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Year: 1868

PLANTING AND DIGGING PorAToEs.-
J. WastoE, of Clyde, says in the CLYDE
Times that he has found the shovel-piow
an excellent implement to be used both
iu the planting and digging of potatoes.
The furrow or drill is made by it for the
seed, throwing the earth equally on each
side. The seed is dropped and covered
by hand and cultivated level for time.
The billing is nearly performed by means
of the shovel-plow passing once between
the rows, which finishes them until dig
ging time. The same implement is then
used by attaching two walking
OIL either side of the row. He asserted
that this throws out the potatoes in
quite as convenient position for picking
as when dug out by the costly, complex,
patent potato diggers, seen on exhibition
at the fairs. Very few are afterwards
found with the potato hook, which fol-
lows to make sure that none are left.
Alternate rows are to be plowed for this
purpose, so that none will be covered by
plowing the two rows contiguously.
Practice has proved this method mat
ter Of great economy.
Year: 1868

SECRET OF FEET.-Many of the colds
which people are said to catch commence
at the feet. To keep these extremities
warm, therefore, is to effect an insurance
against the almost interminable list of
disorders which spring out of a 'sslight
cold. First, never be tightly shod.
Boots and shoes when they fit closely
press against the foot, and prevent the
free circulation of the blood. When, on
the contrary, they do not embrace the
root too tightly, the blood gets fair play;
and the spaces left bstween the leather
and the stocking are filed with COM
fortabla supply of warm air. The sec
ond rule is, never SIT in damp shoes. It
is often imagined that, unless they are
posivitely wet, it is not necessary to
change them while the feet are at rest.
This is fallacy; for, when :he least
c ampness is absorbed into the sole, it is
attracted further to the foet itself by its
own heat, and thus perspiration is dam
gerously checked. Any person may
prove this by trying the experiment Of
neglecting this rule, and his feet Will be-
come cold and damp after few mo-
ments, although, on taking off the shoe.
and examining, it will appear quite dry,


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Year: 1868

Row AMONGST SoLDIERs.-A corporal and
sergeant, from Camp Grant, attempted to
arrest two drunken soldiers on Eighteenth
street yesterday afternoon, and meeting
with resistance, considerable force had to
be used. During the melee the corporal
inflicted very severe wound in the hand
of one of the soldiers. They were finally
captured and marched off up the street un-
der guard.
Year: 1868

HEAVY SHIPMENTS OF WHIsKET.-We
learn that within the last few weeks very
large amount of whiskey-over one thou
sand barrels-has been shipped to New
York. The next steamer leaving this port
for New York will carry cargo consisting
in large part of whiskey.
Year: 1868

PHILADELPHIA, June 2, 1868.


The meeting Of the National Board Of Trade will
commence In this city tomorrow morning at eleven
o'clock The sessions will be held in the FOYER ofthe
Academy of Music, and will probably be continued
several days. The most ample provision has been
I'M ade for the entertainment OF the delegates Bust.
ness will be transacted during mornings, and In the
afternoons the visitors vii be escorted to various
noon they visit Paramount Park; Friday evening VIII
be grand banquet at the Academy OF Music, gwen
by the city; on saturday trip made along tne Deis
next week an excursion through the coal region.
Year: 1868

the order in which they are named. on the
Secretary of the Treasury, on the Secretary
OF war, on the Secretary of the Navy, on
the Secretaiy of the Interior. on the POST
master and Attorney Generals; and such
officer on whom the powers and duties of
the President shall devolve, in accordance
with the foregoing provisions, shall then
act as President until the disability shall be
removed or a President shall be elected, as
Is or may be provided TOR by the second
sectlon. y


/. PEG. Q. ana De le further resolved, that
Articie Il Section ., pc worried so as to read
Year: 1868

We ask the careful reading, by
every qualified voter of either
political party, of the following
questions:


Why is the burden of taxation
SO oppressive, and employment
scarce?


Why are there today hundreds
of thousands of white men and
women living in dread of starva-
ton within the present year?
Why are thirty millions of white
men taxed for the special benefit
of a class who pay no taxes on the
great bulk of their property?


Why should there be over two
thousand millions of dollars ex-
empt from taxation?


