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Year: 1867

The evidence in the Surratt case is develop
ing some fresh points Of interest. Beverly
Tucker and General Ripley are brought in
closer connection with the prisoner than they
will probably like, and boast Of Surratt's Is
testified to that he got 100000 from the Con-
fedcrate Secretary, Benjamin. That is perhaps
why the little Jew made up his mind to go to
the English bar instead of manfully facing the
music here. Colorado Jewett also figures in
the narrative Of Surratt's voyage to Liverpool.
His sailing on the same vessel was, Of course,
occidental; but the Statement, Of he fact Ia
Year: 1867

suggestive of discomfort to that disinterested
patriot and diplomatist We expect to have
plenty more of these disclosures before the
trial is over. Possibly they may disturb the
tranquility ofsome of our New York politicians
and journalists.
Year: 1867

yKlHE FLORENCE E WAS AWARDED
Il the First and Highest Premium at the state FAR
of California the only Fair on the Pacific coast at which
anv two double thread Sewing Uachines were exhibited
in competition in 1865.
THE FLORENCE received the only premuIum swar-
ded py the Mechanics institute Of San Francisco. IN
1864 and 1865. to any Sewing Machine Company or
agent The claim Of a competitor to medal is without
any foundation whatever.


Wherever the Florence has been brought in compet-
zion with other Sewing Machines it has always been
declared the best II the most simple the most sub
sartia the most efficient and its is easily learned
Every Machine sold guaranteed in the fun sense Of
the word


Send for circulars and samples Of work


SAMUEL J. HILL. General agent
Iy-e2 Ill, Montgomery street. San Francisco
Year: 1867

The following remedy for the hop
louise is given by correspondent Of the
American Farmer: II would lay before
you a remedy for the hop louise that l
have jus. received from England, con-
sisting of a simple decoctiOn of tobacco,
strong enough to kill ticks on sheep, or
the blue louise on colts or calves. 1t is
equally effective against vermin on hop
vines, or the worms which feed on cur
rant bushes" One gentleman writes:
ave use strong soap suds made with
soft soap and tobacco water, with one
pound of copperas to every five gallons
of the liquor" This is applied to the
vine when trained on the horizontal
plan, by a syringe, OF if on the old plan
of long poles, with force pump or gar.
der engine pump, TO throw the liquid
with force against the under side of the
leaves, as the louise is there first. |
have full confidence in the remedy, and
would recommend every hop grower to
be prepared for the vermin if they make
their appearance.
Year: 1867

Many think that horses that are kept
in the stable all summer should not be
allowed to eat grass. They think it will
make the horse soft, wishy-washy and


il will throw him out of condition


for hard work. This is particularly the
case with some of the trainers Of tro:-
ting and running horses. And horses
that are kept for farm and other work
are refused grass because their drivers
think they will not eat hay 80 we'll.
This was formerly the case, more than
it is now. But these are all erroneous
opinions and practices, and are giving
away, gradually, to y more reasonable
and natural system of feeding. Grass
is the natural food of the horse. 1t is
cooling and healthful food. II keeps
the bowels open and sharpens the appe-
tite. 1t promotes digestion and re-
moves fever from the system. There
fore, by all means, let the horses nip
grass fifteen or twenty minutes daily.
Whether training for trotting or run
ming, it will be attended with the high
est benefit. The horses will lose none
of their speed by such course of treat
ment. Horses that are kept up the year
round for farm work should certainly
be allowed nice nibble at grass every
day. They work hard, and all they get
for it is something to eat. Let them
have, then, what they all like SO well.
Year: 1867

Henry Ward Beecher says: 1t may
be laid down as general rule that
amuseInents which separate the sexes
are dangerous. would not press the
truth too narrowly and literally; but
undoubtedly it is general truth that
where woman seek their amusements
in one way by themselves, and men
seek theirs in another way by them
selves, there is both ways a tendency
to degeneration and temptation. God
meant that man and wOwan should
live together, work together, and i'll all
the functions of life-civil, social, re-
ligious. artistic, and iutellectual-cO-
operate with each other; and their nu-
tual relations are harmOnizing and bal
ancing. and nowhere else more than in
the seeking and prosecution OF amuse-
ment. believe that boys and girls
should 90 to school together. AS they
sit together in the household, so | think
they should sit together in our temples
of learning. Colleges should not be for
all men or for all women, but the same
buildings aud the same professors
should be provided for both III common.
And as it is in everything else, so it
should be in amusements. There is
much greater liability to temptation
and immortality where amusem mt is
sought in the isolation or separation OF
the sexes.


