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Year: 1868

It being one ofour duties, we have, on
several occasions given our readers par
tial accounts of some of the many afro
cious outrages that are being committed
by the allies of Radicalism upon white
females. This is the first time we have
been compelled to say that one has ac-
CURED in our midst.


On Friday evening of last week, as
respectable white woman, named Nc
Dowell, was walking along the Nation
al Road about q mile this side of Wash
ington, she was overtaken by q negro
named ellison, who asked how far it was
to Cambridge. She replied: about eight
miles from where they stood. Before
she had finished the sentence the black
fiend struck her in the face with his fist,
telling her to the ground. He then
dragged her off to the side of the road,
and commenced choking her TO prevent
her from raising an alarm. In the
meantime o man came along on horse
back, and heard her groans, which he
supposed came from an owl or some
animal in the wood. He had gone but
q few PAGES when he discovered shawl
and bonnet lying in the road. This
aroused his suspicious, and he turned
back TO where he had heard the nsise.
His arrival was timely, for the negro
had not yet accomplished his hellish
object, and hearing the horse come
nearer and nearer, he jumped and ran
down through the wood. The stranger
soon found the poor woman, lying in an
insensible condition. He raised her up,
and as soon as she was able to move,
helped her to neighbOring house. Her
face was much swollen and bruised, and
the marks of the negro's fingers yet
plain upon her neck.


Esquire Eagleton was notified, aud a
warrant was issued for the arrest of Gill
son, who was found at Senecaville,
where he has a brother living. He was
brought to the County Jail on Sunday
morning last, there to await his trial,
which will probably come off at the
next term of Court, commencing on the
Dist inst.


Aside from the blow in the face, and
being severely choked, Mrs. Mcdowell
sustained no other injury.-GHerHsey
,JPfersontdn
Year: 1868

The Democratic Convention To nomi-
nate candidates for city offices will be
held at the Court House thisevening at
7 o'clock. We ask the prompt attend
snce of the delegates.


We repeat what We have before said
in regard to the selection Of our very
best men as candidates for position.
Let the choice be made with reference
to the fitness of the candidate for the
place. We want TO Increase our major
ity largely at the coming election and to
this end we must have = frst-clsss
ticket in the field. A weak candidate
for any one Of the places to be filled
will weaken the entire ticket. Give us
the best material and the result will he
the finest Democratic victory ever
gained in this city.


We will give the entire ticket for
Council and city sfficers tomorrow.
Year: 1868

Tbess patterns are cut 70 fit the form with
artistic elegance, are Of permanent value, and
will enable every lady 70 cut and mt herself or
children. Ladies' living at distance can have
patterns cut to it the form and sent by mail
free Of postage, by sending the price Of the pat
terms with the measure Of their chest and waist
(arOund the form,D length Of waist under the
arm, length Of sleeve, and length Of skirt, front
and harEl The following are the
Year: 1868

out whole realm of Nature from the triangle which


sort of power in mathematics" to the threelegged
stool of the mk-maid the latter aOrding symbol OF
the law which like that rests three legs namely prn-
OF politics than in theology, and gives his views on
secession Impeachment reconstruction and other ques
Of the day, often reasoning well about them
he were a member OF Congress. The gentle egotism
which through his volume is truly delightful and
will least the reader who searches its pages for
instruction I'm
Year: 1868

Discipline, and Other Sermons. By the Rev.
CHARLES KINGSLEY. q. B. Lppncott Coz The name
Of the author which the sign Of mental freedom
and glowing sympathes, win attract attention to this
volume Il consists Of dscourses Of recent production
preached in the usual OF his ministry and not dis
tnguished by any remarkable originality Of thought or
fervor Of eloquence The is free and familiar
often indeed coloqual in Its undress but with nsnf
cent basis Of reflection to effect any important results
In the retrograde movement OF Mr. Kingsleys mind, ne
has lost the secret of his strength and exchanged the fire
of kindng ideas for tho shallow commonplaces OF the
conventional pulpit.
Year: 1868

