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Year: 1869

BEAUTIES or PEonHIIloN.-Thc Boston


.ldrorti>,r thus briefly relates scenes and events
IL that city in consequence Of the enforcement
OF the last stringent prohibition law:


The public sale of malt liquors was stopped
for a few days. Large quantities Of adultcratcd
and fiery compounds have accumulated in the
cellars of the State Constable. Suits have
been begun in large numbers to be determined
by the courts hereafter. But, on the other
hand. drinking clubs have been revived on all
sides; concealmcnt and hypocrisy have taken
the place OF the eilrontcry of public drinking;
the hotels and eating houses continue to sup
ply their guests without interruption; groccrs
and druggists find their trade stimulated by
the change in the current: and the friends of
the law have the satisfaction of seeing n fierce
and angry commotIon prccipitated upon the
State without approaching as Yet the results
they confidently promised themselves. The at
tempt to dragoon the State into uniformity on
this question has put good and bad members
of the community on 4 level, and given those
who pander to lis passions and vices for the
sake of profit an advantage which does not
belong to them.


That is to say, the law has made a number
of scoundrels without, SO far as appears, saving
a single incbrlatc, or helping to save him.
Year: 1869




One ofthe chief topics of talk here
to day in official and political clrcleS
has been the case OF Attorney General
Hoar. Some Senators who opposed his
confirmation Rs Associate Justice are
trying TO convince the people that
everybody on that side was governed
by the fact that he does not live In the
Southern Circuit, but the debate OF yes.
terday was not all confined to this rea.
aon for the rejection Of the nomination,
and politicians who have not been ablS
TO run his department according 10
their notion say this action OF the Sen-
ate will theach him good lesson. The
President does not yet say what he
will do about Withdrawing the nomi.
nation, and the probabilities are that
he will consult Hoar's wishes In re-.
gard to the matter when that gentle.
man returns from Massachusetts.
Year: 1869

soul may honestly put on in entering
upon unexplored and unknown glorles
beyond this world Of blight. His head
lies draped by the solemn testoon OF
Death. But we often meet him in the
mysterious vigils of the soul and thus
feel that, though departed, he still hUes
Year: 1869

The following, of Father Matthew,
will be interesting


The Political Apostle of the day had
the sagacity which was not remarkable
in the Moral Reformer. 0'Connell made
Father Mathew his unconscious agent
and hence some of the success, which, to
those who did not discern all the springs
of the movement, appeared miraculous.
0'Connell's aim was to keep up state
of vigilant expectation among the peo-
ple and it is certain that the two mil
lions who were presently pledged by
Father Mathew believed, generally speak
ing, that some mighty political event
was at hand, for which they must hold
themselves ready in state of soberness.
Most of them believed that Dan. was to
be King of Ireland many, that the tenn
perance medal was to be their badge of
safety in the day of cofiet; and all be-
lieved that it was their token of saliva
ton. 1t was commonly believed that
Father Mathew could work miracles,
and even that he had raised person
from the dead. When inquired Of about
his action in regard to these supersti-
tions, he wrote letter containing few
sentences so characteristic, that they al
most preclude the necessity of describing
his mind. off could prevent them,


he says of these superstitions, without
impeding the glorious cause, they should
not have been permitted but both are
SO closely entwined, that the tares can
not be pulled out without plucking NJ
the wheat also. The evil will correc
| itself; and the good, with the Divin'
assistance, will remain and be perma
nent." Such an agitator was the yer.
man for 0'Connell. His gathering


trained the people to marching in physi


cal sobriety and moral enthusiasm
With their bands of music and their or


ganizatiOn-nearly approaching to tn
Year: 1869

The HUMAN FIGuRE.-The proportions
of the human figure are strictly mathemati-
cal. The whole figure is six times the
length of the foot. Whether the form be
slender or plump, the rule holds good, and
deviation from it is departure from the
highest beauty in proportion. The Greeks
made all their statues according TO this
rule. The face, from the highest point Of
the forehead. where the hair begins, to
the chin, is one-tenth of the whole statue.
The hand from the wrist to the middle
finger is the same. From the top Of the
chest to the highest paint in the forehead
is seventh. If the length Of the face
from the roots of the hair to the chin be
divided into three equal parts, the first di-
yison determines the place where the eye
brows meet, and the second the place Of
the nostrils. The height from the feet to
the top Of the head is the same as the dis
tance from the extremity Of the fingers
when the arms are extended.
Year: 1869