Therefore all exhibitions of pictures
and statues, all provisions for public re-
creation, all institutions for pnblic
amusement, should be such as to enable
the people to go in gronps and families.


do not think amusements can be
good generally in community i'll which
a man is ashamed TO take his whole fam
ily to them. If there is anything you
would not like your wife and children
to participate in with you, the presump-
ton is that it is wrong; and if there is
anything You would like them to par
ticipate in with you, the presumption is
that it is right. And this might be
made a rule of judgment far more
widely than il now is.
Year: 1867

SEED SAVING must not be forgotten.
Seeds should be collected OH dry day
and exposed in q warm, airy room, mp
on paper trays. When perfectly dry
there is no better plan of preserving
them than in brown paper bags, which
should be hung up where neither frost
nor damp can injure them. There can
he no doubt that the amount of care be-
slowed upon the collection and keeping
of seeds will materially influence the
growth of the plants and the lnxuriance
of the flowers next year.
Year: 1867

CRANBERRY wine taken internally
and applied externally is announced as
a cure for scrofula. To make the wine,
take the ripe berries, mash them in a
mortar to fine pulp, put it into stone
lar, and add one quart of water to two
quarts of berries stir it we'll; set away
and let stand n week then strain it
through cotton, and you have beauti-
full wine, which, with little sugar,
makes a wholesome drink, at once cool
ing and palatable. 1t does not ferment
Year: 1867

New RecOnstructiOn Bill.


1t is stated that bill isinow being framed, to
be reported in day OF two, that will he free
from the Objectionable features which are con-
tanned in the bill now under consideration. and
which. it is thought, will meet the views of all
the Republican members. Judging from
conversations had with several leading members
Of the House, it would appear that the misun-
derstanding between Congress and the President
is fast approaching a crisis. They think that
too long time has been consumed in useless
delay; and it matters not whether the bill intro
duced by Mr.. Stavens, the substitute for it
offered by Mr.. Banks, or any other bill ooinc'd-
ing with the views of the Republican party, be
passed, some such measure will become law
before this session closes. The President in
either case, will be placed in the unavoidable
position OF being forced TO execute the law thus
enacted, or positively refuse to do so. If he
enforces the law he must abandon the policy he
has so long been endeavoring to carry out, and
if he fails to enforce it he will furnish good and
undisputable grounds for his impeachment and
removal.


The Tariff Bill.


as it came from the Senate, will be accepted by
the Committee OF Ways and Means of the
House, with but few amendments. The iron
and steel men are said to be satisfied with the
bill as it now stands, but the wool men expect
to obtain the duties which were recommended
in the House bill, both on the wool and manu-
features of wool. The agents of the latter
parties Will have an interview with the Com
mittee tomorrow for the purpose of obtaining
this change, and they claim that 1t will be made
and concurred in by the Senate. The Western
members will have good reason to oppose the
passage of either of the bills, as it Is notorious
that they discriminate in favor of the rich and
against the consumer of moderate means; and
as the opposition will generally vote against
the bill, It's fate is very uncertain. AS an in
stance of the discrimination in favor of the rich
and against the consumer of moderate means,
may be mentioned the item Of woollen coatings.
While the duty is raised from fiity-six to sixty
five per cent on cloth costing $2'40 per yard in
gold, it is raised from seventy-three to ninety
seven per cent. on cloth costing but $l'0S per
yard; and on cloth costing $2'60 per yard in
gold the duty is sixty-nine per cent, while the
cloth costing eighty cents in gold has to pay
duty of eighty-six per cent.
Year: 1867

THE INSANE AsYLUM.-If a 1.-THE OF
what we hear reported is true, the condition
Of the Insane Asylum, under the patronage
of the Territory, is disgrace to our common
humanity. The inmates, as we are informed,
receive little or no medical attention, and
the provision made for their personal cons
fort and subsistence. is Of the most indiffer-
cot character. We further hear that. females
confined in the Asylum have been compelled
to minister to the lust of their keepers, and
that 10 one instance an unfortunate woma n,
bereit of reason, has given birth to a child,
the paternity Of which is directly traced to
an official connected with the institution.
We know not whether these reports be true,
and we only advert to them now for the pur
pUse of awakening attention aud securing
an investigation that will either set them
at rest or bring about a reform in the
management Of the institution.