The First Book of the LaW BY JOEL. PRENTIss
BISHOP. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company Mr..


shop Is known TO legal profession as the author OF
several works Of considerable reputc In the science OF


Jurisprudence In the present work. he aims at furnish
ing the young pupil with practical guide to the sources
of information in the study Of law, and general eHposl
ton Of its elementary principles He treats first OF the
preparation necessary law studes; secondly Of the
nature of aw thirdly OF the written authorities on which
rests and fourhy of various incidental topics con-
ueced with the study His method rather critical than
ddaetc; the continuity Of discussion is often Interrupted
by apparently irrelevant episodes sometimes OF purely
personal character and in general the style OF the vol
is scarcely In accordance WITH the gravity OF the
theme Some his suggestions not little Whimsical


and In their exuberant trivial details presupp0se aremark


able want Of common the part Of his readers
For instance informed That
health can make money the NewYork bar and the In


valid is advised TO settle In small country place
where he may pass his days respectfully and pleas
anty Excellent counsel this bnt does it need porty
volume In law sheep" TO epferce 1t the ingenious
youth VINO are painting for the prizes Of the fornn


again. IL Is rather startling TO be told that man may
make good physician good minister OF the
oOspel with a contracted moral part" but good
lawyer, never. III an immoral man does happen 70 u-


rnde into The profession, he is always unhappy" The
anthor iaVos as with subtle dsquistion on tho doc
trine Of the Trinity Of which lie finds anaogos through
Year: 1868

We learn from the old North State that
son of Mr. Fl. W. Hill of Rowan County,
aged about II years, charged a musket for
the purpose of firing at flock of wild geese,
but having unfortunately overchargcd the
piece, the conclusion produced by its dis
charge was so great as to disengage the bar
ing the young man upon the forehead, pro-
duced mertal wound ID


Two Of the wild geese were also killed by
the shot. t
Year: 1868

10. TURNER, Jr, having given tone to
the hustings in North Carolina, and made
it all that is desired by the Democracy of
the State, will now give his undivided at
tention and talents to elevating the standard
ofjourhalism, and improving the tone Of the
press. 1t is confidently expected that he
will succeed fully as well in the latter as in
Year: 1868

Planchette is all the rage just now. A
1ew evenings since young married lady,
with several friends of both sexes, married
and single, were consulting this mysterious
little instrument, when, in reply to a mental
question by the aforesaid lady, Planchette
wrote out in large, legible hand, ga fine.
large boy AS a matter of course the
question was obvious, the blushing was
confusing, and there were no more mental
questions asked that evening.
Year: 1868

These Periodicals are ably sustained BY the
buttons Of the best writer's on science. ReliE
General L1tersture, and stand unrivaled


world OF letters. They are Indispensable
scholar and professional man. and TO ever
man. as they furnish better record of tbs.
literature Of the day than can be obtained III
Year: 1868

In all elections the vote shall be by ballo
and each and every stockholder shall be eI
titled to vote, either in person or by prox,
for each an1 every share which he, she
they, respectively, may hold, and no perso
or persons shall be entitled to vote on an
share or shares transferred to him or the
within ten days prior to such election.
Year: 1868

] certify the above and foregoing TO be a
true and correct copy Of the original act in
the records Of my office.


witness my hand and seal. at New Or
leans this nineteenth day OF November.
1868. HENRY G. DIBBLE,


Notary Public,
Year: 1868

COULD NOT GET WARRANT.-Mrs.
Doherty, the lady whose house was burned
on Tuesday light, applied to several OF
the magistrates for warrant against JOIN
Doyle for setting fire to the building, but
all Of them thought proper to decline
whereupon she took the law IN her OWE
hands, and sought out Doyle and com
menced to assault and beat him. But be-
fore any damage was done the police inter
fered, and she was arrested, but was sub
sequently bailed to appear this morning
before the Mayor. f.-a .7,
Year: 1868

