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Year: 1869

HoRNoR TO ANDY.-Preparation are being
made for giving President johnson q public
reception on the occasion of his return to
Tennessee. The Kuklux of that State have
decided to run him for Governor and we sup
pose he will try to play the " Moses" role
again in order to obtain the support of color
ed rntas
Year: 1869

BoorH.-Hundreds of people in Baltimore,
went to look at the bones of Wilkes Booth,
which have recently been given up to the
family for burial and there was strong
disposition manifested by the old secession
element to get up public demonstration; but
it was sternly opposed by the family, whose
intention it was to bury them quietly beside
the remains of his father.
Year: 1869

STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.-Wm. Smith tends
She Pitt River ferry on the Soda Springs
wagon road and has generally kept an Indian
to assist him in managing the boat. One day
last week brother of the Indian so emyloyed
came to the opposite side of the river from
where the boat was moored and desired to be
ferried across As the river was very high
Smith refused to cross him over. This en-.
ragged the Indian employed on the ferry and
he commenced rolling up his sleeves and
swearing vengeance. Seeing his hostile ma
neuyers Smith started to run into the house
to get gun to protect himself with in case
it was necessary. The Indian OWNED his in
tention and run for the gun also, declaring
be would shoot if he could get it. Smith got
to the guu first but he had scarcely grasped
it before his antagonist clasped him so firmly
around the arms and body as to prevent him
from using the weapon. A desperate struggle
then followed for possession of the rifle until
the Indian tired out and suddenly releas
ed his hold and fed SO rapidly as to prevent
Smith from drawing bead on him. A blue
pill should be administered to that savage.
Year: 1869

THE Red Wing Aryu. i" complains
that there is TO much sueing in this
State that lawyers and law offices have
more workto do than ever before while
costs and expenses are added to the
debts owing by mechanics and farmers
to such an extent as greatly increases
the aggregate Indebtedness Of those
classes In most cases the expenses
amount to Is per cent, or moro on the
debt; in many cases they amount to
more than the debt. The Argus thinks
that patience and due consideration
of che condition Of business and inan-
4 cial affairs would prevent the crowding
ofdcbtors 70 the wall and adds


There are many who carnot at this
time pay, their debts, who have proper.
ty; good character and every disposition
to be strictly honest. TO sue them and
force immediate payment by seizure or
attachmcn. Of their property is to in
t1ict direct loss upon them and indirect
loss upon the whole community. We
hope busircss men in their strait for
collecting, will bear as lightly as posi-
ole upon such men and that they will
hesitate to sue any man whom they be.
lieve to be desirous Of paying when he
can. Now is the time to show your re-
gard for honesty and your faith in good
men. IF you arc not pressed yourself,
then DO not sue any body, except cheats
who are trying to cheat you out OF
what they owe YOU There is certain.
ly too much sucing going on, and the
good Of the country requires that it be
discouraged and stopped as much as
po!,ibIc


Then the St. Paul Pioneer adds-A
good deal may be said on botn sides Of
this question of torcible collection OF
debts. The sentiments expressed by
) the argus will be generally approved
but how is the merchant, who is a
creditor at home and debtor abroad
on account Of the goods he has bought
and sold, to escape ruin and disgrace
ii he is dcbarrcd from the same pro.
cess OF collection as that which is i'm
pending oyor his own head, in case he
defa Its in the payment Of his Totes
The merchants and business men who
have sold goods and lent money are
often entitled to quite as much sympa'
thy as their delinquent debtors, but
how little it do they receive.
Year: 1869

THE Lake City Leader recommends
farmers to feed their wheat to hogs and
cattle rather than sell it for less than
ono dollar per bushcl, believing that
every bushel Of wheat ground and fed
in a judicious manner would easilY
make dollars worth Of pork, and if fed
to neat cattle in connection with roots,
would make dollars worth Of good
beef.
Year: 1869

YosKERs ELECTION RETURNs.-The annual char
ter election for village officers took place here yes
terday and resulted. was predicted in the entire
democratic ticket with the exception OF one trustee
being elected. Owing to the popularity Of the can
dldates put forward by the victorious party their
opponents evinced an unusual amount OF apathy In
the contest. The following is tine offlcial vote:-


president
Year: 1869

The greatest amount insured in any one risk,
The greatest amount allowed by the rules OF


the Company TO be insured in any one city,
The greatest amount allowed to be insured in


any one blcck,


mo arbitrary rule on these points. This
Company is governed by q prudent regard for
The construction, occupancy and exposure OF
Year: 1869

CHICAGO, Jan. %.


