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Year: 1868

Private Medical and Surgical Institute. Sacramento Street. below Montgomery Opposite Pacific Mail Steamship COmpauys Once). Private entrance Leidesilorff street San Francisco Established expressly to afford the afflicted sound and scientific medical ad n the treatment and of all Private and Chronic Diseases of Secrecy and all Sexual Disorder.
Year: 1868

anything that would assist in protect


ing the purity of the ballot-box,


demonstrates that all the hue and cry
of the Courier about. having fair elec-
tions is the merest bosh. A fair elec-
tion IS an overwhelming Democratic
defeat, and the Democrats Council
seem to be fully aware of the fact If
the Democrats intend to do nothing
dishonest, why should the Council
object to Offering a reward which
would never have to be paid? But
the suits now pending show that they
don't want fair elections; that they
succeeded by wholesale fraud and
perjury last Spring, and that they in
tend TO retain power by the same in
strumentality they employed to get it
in the first place.


This action of the Council demon
strates to Republicans the necessity
of increased watchfulness and ac-
tivity, They must be prompt to de-
tect, aud bold to punish, fraud when
eYerit is attempted. Two or three
days of active effort is all that is now
required. Will Republicans do their
VIII ole duty, or will they suffer defeat
by Incidence or inlifference?z
Year: 1868

The Emperor is satisfied that paper
or silk cartridges are not suitable for
breech- loading arms, and heais about
determined to adopt the metallic car
fridge closely resembling those in use
by the United States. -


AS the radical change in the style
of small arms will require some time,
complete peace may be considered as
sured until it is effected, unless some
other nations make war. ItFill re-
quire eight months to alter the arms
of the French, and you need not look
for war before next Spring or Sum
mer. = -
Year: 1868

New .YoRK, October 5.-A Paris
letter to the Herald states that the
Chassepot gun is complete failure,
and one of the most dangerous wea-
pons ever Supplied to an army. The
Emperor, l have reason to believe, is
in full accord with the ordnance
Officers, and has determined to change
the arm for a better one. With that
view a new series of experiments
have been instituted to ascertain


where the arm can be altered as to
become efficient and praiseworthy.
Two or three systems of alteration
have been tried and it is possible that
one on an American plan will be
adopted, and withal radical change
in the character of the ammunition.
Year: 1868

Have the leaders of the JOURNAL
observed the fearful increase of ex-
penditures in the Street Commission
ers' Department under the economical
Democratic Council now in power? ?
The amount paid out during the past
week for work on the streets was over
twelve hundred dollars-more than
too hpadred dollars per day. Will
somebody inform us what is done with
all this money? There is no evidence
that it is applied with any Judgment,
or that the streets are any the better
for the outlay. By reference to the
proceedings Of the Council for cor
responding weeks last year. we find
the blowing allowances:


lssaqs e WEEK ENDING SEPT. 30.


zaPp Brigade 90
1t9 uaIl WEEK ENDING OCT. s..


Zapp $3.50 Sc


From this it will be see that while
keeping the streets in repair under an
extravagant Republican administra-
ton it cost two hundred and eighty
Raollars per a0eek. under an economical
EDemocratic Council it cost over
taoeiUs hundred dollars per loee6. What
think tax payers of the difference
Does not this account for the neces-
sity-of the large increase in the rate
of taxation? ButNwhy is the cost OF
keeping streets in repair increasing so
rapidly just before the election? Is
it necessary to provide comfortable
places for voters that they may be on
hand on the 18th? 1t Is bad enough
to be overrun by imported voters,
without being heavily assessed to pay
their expa9se3 IaAG ~
Year: 1868

The Democratic Central Executive
Committee of Texas have published
an address to the people Of that State
from which we quote Ms follows:


Never, in all our troubles, have we
been called upon, as now, to forbear
and yield to the forms of law, not.
withstanding the Radical wrongs and
outrages. Every consideration deal
to men appeals to you not to give way
to emotions of anger and resentment
but bear with manly fortitude the
evils that press upon us.


We invoke you, citizens. to prevent
any conflict between the people and
the authorities that now rule over US
If the military forces come amongst
you to make arrests, do not resist
Submit to their authority even though
you may believe they are but the in.
struments which the Radical party
uses to drive you to extremity. The
soldiers do not act of their own will,
but execute orders which they are
bound to obey.


Citizens, 1t is manly, it is noble
and generous, it is an act of the pure.
est patriotism, to endure evils when
tAereby you accomplish great results
Tor tire common gO0u. =


1t Is the purpose of the Radicals
to force you into the position of ag,
gressors if they can--to force conflict
between you and the military. On
the accomplishment of this depends
their success in the Presidential elec-
tion and their continuance in power.


