the wrong Corps ofthe Army of the
Tennessee;


Next to being killed in battle and
having your name spelled wrong in
the bulletin, is the exquisite misery
of waking up some fine morning and
finding yourself SO famous that the
cartoonists are compelled to proceed
VI ct armis to amucilate" your
elegant phiz, or else to tho selecting
of a picture at random from some
rogues gallery, to be engraved and
passed off on dcluded public, as your
counterfeit presentment.


In this sad affiiction tho new Sec.
retary has our profound and unmixed
sympathy.
Year: 1869

The rebel Democracy have iounC
the last ditch, and with tho intamou,
gold gamblers who got terribly bit in
their rascality are heralding the Ii
bel upon the President that he was
connected with the dlsgraceinl gold
operations in Wall street. This
sweet morsel Of grand and toplittica
falsehoodis just now right in hand 70,
the mendacious sheets OF the democ.
racy, when there seemed to be sc
great a dearth of material for them
to make up their political columns
with.


The charge is fabrication of the
cunning and fertile brains Of the
scoundrcls who failed in their ras.
cally schemes, by the govcrnmen,
stepping into the market with few
spare millions of gold; and being un.
able in any way to compromise the
integrity of tho President or his of:
fcers, they now desire to attach to
him if possible tho odium of their
own acts. This Is no new thing for
felons and wrong doors to try to
drag down with them honest men.


Though the President has taken
the trouble to deny the charge, still
Democratic vilii6ers and gamblers
continue to opeddle the story upon the
principle no doubt that lie well
stuck to, will find here and there a
believer.
Year: 1869

The decision Of the Supreme Court
of the U. S. decides that the militia.
ry Court transcended it's authority
in the trial of Yerger for the murder
of Col. Craner This will place the
culprit on trial before the state
Courts, which will render it quite
probable that conviction will never
be reached before a jury of Southern
Chivalry, for the cold blooded murder
of an excellent officer and citizen.
Year: 1869

The Davenport Journal gives a
circumstantial account of the burn
ing of one of the old frame buildings
at Camp Mcclellan, near that city,
in which poor family were residing,
and that one of the children, aslittle
boy, four years of age, was burned to
death in the confagration. The
father and older children were away
from home at work, and the mother
went to neighbors to return some
articles borrowed, and while absent
the house took fire, and upon her re-
turn was so far consumed as to rem
der it impossible to save anything,
or rescue the child.
Year: 1869

The Democratic Legislature Of
Tennessee is moving upon the law
established by the Republicans, in
augurating system of common
schools in that state. Nothing is SO
hateful to their eyes as to see the
youths Of the land educated indis-
crimihately by the bounty of the
state.


This universal spread of intelli-
gence is not conducive to the pros
perity of their kind of democracy,
and especially is it not in harmony
with their aristocratic ileas, indoc-
trinated under the influence of sla-
very. the traffic in the bodies and
souls Of the race of men which the
common school system would en-
tighten and elevate.
Year: 1869

THE COOP MoTHER.-By the quiet freside
of home, the true mother. in the midst of her
children, is sowing, as in vases of earth, the
seeds of plants that shall sometime give to
Heaven the fragrance Of their blossoms, and
whose fruit will be rosary of angelic deeds
the noblest offering that she can make through
the ever ascending and ever expanding souls Of
her children to her Maker. Every word that
she utters goes from heart to heart with pow
er of which she little dreams. Solemn is the
thought, but not more solemn to the Christian
mother than the thought that every word that
falls from her lips, every expression of her
countenance, even in the sheltered walk and
retirement, may leave an indelible impression
upon the young souls around her, and form, as
it were, the undyng strata of that education
which peoples Heaven with celestial beings,
and gives to the white brow of the angel, next
to the grace of God, its crown of glory.
Year: 1869

EAST VERSUS WEsT.-The Chicago Tribune
does not like the idea of the East grabbing the
best of the big prizes under the Government,
and says:


The West has got into the habit of producing
first class men for civil as well as military EN-.
ployment The brains and enterprise of the
East are chiefly absorbed in money-getting,
stock -jobbing, and gambling in Wall Street.
During the war the East was never able to
push the Rebels out of sight Of the Potomac,
while the West conquered them in twelve
States. The intellect of the East was too much
engrossed in filling Government contracts, in.
creasing the tariff, and other gainful pursuits,
to develop high order of military talent or
craftsmanship.
Year: 1869

RING VoTING.-A New York correspon-
dent tells how the Rings" of the Legislative
Assembly voted at the last session, as follows:


A red pocket-handkerchief denoted the man
ner in which the members were to vote. When
ever the Clerk had read the title of bill, &C..
in which there was ''bone," the leader, il he
considered his ring satisfied, would march to
the front of the Clerks desk and gracefully
blow his nose with his red linen. Every men,
Der of the ring would vote in favor of the meas
ure. If, on the contrary. the leader should
carelessly hold the handkerchief toward the
floor, that denoted that his followers should
vote against the measure Many a project
was carried or defeated by that red handker-
chief, and it was as much terror to the ap-
plicant for legislative favors as were some of
the Executive Committee of the Assembly Of
1869.
Year: 1869

IN \ QUANDAEY.-The OrcrIGnd Monthly
for june Kind q gets us. In one article a
writer goes on 10 give the revelations made to
himself by zone Who was Hanged and in an
other article, another writer starts out with
this astounding remark II am survivor OF
all the different cras of California amateur
cookery" Tins knocks us. We can, on a
stretch believe that man who was hanged
had been resusctatcd, but neither courtesy nor
any other consideration can win or force lis TO
credence of the story that any human being
ever was sufficiently endowed with life either
10 have undergone all the torture, or to have
survived it so as to narrate the fact, as the
writer on cookery has declared himself to have
been the victim Of The thing is not possible
Year: 1869

GooD Observation-Disclosures negroes, 1t Is
said, deserve praise for the way they are work
ing and the interest that great many OF them
manifest in trying to obtain an honorable living
Year: 1869

An application of considerable interest to New
York made in the Pennsylvania Legislature yestcr-
day Under the existing laws all foreign Life Insurance
Companies doing within the state Of Pennsyl
vana pay license of $500 and tax Of three per cent on
their gross receipts. All the prominent Philadelphia
companies have pettoned the Legislature to release
New-York Companies from this license and tax, on con-
ditiOn that the State Of NewYork will extend the same
courtesy to Pennsylvania companies operating in that
State The is held TO be oppressive on the poorer
who wish TO take advantage Of the benefits OF


life insurance The officers Of several of the Philadelphia
insurance companies appeared before the Legislature,
aud urged the repeal OF the present law bill for that
object was framed and introduced yesterday, The Con
stituti0nal Amendment under consideration in the
Senate yesterday, and passed TO its second reading


The Maine Senate refused to pass the Con-
stabulary act yesterday, by vote Of u 10 IA.


The Railroad Omnibus bill, apprOpriating
nearly ten millions OF dollars TO aid In the construction
of certain roads passed the Arkansas Senate last even
fuD
Year: 1869

A RADICAL SENATOR SHOT BY 4 RUFFIAN AT


NIGHT-A DOUBLE MURDER.


The Tallahassee Sentinel has the following
concerning the assassination of State Senator and
Clerk Of the Circuit Court, in Mariana, Florida, an
nounced by the telegraph several days ago;


