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Year: 1868




FIRST vino your watch as nearly as
possible at the satae time every dav
SecOndly-be careful that vour kew i,
in good condition, as there is much
danger of injuring the machinery
WHEN the key Is worn or cracked
There are more mainsprings and
chains broken through a Jerk in wind
ing than from any other cause, which
injury sooner or later will be the re-
suit if the key is in bad order. Third
ly-as all metals contract bv cold and
expand by heat, it must be manifest
that to keep the watch as nearly as
possible at one temperature is a nee
essary piece Of attention. FourthIy-
keep the watch as constantly as posi-
bic in one position, that is, fit hangs
by day let if hang by night, against
something that is soft. FifthIy-the
hands Of pocket chronOmeter. or
duplex watch, should never be set
backwards; in other watches this is A
matter Of no consequence. Sixthly-
the glass should never be opened in
watches that set and regulate at the
back. Seventhly-On regulating a
watch, should it be going too fast,
move the regulator a trife towards
the "slow, and if going slOtF, do the
reverse; you cannot move the reguIa-
tor too gently at time, and the only
inconvenience that can arise is, that
you may have to perform the duty
more than once [Craften's Horol-
Ogy.
Year: 1868

Stephen Girard, when surrounded
by immense wealth, and supposed to
be taking extreme delight in his ac-
CUmulatiOns, wrote thus to friend:


GAS to myself, 1 live like a galley
slave, constantly occupied, and often
passing the night without sleeping.
I am wrapped in labyrinth of affairs
and worn out with care. I do not
value fortune. The love of labor is
my highest emotion. When I rise
in the morning, my only effort is to
labor SO hard during the day, that
when night comes may be able to
sleep sOundly."
Year: 1868

An "American citizen of African
descent" living on a certain street in
this city, had his suspicious aroused
recently that all was not as it should be
with his coal pile, as it was observed
to grow 'small by degrees and beau
tif1lly less" every night to an extent
that he could not account for. He
had his mind set at rest one evening
last week, however. Hearing a noise
in his yard about the time the grave
yards yawn, he rushed out candle in
hand, and-nairG5ile djctlt-eaught a
aglitte man in the act of absconding
with large armful Of coal.


P. S. Democratic papers please
copy, not forgetting to. state that it
was the "nigger7 that was caught in
the white mans yard, etc Chill Gaz.
Year: 1868

Why is a druggist like pastry-cookl BscauSe he
sells potion things, (pies and things.)


When is hen most likely TO perform her duties
property When she is in earnest Gin her nest1


Why is an empty pot like lying reports Because
it has nothing IN 1t.


Why is an even barter like a man with no Isgs?
Because he has nethng to boot


Why is spectator like bee.hive7 Because he is
q behOlder.


When is q thinner than a lathl When be is
a shaving


When is q man over head and ears in debit Ans
When be has hat on not paid for.
Year: 1868

The new Maryland Senator, Mr.. Vick-
ers, used to be an oId-line Wing. He is
represented by his friends to have been
an acknowledged Union man and sup
porter Of the late war. and represented his
native county in the State Senate the term
before the present. At home be is called
General Vickers from a connection with
the State militia some years ago. He is
about sixty years of age, hale and hearty,
afable and man of decided ability,
Year: 1868

Divide the number 332 into six parts so that ~ we
add to the hrgt part take from the second multi
ply the fourth by 2 divide the third by extract the
square root Of the h and square the sixth part the
sum, difference product quOtient, square root and
square will all be equal.
Year: 1868




The law Of Tennessee requires Admins
traitors to publish insolyent notices in a
newspaper. A written notice carries out
neither the spirit or letter of law, but it does
no injustice to all interested parties and lays
the Administrator liable for damages to all
who are losers by his nOn-eonformity with
the law. We quote from the code Of Ten
nessee, section 2,330s