Citizens, defeat them In the
name of all the good people of Texas,
defeat them In the name of oul
women and children, who have suf.
fered so much, defeat them! BE not
driven into even apparent wrong
rms reign of terror will soon be en-
ded, If we are but wise and true to the
best interest of the country.


1t Is known that you are law-abid-
ing; that you would have the laws
executed; that you would have right
and justice extended to every man.
Continue to keep the peace. Permit
no violence. Counsel with one an
other; and determine that you will
not, under any circumstance, through
which brave mel can live, engage i'm
or cOuntenance any violence. Let the
Radicals slauder--submit even to the
most abitrary arrests by the military
If such are made. The end Is near
The night of oppression is passing.
The new day is almost upon us. BE
patient in these adverse times, and
brave to endure when wrongs come
heaviest. t'0a


Forbear towards the negroes, They
are Ignorant and misled by fiendish
Radicals, to accomplish bad and sell
ilsh purposes. Time will reveal to
them that the Southern people are
their best friends, and will extend to
to them protection ofpersofi and pro-
perty.
Year: 1868

A NOBLE SENTIMENT.-Some true
heart has given expression to its gen.
erous nature in the following beauti-
full sentiment:


"Never desest friend when enc
mics gather round him. When sick
ness falls on the heart, when the world
is dark and cheerless is the time To
try n true friend, They who turn
from II scefice of distress betray their
hypocrisy, and prove that interest
moves them. Ifyouhave u friend who
loves you and studies your interest
and happiness, be sure and sustain
him inadyersity: Let him feel that
his former Kindness is appreciated,
and that his love is not thrown away.
Real fidelity may be rare, but it exists
in the heart. Who has not seen
and felt its powers? They deny It's
worth who never loved n friend, or
labored TO make friend happy"
Year: 1868

IMPORTANT CAsBs.-Rumors having been
circulated that the Supreme Court is on the
point Of declaring the reconstruction acts un-
constitutional, the following from the special
Washington correspondence of the Boston
Advertiser win be found of interest.


There are so many wild sensational .tor;e,
afoat about the Supreme Court and the re-
construction acts, that il seems impossible 10
make careful statement more in detail than
any that has yet appeared. The cotton case
was argued. Friday, and will probably be de-
cided some time next month. The decision
may perhaps touch upon one or two points of
the Congressional policy, but whatever it be,
it cannot "a affect the general scope Of the re.
cannot be reached for two or three months
add it Is not Jet possible to tell exactly what
issue it will present. The other case of thu
three Is docketed as ex pdrte in the matter of
William McCardle. 1t comes up from Mis-
sissippi on the refusal Of the district Judge
to grant writ of hobeos corpus for the reason
that the reconstruction act prevented Its
present position on the docket is such that IL
cannot be reached under two years.


Judge Black filed motion tw weeks ago
to bring it forward and set an early day for its
hearing, and to-day was fixed for taking up
this motion. At the appointed time Judge
Black called it to the attention of the court,
when the Attorney general asked that the
question be postponed until the arrival Of GER
tain interested parties from Mississippi, and ii
was accordingly put over. These persons are
expected in the course of ten days, and when
they arrive Judge. Black says he " II agsin ask
the court to hear him in support Of his motion
to bring the ease forward. He expresses conf.
dence that the court will grant his proposition
and name some day next month for hearing
the case Eminent lawyers in Congress- he,
lisye his motion will be refused. Ifitis refns-
ed that ends the matter SO far as this term IL
concerned. If it Is granted and a day next
month fixed for hearing the argument, the deci-
sion even then may not be made until March.
This case squarely involves thr CONSTITUTIONAL
ity of the reconstruction laws. The first
question, however, is: Will the court bring il
forward so that it can be heard this term? and
as already stated, leading senators do not be-
leye this will be done. General Grant as the
head OF the army Is Interested in the ease, be-
cause McCardle was arrested by the military
authorities. and it is presumed that he will be
represented by counsel, and possibly by some
one beside the Attorney-General.


1t may further be stated as pertinent to this
matter that the House committee has instruct
ed its chairman to bring forward and press TO
a vote the bill greed TO by the committee last
spring, which in word provides that no law OF
Congress can be declared unconstitutional ex-
cent by the coneurring opinion OF two-thlrds
OF the iudses on the supreme bench. Mr..


