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Year: 1868

GEN. GRANT on lis MUsc1E.-While at
West Point, Grant was 81 run onu bv the old.
er scholars, according to custom Of that insti
tuition. He endured good deal without re-
sentiment, until one day, being on mock pa
rade, be was insulted by the captain of the
company, when he stepped from the ranks,
threw of his jacket, and challenged the cap
tain to fight. Abbott tells the story as follows:


Such challenge could not be declined !;
all the company looked eagerly on /: the cap
tain soon succumbed beneath the sturdy and
swift telling blows of Grant. and cried for
quarter. lie had been very soundly whipped
before his pride would permit him to yield.


The young champion not at all fatigued,
and showing no excitement over his victory.
turned to the Lieutenant, and said very
blandly to him:


1t is now, Lieutenant your turn. Per-
haps you would like to try to revenge the cap
tain. shall be happy to meet you"


The Lieutenant, who had taken an active
part in the insolent joke upon the young ca
det, could not in honor refuse. To have shown
a towards discretion would have exposed him
to the endless jeers of his comrades. Grant
made short work with him and gave him
very thorough thrashing.


He then, with apparently as much cOmpos-
ure as if he had simply attended to ordinary
duties, turned to his companions ii line and
said


Who comes next? l want peace, but
am willing to fight the whole company, one
by one, if that is necessary to gain peace" :"


His comrades now greeted him with three
enthusiastic cheers. They came forward tu-
multuously and shook him by the hand, de-
claring that one possessed of so much pluck
should no longer be subject to their annoy
ance. 1t was in reference to this offer to
fight the whole company that he received the
nickname of Company Grant" This name
he retained until on a memorable occasion he
changed it for q Unconditional Surrender
Grant,
Year: 1868

THE peculiar taint or
infection which we
call SCRoFuI.A turks


i'll the constitutions of


multitudes Of men. Ii
either produces or is


produced by an en-


fccblcd, vitiated state


of the lood, wherein
that fluid becomes in
competent To sustain
'the vital forces in their
vigorous action, and
leaves the system to


fall into disorder and
Year: 1868

= ONE OF YOU CAN'T, AND WE PITY
~ you lou have tried every remedy but the
oNE destined by its intrinsic merit, to supereede
All similar preparations. it is not surprising you
should be reluctant to try something else after the
many experiments you have made of trashy CON-


pounds ioisted on the public certain cure but
Year: 1868

The recent rise in gold has been attri-
buted, by partisaa effrontery. to the prob
abilities Of fresh revolution to be inau-
gurated BY the Democrats. As well might
it have been attributed to the Radical at
tempt TO arm the negroes of the South,
and to distribute arms among the " loyal''
Of the North, with Interior purposes of
bloody revolution. 1t is more probable,
however, that the rise was occasioned by
the immense drain upon the country to
meet the balance of trade, which is very
heavy against us; for we have little else
beside coin. now. to pay our balance in
Europe with. The great staples of cot
ton, sugar, molasses. &c. which used to
be exported in such quantities from the
South, are no longer produced in quanti-
ties sufficient to meet our liabilities abroad
while the cereals are produced at SO high
a figure, on account of the high price Of
labor and everything else, that American
produce cannot enter into successful CON-
petition with foreign, in the European
markets, unless in times of great scarcity


In addition to these causes, the coin had
to be handed over, only few days since,
to the amount of 81, 200, 900 for AL.
aska. No wonder that gold should show
an upward tendency, when we consider
the immense demand for it, and that W,
have scarcely anything else with which tt
pay our indebtedness. ..
Year: 1868

CURIOUS INoIDENT.-A very pretty and
curious incident illustrative of the reason
ing powers possessed by inferior animals,
recently occurred in the case of canary
bird. The door of the birds cage was oc-
oasionally left op5n, tist he might enjoy
the freedom of the ROOM One day he hap
pened to light upon the mantle sheli-where-
on was mirror. Here was new discov-
cry 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 select
ed seed from its box, and brought it in its
bill as an offering to the stranger. In vain
the canary exerted himself to make his
new friend partake, 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 reply. None came, and moody
and disgusted he few back to his perch,
hanging his head in shame and silence for
the rest Of the day. and although the door
was repeatedly left open, he refused to
come out again.
Year: 1868

