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Year: 1868

There was avery singular death
in California recently, or rather
of life after man ought to have
been dead. In one ofthe hydraul-
lie mines, a stream of water struck
man named Edward Taylor,
threw him down, and broke his
neck. His body below the neck
was completely paralysed at once,
but the head lived for three days,
and talked and felt as we'll as ever.
The doctors say there never was
anything like it.
Year: 1868

A promising young student in
Paris, while recently dissecting a
diseased corpse, thoughtlessly ap-
piled his hand to an abrasure on
his lip. Perceiving the consequent
ces he quietly retired to his room
and died without uttering one word
of regret or telling any one of his
inadvertence.
Year: 1868

u ~
ry about the Siamese twins. 1t is
totbe effect that they lived together
in great happiness until the war
broke out, when Chang declared
himself a Unionist, Eng a Seces-
sionist, and the quarrels between
them became SO violent that the
twins were at one time on the
point of fighting duel. And
this is supposed to be the reason
of their desire to- find a surgeon
with nerve and skill enough to
dissolve the partnership between
them.
Year: 1868

The subscribers call your attention to a new Fertilizer prepared by the Lodi Manufacturing Co.,, made from Night Soil, Blood. Bones and Offal of New York City, called

 DOUBLE REFINED POUDRETTE. which is an entirely different article from the common Poudlette made in former years. It is double the strength of the old kind, fine as flour, free from coarse impurities, and is as strong and effective as any superphosPhate in market although sold for only twenty five dol lars per ton.

 This article has only been used one season, but it's effects have astonished every oue who have tried it, and the company confidently as- sert that used in quantities half as large as was formerly used of the common Poudrette, that it will not only double the crop, but ripen it from ten days to two weeks earlier.

 This makes it by far the cheapest and most preferable manure ill market.

 For pamphlet and further information apply to THE LODI MANUFACTURING co. 46-3m 66 Cortlandt St. N. Y.
Year: 1868

The increasing demand for METAL T1P- PED Shoes, both Silver and Copper the former being extensively used on fine shoes, shows conclusively that the public appreciate their value. It is astonishing that any parent should buy any other, as they save half the expense in keeping chil- dren supplied with shoes.-N. r. Post.
Year: 1868

Nature, not the schools, had made


John Everdale . man. While other


boys had studied or played truant he
had worked-and venture the asser-


ton thst, Of ten college bred young


men Of his native country. nearest his


own age, not one could have been found
better educated in . certain true and
practical sense, than he. In the ab-
sence Of text books he had thought for
himself The calculus might be beyond
his comprehension, but he had learned
long ago the ratio of honesty to success,
and knew how to deduce from it the
formula Of upright living. He could
not read line Of Homer or Virgil, but
he did know something of the works Of
those great English thinkers, who have
lain nearest the worlds heart, thus catch
ing and perpetuating its throbbings, and
Incorporating upon their own page the
best Of all past and present inspirations.
A boy who kept leaf Of Shakespeare


folded In his vest pocket, to be taken
out and learned by heart as he followed
the plough, would not be likely to grow
up with tastes wholly uncultiv.ted.


Yet John Everdale loved his work.
II all pathways had opened to him alike.
doubt il he would have chosen to be
aynthing else than the farmer he WAS.
His aspirations, though not groveling
in the soil, rose from it, grouping them
selves shout . home, and friends, un-
tarnished name, and sturdy service
wherever needed.


He found himself at twenty two in pos
session Of his partrimony, a small farm,
heavily mortgaged, together with the
title to . tract Of wild western land
This last the specious representation Of
an agent had induced his father, always
over sanguine, to purchase, only to find
it quite useless thereafter, for any i'm
mediate adventure.


John saw years Of hard work and
close economy stretching ahead before
he could hope to stand with unencum-
bered hold upon his ancestral acres
No golden prospect certainly; but with
his brave, hopeful, heart, and rugged
health he saw it unflinching. Besides.
he loved Helen Darrell. From the time
when he had gone, boy, to Darrell
Hall, on his fathers errand, and the
beautiful child, with her marvellous
brown eyes and golden glory Of curls,
had flown out to learn from him how to
tame the wild ponies her father had :
bought for her, until now, when her
more mature loveliness was the pride
not alone Of Squire Darrall's heart but
Of oil Shelbyville, he could not remem-
ber when his love for her had not seem
cd part Of his very breath and being.