If the negroes are fit for free
dom, why has a great poor house
system for their support to be
kept up at the expense of indus
try been adopted?


If the war was prosecuted for
the preservation of the Union,
why are ten States kept out of it !?


Let the answer, as your own
heart and intelligence suggest, be
given in November next.
Year: 1868

Some of the Radical papers pro-
fess to be highly pleased that the
New York Herald does not sup
-portGov. Seymour for President,
and they are making quite a blow
over the fact. 1t would proba.
bly, interest their readers if these
Radical papers would let them
see what the Herald said of Grant
as late as the 9th inst. The Her
aid then said:


sit is one of the signs of the
times that General Grant, on his
late trip from Washington to Gin
cinnati, in the cars, although an
nounced that he was on the road,
was not noticed at any one OF the
stations between the two cities
not even in the great Radical city
to which he was bound! There
was not even a bouquet sent to
him by a lady! The fact IS, the
people haze nearly forgotten he IS a
candidate"
Year: 1868

With some difficulty the young
IMAM succeeded in making the en-.
raged animal lose his hold, and
could find no other means of calm.
ling him except by carrying him
out of the room. But before they
had gone a hundred steps Bristol
left his master, returned to the cafe,
and again attacked the stranger.
Once more the young man was O.
bliged to employ force to separate
the dog from his enemy.


Amongt the witnesses of this terri.
bic scene there happened to be a
commercial gentleman who had
formerly been intimately acquaint-
ed with the paper merchant. Pale
and trembling with emotion, he
approached the young man and
enquired in whisper, "When
your father took his unfortunate
journey to Toulon had he this
dog with him ?"


eyes," replied the paper-mer-
chants son. "Bristol even reached
our house before the disaster which
has ruined us was known"


During this secret conversation
Bristol, whom his master held in
check by means of a rope tied
round his neck, made extraordina-
ry efforts to get loose.


81 may be mistaken" the other
continued, "but it is just possible
this man may be your fathers
murderer. Remain here while all
these people are talking among
themselves about what has hap
pened; | will run to the Commits
saire de Police for a force sufficient
to arrest the man."


In a quarter of an hour he
came lack with a posse of men,
who surrounded and filled the pub
lie house. The suspected individ-
ual was at once arrested and con-
Quoted forthwith to prison. On
searching him they found upon him
the paper merchants watch and
several other trinkets which were
identified as having been his prop
erty. The possession of these ar
ticles was a strong presumption of
the prisoners guilt; but it was al
so proved that, on the day of the
murder, he had been met by lit
tie girl as he came out of the forest
of Coginou. Other corroborative
evidence turned up. He was
found guilty and condemned to
death. After strong and reitera-
ted protestations of innocence, he
avowed the crime to his confessor
at the last moment, as he was
mounting the very steps OF the
scafold.
Year: 1868

Gen. F. P. Blair, the Democratic
nominee for the Vice Presidency,
in recent letter to Col. James o.
Broadhead, gives expression to
the following strong language:
There is but one way to restore
the Government and the Constitu-
ton, and that is for the President
elect to declare these acts null
and void, compel the army to un-
do its usurpation at the South,
disperse the carpet-bag State gov
ernments, allow the white people
to reorganize their own govern
ments and elect Senators and Rep
resentatives. The House Of Rep
resentatives will contain a majority
Of Democrats from the North, and
they will admit the Represents
tives elected by the white people
of the South, and with the CO.
operation of the President it will
not be difficult to compel the SEN
ate to submit once more to the OBJ
legations of the Constitution. It
will not do to withstand the public


judgment, if distinctly invoked
and clearly expressed, ON this
fundamental issue, and it is the
sure way to avoid all future strife
to put this issue plainly to the
country.
Year: 1868

A rich farmer of Calais, Maine,
aged sixty-fve, recently married
a second wife who is only nineteen
years of age. A daughter by bis
first wife is forty years cid and her
daughter aged twenty is about to
be married. Thus there is a child
who is twenty-one years older than
her mother, and a grandmother
one year younger than her grand
daughter.
Year: 1868

A well-to-do farmer living in
Lewis Valley, Wisconsin, the faith
er of two children, poisoned him.
self because the idol of his heart,
a pretty little girl, would not have
him. He willed his fortune to the
cause of all his sorrow.
Year: 1868

