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Year: 1869

LAST week AARON WILL, Of tho firm Of
DAN WILL & BBos., visited She city and
selected with his usual great care large
and very beautiful assortment Of Goods
for the Spring Trade, comprising some of
the finest and nOst fashionable Good,
ever yet brought to this cOunty-every.
thing suitable for the selson. From the
finest silk and most delicate fabrics to
the cheaper calico, every depart ment is
well stOoked-and the low prices at which
they we're bought, gives the firm the great.
est advantage over all other Houses in
this county in selling any kind of Goods
The style and prices cannot fail to please
you 60 and see They have very
choice lot Of Hats that are going off fast
They can't be beaten in selling any guam
tity or quality of Goods
Year: 1869

SHADE TREEs,--Notning tends to beau
tify ard adorn town more than sha d(
trese, The present Spring let every
property holder set out a suitable number
along the side walk in front of his resi-.
dence. II this suggestion was carried out
but year or two would elapse ere our
town would present an appearance Of beau
ty A small amount Of labor expended in
this way would doubly repay our citizens
Year: 1869

MAcKLEY chronicles the decease
Of the late Democratic party Of
Jackson county, in the last number
of the Standardization Record.


How simple such stuff as the
above sounds. We should think
that respectable white folks would
get tired of reading such nigger
twaddle. 1t is tlattery to say that
such stuff is foolish.
Year: 1869

No DOUBT OF IT.-A Washington
correspondent says that the Presi-
dent would like to have the two
houses of Congress adjourn and go
home as soon as possible. And
why not? lie wants to have peace.
Year: 1869

in the selection of the teachers, the
building arrangement anu equipment Of
school houses, neither in the method
or extent Of instruction. She can
pay her share ofthc expenses Of schools
but can have no legal voice in their
management. She can teach, but she
can have no vote in determining what
shall be taught. She is the very cor
ncr stone Of institutions which she has
no lawful vote in shaping. Suffrage q
lone can carry woman's equal right and
privilege into the district school,
And especially let us have her open,
avowcd, and public responsibility and
co-opcration-always safer than direct
inAuencc-always more honest and ct-
Gcicnt than kitchen cabinet.


Finally, the Vermont Censors urge,
there is no use of opposition. That
women will vote is just as certain as
that the cause of truth must ever tri,
umph. Therefore, they would glory in
seeing Vermont, first of all lands in ac.
cording to woman her equal rights be-
fore the law, and invest her with THEN
only safeguard, the right of suffrage
AS a conquest over wrong and error, il
will only rank second to the abolition 0:
slavery -Winona RrpuILcan.
Year: 1869

A good fall trade,-many declare it
will be an unprcccdentedly large one
waits to follow the harvest home, now
near at hand. n dull summer is to have
this ending. There are no aspects of a
panic. We shall have good yield of
other cereals, and Of corn more than
enough for speculative gambling. From
all parts ofthe country advi:es reach us
to this effect, and few weeks more will
see us in the midst of busy times For
this our merchants are preparing, and
the voices of the croakers will be lost
in the din of active trade. The real
estate men are making ready for fresh
activity in the fall, and the prospect is
not an encouraging one for the views
of those who have salted down some
thing whc:cwith to buy after the panic,
for there is to be no panic.-Chicago
Republican.
Year: 1869

Vcrmont-thc most conservative and
steadfast State in the Union-takcs the
initiative in seriously proposing to a.
mend its State Constitution so as to
permit women to vote. The Council Of
Censors, a body chosen to consider a.
mendments to the Constitution, has
voted to recommend to the Constitution
al Convention to meet in February
next: the adoption of such an amend
mcnt to the organic law. This is the
greatest triumph yet achieved by the
advocates Of female suffrage. Vermont
is a State not much given to change
unless there exists good reason for it.
The only political one of Importance
within the past thirty-five years has
been the transfer Of it's impIcynablo
Wing majority to the Republican par
ty: without damage to the don ilant
party or benefit to the opposition
When such State moves, Mrs. Stanton
may congratulate herself on seeing the
beginning Of the end. The Ccnsors,
whose Affirmative action on the question
is SO noticeable, are described as being
straightforward; practical mcn-not
sentimentalists nor rcformers, in the
common acccptation ofthe term. They
are substantial and prominent men in
the State, and all have seen something
Of public life. All are by profession
lawyers, and actively engaged in politics
one Democrat and the other two
Republicans. Their report on the sub
jcct deals largely with the writings Of
HENRY WARD BEEcNEE, MILL, Cur
IT'S, and other noted advocates Of the
rights Of the sex. The Ccnsors assert
that the self evident" propositions Of
the Declaration of Independence apply
to man and woman alike, and that the
great charter must be interpreted in
this way, and on this base their argu-
mcnt. This extract presents in COM
pact from the strong points ofthc report {:


Our present political institutions were
formed and shaped when men had their
chief interests and pursuits out of doors
and women remained the humble slaves


at home. The social change has been
immense. Now woman sits by the side
Of n'an,is his companion and associate in
his amuscmcnts, and in all his labors,
studies: pursuits and interest, save the
one OF governing the country And it
is time that she should be his associate
i'll this. The position of women in regard
to the common schools of the State is
the most absurd and unjust that can be
imagined. She must always be the
chief instructor Of the young in point
Of time and influence. She is their
best teacher at home and in school,
And her share in this cver-expanding
work is becoming vastcr every day.


Woman as mother, sister, teacher, has
an intelligence, comprehension of the
educational needs ofyouth, and an inter-
est in their development, far in advance
of the other sex. She can organize,
control and teach the most difficult
school in the State: yet she has no vote
Year: 1869

express purpose of healing old wounds
and securing aid for the fall, great
Inducements. The language Of the Sc
durers will be, Name what YOU wa Mt
and VIC will give it. Let us forget the
past, and be honorable in future" We
wait with some curiosity to see whether
the old bait will be grabbed.
Year: 1869

These figures show the average bank circulation TO
have been during the period embraced in the table Sc O6
per capita. But TO obtain the total currency Of that
period, add the circulating coin There is
reliable data for determining this amount. We have
always had a fun supply of paper money In 81 bills
and above and consequently there has been absolute
need for coin except for fractional parts OF dollar We
know that OF our present fractional currency al
though deprecated about 20 per cent suces 10 sup
ply this want for Ourpresent aton 600 Hence
We may infer that an average circulation OF S4,O0OO
of coin would have met the absolute wants OF the
munty during the period embraced the table, when
the average population but 205O00O0 But know
that prefer to paper money, and that during
much OF that peri0d had In circulation liberal
Infusion OF gold coin we'll silver IL is impossible 10
determine with any degree OF accuracy the total average
coin circulation for that period; but from varons con
slderatiOns bearing on the question: which cannot stop
to present. feel warranted In saying that II could not
have exceeded s0eU0OOO, which Is about $50 per iay
or - 2l per capita. -


In this estimate do not include the coin held by banks
that held by persons permanent hoafds, for the
obvious that neither OF these constitute part OF
the actual circulating medium. That held by banks Is
withdrawn from circulation TO give credit and currency
Their circulating notes. and to be given in exchange
for them whom presented for redemption. That held by
individuals permanent boards is not only Withdrawn
from circulation. bat totally idle aud unproduciive.


Adding this liberal estimate Of the circulating coin TO
the asceralned amount OF circulating paper 1t gives a
total average circulating medium for the Is years OF " n
per capita.


Let glance at the currency statistics OF Great
Britain The annexed table gives round numbers her
total banknote circulation in each year from 1884 to 1852
Year: 1869

Gold has reached point lower than at any
time since the close of the war, and indeed
since the early days Of the war. It went
down yesterday to 1919, and it has been
| gradually declining to this point for several
weeks past. It fact, the decline, it may be
said, has been going on ever since the ex-
plosion of the gold cornering operation of Fisk