This fact was itself key to his char
acter. II he had been less than he was
he could never have dared to love Not
Year: 1868




The Radical National Convention as
sem6lcd in Crosby's Operr.house to-day
at noon.


The ceremonies were commenced By an
Intellectual attempt on the part Of Gov
crnor Ward, of New Jersey, Chairman OF
the Committee Of Arrangements, to speak
his piece by heart He commenced by
saying Gentlemen of the National Re
publican Convention: You have assem-
bled here to nominate candidates for
President and Vice President of the
: United States, and 10 declare your un-
sweryng" here the speaker inglori.
ously broke down, and was compelled 10
pull his manuscript out of his pocket be.
fore proceeding further. The balance of
the speech was a melancholy wall over
the terrible defeat which the party had
suffered by the treachery of members of
their own household. The speaker hoped
that under the leadership of the great
captain Of the age, victory would still
perch on the Republican banner





Bishop Simpson then pronounced a
prayer which, by its moderation and
Christian spirit. should rebuke the action
and spirit OF the mass of the Convention.


General Schurz WAS elected temporary
Chairman and was formally conducted TO
the chair, and read his speech He said
this was the fourth National Convention
OF the Republican party. 1t was born
giant and in its infancy grapplcd sue
cesstully with prejudice against color and
equal rights The speaker said the war
had been conducted under the auspices
of the Republican party, but there was a
struggle yet ahead that required more
wisdom than the party dreamed Of A
reaction was to be met. The speaker
counseled coolness and caution in this
hour of the party's sad disappointment.


MOURNING FOR IMPEACHMENT.


On this matter of sad disappointment
the whole Convention seems to feel pro
found. By some the failure of impeach-
ment is spoken of in tone unutterable
sadness, while the muttercd cries Of others
arc deep and bitter.


The speaker threw out mere hint at
the currency question that justice should
he done the noble creditor who stepped
forward in the moment Of the nations
need to maintain with his loans the Ma
tonal Government. This sentiment was
indorsed by applause


The Convention then adjourned to
meet at five o'clock
Year: 1868

+. NJ. NEAL'S S OLD STAND.
DEFINING anew we feel determined to
ID offer better Inducements than ever before.
Approaching the friendship shown to us by
hundreds of our customers we shall spare no
efforts to make continuance Of their patron
age with the new firm both agreeable and
profitable to our friends.


Therefore we ask you to come and see US
come and look at our Goods - come and buy
of us. We will not be undersod By any one
in Arkansas. Rely on that fact


april Is f. c. POWELL & co.
Year: 1868

frightened the grassy mounds


around us with strips of FURNISHED


gold, each has thought that one
OF us would come alone; and
whichever it might be your name
would be on the stone. But YOU
loved the spot, and [ know you
will love me none the less when
you see the same quiet sunlight
Inger and play among the grass
that covers your Mary's grave.
[ know you will often go alone
when [ am laid there, and my
spirit will be with you then. and
whisper among the waving BRAN
ches, I am not lost, but gone be-
fOre.'r
Year: 1868

IN, they will probably have about IS.


The Radical two thirds, which has done


so much mischief during the past IL


months, has been wiped out, and should


Grant see fit to veto any Radical meas


ure, and the Democrats see fit to sustain


him. the Radicals will be unable to carry


their point. There will be a desperate


struggle for leadership ON the Radical


SIDE, and no man there will fight harder


than Ben Butler. Ben has put down all


MS enemies in Massachusetts, and if his
enemies in Congress do not prove smart
er than / take them to be, he will put
them down too. S. S. Cox will probably


be chief spokesman for the Democratic
side. Mr.. Cox has had so much expert
ence in Congress, and is so thorough
worker and so excellent speaker. that
he will be unanimously selected for
leader by the minority. Sumner will be
returned to the Senate, but his power is
past, and he will not be of much conse-
quence. Arrangements will probably be
made to close up the reconstruction bu-
siness before the Fourth of March, but
the new Congress will not be at loss
for work. One of its first acts will be to
make change in the system of natural
ization. This Is a new idea that has
sprung up within few months, and it
will certainly be carried through. The
financial question will perhaps be the
most important of all during the next
year or two, and Congress will be urged
by Grant to take hold of it. What reVo-
lutionary propositions may be brought
forward it would be foolish to predict,
but doubtless they will be numerous.