A man who is in the habit of


taking note of whatever he sees,
added up the aggregate amount
wagered by seven young men in a
drinking saloon in Cleveland, and
found it to be $742,O00. They
were waiting for some one to come
with money enough to "treat." :"
Year: 1868

At Marrowbone, ILL.,, a teacher
recently beat little girl unmerci-
fully because she would not say
naughty" fifty times. For this
the father beat the teacher severe
ly. The teacher was fined ten
dollars and cost for beating the
child; the father fifteen dollars
and cost for beating the teacher.
Year: 1868

A boy living near Salem, WASH
ington county, N. Y, was kicked
In the mouth with such force by a
horse that the forward part of his
jaw was completely broken of,
and dropped into his mouth.
Year: 1868

sLet us have peace" say
Grants fuglemen-aping their
leader.


Who hinders you? You have
Congress by more than two-thirds
of either branch. The President
is not in your way, for you can and
do override all his vetoes. The
Supreme Court is not in your way,
for you can and do abridge its ju.
risdiction. The army is not in
your way, for you created Grant
dictator in the Southern desert
which you have in ten States and
call peace. These powers you
have and have had for three years,
thus utterly unimpeded have you
been on every hand. you wanted
peace, why didn't tyou give us peace.
Year: 1868

ATTORNEY GHSERAL EvARTs has not yet
considered what effect the recent proclamation
of the President will have upou the motion
now pending IN the Supreme Court to quash
whether it does or does not relieve the court
from the necessity OF disposing OF this motion
Year: 1868

The season at Pixies so far has been very
successful, taking into account the horrible
state Of the weather since the opening night.
There Is one significant feature about the opera
house on the west side of town. Since ito
opening there has not been single instance OF
an artist suffering from indisposition by singing
in the Opera House, remarkable contrast to
its rival in Irving place, where hundreds Of
voices are entombed forever A promising
debit will take place at Pixies tonight. Madame
Eliza Lumley, sister Of the well known London
impresario, will appear in "n Trovatore," as
Azucena, for the first time in opera in America.
She comes with many fattering endorsements
of her abilities by the European public and
press, and in Italy and London her success was
Of a character which must at least excite atten-
ton and interest in her American debit
tonight. The part Of the gypsy In the
''Trovatore' is one well calculated to display
the singing and acting abilities of contraltoi
and as the management has already surprised
and gratifed us with such an artist as Madame
States there is every reason to hope for
similar surprise in the contralto line. II
Messrs. Pike & Harrison carry out to tha
fullest extent their arrangements for the pro-
duction Of "Lurline," Wallace's magnificent
work, they will create the greatest sensation
that has ever taken place in the annals of opera
in New York. They purpose bringing ont the
opera in Italian, English and German success
sively, and having the chorus, orchestra and
mise en- scsne of unexceptionable power and
effect If they do so there is not the slightest
doubt of the success Of the opera but if such
work is brought out in a parsimonious and
Ineffective manner there cannot be any doubs
of its failure. The well known enterprise and
business talent Of the management are, how
ever, a hopeful guarantee Of it's success. On
Monday next La Grange, Brignoli and Orlan-
DIM return to the Academy, and such trio of
artists may justly receive warm welcome
back to the metropolis The spring may exer-
else beneficial influence on the financial
prospects Of Italian opera in the metropolis for
the balance of the season.
Year: 1868

It is perhaps fortunate for Congress that
there are two issues of Importance before
them bearing upon the name "Alabama." /"
One is the question of the alabama. claims
against England, and the other the question of
Alabamas claims for complete restoration
to the Union. The former has absorbed a
large portion of the attention of the State
Department, thereby relieving, in some
measure, the anxiety Of Congressman on that
point; while the latter has been exclusively
confined to Congress, thus correspondingly
relieving the anxiety OF the Secretary Of State.
In the meantime the people are kept upon the
tiptoe of expectation regarding final results.
Shall the claims against England Cor the dcprc-
dations of the rebel cruiser Alabama be
enforced? Shall the claims Of the State Of
Alabama for rehabilitation in the Union he
acknowledged? These are the questions. It
is somewhat singular that while liberal
spirit il manifested In the British Parliament
concerning the former, on illiberal spifii should
be exhibited in Congress against the latter.
A fair solution of both questions would be
for the British government to admit the
claims of the sufferers by the ravages OF the
rebel cruiser on the seas, and for the radicals
In Congress TO admit the claims of the State of
Alabama to full afiiation within the bonds of
tho Jruinu
Year: 1868

