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Year: 1869

AEasRs. EDITORS: II you could only Be
made ssasibls Of the favor with which your
aEdsass % tAs Improvement Of the water powse
are received BY the people. yon would write up
the question in holder and stronger terms than
yos do. The hearts and souls Of the people
aehs psinfally for this improvement. convinced
q they are that it must result in bene6ting oar
city in an incalculable degree. Rest assured,
therefore. that the people are with you, and
whether the result be peace Oh war, will Stand
BY you. II Il to be hoped no citizen Of Ottawa
win be offended BY the plainest language you
may find il necessary to use in the agitation Of
this question. Certainly none will be who have
st heart the welfare of our city. Therefore,
msA who take efBenss At the uttsrance Of blum


truths on this subject should be marked as OBJ
structors Of the progress Of Onr city. II all are
equally anxious to promote her highest interests,
harmony of sentiment and feeling are inevitable,
and thus united. the water power improvement
will not only be certain butYesdy accomplish
ment A CITIZEN.
Year: 1869

SPECIAL INvTTATIoN.-We are authorized to
extend special invitation to all the ladies of
Ottawa and fifty miles around to call at Reddick
q Gillen's, between Z o'clock A. NJ. and 8 o'clock
Pm. precisely, any day next or any other week,
aud examine their splendid new stock of spring
and summer dress goods. There will be special
arrangements made to receive and wait on them
at the times designated, and as these goods are
the finest in the market, and will be sold at
lower prices than can be bought elsewhere, on
the special occasions indicated, it is hoped the
ladies will be particular to bear in mind the


time when they are expected to call.
Year: 1869

Lives there lady in Ottawa, or within Is
miles Of Ottawa, SO far behind the times as not
to have seen the new spring and summer goods
ct w. H. Hulls9 From tho crowds we daily
see there we Judge the number Of such to be
small yet his goods are so really splendid. and
offered at such marvellous low prices that people
should bear them in mind.
Year: 1869

A look at Jim Cross Dining Hall about noon
on pleasant day reminds one Of the lively scene
about dinner time at a FIRST class hotel. Jim's
dinners are becoming the rage with all classes,
aud seem 10 have won the special favor and
patronage Of the ladies. mv sH
Year: 1869

"Man to man is SO unjust that man knows not
what man to trust" but you can always trust
Jacob Mooney to sell you a splendid suit Of
clothing at less price than most dealers; and his
tailor for an immaculate fit, If you get your
clothing measured and made.
Year: 1869

Wn0t CoIKInS SoyO!
Thst he poses to stick to this town like
Court Hsuse fossil to the sap Of q county Office.
and sell lumber at the lowest prices. :
If you want good common lumber and fencing
at SIG per N, that is the place to get it
Year: 1869

While Judge Archer, Of Marshall, Ind ,
was removing some boxes from shelf
one day last week, mouse jumped out
of one of them aud into the mouth Of
the Judge, and started directly down his
throat. The Judge, unlike John China
man, did not relish the taste, aud after
several hawks, succeeded, despite the
efforts of the mouse, in getting him out
of his throat into bis mouth, but was
rather slow in getting hold of the little
DEVIL" and he made another attempt to
get dswn the judges throat, but was
again unsuccessful. Whether the mouse
was trying to commit suicide, or whether
he wanted merely to revive the inner
man" we have no way Of ascertaining,
but we are assured that be was successful
in soaring the Judge considerably.-Press
and Times
Year: 1869

King George Of Greece, while on q
hunting excursion recently, shot man
whom he mistook for Q deer. The King
was almost in despair when be found out
What be hse done. The family Of the
man was literally provided for, and the
matter vas hushed up.
Year: 1869

