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Year: 1869

We call special attention to the fact that we
have first class Buyer in New York, who is
constantly on the alert for BARGAINS, and
through whom we receive goods weekly; this
enables us to cut goods very close. By the
way, we almost forgot to mention that Ladies
wishing Hoop Skirts made to order or repair
ed, will please give us as much time as possi-
BILE, as we generally have orders ahead.
Year: 1869

Whent yer you perceive horses IN
clination to rear, separate yodr reins
and prepare for him. The instant he
is about to raise, slacken one hand and
bend or twist his head with the other,
keeping your hand low. This bending
compels him TO move hind leg, aud OF
necessity brings his tore feet down.
Instantly twist him completely round
two or three times, which will confIsd
him very much, and completely throw
him of his guard. The moment you
have finished twisting hun round place
his head in the direction you wish to
proceed, apply the spurs, and he will
not fail to go forward.
Year: 1869

strikingly with that of any other railroad leading out of the city of New York. ; It is well known that theI trains of the New Haven. road pass over g. portion of the Harlem track; and we are informed that a heavy toll is paid for this. privilege per car, and not per head. This, if it be trne.l would serve to explain the anxiety to pack" closely, but it can hardly excuse the anxiety. That our strictures on this score have not been wholly "unfair," we have received abundant evidence in the ,corroporatiye letters which have flowed in upon the public journals, and we might fill our paper with statements from old c6mnnitofs of the same purport. 4o

 b But while we thus repeat our exception,

 we are not insensible to the. tokens of lib. ferallty and foresight in other directions upon the same line of travel. The pune

 tuality of trains is 8 proverb; the ad-bed is in excellent condition; the conductors are civil and courteous, and the carriages are tin winter seasons) more pleasantly and effectively warmed than those upoh

 any other road leading out of New York

 Persons of discriminating habit of mind

 might possibly, object to the narrowness and dinginess and unpleasant smells be- longing to the Connecticut terminus of the

 road; but we believe that the officers of the corporation are far more impatient of it than the residents of New Haven, who seem to regard it from year to year with an afectionate. interest and delight that knows no abatement. al..i

 When, however, we shall have adopted for our eastern stations the amplitude and magnifcence of which the west is full of brilliant examples, and when less strin : gent economy shall have given full com piement of carriage-room for all exigen- cies. the New Haven road may easily be- come source of pride to New Englanders and New Workers alike. A 4~ s@ .~ |. But we look forward to no time when the duty of the public journalist to criti- else freely and frankly and sharply the ac- tion of corporate bodies, shall go by. And thls is all the more important, now that such associations are assuming a magni- tndeithat is made to sway legislative bod ies, if not to hold in awe the judicial au- thorities and the executive head of a state. Great corporations are growing fast to be our masters. A free-spoken press is the best and the only security for limitation of their power. The "pass'' system is a nuisance that should be abated. New Jer- sey Was long since debauched by it. .5.. ! Corporations are granted special privi- leges for the service of the public; and journals, as organs of public opinion, should watch sharply that the service be duly per- formed. Free criticism of corporate &C., tion is wholesome; it braces the public nerve to a due assertion of it's rights in the premises. ~ We shall have in the future of this country to contend with no greater foe to purity of legislation and to pure iudic1al action than those corporations whose overgrowth-if it comes-will be largely due to the sycophancy of the pub lie press. But whatever ill may betide us in this way, there shall always be corner of Hearth and Home where protests may be spoken -sa-.----~
Year: 1869

MAKING Hay WHILE THE SUN suINEs.--We learn
from friends at Lincoln, that the farmers in
That section Of the county are croWding every
team and plow at command; that the ground is
in splendid condition and that the farmer. though
Tired at night sleeps soundly and dreams pleas
antly of waving fields ef golden ain. The
new grass is sufficiently advanced TO furnish feed
for all stock on the commons, and consequently
hay is falling in price.
Year: 1869

Il THANKSGIVING passed or pleasantly in Auburn
About O'Clock the streets were empty. but
anbou. an hour afterwards they were filled with
well-dressed, plump looking gentlemen who
continued to puff fine cigars and rub their hands
up and down over the vest, etc. The writer par
took also Of fine fat turkey furnished by a
good friend Of the HERALD and its cause.
Year: 1869