There may not be so much agitation
during the term of the Forty first Con-
gress as there has been last year and this,
but there will be enough excitement to
keep the country wide awake. u
PERCY.
Year: 1868

The following most touching
extract is from a letter written
by a dying wife to her husband,
which was found by him some
months after her death, between
the leaves of religious volume
which she was very fond of perus-
ing. The letter, which was liter
ally dim with tear-marks, was
written long before the husband
was aware that the grasp of a fa-
tai disease had fastened upon the
lovely form of his devoted wife,
who died, it is stated, at the early
age of nineteen years. It shows
how fathomless is the depth of q
true woman's affections


"When this shall have reached
your ear, dear c., some day
when you are turning over the
relics OF the past, / shall have
passed away forever, and the cold
white stone be keeping watch
over the lips you have so often
pressed, and the sod will be grow
ing that shall hide forever from
your sight the dust of one who
has SO often nestled close to your
warm heart. For many long and
sleepless nights, when all my
thoughts were at rest, have
Wrestled with the consciousness
of approaching death, until at
last it has forced itself upon my
mind. And although to you and
others it might seem but the ner-
yous imagination OF a girl, yet,
dear C., it is not SO. Many
weary, weary hours have I passed
In the endeavor to reconcile my
self to leave you, whom | love so
well, and this bright world of sun
shine and beauty; and hard it is
to struggle on silently alone, with
the sure conviction that [ am
about to leave all forever, and 60
down alone into the dark valley.
But I know in whom have trust
ed, and leaning on His arm / fear
no evil. Don't blame me for keep
ing this from you; how could I
subject you, of all others, to such
sorrow as | feel at parting, when
time will soon make it apparent
to yous


II could have wished to live if
only to be at your side when your
time shall come, and pilloWing
your head upon my breast, wipe
the death damps from your brow,
and usher your departing spirit
into the Makers presence, EN-
balmed in Woman's holiest prayer.
But it il not to be SO, and / SUBJ
init. Yours is the privilege of
watching through long and dreary
nights for the spirits final flight,
and of transferring my sinking
head to the Savior's bosom; and
You shall share my last thought !;
the last faint pressure of the hand
and the last feeble kiss shall be
yours; and even when flesh shall
have failed me, my eye shall rest
on yours until glazed by death,
and our spirits shall hold one last,
long communion, until gently fad
inc from my vieW-the last of
earth-you shall mingle with the
first bright glimpse of the unfad-
ing glories of that better world
where partings are unknown.


'sWelI do / know the spot, dear
c., where you will lay me
often have we stood by the place,
and as we watched the mellow
sunset as it granced in qnivermeg
flashes through the leaves, and
Year: 1868

A few years since we were acCuStom
cd 10 hearing the Democratic orators on
the Fourth Of July, lay down the maxim
that no man who who was not Union
man could be Christian or even an
honest man, aud there was no descent
ing voice. That portion q the party
who cOmprebondod and believed The
maxim arc now acting With tho Union
party. 'Io,
Year: 1868

The World makes the following attempt to
break the force of Gen. Van Wycks report on
the monstrous frauds which disgrace the Rev
enue service. especially with regard TO the
Excise on Whisky:


"Take this matter Of removals and nonremoyals which
Rollins and Van Wyck laboring so ndustrousiy TO
befog Here facts from the official records OF the


"a. The average falling of Of the receipts OF internal
revenue in the 90 collection districts 1851 compared


80 In the ie districts in which removals OF collectors
and were made the recommendation OF the
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue Rollins the aver
age falling OF per district was t1eo,A2 81


S The average falling OF In the lol districts IN whioh
no removals were made was. per district s952S 81 ~


