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Year: 1868

istration Of their affairs. Vanderbilt Is man
of the world, and, though railroad man, he
believes in horsefesh. He can talk horse with
Grant or trot horse or two with Bonner on
the shortest notice. His spare time in the way
of recreation has been devoted to fast horses
and hence he has become equal himself any
day to two-forty on plank road. Daniel
Drew is churchman. He believes In the
''stated preaching of the Gospel, like the model
democrat, dead and gone, Of Sandy Hill, and
in the building and endowment Of churches he
is perhaps excelled only by Jay Cooke. But if
thus far Mr.. Drew has given one day to the
Gospel according to st. Paul, he has given six
in Wall street to the Gospel according to
Mammon. In fact, under his Safeguarding
amusements Of bulling Erie one day and bear
ing 1t the next the broad gauge road has not
prospered, and his stock, at his highest fancy
fluctuations, has never reached the figure bona
Jide it ought to command. Vanderbilt has
evidently taken some of this Wall street folly
Of bulling and bearing out Of him and turned
his attention to the more practical business of
the road itself; and thus learning from the ex-
ample Of the enemy Drew may be able to make
stubborn, well contested and protracted
fight. The Bloomingdale road is certainly q
better place Of diversion for railway men than
Wall street. We care nothing whatever for
the Drew party or the Vanderbilt party, so far
as their selfish interests are concerned, but as
we perceive that from this conflict the public
interests have not suffered and will probably
be promoted, we have only to say, let the
battle 60 on. 1t pnts money into circulation
and keeps things lively.
Year: 1868

The senate was not in session yesterday.


In the Assembly q resolution was introduced and
adopted requiring the treasurer Of the Binghamon
Inebriatc Asylum to make answer TO charges against
him of having procured legislation by bribery and
corruption and to state II such Is the case the items
OF money expended for such purpose Two more
Managers of Impeachment In Canal Commissioner
Jborn's case were announced
Year: 1868

Conductor Patterson's owl train from the South,
on Friday night, had narrow escape from a
serious accident. When about quarter OF q
mile beyond Yalesville the pilot OF the engine
struck "A heavy tie, which some miscreant had
laid across the track, with the evident Intention OF
throwing of the train. Fortunately the pilot had
shoes on each side, which caught the tie and pre-
vented its going under the wheels AS II was, one
end Of the tie caught IN the dirt beside the track ald
literally 1lled the machinery with sand The train
was stopped and the tie taken out and carried to
Hartford Ii is coDJecturcd that there was Ill inien
ton to rob the Adams' Express car, which had q
very large amount OF gold In transit


The Providence Journal OF yesterday has the fol-
loving in regard TO this surprising affair The gov
ernment sent by the Adams Express Company Friday
night SIX tons OF gold coin from New York to Boston
10 pay the July interest. As the tram was nearing
Hartford II encountered sleeper paced on the
track with the evident intention OF causing wreck.
Tile scheme happily failed IL is nevertheless mys
terry how the fact should become known that the
train had such o valuable freight
Year: 1868

Cholera Still at Matanzns-Wenther Change.


able-NIarlcts.


MATANZAs, June 90, 1868
There are still daily sporadical cases OF cholera
occurring in this city, but they are not Of an alarm
ing nature and upon the whole the state Of health
seems to have improved since last week.
The weather still remains quite changeabe and
hardly any day passing without several showers Of
RAIN


The sugar market since the close OF last week is
more active, and fair amount OF business is doing
upon the basis OF rs. for No. IL clayed and ~ a
ia rs. for fair to good refining muscOvad0es. Mo-
asses is scarce 1000 hogsheads clayed sold at 5k
per keg


Tonnage is abundant while the demand is quite
limited, and some vessels, unwilling to wait any
longer for employment, have left and about leav
ing In ballast Last charters base upon So per hhd.
Of sugar and 81 so per box.


BY very carefully compiled statement OF the ex.
ports stocks In warehouses and probable stocks OF
sugar left the country 1t IS shown that the crop
the north side OF this island will exceed that OF last
year by about 20 per cent.
The branch OF the Spanish Bank will be opened on
the first OF next month.
Year: 1868

Regiment.