While we just rejoicing at the subsldence OF al
political excitement and at the prospect OF peaceful
future, the startling Of fearful assassination al
Mariana reaches to make us shudder. On Friday
evening, the 26h ult about o'clock while Major Pur
man, one Of State Senators, and j. L. FinlaysOn
Clerk OF the Circuit Court, returning from con-
cert and when within few yards OF their residence
were fired at by some rufian concealed behind tree
some rods distant The gun loaded with large buck
shot, OF which penetrated the brain OF Dr. FnaSon
cansing his death in about an hour, while Major
Purman was shot in the neck below the
No clue 10 tne peIpttIalOr OF INC
Infamous deed has been discovered. Dr. Finayson
was quiet inoiIensve man, and one who would not be
likely to have any bitter political enemies Major Pur
man. on the contrary, is very OutspOken Radical IN
politics and his political acts and speeches have doubt
less made him many enemies. Some think the ahalr had
no political bearing whatever that IL was the result OF
some private grudge fancied injury. Whatever the
cause origin Of the trouble is one OF the most depo
able occurrences that has happened in our state ana
coupled with the recent murders ut Jacksonville VIII DO
more to cast discredit upon people than anything
that has transpred in the history OF Florida for long
Year: 1869

Last evening the front of the Olympic Theater
building on Broadway illuminated in honor Of the
long run Of " Humpty Dumpty" Soon after o'clock
a window-curtain the second floor, known as the
Mutual Pleasure Club Rooms, kept by John Widey took
fire. 1t was extinguished before much damage was
occasloned and without an alarm having been gwen out
sdo consequently immense audience in the theater
were unaware the peril which they had been placed
Mr. Duff and the attaches Of the theater when cues
toned declined TO give any information OF the analr'
declaring that the theater had not been on nfe a@
Year: 1869

ly The Cincinnati Gazette Justly
says of the disorderly conduct in the
House during the counting of the cleo
toral vote: 80 $.


''The hearts of all good men must
sicken with shame at the recital, but
justice demands the strong est words of
condemnation, and will be content with
nothing less than is written. The after
noon work was the work of a mob
There was so much confusion that mems
voices could not be distinguished, and
therefore it has not been possible to give
names, except in few cases where per-
sons made themselves specially promi-
nent. AT one time, for ten or fifteen
minutes not less than hundred men, u
few Senators, but mostly Representa-
tives, were OH their feet shouting and
gesticulating in the widest manner
Something of the confusion was doubt
less due to Mr.. Wade's lack of knowl-
edge of parliamentary law and usages,
but no ignorance Of his duty on the
part of the Presiding Officer could for
a moment excuse or paliiate the conduct
of scores of members of the joint con-
vention. The day that should have been
one of peace, for the sake Of him whose
watchword is, Let us have peace was
day Of gross violence, passionate dis
order, and mob insolence-a day to be
remem bered with averted head and the
crinsoning of shame"
Year: 1869

ADVANTAGES OF BEING WoMAN-A
woman says what she chooses without
being knocked down for it. She can
take a snooze after dinner when her hus-
band goes to work. She can go into the
street without being asked to stand
treat at every saloon. She can stay at
home in time of war, and get married
again If her husband is killed. She can
wear corsets if too thick and other fix
ins If too thin. She can get divorced
from her husband if she sees one she
likes better. She can get her husband
in debt all over, until he warns the pub
lie not to trust her on his account. But
all these advantages are balanced by the
great fact that she cannot sing bass, go
sparkling, or climb tree with any de-
gree of propriety
Year: 1869

Writing is q curious art as practiced
by the Hindoos. They may be often
seen walking along their native streets
writing letter. An iron stile and q
palm leaf are the implements. In wri-
ting, neither table ncr chair is needed,
the leaf being supported on the middle
finger Of the left hand, and kept study
with the thumb and fore finger. The
right hand does not, as with US, move
along on the surface, but, after finishing
a few words, the writer fixes the p ,int
of the iron in the last letter, and pushes
the leaf from right to left SO that he
may finish the line. The characters are
rendered legible by besmearing the leaf
with ink like fluid. A letter is generally
fnised on single leaf, which is then in :
cloaed in a second, whereupon is the ad
dress.
Year: 1869

CHLoRoFoRM ON THE GALLONS The
Sheriff oil Oneida, county. New York,
lately had to execute a murderer Being
q tender hearted man, be gave the Grim
inal chloroiorm before he put the rope
around his neck. Thereupon he has
been indicted for malfeasance in office


1t is not easy to see how he was false
to his official duties in administering the
chloroform; but it occurs TO US that he
might be indicted for murder if 1T could
be shown that he administered chloro.
form enough to kill the man. He had
no legal right to take the fellows life in
any way except by the rope; and if he
had killed him in any other way, as with
bludgeon, or with arsenic, he would
certainly have been held for murder.