This being the principal Hotel OF the place, and
fitted up in complete order tor the accommodation
of the travelling public, we have no hesitancy IN
inviting all to give us a CALL


THE TABLE will always be supplied with the
greatest luxuries Of the season, and THE BAR
stocked with the best Of Liquors. Aug 10 my
Year: 1869

NHIS NEW AND POPULAR SALOON is
l. now open for the accommodation Of the pub.
lie, who have already occupied the premises in


force, and proceeded TO make themselves at home.
The people know good liquors when they taste
em and good cigars when they smoke 'em; and
therefore when they have once been to the
UNION they are bound to call again and repeat.
The propretors will keep none but the best arti-
cles, and they aatter themselves that they know
how to mix aud serve tacm. Call. OFT.
Year: 1869

Ss-dicai ReyubIican General Committee


Mcetin. Of the Twenty-second Street Fac-


tion--The Dele Iatisn to the State Convsn-


ti0n-Report Of the Committee Of Confer.


enee-The Removal Of Atkinson, the Navy


Yard Carpenter.


As the approaching conflict draws near the party
In the minority In this city Is casting about 10 SEQ
how can best prepare itself to meet the shock OF
battle. with that end In view q committee from
each Of the three organizations Of the city calling
themselves republicans met at the Astor House yes
terday afternoon to devise some plan to compose
their differences. There was q meeting Of the
Twenty second street organization last night, Mr..
John " Gridley in the chair TO hear the report OF
this committee and to take such action In confer
ence there as might be thought proper.


Judge CULVER, on behalf Of the committee, sub.
mitted report the substance OF which was that OF
the fftyslx delegates to the state Convention TO be
held next week, thirty should be given 10 the
Twenty second street committee, the regulars" as
Mr.. Culver was very careful to insist upon, and
thirteen 10 eacn OF the other organizations Provi-
sion was also made for the reorganization Of the
party, and to that end for election 70 take place
on tile first 1hursday IN January next Preliminary
Year: 1869

in such a solid array their batteries
can't make the slightest impression
upon. A decrease of tho debt since
March LIST, ofs5G,96S,1s7 80, being an
average reduction of over $S,000,0OO,
per month under Republican manage
ment, is something they were not pre-
pared to answer. 1t is an ugly thing for
them to meet just on tho eve Of an i'm
portant election, and our Democratic
friends here are making all sorts Of
sour faces about it, since Judge Austin
called their attention to the fact in his
speech in this city last week.


We urge every man who desires to see
the administration Of GENERAL GRANT
endorsed, and the power of the Repnb.
lican party perpetuated, to so manage
his business as to be at the polls on
next Tuesday, long enough to deposit
his ballot for the party Of Justice and
fair dealing.
Year: 1869

That this man or that man is going
to havo his hands in the public crib is
only for the purpose of misleading tho
voters. Do not believe any Of the cleo
tioncering stories gotten up on the eve
Of election by ysore-heads and Democrats.
Vote for tho whole ticket. 81,
Year: 1869

The candidates of the Republican
party are all men who are we'll qualified
to discharge the duties Of the Office to
which they have been nominated, and
will do it, the disaffected to tho con.
trary Notwithstanding.
Year: 1869

Wishes to inform the pnblis that 1t his ba
kerry on Mill Street may be found everything
that is usually kept in fast class Bakery.
He manufactures and keeps constantly On hand
general assortment Of plain candies. Farm
ers and others will find this desirable place
TO obtain lunch as he intendsto pay particular
attention to this branch Of business.


MIL Street, Austin, Mian.
Year: 1869

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sighted. They view everything from
their own selfish standpoint and in
doing this become oblivious to what is
really Rr their own interest. Infatus-
ton is a characteristic Of politicians
but we are sorry that honor is not.