At Donby Station. twenty-three miles
from this city on the Freeport Branch OF the
Northwestern Railroad, last night, young
girl named Hannah Waidman, daughter
Of we'll known farmer in the neighborhood,
deliberately threw herself under the cars of
passing train, which ran over her serverng
her head from her body and throwing it several
feet away from the track. The cause Of the
terrible act is said to be the refusal Of her
parents to sanction her marriage with young
man to whom she was attached.
Year: 1869

There is no Disgusting the fact that the
difficulty existing between this country
and Great Britain, on account of the losses
we sustained by privateers built and fitted
out on British soil, is daily becoming a
serious matter. At first it seemed but a
mere speck in the eastern horizon and
word OF regret for its conduct from Eng


land and that speck, even, would have
sunk iG to the sea Of forgetfulness But
instead ofregret we had a naughty denial
OF our right to claim damages from them.
Time passes along and they begin to fear
that the United States may be stronger
power than they had supposed and now
they talk IF settlement, but still they
do not make any offer which a nation
with the least particle of selfrespect could
entertain for an instant. In fact the Sen
ate rejected their proposal with only one
dissenting voice, and now the claim on
England will be SO large that if it is paid
those who sustained losses by her breach
of the neutrality laws will receive ample
reward for all damages, and if it is not
paid there may be war in which Elm gland
will lose her British Possessions, and
see. the beginning of the end of her great
ness as one of the ruling national powers.
Year: 1869

MINISTER TO SwITzERLAND-We fully
endorse the following from the Sentinel
THE appointment of Horace .Rublee
Minister to Switzerland will be very sat
isfactozy to the people Of Wisconsin, and
is in every respect the best that could
have been made. As editor of the Madi-
son Journal and as Chairman of the Re
publican Central Committee, Mr.. Rublee
has performed laborioos and effective
services for the party, which amply deserve
such recognition. Moreover he is a
gentleman of superior attainments, and
a devoted student of modern langua ges
and literature, and will make creditable
minister from the greatest to the least
republic.


In congratulating Mr.. Rublee upon his
appointment, which we most cordially do,
We wish him to distinctly understand that
the people of Wisconsin have still claims
upon him. They demand that he shall
write regularly to the journal and tell
them in his inimitable style of his obser-
vations and experience in Europe. In
due time, too, shall we not have all these
served up in the form of book? If we
detect any disposition on his part to neglect
this manifest duty and affect the ease with
dignity" of the diplomatist, we shallinsist
upon his being recalled straightway from
the Helvetian capital.
Year: 1869

An Ohio Congressman received a
petition signed by 300 names, asking the
appointment of a female postmistress.
Three days afterwards he had received
25 confidential letters from the signers,
informing him that she was not fit for
the place, and that they had not the cour-
age to refuse to sign her papers. He de.
clares that he will have the appointment
made.


Serves them right. Why ask another
to do what you dislike to do yourself?
Why ask one to carry the load of 300.
Shame on them.
Year: 1869

CHICAGO Apr! 18th 1859.


The members of the two branches of
the Presbyterian Church are zealously la
boring for union These religious bodies
are SO similar in their doctrines and church
government that it would be for the in
terests Of both to unite. l understand
that the movement is general one and
bids fair to extend all over the Union.