The Clerk (of the County Court) :
shall make an order upon the, executor or
administrator, to give notice by advertise
ment in some newspaper published within
the State, and also at the court house door OF
the county, for all persons having claims
against said estate to appear and file the
same, authenticated in the manner pre-
scribed by law, On or against a day to be
fixed in such notice, which shall not be less
than three nor more than six months after
the date of notice. and any claim not fled
on or before the day fixed, or before an ap-
preparation of the funds of the State is
made shall be forever barred both N law
and equity.
Year: 1868




Upon the nomination Of Mr. Cassorly to
the United States Senate, he was called out
and made a brief speech, which he concluded
as follows:


Ishall hope at not e remote day to stand
In the Senate Of the United States, an advo-
cate-the least perhaps, IN ability, of any
there. but among the very foremost for
earnestness and heartfelt sincerity of pur-
pose-an advocate of the constitution, and
the laws Of the United States made in ac-
cordance therewithi Of the rights of the
States, and of the rights Of the people of the
States, and particularly of the people of
those States In the South now groaningunder
the most frightfui, ignoble and reTolting
bondage ever imposed upon q free people
Tremendous applause Against that
great wrong shall hope to stand, ever and
always, if not in the front rank, still steady
in the line Of It's opponents, and one of the
defenders of constitutional rights, Of the
true institutions Of American liberty
[Applause. No prouder task than that can
ever fall to the lot Of man, for man IS never
SO noble as when he stands up for the right,
for the liberties, and for the protection Of a
trampled ard much wronged minority,
might Applause And whether I stand





against great opposition, 7 shall always stand
there, hope, never to be moved by fear or
favor from the task which | have imposed
upon myself by your consent and sUfferages,
gentlemen, this night, from doing all that in
me lies to press a speedy and Immediate un-
conditional liberation of that people from
the bondage which l have described, and
their restoration to unity, to the totality of
their constitutional rights as States in the
Union. Applause Let messay, gentle
men, that [ shall hope to do my duty for the
cause and for the State of California ;
wherever your banner is, there viii l be-
Where the press is thickest, and the strife is
hottest, I shall hope to raise my weak arm
in the defense of the right against the blow
dealt by the wrong and, above and before
all things, in the restoration Of that large
and important portion of the American
Union to Its rights in the Union under the
constitution, as any other portion of the
Union, without a j0t or title of condemna-
ton or abatement. Applause
Year: 1868

The object of the lalo Is to enable per
sons who cannot pay their debts to get rid Of
them


Who may take advantage Of this laaC.


ANY person or firm who owes debts to the
amount of three hundred dollars or upward,
whether they be individual or partnership or
both, and it makes no difference what is the
character of the indebtedness, whether it be
by bill, note, account, Judgment, as princi-
pal, or surely, otherwise.


What does tie lalg demand Of the applj-
calt2


That he shall surrender his property, ex
cept such as is hereafter mentioned, to his
creditors, for a pro rata distribution among
them.


What IS a debtor permitted to keep7


First-Hous and kitchen furniture
necessary to the amount Of $500


Second-the wearing apparelo of himself
and family.


Third-The uniform and equipments of
any person who is, or has been, a soldier IN
the militia or other service of the United
States.


Fourth-If the applicant is the head Of o
family, his homestead, to the value Of S509.
If he has no homestead, then IN lieu thereof,
money or other personal property to the
value Of $30J


If the applicant has only 50 much property
as is above numerated, of course he has
nothing to give up to his creditors.
|. The result Of taking the benefit Of bhis
law is a discharge from ali his indebtedness.
In cases where there is no contest, it re-
auires from sixty to ninety days to procure
this discharge. This law went into opera
ton on the first day of June, 1867, and per
sons who propose to avail themselves of its
advantages, should do so as soon as possible
as they cannot do so after one year from its
commencement, unless they can pay fifty
cents on the dollar Of their Indebtedness, or
get the consent of a majority in number and
value Of their creditors.
Year: 1868