Almost ever since its organization
Mower County has been ruled by half
dozen men, most Of these men have
been and are now residents of Austin.
To- support and enrich them the people
have been willing and liberal. They
have given thousands when economy
would have required only hundreds.
These men have been gready and mer-
ciless in their demands. Their ceaseless
cry has been more, MORE! They have
coaxed. and cajoled where these would
serve the purpose, while threats and
prescriptions have been their most tell
ing weapons. Thousands have been
whipped into their traces, and driven
under their tyranical lash. Protested
friends Of the village Of Austin, their
conduct has 5ecn most disasterous to
the interests Of the town. Once and
for the first time these enemies Of Aus.
tin and the people have been defeated,
fairly, honorably, aud effectually was
their overthrow accomplished by: the
people. It was the spontaneous up
rising Of tax ridden citizens. Wise.and
honest Republicans would have accept
ed the result in. a becoming manner,
not so with the Old Ring. unable to
rule they at once determine to ruin.
They bolt the ticket and go with the
Democrats. But this is not the worst,
not coutent with working their own
ruin they seek to carry the voters of
Austin with them. How? by raising
false and puerilc issue about Rail
roads and the fact that Austin ought to
have Representative. We are among
those who greatly desired a. Representa-
tive in the Legislature from Austin.
but DO indncement could, Lead US to for
sake principle and. the great Rcpubli-
can party to crafty a little local. jeal-
ousy by voting for Democrat. How
do these old. fossil politicians now sore
headed and almost defunct, care any
thing about Austin Every clement Of
their little siren 9Th was thrown against
Austin in the convention. Note then
inconsistency. The truth is they are
now endeavoring to induce people to
vote for Democrat simply and solely


to crafty their own personal animosities.
The course they mark out, as it has
done in the past will be suicidal to the
best interests Of the town. Austin can.
not afford to bo constantly At war with
the rest Of the county. There is
strength enough outside to manage her
every time, if she places herself on hos.
tile ground. Her policy should be to
conciliatc Will boiling the ticket do
this no, 1t. on the contrary will make
the war more bitter. In their mad ca


rccr this old; ring are determined. to
ruin the town, 9pd: every Republican
that votes for Dor ocrat next Tuesday
helps them on in their work to ruin.
We warn the Republicans of Austin
to be wise for the future. Don't throw
away your votes upon Democrat and
dig your own political graves doing it.
Year: 1869


I am waiting by the river,


And my,heart has waited long
Now | think bear the chorus


OF the angels welcome song;
o, see the dawn is breaking,


On the bill tops of the blest,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
Aud the weary are at rest"
Far away beyond the shadows


OF this weary vale of tears,
There the tide of bliss is sweeping
Through the bright and changeless years
o, | long to be with Jesus,


10 the mansions of the blest;
"Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest"
They are launching on the river,


From the calm and quiet shore,
And they soon will bear my spirit


Where the weary sigh no more
For the tide is swiftly flowing,


And long to greet the blest,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest"
Year: 1869

BY the steamship Moro Castle Captain Adams
from Havana we have very full correspondence
from all the ports OF the West Indies, the most in
teresting portions Of which we give below. 1t will
be seen that revolutionary, political and diplomatic
movements are becoming very active in the Ameri-
can Mediterranean.
Year: 1869

Club.


The members OF the Manhattan Cricket Club had
pleasant time yesterday az their opening game on
the cricket ground foot Of Ninth street, Hobokep.
The Attendance was very small, as the afrair was
mere formaity and the game was hurried through
without any effort. The match commenced az three
O'Clock and was closed at five. The cricket grounds
are the most suitable Tor the purpose to be found
within easy reach OF New York; but IN consequence
OF the rising population OF uoboien lease cannot
be obtained Next year, therefore, VIII probably
witness the last OF the cricket grounds which like
the Elysan Fields, Will be cut up and parceed
into lots. INC plot ~ occupied at present by the
c0nI0intLy.
Year: 1869

self and her descendants the title of
Countess of Beauharnais. The decree
comforting this title sets forth that by the
organic law of the Empire the Dukes
title cannot pass to his children, nor can
the title of Duchess be borne by his wife.
It adds, however, that the marriage took
place with the full consent of the Gear.
This, it is asserted, is the first instance
of the formal sanction of inorganic mar
riage in Russia, and it is conjectured that
the Imperial recognition will be given to
similar marriages that have heretofore
taken place. Thus, the Grand Duchess
Mary, who is the eldest daughter of the
Gear Nicholas aud mother OF the Duke of
Leuchtenberg, after the death of her first
husband married morganatically Count
Gregory Strogonof. This latter mar
riage, it is asserted. will now be recog-
nized. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Year: 1869

student of medicine at the University of
Berlin, and received his diploma as Doc
tor of Medicine in 1866.