Gould, Corbin and Company, when the
strength Of the Treasury in gold resources
was made apparent. But the question that
naturally arises here is, what is the cause of
this steady and persistent fall Of the premium
One immediate cause is the accumulation of
precious metal in Wall street; but there is a
general cause even for this, as well as causes
operating generally throughout the country
and in connection with commerce. The regu-
lar sales Of gold by the Treasury Department
and the purchase of bonds have considerable
effect, but the greatest effect is produced by
the reduced expectation Of specie and demand
for it abroad. We are importing less and
exporting more. At the present time par
ticularly there is large amount Of cotton
and other products being shipped and
on hand for shipment. The specie
export from New York has been
nearly forty millions less in 1869 than
in 1868. The present year it has been little
over thirty millions, while it amounted to more
than sixty-nine millions for the same period
in 1868. Reckoning the product Of the
precious metals in this country at not more
than sixty millions a year, this would show
that the amount remaining in the country has
been increased thirty millions the last year.
True, there has been an export of United States
bonds and other securities to assist in adjusting
the balance of trade, and this may in the
future cause larger drain Of specie to pay the
interest on our foreign Indebtedness; but the
fact still remains that our production of the
precious metals has been far greater than the
export or demand. Nor are we without hope
that the products Of the country, Independent
Of the precious metals, may hereafter be
nearly sufficient to meet the demand of our
creditors abroad without large expectation Of
gold. There may be a temporary reaction
from the present decline Of gold but the ten
dency evidently is downward, and that from
natural and reasonable causes. Why, then,
talk of forcing specie payments? A too sud
den and too great a decline, even under the
natural laws Of trade, might disturb values and
create distress, and any attempt to force specie
payments would certainly be disastrous. The
only sensible policy for the government to
pursue is to let things alone and leave to the
laws of trade the solution Of the question rela-
tive to the currency and specie payments.
Year: 1869

From Paris and through the columns Of tho


Pdsris we learn that the Sultan has sent bis
ultimatum to the viceroy. If the viceroy does
not see his way to comply with the terms Of
the Sultan we are told that Ismail Pacha will
be deposed and his brother, Mustaphs FAIL
Pachs, will be recognized in his stead. In
these columns we have already more than
limited that from the Sultan's standpoint this
was not an improbable solution of the difficulty.
Mustapha FAIL is the brother Of the Viceroy,
or, as we should say, halfbrother, and It 10
not well known which of the two is the elder
and therefore the best entitled to the viceregal
throne Of Egypt 1t is question of hours
rather than days, of minutes rather than hours;
and there are in Egypt many who think that
the difference, had things been properly man
aged, would have been in favor of Mustapha
rather than Ismail.


This, however, would be unworthy Of notice
were it not for the possibility, which is grad
ually growing into probability. that the rightfL
mastership Of Egypt is to be the subject of dis
cussion before long in q congress Of the great
Powers Of Europe. 1t is not our opinion that
the Viceroy can or will tamely submit to tho
dictation of the Sultan. His position Is toe
strong for that. It is as little our opinion
that the Sultan will retire from the position he
has taken up. Secret diplomacy may do
much; and secret diplomacy is now beyond all
question doing its best. It is not certain, how
ever, that such diplomacy will be able to patch
up the breach. It may, but it may not. The
Viceroy feels that he must maintain his posi-
ton. He feels it all the more that inde-
pendent sovereignty seems within his reach.
The Sultan, on the other hand, feels that TO-
yield to what he calls the extravagant and un-
justiiable pretensions Of his vassal will have
the effect Of encouraging disafection through
out the length and breadth Of his empire. The
granting Of independence to Egypt will be fol-
lowed by most sweeping demands on the part
Of Roumania. Bulgaria will not be less exact
ing than Roumania. General disintegration is,
therefore, the prospect.


If secret diplomacy does not do the needed
work we shall have all the Powers Of Europe
speaking out on the subject. A congress spe-
cially convened to settle once more the East
ern question begins to appear to be of all likely
things the most likely. If the present Difficult
ties cannot be settled without congress It
is still our opinion that congress will make
war for the present impossible.
Year: 1869

THE TRANSITION EPOCH IN VIRGrNIA.-The
exodus Of Sambo from the State Of Virginia is
attracting the attention of the Virginia press
He goes South, too, seeming to prefer the pro-
mise of milder climate to civil rights, &C., in
the colder North. 1t is one of the singular
facts of the case that Sambo's sometime master
and owner seems to be now dependent upon
the movements of his former chattel. The slave
leads and the master follows. The old vir-
ginia white man, bred under the influences Of
the institution. was as much the creature Of
slavery as the negro himself, and cannot live
with any other laborer. Meantime, as he goes
out another sort Of farmer comes In, and the
change Is oil the better for Virginia,
Year: 1869

all nations by the electric wire. France and
Italy will soon be joined by tunnel through
the Alps, and the Suez Canal has already
united the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. "
This picture, if somewhat coulsur do ross, ID,
in the main, strkingly true, and the Emperor
completed 1t by graceful allusion to the
Empress, who was absent only ''to testify the
sympathy of France with the wonderful genius
and perseverance Of q Frenchman."


