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Year: 1865

WASHINGTON, May 25.-There was a
great turn out of citizens last night to
serenade Sherman. 1t was some time be-
fore they could get the old hero to come
out, but the immense crowd would listen
to no excuse, so he had to appear in re-
sponse to the compliment paid him by
his fellow citizens. He made very brief
speech, expressing the earnest hope that
now, that the war is virtually over. his
brothers in arms will, with the greatest
alacrity, resume their former avocations
of peaceful times and go to work with a
good will and energy to make this Union
as prosperous and happy as it was before
the rebellion, which has been so effectu-
ally crushed.
Year: 1865

THE AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION The
twelfth annual exhibition of the Kent Count,
Agricultural Society was held last "Wednesday
and Thursday, at Dover We learn from the
DeId1cdredn that the weather, being rainy and
unpropitious on the first day, the attendance
was very slim, and the number of articles
brought forward for exhibition quite limited.
The more favorable weather Of Thursday did
not add materially to the list; the attendance,
however, was greater and in the afternoon
about came up to the usual mark The dis
play OF stock was not very large. In the OK
line, we noticed yoke of steers, belonging to
MIR. William Butler, that would be crcditable
/ to any exhibition. Sheep and hogs were very
scarce. Among the horses we noticed four or
tive very superior stations and number of
fine colts; the trotting horses did not approach
the grade Of last ycar-the best in the county
were not out. All the stock shown was in fine
order. On the grain and produce tables a few
good specimens of corn. wheat oats, and pota-
toes were shown. In the ladies department
the display Of articles of utility, taste and skill
though not large was very SUPERIOR and,
combined with the presence Of the fair exhi-
bitors, were redeeming feature Of the exhi-
bition.


From all We can learn it was the poorest ex-
hibition ever held on the ground; in fact, the
longer they are held the poorer they get The
principal and almost only attraction was the
race course. In another column will be found
the list Of premiums.
Year: 1865

CHANGE OF Hours The trains on the rail.
road have changed their time of running. hut
we did not receive the notice until after we had
printed part of our paper. The table will be
corrected next week The morning train north
leaves as usual 7.30; afternoon train north at
25O instead of 2.20; morning train south at
ll.50 'nstead Of lilo; evening train south as
formerly, ESQ.
Year: 1865

How very surprising it is that Baggs & Cot
ton yet live but it is fact that they are still
doing business at their old stand as usual,
where, by the blessing Of kind Providence
and the patronage Of their friends, they hope
70 remain and make up Clothing in better
style for less money than they can be had any
where else in the community.
Year: 1865

CorRr.-The Superior Court and Court of
Oyer and Tcrnncr is now in session at Dover.
There are no very important criminal cases to
be brought before it. There is an important
case to be brought before the Superior Court,
which will be important to peach men. A
number of peach growers in the county have
brought suit against the Railroad Companv
for damages sustained by them last year in
consequence Of the Company not furnishing
sufficient, speedy and safe transportation for
their peaches, whereby the fruit was left to
rot at the dcpots, conveyed to market too late
or destroyed in the transit Prominent law
yers have been engaged by both parties to the
SUIT, and special Jury summoned. The crop
OF last year wa tho largest by nearly one half
ever raised in the State, and was marketable
at time when the Government had every
means OF transportation in its employ.
Year: 1865

TIE PRESIDENTS SrEEcH.-It seems that
the recent speech Of President johnson to the
colored regiment in Washington has caused
considerable commotion among the "Unterri-
fed. The Washington corrc~p ~pondent Of the
V. T.. Times says quite a number Of Demo
Gratis, expecting to hear something that might
console them, went out to hear him but when
the President gave utterance to the sentiment
that : he who was the most virtuous and the
most Intelligent would be the most exalted.
and occupy the highest position without re-
GARD to color they actually hissed. Who
would have thought they would have treated
the dear President 50, after all their lavish
professions Of undying love for him and hearty
approval OF his policy? Nor is this all. When
the President went 50 tar as TO call the black
veterans his countrymen, they turned On their
heels and left in disgust