TESNEssEE-RUM AND RADIcALIsM. There
is whiskey rebellion in East Tennessee.
So strong and determined is the resistance
TO the revenue authorities that the collector has
to call upon the military, and the tax can only
be gathered with the assistance of cavalry.
AT the same time the elections in the county in
which this whiskcy strife RACES show the only
strong radical majorities that have been heard
Of for year or 50. Republican majorities and
resistance to law are thus seen to go together,
and despite the canting notion that that party
has all the morality there is seen to be an
unequivocal relationship between free rum and
roaring radicalism.
Year: 1868

Senate on Monday thnt he had accomplished
his purpose" lis purpose was apparently to
show the Senate how little common sense much
study had left in him; at least we must assume
that to have been his purpose, as he" accom-
plshed' nothing else This Legislator had the
insane impudence to object to the admission Of
Year: 1868

The Impeachment-BIr. JOhnson's Course


II seems TO be the universal opinion at Wash
ington that the impeachment trial of President
Johnson will end in his condemnation and
removal. This result is believed to be certain,
not upon the weight of the charges against the
accused, but simply because the acquittal OF
the republican party out Of its own mouth. de
must be sacrificed to save the party from imme-
date Generalization and dissolution.


What, then, is the course which he should
pursue in regard to this trial? It is given out
tnat through his counsel he will first declare his
readiness to. 60 on at once with the trial;
secondly, that he will object to every Senator
as juror who has pronounced judgment
already upon his case; thirdly, that he will
object to being tried before Senate in which ten
States have no representation; and that, lastly,
in being overruled on these points, as he will
be, Mr.. Johnson win " firmly refuse to proceed
with his trial, asserting that in such a court
justice cannot be done him, and will then
hand in his resignation and appeal directly to
the people to sustain him against the radical
House by which he has been impeached, the
radical Senate before which he has been called
to answer as a prisoner at the bar, and against
the republican party at large and its revolu-
tionary measures and schemes"


Such, it is reported, is the course which Mr..
Johnson has concluded to pursue. 1t will give
him the opportunity to place upon the record
of the court his justification of the acts for
which he stands indicted, his objections to his
judges and jury, and his opinion of the incom-
pleteness of the tribunal in which ten States
have no voice. 1t strikes US, however, that all
this can be done in resignation of his Office
at once, embracing the reasons for the step.
The resignation would doubtless be at once
accepted and the Indictment quashed. This
proceeding, perhaps, would involve an import
ant gain Of valuable time to the radicals; but
in this view the margin of time gained would
be of greater Importance to Mr.. Johnson. AS
regards the Presidential contest, the republican
candidate is already as good as nominated, and
Grant is the man. The democrats are all
adrift; but they are busy in the work of COM
pairing notes between this man, that man and
the other. This is the time, therefore, for a
movement on the part of Mr.. johnson which
will cause the democratic managers to consider
his claims; and in giving up. his Office and
appealing from the Senate to the people he
would compel the democratic managers to make
his vindication, his policy and his cause in the
Presidential fight; their cause against this radi-
cal Congress and the party of which it is the
embodiment. In this view time is everything
to Mr.. Johnson; for he may lose his last
chance by delay.
Year: 1868

Curious Evidence About Cleaning the Streets.