His mother had carefully concealed
from her son his illegitimate origin, and
allowed him to believe that his father had
belonged to her own class, and that he
had died many years ago. At that period
one of the daughters Of the old Baron,
who had married chamberlain of the
Court, sought to engage tutor for her
son, youth of sixteen years, and by one
of those marvellous condolences, which
happen oftener in romance than in real
life, her attention was thrown to the
young physician, who at that time was
visiting the hospitals OF Vienna. Her
son being of frail constitution, she was
very glad to intrust his education to a
young man who, by his peculiar studies,
was enabled to carefully watch over bis
physical condition and, without the
least idea that she had engaged so near a
relation. The young doctor was intro
duced into the family. He soon gained
the confidence of his employers, and they
intrusted him with many delicate trans
actions.


Among others they required him to
examine their family archives and select
the valuable papers from those which
might be destroyed as useless. Pending
this work he found a diary of the old
Baron, which contained the whole his
tory of the doctors birth and the indica-
ton of the place where the father had
deposited the codicil. The young man
at once communicated the circumstance
to his mother, took possession of the
codicil, which gave him a million Of
guilders, and, as the legitimate heirs of
his father refused to comply with its
stipulations, he commenced suit against
them, after having in vain attempted to
come to friendly terms. About the mid
die of May the case will be pleaded be-
fore the Imperial Court of Vienna. and,
the amount bequeathed to the illegitimate
child being not in excess of what such
children are permitted to receive from q
father in case there are legitimate chill
dren also, it is scarcely doubtful that the
young physician will soon become man
of great wealth.
Year: 1869

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Year: 1869

ASAD ROMANCE ENDED.-For many months
past, a poor woman, meanly clad, may have
been noticed sitting at the corner of Plum and
Longworth streets, keeping a lonely vigil,
and waiting for the coming of one who never
came. Her sad history is told in few words.
Her husband died in the army. She would
never believe that he was dead, and was firm
in the faith that he would again return to her,
Constant brooding begat arrangement. An
imposter told her that if she would take her
stand at one of the street corners every day her
absent lord would soon come back to her. She
did so, and every morning the patient watcher
was found at her post, waiting wearily, despite
wind and weather, and, regardless of the jeers
or smiles of passers-by, she peered anxiouSly
into every face, or gazed longingly toward the
river, in search Of the one so dear to her, but
whose features shall never more gladden. hel
eyes. Few that saw the wan and weary watch
er failed to bestow a glance of pity, and man!
were the inquiries as to her sad history. Bu
the faithful sentinel has lett her accustomed
stand, and her vigils are ended The officer
came ye: terday and sent the pitiable creatur
to the Longview Asylum, where, perhaps, sh'
will await her unreturning husband until cale'
upon to join him beyond the dark river.-BW
JfaLo IN. ~ paper.
Year: 1869

1t almost takes away ones breath to read Of
a churchman rising in Protestant Episcopal
Conference, and demanding that =" the misera-
BILE dogma of Apostolic Succession" shall be
expurgated from the Book of Common Prayer.
This is what DIR. Bowen OF Ohio did in the
Conference at Chicago on Thursday week. We
do not exactly understand whether the Confer
ence went with the Doctor or not; but it Ger
tainly did pass resolution in favor of remov
ing from the Prayer Book "all words or
phrases seeming to teach that the Christian
ministry is priesthood" The Church ha
now a Committee of Revision, which is decar
ed to be ga body in perpetuity." This wOulC
seem to go pretty far toward the existence of
sect within church which abhors sectarian
ism; and if we may judge by the past, schisn
seems not improbable.
Year: 1869

