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Year: 1869

building, evideHtly not guarded, and thai
the engineer had also left it. He stopped
q moment to consider this fact, and
very brilliant idea occurred to him. II
struck him that it would be pleasant
excitement as well as a very consider
able damage to the Southern resources tC
blow up the locomotive. If be was sue
cessful it would be very great loss and
inconvenience to the Confederates; their
facilities for moving and repairing rail
road machinery of any kind being ex
ceedingly limited, since the capture and
destruction of their shops at Jackson
Canton, and other points.


The scout sauntered up to the engine,
and found nobody within sight or hesr-
ing He then stepped into the engineer 6
cab, and, lighting match, observed from
the indicator that there was considerable
steam still on. He fastened down the
safety valve, and opening the door of the
fre-box, noiselessly transferred wood
from the tender to the furnace till it was
we'll filled. He then continued on his
walk to the hotel, and going to his room,
went to bed and waited for the explo-
sion. He knew that en- explosion would
certainly take place when the wood was
we'll burning.


He lay awake waiting and listening
with intense expectation, but waited in
vain. He finally concluded that his
movement had prov, d abo tive, and was
extremely anxious to know the reason.
He had too great regard for his safety,
however, to arouse suspicion by getting
up and going in the direction of the
depot.


Finally he slept, but he rose early, i'm.
patient to hear the story of the locomo-
tive after be had left it.


He went into the office, but heard moth
ing said about it, and, of course, he
could make no inquiry, but at the break
fast table conversation took place be-
tween some railway employees, from
which he learned that the engineer had
returned to the train for some article
which had been left in the cab, and
found the locomotive fred up and the in.
dicator showing one hundred and eighty
pounds of steam. The boiler would un-
aoubtedly have burst in a short time.


The general opinion seemed to be that
it was the work of some men recently
employed on the railroad, who had been
conscripted the day before into the Con-
federate service, and who were supposed
to have done this in spite and revenge
Fortunately for Bell, this explanation
seemed very plausible, and no suspicion
ever attached to him. He learned that
every effort was taken to ascertain if any
of the men referred to had been absent
during the evening, or to discover some
trace of the guilty plotter, but that the
effort entirely failed.


Meantime Bell was gathering informa-
ton which would be of use to Sherman.
Year: 1869




Our correspondence and our kilograms
from Europe for sometime past have
been singularly suggestive, and, in spite
of peace desires, rather bellicose than
otherwise. We have had intimatioHs OF
the most contradictory kind. One day
we are told of army reductions; another
day we are told of army mobilization:
We are again informed that officers and
men of the French army on leave Of abb
sence are suddenly summoned to JOIN
their respective regiments. We have not
vet had any high official announcement
that war was imminent, but studious
silence is oftentimes as suggestive as un-
guarded speech. We do not exeggerate
when we say that since the outbreak oil
the German war in 1866 there has been
nothing in Europe similar to the present
condition of things. There is eau
tious and determined measuring OF
strength. All the European nations are
armed to the teeth. Every one OF them
believes that the time for action is close
at hand, but no one is certain where or
in what connection il may be necessary
to Hnsheath the sword. We describe the
situation when we say that Europe, bur
dened with intolerable srmaments, Is
sick Of peace, which is war without the
excitement which naturally belongs to It,
war without the consequent honor or
glory.


The Emperor Of the French presents
in his single self the key 10 the European
Year: 1869




Frank Blair has sought aud found q
more congenial cline. He has thrown
himself into the arms Of the people of the
South, and the arms of the people Of the
South have opened to receive him. There
is place, be it understood, where even
the Blair family find cordial welcome,
and that place the yearning Frank, after
long and weary wanderings, has found.
Whether the rest of the unoccupied
family Of the Bairs will Join the happy
Frank in his newly discovered heaven,
we have not heard, but we fervently trust
they may. The family are never happy
when not appreciated, and they have
happy faculty of rendering everybody
about them as unhappy as they are them
selves Down South, however, where
everything is lovely and the goose
hangs high, where ehiyalry is abun-
dsnt, honor drug, high moral charac-
ter superlative quantity, and temper
ance a universal virtue-there, we say,
the family of the Blairs will flourish and
grow strong. The senior Frank will
doubtless become bishop, Montgomery
friar (of Abolitionisis), aud Frank
junior crying temperance apostle of the
first degree. We are indssd aade happy
in the assurance that there is no longer
virtue enough in the North TO make it an
enduraAle home for the Blsirs.
Year: 1869