While we do not think that the investigation
of the Senatorial Committee upon the condi-
ton of the streets will exercise many beneficial
effects, it has certainly elucidated some curious
evidence that may account for the unsatis-
factory manner in which one important branch
of our sanitary affairs is attended to. Mr.
Jackson S. Schultz, for instance, ex-President of
the Board of Health, stated that in his opinion
no contract could be drawn up by which the
streets of New York could be kept clean under
all circumstances; that no use of words could
bind the contractor to any bargain which might
not be violated under various conditions of
weather, sickness, epidemics, and so forth.
1t is not the first time that similar views have
been expressed, nor are we without examples
that the contract system has failed to give us
clean streets. But why should it be SO? Why
should this city be in a worse plight than any
other with all its facilities for being clean
and the liberal outlay which the people do not
grumble to make? 1t must be because corrup-
ton so thoroughly pervades all public depart
ments that no confidence can be reposed in any
quarter. Mr. Whiting is anxious to give up
his contract because it does not pay him
and because his. family are annoyed. Very
good reasons. 1t certainly does not pay the
city to make what appeared to be a liberal
contract and yet have impossible streets.


The remedy which Mr.. Schultz proposes is
that the Commissioners of Police should be
H.
the large force of policemen at their command,
who could act as inspectors, and being always
on the spot would be in position to exercise
q constant supervision over the subc contract
ors, workmen, carts, horses, dirty streets
and all. Perhaps they could; but have not
the police enough to do already? 1t is their
duty, we believe to see that the city ordi-
nances against placing distractions on the
sidewalks are observed and to enter COM
plants against those who violate them; yet
the sidewalks are constantly blocked up with
bales, barrels, rubbish, and often more
offensive material, for days together, and
nobody seems TO take the trouble to remove
them. Though the police may have the best
opportunities to observe the filthy condition of
the streets, II does not follow that they would
desire to improve It by any active exertions on
their part. Many other suggestions were
made also about the use of Croton water, and
so forth; but we do not see any reason to hope
for better things from the labors of the
Senatorial Committee. Our streets have been
taking care OF themselves for q long time, with
the occasional assistance of a shower of rain.
Now, we presume, they must depend for i'm
provement upon good thaw and kind Provi-
dence.
Year: 1868

the administration of the Treasury Department
or to the demands of the bondholding capital
lists, we see nothing but incapacity AID ruinous
exactions upon the industry of the country.
Year: 1868

Schuyler Colfax said in 1854:


But they say 1--WE are for the Union
as it was" /, too, am for the Union
as it was, and the reason oppose the
recognition of the Confederacy is be-
cause | will not consent that single
star shall be plucked from the azure
blue of our national banner. They
are all to be there, and every star TO
represent q State. Ii you want any
of those stars pluoked out and your
flag trampled under foot, you should
select some other man for Representa-
tive, for | never, no, never, shall con-
sent to it. But If these men mean by
the Union as it was, the hanging Of
men in Texas for daring to vote for
the Presidency of their choice, then
AM not in favor of the Union as it was.
II they mean the right to mob and
murder men from the North because
they believe in the Declaration of In
dependence, then | am not in favor Of
the Union as it was. If they mean
by it the right to commit all manner
of outrages on peaceable, law-abiding
citizens from the North because they
happen to hold different views from
them, then l am not in favor Of the
Union as il was.
Year: 1868

/. G-A mowerin Luzerne county, Pa
the oeheg day cut a rattlesnake IN
two With his scythe. On the return
swarth he took hold of the piece to
which the head was attached, when
he was bitten on the thumba piece Of
flesh being taken completely out. a.
bandage was placed tightly round tho
arm, when tho poison caused the band
to burst, and could not be presentod
from penetrating beyond the bandage
and reaching the
Year: 1868

1t seems to us that the following
is worthy of the defunct but never
forgotten Wouton Van Twiller:


'It the jury believe. from the ey-
idcncc, that the plaintiff and de-
fendant were partners in the grocery
and that the plaintiff bought out
the defendant, and gave him his note
for the interest, and the defendant
paid for the note by delivering to
the plaintiff a cow, which he war
ranted not breachy, and the wrran-
ty was broken by reason Of the
breachiness Of the COW. and he drove
the COW back and rendered her to
the defendant, but he refused to re-
ceive her, and the plaintiff took her
home again and put . heavy yoke
on her to prevent her jumping fences,
and by reason Of the yoke she broke
her neck and died; aud if the jury
further believe that the defendant s
interest in the grocery was worth
anything, the plaintiffs note was
worthless and the COW good for
nothing, either for beef or milk, then
the jury must find out themselves
how they will dcide tho ,ase; for the
court, if she understands herself
and she thinks she does-don't know
how such a case should be decided. F"