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Year: 1869

Reading of the Journal was dispensed
construction Bill might be continued.
Several members obtained leave to D int
speeches on the subject.


Potter argued against the Dill.


voorhees, followed on the same side. He
mace argument against the INTRODUCTION
of the oill. Whlcn ne ascTloeo 70 the FTesi-
dent. Georgia was state, ana as such
the Federal Govern Inment had no power 10
prescribe q law as to how sha shall or
ganiZe her Legislature.


Eldridge opposed the bill. He asserted
that the House had almost ceased to be
a deliberattye body, and its action was
dictated by leading partizans of the Re-
publican party. He predtcted that unless
the states by every constitutional means
the liberties of the people would be a mere
show and delusion.


Cox was the next speaker on the same
sike, He denounced The bill as the gospel
of anarchy and the philosophy OF TevOlu-
ton, When he found the Governor Of
State hanging around the Halls of Con-
gress begging to have his State taken out
of the Union, IL led him TO inquire the
reason, and he found the reason IN the
letter read yesterday. from the State Treas
ures, charging Gov. Bullock with specula-
tions for himself. lie would bring that
Bullock to the slaughter, and then bring


bingham said that the bill sent in by the
SenaIe is in conflict with every letter of
the past legislation of Congress oa The sub
ject of reconstruction. 1t is in conflict with
the express order of the President, when
he was General of the Army, acting under



tion to Georgia. 1t is in conflict with the
utterance OF the Attorney General, in
reference to Virginia, under the operation
of all reconstruction acts. IL Is in conflict


With all past legislation, and Of the inter-
probation of the Constitution. For these
TestSOuS ask that the bill be postponed 10
the third Wednesday In January. Ii
there be truth in what l have said,
toe majority in the House should post
pOne. Here We are limited TO twenty min
dtes discussion, cut of from the reference
of the record; asked to decide a question
by passion which ought TO be decided in
the light of calm reason and under the
Obligations Of an oath. The gentleman
from Massachusetts said yesterday that
these frequent murders IL Georgia, for
those denialS OF right 10 the people Of
Georgia, there ought to be a remedy in
Congress. agree with MIN, but this is


not the bill before the United states. 1t
/ any man, white or black. 1t is simply
/ gratuitous to make an appeal OF that kind
4 10 the House, and it is equally gratuitOus
I to attempt to bring to the support OF this
/ measure the recommendation of the PTesi-
/ dent. l happen TO know and therefore
4 say shat there is a single line in the
/ Presidents Message which he never in
! tended to be there, and which he does not
| stand by to.day-that is the line which re-
| fers to the i'm position of t1e oath eHioined
| by the reconstruction acts on members of
1 the Legislature. The whole contents of
! tee Message shows that what he meant
: " as the imposition OF the oath required
] by section fourteen. 1 wish to say further
| that the Reconstruction Act of the I'd oil


March, 1857, which underlies this entire
Year: 1869

THE BRIGHT SIDE-Dr. johnson
used to say that hatit Of looking at
the bright side of every event is better
than a thousand pounds a year.
Bishop Hall quantity remarks: For
every bad there might be. a worse !:
and when man breaks his leg. let
him be thankful that it was not his
neck" When Fenelon's library was
on fire, God be praised. he ex-
claimed. that it Is not the dwelling
of some poor m.n." This is the true
spirit of cheerfuluess and submission
-one of the most beautiful traits that
can possess the human heart. Re
solve to see this world on the sunny
side, and you have almost won the
battle of life at the outset.
Year: 1869

What is a good costitution? One in which every
organ is well developed-endowed with due ener-
gy, SO that all perform their functions with equal
facility. 1t stands to reason then that any want
of equilibrium in their development and energy
forms an important difference in the constitution.
Now, as all constitutions are susceptible of dis
case, and commonly labor under it, the only safe
course is to use MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS-
a medicated preparation, possessing the highest
tonic and Alternative properties which, being diff
fused through the system, creates reaction
where it is needed or SO purifes and fortifes the
sys tenn and strengthens the general constitution
that health, happiness and mental vigor will be
fully restored, and new lease of life be insured
Sold everywhere
Year: 1869

REGRET to say that my story is of the
shop, SLOPPY! use the word regret ad-
visedly, weighed down by the melancholy
reflection that somehow or other, when
ever am called upon to make myself
agreeable and entertaining, / always fly to
professional sources for inspiration. The
only excuse can offer upon the present
occasion is that this particular railway,
conveying me as it does round circuit
twice year, awakens many remini-
scensces, one of which, connected with
the Spring assizes at Reading some years
ago, comes back forcibly to my mind.


