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Year: 1867

n drove of cattle goiiig abord boat ut
night at Fishkill, six of their number took
to the river and struck out in>variOus di-
rections at random. Two men went out
in boat In search of them, and had hard
ly got cut in the bay before they Il ard
the most desperate and agonizing shrek
fiom female voices. Directing their
course to the place of the screaming,
they discovered another boat containing
three ladies', who were crossing to New
burgh from the cars in charge of "a rover,
and following them an OK which kept
close to the man, making inceSsant efforts
to get himself into the boat Seeing in
the darkness nothing of the animal but
his horns and the top of his head, hearing
his loud snorts of breathing in the water,
and having once heard his hoof strike the
side of the boat, the girls, rs can easily be
imagined, were frightened out of their
senses, and the Oarsman quite as much ter
rifed. Having approached the OK and
turned it away, the reScuers found that
the ladies had tainted from the excitement
md that the man from both the excite
ment and his great efforts to keep from
the pIrsuer, had become utterly unable
to make further effort. One of the deliv-
erers rowed the ladies to Newburgh, and
the other, with remarkable presence of
mind and skill, fastened a rope to the
horns of the OK and towed him back to
Fishkill. The other oxen were success
lively reached and taken ashore last
being found under the ferry dock, having
swan between the piles and found a res
ting place for his head on heap of stones.
Year: 1867

1--WE shall know what are the necessa-
ries of life" said country grocer during
asevere storm, "as no one will venture
forth to day except to procure Them In
the evening he found that most of his
sales were yellow snuff and rum.
Year: 1867

THEY REAP THE WHrRLwISD.-The Sacramento
Union and the San Francisco Bulletin breathed
the breath of discord and dissension into the
ranks of the Union party for the purpose OF
bringing upon it disaster and destruction. They
fed and famed the spirit thus begotten until 1t
could no longer be managed or controlled by


them, and it burst forth from their grasp, and
swept over the State like the DESTROYING angel,
resulting in the great calamity to the loyal
witnessed in the late election Humboldt Times.
Year: 1867

JupGE S. W. BRocKwAY.-It having been inti-
mated that Judge Brockway [Judge Currey 8
opponent in the State Conventionl was inimical
to the election of Judge Currey, and intended
to do all he could TO defeat him, we are author
lied by Judge Brockway to say that the rumor
10 altogether a mistaken one. but that. or the
contrary, be shall do all in his power to render
the election Of Judge Currey a certainty. and
thus maintain the true Union sentiment of the
State.-6pirit Of the Times.
Year: 1867

TEE Red Bluff Independent says that the Sac
ramento Union may try to plaster over the
wounds it has inflicted but it will take it as
long to live down the memory of its damnable
treschery as it will take the Democracy to live
down its villainous record during the great war.
Year: 1867

Police Cornr-Jsnes O. Ragsn, who
spends the biggest part Of his leisure time
in the calaboose, was again present At the
police court by Constable Carstens, on the
charge of vsgrancy. James is troubled
with AN incrdinate desire to get drunk, and
as consequence has become a regular
boarder at the expense Of the city. Again
We revert to that rock pile
Year: 1867

ArrsMpr TO BsKAK JAIL IN Rock ISLAND.
From the Rock Island I'nioa Of this
morning We learn that the prisoners con-
fined in the county jail in that city, TWEEN
" one in number, attempted to break Jail,
bu. were discovered before the decisive mo-
nent, and are now all securely locked up
in their cells. The chaps were working in
two places, so that il they failed in the one
they hoped to succeed in the other. Al the
window in the back part Of the prison they
had commenced saving away the stone, So
IS to loosen the bars at the bottom, and
wrench them sside sufficient to enable them
to pass out. The other place, and the ono
in which they came near working ,hroueh.
is at the aperture leading from III. siuk ia.
10 the vsult below. With the aid Of = bar
Of iron which had been torn of the door.
jam leading into the cell, and hatchet
which they had drawn in a the window
from the yard, by means cf cord with o
loop At the end, they made hole shroug gh
the stons Iloor. almost large enough for .
person TO pass through. They had by some
means unknown to tho sheriff. come in pos
session of case knife, which they had
worked into saw.