A little girl said to her mother, as sh
gave her good night kiss, " | wish yo'
would kiss me always, mother, thevcr.
last thing at night. am happier il
my sleep when yon kiss me, and
think rest better.
Dear mother, when my prayer Is said,
Before you take the light,
Oh lean your head so closely down


And always kiss good night;
For am happier In my dreams,


And sleep in sweeter rest,
If have laid my lips to thine,


And thlno to mine are pressed
"Ono kiss, dear mother, for the love


My heart keeps warm for thee
And one for all the Tenderness


Thy sweet eyes look to mo.
kiss me forgiveness of all my wrongs
Kiss me with hope and prayer,
That shall be better child,


And more reward thy care.
kiss me for some poor orphan child,
To whom no kiss Is given;
And next for all the happy ones


And then for one in heaven.
Kiss me for every thing love,


The beautiful and bright;
Sweet mother kiss mo for thyself


Once more, and then.good night.
Year: 1869

QUIETING A TITLE.-At White Pine they do
things queerly and often in hurry. They do
not squabble and quarrel much, for they do not
have time. A man might make million of
money in the time it takes to settle small
dispute. friend relates the following as hav-
ing occurred at Treasure City: A small, but
wiry-looking man located tent on piece of
ground and stuck out his business sign. big
fellow rode up on horseback and told the SQUAT
ter that the land belonged to him, and that the
squatter had better leave. The little fellow
remarked: "Just get down, and if you can
pan me out you can have the lot.' The big
fellow dismounted without another word, and
they peeled and pitched in. There were no
referees nor judges, but there was a lively fight
for about two minutes and the big fellow was
whipped. He got up, climbed to the top of his
steed, and remarked to the little man, Good
morning-the lot is yours" and rode off.-The
wager of battle quieted that land title.-Grass
Valley Union
Year: 1869

MINING tx WeAvER BAsIN.-Messrs. Sutherlin,
NcMurry Hupp are running cut at almost
right-angles with the line of their fume to the
low fiat along East Weaver creek, above the
bridge at Gray's ranch. They expect to run
across to the creek this winter, and will then
have an opening of thousand or more feet face
ditch and fume. These gentlemen have ex-
pended large sum of money in the purchase
and opening of this claim, and will eventually
nealize fortune apiece.
Year: 1869

The weather has been pleasant over head dur.
ing the week, with frosty nieba. The miners
however may insist that it is. not pleasant to
have but scanty supply of water with that lit
tie locked up in the mountains, and blame it all
to the weather
Year: 1869

In a paper recently read before the New York
Medical society, the author asserts that cheerful
society at meals greatly aids digestion, there be-
ing sympathetic influence between the stomach
and brain.


More Brazilian youngsters are named after
Benjamin Franklin than any other foreigner.
Year: 1869

This splendid Tonic by Of people for
every symptom Of /" Stomach out Of order"


The secret Of it IL this Plantation certain to
correct the juices Of the stomach all its machinery at
work. and enable it to resist and throw of the approaching
danger The tendency Of the operations Of Nature Is always
towards all she little assistance at the
proper time How much reasonable and sensible 1t
help her along with GENTLE powerful Tonic than to
deuge and weaken defeat her curative with
poisonous drugs and fiery mixtures which only stupe and
plant the seeds of disease and death.
Year: 1869

LUCK.-'I don't have any good luck. >"
Fudge. What do you expect, you mere
grumbler? Is the world to turn from its
way and business to sweeten you up, put
you on pins, and then return to its own af-
fairs? Not if it knows itself, and the popu-
lar prejudice is that it has some experience
in that line. IF you expect luck as it's
termed, without working like goodfellow
for it, you will simply be disappointed. And
you ought to be. 1t would be nothing else
but swindle. Luck is a product not a
chance. 1t is born of toll does not fall
ready at hand. 1t comes to those who work
and win, and not those who laziy wait.
There is nothing more foolish than for
young men to believe in luck 1t is iaith
without foundation, and sadly ruinous in
its consequence
Year: 1869

A worthy deacon in a town somewhere in
North America, gave notice at prayer
meeting, the other night, of a church meet
ing that was to be held Immediately after,
and unconsciously added: There is no OBJ
lection to the female brethren remaining /"
This was equaled by clergyman who told
in his sermon of very affecting scene,
where, there was not dry tear in the
housein
Year: 1869