1t was in the earlier days Of my Bar ca
reer, and briefs were far from being as
plentiful as blackberries in autumn-in
fact, l had ,begun seriously to contem-
plate pawning my wig and gown, and
emigrating with the proceeds to British
Columbia, or some equally distant and
desolate locality. Fortunately for me and
society generally, which sooner or later
must recognize my distinguished merits
by placing me on the woolsack, I aban-
doned the idea of British Columbia, and
went to Reading. A bsnefcent fate re-
warded me for my courage in the shape of
big brief with small fee to defend two
men for conspiring TO cheat young gen.
tleman, with more money than brains,7 by
gambling with him and using loaded dice.
1t was case that had excited good deal
of interest in the neighborhood, partly
from the very remarkable way in which
the cheat had been discovered by a
stranger who happened to be in the room
where the play was going on, and who,
suspecting that all was not right, had with
large carying-fork pinned the hand of
one of the conspirators to the table. Un-
derneath it, sure enough, were found the
loaded dice, which he had manipulated
up and down his sleeve so skillfully that
the verdant youth found himself some
five hundred pounds to the bad. As
counsel for the defendants the aspect of
the case was far from inviting, and, as the
very beery solicitor who instructed me
observed, 1t looked uncommon fishy."


In that remark entirely concurred, and
folded up the papers with hopeless sigh,
curslng the lll-luck that always brought
me the deadest cases. In the present in
stance there was little for me to do but
to sit by and hold my tongue-a process,
by the way, anything but satisfactory to
one fond Of hearing the sound of his own
voice. Apart from professional regrets, l
could not help feeling that this precious
pair of rascals thoroughly deserved all
they were likely to get, and the longer
they were shut up the better for the COM
munity at large. as va8 bFa


The trial came on in due course, and the
two prisoners were placed at the bar. AS
looked at them / was much struck by
their gentssmanly appearance and dress;
but then remembered that all that was
part of the stock-in-trade of persons OF
their class, and turning to my brief pre-.
pared to do battle. As this is but sub.
sidiary portion of my story it is needless
for me to linger over the details of the
trial. They say that lucky fate often
follows on the footsteps of rogues, and in
this instance, by some objectionable care


esmess on the part of the constable, the


oaded dice which had been found under
he hand Of one Of the prisoners were not
Year: 1869

witne eSses saying he had blackjack in his hand
The two men who were thus ruthlessy attacked fell
senseless upon the ground and their assailants
walked up Wood street.


Colonel Seibert was first taken to drug store and
thence removed to Horns residence, In Callowhill
street, above Thirteenth, where he remained un-
conscious until the 14th of the month, when he died
When the deceased had been carried into the drug
store the prisoner returned to the locality and said
TO the crowd, 81 can whip any man whose weight is
one hundred and twenty-eght, and i guess I've
given him enough for tonight"


In answer to this the defense called witnesses to
prove that the commemorative witnesses had pre-
viously made statements concerning this matter
entirely different from those made by them in court
that the man who struck the blow was described at
first as wearing light clothing and the prisoner that
night was dressed in black; and finally that he was
not at the corner of Thirteenth and Wood streets
until the deceased had been attacked and wounded,
and then he was intoxicated.


The examination OF witnesses as TO these points
was then begun, and at the close OF our report was
still in progress
Year: 1869

To-day is the day fixed by proclamation of the
President for the commencement Of the elections ,n
Mississippi and Texas. In an editorial published
yesterday was given complete sketch OF the pro-
gress Of the reconstruction movement I'm these two
States but there are many details OF great import
ance which lack OF space prevented us from intro
ducing In that article As these elections are Of such
vital Importance to the whole country we give these
details below TO enable our readers to have q full
and clear comprehension OF the issues at stake the
COntesta:-
Year: 1869

We mean TO fight it out on this line.
and keep the old Democratic colors
UNDER which jefferson and Jackson
fought flying at the masthead.-Gozette.