DISSERTATION OF SHocKoE HILL GENE
TERY.-We have called the attention of the
authorities before to the desecration Of the
above-named cemetery by parties who GO
there and steal the lead ornaments from the
iron ratings which surround the different
squares, and had hoped that some method
would have been taken to put stop to it.
But from recent walk around the enclo-
sure we find it has not been the case for,
instead of getting better, several iron rails
had been broken out and carried off. Can
not the powers that be invent some plan to
catch these depredators 1
Year: 1868

A Pennsylvania dairyman, in
giving his method of managing
COWS and making butter, takes ex-
ceptions to the celerity with which
the churning process is generally
gone through with. In his opinion
one hour is not too long for the
operation of churning; two hours
are better still. 1t is regarded as
a desiderataem among dairymen
generally to get a churn which
will produce butter in the shortest
possible time, and the one that
succeeds best in this is generally
the favorite. Those who have
worked a dash churn by hand, for
an hour, with a batch of cream
that acted as though possessed"
will hardly give their suffrage in
favor of prolonged churning, even
though an ounce or two more of
butter were sure to result from it.
If as we have seen in some Sec
tions of Pennsylvania, "dog pow
er" is employed to do the churning,
or if the power of steam or water
is used, the question of time is of
much less consequence, but where
hand labor has to do the business,
the sooner it is accomplished the
better is the general verdict of
farmers and their wives. 1t is
not believed that any increase In
the amount of improvement in the
quantity of the butter, claimed
as the result of slow churning, is
a paying equivalent for the extra
time recommended for the opera
ton.
Year: 1868

A very pretty and curious Incl.
dent illustrative Of the reasoning


powers possessed by inferior ami,
mails, recently occurred in the
case of a canary bird. The door
of the birds cage was occasionally
left open, that he might enjoy the
freedom of the room. One day
he happened to light upon the
shelf whereon was a mirror. Here
was a new discovery of the most
profound interest. He gazed long
and curiously at himself, and came
to the conclusion that he had found
a mate. Going back to his cage
he selected a seed from his box,
and brought it in its bill as an Of
fering to the stranger. In vain
the canary exerted himself to
make his new found friend par
take, and becoming weary of that
tried another tack. Stepping
back few inches from the glass,
he poured forth his sweetest notes,
pausing now and then for a reply.
None came, and moody and dis
gusted he flew back to his perch,
hanging his head in shame and
silence for the rest of the day,
and although the door was re-
peatedly left open, he refused to
come out again.
Year: 1868

The following is recommended
as recipe for making Bologna
sausage Take an eel skin and
stuff itwith ground cat season it
with Scotch snuff and persimmon
oil; lay it in a hog pen to dry, and
then hang it up by the tail in gro
cery for three months for flies to
give it the trademark; then it is
ready for use.
Year: 1868

The foregoing are the reasons


why |, and nearly all the other


Republican votes of this portion


of Coffee county, signed the me-


mortal. If such should be the


result of repeating the franchise


law, we prefer to live peaceably


and quietly in a hopeless minority,


to retaining the control of affairs


by force of arms or by discrimina-
ting laws.


Before closing, permit me to
say that we are in no danger of
any disturbance in Coffee county,
and that we look upon the act of
calling out State troops as the death
blow to our party in Tennessee
If our present law can not pre-
serve peace, let US ask for nation
al troops to do SO. There could
no misfortune so disastrous in all
Its effects and consequences befal
our State at this time as the call
ing out the militia. There is not
the least danger of our opponents
attempting by violence to control
the coming election, and even
should there be, the militia could
not avert it. We have tried it
once and found it utterly impotent.


Hoping and believing that the
august and intelligent body over
which you preside will act for the
aohole people of the State, and
will look to our best interests, and
will do nothing to imperil the
of our party, / conclude
by wishing you a harmonious ses-
sion. GEO. W. DAVIDSON.
Year: 1868

eliminated and guarded against. The fact Is
that but comparatively few in the gay assem-
bly, on the opening day of the spring meeting
at Jerome Park either know or care much about
horse racing. Most of them know and care
still less about gambling. They so to Jerome
Park in gala attire, as in the palmy days OF
the Italian opera in New York, although pro-
Tossing to know or care but little about music,
they frequented the Academy OF Music, to see
and to be seen, to form part of the brilliant
spectacle Of which they are themselves de-
lighted spectators.