We take the above from the Walla Walla
Statesman. Personally we know nothing
about the matter. We trust and believe
however that the allegations are wholly un-
founded, or grossly exaggerated. The chare-
es are Of very grave character, and if there
Is even a reasonable suspicion of their truth,
justice 10 the parties accused, to the public,
aud every consideration of humanity demand
an investigation and that right speedily.


Since writing the above we have taken
the trouble TO call on, and enquire of several
persons living in the neighborhood of the
Asylum, who are now here attending Court,
and fad they fully cou6rm the belief above
expressed by us, except in one particular
and in that case there is no sufficient reason
for supposlng the grave Ofense spoken of
BY the Statesman is chargeable to "anY
official connected with the institution There
are, no doubt, two sides to this question.
There may have been failures on the part of
contractors for want Of experience; there
may have been intentional neglect, but we
thiLk not There may be insufhciency in
the plan aud arrangements Of the institution,
10 carry out the desired results, which ought
to be looked to and remedied, aud it may be
that the Territory Las failed to meet its
engagements with the contractors in such
a manner as to enable them to 90 it. But
it is the duty Of the Governor under the
law to appoint three Commissioners, whose
business it Is TO make quarterly examina-
tUnS Into the condition OF the Institution.
This We understand has been done, and the
quarterly examinations have been made, ex.
cept perhaps in a single instance, on account
Of the removal of Mr.. Burbank, one of the
late Commissioners, from the Territory, aud
some disability We do not now recollect what,
occurring 10 another. Butother Commissions
ers have been appointed, aud we trust they
will do their duty and through them, that
the public may be honestly advised of the
facts in the case, and the contractors acquit-
ted or condemned as the facts may warrant.
We are at liberty 10 add, on the authority
OF persons conversant with the facts that
the Commissioners have uniformly found
the general Management. and condition of
the Asylum to their entire satisfaction
RancOucer Register.
Year: 1867

A NEWSPAPER SPECULATIoN.-Ac circu-
lar announces that the publication of the
Helena Herald has been suspended. The
proprietor states that in less than year he
has expended $4,000 on the paper, and
even after this liberal outlay, despairing of
making it pay, he deems it best to suspend
publication. The Herald was the leading
radical paper in the Territory, and its demise
would seem TO indicate that the people of
Montana are not partial to that kind of lit
erature.
Year: 1867

OrERY.-An exchange says that the First Ma,
healthy state than at present" This is all well
enough, but the people wish to know whether
the Bank ever was really healthy? The impress
zion hereabouts is that the thing was got mp to
be run until such time as it would pay to bust
up. How about that overdraft ou tie Bank of
CnlifnrniA2
Year: 1867

SCHOOL MEETING.-Oue or two written
notices are stuck up around town, announcing
that school meeting will be held 1t the
school room to day, Friday,-hour not stated. .
It is desirable that school meetings be well ats
tended, and if the Clerk will take the trouble to
send US the notices, will publish them free
Of charge The meeting for to day, we suggest
he held at 6cleck in the evening, ut which
time all those who take an interest in popular
education should he in attendance.
Year: 1867




Stock Exchange and towards the close they barely
steady At the counters OF the leading dealers In them,
however, moderately active business transacted.


The general merchandise markets in a depressed
condition; but there has been steady improvement in
the dry goods trade during the week, Notwithstanding
the decline Ia cotton abroad moderately active
business reported In domestic goods adapted 70 the
season. and the signs favorable to greater activity
and better prices In the event Of further decline in
cotton taking place. Stocks Of goods however, still
heavy and the uncertainty attending the political and
financial future ndisposes country buyers 10 do more
than supply thcr current necessities The foreign dry
goods importations during last month were only two-
thirds large those for the corresponding month 10
1s66 last week they larger scale, and good
authorities anticipate On active business for some weeks
TO come-partly in consequence Of importers having
sent out orders earlier than they otherwise would have
DONE TO escape tho provisions Of the Tariff bill; and
this Apprehension has aso influenced the removal Of
goods from bond; hence the stock in warehouse has
been reduced to the extent Of about three and half
millions. M sMW