-. The average falling on per district IN tne ~ re
maining districts In which President Johnson isaae re-
moyaIs without consulting the Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue. whose Is honest Dir. h. A Rollins was
only $t6S7O 81"


Assuming the facts to be correctly set forth
by The World, we submit that they prove ex-
actly the reverse of what that journal would
deduce therefrom. Here is district we will
suppose, wherein the Revenue officers are
capable. vigilant, incorruptible; so that no
whisky can there be passed or certified which
does not pay the tax. OF course, no whisky
will there be made since no one can afford to
pay Se excise per gallon on a product which is
abundantly offered and sold 20 to 80 per cent
below that figure. The distillers and their con-
federates will leave or shun such districts, con-
centrating their operations on those wherein
they are in league with dishonest officials, so
that they can put the bulk of their product
on the market without paying the tax; and
here they will, as a blind, pay the duty on
five to ten per cent Of their product, and smugge
the rest. That is just the way the business Is
now managed and that is just why less rev.
enue is collected where the officers are honest
than elsewhere.
Year: 1868

toned by the newspapers in the same column
with Cora Pearl" who squander money III
tasteless display and who are laughed at OF
lied about for their pains, would confer
favor upon plain people at home, and really DO
something for the honor of their country, IL
they would show little more republican SIM
plicity, or at least be content with making ah
exhibition of themselves on this side OF the
ocean. We do not think them very bad or III
much danger Of becoming SO; but we are
angry when they are sneered at; we are grleVea
when they are sandered; we do not like "
have their names upon the foul tongues VI
Partisan cOxcOmbs, of fellows VINO DOast VI
favors they never received, and pass
their lives in seeking reputation tor un-
bounded and shameless RIGHTEOUSNESS. we
do NOT expect our women abroad to emulate
their grandmothers in thriftiness or III
industry; but since they have great deai oi
money to spend, and are bent upon spending
il so lavishly, we wish they would be patrlotlc
enoueh to spend it at home, and III those
peiphborhoods in which, by trade or by me-
chanical labor, it was reputably acquired. A
woman NAV be very weak without being very
wicked, and we do not know any weakness


whether of man or Of woman, more lamentaDle
than the vulgar love Of notoriety, OF making
an impression and of being mentioned, Oh
figuring as an arrogant leader, OF as more
humble follower of mere fashion. 10 be dls-
tingushed for wit is one thing, and for perfect
good breeding and refinement of demeanor
another; but simply to be talked about for
what one wears, for splendOr of equipage, for
the possession of jewery, for having fine eyes


or fine hair, or fine shape, is what no rational
creature should care for, or ever did care Tor
since the creation of humanity; is bad
fame, which satirists have stigmatzed and
humorists laughed at and moralists condemned
in every age and in every language which ever
had literature. That woman who in Paris
or anywhere else seems to be mainly devoted
to this degrading kind Of exhibition of herself
should be classed, however unjustly, with colr-
tesans, is merely natural; because she who has
charms to sell of course exercises her ingenuity
in rendering herself as brilliantly attractive as
possible. The mystery is that women who
would die before plying the most fearful OF vo-
cations, should initiate women who have aban-
doned themselves to ignominy and moral ruin.
This perverted love of appreciation general


ends in a wig, q set of teeth from the dentist
and a pot of paint from the perfumer. We hope
that our American women in Paris Will come
home. or be brought home by their husbands
or their fathers, before the degradations OF the
toilet have succeeded to the impudent cOmpi-
ments Of the French newspapers.
Year: 1868