AS fertilizer, Bowers COMPLETE MA
NURE has gained reputation of the high
est character, and we learn that it has
been in great request; the time is fast ap-
preaching when farmers should turn their
attention to the selection of the manure
they intend employing to insure good
crop of Wheat. We recommend to them
the COMPLETE MANURE as being the best
adapted to produce the required results.
Year: 1868

A violent storm passed over the region
about Mount Pleasant, on Friday after
noon of last week. The hail damaged the
corn fields considerably the rail road
track was overfowed, and the cars were
detained half an hour by the mud and
other distractions deposited upon the
track.
Year: 1868

james Booth, confined by the judgment
of the Court in the insane department Of
New Castle County Aims House, escaped
from that institution, one day last week
and returned to New Castle. He was re.
arrested by Sheriff Herbert, and taker
back to his old quarters.
Year: 1868




Mr.. Stanberry did not conclude his
peroration as follows:


But if, Senators, as l do not wish to
believe, but as am convinced by the
overwhelming evidence produced by the
Managers, and the determination L see
in your faces to perform the duty you
owe to your country and the Constitu-
ton you have sworn to obey, you will
vote upon this trial as honest and fear
less Senators, then let not that Judgment
be pronounced here not here where our
Caius Verrez has SO long defied you, and
treated you with contempt; not here,
where in the dark and perilous days Of
the last years he has bafiied the friends
and saviors of the Union not here,
where the noble Calhoun, and Floyd.
and ToomDs. and JEFF Davis plotted and
enunci9 ted the treason that delugec the
land in blood, and endangered the life of
the nation not here, where he has sown
dragons teeth, and ! have nurtured
them not here, in this " revolutionary
body hanging on the verge of govern
ment," as he declared not here, where
be had hoped to recruit the defeated
armies of the rebellion and yield to them
the banners of Liberty. No not here.
Save him this last pang. and let it not
be said that the Senale of the United
States refused to yield up the liberties of
the nation as a sacrifice upon the alta:
of ambition.
Year: 1868




+. A farmer named James Phillips, liv.
ing some three or four miles north Of
this city, is the proprietor of an intelli.
gent cat, which not long since became
the proud mother of litter of handsome
kittens, and perhaps no little strangers
ever received more care and attention
than have they since their advent to this
uncertain Gas regards cats) world. In
one of her preying expeditions, the
provident mother ran upon family Of
delicious young rabbits, as nearly as
possible of an age with her own frolick-
ing, fun-loving responsibilities. Here
certainly was food for feast for the in
fant felines, but it is not to be supposed
that high-.oned cat, such as our hero
inc is represented to be, could break into
the peace of SO happy household,
with but some twinges of conscience,
and it is not at all to be doubted that
there was a mighty struggle between
her alimentive propensities and her dis
position to benevolence and mercy.
However, she seems to have been some
what undecided, for she gently picked
up one of the tiny rabbits as she would
have done one of her own offspring, and
hied away across the fields with ito her
hungry family, who were all anxiously
awaiting her return and the delicate
morsels she bad promised them in ma
ternal- pur as she set out in quest of food.


Softly depositing the little stranger in
the midst of the frisky group, she looked
thoughtfully down upon the poor rabbit,
and as she did so her emerald eyes bore
an expression of pity that could scarcely
have been more clearly shown in the
eyes of human being. As she did so,
she slowly drew back, and in moment
had turned away. and her mischievous
progeny We're frolicking about the new
conner as joyfully as if relationship
had been established between him and
them. From that time, the rabbit be-
came recognized member of the family,
and is now led and cared for by the
mother of the kittens with the same So
licitude exercised toward her own off
spring. The kittens and the stranger
are growing rapidly, and make up as
felicitous family as can be found in the
wide world.
Year: 1868

it that you are so much better than your
Master2 He had to ride on an ass, but
you are mounted on a very fine borse.-
You must be proud. Why don't you
ride as did your Master ?'' "For the
simple reason" said Ray, chat there are
no asses now to be obtained they turn
them all into lawyers and doctors.'"
Year: 1868

Many a man is rich without money


Thousands Of men with nothing In


their pocket, and thousands with 4


good, sound constitutions a GOOD


stomach, good heart and good limbs.


and pretty good headpiece, are rich


Good bones are better than gold


tough muscles than Silver, and nerves
that flash fire and carry energy to
every function, are better than houses
and land. 1t is better than landed
estate to have had the right kind of
father and mother. Good breeds and


bad breeds exist among men as really
as among herds and horses. Edues-
ton may do much to check evil
tendencies, or to develop good ones


but 1t is good to inherit the right pro
portion of faculties, 10 start with.


