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Year: 1868

A Troublesome Loss.-On the last trip
of the Saratogaa q young gentleman took pas
sage from New York to Richmond. He had
not gotten far out upon the bosom of the
deep blue sea when he was siezed with that


unpleasant feeling peculiar to q first trip to
sea. The natural consequences Of course
ensued, and while leaning over the rail go
ing through that very unpleasant operation
indieatireiof sea sickness, he opened his
mouth 80. wide that his fine set of teeth
came out and fell into the sea, to be used
by some Of the beautiful nymphs below.
The gentleman was put to the troublesome
necessity of eating soft food, and of suffer
ing the tantalizing temptation to taste OF the
many good things put before him at the ia
BILE of the Saratoga. +
Year: 1868

assembling. He had been agreeeablys dis
appointed in the number that had responded
to the call, and he now wished to give them
a parting word Of Christian fellowship.
You have done great deal of business in
the two aud half days you have been in
session, and it has been q source of great
qualification to me to witness your patience
and labor in the discharge of these duties.


He had expressed the hope in the begin
ming of the session that they would pa
tiently and matarely consider all PROPOSE
tions coming before them, and he was glad
to bear witness to the uniform courtesy and,
Christian feeling that had characterized
their deliberations. You will go forth with
an increased feeling of responsibility. You
are committed to the decisions of the So
ciety, and it will be your duty to put forth
every effort to extend the benefits Of the
Society to every portion of the bounds of
the Virginia Conference. We ere bound
together by the cords of Christian love and
affection in this great cause, and | bid you
adieu with a melancholy feeling of pleasure.
Go forth to your respective homes, and may
the good Spirit aid you in ditfusing and
spreading abroad the blessed influences Of
this great cause represented by your So
ciety. We will meet in our sister city Of
Petersburg at your next session, where you
will receive q welcome characteristic Of the
well-known generosity of that city. May
Gods blessing always abide with you.
Year: 1868

II think my family canned enough
fruit last season to enable me to have
IL on the table every day I'm the year,


Such was the remark made TO me
few days ago by my neighbor L.
1t certainly was what very few men.
even our most enthusiastic fruit grow
ers are able to say and the facts LETT
to some reflections which will bear
stating here. 81


Neighbor l., we admit. has
rs much fruit as he will be likely to
consume the year round. SUPPOSE
that my own family was pretty we'll
supplied also; but his far exceeds
mine, and am quite sure mine as
far exceeds that ofonc half--.yea nine
teen twentieths--of my neighbours.
mightp put IL In stronger light, and
say that while one famiiy i'm n com-
munity has as much fruit as il will
need or consume, with a moderate
daily use, there are not less than one
hundred families who do not consume
over one quart weekly.


What utter nonsense, then, for
men to be croaking about the SUPER
abundance OF fruit, the prospect Of
overstocking the market, andall such
forebodlngs Of evil to fruit growers
And yet every community has oHc
or more OF this class OF old fogies.
remember just such talk I'm my boy
hood; and yet people have contin-
ued to plant till the quantity IL ten
fold greater everywhere, and the
price has continued to advance and
even now, a large portion Of the peo-
pie have yet to learn that the small
fruits-to say nothing OF the apples
can be made part Of the Legitimate
daily food.


How long before all the epeople will
be as well educated up to tile use OF
fruit ms Is my neighbor L., and
how much will be enough to supply
the country when that time shall ar
rive ?--HOyticstttxrisk.
Year: 1868

The subscriber, for the past ten years engaged
as cutter at Mr.. Cones Merchant Tailoring Es-
tablishment, would inform his friends and the
citizens of Rock Island and vicinity, that he has
opened New Merchant Tailoring Establishment
for the purpose Of manufacturing to order first
class fine custom work to those that have been in
the habit of getting their garments cut by us,
while at Mr.. Cones, we would extend an invita-
tion to call us at our new establishment, and
TO those that cannot get suited IN Rock Island
aud arc in the habit sending east for their gar
ments we would invite them to call and give us a
trial, feeling confident that we can suit them in
every respect. We have handsome assortment
Of fine Cloths, Cassimeres and EestiDgs together
with large variety of splendid French Coatings
and Trieots in different shades and colors for fne
business suits. Also fine Beavers in different
eolors, for oyercoats--all of which we will make
TO order in the best aud most fashionable manner
At lower rates than the same class Of goods can be
obtained on either side Of the river. Call and
examine our styles, and compare our goods and
prices with those engaged in the same business.


