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Year: 1868

after being duly examined and investigated
in its several weaknesses By . compstsnt
committee, is reported to be in auficisnt
state Of preservation to sustain any num-
Der Of the human family that can 6nd sit
ting or standing room therein so for the
present this vexed question is laid upon the
shetf
Year: 1868

Speech of Ihaddeus .Sferens of Pennsu1ran7a


closing the debate Impeachment IN the


House, Feb. 24th, 1868.


Mr.. Stevens said;


| agree with those gentlemen who have
zone before me that this is a grave subject
and should be gravely treatet 1t is import
ant to the high official who is the subject OF
these charges aud it is important to a nation
of forty millions of people now free and rap
idlv increasing to hundreds of millions. The
official character of the Chief Executive of this
great nation being thus involved, the charge If
falsly made is civil one. If, on the other
hand. the mlsdemeanors and usurpatIons
charged against him true, he il guilty of
as serious attempt to usurp the liberty
and destroy the happiness OF this nation as
was ever perpetrated by the most detestable
tyrant that ever oppressed his fellow men
Let us therefore discuss these questions in
no PARTISAN spirit, but with legal accuracy
and impartial jutice. The people desire no
victim. and they VIII endure usurper.
The charges so far as | shall discuss them,
are few and distinct. Andrew johnson is
charged with trying to usurp the powers OF
other branches of the Government with an
att mpt to Obstruct and resist the execution
of the law; with misprision or bribery and
in open violation of laws, which declare his
acts misdemeanor, AID subject him to fine
4 anu pTIsOuUlcHl- Win removing iIOuI oLuCt
the Secretary of War during the session OF
the Senate, without the advice or consent OF
/ the Senate and with violation of the sixth
section of the act entitled - An act reguiat-
! ing the tenure of certain civil Offices" There
are other otfenses charged in the papers re-
ferred to the Committee which may con
slider more by themselves. In order to sustain
impeachment under our constitution, l dc
not hold that it is necessary to prove Grim
as an indictable offense. | agree with the
distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania
on the other side of the House, who holi'
this to be a purely political proceeding Il
is intended for remedy for malieasance II
Office and to prevent the continuance thereof
Beyond that, it is not intended as persona
punishment for past offenses or for future
example. Impeachment under our Consti
tuition is very different from impeachment
uneer English law. The trainers of our Con
stitution did not rely for safety upon the
Year: 1868

He had a most wonderful faculty for
breaking horses to pace; 1t became
known in the neighborhood, and people
used to apply to him to break their horses
TO pace; but he had an idea that it was
degrading and would never undertake it,
Year: 1868

cellence, aud the newness, and the beauty,
and the cheapness thereof, till the people
-yes, all of them, far and near, were amaz-
ed


"And they said, 10 this man has gath
cred from the east and west costly merchan-
disc and wares of wondrous value-even
the workmanship of cunning arti6cers-and
we knew it not


go to, then.


We will lay out our gold and silver in
those things which the printer printed of
| and that which he doth publish shall be
ours. For this mans merchandise is bet
ter than the bank notes of those who pro-
mise to pay, and therein lie, even banks of
deposit which beguile us of our money and
swindle US like sin.


'But the trader was still sad, and he
said The money that these people bring
me for the goods in my store will give to
the printer. and thus will ruin myself; l
win do that which no man hath yet done
in my time OF before. l will make the
printer man, whom all men scorn for his
poverty, rich. and he shall be clad 10 fine
linen and rejoice.


"And the sons of men shall meet him in
the market place. and the sheriff shall shun
him, and the scoffers shall be rebuked, and
shall take off their hats to him that was
poor.


"And he shall fash the dollars in the
eyes of the foolish. and shall eat bank
notes and sandwiches.


'Yes, even shall he light his pipe with
cotton money and cast his spittle on the
boards of other men.


For 1 shall ruin myself, and he who
adVertises me shall enjoy my substance.


"But. 10! the trading man, even he who
sold merchandise. became rich and even
as the unclean beast that lieth in the mire,
so stirred he not by reason of much green
backs.


"And the people focked to his store
from the North and from the South, and
from the East and from the West.


"And the primer rejOiced, and his
'phat' did abound.


''But tho trader could not become poor
and his melancholy ceased, and the smiles
Of happiness were upon his face.