Looking at the subject from this point of
view alone, the splendid display of beauty,
fashion and wealth at the Jerome Park yester-
day, in the midst of charming natural scenery,
is an encouraging sign Of the rapid progress of
our community in the culture of all the arts
aud elegancies of modern civilization and
refinement
Year: 1868

States, taking II for granted that they are good
Catholics, must be sent at the expense Of his
friends in the United States, must be main
tanned while In Rome at their expense. aud
when the time comes at which they ought to
go home, must be taken back without In any
way annoying the Papal Treasurer All this
is very well. 1t is very wise on the part of
the Pope. and If his friends here wish to make
Rome a barrack we can have no objection.
Year: 1868

DIVIDING TExAs.-It Ia not much In favor OF
any movement that IL originates with the Com
mittee on Reconstruction; yet despite this
origin we are disposed to regard with favor the
bill to make three States where there is now but
one--in Texas. Texas is imperial In proper
tions and will make three States Of ample
size, and this partition was foreseen and pro-
vided for In the act Of annexation. No State
government in such a country can well be
efficient over 10 great an area, and this is rea-
son enough. We have no doubt the popula-
ton fully justines the formation of the new
States; for the population Of Texas increased
during The war BY the stampede across the
Mississippi, and has been increasing ever
since.
Year: 1868

Do not be led to believe that Sterling's Ambro-
sis containing two bottles in box at 81 90 is the
same article as Sterling's Ambrosia Oil for the
hair My Ambrosia Oil has no connection what
ever with any other preparation sold The Am
brosis Oil is an improvement on all other hair
preparations and is put up in one bottle in neat
package bearing the name Of Sterling & Bloomer
on the back and price so cents the front label.
Year: 1868

Coin enough plenty for October, amt
It. Every one Of the great savants tell
us that there 10 going to be IN awful
cold spell Of weather coming on about the
let Of January. Its going to make people
lock alive to keep warm. From all indi-
cations its going 10 be severe. and the
best preventive We know Of 10 . suit Of
Sam Perry's best. You will never be
chilly with one Of those suits on you.
Year: 1868

THE AsToRs.-The New York correspondent
of a Boston paper gives the following interest
ing account Of a well-known firm of million
aires:


lt is common saying that property seldom
GTTiscehds Ti to the third and fourth generation.
f ne Astors will probably hold their property
-. -. many years to come. William y. was
i.' nIilieI Dy MS father to the style of business
60 t iSt gained his fortune and increased 1t.
oaled @ i ti,I oeatn OF John Jacob Astor the busi-
ness mas been continued in the same style that
marked II before he died William b. Astor
has two sons, John Jacob and William b., Jr,
lhey nave Geen c5reIuily trained to the same
er and grandfather. In the little one story
brick building on Prince street, looking like a
small Jail with the iron bars in front, the faith
er and two sons can be seen daily taking
care of their immense estate. The sons
are quiet and reticent like their father
NO Dank clerk goes to his business more stead
lily than do they. At given hour in the
morning they enter their Office. At q given
hour, arm in arm, they walk down Broadway
to Wall street. Between two and three they
can be seen returning from their down town
office. They are seldom separate. They are
capable industrious, economical and pre-emi-
nently devoted to business. Should their fa-
thcr die tomorrow everything would be taken
up just where he left it, and all his plans
would be carried out, nor would any chapge
De made n the mode of doing things during
their life time. The utmost care was taken OF
their Uncle John Jacob, who died the other
day. Every wish of his father in regard to
him was scrupulously carried out. His fine
residence on Fourteenth street, with its gar
den occupying whole square, with his COACH
es and horses, were preserved to him to the
last 10 is rare that three generations of men
exhibit such characteristics. Thrown into Of
fees, its commanding situation would make
the Astor House a source of revenue such as
it can never become as a hotel. But the wish
es of its founder, though dead, still prevail,
and hotel it win be, probably, during the
life time of its present owner.
Year: 1868