Companies d and Of the Iwenty-second regiment
will leave this city the 7h OF July, as has already
been announced, for a pleasure trip to Boston,
Charcstown and Providence Captain Richard vose
has been placed In command OF the battalion. To-
morrow evening the two companies will meet at the
regimental .armory for inspection, In full uniform,
knapsacks, with name carefully marked thereon
and overcoats rolled on knapsack The battalion on
It's departure will be accompanied by number Of
the officers OF the regiment representing the field,
staff and line who intend TO go the extreme animal
during the excursion, and VIII be escorted TO the
landing bv the other companies OF the Twenty Sec
ond. As the excursionsts Will return to this city on
the same morning the seventh Will arrive RON Nor
wich and they to be escorted 70 their armory
by the Ninth regiment In tnelr new full dress uni
FORM there will be quite Lively military time In the
city on The 11th proxino.


II is said that the Seventh will extend their out-of
town trip to Boston before they return next month.
A large number OF the members OF the regiment are
In favor Of the extension, and 1t Is quite likely that
Colonel Clark will soon call special meeting OF the
various companies to take denits action In the mat
ter There il but little time now left for preparation
before the day Of the departures so II s the inten-
tOn OF the Colonel to call the meeting he should do
80 at once.


ASS slant Surgeon Robert d. Nesmith has been pro-
NOTED surgeon OF the Twelfth regiment, vice Robbie,
resigned. Quartermaster sergeant has been msd9
commssarY.
Year: 1868

At the American Jockey Club rooms corner OF
Broadway and Twenty first street the attendance Of
turf patrons anxious to invest their money In pool
buying was large last evening. The bidding was
animated. 1t took two hours and half to complete


the evening sales for t0-day's races. The following
Year: 1868

he race was very keenly contested and as will
be seen the boats kept well together, which MADE
the spectacle the more interesting and exciting AS
might he expected lew OF the boats dropped out,
anu half q dozen yachts now engrossed the entire
O tention OF the behoders The speed was capital,
although again scarcely any variation was dIscerni-
be. Passing the stakeboat the second time the
ro
Year: 1868

"On Sunday last we took small walk into
the country, to commune with our thoughts.
and in viewing the beauties of Nature, to feel
more our dependence on and allegiance to
Natures God. The sun, having passed
meredian, poured his genial rays aslant the
face of Nature, and bathed his gentle beams
in the limpid stream that played like laugh
ing child along our path. The fields were
donning their green verdure dress, and every
thing seemed to betoken that the husbandmen
will reap an abundant return for his labors;
for we never saw the grain fields look more
promising, considering the unpropioious wealth
er of the past month. The trees were putting
forth their buds and leaves-the flowers were
just coming out of the ground, and all things
promised that soon Spring would be in full
bloom, and the air laden with sweet perfumes.
As we saw the opening germs of coming beauty
the flowers and shrubbery bursting forth
from their beds, where they have been en-
tombed during the long, dreary winter-we
thought of the little FLOWERS of our domestic
garden, which we had laid away in the cold
earth, amid the ice and SHOWS Of winter; and
altough the genial sun of spring-time warmed
other buds to life and beauty, yet our home
flowers would no more return to gladen and
beautify our hearth-stonel Yes, the wild
roses of the forest, and the flowers of the field,
cut down oy the rude hand Of autumn, and
trampled beneath the busy feet of men, will
return to life and yigor when the spring-ti
comes again, but the blossoms of our heart
will come not back, even though affections
tear may bedew the grassy mound beneath
which they repose, and the sun shine never so
warm, and kind and loving friends watch for
their coming until their eyes grow dim with
age. No! the narrow confines of the grave
are too cold to renew inanimate humanity, but
when the great Spring time of Eternity shall
dawn upon the pale nations of the dead
when the SUMS eye shall have a sickly glare,
and the moon and stars grow wan with years
when the earth shall cease its revolutions,
and the fountains of old ocean are dried up
when the last rose bud has opened to the gaze
Of man-then will the gentle beams of Right
eousness warm to life our little FLOWERS, and
bring them to decorate our home beyond the
skies. - Casket.
Year: 1868

The Grass Valley National is response
BILE for the following:


"Maybe," said husband to his loving
spouse, "you wouldn't be SO handy dis.
playing those big feet of yours if you
knew what occurred when / took your
shoe to be mended."