'sAnd his children did become mighty il
the land By reason Of the dollars uhie1
many Of The people who had read bis ad
YeFtisemenls had poured into tile ugders
money bags.
Year: 1868

A woman named Somers, residing in
Worcester, Pennsylvania, went into the or
chard to gather some frait, and left her lit
tie babe, less than one year old, sitting
upon the ground. She soon passed out Of
sight of the child. but hearing his voice
cooiDg and laughing. she gave herself no
uneasiness. Suddenly the sounds ceased,
and she stepped around to him. supposing
him asleep. But to her horror, she saw
him sitting perfectly motionless, his Hps
parted, aud his eyes fixed upon an enor-
nous rattlesnake, that was approaching
him by almost impercepGbls moioas.-
She looked in vain for some stick or stone
to kill the monstrous reptile, then quick as
thought she sprang toward it. overturned
the pan which she had in her hand so as
to effectually cover it's body. got upon it.,
aud screamed for help. The covering of
the snake broke the spell upon the child,
its little body swayed to aud fro, and it
crept quickly toward the heroic mother
Ir few minutes friends came TO her re-
lief, and the cause Of her terror was des-
matched.
Year: 1868

Fun AT HOME.-Don't be afraid of
little fun at home, good people! Don't
shut up your house lest the sun should
fade your carpets and your hearts lest q
hearty laugh shake down some of the mus
ty old cobwebs there. If you want to ruin
your sons, let them think that al mirth
and social enjOyments must be left on the
threshold without, when they come home at
night. When once a home regarded as only
a place to eat, drink, and sleep in, the work
is begun that ends in gambling houses and
reckless degradation, Young people must
have fun and relaxation somewhere If
they do not find it at their own hearthstones
will be sought at other and perhaps less
profitable places. Therefore let the fire
burn brightly at night, and make the home
stead delightful with all those little arts
that parents so perfectly understand. Don't
repless the bouyant spirit of your chill
dren. Half an hour of merriment, round
the lamp and freight of a home, blots out
the remembrance of many care aud au-
nOyance during the day; and the best safe
guard they can take with them into the
world is the unseen influence Of a bright
little domestic sauctum.
Year: 1868

Each mother is a historian. She


writes not the history of empires or
Of nations on paper, but she writes


her own history on the imperishable


mind Of her child. That tablet and


that history will remain indelible


when time shall be no more. That


history each mother will meet again,
and read with eternal joy or unutter-
able griet in the coming ages of eter-
nifty. This thought should weigh
on the mind of every mother, and
render her deeply circumspect, and
prayerful and faithful in her solemn
work of training up her children for
heaven and immortality.


The minds of children are very
susceptible and easily impressed.
A word, q look, a frown may en-
grave an impression On the mind of
a child which no lapse of time .can
efface or wash out. You walk along
the sea shore when the tide is out,
and you form characters, or write
words or names in the smooth white
sand which is spread out so clear
and beautiful at your feet, according
as your fancy may dictate but the
returning tide shall in a few hours
wash out and efface all you shave
written. Not SO the lines and char
acters of truth or error which your
conduct imprints on the mind of
your child. There you write i'm
pressions for the everlasting good
or i'll of your child, which neither
the floods nor the storms of earth can
wash out, nor deaths cold fingers
erase nor the slow moving ages of
eternity obliterate. How careful,
then, should each mother be in her
treatment of her child How pray
erful, and how serious and how earn
est to write the eternal truths of God
on his mind-those truths which
shall be his guide and teacher when
her voice shalt be silent in death.
.Ph,enological Journal.
Year: 1868

The head of the Gorgon, which
according to the ancients, was afiix-
ed to the shield of Medusa, had a
very peculiar capillary covering
each hair was a venomous serpent,
and the effect upon all beeolders was
Immediately to turn them to stone.


! Such a head of hair could have
been no less uncomfortable to its
owner than two others, but would be
no more trouble to a modern lady
than the premature whitening to
which all are liable. Hairs do not
often turn into snakes w-a-days on
the head of the wearer, but they
turn grey and become diseased the
roots, and fall out and badness too
commonly ensues. A sure preventa


tive and remedy for this is to use of
|"Barrett's Vegetable Hair Restora-
tive" as many lady and gentle


man have truthfully testified. Try
Ii,
Year: 1868

eA ect that sound mind and body are the IE"st
necessary reouisites to promote connubial hap
piness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes q weary pilgrimagci the
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowod with despair and filed WITH
the melancholy reflection that the happiness Q,
another becomes blighted with your own.
Year: 1868

GREAT EXCITEMENT!