The gentlemen engaged in the -four
trade are lamenting over the dullness of
business and consider it proper time to
execute reforms in the rules that govern
their transactions. 1t is proposed to es-
tablish a distinct grade in addition to the
present mode Of inspection. Shippers
have recently made practice of going
beyond the dealers here, and purchasing
direct from manufacturers. One reason
assigned for this, is the imperfect manner
of grading -four and the comparative un-
certainty as to what is meant by extra"
and ''super6ne." :"


An unmistakable tendency of the i'm
pl cement in and about this city is the
building up of numerous suburban villa
ges. These are located on the various
railways leading from the city. The lar
gest and most important is Evanston,
about ten miles from Chicago on the lake
shore. 1t is now town of $500 inhabi-
tants but they refuse city charter. tits
a great relief after the tolls and excite
ment of business to be able to reach a su-
burban residence in half an hour, which
has all the attractions of rural home.


The rich harvest which Eastern capi-
talists were reaping in Western Insurance
business, has thoroughly reused our citi-
zens to the formation of home companies.
The latest and most comprehensive is he
"State" upon the cooperative plan. In
a few words; this is series of local
companies, in the towns and cities of the
west, all under central organization in
Chicago. Many of our most reliable men
have united themselves with it and its fu-
ture promises to be a glorious one Ev-
cry locality subscribing $25, 900 of stock
is entitled to director but no one place
can have over twenty directors. Each
branch office is under the supervision and
control of its local Board, thereby secur-
ing safety in the business. The whole
organization is under common head
and consequently unitedly responsible.
The general Office is at 80 La Sale street
and branches are RAPIDLY being estab
lished.


The enterprising city of Council Bluff
is angered beyond measure that Chicago
is going to hold a jubilee over the open
ing OF the Z. p r. r. The editor Of a
Journal in that city lashes himself into a
fury over the prospect of the celeb. alton
OF the occasion being held here. We have
no objections to any number Of iubilees
but the preparations now in progress
point to a Mammoth affair in the Garden
City.


Our billiardists are all alive again in
anticipation of the grand tournament in
New York. Every player of note and
and all the secondaries who can afford the
trip arepreparing to start. Chicago car
probably turn out more first class players
than any city in the Union and the ''gen
tleman game; is therefore at premi
um. We can easily spare the crowd that
are going and only hope they won't re-
tnrn
Year: 1869

Are the only Mowers built which come up TO the I'D
vanced stage of Improvement found in other Agric1
tural Implements. The light. elastic steel hay fork
steel hoes and shovels have entirely superseded the
heavy and clumsy wrought iron ones, which no farm
er whould now think of using: a Mower built of
appropriate atcrias ard like finish will supercede
the present clumsy machines made mostly of wood
and cast iron.


Builders of other Mowers have baen too much in
huenced by desire to lessen their cost and have
ployed wood and cast iron where wrought and NAL
leable iron ought only to have been used. In the
Clipper Machines iron has been largely substituted for
wood aleablc iron for cast iron and steel in place of
malleable wrought iron, ar-r ts-l1.l-E


An examination of the Clippers will convince anv
of their superior merits all others in strengb
durability, of draft and reliability for work
all kinds Of grounds, and in every variety of grass
Confident of this, invite those in want Of Machines
to examine for themselves before purchasing elsewhere
Send for descrintive circular. Address, THE CLIP
York. 50-3m
Year: 1869

A Kind OF light wine is now being artiicially
manufactured In Belgium, which may be sold at q
good profit for Q franc bottle. For some years the
manufacture OF artificial butter out Of beef tallow
Year: 1869

ADVICE TO YOUNG W1vEs.-The
young wife should remember that she
has chosen her own lot in life; she has
connected it with that of her husband,
and if, by the decree of an allwlse Prov
idence, he becomes embarrassed, it is
her duty to aid him by her kindness, not
to mutter or oppress him by her ill.tem-
per. Upon the male sex the task of
providing the means of subsistence is,
in civilized society, almost exclusively
imposed; and consequently when they
become distressed, and have not ywhere-
withal to provide for their partners, they
suffer doubly. They have not only
their own privations to regret, but yours
also; and the world 's-oftentime unjust
-censure, falls exclusively upon the
husband. The wife cap hide herself
from the world, but the husband must
face its pride, its prosperity. May all
young wives be permanently prosperous;
but for their own sakes, and Br the hon
or of womanhood, we admonish them not
to let adversely, should it unfortunately
lay it's iron hand upon them, induce
them to depart from that affectionate con-
duct, in word or deed, which THEY owe
to their husbands; and conduct them
selves in such a manner as to do away
with the truth of the old proverb:
"When poverty comes in Mt the door,
love flies out at the window"
Year: 1869