II was very fortunate that tbs scheme
was discovered 90 soon. Another day un.
disturbed, and in all probability the jail
would have been smptied Of its innatss.
Year: 1867

THELoGIc OF EARLY RIsING.-''H He who
would thrive, must rise at five" So says
the proverb, though there is more rhyme
than reason in it, for if He who would
thrive, must rise at five. it must naturally
follow, that He who would thrive more,
must rise at four; and it will insure as a
consequence that if


He who would still more thriving be,


Must leave his bed at turn of three;


And who this latter would outdo,


Must rouse him at the stroke of two"
And by way of climax to it all, it should
be held that


He who would never he outdone,


Must ever rise as soon as one.
But the best illustration would be,


HE who would flourish best of all,


Should never go to bed at all T"
Year: 1867

Brigham Young, of Utah, has been blow
ing up the women OF that free and easy ter
ritory in manner at once awful and unique.
He accuses them of whining, and says
that they must either stop that sort of
nonsense" or else start for the other side OF
Jordan at once-and he tells his own forty
wives that he means them, as well as the
rest of the feminine Utahans. He says the
kernel OF the whole dlthculty-the direct
occasion of the disagreeable aud unbearable
Winnings" lies in the fact that ''the wo-
men expect too much of the Saintsl" He
says that the women-even his own forty
are so weak minded as to suppose that the
Sanity Elders of the Mormon Israel can
make heaven on earth for them-and that
after woman has entered Saint family,
and finds that after all he is not able to make
a heaven on earth for her, she begins 10
whine and talk about too many wives" and
the ''evils Of polygamy, and such ike bias
phemous twaddle. Brigham also says it is
his opinion that any woman who ever lived
would be disappointed in the best Saint in
Utah, should she marry him-and on this
point we unreservedly agree with Brigham.
Tie Governor gave all the women warning
that two weeks from the date of his sermon
against whining he should call on them
either to promise never to whine any more,
or else leave the territory, bag and baggage,
saying that he would even send off all his
own wives, and go to heaven alone, sooner
than take such whining crew along
with him We shall await the next news
from Utah with deep interest
Year: 1867

A beautiful and accomplished young lady
of one OF the wealthiest families of Louis
vile has recently pined away to a mere
shadow without any perceptible cause. Her
friends were sorely perplexed to learn the
cause, but all to no avail Last week the
mystery was solved. The girl was discov-
cred TO be sleep-walker, getting up in her
night clothes every night and visiting an
arbor attached to her residence, where she
spent. in dreamy silence, several hours and
would then return to the parental roof. OF
course she would be unconscious next day
of her walk and rigid airing of the night
previous.
Year: 1867

GOLD By THE HUNDRED WEIGHT.-A
telegram from Placerville says that gold
worth $50, 900 was taken from the Woodside
mine, near Georgetown, and that yesterday
November l2) the miners were blocking
out nearly pure solid mass of gold, nearly
three feet in length" If such a statement
had come from stranger, we should have
received it with incredulity; but we can
vouch for the sincerity and intelligence OF
the author of the message. The finding OF
gold In such large masses IN lode Is with
out parallel in the history of mining, The
metals in veins of auriferous quartz are US
ually in small particles, and pieces are very
seldom obtained weighing more than a few
ounces. Probably the largest piece OF gold
heretofore taken from any lode in this State
did not weigh more than pound; But our
telegram mentions one lump, obtained IN
the Woodside mines, weighing 100 pounds,
and it is inferred that the piece three foot
long will weigh very much more.
Year: 1867

The Constitution imposes on the Uni
ted States the duty Of guaranteeing 10 each
State Republican form of government,
and as Congress is the representative body
of the United States, aud the depOsltary OF
all its power. not specially apportioncd to
the executive and judicial departments, up
en- that body devolves the duty of cnqui-
ring into the nature and administration of
these State governments, and of determin-
ing if they are republican in form. This
is the express decision of the Supreme
Court when considering questions rising
out of the DOrr rebellion in Rhode Island.
And If, upon the knowledge of a member,
or upon complaint properly presented,
they should refuse TO discharge this duty,
it would be an act of unfaithfulness merit
ing the condemnation of all the people,
So regarding it, in view of the fact that
the State governments of Kentucky and
Maryland are in the hands of rebels and
rebel sympathizers, and that the only pro
lection which loyal men receive is from
nationa, troops, Congress has very properly
instructed the Judiciary Committee to in
uuire If these States and Delaware hav e
republican governments We hope the in
yestigation will be thorough.
Year: 1867




Their sympathy with Andrew Johnson's
plan of Reconstruction, and their hostility
to the republican plan of reconstruction is
not attributable to the merits or dement's
of either plan as policy for the country,
but solely as party policy.