MOSQUITOES. These tuneful little pests will
and save the following recipe for their exter-
mination: Take Of gum camphor a piece
about one third the size of an egg, and evapo-
rate it by placing it in a tin vessel, holding it
over lamp or candle, :aking care that it does
not ignite. The smoke will soon fill the room,
and expel the mosquitoes. One night l was
| terribly annoyed by them, when l thought of
and tried the above, after which never saw nor
heard them that night, and next morning there
was not one to be found in the room, though
the window had been left open all night"
Year: 1869

TRAIN DELAYED.-The mail train on the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad did not arrive
until 7:15 last evening. The delay was
occesioned by the breaking of portion OF
the machinery of the engine.
Year: 1869

A Coon IDEA.-There is some talk of
having tie cadets of the Virginia Military
Institute here during tho Agricultural Fair
week. We hope General Smith will bring
the boys along. They will be improved by
the trip, and their drilling will be an at-
tractiye feature Of the fair.
Year: 1869

TIE New York Herald of the
4th treats Of the recent elections
in Mississippi and Texas as fol-
lows:


ut will be the funniest of the
many issues of modern politics il,
after all, Mississippi shall prove,
as seems now nearly certain, to
have gone strongly radical. Only
fancy the chagrin of Dent! He
quarreIod with the White House
and all chances in his certainty
of success on the conservative
ticket, and where is heH He tried
to stand before Mississippi, in vir-
tue Of his relationship with Grant,
as a quasi administration man, and
the administration was oil against
him. He tried to commend him
self to the conservatives as one
martyred by the more radical end
of the administration, and the con-
servatives repudiate him as n car
pet-bagger and give their suffra-
ges to the radical, who is, withal,
a man of their own State. The
real balance wheel of political ma.
chinery is at last the popular YER
dict, and a very healthy sign ofits
action is that so often and so clear
ly this popular verdict bears more
direct relation to the personal
character of the candidate than to
so-called party principles and ar
guments. We can explain on nc
other view the dissimilarity Of the
results'in Mississippi and Texas
In Texas, as the dispatches tel
US, the Colored vote is large, IL
some counties in a great majority
but the appearances are that thu
radical candidate is beaten"
Year: 1869

The New York Herald, in COM
menting upon the increasing ship.
ments of wheat and -four down
the Mississippi river, to New Or
leans, says:


against the Southern water
line of the Mississippi, the only
competition for this Northwestern
grain trade, that will pay in the
East, will be the water line Of the
St. Lawrence down to the sea-
Hence the annexation of the new
Dominion, down to the sea, is
more and more becoming a neces-
sity to the great grain growing re
giOns Of the mighty West"
Year: 1869

Vice Admiral Porters position
in the Navy Department is now
attracting considerable inquiry.
Originally appointed Assistant
Secretary to that sturdy old tar,
Borie, Congress last winter abol.
ished the Office. Having thus no
legal status in the Department, he
must be regarded as an intruder,
and a very meddlesome one at
that.


Should he be turned out, poor
Robson, who has about as much
knowledge of naval affairs as a
mud turtle would be in a terrible
stew. This however, is the sys-
TEN of the Great American Hip
pophagist. He appoints to Office
an endless number of blockheads
end numbsculls and then the
Government is called upon for q
tax to support in the way OF
Chief Clerk or officers Of the ar
my detailed to perform a duty,
which the officials can neither
comprehend nor perform. Out
upon such extravagance, or rather
that prostitution which will in,
duce q President to sell these higl
places in the shameless manner
in which he has.
Year: 1869

SAYS the Meridian Mercury of
the 7th: Sunday last there was a
considerable smash.up on the NJ.
& o. Railroad, near this place, a
quarter mile below the tank. Three
trains we're running on the
same schedule. The foremost was
stopped at the tank to water, the
second standing behind, and the
last came around the curve and
was too near up to prevent run
ming into the rear end of it. Per-
sons in the caboose, seeing what
was about to happen, piled out,
not standing much upon the order
of piliug, and though the caboose
and the next car, loaded with salt,
were demolished, nobody was
hurt. The engine was disabled
for the time, and the track consld.
erably torn. Tho distinctions
were removed in time for the night


mail trains. rr
Year: 1869

All the piers Of the Ohio
River Bridge at Louisville, and
the four hundred feet span
over the channel were compile
ted on Wednesday last. The
entire structure will be ready
for passenger trains in about
20 days.