Go to Bags 4 Cotton's if you want good
fitting clothes.
Year: 1865

the joyous and enterprising sons OF
France, we say come-this is truly the
land Of the vine. Here you can plant
your vineyards to an unlimited extent,
and reap in q short time large profits
for your labor. To the hard-working
practical farmers of England and Scot
land, we say come The rent which
you pay yearly for one acre of land
will buy here a respectable farm. To
the enterprising sons of New England
New York, Pennsylvania and other
manufacturing States, we say come
Bring with you your cotton and wool
en- manufactures, and exchange them
for the staple commodities of Mexico,
SO much in demand in your own conn
try. Bring with you your machinery
of all kinds and your educated labor
this wonderful country wants it all
and will pay you well for it. To those
in the United States, whose fortunes


have been swept away by the terrible
tempest that has SO long ragged in that
afflicted land, to those who have drank
the cup of bitterness to the very dregs,
we say, come to Mexico. Here you
can get homes without money and


without price, Here you will find a
shelter, as did the Huguenots who fed
to England; as did the Puritans who
came to the bleak shores of America.
The Huguenots infused new life into
the manufactures in England, while
the Puritans made the dreary wastes
of America to blossom as the rose
What they have done for those coun-
tries you can do for this. The fortunes
you have lost can be regained here by
a few years of industry and enterprise.
Come, then, and bring with you your
families and your household goods
Let the maid and matron, the aged
sire, the tender sons and hired SER
wants all come. Here you will find
liberty of conscience and freedom of
religious worship fully guaranteed.
Here you viii find a monarch with ex-
panded views and liberal ideas. In
fact. we may call him arepubHcan En-
peror; for his daily labors are devoted
ted to the good of his Empire and the
happiness and prosperity of his peo-
pie. The good people of Mexico of all
parties are now alive to the great i'm
portance of immigration. The large
land proprietors are offering the most
liberal terms to all VINO will in good
faith settle on their haciendas and be-
come citizens of Mexico. Such iber-
ality was never known before in any
country For Mexico there is reserved
most brilliant future. Governed by
a wise, liberal and humane monarch,
her course must be onward. Her mag
nifcent lands, her rich mines, her de-
ightful climate, her peculiar geograph-
ical situation will make her what she
of right ought to be, the garden spot
of the continent. Her destinyis fixed.
The empire is an accomplished fact.
Year: 1865

ANOTHER MISSISSIPPI CoTToN FAcToRY.
Aberdeen Sunny South tells us
there arrived there lately a train of
over twenty wagons loaded with ma
chinery for the manufacture of cotton
goods and designed to be erected in
that city by Mr.. B. B. Barker.


This cotton factory viii soon be in
active operation, and Aberdeen can
then boast the most extensive estab-
lishment of the kind In the State If not
in the South.


1t is with the most unfeigned graft
ication that we note this evidence of
the Southern enterprise which tends to
make us self-supplying, self-sustain-
ing people.


We trust that an era of prosperity is
dawning upon us that viii make the
clang of the hammer, the whirr of the
mill, and the buzz OF the spindle, as
familiar as the shrek of the shell has
been IN the years now numbered IN the
records of the dead past.
Year: 1865

FoUNDRIEs AGAIN.-Our readers will re-
member that We called attention to foun
dries few days ago. and made inquiries
concerning them. at the instance of par
ties in Mobile. Since hen we have as
certained the following facts: There are
now in operation two foundries in this
city. The Selma Car Foundry, owned by
a company, and small foundry owned
by Mr.. Geo. Peacock, who intends to es-
tablish a foundry that will enable him to
manufacture any article in metal that
may be needed in the South. Mr.. Pea
cock was the Superintendent Of the Con
federate States Naval Foundry of this
place; in which position he more than
met the most sanguine expectations. In
fact he was the only man that could be
found competent enough to take charge
of the cannon foundry. He is regarded
here by all who know him, as thoroughly
accomplished in his business, and all he
needs is a helping hand to make one of
the largest and most complete iron foun-
dries in the Southern country.