All about the new Meat Market on Mar
ket street. You will get meats putup in the
neatest possible manner as men Of exper-
ience, and skill are running the machine.
Call and see them one and all, ana give
them share Of your patronage. S4m6-9
Year: 1868

A PLEASANT FIELD OF LABoR.-The
Chicago Tribune speaks of ten thousand d
young girls passing through that city, on their
way to the hop fields of the La Crosse Valley,
Wisconsin,. The demand for this kind of
labor, according to the above paper is urgent;
the crop must be secured in short space of
time, and is done at such a season of the
year that men cannot be obtained to do the
requisite work, and hop raisers have to throw
out such inducements in the way of extra
bOunties aud wages as to draw from the
country and the city the requisite number Of
girls and young ladies to do their work.
Year: 1868

A NUIsANCE-An individual has been
indicted in Maine as common nuisance for
stirring up perpetual strife among his neigh.
-bors Our own community is afflicted with
nuisance of this character, but happily as
people come to know him his capacity fol
stirring up strife grows less and less. How
fortunate it would be if individuals of thi:
class could see themselves as others see
them"
Year: 1868

A METHODIST preacher, in noting down
his travels, expresses wonder as to how his
brethren of the clergy manage to live. II he
would ask the yelow-legg chickens on the
line of the circuit it is more than likely they
could tell,
Year: 1868

FoLLY.-Some PERSONS most likely for
the sake of notoriety, have been suggesting
that the democratic electors cast their votes
for Grant, and thus make bis election uuan>
imOus. No such proposition should be ems
tertained for moment These electors were
chosen with the understanding that they
would vote for Seymour and Blair, and their
failure to carry out this understanding would
be the worst kind of treachery. The demo:
cratic party is'defeated, but it is not disor-
ganized, as the failure to cast its vote for the
nominees of the party would seem to indi>
cate. Away with all such folly. With head
erect, and the old flag flying, let the democ,
racy remain in the field, ready to do battle
for the right.
Year: 1868

The democrats gain a U. S Senator from
New York in place of Morgan, whose term
expires March 4, 1869. They also gain
Senator in New Jersey. These gains are the
silver lining to the cloud that now darkeus
the country.
Year: 1868

DELISQUESr subscribers are again reminded
that they are expected to settle their accounts.
Those who owe two years and upwards will
understand that this hint is intended for their
especial benefit
Year: 1868

BANKRUPTCY. = The provisions of the
bankrupt law have been extended to the lst
January, 1869. After that date no bank
ruPt will receive his discharge who pays less
than fifty cents on the dollar. Those who
like cheap and easy way of paying of old
scores should avail themselves of this last
chance
Year: 1868

Betting. 10 on Mcconnell & Harnesses entry 7 10
against Fanny Ludlow, 10 against Northumberland 10
70 against the bay colt by Uncle Vie aud against
Magnet After some little difficulty they got the word
and went of pretty well together all in lump hut led nv
General Duke and Bayonet, the failing of as the
pace was made pretty strong by the Western party who
might be: They passed the stand the first time
IN the following order, General Duke Fanny Ludlow
Magnet at tins point the Duke began TO improve the
pace and the ruck began TO tail OFF letting Norhumber
land come up TO the front rank a little he
hnd General Duke who was accompanied by
Dy MS stable companion Bayonet They passed the omar
Ter poe ana rounded the club stand nearly the same
order, with the exception Of Northumberland, who
dropped back little. On again coming into view Gen
Duke had the lead, closely followed by Fannie Indlou
ana Bayonet, with Northumberland waiting on them
ana ater passing the three quarter pole and roundng
into the homestretch, Northumberland came onf and
passing Bayonet and Fanny Ludlow went up TO try con
Year: 1868

lie is in no danger from such dog and it is
not right to kill him. We hear of q case
Yesterday morning, of a very valuable black
andstan which had been registered and the
tax paid on him, and good deal OF effort
made to find a muzzle-but none could be
found which could be used on him. His
owner stated the facts to the marshal and
said the hardware people expected supply
of muzzles every day and as soon as they
arrived he would put one on him. In the
meantime he requested the marshal not to
shoot him, for no one was in any danger
from him. The marshal promised not to
shoot him-but he did shoot him the very
next morning. This was . shameful out
rage. The marshal knew that the dog was
a fasorite in the family and no money would
buy him. He knew that the public was in
no danger from the dog, and he knew he
had promised not to shoot him until after
supply of muzzles arrived. He could not
mistake him for any>other dog, for any one
who ever saw him once would know him
again. No member of that family visited
the breakfast table that morning, so sad were
,hey for the loss of their pet. Ug
Year: 1868

