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Year: 1867

GRIM. CoN.-The San Francisco Cali
of August 2Sth has the following in ref
erence to the subject matter of recent
dispatch:


Some time ago well-known lawyer,
whose Office is on Washington street, was
applied to by a citizen who had lost conf
dence in his wife's chastity, to procure q
divorce for him. He began tho suit, but
afterward told tho husband that he had
become satisfied that his suspicious were
groundless, and the suit ought to be dis
missed. Through the lawyers efforts a
reconciliation was effected, and the coup
ell lived together again. But after q
short time the husband again grew jeal-
GUS and suspected that his wife was play
ing him false, He accordingly watched
her on several occasions, and found that
she was in the habit of visiting the law
yer's Office. Last night she visited the
lawyers Office again, and the husband,
getting several friends to accompany him,
went there and demanded entrance, and
upon it being refused him, he burst open
the door, and was confronted by the gen.
tleman of legal attainments with drawn
pistol the husband drew pistol; there
was tableau, and then the limb of the
law skedaddled through back door. The
husband next proceeded to pull bis wife
out of closet in which she had taker
refuge. Then there was another tableau
to the music Of screams and cries, oathl
and threats. Another divorce suit vii
soon be commenced.
Year: 1867

Somebody tells the following joke on
that irrepressible genius. George Francis
Train: AS an illustration Of Mr.. Train'a
intense patriotism, We may relate that ho
on one occasion, sent his wife on ninety
days voyage from Australia to New York,
that their coming child might be born on
American soil, as would become possible
future President of the United States. -
The journey was most troublesome one,
and the lady came very near being ship
wrecked, but at last reached this country
in safety. The child was born and It scda
q girl.
Year: 1867

The friends of the slate lamented," :"
those who persist in according to him
more patriotism and virtue than ever
Washington possessed, have recently dis
covered by an official statement of the
worldly affairs of the great martyr at
the time of his "taking off," that he was
in the blissful possession of government
bonds to the amount of about eighty hous.
and dollars and they point to the fact
as still another evidence of his great loyal
ty. When we take into consideration the
fact that the bonds in question are subject
to no taxation whatever, and that the
LABoRINd community are taxed exorbi-
antly to pay an interest in gold equal to
NINE per cent on the loyal Lincoln's
bonds, it becomes a question with US as to
who Is the loyal mamie who boasts of
and measures his loyalty by the amount
of his bonds or he who submits quietly to
inordinate taxation that the government
may be enabled to pay such loyal leeches
an interest in gold. We doubt whether
Mr.. Lincoln would have died possessed OF
government bonds to the amount of one
dollar had they been subject, like other
property, to taxation. The true patriot
stops not to count the cost of his patriot
ism, but freely gives his accumulated
wealth, however great or small, for the de.
fence, of his country. How many such
patriots can we boast Of in the late con.
fict? The TRUEY Loyal men were
those who stood by tho Constitution, every
article of which was repudiated by oul
radical rulers, and outside of which Mr.


Stevens boasts of acting, and the day il
not far distant when the people, who have
been duped and misled, will SO declare
from one end of the continent to the
other.-Suadqy Mercury.
Year: 1867

The water is SO low in the Ohio al
Louisville falls, that the bridge contract
ors are laying railroad track across, for
use in the transportation of material for
the piers of the bridge. Eight of these
are now twelve feet above the water, and
six are in process of construction.
Year: 1867

These periodicals are ably sustained by the
contributions of the best writer's on Science,
Religion and General Literature, and stand un
rivalled in the world Of letters. They are in.
dispensab!e to the scholar and the professio al
man, and to every leading man, as they furnish
better record OF the current literature Of tn
day than can be obtained from any other scarce


TERMS EOR 1863
Year: 1867

II difficult TO convey true state OF the butter mar
kct this week. for two reasons First most OF tne deae


or couanissOn merchants not selling and those VINO
arc dong.anything have 10 allow buyers Ia make prices


II they cannot get what they want they take as near e
nrce s purchasers can worked up TO- hence there are
scarcely any fixed prices. The tendency however, s
downward with receipts OF 925 packages for the week
Another very difficult thing is 20 give farmers correct
idea of the great difference In the quality We might PICK
out n small crack giltedged dairy which would even
now sell at 4Oc and person sending what he wOuld cali
a good long dairy and getting but soc for IL could not
ulderaf and VIII much difference IN
TLcre snpd lenand tux eLQlce lplleL hNk
Year: 1867