Mr.. Peacock regards Selma as one Of
the best points in the South for foun.
dry, and we bid him every succession
such estsb ishments are greatly needed
IN The country, and the demand for them
will rapidly iEcrease.-Se!ma Ne ssenger.
Year: 1865

and started in pursuit Of the outlaws and
would.be murdeters They have been unable
to obtain any clue ns to their Whereabouts
The citizens are still ia search Of the ruffans
and ifthey are caught they will be suspended
by a piece of hemp to a limb of the nearest
tree


Yesterday morning the body OF negro
was found on the Charleston Road, about
four hundred yards from where the outrage
was committed. At the time our informant
left the excitement was intense, and there
was no telling what might be the result--s
mob against the negroes ng anticipated
Year: 1865

HORRIBLE CRIME TERRIBLY KxPIATRD.


The two negro brutes who so fendishly
maltreated a white woman on Sunday, fear
fully expiatsd their crime yesterday after
noon.


Early yesterday morning crowd of excl
ted people commenced collecting around the
Court House and Jail demanding that the
prisoners be delivered up to them. The de-
mand was refused, of course, and at noon the
crowd dispersed, and it was hoped that better
ceunsels would prevail and that the guilty
wretches would be left to the regular course
Of law


But, afternoon, the crowd assembled again,
and the excitement had evidently increased,
and coutinued to increase until about half
past three o'clock, when the front door Of the
Jail building was broken open with sedge
hammer, and the crowd rushed into the jail.
How they werereached the prisoners we did
learn, but they soon dragged forth iuto not
the street, beaten down with clubs and shot
After they we're dead they we're taken up
and hanged TO q lamp post on the corner oi
the street, where they were hanging at q late
hour in the evening. They were ultimately,
We learn, taken down and buried


II was the first scene Of the kind ever en-
acted in Evansville, and for the fair fame oil
the city, wa hope it will be the last.
Every one sxecrates the abominable aud
brutal crime committed by the negroes, but
mob law is dangerous remedy for evils oi
this or any kind, and all good citizens deplore
resort to it, and we hope this fearful and
summary punishment will prove such a
warning as that we shall never again hear OF
such O crime in our midst.-Epdnspille Jour.
Year: 1865

JOBS ON HAND FOR CoNGREss-AccordIng
to the New York Commercial letter the third
House Will be in Washington on the Sth OF
January for the following objects:


''ihe retention OF the present tariff duties
with higher duties on iron and coal, and per-
maps the striking off of wool from the free list:
niagara ship canal; grants of land TO railroads
IN Maine, on Cape Cod, between here and in
New York, and at the West payment of the
Pennsylvania war debt; river and harbor an
preparations at the West and on the Pacific
slope; reimbursement of bounties; permanent
retention OF the officers of the invalid corps,
increase OF the pay of the army and nayy
with other schemes too numerous TO men
tiUnD
Year: 1865

Z VIRGINIA LAND TAx.-Goy. Pierpont left
Richmond on Thursday for Washington city
for the purpose of making an arrangement
with the Secretary OF the Treasury whereby
payment of the taxes on land due to the Gen.
eral Government by the people of that State.
Year: 1865

~ 1t is PROPOSED TO propel The street cars on
the Albany and West Troy track by the use OF
compressed air, to be supplied to a receiver in
each car from a great reservoir at each termi-
nus IL j. said that a car can carry enough
compressed air to move 1t ten miles, al q proper
rate of speed, and that IL can be run at a cost
of cwo dollars and a half per day.
Year: 1865