"What is it?-let me know instantly"
"Well, the shoemaker took it in his
hand, gazed upon it in silence, and then
burst into tears, and wept as if his heart
would break"


"Well, what was the numskull crying
for quick let me know"


"Well, poor fellow, he said he dotted
on his grandmother fairly dotted on her.
She nursed hip, you know, because his
mother was feeble and so-well he come
to this country fifteen years ago, and first
he set up in the vegetable line, and got
along pretty well, and was about to send
for the old lady, when hard times came
and he broke. He went into fruit then,
and after that into milk-into all sorts
OF things you know; but he got disap-
pointed every time till his business
fetched him out at last, and he sent for
the old woman. She landed four days
ago, but died the very same night. 1t
was hard, very hard, after all his waiting
and toiling for fifteen years, to get her
over at last, and have her die on his
hands. He-he-well he was disgusted.
However he laid her out, and he and his
friends sat up with her, and by-and-by
the memory of her virtues softened his
bitterness and turned it to tender grief,
settled melancholy, that hung about
his spirits like a pail for many days =
However by striving to keep his thoughts
employed on other subjects he was finally
beginning to regain little of old-time
cheerfulness, when your shoe reminded
him SO painfully Of his grandmother's
coffin"


A slap in the face accompanied by
"Take that, you degraded old ruf6an !'
put sharp end to the story.
Year: 1868

A QUESTION: FOR LAwYERs.-Sup-
pose man owns skiff; he fastens the
skiff to the shore with a rope made of
straw; along comes COW; COW gets into
the boat; turns around and eats the rope;
the skif thus let loose, with the cow on
board, starts down the stream, and on its
passage is upset; the cow is drowned
Now, has the man that owns the cow got
to pay for the boat, or the man that owns
the boat got to pay for the cow.
Year: 1868

than it appears to be at the FIRST blush,
but more narrow than it should be,--so
narrow indeed as to take away much Of
the grace aud advantage Of the act. IL
is to be regretted, s.s think, for the sake
both of the Presidents reputation and
Of the countrys good, that the amnesty
was not all embracing. Three years Of
peace, as set forth in the preamble of
the proclamation, ,are surely "happy pro-
logues te the swelling act" Of such q
"theme." We are sorry that the theme
is reserved for another time If not for
another hand-Lou. Jour
Year: 1868

SLANDER assumes manifold forms, but the
latest and most novel is that Of a young
man who alleges that in 1864 be secretly
married young school teacher, aud went to
the war. Not entering into active service
he was soon discharged and returned, when
he took board with the relatives of the young
lady. Still the marriage was kept secret,
and in the course of two or three years the
wife took dislike to the husband and refus-
ed to recognize him. The affair caused some
sensation, and the lady was discharged from
her place in the school. Now she denies the
marriage, repudiates the one doting lord ana
commences a suit for SANDER
Year: 1868

NEW GALvANIo PILE.-A new galvanie
pile has been constructed with chloride Of
silver, for the negative element, by NJ. N.
Warren de la Rue and Hugo Muller. This
pile, though Ofexceedingly small dimensions,
is extremely powerful. 1t consists Of zinc
rod, which need not be amalgamated, and
ofs thin silver wire coated with a certain
quantity of chloride of silver applied to it
in a state of fusion. This is the negative,
the zinc the positive element. The whole
apparatus is not three inches high. The
liquid used is saturated solution Of ofcsmmon
salt. With ten couples, constructed as
above, ascidula'ed water will be rapidly de
composed. While the apparatus is working,
the solution of salt becomes gradually charg
ed with chloride of zinc, which only serves
to increase the power of the pile +; but care
must be taken to change the solution as
soon as metallic zinc makes its appearance
on the negative element
Year: 1868

BUrTER.-The more perfectly the water
and milk are worked from butter, the smaller
the quantity OF salt necessary to preserve it.
Well worked, the ratio of salt to butter
should be as to ~
Year: 1868

100000
Each Certificate of Stock is accompanied with a
BEAUTIFUL SrEEL-PLArE ENGRAVING
"oRrH MORE AT RETAIL THAN THE COST OF