The stock Of cheese is getting narrowed down each
week. both here and In the country Receipts only 52
for the week. Trade has been quiet with slight decline
in price the water but the advance IN gold fully
at 2Olc but fine factory generally selling at 19d2e
with fine farm dairy at s9l9c but must be very good
bring tho latter price, English Dairy IL In little re-
anest. Pineaprle Cheese ia not selling We quote:
Year: 1867

With larger receipts bbls. for the week and mild
weather favoring both the production and ransporta-
ton Eggs fast declining from &c. at which good lots
Of fresh Eggs have been selling. few were sold this
morning at per Dozen but SIC. is about the figure
this afternoon and buyers calculate upon getting them
for They do not always calculate upon
the time IL make the Eggs but think warm day
should bring plenty Of them IL now looks as though
the highest point had been reached. Persons selling
to-day Just they feel-sone stiff, but more weak.
There general disposition ~ push off all Oh hand We
Year: 1867


Dried Apples quiet just now, with ess Inquiry. Re
oep have been free for the past few days but 10 does
not hook though prces would decline any lew very
Western, good state, sold at I3c other
dried fruits are scarcely as firm. We quote
Year: 1867

HArMosPHERIC AcrIoN.-The carbonic
acid Of the air slowly attacks the rocks
above the ocean level, and tn us turns
them to clay, forming carbonates with
the soda, potash, lime and magnesia set
free, and carries these down as carbon
ates to the sea, where the carbonate Of
soda decomposes the chloride of calcium
ofeits waters, and forms common salt
and carbonate of lime. This series of
actions is the source of the salt of the
sea, of all clay sand Of Emestoncs which
are chemical and not organic in their
origin. Organic living things do not
generate the carbonate of lime, but ap
propriate it, when found for them by
chemical reactions; and thus great por


tons of our limestone rocks are made up
of fossil remains. In forty four feet of
limestone there is separated and condens
ed from the air whole atmosphere Of
carbonic acid gas; the early atmosphere
was therefore very dense and unfit for
the sustenance of the higher forms of
life, until by far the greater portion of
this gas has been removed by the forna-
ton of the carbonate of lime aud vegeta
bic matter now constituting coal and
petroleum.
Year: 1867

| | am merely here to gre my c0Mltc-


nance and aid to the ceremonies on this


OCCASION, but [ must be permitted to
express nay hope that we may follow the


example WHICH was so eloquently alluded
/ to this afternoon, and which has been so


clearly set by the iliustrious dead. When


we look on you battlefield and think OF
| the brave men on both sades who fell in
the fierce struggle Of battle, and who
sleep silently in their graYes-yes, who
sleep in silence and peace after the ear
nest conflict has ceased-would to God
that we of the living could initiate their


example, as they lie sleeping in peace in


their tombs, and live together in friend
ship and peace. hi. $50


You, my fellow citizens nave my ear


nest wishes, as you have hal .,v efforts
in times gone by in the earliest and most
trying Derils to preserve The umon OF


these states, to restore peace and har-


mony to our distracted and divided coun-


try, and you shall hGre l,,y last efforts in
vindication Of the Hay of the Republic


and of the Consultation Of our fathers.
All honor to Grrnt for refusing to lend


his presence to such an occasion!


Maryland has yet to commemorate the


battle of Antietam-has YET to erect a


monument to the patriot heroes who fell


there. She will have done it when she
puryes herself Of the spirit of proscrip-
ton and injustice which at present actu-


ate her, and when she reforms her funda
mental law that it shall assert and secure
the equal rights of all men Of whatever
race or color Sentinel.
Year: 1867