But while similar conduct on the part OF
hundreds of persons kept thousands of color
ed men from the polls, a system of direct per-
secution did far more; and but for the latter
the vote would have been sufficiently large to
have secured the ratification of the Constitu-
ton. Nearly all the land, as every intelligent
reader must know, is possessed by the rebel
element, and it is by securing employment at
the hands OF these men that the poor, both
black and white, must live, and as con-
sequence the landholder can exercise great
influence over bis employee; and this was ex-
ercsed continually. The threat to lischar4e
all who voted was almost universal, while the
promises to retain those in employ who
would remain away were proflse, and there
suit can well be imagined. Such tactics would
carry an election almost any where; and the
effect would be far more apparent where the
state of society is disorganized, and where all
the wealth was arrayed on one side, and
nearly all the poverty on the other, and where
there was free vent for every kind of trickery
and chicanery. r..F f--fsrs = XII
Year: 1868

l have carefully watched the progress of
the election in this section, and can assure
you that the3e tactics were followed to the
letter. will give you few examples, pre-
missing only this, that the negroes and Radi-
cal whites are no match, in Intelligence and
political ehicanery, for their Conservative op-
Year: 1868

wealthy farmer, who lives near Hunts
vile, adopted the following strategy: He told
the negroes that the election would last two
weeks, and that they could vote any time
during that period, and he, accordingly, hired
no less than twenty-seven of them to 20 with
him to Nashville, and he actually kept them
there until this morning, when they returned
greatly disappointed that the election had
closed.
Year: 1868

The following rom Raymond New York Times, . Conservative Republi- can paper, was written month ago, for an occasion now past: ,a

 President Johnson enumerates, among the grounds for the thanksgiv- ing which belongs, to this day, that Heaven "has inclined our hearts to turn away from domestic contentious and commotions consequent upon a distracting and desolating civil war, and to walk more in the ancient ways of loyalty, conciliation and brotherly love- There is no doubt, at all events, that the moral influence in this direc- ton of day of national thanksgiyin 2 must be very great. When the thoughts of all the people in the States of the North, South and West are directed toward charity and heaven-when there is universal confession that all are, in common, offenders and rebels against divine government and law-when in all the churches the multitudes pros trate themselves before the Universal Majesty-when all have the same wants and all ask the same benefactions--it is in the nature of things that at such a time the passions must be quelled, the animosities diminished, and the gene ral mind brought into sympathy and harmony that cannot fail to exert an influence more or less enduring upon the national life. Every hour that the higher and nobler principle in man ob- tains an ascendancy over the selfish and base parts of his nature, is gain to him, not only in itself, but in the effect it exercises upon other hours and days, Every day upon which a nation, rising above the level of its vulgar and world ly thoughts advances toward the serene heights of the Divine and ideal, leaves an impress that is felt when again th' secular interests and feelings resums their sway. Every occasion upoy
Year: 1868

THE VALUE OF A SCRAP BooK.--Every one who takes . newspaper which he in the least degree appreciates, will often regret to see any one number thrown aside for waste paper which contains some interesting and import ant articles. A good way to preserve these is by the use of a scrap, book. One who has never been accustomed thus to preserve short articles, can hardly estimate the pleasure it affords to sit down and turn over the pleasant, familiar pages. Here choice piece of poetry meets the eye. which you re- member you were so glad to see in the paper, but which you would long sincs have lost had it not been for your scrap book. There is witty anecdote--it does you good to laugh over it yet, though for the twentieth time. Next is a valuable recipe you, had almost forgotten, and which you found just in time to save much perplexity. There is sweet little story, the memory of which has cheered and encouraged you many time, when almost ready to despair under the pressure of lifc's cares and trials. Indeed, you can hard ly take up a single paper without re- perusing. Just glance over the sheet before you and see how many valuable items it contains that would be of ser vice to you . hundred times in life. A choice thought is far more precious than bit of glittering gold. Hoard with care the precious gems, and see at the end of the year what a rich treas. ure you have accumulated. ss. f#fssr