DEEP PLouGH1NG:-We have al


Iuded to the propriety Of our far


mcrs trying the experiment Of
deep plougbing and deep seeding
of wheat. Many of our farmers


have controverted this theory, a.
serting that wheat did not otfsquires
it. We are led to allude to the
subject again by a report of one
experiment made the present seas-
on by farmer in Collin County,
who is practical man: Last Fall
he broke piece Of ground and
narrowed in his wheat !; he then
turned in another piece of wheat
with a single horse plough, and
the third piece he pl6dghed the
seed in with two horses, just "a
deep as he could put it in. On the
first field there is no wheat now to
be seen on the second there is
about one third of stand and on
the last, the wheat thoroughly
matted, and without any accident
will make an excellent crop. It
is proper to say that the grasshop-
pers injured the first field. but it
is the opinion of the owner that
it was the cold weather that de-
stloyed it. 1t is also proper for
US to further add that the last
piece of wheat named above, has
a full Northern exposure, and if
any should have been hurt by the
cold weather, it should have been
this. His theory is, that deep
ploughing and deep seeding are
the best preventives, both against
insects and freezing weather.
and. it is our opinion too
Dallas Herald. ...
Year: 1869

COOP RULE OF CoNDUcT.-The
rule of conduct followed by Lord
Erskine-a man Of sterling indie
pendence of principle and scrupu-
lous adherence to TRUTHS wor-
thy of being engraved on every
young mans heart. "It was the
first command and counsel Of my
earliest YOUTH" he said, "always
to do what my conscience told
me to be a duty, and to leave the
consequence to God. I shall carry
with me the memory, and I trust,
the practice, of this parental les
son to the grave. L have hitherto
followed it, and have no reason
to complain that my obedience to
it has been a temporal sacrifice.
I have found it on the contrary,
the road to prosperity and wealth,
and I shall point out the path to
my children for theirpursuit." And
there can be no doubt, after all,
that the only safe rule of conduct
is to follow implicitly the guidance
of an enlightened conscience. No.
thing is safer than right-doing,
and whoever violates his con-
science, and parts with his hon.
esty and purity at any price, will
find that he has made a wretched
bargain, no matter how savory
his "mess of pottage" has been, or
how large the wages of unright-
eonsness which be has received.
Year: 1869

The PUNISHMENT OF SlleIlCe'


Mr.. James Greenwood has pub
lished in London q frightful &C
count of the silent system, which
is in operation at the Holloway
Model Prison in London.


1t is an offence for a prisoner to
speak one word, and he is never
addressed except in whispers, so
that he may be in the prison for
two years without hearing the
natural sound of a human voice.
The effect Of this is so terrible on
the mind that prisoners will speak
out in desperation, and at the
risk of any punishment, rather
than endure that horrible silence.


The prisoners never see one
another, but remain in perpetual
solitude. One poor wretch, driven
to desperation by nine months
solitude and silence, recklessly
broke out in Mr.. Greenwood's pres
ence, in these words For Gods
sake, Governor, put me in another
cell Put me somewhere else! l
have counted the bricks in the
cell I am in till my eyes ache!


The request Of the tortured
wretch was refused.


There is fine hole in each cell,
and as the wardens wear shoes Of
India rubber soles, the prisoner
can never be sure he is is alone.


Those condemned to the tread
mill have to ascend twelve hun
dred steps every alternate twenty
minutes for six hours. And this
in a place so hot and close that
prisoners often lose in perspiration
three stone in as many months.
Every day the prisoners are taken
to a chapel so arranged that they
can see no one save the chaplain,
and him only through an iron
grating. And this is the order of
devotion observed. 'Wardens are
constantly on the watch, lest for a
single instant they through the
whole Of the service, depart from
the rigid rule; eyes right They
must look steadfastly at thepreach-
er; must raise and lower their
prayerbook with their elbows
squared and all at once, like soldiers
at drill. They may not scrape
their feet with out having after
ward to explain the movement.
They may scarcely wing an eye, or
sign, without danger of rebuke or
punishment. God help the poor
wretches.
Year: 1869

celiOt OF thc iAcuStIUeH.''