RhlsED IT'S CoLoRs. The Green Bay


f{rocate which for some years past has
been skirmishing on its own hook, now
sending a shot into the ranks of rebels,
now into the ranks OF Its protessed friends
has at last decided that it was always a
democrat though it has believed Repub
licau principles to be right 1t thinks
that it is purely the force Of circulnstan-
ces, however, that such happened 20 be
the ease This reminds us of tale !:
Two boys startel out to make their for
tunes One was some what older than
the other but the world was before them
they could both travel where they chose.
The older said, Il ain bound to have a
good time, the world owes me living
and / aniyeoing to have it" 2 So herrush-
ed aheads took one advantage here, an
other there and for time great was his
success. he became ruler in the land.
but hc grew naughty, aud so great was
his pride that he thought among his fell
low men none were 50 good as BE. lngreat
fear of him his subjects would have en-
dured his tyranny many years perhaps
had he not Undertaken to destroy the
time honorcd institutions Of the land by
fire and sword. by pestilence and famine,
/ then they reused themselves and cast him
down and few there were soweak as to do
/ him honor. Thus miserably perIshed
one, who, owing to his antecedents, might
| have proved blessing to mankind. But
let us glance at the career Of his associ-
ate Starting in life humbly he said, Il
| want nothing | do not honorably earn.
| | wish to see exact justice among my Tel
| low men and to be always on the side of
right" Struggling along through a sue
cession of defeats he at length was OBJ
served by the people of his country to
possess those virtues and shat true manli-
! ness which arc crown of glory to their
owner, and they gladly took him and
made him their ruler in the place of the
one they had thrown down, and he re
/ leased the captives of his predecessor and
proclaimed that all men should enjoy free
dom, save only those guilty of crime
| Ii would seem that all men would rejoice


at such happy cohsummation, but no,


one there was who said the young man


had found himself right from mere force


of circumstances, and he would have


nothing to do with him. Thus endetf


the tale.
Year: 1867

The Democrats loudly demanded pro
clamation of Amnesty from the Presi-
dent. He granted it and they proclaim
ed it as ''tne law of the land at the
same time urging their vile tool of the
White House to enforce it and maintain
the Constitution, evidently forgetting that
the Federal constitution vests all leeis-
lative power, herein granted in Con
gress of the United States. fu7ef gg


johnson assertion when you hear
a man prating about the Constitution,
spot him; he is traitor applies
with great force to those who now
support his policy. They want the Con
stitution adhered to both in letter and
spirit, so they say, but for some reason
as yet ndiscovered-unless johnson did
for once accidentally tell the truth when
he said they were trattors-they are con
tinually advocating some measure in dl-
rect opposition to Its requirements. For
instance, the Constitution makes Con-
gress the legislative power and it makes
the President the executive. Now the
Chicago 7ruses of last Saturday advises
the President to treat certain acts OF
Congress ''as nullities because fdfsooth
he-the Observation-Disclosures them to be
unconstitutional We would like to ask
who made the President judge Of laws
passed by Congress


But there is no necessity for copper
heads to advise him thus. He has treat
ed the acts Of Congress as utilities for
long time past, and it is now high time
that Congress treat him as a 'nullity'
and put an executive Of the laws in his
place. Nothing Ic IS viii satisfy the peo-
pie
Year: 1867

"A man in Massachusetts sends Ital-


ian queen bees by mail to various parts
of the country. In sending them thus
he uses a small cylinder of wire cloth,


about as large and as long as man 5


finger, in each end of which he places a
stopple which has large hole in it, and
in the hole he places pieces of sponge
filled with honey. A queen bee, with
eight or ten other bees, are then placed
within the cylinder, wrapper put around
it with several holes in it. and it is ready
to be sent off by mail They find ready
market at from three to five dollars each.
Year: 1867




VALLANDIGHAM AMONG HIS FRIENDS.
The great unhung copperhead leader
cf the Ohio Democracy was in keatgckv
lately and interpersed with other very
pleasant talk said that Robert E. Lee and
Stonewall jackson are noble names and
no loyal ,o,'etch shall close my mouth from
speaking the praises Of those men He
also said that their names would live in
history as noble representative men OF
the nation Vallandigham need not fear
that any loyal wretch y will try to stop
his mouth, for all such utterances as the
above help the loyal cause more than they
do 1t injury. They go to prove the aui-
mus OF the creature democratic.
Year: 1867

NASHVILLE, Sept. 22.-The city is in
feverish state of excitement regarding
the municipal election next Saturday.
The city authorities boldly avow their
purpose to hold the election under the
amended charter Of 1858; to disregard
Governor Brownlow' proclamation, and
if necessary. fight the state militia.