.. THOMAS MCCULLOUGH,


North eide Of Third Street, ncar the Post Office,


Davenport, Iowa.
Formerly cutter at Cones.


N. B. The cutting department is under our
own supervision. ov29dly
Year: 1868

Old Father Time takes many year
To turn to white dark colored hair,
But instantly the EXCELSIOR DYE
Brings back tho tint that charms the eve:
And Nature owns that cunning Art
Can her own living hues impart,
Year: 1868

We see there is an effort being INSIDE AT


Little Rock, 10 have the Fort Saith


Branch of the C. & T. r r. run on the
South side of the river. Why this effort
should he made at this late dav we can.
not imagine. unless it hc that certain
Radical politicians. at Little Rock, are de
sirous OF aiming deathblow at this place.
Nor can we see why our sister city should
he So anxious for the road to avoid the
rich belt of bottom lands, lNing un the
North side, when 10y coming this way il
cannot miurc Fort Smith. Itwould he n
crying shame to deprive Van Burcn of
the advantage Of this road now, when the
the North side is the place orrcsidcncc of
nearly all stockholders above Little Rock.
There are and ever have been but two or
three stockholders in Sebastian county.
We have always felt that that county
should have subscribed more librrilly.
They have not done So, and it occurs 10
Us as being rather late in the day for them
"a stir up The old proposition of q South
side road We have not. nor have we
ever, entertained any desire to prevent
the road going to our sister city-lnlt we
do protest against the road giving us the
'' 90 by" Coming by this place will not
inlurc Fort Smith, by going on the South
side it ruins Van Buren,
Year: 1868

PRESIDENT JoHNsoNS Nlrws.-A late
Washington date, SAYS: .....


The President freely discussed the po-
ltical situation. He said that those who
held him as luke-wam in the contest
knew nothing Of his nature His heart
beat in union with those who were fight
ing for constitutional liberty, and no one
more earnestly desired the success of
Seymour and Blair. The tide had set in
against Radicalism, and Grant and Colfax
would be overwhelmed. The President
avowed his purpose to give his hearty
support to the Democratic ticket.
Year: 1868

Arc we never to have n sight ut the do
mgs of the Kangaroo lay out = The
Public Printer must be Il lazy cuss' or
has poor facilities for printing. What is
the matter? There certainly can be no
thing worse -than the Infamous Revenue
law and that has leaked out. SO let us
have all of it, We suppose we can stand
it, although it will doubtless be Il terribly
nauseating dose, Carpet-baggers and
scallawaggers make most excellent law
givers. Come, hurry up JACK!
Year: 1868

As a remedy Tor mosquito bites
keep a phial of glycerine at hand, and aP'
ply freely to the bites. 1t will relieve the
irritation and swelling at once One ap'
plication is generally sufficient.
Year: 1868

r. The River since our last has risen
some six or eight feet On Wednesday
it rained off and on all day and at night
we had as hard rain, as We ever saw
a perfect delugc. We may look for a
good navigablc river, for all class of
boats from now on.


The steamer IIesper arrived at our
landing on Monday. She win make req.
ular weekly trips from Little Rock to
this place


The regular packet Fort Smith is due
to-day
Year: 1868

TIE reports continue 20 be Of the most
satisfactory character. Pennsylvania is
reported Republican by $4,000 majority
despite the most gigantic frauds which
have been perpetrated. and which will
doubtless cause the election to be sue
cessfully infested by our candidates in
several districts.