The highest OF the loading stocks sold at tho
first Of the Exchange each Saturday OF the
last four weeks were as folows:--
Year: 1867

with all necessary out houses, also a
STORE HOUSE Of good size, in which
large business has been done for num-
Der Of years-also a small house with a
lot attached all of which property may
bc sold together or separately to suit pur-
chascrs.
Year: 1867

ken. The injury to them and the State would
be incalculable. They will try every lawful
meaas to save themselves from ruin. Meet
ings are to be called throughout the lower part
Of the State to give expression to the senti-
ments of the people, and the Legislature and
Congress will be applied to to redress their
wrongs
Year: 1867

BROKEN INTo.-The Depot at Dover was
broken into on Saturday night. The ticket Of
nee was robbed Of about dollar. An effort
was made to open the safe, but failed. The
knob of the safe was broken off.
Year: 1867

DESPERATE AssAULr-On Thursday night
last, at New Castle, three men fell upon Riggs
the man convicted of incest with his daughter
sentenced to be hung, respited, and after a
lengthy term of Imprisonment pardoned. and
beat him in shocking manner, finishing the
assault by throwing him over a wall. The
assailants made their way towards this city. but
up to the, time of our going to press none of
them had been arrested. Commercial
Year: 1867

5-Dr. Browne having long admired q
very beautiful young lady, made point
of always giving her for his toast. Be
ing told it was time to change it, he re-
piled, 81 believe it is; for though have
been toasting her for these twenty years,
have not been able to make her brown
yet."
Year: 1867

(this day) the chief would not leave without the Lieutenant accompanying him to his camp and 10 let him see the place where he intended his tribe to settle. They may set tie tEe Lieutenant, for all l know, before he comes back as he went alone with them Still they may be honest enough in their own way and mean peace. The officers seem to think so

 This is Sunday and the mail has arrived, but nary MINER.

 hear the Arachcs stole somc horses from Camp Mcdowell the other day-rathcr good commencement, after friendship shown here. The health of the men Is not go good as it was; the flour issued is of the worst quality and after pertaking of it the men complain of cramps and diarrhea. The contractor that filled his pork barrels with salt and sand and got Penitcniiary for so doing, acted honestly in comparison with men supplying flour that will produce such painful results. The greater part of it could not be used, SO the Indians got it and much good may it do them. I'd like to see some more l know fed on it for some time; they call it Sonora flour, but say 70 sesor. Weather for the past two days wet and continues to be so. RENO.
Year: 1867

THE Coon FAITH OF CONGRESS- Senator
Frelinghuysen, Of New Jersey, adds his
voice to that of Senator Wilson and others
who declare that the reconstruction act OF
the last Congress will be finality if IT Is
accepted by the South. He says the faith
Of the nation is pledged tothe readmlssion
of the southern States to the Union, and
of their representatives to Congress, upon
their compliance with the terms of this


law. The voice Of the people on this sub


ect is nearly unanimous. The attempts
of Mr.. Stevens and others to throw doubt
upon il, and to insist upon other and more
stringent terms, meet with very little sue
cess at the North. The only mischief they
are doing is in the southern States, where
extreme men are trying to prevent practi-
cal reconstruction by holding up this bug
bear to the southern people. In some
localities they are quoting the declarations
of Mr.. Stevens with some effect, but we
do not believe they will seriously check
the work of Reorganization which is now
going on with gratifying prospects OF COM
plete success. Senator Frelinghuysen has
also declared himself in favor of an amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States declaring that no State shall have
power to deprive any citizen Of the right
of suffrage on account of color or race.
lie thinks that in this way universal suf-
trage may be secured to the colored race
in the North, as it has been in the South
Neu York Times.
Year: 1867

THE NEW YORK TINES ON THE RICHMOND
RIoT.-The Richmond correspondent OF
the New York Times gave very fair ac-
count of the riot here last week where
upon the editor of that paper, leading
Republican journal, makes the following
welltimed comments:


"Nor are we at liberty to consider the
question of responsibility for the altered
state of things an Open question. 1t is not
the effect of the mere possession OF free
dom. 1t is, distinctly and unequivocally,
the consequence of the teaching of ultra
Radical emisSaries, who, under the pre-
tence of instructing the negro as to his
rights, are filling him with an over-eSti-
mate of his Importance, and wild ideas of
enrichment and supremacy. Left to him
self, perhaps Sambo might be lazy until
experience taught him the necessity OF
Industry as the alternative of starvation.
But his disposition, without prompting
and guidance, is not prone to assert
mastery over white men or the right to
live out of white mems accumulated
property. For these manifestations, as
now occurring in Virginia, we must seek
an explanation in the appeals OF dema-
gogues and incendiaries, who preach the
disfranchisement of the whites as pun
ishment for rebellion, and the distribution
of their lands as recompense for the sut-
fering loyalty of the blacks. We do not
apply the remark indiscriminately to north
ern politicians addressing southern colored
audiences. We know that Senator Wilson,
for example, demands neither wholesale
disfranchisement nor "a mild measure OF
confiscation." That gentleman is not the
type of the class of whom we speak. Hun
nicutt, Of Virginia, is much nearer the
mark. lie and such as he are unceasng
in their endeavors to organize the blacks
as a party that shall hereafter control
southern affairs, and with this view they
teach the superiority of the negroes as a
race, with all their ignorance and semi
savage vices, over the whites among whom
they dwell. The first fruits of these en-
deavors may be seen in the claim of the
New Orleans negroes to the offices, and in
the turbulent insolence of their brethren
in Virginia."
Year: 1867

How TO GET COOP SERVANTS. Miss Rye,
the female philanthropist, says: "On all
sides hear the cry of the scarcity of SER
wants; but do your readers know that in a
certain not over-large town in the north
west of England one lady alone has within
the last four years manufactured over a
thousand servants, upon every one of
whom she can lay her hand this day and
say "This girl is respectable member
of society,"" and that, too, by the very
simple process which am trying to carry
out myself-viz. by catching the young
before they fall into bad hands, and giving
them an outfit and a fair start in life.
Year: 1867

FREE MEDICINE.-Many poor sufferers,
whose bodies are racked with pain and
disease, but lack the necessary money to
procure means for the alleviation of their
complaints, will read with pleasure the an
nouncement of DR.. Parker which we pub
lish in another column. The thanks of our
whole community are due for the donations
of these northern friends Of the southern
people who have generously contributed
to supply the honest poor with medicine,
which otherwise they could only procure
by denying themselves some OF the me-
CesSaries Of life.
Year: 1867

A DIsoRDERLY SOLDIER.-Policeman
Bibb arrested yesterday evening drunken
soldier named Louis Wills, who was crea-
ting quite an excitement by disorderly
conduct in Exchange alley. Taking him
toward the lower station-house, the police
man ad carried his prisoner as far as
Fifteenth street, when the soldier turned


and began freely to resist, striking his
captor with such force as to knock out a
tooth. Finding it necessary to use his
billy, the officer did so, and finally sue
ceeded in getting his prisoner to the cage.
Year: 1867

PANIcs.-The lecture of Rev. DR.. Ed
wards on this interesting topic was fully
equal to the expectations of his numerous
friends and devoted admirers in this city.
AS gentleman of extensive reading, and a
sneaker of unsurpassed fuency, the lee
turer sustained reputation which has
spread all over the State. In the humorous,
as in the pathetic, he is alike successful,
and whether he attempts the one or the
other, he is sure to win the admiration OF
all who hear him. Some Of the more
pathetic portions of this lecture are as
deeply touching as we have ever heard.
Year: 1867

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A YOUNG GIRL.
A young girl from the country, whose
name we were unable to learn, made an
attempt to drown herself on Wednesday
by jumping into the canal near the Tredegar
Works. She had nearly accomplished the
act when she was discovered by little
boy, who gave the alarm, which attracted
two of the workmen from the Tredegar
Works. They rescued her. The only rea-
son that could be drawn from her for wish
ing to destroy herself was that she was
unwilling to return to her mother after
having been in Richmond several weeks.
Year: 1867

BUCKEYE REAPER AND MowER.-The
buckeye reaper and mower for rattle at
the Bazaar is now at the office of the Ar
lington Life Insurance Company, where it
will remain until few chances left over
are taken, when it will be rafied..