Judge Grantan four other conservative
lawyers publish this morning an opinion
which declare that the election ought to
be held under The provisions Of the
amended charter Of 1858; that negroes
have no right to vote that white male
citizens over twenty-one are voters under
the charter and that the Commissioners
OF Registration have no right to appoint
Judges and Clerks of Election. This
opinion was sent to the President to-day,
and his assistance Is invoked to aid the
city authorities in their progrc llme to
override the franchise law and exclude
the negroes from the polls by military
force, if necessary There is much
fierce talk in the city, and fears of riot
and blocdshed are anprehended. Gen
efal Cooper assured large public meet
ing last night that he would enforce the
franchise law TO the letter, if it required
the presence Of the whole militia force in
the state. 1ss4f ASe
Year: 1867

DAVIS ELECTED Kentucky is not after
all so decent as she has had credit for being
After a prolonged contest, the Legislature of
that State yesterday, in joint session, elected
the unmitigated political pest and moral
nuisance, Garret Davis, to succeed himself,
for six years from the 4th of March next
This result was reached Notwithstanding the
fact that Davis had written letter with
drawing his name from the canvass. The
Democratic and Conservative vote was uni
ted upon him. While we consider the con-
tinuance of this disloyal creature in the Sen
ate great public misfortune, it is probably
not to be disputed that he is very faithful
representative of the dominant Party in his
State. Kentucky has repudiated the Con-
stitutional amendment; has refused to con
form its legislation to the principles of the
Civil Rights Bill, and has uniformly given
preference to those of its citizens who were
most attainted by opposition to the generous
measures of the Government. Meaner than
South Carolina, and more malicious than
Georgia, her continuance in the Union was
rather trick, or the result of accident, than
the consequence of patriotic feeling. Garret
Davis has succeeded in making himself
subject of general contempt, but I've is a
good enough representative of the Bourbon
Democracy of Kentucky. Belonging as he
does to the minority of minority, he will
not be capable of doing much mischief in
the Senate.-Al6any Ece Journal.
Year: 1867

LET TIE PUBLIC KNow.-The public
Treasury pays the expenses Of the Commits
sion sent by Gov. Worth to Washington,
and the people have right to know what
that Commission has accomplished for the
benefit of the State. If it has succeeded in
doing good and killing off the radicals, we
would like to know it. We see in the pro-
ceedings of the State Senate last week that
q communication from Hon. Bedford Brown
one of the Commissioners, was read for the
information of the Senate. We think the
people of the State, generally, are entitled to
know the contents of that communication.
Let the public know what the communica-
ton is. Does it advise negro suffrage or
the adoption of the Howard amendment ?
o. with it.


Probably &" the General" (who was one of


Commissioners will condescend to give


public a little light on the subject


var. Dem.
Year: 1867

B6- The easiest and surest manner in
which the Government can put an end
to the numerous stories respecting
Booths being still alive, is by giving up
his body to his mother for burial.
Year: 1867

B~ An exchange thinks General
Canby's order that no one shall be a
juror in his district who has not paid his
taxes for the current year will make the
number of negro jurors small indeed.
Year: 1867

OF QUALIFICATIONS AND DISABILITIES OF rLrcfoEs


SEC 10. Every white male citizen of the United
States, and every white male citizen of Mexico
who shall have been elected to become a citizen
OF the United States under the treaty of peace
exchanged and ratified at Queretaro. on the 3oth
OF May, l84S, of the age of twenty-one years
who shall have been resident of the State six
months next preceding the election, and the
county or district.whch he claims his vote thirty
days, shall be entitled to vote at all elections
which are now or hereafter may be authorized


SEC. IL. For the purpose of voting, no person
shall be deemed to have gained or lost residence
by reason of his presence or absence in the
vice of the United States, nor while engaged in
the navigation of the waters of this State or the
United States, or of the high seas nor while
student of any seminary of learning nor while
kept at an alms-house other asylum nor while
confined in any public prison.