SIzeLE 8IoDE OF CosfPUrISs INrEREsr.--
A new method Of computing interest on any
number Of dollars at six per cent appears
very simple. Multiply any given number Of
dollars by the number of days interest de-
sired, separate the right hand figure, and
divide by six the result Is the true interest
Of such sum for such number Of days at six
Per cent. The rule is SO simple and SO true,
according to all business usage, that every
banker, broker, merchant or clerk should
post titup for reference or use There being
no such thing as fraction in it there Is
scarcely any liability to error or mistake.
By no other arithnetical process can the
desired iniormation be obtained with 50 few
J figures.
Year: 1868

The New York Senate on the 24th inst
adopted a resolution that on the government
recognizing no distinction between native
adopted citizens, it should call on al nations
for the immediate release of all citizens
held illegally in military seryiveS or IRE
tended political ofenses not committed On
their soil, and thatitis the 3uty of the govern
ment to enforce the demand, If necessary,
with all the power of the nation.
Year: 1868

Horace Maynard says that the Judges of
the Supreme Court Of Tennessee are Of the
opinion that the State is not legally bound
for the payment of the deprecated notes of
the State Bank.
Year: 1868

There are two hundred and thirty four
eonvicts in the State prison at Nashville
whose average theft did not amount to So
A bill has been introduced in the Legislature
authorising the Governor to release all those
who have been imprisoned for such small
offenses
Year: 1868

The Secretary Of State is advised Of the
execution Of the treaty between the United
States and the Republic Of Columbia, for
the construction Of q ship canal across the
1sthmus of Darien.
Year: 1868

is natural capital should oppose. 1t
may increase its revenue; but the need
of the hour is to give souls chance.
Cotton mills have no right to make IL
per cent. and banks eight, if thereby
souls are ground to powder. Carlyle is
a pagan. [Sensation.] He believes the
strong should appropriate the weak. So
does intellectual Europe Yet it is pa
ganism none the less. Applause. You
ard | know that Gods way OF lifting
men up is to put responsibility on them.
To that end We advocate schools with all
sectarianism cut off, and free TO all. We
educate cur voters. We say voting
is power" The power is dangerous to
the State unless it be educated The
ballot for the negro will be got by agita-
ton among the masses. That is the way
the Savior did THE poor had the
Gospel preached unto them" Lyman
Beecher, when in Boston, preached a
sermon to the effect that he must be
right, for his enemies abused him inst as
pagans abused him. The argument
was a good one. In all reverence be it
said, that if Jesus was preaching what
he did preach when on earth, in our
streets to-day, he would be in Jail in less
than week, and there is not a church
which would be able to recognize him.
[Sensation.) We will have the ballot
for the negro by agitation soon.


CA voice)-How do you propose to do
it?


Mr.. Phillips-I propose to do it just
as Christianity occupied the throne of
the Caesars. Loud Cheers / propose
TO do it by telling men just what God
tells me. | will do it by doing what the
temperance societies, which are as hide
bound as the churches, dare not do-ex-
anime a Republican candidate for the
Presidency-the most popular man Of
America, who cannot stand up before a
glass of liquor without falling [Great
silence, succeeded by applause. will
do it by opposing the Republican party
when it bids me "be silent about negro
suffrage North, it will hurt our party.
Be silent about General Grants drink
ing, it will hurt his chances. " | reply,
God bids me speak what you bid me for.
bear. / will speak, and let the dead
bury their dead, whether they bury him
in the White House or not
Year: 1868

relieve him of his disabilities and restore
him to his friends2 There is no reason
able explanation of Mr.. Johnson's s con-
duct in this respect, and we are firm in
the belief that he will soon discover that
he is doing injustice to himself and to
those who have and who are pow defend
ing him by failing to proclaim the gen.
eral amnesty which public sentiment
demands. Louisville Courier.
Year: 1868