Josh Billings says: You ain t obliged to
ask gals nanny if you may go home with
her from partee git the gals koncent
and sail in its proper enuff to ask her to
take yure arm, but mind you, you have got
no right to put yure arm around her waste
unless you meet bear on the rode, and,
then you are bound to take yure arm away
jest as soon as the bear gets safely by.
Year: 1869

Josh Billings, with characteristic non
sensical common sense, remarketh: There
is lots of folks in this world, who rather
than not find any fault at all, wouldn't hesi-
tate to say to an angle worm that his tail
was altogether tew long for mis- body
Year: 1869

i q L


Nay like the violet be-


Growing up in modesty;


MsyI truly happy be,


IN showing forth humility.
Nay like the lily grow,
Pure and spotless, white as snow;
May I ever thankful be,
For the mercies granted me.
MAY ike the daisy, show
Content and patience where go;
Always striving to possess
Some new marx OF holiness
Like the rose of Sharon grow,
Do God holy will below,
Gain His sElile; then welcome peace
Shall fill my soul, and never cease.
Year: 1869

A very small pattern of man lately So
licited the hand of fine buxom girl ''Oh,
no." said the fair lady, Il can't think of it
for moment; the fact is, Tommy, you are
a little too big to be put in cradle, and
little too small to be put to BED" !"
Year: 1869

SELF MADE Mss.-No man in the United
States is so we'll qualified by experience 10
give an eloquent and entertaining lecture on
this Subject as Fred Douglass. His remark-
able career has developed self,reliant
genius and power such as few men Of any
country or age have manifested. He is q
living demc nsra,ion Of what man may do
for himself in spite Of the most discouragins
.dverse circumstances. That his lecture on
Saturday evening, the 27th inst, will prove
the most interesting ever heard in this city
lsave perhaps that Of Anna Dickensonl we
have not the least doubt. The lecture VIII
be given at the Congregational Church.
Tickets can be had at the book stores
Year: 1869

Yesterday, (Thursday) German by the
name of Weisrniller, a butcher by trade,
whose home is situated in the southeast
quarter Of the city, came up town and be,
came intoxicated. He remained on the
streets and ia the saloons until about nine
o'clock in the evening, when he undertook
to find his way home. Passing down Wal>
nut street, he reached the house Of one Of
the Mann brothers, near the cemetery, and
entering it, remained o few moments and
then started, as be probably supposed, in the
direction Of his home. However be wenttoo
far south and stumbled into the back water
Of the river which on account Of the food
was some ten or twelve feet deep. He com>
menced hallowing and was heard by the
Mann brothers who went to his assistance AZ
quickly as possible. They found him en-.
tirely beyond their reach, as they had no
boat. They raised an alarm and procured
rope, which was thrown to him and for a
short time held in his grasp; but either be-
cause of rumbncss or OF his intoxicated con.
dition, he lost his hold upon it, and soon
went down. As soon as a boat could be
procured search was instituted for his body,
which was recovered about an hour after the
FIRST alarm. OF course life was extinct.


The deceased left wife and four children
His death was no less than murder. Whiss
ky was the diabolical agent. Who Of the
saloon keepers Of this city we're the cool per.
petra.ors of the deed? The man was poi.
soned and rendered delirious by . cursed
beverage solo to him in violation Of the laws
Of this State and tie laws Of God. Upon
whose head is the blood Of this new victim
And yet these rum holes are quietly tolerated
id IN enlightened community YOU have
the fi,.' its before you! Another innocent wo-
nan maze desolatt! Four helpless child
rem left with out father to provide for and
protect themi A soul sent into eternity in o
fearful and unuat1 1ral manner without warn
ing! Will our eyes neve, be opsneds
Year: 1869

Our correspondent from Chicago gives an
account of the woman suffrage convention
held in that city last week. This was one
Of the great gatherings Of the friends Of the
cause now being held in all parts Of country.
The bali is rolling on, and it is useless to ats
tempt to ignore it or stop it. The true prin.
ciples Of democracy are making headway
more rapidly than ever. The reign OF the
aristocracy of sex is drawing to a close.
Year: 1869

A good story is told of the celebrated
Whitelock and his servant who appears
to have been able to preach on occasions
as well as could his master, and sometimes
to his master. When Whitelock was
about to embark as Cromwelrs Envoy to
Sweden, in 1865, he was much disturbed
in his mind as he rested in Harwich on
the preceding night, when he reflected
on the distracted state of the nation. A
confidential servant slept in an adjoining
bed, who finding that his master could
not sleep, said:


. Pray, sir, will you give me leave to
ask you question 7"


Certainly"


Pray, sir, don't you think God gov
erned the world very well before you
came into it p


Undoubtedly"


. And pray, sir, don't you think he
will govern it quite as well, when you are
gone out of it?'