That man is rich who has a flavor Of
wit and fun in his composition. The
hardest thing to get along with in this
life is mans own self. A cross.
selfish fellow, desponding and COM
planning fellow, a timid, care burden
ed man-these are all born deformed
on the inside Their feet NAV not
limp, but their thoughts do. A man
of fortune, on the brink of the grave.
would gladly part with every dollar
TO obtain a longer lease of life.
Year: 1868

AS soon as the leaves fall. unite
from the trellis or stake, and get ready
to prune. Select two or three good


fresh shoots, about six feet. long or
thereabouts. If YOU cant get them
without any side shoots or .'spaTs;"
If you cannot get a shoot so long OF
this years growth, take two shorter
ones. Cut OF all all she rest of the
vine with pruning knife, throwing
away the brush, or trimming it up for
cuttings, and bury the shoots that
were saved In the spring, when un-
earthed, cut OFF all but one good shoot.
The object in reserving more IS to
have plenty in case Of breaking one
on when covering up or uneOvering,
as Is occasionally the case. Always
have your vines all pruned properly
before the ground Is frozen over, and
cover them up Just before the frost
gets to hard to dig with ease.


The trimmings NOf grape vines at
this season make grape cuttings.
Cut two buds off, one at the top and
one at the bottom. Sort and tie them
up into equal lengths, and bury in
boxes, bottom buds mp, with moist
earth well sifted in, and keep them
all winter. In the spring set them
out in a V shaped trench, the bottom
bud in the bottom, and the top bud
just at the surface of the ground. Fill
the trench, if possible, with loose, fine,
wel-rOtted manure, well tramped
down. They are best when grown
two years, and kept well cultivated
all the time.
Year: 1868

How shall we obviate war of races?
There Is no way under the broad can
opy OF heaven, without it is driving
from our midst these low, mean white
men, With them out of the country,
the negroes and white people could
get along peaeeably and quietly but
II they are allowed to remain in our
midst, just so sure We are bound to
have war Of races and when one
drop of blOGI is split, we predict it
viii flow as freely as does the 8Iississ-
lgPl.-JeTerson lTexdsl Ultra Rtf-
Year: 1868

There are at present l3l0 couvicts
N Sing Sing prison. OF that number,
thirty are in the hospital, the remain
der being well and CONSTANT y employed
about the place. Last year there were
but thirteen deaths in All. and there
has been no violent contagious disease
for six years. New York city sends.
on an average one prisoner daily.


Tho carrying Of deadly Weapons Is
a poor protective, aud statistics show
that at least FIVE deaths occur by their
unlntentional discharge 10 every one
rendered necessary in self defense, 10
say nothing Of the very many homicidss
which are committed simply because a
pistol in tbs pocket is handy, aud which
would otherwise have been avoided -
The most bitter personal enemies man
may possess are not half 80 dangerous
aa bis own pistol and as to seif-de.
Tense the Law and a mans eourtesy
and common sense are hls beat safe.
guards.
Year: 1868

WHo ToLD rHE LIE.--Two little boys
were quarreling and their mother came
to settle the difficulty. She could not
find out which was the one TO blame
AT last she said, "Well, / shali end out
II fhe lass tag who .nl1. the lie. a
few nights after there was dreadful
storm, which blew off the roof OF the
house. The little boys were frightened
and began to pray When the mother
opened the chamber door the boy that
told the lie cried ont Mother, if it's
the judgement day, it was me that told
the lie
Year: 1868

In matters Of great concern, and
which must be done, there is no surer
argument of a weak mind than irreso-
luton to be undetermined where the
case is 80 plain, and the necessity so
urgent, 10 be always inteding 10 lead a
new life, but never find time to set
about It.
Year: 1868