Under this encouraging title the London Economist
Of october speaks as lOllows:-


I'VE should deem ii most extraordinary and most
pernCiOus il Mr. Lowe could excite or ruin the
speCulatiOns of the city. But such is the case in
New York.. BY the system last week explained
the American Finance Minister rules the money
market"


The Economist then gives brief account, from
New York paper, OF the recent pancs in stocks and
gold, and adds:--


"Under the greenback system the Government
must have this poWer-lt can make, for the moment,
the price OF gold what it peases, and it can make
the rate of interest what it pleases too. The large
daily receipts the customs are paid in gold, and,
that gold is kept in the Treasury and not sold the
price of gold can be raised as high as the Govern
ment like. Again, if the Government first accumu-
late large stock of gold and then sell it for green
backs it raise the rate Of interest high as it
wishes. There is no money ut New YORK but green
backs and by selling gold and keeping the paper
paid for that gold, money can be made at will
The Government are not now going to do 50; they
going to sell gold and buy bonds with the money!
but they could do it, and 1t is the most extraordinary
power ever conferred on any Government. No
finance minister in Europe ever the financial
despot that Mr.. Boutwell, is in America"
Year: 1869

The London Spectator OF October says:-


"tather Hyacinthe appears TO have actually ln-
CURED eXcommunication. At least, he is reminded
by letter from his superior, dated goth September,
that this M by the rule Of the order as we as by the
common law of the Church, the penalty for monk
quitting his monastery and the dress OF his order
without the permission of the competent authority
Such monk Is regarded rs a real apostate, and
besides the greater eXcOmmunicatiOn incurs the
note OF infamy Father lIyacinthe Is ordered to re-
turn 10 his monastery under threat OF this penalty
and OF course also the complete deprivation OF all
Carmelite Monks His superior adds that the excuse
Year: 1869

him Just as he was attempting to land at the pier
foot OF Fulton street, and tried TO take him into
tody. when Henry drew large sheath knife from
his pouch and made three or four desperate lunges
at the officer the knife at one stroke cutting him
slightly in the arm. lie then gave the signal for
assistance, when O1lcer Gillespie appeared upon the
field OF action, when the would-be murderer quietly
succumbed lie was taken before Judge Ledwith,
by whom he was fully committed The sailor was
then removed from the courtroom TO the vessel by
Order of the Judge.
Year: 1869

n CORRESPONDENT of Boston paper
says 1.-THE dead letter Office is one Of
the curioslties of Washington to the
stranger but to those engaged in it, it
is a terrible drudgery. The opening,
and examining of fourteen thousand
and five hundred letters every six
hours, is hard task but it must be
done for there re four and half mil
lion of deaG letters come to the office
every year. All that are signed are re-
tur ned to the writers, but so many are
written by "Your Afftctionate ANNIE"
or "Your Loving Susy," that each clerk
has two bushel basket beside him in
to which all letters unsigned by full
name are dropned. From that recepta-
BILE they pass to the chopping mill, and
are cut into small piece so that they
may never be read, and from the chop
ping knife they go TO the paper mill
The great majority OF these letters are
lost through the carelessness Of writers


and it surpasses my power of imagina


ton to know how people can he so care
less especially when they send large
sums of money. Nearly fifty -eigh,
lhuus md letters came to this Office las'
year, enclosing bills, checks, or bonds
And how much do you suppose these
letters contained Over three million
and half dollars! One letter contai ned
two thousand dollar bills; it was return
ed to the writer. Another had two
hundred and fifty doll ars in it, but
nothing to show the name of the
writer. Forum ately the post mark
though partly obiterated, could still bt
read. The letter came from Chicago
was rema lied there and advertised, anC
the owner came forward, saying thai
when he sent the none y he was in sc
much Of hurry that he forgot TO add
his name! The most valuable letter oi
rather package that turned up dead
contained bonds worth over $50 900.
Year: 1869

occasional cheer, then suddenly all was
silent, for they had heard Ben's cries,
and when the cradle touched the ground
scarcely man dared look in. The first
who did saw horrible sight, for, ex-
hausted by the struggle and excitement
so soon as the cradle stopped had fain-
ted, and Ben, feeling my hands relax,
had fastened his teeth into my neck


No wonder the men fell back with
blanched faces-they saw that Ben was
crazed; but they thought he had killed
me, for, as they said, he was actually
worrying me like dog.