Tne ffcsIuenl SitlhuefefSs


The New York Times of this morning publishes
this editorial respecting the ISLANDERS upon our Presi
dent-


slanderers of the President. What they burst not
say boldly they suggest by base insinuation. Unable
to establish single point against him. they insist
that he shall be held responsible for the acts of
persons over whom he exercises no control.
They propose to punish him for the follies
and sins of Corbin and ButterGeld. And
dence to establish his connection with these
persons, they have dragged in The name Of a lady,
ana have resorted to forgery 10 furnish pretext for
the assault The men who employ these tactics are,
morally, outlaws. Characterless themselves, they
shrink from no trick, however contemplate from
no fraud, however infamous, from no falsehood,
however fiagrant, to give color and pausbility to
their allegations All arguments with these men is
idle all exposure is TO them matter of Indifference


The case as seen by the public wears different
spiracy, the standing and motives of the cOnspira-
tors all understood The slanderers of the Presi-
Tammany, and the blending OF partisan intrigue with
gambling and speculative knavery, are thoroughly
understood. This knowledge OF the assailants of
General Grant predisposed the public to Judge him
favorably. They weighed his character as against
theirs, his antecedents, associations, and word
against theirs, and accepted his denial OF their
stories conclusive. They looked at what pur-
ported TO be evidence and discovered that 1t had no
proper reference to him; They called for further
proof and are met with the pretended contents of
letter which on inquiry is declared forgery.


Falsehood and forgery Such are the beginning
and the end OF the means employed by the gold
gamblers in their work of defamng the President.


The attempt to complicate the question affect
ing the conduct and position OF the President by
Corbin and Butter1eld, is equally unavailing. He
must be judged only by his acts they by theirs The
vindcation OF his character concerns the country
the vndicaton of theirs concerns principally them
selves. 1t is not our desire our duty to exempt
Mr., CorDin from the penalty of his almost criminal
folly nor to screen General Butter1eld from the
of1cial investigation which the Treasury is bound to
institute into his acts
Year: 1869

Done.


The n. Y. Herald'S Washington correspondent is
answerable for the follOwtng:-


There is considerable talk just now in Washington
circles about an a6dire dansOur between a certain
young gentleman connected with one OF the foreign
legations here and certain colored young lady,
WHO is described as extremely beautiful and attrac-
tive The Young gentleman, the story goes, became
so comnletey beWtched that he escorted the lady
10 nnbiic places, and was not only seen
nronienoding with her on the Streets but even
In her company at the theatre. The lady, it seems,
hears so little Of her African origin that unless very
closely scanned she would pass for white; hence
the ease with which she gained admission to the
theatre undetected You have heard OF the three
cnlored gentlemen who smuggled themselves into
the National Theatre here few weeks agO,and We're
compelled 10 leave on being discovered. Well it
t1Irns out that the trio had another object in that
visit 10 the theatre than the one generally assigned
They went there as much for the purpose of dspot-
ting" the beautiful young colored lady in
the tth company OF her distinguished admirer as of
testing their right TO admission on white eanalty
iPhe Young lady was there that very night and the
circumstance became known 70 a great many re.
spectacle white ladies who were acqaanted with
gentleman accompanying her. The next-norninp
the affair was In the mouths OF all the gOsSips male
and female, and the sensation that resRlted was M
unpleasant to the gentleman who constituted ma
hero OF the scandal that he fed from this city "a
New York for protection. Altogether IL Is about t6e
largest social scandal OF the season.
Year: 1869