SPECTATORS COMING To GRIEF.-The New
York Sun says: The remarkably mild weather
that we have lately had is making havoc of the
expectations of coal spectators and other ex-
tortioners. An auction sale of ., 600 bushels of
coal occurred yesterday. at which the decline
since last month averaged about dollar, and
the reduction in stove coal was about one
dollar and half. 1t should be remembered
that at the sale last month there was a large
reduction from the October prices. The entire
reduction since last October is very nearly
three dollars ton. and even az the compara-
lively low figures that ruled yesterday the sale
was dull and the number of buyers wac small
This is decidedly encouraging. 1t not only
gives the assurance that consumers will be
able to get their fuel AT something near a rea-
sonable rate, but it shows that the coal specu-
lators have made most woful failure in their
attempts TO run prices up as they did last
winter. There may be a just trifie of the re-
Veneeful in the complacency with which we
regard this defeat of the coal extortionists but
IN view of the shameful imposition upon poor
people last winter, little feeling of gratifica-
uon at their present discontinue ought to be
pardonable. In connection with the fall of
coal lt is also pleasing TO notice that there is
downward tendency in the prices of mauy
other articles of consumption. The specula-
tors seem TO have a less firm hold upon the
public than they have hitherto had, and their
control over prices seem to be rapidly waning
There Is now some prospect that the charm of
the spectators has been broken, and that their
influence will hereafter be less potent
Year: 1865

The natural desire of all to Witness the ONLY
REPRESENTATION of this grand souvenir Of
Meyerbeer which will probably ever be given in
Washlngto has necessitated establishing a price
for the family circle the that of the other
parts OF the house, in order that ladies well as
gentlemen may be accommodated with comfor table
seats in one of the most eligible portions Of the
Theater This plan was necessarily adopted in
caine, and resulted in thousands of the first re-
spec liability Of that metropolis avaing themsel YES
OF the opportunity thus afforded of Witnessing this
great production, who would otherwise have been
excluded in consequence of the crowded state Of all


other portions of the hOnse ~@
Year: 1865

jobbing concerns and has been made director


in the company as some sort Of reward. While


this administration editor, therefore, is daily
pluming himself upon his influence with the
administration, he. is endeavoring to divert
supply of the sinews Of war-so much needed
at this time-from sustaining the credit Of the
government, its proper direction, to filing the
needy Golfers Of seedy adventurers in oil or
mining lands, situated in some barren portion
of the country. It is time that some Of these
bogus patriots and bubble stockholders were
unmasked. Although the sound companies
may Withstand the whlrlwind, let the unini-
tiated prepare for crash among the oil, coal
and mining bubbles Of the hour, and stand
from under in time.
Year: 1865

PREPARE FOR A CRASH AMONG BUBBLE SToCK
CoNPANIEs.-The rage for speculation in all


sorts of bubble stocks is increasing every day.
Mining, oil, coal and other bogus companies
are multiplying by scores, and at this time they
may be set down at some three thousand
in number in all parts Of the country. A per-
feet mania exists on the subject. This may be
attributed to the enormous expansion Of the
currency, occasioned by the extraordinary
issues Of government notes and the notes of
national banks. A similar condition of things
was produced in Great Britain In 1925, result
ing there, as well az here, from the undue ex-
pansion Of the currency. AT that time specu-
lations in gold and silver mines in South
America and elsewhere were all the rage in
Europe, all Of which ended In catastrophe
that swept all the bogus concerns from the face
Of the earth. In this country, at this time, the
excuse for the redundancy of the currency Is
based upon the presumption that 1t aids the
credit Of the government The contrary is the
fact People have more money, or currency, IL
is true; but instead of investing their surplus
funds in government SECURITIES they plant them
In some bogus OIL, coal or mining company,
which s finally sure TO burst up. Thus Is the
government as well as the small capitalist made
70 suffer by these bubbles. The editor Of a
leading administration print has written PAM
pblet N eulogY Of one Of thess bastard stock
Year: 1865

1t has been shown that the Philadelphia train
had no signal light hung out at two O'Clock In
the morning. in consequence of which the
Washington train rushed into it, smashing up
both cars and passengers. Their moderate
censure Of the switchtender is not less absurd
than their whitewashing the employees. It Is
evident that if such verdcts as this are the only
safeguard people have in railroad travelling,
the State and national legislatures must lose no
time in enacting some laws for public safety.
Year: 1865

WINTER GARDEN-There will bc another Hamlet SsaS
nee at this establishment to-day, and Of course II the
weather fair another Of those Pleasant throngs Of the
city ladies' In the evening the Colleen Bawn will bs
given for the benefit Of Mrs Chanfau whose admirable
rendition OF the part Of Opheia this winteruntil con
PEELED to reinqush 1t by iness-was Of the many
good points In that fine performance
Year: 1865