Now, sir, L maintain that the only true
plan upon which these Southern States
ought to have becn reconstructed is by vir-
tue of an organization of military govern
ments, and the principal objectionto which
find the bill now pending before this
House obnoxious, albeit / shall vote for it,
that it fails to state sufficiently explicit
that the governments OF these States were
entirely overthrown aud destroyed by the
treason and rebellion OF the people, and
that no legal civil governments have exist
ed there since / would recognize no
Governors or other officers pretending to
act there now in an official capacity, but
Year: 1867

A CARD-ln 1851 Morton discontinued the
discount formerly given to the Jobbing Trade,
and. ignoring the services of middle men, has
sold his pens either directly to those who use
them, or to such as keep them on hand for the
better supply of the writing public In their
own localities. There may be Jobbers who
have spoken in favor of the Morton Pen since
that time. but, if so, their remarks have never
in single instance reached his ear; and
although they generally admit that Morton
can make the best pens in the world, and used
to do so, they nevertheless put forth great
exertions to show that the Morton Pen has de-
preciated in value, is not what 1t formerly was,
and that those which they vend are equal, If not
superior; now since many Retail Dealers obtain
what little they know of pens as well as the pens
themselves, entirely from the JObbers, people are
apt to be misled by their representations.


In order that the public may judge correctly,
and at the same time see how much pains
taking is exercised to give every one who orders
Just such pen as will exactly suit his hand
Morton confidently refers to the many thousands,
throughout the entire country, who have re-
ceiyed his pens through the mails during that
time and also calls particular attention to the
following letter which has accompanied every
P'- No IS MAIDES-LASE, NEW YORK,
Year: 1867




Senator Ferry, of Connecticut, who is an
ardent Radical in politics, is ont in letter
endeayoring to explain the cause of the
defeat Of his party in Connecticut. de
admits frankly that the cause of the defeat
the change which made Connecticut a
Democratic from Radical State-is di-
rectly tracrable to the military despotism
bill. He says:


Now, il is true that the necessity and
exPediency Of this bill we're directly IN
issue in the election Of last Monday. A
majority Of our people-no matter under
what influences, no matter what mistaken
impression, no matter how much turned
aside by local or personal consideration
did, last Monday, cast their votes against
the blll, and MIR. English's majority of
nine hundred shows the exact preponder-
ance Of sentiment in Connecticut on that
day, in reference TO that particular mode
Of reconstruction"


This is honest and frank, and donbtless
tells the truth a. to the cause Of the result
AZ the last national election for members
Of Congress the Radicals had ten thousand
majority. They are now beaten nearly two
thousand on Congressmen-agAin Of twelve
thousand on ninety thousand votes polled.
This is a ratio of gain large enough TO give
Year: 1867

A young man in Ionia county, Michigan,
last week descended well to clean out the


sand at the bottom. While he was thus en-
gagged, thestones began to fall, and his father
hearing the rumbling, shouted to him to
Jump upon the bucket" and Immediately
commenced drawing him up with all posi-
BILE speed. The strife ofthe next minite or
so was intense, and the scene awful. He was


kept in advance of the falling masses of
stones and dirt that were filling the cavern-