Wherever the oyster appears IN suffl-
cieut quantities, there men are ready to
consume them as fast as they can DO
procured; but the poor, unselfish oyster
has enemies nearer home, in his own
native element and close upon its bor-
ders. The arch enemy is the sleepy,
stupid looking stariish, the Master Five
fingers of our boys, who eat them as
spat, or when grown to considerable
size. These greedy devourers have the
curious power of rolling themselves up
and floating away, so that they appear
and vanish again, no one knows how.
But all of n sudden, and often
at the very time when the sauguine
fisherman gets ready to reap rich
harvest from we'll stocked oyster
bank, he finds npon coming to the
grounds that the foe Las been there be-


fore him, and millions of starishes have
settled down like flock of wild pigeons
on n field of wheat. Generally they
prefer the spat, or very young oyster,
which they take whole into their capa-
cions meuth, and there digest it slowly.
But how do these tender, fragile crea-
tures manage to get at the full grown
mollusc in its impregnable fortress I
The ancients had a story that they
watched it until they found it incau-
tiously yawning, and then slyly slipped
their greedy fingers between the valves
to keep them open, while they devoured
the contents. This is, OF course, a mere
fable, as the soft, Shiny fingers would
be squeezed off in an instant,
even if the starGsh were not famous for
falling to pieces by immediate suicide
as soon as it is brought into contact
with hard substance. Its murderous
assault is far more curious. The first
step in the process is for the enemy to
lie close upon its prey, folding its slimy
arms tightly over, so as to hold it in its
right position. Then it applies its
mouth closely to the victim, and as it
cannot, by any force of its own, put the
oyster into its stomach, it deliberately
proceeds to put its stomach into the
oyster. 1t begins slowly but steadily to
push out this organ through the mouth,
and wraps the mollusc III the folds OF
that capacious bag; patience always
does its work and in due time the ma
tive surrenders to the devourer.
Year: 1869

R,verdy johnson used to tell story
of Henry Clay, dpropos of himself. l
think in some previous letter | have
told YOU that Reverdy married Mary
Bowie, cousin of James, or "Jeems"
Bowie, the inventor of the Bowie knife.


One day Henry Clay, who had arrived
in Frederick, Maryland, by stage coach
from Wheeling, met Reverdy johnson
in the street. ,


Reverdy," he said, 81 have just had
an extraordinary acquaintance back
here at Cumberland. A man got half
my seat in the stage coach, a little,
knotty, freckled fellow, and on the next
seat were a man and his wife, on the
third seat couple of big meH.


We had no sooner started and got
clear of Cumberland than one of the big
men on the forward seat lit a cigar. he
pulled and puffed, till in little while
the stage coach was full of strong fumes
and the woman grew very sick. She
asked her husband to raise the win
dow, and, still unable to bear the
smoke, told him she must lean upon his
lap.


The husband leaned over and said to
the big man:


"My wife is sick. Please do not smoke
by her side"


The big man smoked like blast Chin
ncy and paid no heed whatever. The
woman grew fainter and coughed. My
blood was boiling, but knew the man
could double me up and throw me out
OF the window.


suddenly the little being at my side
leaned forward, pulled bowie-knife
out OF his coat collar, and said to the


Yes, you damned sonofapussycaton.
thetemalesidei l am James Bowie
Throw away that cigar, or I'll split you
into half apples"


"The man" concluded Mr.. CLAW
dropped the cigar like an automaton
and We had not word spoken for thirty
miles"
Year: 1869

An old and respectable citizen of JEFF
ferscn, Texas, was shot and killed on
the Sd inst, and the affair is dismissed
by the remark, at is supposed to have
been done by soldiers through mistake"
If a negro had been shot for outraging q
white woman or child, the Radical press
would have been filled with clamors for
vengeance upon the perpetrators of the
Iaa1
Year: 1869

The labor question is again agitating
the Georgia people, the negroes refuS-
ing to make contracts for the present
year in the hope that something may
turn up by which they can live without
Year: 1869

The Democrats are under obligations
10 this city to nominate good tickets on
Saturday and Monday night. The peo-
ple of Wheeling have for several years
entrusted to that party entire charge
os their local affairs. There is scarce
~ an office from the highest to ths
Lowest which the Democrats have not
had the honor of filling. Whatever
of credit there may lie in being made
the recipi,pts of the fullest popular
confidence, the Democrats have ENJOY
ed. 1t would be a poor requiial no"
10 ignore the meritorOus and put ior-
ward the Incapable, as candidates for
the varioug positions under the city
Government. Sach course wonld In
dicate little regard, if it did not argue
positive contempt, for the wishes anu
Interests of the people at large.


We are satisfied that it is the desire
of the Democratic party to administer
the local affairs committed TO its charge
in the best possible manner aud through
the beat possible men. But this can
not be done by resolute inactivity
wbsn the nominations a re being made.
Good tickets are seldom the result oil
accident. 1t will not do to trust 10
chance. Weeds and tares are yolun-
teers that come of themselves; but Ia
bor is necessary to the production OF
the golden ear.