:. Certainly"


!" Then. sir, pray excuse me, but don't
you think you may as well trust him to
govern it as long as you are in it?'


10 this question Whitelock had notl-
iag TO reply. and turning about. he soon
fell asleep. Great men are probably quite
likely to underrate Gods ability, and to
over estimate their own.
Year: 1869

iFrom the Lynchburg va) Advertiser. Nov. 26.l


The press OF virginia Is every day attracting atten-
u0n TO the immense exodus OF negroes from the
State. The Importance OF this movement In Its
various bearings cannot be overestimated. We have
Ong considered II certain 10 take place, and as Iur-
nsnng tue true solution OF the labor question 30 lar
aS this state Is concerned. That the vacuum In the
hbor supply or Virginia thus produced Will never be
again supplied By blreliDg labor we consider abso-
lntey certain, and 1t Is equally certain that this
vacuum Will be filled by the small farmers OF the
Hortn, VINO are already pouring into the state. The


most obvious effect OF this change In the labor OF the
state will be the rapid subdivision OF large and III
cultivated plantations into small and highly cultt-
vte farms. Radical changes IN the staples or pro-
dncton as well as the mode Of cultivation, and
above al vast increase In the price OF land will
also necessarily follow. The difference between the


State denscly peoped with intelligent and enter
Emslng whites and vitaized by the influx OF North.
an and foreign capital and the state without capt
tai and dependent for labor on the negro hireling
Is beyond calculation. Another less obvious but
equally certain result Of the southward movement
u the negroes viii be q similar movement by very
large portion OF the white yirgnian population. Al
ready the beginnings OF this are discovered in our
business and correspondence with land buyers and
sellers Many OF our large lAndholders are we'd
ded TO the negro that they Will employ no other kind
Of labor, and az tho negroes leave the State tn ese
'old mastersu will follow In their wake aud both
Will profit by the change. virginia has been formed
by nature for great manufacturing, mining and
agricultural state, and these movements OF popuia-
ton point TO speedy realization OF the great des-
Tiny In store for her.
Year: 1869

them can readily learn the number OF days saved
In making passages either by steamers or by sailing
vessels. The saving gives US an immense advantage
over GreatBr and France In the Pacific With
the canal once opened nothing short OF our own
lack OF energy can prevent us from controlling tho
entire trade OF South America and the islands OF the
Pacific. Nor are our commercial rivals ignorant OF
this fact. AT meeting Of the Society OF Arts, John
street, Adephi. London, IN 1853 Mr. A. q. Flndlay
read paper on the subject OF q ship canal across
the isthmus Of Darien This gave rise to much de-
bate, during which the Rev. Mr.. Ntchoay, OF Kings
College. spoke IN opposition to the project because
he believed that If 1t was carried out "a large p0r
ton OF the commerce OF the Pacific would be mOnOpO


zed by the United States" to the detrment OF Great
Britain And this opinion found large number
OF sympathzers. Undoubtedly Mr.. NichOlay was
correct


FEW PARTING WORDS.


The end OF most agreeable task has come. To
review subject So vast as that OF the project for
connecting tine oceans OF the Atlantic ana Pacific
within the limited space afforded by o newspaper
article naturally Occasl0ned the leaving out OF many
interesting details That which has called forth
some forty or ffty volumes cannot be crowded In
few narrow columns. But the reader will find every
thing OF Importance III this article; salient points
have been ignored no vital elements neglecred-at
at least not knowingly. And If the perusal OF this
brief history OF single subject, extending back
wards for nearly 400 years, awakens In the reader
more than ordinary interest In the consummatiOn
OF the present work. 1t will be beneficial not only to
him but TO the country at large
Year: 1869

Since the paragraph on the second page
under the caption "Cabinet Changes
was put in type, we have special tele
gram from our Washington correspond
ent which puts different face on Mr..
Stewards intentions. From this it ap-
pears that he proposes to evade the law
by putting his business in the hands OF
trustees during his term and receiving
no part of the profits; and if this propo'
sition is satisfactory to Gen. Grant, he
will hold on.