Gus depth below him, till within about


fifteen feet of the surface. The caving in


was too rapid, and there the stones caught


and instantly wedged him in. As soon as
possible the neighbors were aroused, and in


a short time hundred or two were at the


scene of the disaster. The young man was


vet alive, as they learned from time to time,
by hearing his smothered groans and faint
answers TO their questions. The work OF
rescuing him at once commenced, great
care being used, as stone after stone was
gently removed, lest the treacherous and
sandy earth around should be disturbed
and cave in anew, and thus fill up the
interstices which might otherwise afford
air sufficient to sustain life for some hours
at least The anxiety, of course was most
intense, and the suspense of his parents and
friends fearful, while their hopes alternately
rose and fell, as now they could distinguish
a groan, or a feeble response TO their ques-
tioning, and anon all would be still again.
Finally, after four hours labor, they reached
the sufferer, and found him sitting upon
the sharp edges Of the bucket, with a
boulder in his lap, sitting erect, with his
head thrown back against a portion of the
circular wall, and two or three stones resting
partly against his head, and so inclined as
TO rest partly against the wall and each
other, and wedge" He was securely held


immovable in his position, and fortune ly
the stones were so arched aud keyed that
they did not again start during all the time
that the men were engaged in digging hin
out. On being raised to the open air, the
young man swooned, but soon revived


No bones We're broken, and his bruises


were so slight that after two or three days
he was ont apparentlv in his usual health
Year: 1867

Every department Of business has an imms-
date interest in the markets Of the country. and
in its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who fails to keep himself properly ad-
yised as 10 the rise and fall Of the markets. ~
controlled by the laws Of demand and supply.
and the relative condition Of the currency. Is
exposed to constant loss. and must necessarily
fall behind his more intelligent and enterprising
neighbOrs. In order TO make our paper valuable
as well as interesting. we shall continue u
make this n SPECIAL FEATURR. Our Daily
Market Reports, domestic and foreign. by teis-
graph. and our City Reports, gotten up at heavy
expense. have challenged the commentator o!
our best business men while our current Fihan-
eial Reports from all the leading money centres
of the country are fuller than have ever been
published by any other journal in Tonneaasse.
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people to be self reliant. and shall do what gs
may be able 10 induce the establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro
duets To this end We viii pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing.
and exert ourselves TO encourage the diversih
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
nent Of Southern resources.
Year: 1867

by A CONSOLIDATION OF THE NASH
WILLIE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH, and by the generous and united
support of the UNION AND DIsPkTcE BY the
patrons Of both the former papers. the PrOpris-
tors ars enabled to present Newspaper hither-
to unsurpassed in this city or State.


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY or
NEWS. our paper will compare favOrably with
the best in the entire country; and in saying
this. we only repeat the expressions of many o (
our patrons, who are most capable Of judging in
uch matters.
Year: 1867

And kindred topics. we shall also give an s1-
tensive variety Of valuable and interesting mat
ter-the best adapted to the farming classes o.
our State, which will. in Il great measure. sup
ply the place Of a family agricultural paper.
Year: 1867

A HUMAN BoDY PETRIFIED.-A woman,
wife of blacksmith who formerly lived on
Broadway, and who died some seventeen
years ago, was inferred in one of the burial
grounds on the hill. Last week her friend


went there for the purpose of removing the
body. On opening the grave, the coffin
crumbled to pieces, ana the body lay there as
whole as when deposited. The skin was
black, and covered with a substance similar
to moss and presented a moldy appearance


On feeling the body it was found to be quite
hard, and further examin alton developed
the fact that it was petrifed The black
surface was seraped off the skin, when the
latter presented a beautiful white appear
ance, similar to that of our marble. This is
a truly remarkable circumstance. and elicits
the wonder of all who have heard it. Our
informant says a coffin in which child of
MS was inclosed, and which had been in the
eartn twenty years, appeared as well as the
1ay IT was placed in the ground. albany
hRicker5ocker.
Year: 1867

SINGULAR SUNDAY OPERATIoN.-A writer
on the subject of " Benevolent Blunders, "
in Good Words, gives the following account
of some obstacles in the way of a religious
life which will be likely to strike most read
ers as novel:


A lady had gone to visit a young couple of
the better class of the poor. They had as
vet no children, and the husband being a
stoker on a railway, they were above the
reach of want. Under these circumstances
it seemed to the visitor that they might have
attended to their religious duties at least to
the extent of going to church on Sundays,
and she ventured to intimate as much to the
young woman who was standing rather idly
at her door. "Will you please walk in till
| show you something's was the woman's
answer and she conducted her visitor into
the little kitchen where her husband sat by
the fire.