The practice of administering chloro-
form to persons in the agony of death
from painful and fatal wounds was ap-
prov ed by some of the best surgeons
during the war; and we have heard of a
number of instances. But that would
not justify sheriff in using chloroform;
though we do not see precisely what diff
ference it would make, whether he gave
the drug to man on the scaffold or
not. Exchange.
Year: 1869

~ An exchange paper speaking Of
the balls and parties that drag their ru-
inous length after midnight, says:


1t is the after midnight carousal that
is undermining our society, makes rakes
of young men and ruins happy homes.
Let the gaiety be confined to more reas-
enable hours. Away with this foolish
waste and night walking. The evil has
been growing out of all bounds, until it
is a most serious one. It has grown till
no father or mother can be sure of the
safety of their children when out till
near morning.
Year: 1869

H There has been great snow
storm in Eastern Canada, blockin up
the roads badly. In the streets Of Mon
treal the snow is eight feet deep! More
snow has fallen in that region this win
ter than during any previous winter for
twenty years.
Year: 1869

In Watertown, Wisconsin, there is
young man who has been troubled for
the last twenty years with some living
creature in his stomach, which has had
the effect of seriously injuring his health,
and at times has threatened to end his
life. The motions of the animal can be
distinctly felt and heard by placing the
hand or ear upon the stomach. Ere
quently it comes up into his throat and
produces strangulation. At such times
he says he can feelthe, lower part Of the
creature moving about ins his stomach,
leaving no doubt that it is IS snake, and
not very small cne either.
Year: 1869

The general readiness nova days Of
thieves OF the most cowardly and sneak
ing description, to commit murder rath-
er than be caught, is explained by the
fact that there is now hardly more pun.
ishment to be expected for murder chan
for theft. By reducing the sanctity of
life nearly or quite to the level of that
OF property, we are giving every thief
the strongest temptation to get of his
pistol another chance of escape, since it
scarcely makes his chances of punish
ment more formidable if caught.
Year: 1869

A young lady of Memphis, Tenn, made
practical illustration Of the theory which has
been quite warmly advocated in the columns
Of the Reooluti0n, that ladies should have
the same privileges as men in making love
and proposals of marriage. The young wo'
man in question hearing that q certain young
man wanted to get married dressed up in
her tdiest and called upon him. Though
they had never met before, she Immediately
made known her errand. Being assured
that he was indeed desirous Of a companion
she, without further preliminaries, offered
heart and hand. The young man became
alarmed and consented, and the twain were
| made one next day.
Year: 1869

PRISON and child, when the horse ran away,
Mrs. Baxter determined to FIRST save the
child Of her friend, and watching her oppor.
tunity, threw the little one out on the grass,
SO that it was not injured. Mira. Baxter
then took her own child and leaped from
the carriage. Fortunately both escaped
with slight bruises. Mrs. Prison was
slightly injured about the head, The child
of the latter was not hurt. The shape of
the carriage facilitated the escape of the oc.
eupsnts. The vehicle Was finally dashed
against stone wall.
Year: 1869

A member eloct of the Senate Of Virginia
who can not take the iron'clad oath has
stated to the Secretary of war that when he
became candidate he was assured that the
oath would not be exacted of members OF
the Legislature. This is exceedingly prob
able, for it does appear that our Radical
politicians remember their promises only TO
break them.
Year: 1869

New York is enjoying remarkable season
of sharks. The harbor is said to be throng'
ed with them and they frequently engage in
playful gambols with each other in close
proximity to the piers on East and North
rivers. They seem to be constantly on the
look out for some one to fall off the numer-
Gus ferry boats and other crafts continually
ploughing through the harbor.
Year: 1869