The Dutch Embassador al Washing
ton has made piteous appeal for an in
crease of pay, on the ground OF the III
crease ia the cost OF living in this conn
try, stating that he is 80 hard up he i:
obliged to give up his establishment and
take lodgings over a harber's shop, but
the Government of the Netherlands hs,
refused his reasonable request '.
Year: 1865




OF the worst disorders that act mankind arise from the
corruption that aecumuates In the Blood OF all the dr.
eoveres that have been made TO purge out
equal in effect HEL LIB0LD'S CONPOU UND EXTRACT
OF SARSA PARILLA. It eleanses and renOvatss the
Blood nslS the vSor Of health into the system. and
purges the humos which make disease It stimulates
the healthy functions Of the body and expeS the dsordes
that grow and rankle In the Blood Such remedy that
could be relied on has long been sought for and now
the rst time. the public have which they de-
pend Our space here does not admit Of certificates 70
show Its Effects but the trial Of single bottle will show
the sick that It has virtues surprising they have
taken.


Two tablespoonful the Extract OF sArsaPara added
20 pint OF water is equal to the Lisbon Diet Drink and
bottle Is equal to gallon OF the Syrup Of
or the decoetion az usually made.


The above Extracts prepared purely scientific
prineIpesin VIcuo-and embody the full strength Of
the ingredients entering into their composition. Already
and conclusive test will be comparison Of their proper
ties with those set forth in the Q. Dispensatory.
Year: 1865

FINANCIAL.


The stock market retains. yesterdays
Improvement and a general increase of
activity throughout the list. Prices were
J99 per cent. higher at the Stock Ex-
change. u+
The market was very firm on the rail-
way list and ths general tendency was
toward higher prices. There was q fair
demand for stocks, especially on Illinois
Central and Northwestern preferred, at the
second board, and also at the last board
the railway list was strong. The Bull in
terest now has complete control Of the
market snd there is more confidence mani
tested in railway property, in view of the
large earnings of all the leading roads.


Government stocks are strong and
active. There is steady baying on account
of foreign orders, chiefly of old BIOS with
small amounts of the new issue and of 6s
of 1881.


State bonds are steady.


Coal share are quiet, but firm.


Miscellaneous shares continue TO grow
in favor and were quite active. S
The gold market is dull and the speculs
tive feeling is dying out; cash gold hs
beeu made more plenty by full com
bination with view to work IN shorts
and there was very little premium on i
to-day.


PETROLEUM STOCKS.
Petroleum stocks steady; sales today a
the following rates;
Year: 1865

The release Of nearly fifty thousand Uon-
federate prisoners below the rank Of Msjor,
announced by telegraph, will materially
reduce the expenses of the government
The cost of feeding and clothing these men
and of maintaining guards over them has
been great.
Year: 1865

Accounts from Rochefort, France state
that The largest and sWiftest steam trans
mort in the world is at present fitting out
for sea in that port. Her dimensions will
enable her to receive on board and convey
q small corps GGrzSse. 1t Is expected mat
she will perform one hundred Leagues per
day, and by her extraordinary speed ren-
der great service when time is an object
Year: 1865

Miles 0'Rsilly is out upon the butchers
and declares against beef. His appeal is
eloquent and to the point. According to
his theory there's as good fish in the sea
a. beef-and q great deal better; besides,
there is poultry, and bread and butter, out
of the sea tbarafora-
Year: 1865

The same letter says rueloyalty is scarce
in Galveston. Even now whils the Union
soldiers patrol the streets and 8 powerful
heet ia anchored off the city the narrow
minded and impoverished people cling to
the idea of State independence. They
want tofy the lone star flag once more -
to subdivids their country into four States
or more and become recognized power in
the unrld
Year: 1865

The following shows the rise and progress
of this business at Lake Superior:


The first ore worth mentioning was shipped
in 1856 The following table exhibits COM
plete summary of shipment to the present
time. C. n 4