Coon ADucE--Stop grumbling, Get
up two hours earlier in the morning,
aud begin to do something out Of your
regular profession Mind your own
business, and with all your might let
other peoples alone Live within your
means Sell your horses Give away
or sell your dog Smoke your cigar
through an air stove. Eat with mode
ration, ana go 10 bed early. Talk less
Of your own peculiar gifts and virtues,
and more of those Of your friends and
neighbors BE cheerful Fulfill your
promises. Pay your debts BE you r
self all you would see in others BE a
good man, and stop grumbling.
Year: 1868

Business (says the New York Daily
Bulletin) is probably in better condl-
ton to-day than it was year ago; we
hear fewer complaints Of extreme dull
ness, and failures are less imminent than
they were during 1861 The csuntiy IS
each year settling down to a condition OF
affairs in which the suspension of specie
payments is regarded as an evil which
cannot be remedied in short time, and
the expression of the opinion of the busi-
ness men of the country to-day would re-
suit, we believe, in showing majority
who believed that the full resumption of
specie payments in the United States
will not occur in less than ten years.
This conviction that we shall not reach
a gold basis for several years to come
has only become settled in the minds OF
the community within the past twelve
months, and its effect has been undeubt-
edly beneficial Uncertainty, as to the
future is the most pernicious cause OF a
dull state of trade, and we congratulate
ourselves that with the removal of all
such chimerical ideas as that of an i'm
mediate return to specie payments, or a
payment ofthe national debt in five years,
or, on the other side, that further issues
of greenbacks would be blessing, the
commercial situation is vastly improved.


1t possible to find still further cause
for rejoicing in the prospect that the
Southern States will presently be recon-
structed in some way; and once in the
Union no political party, of whatever
opinion, will try to put them out again.
The questions Of suffrage, disfranchise-
ment, representation, ETC., will ADJUST
themselves after few years according
to the majorities in the States themselves.
In a commercial point Of view it matters
not so much on what plan the States
should be brought into the Union, as that
they be brought in by some means, that
military government should be with
drawn and the future civil status of that
large section of the country should be
settled. This must be done before any
considerable degree of business prosper
ity can prevail in the Southern States
and this long event is ap


parently soon to be accomplished. How
ever differently persons may look upon
the means used to accomplish the end, 1t
can hardly be doubted that the event
itself will favorably affect the condition
of business. Iud Hai t1 3 s"
Year: 1868

With the partial light before us, we do not
propose to pass judgment in this fearful acci-
dent on the Erie Railroad. The literal facts
in the case are given in our report. They are
briefly these The Buffalo Express train, which
left that city at 2:2O on Tuesday afternoon.
was running the long reach OF 35 miles without
stopping, between Narrowsburg and Port
Jervis, probably little behind time. Shortly
after passing Lackawaxen, coming eastward,
the road strikes into the southern bank OF
the Delaware, and for dozen miles or more
runs upon very crooked and rapidly descend
ing grade, in what we might call q groove in
in the bank-the track being cut into the rock
at an elevation of from 60 to 100 feet above
the river. On the right, coming east, the rug
ged rocks rise high overhead on the left, the
bank slopes almost perpendicularly to the river
bed. 1t is one of the most "pokerish" Ito use
an idiOm) of all the dangerous places in the
famous Delaware division. Down this tOrtuOus
track, at o'clock in the morning. came the
train, running-according to the testimony of
railroad men on bOard-at unusually high
speed. Just as it came to a sub-station
known as Carrs Rock, where trains
sometimes stop on request to put OH passen-
gers who desire to cross into Sullivan Co.,
New York, the couplings broke, the locomotive,
baggage mail, and one or two other cars went
on, while four (sOme say three) passenger cars,
among them one or more sleeping-ears, are
usually last in the train, went rolling over and
over down the steep embankment, mangling
and crushing and burning to death the pas
sengers. More than 20 persons are known To
have been killed, some having been burned
beyond probability of recognition, and half a
hundred have received serious, and some OF
them doubtless fatal, injuries.