Senator Yates is about to visit California.
lie proposes on this trip to wear his clothes,
and others intenui-s IN pass over the Pacific
road need not fear to take passage on the
same train with him.
Year: 1869

To the EDITOR of the World


SIR:-As you are aware that West
Virginia is one of the "mOst recon
structed" States in the Union (), can
not resist sending you the following ex-
tract from my correspondent in that
State, who was an active General in
our army during the war:


"You must pay the taxes at once or the
land will be sold in October Ii you
knew how this country was governed
YOU would not he surprised at the heavy
taxation. In most of the counties 10
this State not one tenth of the people
can vote or are allowed to act lii the
government of their own affairs, aud
the votsrs aud office holders consist
mostly of the ignorant and vicious seal.
awags and carpet baggers, and as all
want an office the offices are multiplied
without number, aud the money supports
them AID their Radical party. Perhaps
Won are Radical In New York; You
would not remain one long 1t you were
here. | have written the Sheriff to give
the exact amount of your tax, but may
get no reply, as both the Sheriff and
Recorder in that county are utterly un-
tit for their places"


This has reference to some wild lands
own in that State. Before the war the tax
was merely nominal, only some so. The
tax upon the same property this year is
orer one hundred dollars, with no cause
for the advance but the reasons stated
by my correspondent. Truly we live in
an age of Progress" ii.
Year: 1869

A letter received at this office, writ
ten by well-knowu Union man of
Monroe county, and dated September
30tb, says:


"The registrars in all this part of the
State seem to act utterly regardless Of
their oaths. They seem to think they
must perform the functions of their
office so as to keep their party inpower.
Every now and then secret circulars are
sent out to them as to their duties.
Can you not get the Governor to APP
point honest menf Can you not get
him, or the Attorney General, to Issue
public, not secret, Instructions as to their
duty, somewhat after the spirit of the
instructions given by Judge Ferguson
to the Grand Jury of Cabell county !"


We regret to have to say to our cor
respondent that there is but little reason
to hope that Governor STEVENSON will
appoint honest men as Registrars, very
soon. If you want honest Registrars,
you must labor for the election of a
Legislature that will take from the
Governor the appointing power. An
experience of five years with the Regis
tration Act ought to have convinced
the dullest man that this is the only
alternatiye
Year: 1869

This road, which connects Charles
ton and Knoxville by the nearest and
most direct route that can be chosen,
we understand from one of the contract
ors will certainly be completed in two
years, and probably in less time. A
large force will soon commence on the
heaviest part of the work in South Car
olina, and the work will be commenced
on this end of the line, at Maryville,
about the first of December.-Knorrille
Press and Herald.
Year: 1869

The Mormons have at length arrived
at settlement With the Union Pacific
Railroad, and have taken part of their
pay in track iron and rolling stock for
the Utah Central. The iron has begun
to arrive at Salt Lake City, the grading
is half done, aud is seing pushed, the
tiers are being delivered and before
cold weather the stage route thence to
Uintah-the dustiest and toughest in the
world-will be among the things that
were.
Year: 1869

E Old Sol. pretends to be printer.
but he can't empty stick foil Of solid
BREWER without lead behind it.-Ha-
ratka Sentinel.


That's not the worst of it. We also
tie Q string around it. The next time
you send your blacksmith Of q foreman
down to spy around for items, tell him
to be more on the "Alert" " He is no
better as an observer than the appearance
Of the paper indicates him to be as q
printer. -
Year: 1869

H At Troy. q few days ago, We met
our esteemed friend Downer, Of the Hia-
wa,hs Sentinel. He had been to St.
Joe. laying in supplies for bis custom
ers. He informed us that he bad stop
ped at the Fairbanks Hotel, and was
profuse in his recommendations Of it. ss
be had no bill to pay. We had not
heard Of such house in St. Joe. but we
have since learned that ho slept on the
City Hay Scales