At last the master got to us and pulled
Ben off me. l soon ,..'ne round but it
was long time before he 30; well,poor
fellow; and when he did come out of
the asylum he was never fit for his old
.rade again, so he and Mary went out
10 Australia, and the last | heard OF
them was that Ben had got couple of
thousand sheep and was doing well.


gave up the trade, too, soon after,
finding that got queer in the head
when tried to face height. So, you
see, that mornings work changed two
mems lives.
Year: 1869

ANOTHER New York Judge is candidate for
popular favor in that city. Judge Barnard is
issuing injunctions forbidding United States
collectors and assessors to proceed with the
levying and collecting Of the tax of LA of one
per cent ON brokers.
Year: 1869

By its charter, the Company is permitted to
same amount SIS the Government Bonds, and
10 more. These Bonds are First Mortgage
upon the entire road and all its equipments.


They have Thirty Years to Run, st Six Per
Cent, and both
Year: 1869

Total $5,066,651 81


This large amount is only an indication of
tue immense traffic that must go over the
through line in few months, when the great
tide OF Pacific coast travel and trade will
begin. 1t is estimated that this business must
make the earnings of the road from Fifteen to
Twenty Millions yeur.


As the supply of these Bonds will soon
cease, parties who desire to invest in them will
find it to their interest to do SO at once. The
price for the present is par and accrued inter.
est from Jan. ], in currency.


A New Pamphlet and Map Was Issued Oct
lst., containing report of the progress Of the
work to that date, and more complete state
mont in relation to the value of the bonds
than can be given in an advertisement, which
will be sent free on application.
Year: 1869

A HUNDRED YEARS IN PRIsoN.-A Ger
tain honse breaker was condemned, in the
latter part of the last century, in France,
and under peculiar circumstances, to a
hundred years in the galleys, and strange
to relate, this man recently made his APP
pearance in his own native province, at
the advanced age of l2O years, he being
about twenty years Of age when the SEN
tence which condemned him to such a
dreadful punishment was passed. 1t is
difficult to conceive what the feeling must
have been with which he returned, as
soon as emancipated from the shackles
which had enthralled him for century,
to breathe once more the cherished air of
the scenes of his infancy. Bourg, in the
department of Ain, was his native home,
but time had so changed the aspect Of the
whole, that he recognized it only by the
Church of Brou, which was the only thing
that had undergone no alteration. He
had triulnphed over laws, bondage, man,
time, everything. Not a relation had he
left. Not single being could he hail in
acquaintance; yet he was not without ex-
periencing the homage and the respect the
French pay old age. For himself he had
forgotten everything connected with his
early youth even all recollection of the
crime for which he had suffered was lost,
or, if at all remembered; it was dreary
vision, confounded with thousand other
dreary visions Of days long gone by. His
family and connections, for several gen.
erations, all dead, himself living proof
of the clemency of Heaven and the severi.
ty Of man, regretting, perhaps, the very
irons which had been familiar to him, and
half wishing himself again among the
wretched and suffering beings with whom
his fate had been so long associated.
Well might he be called the patriarch Of
burglars.
Year: 1869

| " inclined to doubt the accuracy of the
above statement.


The charge is made by General But
LER, gentleman whose loyalty cannot
be impugned, and with whom, in com,
parison, the loyalty of f. d. NJ, Of the
Cincinnati Gazette, is thrown far into
the background. He proves by facts
and figures that the bOndholders have
not paid one tenth Of the income tax to


which they are under the law subjected


Who would suppose that these patrl-
oLic gentlemen-who in the hour OF the
Governments distress were willing to
lend it money at twenty per cent, with
exemption from taxation i'll addition


would endeavor to deprive the Govern
ment of the small consideration by way
of taxation to which it was entitledH