SEC IL. No idiot or insane person, or persons
convicted of any infamous crime shall be entitled
to the privileges of an elector


SEC. 49, crime shall be deemed infamous
which is punishable by death or by imprisonment
in the State Prison.
Year: 1867

The burdens on laboring men are daily
increasing with rapidity truly alarming.
1t is now about all that a laboring man can
DO to make support for himself and fam
lily, yet taxes are largely increased. The
late military despotism bill added more
than one hundred millions to our yearly
taxes, to be wrung from the toll of the
working-men of the country and the rad
ical Legislature of Ohio has added thou
sands of dollars to our taxes, in an effort to
make radical voters out of negroes and to
disfranchIse white men who would be
likely to vote against radicalism. Work
ing-men, are you beasts of burden, that
this load of taxation can be borne without
inquiry or complaint? VIII you continue
to vote for radicalism, and tamely submit
your neck to the yoke If so, toll on,
work on, and forge your chains ofservitude
and degradation But, if you would be
free and wish to be relieved from this great
oppression, vote with the party that stands
pledged that ALL shall be equally taxed,
and has for its motto EQUALITY OF TAXA
TONG -GaILipoLis Dispatch. 10
Year: 1867

y MAN IN A SACK AND a MAD BULL
Peckskill, says an exchange, made Il
very narrow escape from perilous sit
uatiOn Il few days ago. They belonged
to the sporting persuasion, and wished
to know exactly what time could be
made by Il man scwel up in sack, and
to secure Il basis of safe betting they re-
paired to distant field of Il wealthy
citizen, and just as they had got Il young
man sewed up in n sack they heard IL
rumbling noise in the distance. They
took it for distant thunder; but looking
westward one of them saw dust and turt
flying high in the air, as if lifted by &
tempest and in a moment more, n mac
bull, roaring and paving the sod, came
tearing down in the direction of the
company of sports. One of the men
tall, well formed, athletic, and spunky
seized Il rail and went out to meet TIL
adversary; another took to his heel
and made the tallest time on record
another assembled the nearest tree, ou
informant says, feet formost, and tn
poor fellow sewed up in the sack, par
taking of the fears of his flying conrad
fell to the ground and rolled to the bal
way, but could not go further. But tn
bull, awed by the bold front and tlasl


ing eyes of the man of pluck, muscl
and rail, ceased his frightlul demonstrs
tons and became as placid rs lamb IAN


the whole party, to their infinite jo,
came oil without Il scratch.
Year: 1867

OUT west there lived two young fell
lows who painted signs for livelihood.
On certain occasion one of the paint
ers had some out door work to attend
to, and left the shop in charge Of his
partner and boy employed to grind
paints. During his absence, TO crafty
Il whim, the partner painted the boy so
as to represent a large cash upon his
forehead, and II cut over his eye. He be-
spattcred the floor with red paint, clot-
ted the boys hair and made him lie
down in the corner, after which he
painted great dash on his own cheek,
barred his bosom, discarded his dress,
dipped a lOng-bladed knife into the red
paint pot, and patiently awaited the
coming Of his partner: Directly after
wards he heard him at the door, and
then the performance commenced. The
partner looked in at the door, and saw
the boy PROSTATE on the floor, groaning
and crying murder; chairs, benches, ta-
blcs, jugs and paint pots being strewed
around the room in dire confusion,
while the murderous looking partner,
with the red knife in his uplifted hand
was running through the room uttering
wild and incoherent expressions.


1t was evident to the partner at the
door that his partner had killed the
boy. Swift rs lightning he fled from
the horrible scene to obtain assistance,
and Il number of friends were immcdi-
ately mustered, and repaired to th.
scene Of the supposed tragedy. The
crowd augmented as it ncared the shop;
and in walked the whole posse; but in
the meantime everything had been set
to rights; the boy was without Il mark
Of any kind, the room in perfect order,
no marks of blood pcrccptible; and the
man, whowas engaged in letteringa sign
declared his utter ignorance of what the
partner alleged to have occurred. The
company left, limiting to one another
that the man who had seen the sight
must be little touched in the head, or
suffering from illusions caused by too
free use of ardent spirits.
Year: 1867

THE following extract in regard to
delinquent subscribers, we take from an
exchange. 1t speaks the sentiments OF
the press generally, when II says:


Except the cash system is exclusive
ly adopted and vigorously observed, we
know ofno business whose bills are 80
difficult to collect. This is not because
the subscribers are unwilling to pay,
but it is principally owing to neglect.
Each one imagines that because his
years Indebtedness comes to so small Il
sum the printer can not be much ia
want of that, without for a moment
thinking that the fruits of his entire
business are made up of exactly such
little sums, and that the aggregate ofall
the subscribers is by no means an in
considerable amount Of money, and
without which the publisher could no
for single month continue to issue hi
paper"