The Fenian alarm is again sounded. The


Canadians are once more in state of pertur


baton at rumors about another invasion by the


terrible Fenans, and the New Dominion bayO-


nets are being frightened up in anticipation Of


fight II is a curious fact that just about the


eve of an election campaign these Fenians, who


number say four hundred thousand strong in


the United States, make great stir and halla-


baloo about pitching into the British govern
ment through the Canadian border They


have some enterprising leaders among them,


who always keep sharp eye to windward, and


they may unite and get up some sort of pro-


gramme for Canadian invasion about this time;


but it is doubtful if it will be ever carried out
the real purpose being fOray upon the purses


Of patriots and politicians, and possibly to


frighten the poor Canadians, as they did at


Ridgeway and Slabtown two years ago. The
Presidential election comes in very happily
at this juncture The political managers
have a large amount of cash on hand,
and it will not do to let these four
hundred thousand boI.1 Fenians lay around
loose Both the q g'eat parties will be
after them with clash ings of cash. The
'Fenlans generally are opposed to the radicals;
but the loftincss of tn; ir purpose will not
suffer them to decline money in aid OF it, come
from what quarter it may. Now let us see
what may be expected to foA ow. The Fenians
will makea feint at some poh1 on the Cana
dian border-St. Adams is cool and con-
venient one. The United Sta tes troops will
be ordered to knock this matter on the head, as
they were two years since. Ga neral Grant
as the head Of the army and the 1 adical calfdi-
date for the Presidency-wili be required to
see that this work is promptly exA ;uted Then
stand aside while the grand explea ion occurs.
1t viii be found that this Feuian m ovement is
not only for an invasion into Calrna but also
into the repose of General Grant. = ie military
organization of the body via bece,1 demor-
allied and the leaders placed tempo rarily in
limbo. But the political organization will still
remain, and then woe to General Grasl and to
all who interrupted the execution Of th plans
of the Fenians with their nearly half a million
of votes. They cannot, of course, b. q 'unted
upon for General Grant Thus may the
Fenians settle the Presidential election, efeat
Grant and elect the democratic Candidate.
Year: 1868

SoHoFIELp's FIRST DECLARATION AS SEcRE-
TARY OF Wharf.-The first word we hear from
the new Secretary has pleasant sound. It
informs us that General Stoneman will succeed
to the post made vacant by Schofeld's appoint
ment. This honors with an important and re-
sponsible position man in every way worthy
of it-a gallant soldier and one who, as Mill
tary Governor, will only act from his nature In
administering his office in an impartial spiri
and with earnest integrity.
Year: 1868

THE KANSAS LAND Jon AND OTHER Bra
JoBs.---Our Washington correspondence yes
terday exposed big and atrocious job in the
former Cherokee lands in Kansas, in which
the Department of the Interior had o hand.
We had at the same time accounts Of tre-
mendous job under way for another Pacific
railroad, with all the land grants aud money
which have been lavished on the other routes.
But what is the use Of talking about these johs !?
They cannot be stopped; they will go on.
Some good may come out of the Pacific rail-
roads by opening communication across the
Continent, however much the public may be
fleeced or have to pay. And as TO the rest,
the best way, perhaps, is to Let them go on
without interference till the villany and cor
ruption connected with them culminate and
the people become utterly disgustsd.
Year: 1868

Principles InvOlvcdF


What are the principles involved in the con-
test for the Presidency upon which the country
is entering On what facts or what opinions
are the people at issue, and what will it
signify, what objects will be gained, what
purposes furthered, if Grant is elected on the
one hand or defeated on the other? Does the
contest mean anything more than a choice be-
tween Grant and man not yet named or the
question which Of two sets of politicians
shall possess the spoils? These are the
queries for which every man who desires to
vote intelligently in the present grave state Of
the country must first find answers.