A frank admission. But how much
of this kind of willing concession to get
that confirmation can the unterrified
endure.
Year: 1869

General Grant spent New Years day
in Philadelphia, thus solving the riddle
Of Washington solicitude as to how he
would evade making the customary
formal call at the White House. with
President johnson to receive
Year: 1869

II IL said that one green tarleton dress
pattern contains enough arsenic to kill
three men. but then dress is not taken
internally.


There's poison enough in almost any
kind of dress for one man.
Year: 1869

The question is occasionally raised as
to whether horses or oxen are the most
valuable, for farm labor, but it remains
an open one for the very good reason that
it admits of no exact solution. For some
kinds Of work on the farm, horses may
be the best for others, oxen. In either
case much will depend on the fact whe.
ther or not tho animals are properly tram
ed or broken to the work required. AS
a general thing span of horses will plow
over more ground in day than yoke
Of oxen, because they walk faster, yet
occasional exceptions to this occur. We
remember to have aided in turning over
a fallow of twenty-five acres in which a
span of horses and yoke of oxen were en-
ployed. 1t was decided to test their re-
lative capacity for the work-both teams
being allowed their natural gait. Equal
section of land were assigned to both
teams, and the oxen came out invariably
little ahead gaining time at each turn
ing of the corners. They were then tried
on the same lands for day, with ne
marked advantage on either side. These
oxen were broke to the work. held their
heads well up and marched along with a
steady, stately step. In this particular
instance the oxen were better for plowing
than the horses, for the simple reason
that, performing equal work, they cost
less for keeping, and were more readily
prepared for labor.


Where the field of operations is at any
considerable distance from the barn or
pasture, the horse would have the advan-
tage in the celebrity of his movements III
reaching it. As general thing, the
summer season through, horses can do
more work than oxen for this reason, if
no other, they can stand the heat better.
Both are important on a considerable
farm, and if the OK is found to be Worth
the most when age suspends labor, the
horse will have made up the difference by
the celebrity of his movements, and the
more diversified uses for which his labor
has been made available. Both are good
in their places, and no extensive farmer
is properly equipped for business who is
destitute of either-Rval Neao Yorker.
Year: 1869

Everybody must remember the touching
story of Hannah Lamond and the Eagle,
so exquisitely told in Wilson's "Lights
and Shadows of Scottish Life" The fol-
lowing real incident offers a striking para
alell to it


A child was captured by an eagle near
Meigsyille, Tenn, on Christmas Eve, and
carried about two miles before it was res
cued. He was a bright little fellow, just
old enough to be learning to walk. When
no one was in the house, he managed to
roll out of his trundle-bed and crawl into
the front yard. A great gray eagle came
swooping down, and fastened its immense
talops in the clothing Of the little boy,
then rose up with much difficulty, and
sailed off across the adjacent woods, just
skimming the tops Of the trees. Its
course lay toward the Cumberland River.
A servant girl saw the eagle and gave
chase. She dashed into the tangled wood
and tried to keep a straight line, thinking
the bird would do the same. The patch
Of wood was fully a mile and half
through but the girl made the run to
the other edge of it without feeling fatigue.


Beyond the wood, and between it and
the Cumberland river, lay patch of
cleared grouud, partly marshy and partly
corn. field full of old stumps. When tile
girl left the wood, and had clear view,
she saw the eagle in the air he seemed
inclined to alight with his burden some
where in the neighborbood of the river. 1t
gave her new courage. II happened that
there was man hunting in the neighbor-
ing marshes, and, just at the moment when
the eagle reached the ground with his
burden, shot went off SO dangerously near
him that he mounted in the air again, but
this time without the boy. The pursuing
girl began a vigorous shouting as she ran,
which attracted the hunters attention,
who, seeing the eagle quite near him, and
a girl rushing down the slope with stream
ing hair and garments, and wildly shout
ing, concluded at once that there was
something strange, and perhaps dreadful
in his immediate vicinity; he also set up
vigorous hallooing, and proceeded to
reload his gun. The eagle soon became
aware Of the formidable opposition he
would meet if he attempted to recapture
his prey, hovered over the spot moment,
and then wheeled around in one grand
sweep across the river, and disappeared
behind the shelving rock which forms the
opposite bank.