In conclusion Napoleon called upon the
Legislature to apply Loyalty the notifications
of the constitution, which will promote the
more direct participation Of the nation in Its
own affairs-a participation which will be
new force for the empire. The time had
arrived when 1t should be proved to the world
that France, avoiding deplorable excesses, can
support those free institutions which honor
modern civilization. .a.., ,..ss


This brief summary Of the Emperor's states
manlike speech win suffice to show that, profit
ing by the warning examples of Louis Philippe
Louis Napoleon perceives the advantages of
not postponing until too late all reasonable
concessions to that popular will by virtue of
which he claims to exercise sovereignty
By remembering that he styles himself
Emperor Of the French by the grace of God
and by the will Of the people, he still remains
master of the situation. And If both Emperor
and people shall resolutely set aside alike
those passive tools Of personal government
who have hitherto proved such obstacles to
liberty, and those irreconcilable s" who
would subvert order, we may hope that the
era of reconciliation and progress has at length
really dawned for France.
Year: 1869

PRIM AND SRRRANo MASTERS OF THE SrrUA-
rIoN.-The Spanish government is evidently too
strong for all the elements of opposition the
republican party can muster. The proposition
to censure the government for arbitrary use
Of power-meaning no doubt the suppression
Of the recent uprisings-was voted down by
majority that in the absence of any explana-
tion seems extraordinary. 1t was one hundred
and forty-six to thirty-five. If the republican
party has only thirty-fve votes on question
vital to Its existence 1t is weak indeed. The
Ministry has therefore all the support and
encouragement ministry could ever hope for
in supporting order resolutely; but that,
perhaps, Is as far as the sense and meaning Of
the vote reaches.
Year: 1869

Mr. FISH EooNoMIzRs.-Mr. Fish proposes,
as we hear from Washington, to economize in
the matter of printing, and to deprive us Of the
diplomatic correspondence. Economy is good,
but it is doubtful whether it will be an unmixed
good as thus applied. Undoubtedly there
is vast amount Of stupidity and mere routine
in our diplomatic correspondence that we are
as well without and every part Of it that is Of
interest is given to the public in the news
papers. It is to be remembered also that no
part Of this correspondence likely to be import
ant matter Of history will fail to be called for
by Congress, and it will then be printed in the
documents.
Year: 1869

This 10 an ago Of advancement In sciences


and art. 1t would appear that villany keeps


pace with either Of them; for there is hardly q


day that some new device does not come to


the surface by which unfortunate victims are
swindled. The panel game, the drop game,
bogus gift concerns, lotteries and mock auo-
tions have become old and stale. Even the
sale Of worthless tickets to California, which
was quite common some time ago, is nearly
played out" But the last new piece Of
ingenuity in swindling is that just developed
In William street, whereby hundred and fifty
unsuspecting workmen were cheated out Of five
dollars each-perhaps all the ready money
they had-on the pretext Of getting passage
to New Orleans on the steamer Rapidan, with
the assurance that they would receive two
dollars and seventy five cents day for work
Ing on the levee there. These poor fellows
were entrapped by means Of an advertisement
in the papers, and the game seems to have
been most skilfully carried out by the rascals
who directed it. Now, it is highly improbable
that plan Of this kind can be successfully
accomplished without the knowledge Of the
detective force. They must know something
about that mysterious Office, No. so William
street, which was occupied for time and
then so suddenly closed on the day when the
purchasers of tickets for New Orleans made
their appearance-on Saturday. There ought
not to be much difficulty in finding out the firm
called s'Totten & Company" whoever they are,
who appear to be the principals in this villanous
business. Surely the detectives are shrewd
enough to hunt them up, and we hope that
they will lose no time about it.
Year: 1869