CHEAP CoAL.-A few men in this region


who think it is a mighty smart thing to


abuse Gable, urge people to vote this town


in debt, in order, as they say, to get cheap


coal. Have they any certainty that the new
Peoria road viii transport coal any cheaper
than the present road? Of course not. Do


they suppose any road wants freight except
at paying rates? The present directors of


the proposed new road may never be re-
elected, and neither they nor any new
board will be green enough to propose to
transport coal or any other freight, at losing
rates Railroad companies conduct their


business precisely like other business COM
panies, or like business men generally
They do business for the profit of it--not for


the fun of it; and any man who supposes
that By voting his town in debt, increasing


his taxes and giving his money to railroad


company, secures transportation at losing


rates, makes a mistake. People who want


another eastern outlet, should vote against
the Moline route. The road, if built that
"oyt "@iA NC SOOOACN Ny " oOAhSOoogf 80


the old Peoria was, if it is worth gobbling.
If not, j. will turn out like the Warsaw-no


one being willing to take it as gift. Let


the people keep their fingers out of the trap
-and let those who want stock subscribe
for it with their own money, and not by vo.
ting their neighbors in debt without their
consent. That is not fair or Just.
Year: 1868

THE report Published in the board oftrade
article is curiosity in literature AMI logic,
plentiful in words, barren of ideas, and un-
gentlemanly and undignined. The board of
trade does itself no credit by adopting such
language as is used in that report.
Year: 1868

FOURTH OF July Pic NIc.-The catholics
of Rock Island and vicinity will hold their
annual pic mic in some grove near this city
on the 4th Of July, as usual, and thus cefe-
brate the day which gives them independence
of Great Britain. They hope. on this occs-
sion, to realize sufficient to extinguish the
small debt on their church and to make
some progress towards its completion, The
gallery is not yet erected, and is very much
needed. 1t will give additional room; give
one more opening for entrance and exit, and
contribute much to the comfort of the peo-
pie worshipping there. The towers are also
to be built, and considerable painting, and
perhaps freseoing to be done. By united
and vigorous efforts and liberal contribu-
tions from among themselves they hope to
raise funds sufficient to accomplish these
needed improvements.
Year: 1868

Cool AND REFRESHING DRINKS. - The
present hot and pleasant weather creates a
desire for something nice and cool to drink.
Nothing better can be found than Bengston's
pure soda from the Polar Fountain, at his
drug store in Buford's Block. His syrups
are very fresh and delicious.
Year: 1868

EAR RING LosT.-A gold ear ring, with
black and white enamel, and three pendants,
was lost by young lady about two weeks
since. She would be very glad to recover
it, and liberal reward viii be paid to who
ever will return it to this office.
Year: 1868

How much the heart may beer, and vet not break!
How much the flesh may suffer and not diei
question much if any pain ache
OF soul or body brings end more nigh.
Death chooses his time; till that is worn,


All evils may be borne.
We shrink and shudder at the surgeons knife
Each nerve recOiling from the cruel sreel.
Whose edge seems searching for the quivering life
Yet to sense the bitter panes reveal
That still, although the trembling flesh be torn,


This, also, can be borne.
We see rising in our way
And try to flee from the approaching ILL.,
We seek some small escape-we weep and pray
But when the blow falls then our hearts still,
Not that the pain is of Its sharpness shOrn--


But think it can be borne.
We wind our life about another life
We hold it closer, dParer than our own
Anon it faints and falls in deadly strife,
Leaving stunned, and stricken ard alone;
But, ah we do not die with those we mourn


This, also can be borne.
Behold, we live through all things-famine thirst,
Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow; life inAicts its worst
On soul and b0dy-but we cannot die,
Though we be sick and tired. and faint, and worn;