He had Just come home for half an hour
to have his tea, and was watching the kettle
with the most absorbing interest. He was,
of course, in his working clothes, and his
face and hands were of deep oily black,
after the manner of stokers. - Now,
ma 'am,' said the woman, pointing to him,
" you see that there man ; that my husband
and I'm bound to do my part by him, amt
II" Surely" said the blunderer, anxious
to uphold the duties of matrimonv. Very
well, then; would you like to know how l
pass my Sundays? A washing Of he =
Never a blessed moment has he to wash
himself through the week, out early and late,
and half the night too, and blacker nor any
crow all the while. Well, on Sunday it's
fitting and proper he should try to look like
a Christian if be can. so be sets me to it
after we eats our breakfast, with a bucket
full of soap suds and scrubbing brush,
and l rubs off and on all day, till my arms
ache. and he amt much better than he wOr :;
and then after we has our tea, he says to me,
Come, Sally, have another try, there's a
brave wench, and goes at him again, and
sluices him down till you'd think a born
niger nd come ont white; and if you be-
lieve me- ma am, when | pollshes him off
with dry towel atore we goes to bed, he :
only light brown after all !" What was
to be said to such stubborn facts especially
when the good woman finished with the un-
answerabe argument, 50 So, you see, ma am
them wants to live religious had best not
marry stOker.
Year: 1867

SHERDAN.-The splendid receptions given
to General Sheridan at every point in his
triumphant progress through the loyal North,
shows how strong hold he has upon the
affection and sympathy of the people. 1t is
not merely display of gratitude for his ser.
vices as a soldier, for other soldiers have
done as much to whom no such enthusiastic
welcome has been given. 1t is not merely n
proof of gratitude for his services as a states
man, for even those leaders of public opinion
who have labored longest and most success.
fully in the popular cause do not command
such an ovation. 1t is more than these; it is
a manifestation of personal admiration for
the man and his character. as illustrated bv
his deeds. In honoring Sheridan the coun.
try shows itself capable of appreciating true
merit, genuine heroism. and unbending
fidelity.-.S Louis Democrat.
Year: 1867

In calling the attention Of the reader to the ad-
vertisement of DR.. J. C. Young's Institute, to bV
found in another part of this paper we feel we are
answering the dictates of honest convictions in
pointing out to suffering humanity the honest and
sltul Medical pra"titiner. 1t is the duty of every
man whose knowledge places it in his power to act
guide to those who otherwise would unwilling
ly take a wrong path. There is no need to wear
out life of pain and anguish and in the end fill a
dishonored grave. Hesitate no longer, unfortunate
ones, but turn to the Doctor who can restore YOU.
giving you in place of wasted energies and an i'm
paired constitution, health, vigor and power


The Institute has been in successful operation
for Seventeen Years, and as it was the Pioneer In
stiue of the coast it has been the Pioneer n the
march of progress.


We say again to the aflicted-read the advertise
ment and follow its advice. sI4
Year: 1867

RATHER an amusing story is going round
of a verdant youth who recently came down
from Castletin to Strabane on some business,
and who. in returning again to the station
found he was almost in time to be too late.
He hurried up to the gate at full speed, but
it was to hear the fatal signal given, and to
see the train passing quietly off at an
increasing speed. With face full of excite
ment, and as much authority as he was
capable of commanding he shouted to the
guard at the top of his voice, {" Stop, for Lord
Lifor's coming!" 1t acted like magic, the
obsequious guard Immediately signalled, the
speed was slackened, the train was stopped,
moved back, and took its place by the plat
form to await his Lordship's arrival Mean
while the very anxious herald secured his
ticket and with very great composure took
his seat in third class carriage. Then,
putting his head out at the window, be
informed the obliging guard that his Lord
ship had entered, and that be might move
on. He was obeyed.
Year: 1867

n~Hon. Sam. Galloway said In his
spesoh at Columbus. Last Thursday
evening, that the man who shot bai-
let against the nations foe. ought to
have the privilege Of fighting the enc
my with the ballot. He also said that
the Emancipation Proclamation would
be q more glorious and lasting mona
ment to the memory Of Abraham Lin
coin than any that would Be msde of
marble.