CERTIFICATE,


An also Insures to the holder
PRESENT IN THE GREAT DISTRIBUTION
Year: 1868

such criminal and disreputahle invention.
All such reports, whether emanating from
this creature Fitzpatrick, or from any one
else, which tend in any way to create the
impression that | conducted my humble
part in the war upon any other than the
strictest principles of civilized warfare,
are utterly untrue, and are the corrupt
and fcculent fctions of designing and
rascally slanderer5. am not prone to OBJ
trude matters of this kind upon the public
notice, and would have been glad to have
met Fitzpatrick md settled this affair in n
less public and more emphatic manner :;
andit it should happen that this note should
meet his eye, and he should make it the
provocaton of any additional display Of
words, any one who may hear him is at
liberty to assure him that am ready to
meet him in any way that he may choose ::
and whilst | am averse to personal conflict,
| should much prefer to crafty any wish
he may cherish in that way to being the
further subject of his unmanly defamation
and unsoldierlike misrepresentation.


think the public will justify me in de-
nouncing, as | now do, General Judson
Fitzpatrick as n hackguard, a liar, q scoun-
drcl, and poltroon. If he is the heroic
figure he would have the northern people
believe him, my friend General Basil W.
Duke, at Louisville, Ky, is authorized to
receive on my behalf any communication
he may choose to make.


Respectfully, n. B. FORREST.
Year: 1868

New PosroFF1cE Box.-An improved
postof1ice box for the receipt Of newspapers
as well as letters is now on exhibition at
the Postofice Department in Washington.
Mr.. J. w. Smith is the patentee. The open
ing of the box is eight by four inches-big
enough to receive the largest envelopes and
newspapers. This opening is covered by a
lid so contrived that when it is raised q
cylinder just below it revolves until SINH
lar opening is presented. The letter or
newspaper is then deposited, and falls on
the bottom Of this cylinder. When the lid
is shut down again, the cylinder revolves
until the opening is downward, when its
contents fall into the letter-box. OF course
whenever the lid is raised the turning of
the cylinder cuts off any communication
with the receptacle below, SO that while
packages can be deposited none can be alb
stracted. The letter-box bears upon its
front dial or clock face, with hands. The
carrier, when removing the contents OF the
box, sets the hands TO the hour when ne will
next call for the mall and thus every one
can see ut what hour the letters or papers
he deposits will be called for. r.
Year: 1868

THE Poor LAW SYSTEM AND lTS EFFECTS.
For simple, unadulterated horror-horror
that might give the inspiration of Greek
traredy-commen us to the true story OF
the death of James Dowsett, aged fifty-fve,
a paupcr in the lslington workhouse. On
Thursday last Dowsett was sent on an
crrand by the workhouse officials, and at
The corner Of Park street, on his way back,
lie saw barrel of port wine fall from a
wagon which was being unl0aded and burst,
the wine running into the gutter. The old
pauper Immediately went down on his
hands and knees, and proceeded greedily to
swill the Vinous contents Of the ken
mel. He swillcd and swilled and swillcd
until lie fell down insensibly drunk,
was picked up from a puddle of port wine
and taken to the workouse. There, 1t
is stated, medical assistance was not imme-
diately forthcoming. When it did arrive
the man was dead. The suggcstiveness OF
this story makes it really dreadful. A pig
could have done no more, and would pro-
badly have done something like what James
Dowsett did but the pig would have known
when he had enough, and would have wad-
died away from the gutter full of wine. We
may say that the pauper's act was that OF
brute beast but horse or dog would not
have touched that wine in the mire. A
human rough or blackguard street-boy
might have filled his cap from the over
flowing kennel, but he would scarcely have
gone down on his hands and knees to LAP
up mingled alcohol and filth until he fell
into a stupor. 1t is worth while inquirlne
x,hntbar rho ptfact of the adm lulstratlOn OF
the poor laws has not been to convert pau
pers into something less than human be-


ings.-London Telegraph, October l3.
Year: 1868




From the New Nation of yesterday.