TROUBLE ON THE MIssIssIPPI-A WAR OF
RAoEs.-It appears from our telegraphic
dispatches published this morning that the
troubles between the whites and blacks along
the Mississippi have been aggravated SO as to
call for the Intervention of the military. We
presume, however, that General Grant will
lose no time in providing for the immediate
restoration of law and order
Year: 1869

BRAZIL begins to feel the cost of her war
with Paraguay, for it appears, from the STAN
dard, of Buenos Ayres, that the Brazilians
are sick Of this war, that the whole empire
clamors for peace, that property has fallen,
that there are failures in every town, that the
bankrupt courts are full of cases, that taxation
is excessive, that production is crippled, and
that all this is laid to the continuance of the
Paraguayan war. At the same time the
Brazilian War Minister calls for sixty thousand
more soldiers call which is strenuously
opposed in all quarters of the empire. Putting
all these things together, there may be still
hope for Lopez and the independence of Para
quay. Unquestionably, we think that if the
neighboring republics were now to take bold
stand towards Brazil upon this subject the
Paraguayan war would be ended at once in
behalf of the republican system of government
against the imperial system of Brazil. We
think it likely, meantime, that General Grant
may say something in his forthcoming message
that will contribute to a satisfactory settlement
of this Paraguayan difficulty.
Year: 1869

THE VALUE OF NUISANCE. The moss
bunker was once regarded by fishermen az
merely nuisance. He was too bony to pay
as . fellow for table use, and he was 80 plenti-
full that he filed all the nets cast for his more
appreciated relatives. On the shores of New
Jersey and Long Island for years no better use
was found for these fish than to place three Of
them in an odoriferous triangle on every hill of
corn. Now they are rendered" by the mil
lion, and after they are thus deprived Of much
good oil the refuse is made into fertilizer, of
which one company has this season sent to the
Southern States two hundred thousand dollars
worth.
Year: 1869

SHOCKING RECORD FOR KENTUCKY
lucky gives US bloody story every now and
then, and few of the events resulting from the
present condition of that State have so coolly
outraged all law and order as the fight Just
chronicled in Pulaski county. All the parties
in a certain difficulty were assembled at the
county seat to witness trial of the case, when,
instead of waiting for the settlement of law,
they proceeded to fight the quarrel out in
duel that had the proportions of battle. In
the result we see what any genuine Kentuckian
of the old style would perhaps regard as the
most shocking part of the story. There were
twenty on a side; they fired one hundred and
fifty shots, and only three men were killed.
Now that is very bad shooting for Kentucky


The NEWARK MURDER.-Sunday crimes of
q terrible and bloody nature are becoming
alarmingly frequent. Our columns on Mon
day morning almost invariably present most
painful record of one or more tragedies in the
city or its vicinity. The latest affair of this
kind occurred in Newark, N j., on Sunday
morning, in dancing saloon. The festivities,
which commenced on Saturday night, it
appears, were protracted into Sunday MORN
ing, when fracas occurred in which Ger
man named Stoll was stabbed to the heart and
died almost instantly. This is where our Sun
day law works well, much as it has been
inveighed against. The Jersey people would
do we'll to follow our example in this narticuIar
Year: 1869

SOME two years ago, while going down
Broadway, in New York, blood com.
menced running from my nose quite free.
ly. l stepped aside and applied my hand
kerchief, intending to repair to the nearest
hotel, when a gentleman accosted me, say
ing Just put piece of paper in your
mouth, chew it rapidly, and 1t will stop
your nose bleeding" Thanking him rather
doubtfully, did as he suggested, and the
flow of blood ceased almost Immediately.
have seen the remedy tried since quite
frequently, and always with success
Doubtless any substance would answer
the same purpose as paper, the stoppage
of the flow Of blood being caused, no
doubt, by the rapid motion of the jaws,
and the counter actisn of the muscles
and arteries connecting the Jaws and nose.


Physicians say that placing small role
of paper or muslin above the front teeth,
under the upper lip, and pressing hard on
the same, will arrest bleeding from the
nose-checking the passage of blood
through the arteries leading to the nose.--
H. O. K, in Country Gent.