There is just one way in which party
can command the confidence of the peo-
ple. That is 10y deserving it. but VIII
sucb be the case if the men of worth, IN
fluence and solidity in the Democratic
party leave the working of the party
10 accident, impulse, or something
worsei What, for example, would be
the public spirit of men who could
neglect the important duties OF next
Saturday night, and permit Council
10 be nominated for this city by half q
dozen persons in each Ward who may
casually straggle to the place of meet
ing, and without consultation, thought
or care, select as candidates the very
first men whose names may happen ts
be presented We beg the Democrats
of this city TO consider this matter, and
act as duty plainly requires.


And if considerations of political du-
ty have no weight, we beg the tax pay
ers to remember that there is question
ofmouey, possibly much money, involv.
ed in this business. You can't have
economy ard prudence in yonr Govern
ment without you have economical and
prudent men TO administer it. If you
won't help to nominate such men, what
right have you to expect people who
have not the same interest ut stake as
Yourselves to nominate them for youf
Thiak of this, and go to the primary
meetings on Saturday night.
Year: 1869

1t is a we'll established fact that fully one
half of the female portion of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment of good health, or, to
use their own expression, never feel we'll"
They are languid, devoid of all energy, extreme
" nervous, and have no appetite.
Year: 1869

etc. ? (Great laughter You do not
say anything about them, and these
things you could have worked yourself
had you felt at all inclined. Had /
known you were making no efforts to do
things for yourself might have got my
sisters to have worked them. Was it
Acheson who told you to ask me for fifty
pounds to buy linen and spend the re-
msinder on yourself2 If he did he
ought to think shame OF himself. / am
thoroughly disgusted. / was not aware
uHtll lately that / was expected to pro-
vide clothing for the lady before mar
riage. l cannot express to you how
much am disappointed, and l think it
better for both parties if this marriage
were broken off. l regret 1t very much,
and cannot see any prospect of happiness
for the future. You ought to have dealt
candidly with me-" Upon this letter
both Mr.. Acheson and his p rotegs wrote,
protesting against the defendants cruel
ty. Thompson wrote back, asking Miss
Fleming whether she did not think it
better under the circumstan ces for the
engagement to be broken. She refused
to consent. He then admitted that be
had cooled down considerably, and re-
fused to marry the plaintiff. marrying soon
after another lady instead. For the de-
fense it was urged that the defendant had
not acted so as to incur the necessity for
great damages. The planting was still
young, and would soon get q husband.
After the summing up of his Lordship,
the jury deliberated for some time, and
returned verdict for the plaintiff, With
flS(l(l damaCea
Year: 1869

We heard fact related the other day,
upon unquestionable authority, which
saddened and amazed us. II was to this
effect, that at late birthday party 1" in
this city, given by little girl, aud at
tended by her playmate boys and girls,
five different kinds of wine made por.
ton of an entertain ment which was par
taken of with great gusto by the happy
crowd. This was supported by another
fact-thst little boy whose birthday VS.
approaching and who greatly desired to
give a party in honor Of it, was deferred
from so doing by the parental interdict
of wine as portion OF the feast, and by
the feeling that so many unpleasant re-
marks would be made if such a
party we're given without wine, that i,
would be preferable to ignore the occs-
sion altogether. 1t seems we'll nigh in
credible that such a state of things can
exist in O nominally Christian circle oi
society and that parents who expect
their children to grow up in such world
of temptation as this is, should dare to
take the fearful risks insepsrable from
such domestic training. No father and
no mother could possibly contemplate,
without shudder, the probable ruin of a
child by drunkenness. How, then, can
they bring themselves to look with in
diligence upon state of things indicst-
ing tastes so depraved, almost in the very
nursery2 And if when they cast wheat
into the ground they expect wheLt
crop, how can they fail to anticipate a
harvest of temporal and eternal wretch
edness and ruin from such sowing
All questions of mere law sink into in-
signif csnce in comparison with such q
question of the practices of good so,
ciety" as this.-Boston Congregation
alist.
Year: 1869