When the girl came down to the hunter
she fell stiff, and was not able to indicate

what was the matter. The rough gallant
then heard the scream of d child, and
soon found fine, healthy, rosy boy, with
torn clothes, but otherwise uninjured, en-
deavoring to rise upon his little feet. The
tears stIeamed down his innocent cheeks,
and his face wore most piteous expression.


The hunter took the baby in his arms
and carried it to the girl, who now re.
covered. She clasped it to her bosom,
covered it with kisses, and wept with Joy
The parents in the meantime has missed
the little one, and had become uery unea.
sy. There was laughing and crying enough
when the wanderers returned, and the won
derful voyage ofthe little onewas explained
Year: 1869

SpIcED BEEF.-Take piece of beef
from the fore quarter, weighing ten
pounds; Those who like fat should select
a fatty piece; those who prefer lean may
take the shoulder clod, Or upper part of
the fore leg. Take one pint of salt, one
teacup of molasses or brown sugar, one
tablespoon ground cloves, allspice and
pepper, and two tablespoons pulverized
saitpetre. Place the beef in deep pan
rub with this mixture. Turn and rub
each side twice a day for week. Then
wash off the spices put in a pot of boil-
ing water, and as often as it boils hard,
turn in a teacupful of cold water. 1t
must simmer, for FIVE hotrs, on the back
part of the stove. When cold, press uh- uhd.'
der heavy weight, and you will never de-
sire to buy corned beef of the butcher
again. Your pickle will do for another
ten pounds Of beef, first rubbing into it
handful of salt 1t can be renewed anu
a piece kept in preparation every day.
This has been used many years by the
writer, and is good to pickle tongues
fresh from the market. .-Sprinqfezd Re-
publican.


PoTAToEs LA MAITRE D'HoTEL. Boil
and peal the potatoes and let them become
cold. Then cut them into rather thick
slices. Put lump of fresh butter into
stew pan, and add little four-about
teaspoonful for middling-sized dish.
When the flour has boiled little while
in the butter. add by degrees \. cupful Of
broth or water. When this has boiled up
put in the potatoes with chopped parsley,
pepper and salt Let the potatoes stew
few minutes, then take them from the fire
and, when quite of the boil, add the yolk
Of an egg, beat up with little lemon
juice and tablespoonful of cold water.
AS soon as the sauce has set, the potatoes
may be dished up and sent to table,


BoNED TuRKEY.-This favorite dish for
evening parties may be thus prepared
Boil turkey in as little water as may BE-
until the bones can be easily separated
from the meat. Remove all the skin;
slice. mixing together the light and dark
parts. Season with salt and pepper.
Take the liquid in which the turkey was
boiled, having kept it warm pour it on
the meat; mix well. Shape it like loaf
Of bread. wrap il ina cloth, and press
with q heavy weight for few hours.
When served up, it is cut in thin Slices.
Chickens can be prepared in the same
way.
Year: 1869

deed, that party had abandoned all its
defeated issues and repudiated the man
ayers, identified With all its ig1oD imines-
if il had declared its acceptance of the
situation, nominated men whose careers
and characters were their credentials, and
with such pledges Of u changed spirit had
challenged public confidence, there would
be circumstances in the situation, as there
always are when party has been long
in power, that might have inclined that
public confidence toward it, unless the
dominant party by its practice as well as
its profession had indicated its claim to
continued success. But the opportunity
has been lost and therefore the triumph
of such a party with such platform
would be not only defeat but national
disgrace. Harper Weehty.
Year: 1869

"A miraculous escape occurred in
Huntington, VI, last week. sandford Ross
of that place, while moving discovered
hand rake standing in front Of his machine,
and lifting the cutter, reached down TO
remove the rake, when he discovered
b,y ;ust beside it. He carried the blades
over, and upon turning around, saw his
own four.year-old boy asleep in the grass
who but for the provideutial occurrence Of
the rake being visible, must have met o
horrible death.
Year: 1869

Working as an OrdiaTy hand in q
Philadelphia ship yard, until within a
few years, was man named John L.
Knowlton. His popularity was, that
while others of his class were at the
ale house, or indulging in jOllifcatiou,
he was incessantly engaged in study
ing upon mechanical combinations.
One of his companions secured a poo
die dog, and spent six months in teach
ing the quadruped to execute jig on
his hind legs. KnOWltOn spent the
same period in discovering some meth
cd in which he could saw out ship
timber in a beveled form.