How and why did this occur? Not directly
from the high speed, dangerous as it might
have been; for in that case the locomotive
| should have led the train off. Not from frost
that contracts the rails and opens the joints
for then the locomotive would also have been
the first and, besides, there was no frost suf-
ticient to affect the track. Not from heat
which expands the rails, and sometimes spreads
the tracks apart, letting the wheels fall inside
for there was no heat. Not from obstructions
on the track nor from broken wheels; foi
nothing of the kind is shown. Not from de-
fectiye ties, nor sunken rails; for none such
are limited at


| Tue only cause thus far assigned is that
Year: 1868

The n T. Times favOrs us with its OPINION
not now a novelty-that the conduct OF IHE
TRIBUNE does not conform to its notions or
good manners, in that, when we find public
man putting forth gross misrepresentation OF
important facts to the prejudice of what we
deem righteousness and human freedom, we
brand those msstatements as lies. We re-
ceiye the rebuke with all meekness, and only
insist that The Times does itself wrong in put
ting the utterance of deliberate, defamatory
falsehoods on a par with "eating mustard with
"his beef-a mere matter of taste. We insist
that lying is not merely in bad taste, but Is
fragrant moral wrong-a wrong alike TO those
who are belied and to those who are mIsled
by the falsehood. And we cannot help belev-
ing that The Times would be more useful, more
influential, more respected, if it thought so too.


But let all this stand, while we move the
Previous Question on The Times-as follows:


I. Is it true or is it false that the current
above the interest of the Public Debt, amount
to s3OO,OOO,OOO per annumf


g. Is il true or is it false that we are now
paying Sl5O,0OO,000 per annum TO support
great standing army wherewith to hold the
South in subjection !


3. If false are not such assertions with re-
gard to matters of record nexcusably cupable !


We have repeatedly quoted Gov. Seymours
exact language, and you may use that rather
than the above if you prefer it. We stand by
every word we have uttered on this theme as
justifed-nay, demandcd-by Seymour's malig-
nant outrageous persistent defamation of the
Republican party-defamation as fragrant in
1864, when he canvassed rs Governor of our
State, as more recently. We have borne this
defamation till further forbearance would he
hagauass
Year: 1868

The most absurd farce of the year is ended,
and the curtain falls amid the acclamations of
q delighted audience. Sergeant Bates has
reached Washington, has been received by the
various Democratic clubs in the city with
great enthusiasm, has had an interview with
the President, and has concluded his travesty
of Sherinan's march to the sea very much as
Mitchell of the Olympic was wont to wind up
his broad burlesque of Richard Number Three.
Is it not astonishing that simple, inoffensye
man should travel from Vicksburg to Wash
ingtOn unharmedq Is it not wonderful that
the old flag should be borne alOft by this one
man power through the highways and by.ways
of the South Yet over this huge joke we are
called upon to raise our hands i'll surprise, to
stand cOnfounded at the audacity OF the pill
grim, and TO conclude, once for all, that the
Union flag is not only entirely safe in the
Southern States but that the whole Southern
people were crOwding around the path of the
valiant bearer, and bowling in Difference and
alteration before the emblem of loyalty. After
receiving the paternal blessing of our good
President, Mr.. Bates was set up as target
for the OratOry of Congressman Eldridge, who
certified to the eager anxiety of the Southern
people to do homage to the flag that seven
years ago they shot to ribbons on the ramparts
of Sumter. Congressman Mungen then added
that Bates had performed his journey without
cent of expense, fact which Mr.. Mungcn
thought ought to satisfy the world that the
Southern people were great deal more loyal
now than Wendell Phillips was seven years
ago. Doubtless an important statement; but
Mr.. Mungen might have given later illustra-
tion by mentioning Jefferson Davis and three
years ago. Owing to some delay In gong
through the required forms, the managers of
Sergeant Bates did not allow him to raise the
flag on the dome of the Capitol, but hurried
him away to the Washington Monument, where,
for lack of hosting tackle, there was another
failure, and so the foOt-weary sergeant was
compelled to fold the starry banner and tuck
it away in his bedroom at the nearest hotel.


What is the lesson? A clique of Northern
Copperheads in Wisconsin made up fund to
compensate Mr.. Bates for his long journey. A
solitary man, unarmed and advertised in ad-
vance as being on an errand undertaken in the
interest of the South, has gone safely through.
Is it not astounding that the eight millions
of people Excluding niggers) to whom this
appeal was addressed did not turn out and
make war uDon this solitary foQlmanY Is 1t