To MAGE TEA.-First, heat the tea.
pot by pouring boiling water into; pour
this out, Yed put into the pot as much
good tea as you wish to use then pour
in boiling water enough to completely
cover the tea 20 as to wet it thoroughly
Set the pot on the cooking table, if that
is hot) and in five minutes pour i'll h"'l-
ing water en ugh for the first cups, and
pour out Immediately. II second cup,
or cups. are wished. and tea enough has
been put in the pot, add boiling water
in sufficient quantity. 1'hi1 1ruIe applies
particularly to Japanese and Hyson
teas. / do not know that black tea
would be as good made in this WY, as if
it We're stepped longer. That may de-
pend on taste.
Year: 1869

THERE'S no saying shocks me so
much as that which l hear very often,
that man Goes not kpsw how to pass
his time. 1t would have been but i'll
spoken by Metbuselah in the nine hun
dred and sixty-ninth year of his life.
Year: 1869

MAYOR BOWEN, we are happy to say, is so
far recovered as to be able 20 be at his Off ,e
for short time, and it is expected that he will
be able to fully resume his duties to -morrow W.
Year: 1869

HINTS FROM HoRACE.-In letting off some
of his high pressure indignation lately, Greeley
says:


Thank God the Tribune can live without
pap, and has seen ten Presidents flourish and
fade, and walk up Broadway with none so poor
to do them reverence when they were ex-
Presidents; and that when Grant. in his turn,
ceases to be jack-boots in Office, and nobody
but very small ex-Presidential potato. the
Tribune will continue to wave DER the land of
the taxed
Year: 1869

In recent instructions, says the San Francis.
co Times, of Commissioner Wilson of the Gen.
eral Land Office, to the Register and Receiver
of the Land Office at Sacramento, with regard
to tho course to be pursued where disputes
arise as to the nature of land, he holds that


lands which appear to be fitted for agriculture
and which are not known to contain minerals
shall, as rule, be regarded as agricultural and
disposed of as such. The mere possibility that
at some future time minerals might be discov-
cred in them shall not operate to prevent their
pre-empton by agricultural settlers. He points
out the necessity of taking the plainest posi-
Bile course in such matters. Thus, if forty
acre tract Is known to have q mine upon it,
which the occupier is and has been working
that tract is evidently mineral land But ii
does not follow as matter Of course that the
Iadjoiaing forty acre tract, which has no mines


'r any indications of mines, upon it, shall be Sc
'egarded. On the contrary, if its general ap.
)earance is that of agricultural land, it shall be


brown open to presumption by the farmer
| The Commissioner observes:


The mining interest does not require that
.qnds not occupied and worked for mining pur.
bosses should continue as public domain. Even
mining lands are sold TO individuals under the
aiming law, and the Government of the United
States has the same right to dispose of its agri-
cultural lands as it has to sell its mineral lands
The rights of miners are limited to lands occu
M ad ~ Them according tn fh,a min la
tions; it is not perceived what rights they have
% United States lands not thus occupied, or
why they should undertake to interfere with
their disposal. Lands not occupied for mining
purposes, and not traversed by veins of quartz
-,r other rock in place, bearing gold silver,
'nnabar, or copper, are classed as agricultural


ands, if adapted to such purpose, and they dc
not take the character of mineral land, merel,
from being surrounded by lands of that class
nor from the possible fact that shallow places,
or deep dlggings," or blind lodes may at some
future time be- found beneath their surface.
The policy of the Government is to dispose
of its domain TO Industrious and permanen,
settlers, one class of lands under the Mining
Act, and the residue according TO other statute
~ provisions Even an occasional mistake by
disposing of tracts containing placer gold, un
der the homestead or pre-emption law, but not
occupied for mining purposes at the time nor
known 10 contain gold in sufficient quantities
to render them more valuable for mining than
farming would be less evil than to discour-
age settlement and Improvement by keeping
open for indefinite exploration large sections
of country we'll adapted for farms and gardens.
If gold should afterward be found in paying
quantities there need be no fear that it would
be suffered to remain unmined very long, and
the fact that the miner in that case would not
be mere temporary occupant OF the soil,
would certainly not be to the prejudice of the
State or National Government.
Year: 1869