The first man taught his dog to
dance splendidly; ; KnowltOn, in the
same time, discovered a mechanical
combination that enabled him to do
in two hours the work that would Oc-
cupy a dozen men, by a slow and La
bOriOus process, an entire day. That
saw is now in use in all the shipyards
in the country. 1t cuts a beam to a
curved shape as quickly as an ordinary
saw mill rips up a common straight
plank.


KnOwlton continued his experiments.
He took no part in parades and tar
get-shOOtings, and in short time after
ward he secured patent for a ma
chine that turns any material what
ever into perfectly spherical form.
He sold a portion of his patent for a
sum that is equivalent to fortune.
The machine was used for cleaning off
cannon balls for the government.-
When the bali comes from the mould
the surface is incrusted, and the Ordi-
nary process of smoothing it was slow
and wearisome. This machine, almost
in an instant, and with mathematical
accuracy, peels to the surface of the
metal, at the same time smoothing
any deviations from spherOidal form.


The same unassuming man has invent
ed boring machine that was tested
| in presence of a number of scientific
gentlemen. 1t bored % inches an
hour, through a black granite, with a
pressure of but 300 pounds to the drill.
A gentleman present offered him S10,-
600 upon the spot for part interest
in the invention, in Europe, and the
offer was accepted then.


The moral of all this is that people
who keep studying are sure to achieve
something. Mr.. Knowlton does not
consider himself by any means bril-
liant, but, once inspired with an idea,
he pursues it until he forces it into a
tangible shape. If every body would
follow copy, the world would be less
filed with idlers and the streets with
Igrumblers and malcontents.-rSc rScien-
tific American.
Year: 1869




A correspondent signing himself J. $.
L. writing 70 the Cincinnati Gazette from
Salem, Ill, gives the following


For the benefit OF your many readers,
you will please publish the following re-
ceipt for preserving green corn for Use at
any time in the year; have used it in
my own family for four or five years, and
have had green corn all the year; and so
perfectly is it kept, that one is surprised at
its natural flavor and the plumpness Of the
grain.


Take the corn when it is sufficiently
matured for table use, remove the husk
from it, and boil it nearly as much as
you would if you were going to use it
on the table let it cool cut it from the
cob take any sized stone jar, put the corn
in the jar with common salt, first a layer
of salt half an inch thick, then a layer of
corn two inches pack. closely; then half
an inch of salt and two inches of corn, un-
til the jar is filed; tie cloth over the jar,
and set it-aWay. Il will not form brine,
and viii only take up a certain quautity
Of salt, 50 that there is no danger Of put
ting too much on &c. To prepare It for use
soak it over night in fresh water, remove
the wafer in the morning, putting on it
fresh water for a short time. Stew and
serve up for dinner"


ANOTHER METHoD.-Mrs.z. A. Lindsay,
Of MontrOse, Pa, gives the following rec
ipe:


HBOil 1t fifteen minutes on the ear, then
dry the grain in pans an hour in the warm
sunshine, next salt 1t just 50 much as will
season it for the table; fill tin cans, leav-
ing half an inch of space. Put gill or so
of water in each can, and leave an appr-
ature about the size of a pin in the cover
for the escape of the gas. Then place the
tins in a kettle, having in It enough water
to reach within an inch of the top of the
cans; then boil moderately three-quarters
Of an hour, then solder mp the vent. The
corn will keep perfectly sweet and good as
it is required to keep" n
Year: 1869

ance, knocking his antagonist over the


Hfiat of his back" and completely out Of
time. The laughter and cheers which had
before greeted the Hibernian when he al
ministered heavy blow and kick, were
now changed to a decided grunt of dissat-
isfaction. Again the eombatants came to-
gether, the Irishman feaming at the mouth
John gave him a reception as if cellar
door had been swung to with a gentle
zephyr. Stiffness FeigDed in the crowd as
they viewed with amusement the wreck
that lay doubled up at the foot of the vic
torious Chinaman. When the Irishman
arose and presented to his followers
countenance that looked as if il had fallen
down and stepped in it, a chorus of
"Arrah, bad luck to the spalpeen," arose
on all sides. Only fifteen or twenty of
them attempted to get hold Of the China
man, but a crowd who were bound to see
fair play kept them back, and allowed the
Celestial to go on his way without further
inOlestatiOn.