- . l


I AM now an old man. | have
seen nearly a century. Do
you want to know how Co grow
old slowly and happily Let
me tell you. Always eat slow
ly --masticate well. Go to
your food, to your rest, and
to your occupation smiling
Keep a good nature and a soft
temper everywhere. Never
give away to anger. A violent
tempest Of passion tears down
the constitution more than a
typhus fever. Cultivate a good
memory, and to do this you
must always be communica'
tive; repeat what you have
read; talk about it. DR.. john
sons great memory was owing
to his communlcativenes.d You
young men, who are just leav.
ing college, let me advise you
to choose a profession in which
you can /. exercise your talents
the best, and at the same time
be honest.- En- yi o.i,,t;4.
Year: 1869

HARD work never killed any
one. 1t is worry that wears
people out. The hard work.
ing cheerful man will live to
see the tombstone crumble
away Of the odo-nothingo wor,I
rying man. Cheerfulness and
content are the universal cure
all. Not for sale at any drug
store. nj None genuine unless
stamped with a smile and the
signature of the proprietor
Year: 1869

The Republican candidates seem to
have abandoned the "let up" platform
on which they professed to have been
nominated. 1t couldn't stand the fire OF
public criticism, and so the Lntelligencer
gives it no place in its columns. To the
end that none may forget what that plat,
form is, We reproduce it: Immediate
suffrage for the negro; continued disfran'
chisement for the white man.
Year: 1869

The Republicans are busy at theil
smallest tricks. Their effort is to divide
the Democratic party and obtain victory
through that division. Let the rank.
be kept solid and united.


Tomorrow the ':loyap power Of in.


vention will be taxed for the invention
of stories to cause dissension among the
supporters of the Democratic ticket
Messengers will be sent from Ward 10
Ward, reporting that at the voting
places they have just left, this or that
Democratic candidate is being cut, the
purpose being to provoke retaliation.
Let NO such delasion prosper. 1t is too
stale and transparent to deceive people
at this late day.


We have been at some pains to ascer-
ia in the feelings of Democrats generally
in relation to the pending election
They are a unit in support of the ticket,
the whole ticket. If they but exercise
their ordinary sagacity they will pre-.
serve solid phalanI to the close. A
fnll, solid vote means the triumphant
election of the whole Democratic ticket.


The Republicans are making this fight
to obtain a foothold hereafter. If
the election of CAMPBELL and HUBBARD
is permitted now. the task of carrying
the county in 1870 will be no light one.
If any Democrats think of staying away
from the polls, or have not made up
their minds to 60 to the polls and work
there, let them think of the prospect
they are preparing for the future.


There is now reasonable ground for
the belief that Legislature will be
elected on Thursday which will promptly
abolish our Test Oath system. This will
put it beyond the power Of Republican
Governor to elect himself or his friends
to Office by means of the registration
law. 1t will compel all parties to rely
for success upon the merits of their meas
ures and men. The Republicans of Ohio
county know this. They see the direc-
tion public opinion is taking. They
hope through the election of Messrs.
CAMPBELL and HUBBARD to stay the tide.


Put those gentlemen in the Legisla-
ture and they will oppose the repeal of
the registration law. They will oppose
any mod fcation of the law to have i'm
mediate effect. The thousands of Union
men in this State now unjustIy pro.
scribed will be allowed to remain dis
franchised. IT they were allowed to
vote now it might enaanger Mr.. HUB
BARDs prospects for Governor and those
of Mr.. CAMPBELL for United States Sen
ator. While they continue the dlsfran'
chisement Of Union men, these candi'
dates also want to postpone the enfran-
OF rebels. They desire that
the negro should vote now and the rebel
when he can. In this beautiful policy
the Democrats of Ohio county are ex-
pected to support them. If they are
successful it will be by Democratic per-
Will any true Democrat SO
permit
Year: 1869

The cash collectors for the CAMPBELL
and HUBBARD charity fund on Monday
were displaying a list of Democratic
names who they assured their victims
were certain to vote for CAMPBELL
This assurance was offered as an induce
ment to subscribe literally, the loyal
brethren having grown tired of wasting
their money in such hopeless contests
ss they have hitherto passed through in
this county. Strange as it may appear,
the new dodge didn't work, some Of the
assessed feeling that they would rather
subscribe as they intend to vote, against
the entire Republican ticket.