WHAT COMMENT What a comment
on Virginians That no "loyal Virginian
can be trusted " Trusted by whom Can
not be trusted by fer strangers who have
Squatted in Virginia for the 4cL.ole aaad Sol'
purpose of making their living and fortunes
by of1iceholding. These men, without
means, without any established character
to recommend them to the confidence Of the
people, without any employment of busi-
ness to help build up the State in any way
loaing around prying into everybody Is
business, having none Of their own look
ing out for any vacancy of office which may
be made; trying to shove others out that
they themselves may creep in trying
to pull others down that they may &c
up; trying to snatch the bread out Of honest
mems mouths to fill their own greedy sto-
machs; trying to undermine honest mems
business that they may sneak into their
places; trying to crush out truthand hon
esty TO make way for lying and robbery
And these are the beautiful specimens OF
dcpraved humanity who say no "loyal
Virginians nor southern Union men are to
be trusted" OF course these honest, amia-
Die gentlemen y can [ trust CONSERVATIVES
and therefore no Virginians or southern
gentlemen, whether they be loyal sr dis
loyal, Republicans or Democrats, are to be
trusted by these men. If this be true, it
will be long, long time before Virginia
will be fit for reconstruction. And what dc
the colored people think of this Are they
not Republicans ooh, yes, but they
are negroes say these men, "and are
only fit to vote to put as into Office ard
power" THE negroes must be made tC
know that they can't hold Office" say these
oifce-hunters. Yes, and just as soon as
these men serve their own political, selfish
ends with the poor unsuspecting colored
population they will crush and grind them
out, just as they are seeking to crush out
and grind into the dust white Union men.
and Virginians and southern men general
ly. We hope Virginians, white and color
Cd, will remember what we say. We warn
them faithfully of their danger. These
men are trying to sell Virginia and Virgini-
ans out at very low prices, and these office
hunters wish 10 be the purchasers. Guard
your rights, Virginians, or you are gone,
and gone forever.
Year: 1868

PAINFUL ACCIDENT william n.
Sutton met with painful accident on Mon
day night. He was on his way to New
York, and in crossing from the wharf 10 the
boat at Aqua creek lost his footing and
fell, severely hurting his left leg. The
wound was 80 painful that he was unable
to pursue his journey, and was therefore
brought back to Richmond by the morning
train,
Year: 1868

5 . T


while he was hard at It.. down fell
tile cow off the house.top after all, /,
and as she fell she dragged the man
up the chimney by the rope. There
he stuck ftist, and as for the cow, abe
hung suspended between the heaven
and earth, for she could neither get
downs nor up. a@ go SAH


And now the goody had waited
seven lengths and seven hreadths for
her husband to come and call them
to dinner; but never n call did they
have. AT last she thought she had
waited long enough, and went home
But when she got there and found
the COW hanging in such an ugly
place, she ran up and ,ut the rope
IN two, with her sesthe. But IA she
did this, down came her husband
OUT OF the chimney; and so when
his old dame came insitie the kitchen
there SHE found him standing on his
hesd In the porrbige pot. fs tttia
Year: 1868




During the late fruitless war for iudepen-
dence, there was In the Military Department
ofSouthwestern Virginia battalion Of Cavalry.
the members of which were much oked ut by
the Infantry ss rather unwilling to expose
themselves. a .f tt.


A Railroad coach full Of soldiers had just
stopped at the Bristol Depot, and the crowd
was in one of those frames of mind SO peculiar
TO tho times, though hungry, dirty, and many
sick and sore, yet Of a reckless merry mood,
ready to burst out at any broad joke into such
roars of laughter as only soldiers can give.


One of the Infantry rose from his seat, car
ried his gun TO window near the further end
Of the coach, contriving to catch the attention
of every one as he moved, pointed his gun
through the window, and then suddenly draw
ing it back, turned and said loudly:


Z" | say Is there any Of DunnS Battalion
in this car q


This question, twice repeated, drew re-
sponse from one man, that he was one Of Dumas
Battalion. The wsg turned to him with
benevolent look and ssid


Don't you be skeered, stranger. Ny old
muskit's got the tetch-hole stopped up. Don't
you be skeered I'm just gwine to pop a CAPT.
Year: 1868

1t is reported that Senator Fessenden has
said, openly and boldly, that be will not per-
lure himself to please party friends" The
more extreme Of the Radical papers have al
ready opened their batteries upon him as a
renegade and traitor. But are they not little
too fast in drawing this inference from that re-
mark? Do they not thereby concede that be
must perjure himself" in order to please bis
party? The conclusion strikes Us as good
deol tcc b-ozd.-N y TEeS
Year: 1868

T HAVE at my lumber yard lerge quantity


| of ]. HAYES & CO.'S Felt. This material
is designed to be put upon roofs in the place
of shingles or under siding instead of sheelng.
1t is very durable, and is offered at such a
cheap rate that all who may be building Will
find it an object to purchase Come and ex-
anime for yourselves.