A THRUST DIRECT.-In late speech in the
Senate Sprague, of Rhode Island, made this
pointed thrust. He said:


You have provided for wholesale reputation
of private debts by your enactments at recent
sessions of Congress. You can cancel debts
between individuals, between the citizens of
the country: and you look with holy horror up
on suggestion that if you purse q policy Of
destruction this incubus (the public debt) will
be sloughed off. You look upon it with holy
horror that any one should touch that sacred
circle
Year: 1869

pe1yading the lobby is to rush all these
schemes through Congress before General
Grant is inaugurated President, as they
dread the insurmountable opposition he
may inte1pose TO their grand game Of
nluutfcr
Year: 1869

A New York letter of July % says:


Some of the gold gamblers in Wall
street managed to make good deal OF
money last night by resorting to trick
which quite throws the old time opera
tions of the mock auction of Peter Funks
into the shade. 1t was asceTtained in the
fore part of the day that the Cunard
steamer Cuba, sailing this morning,
would not take dollar in specie, wher g.
upon the premium declined to 1865.


In order to reverse this downward
movement, and give the market a sharp
twist the other way, certain parties had
| $750,000 taken from the vaults of one
of the banks, in the shape of double
eagles, done up in kegs, and these were
driven up and down the street till late
in the day, as if en- route to the place of
shipment


The bait took, nobody now could doubt
but that shipments would be large, and
straightway the market advanced to
1871, an improvement Of "a per cent
People who purchased a quarter of
million or so at the decline, about noon
were thus enabled to sell out handsome
profit, and at the same time to afford the
confiding public another brilliant spe
cimen Of sharp practice and the sort o
moral ideas that dominate IN Wal
Year: 1869

An alarm Of fire was sounded last night
about IL o'clock, which was caused by the
burning of an old frame government build
ing used during the war, and situated on
Broad street. between Hugh and Vine
streets. The engines were on hand and
the fire was promptly e1tinguished, The
houae was unoccupied and sustained but
little damage. 1t was evidently set on fire,
as no other cause conld be assigned,
Year: 1869

Ordinary business is suspended to-day in
order that the people may devote the time
to the extraordinary business Of destroying
every vestige of hated and loathsOme
oppression. Lose not moment OF the
precious opportunity, but struggle as II
life and death were the issues at stake
The liberty and happiness Of yourselves
and children depend upon the result.
Year: 1869

There were from twelve to fifteer
hundred persons present, and majority
of them listened with profound attention
to the remarks of the speaker. Among
the number present were about forty
colored men, who, with one or two ex.
ceptions, gave the speaker an attentive
hearing and conducted themselves in 8
respectable and orderly way.


ANOTHER ATTEMPT at VIOLENCE.


Towards the close Of Mr.. JOhnson,s
address, small party Of, the rioters at
tempted to hire a negro to go upon the
stand and pull the speaker of, telling
him that they would back him in it and
see him through, but this effort was
fruitless like the rest.


After this last attempt to drive the
speaker from the stand, the rowdies dis
persed and let him continue his speech
without further interruption.


The address Of Mr.. johnson was one
ofthe most able he ever made, and will
do much good in that locality.


This is the first time that Mr.. John
son has been interfered with since his
return to Tennessee, and the outrage is
deplored by all the respectable citizens
of Blount county.
Year: 1869

The liberty Of the people is the stake
for which we struggle to-day II We lose
all will be lost-if we gain, the honest
men, women and children of the State will
raise their voices TO Heaven in thanks.