Inasmuch as the Government knows
the exact amount of bonds out, it can
tell with accuracy what it ought to re-
ceive from the income tax upon them.
That it has not received One-tenth of
this sum is most unfortunate. 1t shows
that the bondholder, after all, is not
that paragon of virtue and honesty that
we had supposed. We are, therefore,
considerably distressed, iHasmuch as we
had believed that the bondholder cared
nothing for any such little considera-
ton rs monetary value to himself, but
only looked to the general welfare of
the whole community. 1t is, therefore,
the flaw in the diamond which had
hitherto not been perceived. What
"loyalist" could have thought that this
pink of perfection would endeavor 10
deGfaud that Government of its dues
from which he had derived all his
profits


General BUTLER proposes to reach our
fellow-citizens who have
been avoiding the tax, and tho only
tax imposed upon them by the Federal
in this manner: He would
impose tax of ten per cent. upon the
coupons or interest of everybond and
empower and direct the officers Of the
Treasury, wherever located, who pay
said bonds, to deduct from such pay
ment, IN advance, the amount of the
tax thus charged upon them. This
would give to the Government a reve-
nue. of tea or twelve millions of dollars
per annum, instead of the Two or three
hundred thousand dollars which they
are now receiving.


We are inclined to adopt General
BUFFERS suggestiou-the more inclined
to do so since nobody can doubt our
loyalty when we follow so distinguish
al an eNemDlnT Of IT.
Year: 1869

Editors Of the Register:


see, in looking over your paper of
this morning, a very sensible and clever
article upon the question of our coming
charter election. 1t is high time, as a
city community, that we should look
more closely to the selection of Council
men who are identified with the best
interests of the city, and who have ca
pacity to serve in such an office with
credit to themselves as well rs to their
constituents, and if such shall be the
case we may expect our laws to be bet
ter enforced. AS it is now, and has
been for several years past, no respect
and no protection has been given to our
citizeus. Why not increase the police
force of our city and compel them TO en-
force the laws rigidlyi Noscitizen is
safe from the robberies that are being
made almost every night. Our police
men, no doubt, are efficient enough, but
the force should be doubled. The peO-
pie pay heavy taxes, and they have Il
right to be protected against these
things, and if the party i'll power cannot
furnish good Council for our city it
would be much better TO abandon all
party feelings and select the best men
We have To serve us, that our Council
shall be a credit to the city.


TAX PAYER.
Year: 1869

Boston Letter to the Chicago Tribune.


Our neighboring and generally quiet
and tranquil city of NewburypOrt is in
a fever of excitement over what is,
view it as cOolly as you please, GER
tainlv most remarkable phenomenon
in crime. For fifteen or twenty years
Newburyport has had an incendiary.
Four churches, and smaller structures
unnumbered, have perished by his de-
streying hand. He takes pride in his
work, and in the system and secrecy
with which he does it. Every fire OF
the long series has been set by the same
apparatus. An odd little box, seemingly
made by the mysterious man himself, is
i'm each instance filled with kerosene
oil, saturated kindling-wood, and other
highly intlammable substances. can
die end is placed in this, and so lighted
that in n few minutes the whole will be
in flames. Year after year, at irregular
intervals, this little contrivanCc is en-
ployed in the work Of destruction which
this man is bent upon. After every
conquered fire this little box Is found
where the COnilagratlOn began,


Yet in al this time the man whu
I


about and fires them, has successfully
dcfied all the agencies Of discovery, all
the detectives employed in the interests
of Justice, or for the defence ofprOp,rty,
aud there is not suspicion who is o!
what is the motive at the bottom of his
acts. OF course he must he Il citizen of
the place, and one no longer young
Perhaps he is one of the most prominent
in the arrangements for his own cap
ture. His extraordinary crimes and cN-
traordinary success in eluding pursuit
would make Il splendid basis for sen
SatiOn novel. His last attempt hap
PLY an unsuccessful one, dates back
only to last week. His familiar box
was set on tire against . church, the de-
struCtiOn of which, high wind prevail
ing, would have carried with it half the
city. 1t was discovered in time; but no
traces of the man were left. The eX-
Citement in the matter naturally grows
with each repetition of the arson; and
the Newburyport Herald hints at the
lvnching of the mysterious scoundrel
upon the instant of his discovery.