Ohio has covered herself with glory
and is now stated to have gone Republi-
can by 10000 majority


In Indiana the immense number of
illegal votes which we believe have
been introduced into the Southern por-
ton of the State from Kentucky, has
made the contest a close one, but it is
believed that the Republicans have car
ried the State by a small majority.
There is nothing new from Nebraska.


Notwithstanding the fact that every-
thing indicates the overwhelming defeat
of the Democracy, we do not suppose
that the Gazette has yet been enabled to
see through the smoke of battle, and
presume the New York World will keep
victory lowering over the contending
hosts" until il calculates its per centage
and figures out a morsel of consolation
for it's party. Its task is OF Herculian
and unenviable nature, but after what
il has accomplished in the case of Ver-
mont and Maine. we shall regard moth.
ing as impossible with il. We now
await with fear and trembling the cal
culations OF the World, for nothing but
that authority can change the great Re
publican triumph into absolute defeat
Year: 1868

We call special attention to the COM
munication of Protector, which APP
pears in our issue to-day. The ideas
advanced by this correspondent are
good and the only wonder Ia that they
have not, long before this, been acted
upon by our community. Literary sos
cieties, of the character proposed, have
an existence in nearly all the cities OF
any considerable size throughout the
country, under various names, and have
been found to- be highly successive in


their workings and productive of much
good. Here, in the mountains. how.


ever, where the facilities for obtaining
reading matter are comparatively so
few, an association of the character sug-
gested would attain to- much greater
importance than in the East. One of
the principal features of the society
would, probably, be good reading
room, at which all the Territorial pa
pers and prominent States journals
should be kept on file, and in the selec-
ton of which, politics should be entire-
ly ignored. A choice assortment of pe~
riodicals and magazines would also be
provided, and the reading room would
thus be made the most popular resort
for young men to be found in the city.
In addition to the reading room, a cred-
liable library of miscellaneous works
would soon be established. which would
be extensively patronized by the ladies.


We hope that our cotemporaries will
look at this matter in the same light as
ourselves. and that we may be enabled,
within a very short time, TO announce
the establishment of a Young Mems
Association. with its reading room and
library, which shall be credit TO the
city and a source of bsEefit and amuse-
ment TO it's residents.
Year: 1868

The Gazette Of yesterday says: "We
want po0cc: bat not the kind of peace
that reigned i'm Warsaw after the people
were all butchered In this sentiment
we heartily concur. and from the very
fact that we agree with our cOtempOra~
" upon this point we hope to see Grant
and Colfax elected by an overwhelming
majority. The South is already exert-
ing itself, through the means of its Ca
milla and New Orleans massacres and
numerous other outrages, To give to the
country that species of peace which
veigned in Warsaw. and which, we are
glad to find, tue Gazette denounces, and
ii we are To regard the statements of the
speakers and the press OF the late rebel
States. the South only awaits that en-.
couragement which the election of Sey-
mour and Blair alone can give il, before
iuaugurating such wholesale 6uIchery
as will give To- all of Northern senti-
ments the peaceiulnrss of the grave or
exile. Ii is almost impossible for US to
believe that such state of affairs would
follow the election of the Democratic
nominees. nut Sllll we are IOECtu 10 Dut
credit in the repeated statements of the
Southern Democratic press upon this
point, especially when supported by
such premonitory facts of which not
only the telegraph but the mails are
constantly bringing US the heart-sick-
eaing intelligence.