While this might be technical es-
cape from the difficulties, it is doubt
ful II the spirit and real intent of the
law would not still be violated. 1t
seems probable this disability was Gre
ated not so much to prevent the Secre-
tary from using mis- position for imme-
diate and direct personal profit as from
II fear that a connection with CONNER
cial interests would lead TO an admins
tration of the Office for the advantage
of these interests and to the detriment
of others presumed to be Rntagonistic
to them.


If Mr.. Stewart persists in this course
and holds on under existing circum-
stances, we fear it will ultimately lead
to great dissatisfaction and serious
trouble. His very anxiety to secure the
position will operate against him in the
public esteem, and he being sustained
by the President, it will widen the
slight breach now existing between
Grant and Congress-, that will end, no
one can foresee where. 1t is certainly
very much to be desired for the sake OF
harmony at Washington, that Mr..
Stewart should get out of the way and
relieve both Grant and Congress from
present embarrassments.


The truth is, this little imbroglio over
Mr.. Stewart contains the seeds of q
very large war, not only as between the
Executive and Congress, but between
the tariff and free trade men in Con-
gress. All accounts from Washington
concur In saying great deal of excite
ment and feeling exist over it. The
elements there are in condition for a
first class explosion. We trust there is
no purpose anywhere to provoke one,
because all the business interests OF the
country require that the new admins
tratlon shall move of smoothly with
out collisions or excitements. A colli-
sion between Grant and Congress just
now would be fine sport for the Demo-
cracy, but the country in general would
be grieved over it.
Year: 1869

The Washington papers contain
amusing accounts of Horace Greeley at
the Inauguration Ball. They say that
his venerable white head and specta-
cles made him conspicuous object
wherever he moved, causing him to be
recognized by everybody. He looked
like cat in strange garret, in the
midst of the gay throng, and was con-
tinually getting stranded in some hope
less position. At one time he was fast.
ened upon a stairway. in an eddy OF the
two currents Of moving humanity, for


nearly an hour. Slow OF motion, he
was continually being crowded, and
hustled and crushed by the pretty wo-
men revolving about. This last expe-
rience he seemed to rather like; but he
swore good deal, in the oldest and
most miscellaneous style, when jam
med and jolted for two hours at the
cloak rooms, in quest of his white over
coat. One would as soon expect bull
let from a rose bud as an oath from
Horace Greeley, but he certainly did
curse most ferociously on this occasion.
Year: 1869

Special to Wheeling Intelligencer.


Since Saturday there has been an in
cessant tide of rumor and speculation
about the Secretaryship of Treasury.
congressman have been loud in their
declarations that no legislation should
be had which would remove the obsta-
Gle in the way of Mr.. Stewards accept
ance. The feeling has run very high,
President Grants friends declaring that
Stewart is the central figure in the new
Cabinet and that nothing less than his
conceded executive ability and integ-
rity will give any guarantee that the
the whisky and other rings"
will be brought under, the revenue
faithfully collected and honestly dis
bursed. The opposite party have been
equally strenuous, and it has looked all
day as if the complication might prove
serious.


Tonight Mr.. Stewart authorizes your
correspondent TO make the following
statement about his position:


He has throughout been in full ac-
cord with General Grant; and it has
been distinctly UNDERSTOOD oeI"eeH
them that he will not allow himself
nor his appointment to embarrass Cen
eral Grant in the slightest degree; and
II the delay consequent upon the action
of Congress in removing the disability
the law imposes produces any incon-
venience, Mr.. Stewart will with"
draw. Mr.. Stewart, however. will
not recede If he can accommodate his
extensive business connections so as to
obviate present difficulties; and in this
view he has offered TO make an abb
solute transfer and disposition Of
all interests and profits which may
be derived from carrying on his
business during his official term, the
transfer to be made to three eminent
gentlemen rs trustees, who shall have
the absolute disposal of the funds
thus acquired for the uses OF public
charity in the city Of New York, the
trustees to select the charity and TO be
absolute in the matter.


w. SCOTT SMITH.