II seems to be agreed that the President pur-
poses meeting the charges of the impeachment
Committee by prOcTaStnatiOn. The counts OF
the indictment upon which he is to be tried
have been pretty well known since impeach-
ment was first resolved upon. There is but
little controversy as to facts No intricate
points of law or conflicts of testimony are likely
to be presented There is no reason why the
trial should not proceed at once. No more time
is needed for the preparation of his defense,
and if his only anxiety has been throughout
what he processes that it has been to test the
constitutOnality of law, and ascertain exactly
what authority the Constitution cOnfers upon
him. he ought to use every effort to hasten
the trial, and have the controversy set at rest
But, far from doing this, he resorts to every
legal bubble to postpone the ISSUE We have
all along deprecated undue haste in this inn
portant affair. We have urged that both par
ties should have ample time for preparation, so
that no one need hereafter accuse MS OF acting IN
the heat of passion. But the President ought
not to abuse the popular patience. The line
of defense he has chosen-to cavil, object, delay,
until the nation grows weary and abandOns the
whole prOiect-is o proof in itself that he
richly deserves removal If he has his way,





the country will be kept for mOnths-perhaps
till the end of his term--in the most
unfortunate of conditions. Look at the
result of his conduct! The Government is In
chaos. There are two officers claiming to be
Secretary of War, each asserting the right to
direct the operations of one of the most im-
portant of the executive departments The
army is probably divided in its Judgment whom
it ought to obey. Now Mr.. Johnson is trying
to secure the presence in Washington of some
prominent General who will be his partisan in
any case, and whose reputation may secure the
adhesion of good portion of the rank and
file. This is situation fraught with deadly
peril. An accident, mere trihe, an imprudent
word. may whelm us in anarchy. 1t is the duty
of the President to put an end to the suspense
from which all this danger springs. lie has
only to meet his trial boldly and promptly.
We have given him all the time he needs, and
the Senate will weigh the charges with the
calmness and deliberation which ought to be
expected from such an august tribunal. But
no legal technicalities or subterfuges must be
invoked to stave off the trial, and the more
Mr. johnson resorts to them the stronger proof
will he give of his bad faith. Let there be
Justice, but let justice have wings
Year: 1868

SENATE, March 19.-The bill TO relieve K. r..
Butler, Representative elect from Tennessee.
from political disabilities, came up and after
debate was laid aside for the special order, the
bill to relieve certain manufactures from inter
nal tax, which was passed. The amendment
removing the tax from refined sugar was lost !;
that reducing the tax on petroleum One-half
was agreed to.


HOUSE. March ia bill to regulate labor and
the compensation thereof in the NavyYards,
was introduced


The bill providing that on the removal, by
death or otherwise, of the Chief Justice, the
Senior Associate Justice shall perform the duties
of the place until the appointment of successor,
was passed.


The bill to continue the Freedmans Bureau in
existence was taken up, and after speeches by
Messrs Woodward and Eliot, was passed.


The pending amendments 10 the Sundry
Civil Expense Appropriation bill was taken up,
and after considerable discussion Mr.. LOgan's
amendment reducing the appropriation for the
Printing Bureau of the Treasury Department,
and Mr.. Randall's amendment prohibiting the
use of any part of the appropriation for COM
missions on the sale of bonds, were agreed to.
An amendment directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to lay up and withdraw from COM
mission all revenue cutters on the Atlantic
coast not needed for constant USE was adopted.
Several other amendments we're disposed of,
but the vote on the bill was not reached.
Year: 1868

We have felt a warm interest in John Dean
and his own Mary Ann" (nee Boker0 ever
since we heard of their romantic marriage
We have rejoiced in the accounts which have
from time to time reached us of their prosper
ity, happiness, and unfalterpg devotion to each
other. We still pray that they may be ever
blest with health, general esteem, mutual alfec-
ton, good children, and generous portion oil
creature comforts and worldly goods. And, III
further evidence Of our warm regard, we do
most affectionately counsel and admonish them
to steer clear of shysters evermOre, and not
attempt to enrich them selves by sueing editors
for libel.


Mr.. Moses S. Beach, we believe, has retired
from any active prominent connection with
journalism, after career of over twenty years,
wherein we are confident that he never willfully
wronged any man, and in which he has won
the esteem and good will of all who knew him.
The battle for the rights Of the Press which
he has just so gallanty and successfully fought
is the fitting close of an honorable and useful
public career. 1t seems to us that we who
remain in the field, and who are to reap the
fruits of his victory, ought to render him some
token Of our appreciation and our gratitude.
We therefore proffer our subscription OF 500
toward any medal or other testimonial that
our brethren of the Press may see fit to tender
him in acknowledgment of the service he has
rendered. the triumph he has won for us.