We want peace, but not that of War
saw. We want that peace which shsll
give to every Northern man in the South
the same privileges and security which
a Southern man enjoys in the North.
We want that peace which shall secure
TO the government, its laws, courts. and
officers that same consideration in the
South which they receive in the North.
We want that peace which shall make
of the United States one great nation.
instead of two great sections and which
shall once more place upon a firm basis
the commercial relations of the North
aud South, and the industries connected
Herewith. The Democratic party cans
not give us this peace. Even did its
members in the North earnestly desire
TO do so, as some of them nay, still are
they warned by the whip swapping OF
their Southern masters that they cannot
be allowed TO have their own way in
thus matter. Smarting under defeat, the
South is burning for revenge and only
awaits the success OF its party. in order
TO CRAFTY its desires In the former war
II atirms that it was whipped by sheer
ponderosity and by overwhelming num-
bers; AZ therefore watches anxiously 10
see the great reaction give il the ma.
jOrity, in order that it may retaliate up
on the North for its original defeat, and
which shall bring TO the South that
peace which shall be the peace of War
saw 10 all of Northern sentiments.


We want that peace which the cleo
tiOn of Grant and Coliax alone can give
US, that peace which will follow the sue.
cess of the Republican party, and which
will effectually extinguish all hope OF
success in a second war which NAV ai
present fire the Southern heart"
Year: 1868

hungry man, dining aS Cincinnati
restaurant, spread piece of bread with
lump of butter which he scraped up
iron, the table and swallowed il. but was
Mortified when told by the waiter that
there was little plate under the but
ter. He thought al the time it was
rather hard butter.
Year: 1868

The st. Louis Republican says: Cen
eral John b. Gray has withheld nearly
500, 900 of the money paid by the Cen
eral Government to the State. Gray
was appointed agent to see after the
collection of six millions and a half due
the State, aud the Governor contracted
to allow him one per cent on all he
should obtain. The compensation for q
few days work was certainly very lib
anal
Year: 1868

IMPROVEMENTS AT wILLIAasBRIDGE-rhe dilapi-
dated platform on the west side Of the passenger
depot at Williamsbridge has been replaced with
new one OF greater width and more substantial
character by the Harlem Railroad Company.


RAILROAD STATION At FoRDHAM.-The old depot
building at Fordham has Just been removed back
about eight feet, where It will be used for the
storage Of baggage freight &C., and the platform In
front Of the new depot has been greatly extended
length and width, for the accommodation Of passen-
gers who get on board OF and leave the Harlem Rail-
road trains at this point


KILLED ON RArLR0AD.-The Boston Express train
which left the city at five o'clock on Sunday after.
noon struck and instantly killed resident of Mount
vernon by the name Of Coyle the junction OF the
New Haven and Harlem railroads. The deceased
had been to the city, and his way back purchased
ticket for the Harlem train only to Williams
bridge and tried to get free ride the balance Of the
journey, three miles; but the conductor put him or
the car at W00dlawn station, from which point he
then proceeded on foot, but had gone only short
distance when he was overtaken by the New Haven
train He was conveyed TO Mount Vernon, but life
was nearly extinct by the time he reached that point
He was shoemaker by trade and had but recently
removed to Mount Vernon. where he leaves a widow
and an adopted daughter
Year: 1868

MONDAY, August 10-8 M.


The gold market, which was weak and feverish be-
fore the formal commencement of business this
morning, opened at l4e1s and gradually advanced to
b47x but from this point there was a rapid decline
70 146h and at three O'Clock the price stood at 1855


subsequently the previous efforts to depress the
premium were continued with increased force and
the result was further decline to l45z 145z, and
she closing price on the street was LAG. The volume
pf transactions was large and the 'short" interest
vas very largely increased-a feature Of the market
which Will materially strengthen the upward reaction
following the present depression. Moreover, Just as
the advance to $50 was too rapid. the decline since
has been equally 80, and all speculation which con-
tributes to such violent fluctuations Is to be de-
precated. That gold will rise much higher ultimately
hardly admits Of q doubt and on commercial and
financial grounds ap art from political agitation, its
natural tendency will be upward for some time to
oome. But this furnishes no argument for running
Its price up five per cent in four days. The market
has, however, already had sufficiently substantial
reaction from the highest point touched and to de-
press it further would only be to invite correspond
lngly violent reaction, which would carry gold
higher than II was at any time last week The bears
have already largely oversold the market that II
fhey to attempt to "cover" they could not fail
Eo advance the price rapidly upon themselves; and
they therefore stand In very dangerous position
The same warning that we gave to the bulls when
gold was about 150-and we told them they
were OVERRIDING the thing-we now give to
the bears. They also are OVERRIDING the
thing and will defeat themselves and become in like
manner the prey Of their adversaries. All ex-
tremes in gold speculation are bad and tend to un-
Bettle values and shake public confidence. There
was good borrowing demand for coin and loans
were made at from two to four per cent for carrying.
ghe gross clearings amounted to $97,S55,00O. the
gold balances to 7O5 aEl the currency balances
TO So The imports Of specie at the port from
foreign ports last week amounted to $199 making
D total Of $4, ,413, ,282 since the 1st Of January.