Lo all things be borne.
Year: 1868

TOUCHING INcIDENT.-Three children in
New Brunswick, N. S., got astray One was
about six years of age--the others four and
three. 1t was wild region, in wild weather,
and at the edge of night. From signs, it seems
that the six year old soon felt sure there was
no hope of their being found, or finding their
own way home that night, and so she took
measures for the safe keeping of the little ones.
Putting them in the most sheltered nook to be
found, she stripped off most of her own cloth
dry seaweed and brush TO cover them up and
defend them. Quite a quantity of this had
been gathered and piled upon the babies in a
sort of nest, and there they were when the peO.
pie found them, still alive, but the six year-old
matron and martyr lay out on the shore dead
of the cod-lay beside the last pile of brush il
had been able to gather, but was not able tc
bring in.
Year: 1868

AN ACT TO amend an entitled AN proposing to the
State the establishment OF her northern and west
ern boundaries the REIMBURSEMENT by the said State OF all
territory claimed by exterior to said boundaries and
All her upon the United Sates and to establish ter
rtOrial government for New Mex co."


by the Senate and House OF OF
the United States assembled That the
aforesaid shall be amended fOOws Every Dill whlc
shall have passed the council and house ot OF
Of the Territory he approve he shall sign a.
but II approve IT, he shall return with his oec ions
winch II originated who shall enter the 9l9ec
tons their jOurnH ana proceed 10 reconsider
reconsideration, twOthsds OF that house snail
pass BILL It shall be sent together with the objections 10
by which shall likewise be econsdered ana
approved twOthds OF that house, II shall become law
the objections to the contrary MISUNDERSTANDING
votes OF both houses shall be determined
respectvey And the shall not return bill
him for approval after its by both houses OF
such the shall become law In like
the had approved it, Provided however, That
the assembly shall not have adjourned sine le during
three days prescribed above in which 1t shall not be-
come law.


SEC O. Il further enacted. That, from and after h'
the the Territory New Mext
grounds shall all control and management of all pub
lie buildings erected in Of erection to he here
after and Of all grounds pertaining heTeto and HI
shall under the direction Ot the Secretary OF the Interior


who establish such rules In relation said public build


ngs in his Judgment he DEVISE and for M
services such superintendent shall receive annual saar
sage and II shall be the duty OF the secretary
said Territory the cOnvening Of the legislature Thereof
houses officers thereof when chosen and other
shall competent to administer said OATH In the at
sence secretary In which member Ot ehe
house administer the oath to the presiding officer eec
and he shall the to the members and Otht
officers Provided That the annual salary OF the secretary


said Territory shall Thousand dollars trn
! Approved, July %, 1865,
Year: 1868

In the early days of California, woman
could hardly walk through the streets of San
Francisco without having every one pause to
gaze on her, and child was so rare that once
in theatre in the same city, where a woman
had taken her infant, when it began to cry,
just as the orchestra began to play, man in
the baby cry, | haven't heard such sound for
ten years. The audience applauded this sem
timent, the orchestra stopped, and the baby
continued its performance amid unbounded
enthusiasm.
Year: 1868

In the depths of the sea the waters are still ;
the heaviest grief is that borne in silence ; the
deepest love flows through the eye and touch
the purest Joy is unspeakable the most i'm
pressive preacher at fuLeral is the silent one
whose lips are cold.
Year: 1868

The editor of the Lebanon Patriot
the Democratic organ of Warren
county, dissolves with that paper
for the reason that he cannot sup
port such traitor as Vallandigham.
He SAYS lie became editor of that
paper on the distinct understanding
that ValIandigham would under no
possible contingency allow his name
to be used, and adds:


"1'he disaffected Republican and
Conservative war element demanded
that he should, for once, stand aside.
He was not the choice of the Dem
ocracy, and was only forced upon
the Convention by the triekery of
his peculiar friends. and the pres
sure of an outside Radical rabble,
which feared the defeat of Schenck,
in the selection of some one else
than the gentleman named. The
undersigned cannot, consistently
with his record as war Democrat,
support Mr.. Vallandigham, and con-
sevuently resigns his position as
editor thereof"


The moderate Democracy of the
Third District were in strong hopes,
up to the time of the Spring Valley
speech, that the Dime Martyr would
withdraw and take back seat, but
that is not his style. When Val
landigham voluntarily takes back
seat the millennium will be within
hailing distance Cleveland Herald