All the promises that the republican orgaui-
zation means formally and officially to make it
has already made, and all the insight it will
offer into the pecuarities of its policy is given
in its platform and in the name of its candidate.
In its platform this party declares no principles.
1t only puts forth series of negatives, and
even these are indistinct generalisations, that
bind no one and commit the party to nothing.
What they say any man can say, no matter
what may be his politics or his views of the
| national necessities. In order to ascertain
what the principles of this party are it is neces-
sary to examine its history in the past three
years of peace and to consider the
very complete declaration of his position
made by their candidate. Since the
end of the war this republican party has acted
persistently on one idea-revolution; revolu-
tonary reconstruction of our government so
as to give all power to an oligarchy in Con-
gress. This is the one object they have sought,
the one purpose they have persistently pur-
sued and kept in sight in every measure. All
things that were likely to aid in the accom-
plishment of this they have favored; all that
stood in the way they have endeavored tc
trample down. Their original establishment
of military despotism in the South theiI
desperate attempt to abolish and stamp out


the Executive; their assault on the Supreme
Court of the United States-all were inspired
by the same idea of securing the absolute
domination of an olgarchy through revolution
and the overthrow of that fabric of govern
ment set up by the constitution.


Military despotism, then, supported by i'm


mense taxation and railing at the will of an oil
garchy of arrogant politicians in Congress
is what the republicans have labored fo


in the past. Within this simple and compre
hensivc programme lie all their principles, al
their political ideas; and for this programme
: they will labor more energetically and witt
more resolute persistency in the future
They will extend the sphere of its opera


ton also. Grant accepts their programm
/ fully, unreservedly, slavishly, and deibc
: rately promises beforehand that he wi
Il oppose no obstruction to IT, that no policy


his shall stand in the way Of the prearrange
Of policy Of the men who pull the wires Of hi
!, - political existence. II such party succeed


in electing such President the country ca
10 judge what must be the result. What y u
Year: 1868




The Chinese Embassy after short stay in
this city have gone to Washington to attend to
the real business of the mission. They were
precluded upon point of etiquette and pro-
priety from receiving any public ovation while
here, because they had not been through the Off
cial form representation at Washington, though
they received many cordial and hattering at
tentions in private way. Both at San Fran
cisco and New York they were cordially re-
ceived, and these marked attentions from our
citizens were only preliminary to the hearty
welcome they will receive both officially and
uno6icially at the seat of government. Off
cially they will be received at Washington
with all honor and dignity becoming such an
important and unprecedented mission, and
Mr.. Seward will put on his most approving
smile. The government in all its branches
will mark the extraordinary event as becomes
great and friendly Power. There can be no
doubt of its success in this country, for it
means progress and more intimate relations
between the Oldest and most populous empire
and the greatest republic of the world. 1t will
leave the shores of America with the most
favorable impressions and with a prestige
that will have the happiest effect in the other
nations of the Western World to which it is
going


The Embassy, after having finished its
official business with the government at Wash
ington, will return to this metropolis, and then
will be received in a becoming public manner.
The Chamber of Commerce has already taken
steps to this end. The city authorities, we
suppose, will also act in the matter. But
while We hope to see every department and all
our citizens do what they can to give 6clat
to the occasion, we recommend the Chamber
of Commerce to take the lead. The Aldermen
and Council of the city would probably want
to make job and drinking spree out of it,
while the Chamber of Commerce would give
the reception and entertainment more re-
spectacle character. The entertainment should
be on the largest and most impressive scale.
It should be grand fste champetre in the
Park, at the old monastery on Monastery
hill. At that sacred and beautiful spot there
could be imbibed with the champagne the pious
feelings pertaining to that holy locality. But
by all means let the Aldermen and Councilmen
be kept in the background, for fear they might
get drunk and desecrate the spot and the occa-
sion. We want to show these distinguished
and learned Chinese when they return to the
metropolis that we are people of taste as well
as of hospitality; and we recommend them
not to go to an obscure small hotel again, in the
vicinity of Mackerelville, but to the Fifth
Avenue or some other good and large hotel
where persons of their station and dignity
should 60, and where our respectable citizens
could see them. The Japanese Embassy,
about which so much noise was made, was
small affair in every way, compared with this
from China, and we have no doubt the great
metropolis Of America will give due honor
to it.