Money continues abundant at three per cent on
government securities and four mixed colaterals,
while the demand from the Stock Exchange is
limited Commercial paper is still scarce, and
The best grade Is quoted at from five to
six and half per cent according to the
length of time 1t has to and the preferences Of
Individuals The plethora Of loanable funds exerts
no influence in stimulating speculation in railway
shares the tendency Of which is downward, under
the indsposition Of both the street and the outside
public to buy. comparison Of the statement Of the
associated banks of this city for the week ending on
Saturday last with that for the corresponding week


each of the three previous years shows the follow
Year: 1868

SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO AN Ox.-A gentleman in
day morning last with one OF his in the pasture
He found his horn had run through his foot II was
evident that the had taken his hind foot to scratch
his head or drive the flies away and caught IL on the
end Of the horn behind the dewcaws the horn pass
ing about two inches through the foot and throwing
The OK. which was one Of the most valuable In town.
20 badly injured by the wounds and bruises that
1t was found necessary to kill him.
Year: 1868

shoot you, anyhow" Since this occur
renee, Other negroes have been heard to
regret that the threat was not carried into
execution. fH


IL strikes US that these negroes are car
rying il with rather high hand, and IL
ia the general impression that this sort
Of thing has gone about for enough. We
call the attention of the authorities To the
matter. Claysvlle is within the corpo-
rate limits Of Paris, and under the jurs.
diction of the city oihcers. The conduct
OF the negroes is clearly provoking a
breach Of the peace, and should be stop
ped at once. To permit an armed camp
OF negroes TO be formed 10 Paris, with all
the ceremonies and regulations Of an
army, is far from creditsble to our city
z government. Prompt and judicious ac-
ton on the part Of the authorities is far
better than would be the excited action
OF exa sperated citizens. We earnestly
hope that summary measures will be
taken TO break up this camp. 1t is pos
sibe that some Radical emisssry may be
stirring up all the trouble; but it is far
more probable that the negroes are led
into it by some of their own race who
have come from the army, aud who, de-
sirous Of making themselves great in the
eyes of their own people, seek to do it by
such foolish bluster and bravado, and
delude others into backing them in their
game of bully.


To the negroes we would say in all
kindness, but seriously, your conduct is
altogether wrong. The course you are
pursuing is the one most calculated to
get you into trouble. You have no right
to establish rules or orders within the
city limits. That belongs to others. You
assume an attitude of defiance toward
the whites, You virtually say to them,
byyour conduct. "Come on and try us.
We defy you" You must know that they
will not put up with that We have not
quite come'to that pass in this country.
Some time some more thoughtless one of
your number will wantonly ipjure some
white person, and we dread to think of
the consequences that will befall you.
Drive out your evil advisers from among
you, and spend the time you are employ.
ing in military preparations in keeping
your town and houses clean, and de-
tecting the depredators whose thefts in
jure the reputation of the whole village
then you win be far healthier, both NOR
ally and physically.


We hope no one will be so wrong
minded as to take any rash step in this
matter, but let all with one voice call
upon the city authorities to promptly
suppress the negro camp established
within the city limits.