Wilson will report this bill on Monday and
snassycr to get vote on it at thattins.
Year: 1868

On Tuesday, when it was known that the
vote on the impeachment articles was post
poned, responses began to come to Senators
and Representatives some time before noon,
and before the adjournment were received
in an uninterrupted stream, and these being
passed around soon set the minds of all at
rest concerning the feelings of the country.
Taking the day through, telegraph men
say, there has been no great occasion for
long time when the country was so prompt
to respond, and where the sentiments ex.
pressed were so strong and so nearly of the
same character.


From nearly all the Northern and Eastern
States kilograms state that the whole coun.
try was alive with excitement, and that the
feeling was very strong against the renegade
Republicans who went over to the side of
the President.


Southern Union men in Washington or.
sanized for the purpose of placing the
situation of Union men in the South, as they
deemed it would be, should the President
be acquitted, before the Senators.
Year: 1868

Elegance Of language is characteristic of
the ohivalrous Southern Conservative
editors. This is a specimen:


Among all the loathsome creatures which
as the South ern-born Radical of the white
race. He is renegade to his race, his
country, his home, and his family; the dupe
and the tool of the adyenturers and carpet
baggers who have come South to assist in
the maintenance of Radical supremacy,
though the blood Of our men, the virtue of
our women, the safety Of our homes, and
the prosperity of the entire land should be
saCritiCed.
Year: 1868

A highfalutin young sprig of the law in
maiden speech not long since on a CAGE of
horse poisoning summed up with the fol.
lowing clincher: "The horse alleged to have
been poisoned died natural and constitu-
tional death, for when man or an animal
dies from the effects Of poison he writhes,
and jerks, and wriggles; but, gentlemen OF
the Jury, the evidence in this case shows
clearly that when this horse died he quietly
wrapped the drapery of his couch about
him, and laid down to pleasure and Sleep
Year: 1868

who have visited this side the last year
or two, may have seen Ou- ladies wear
ing for morning and walking dresses
what might appear TO be a splendid
French lavender silk. American ladies,
however, would not fail to observe thai
though beautiful to the eye, it lacked The
inherent value of silk 10 the touch,
though superior in every way to cotton
DID any of these American visitors know
that this silk-like material owed its base
TO their own soil ?-thst it Was chiefly
made from Ramie or China grass, and Is
no other ia Earope than the initiated
and sn-ealled japanese silk?


Sufficient, then, has bsen written to
demonstrate that here is an enormous
source Of commerce open to the United
States that il production and process
the thing is VeritsbIe fact that grow
ing wild on the plains of the Southern
States is fibre which, from fruit to iru-
itioD, is Of the magnificent value Of e35
to e300 per ton
Year: 1868

" | didn't want to 60 to the Nation
al Democratic Convention, said For
rest, In fact it. did not cross NV
mind until it was urged on me By
some of the most pertinent citizens
and politicians in Tennessee. |
thought at the start that it would be
imprudcnt to send me; but they
argued differently anl when | at last
gave my consent | did not feel at
liberty to retire and leave my friends
to hold the bag. Two or three times
in the State Convention, while they
were debating the question, / had
half mind to draw out, and failed
to do so because I consider that when
a man has put himself in the hands
Of others, he has no right to be run
off BY false delicacy."


"You mean to 60, of course"


"Io be sure l do. 1t won't be
more curious, reckon, to see me in
"a Democratic convention than it was
to see Joe Brown in a Radical con-
yention."


But he's roeanted all his sins,
and you haven't; in other words, he
goes with the ruling power, and you
don't.


& There is a good deal Of mistake
about that, he answered. "The
Radicals like Joe Brown because he
is a Radical. I suppose the same
rule would apply to me with the
Democrats. Why, sir, the warmest
reception I've had since the war was
from General Sherman. I'm not
afraid Of the Democratic soldiers or
Republican soldiers. I like General
Hancock, and don't believe there is a
brave or reasonable Union soldier who
dlslikos Or Doubts me as a man. |
went into the war because my vote
had been unable to preserve the
peace. took a through ticket, of
course, and | fought and lost as much
as any one else certainly as much as
| could. Now the wars over, and
I'm under an oath to keep MY parole.
Suppose | consider myself an outlaw
and refuse to take part in what's
going on, does that help me keep
my oath ? Won't folks that are diss
posed to be ill-natured say I'm sullen
and dangerous, and only waiting a
chance to break out il a fresh place
That's what they have said. Now /
give the country sort Of hostage in
addition to my parole when ] join an
active, organized body Of Union men
in the North, and | proclaim when ]
SO to New York that ] am at least as
we'll recommended as ice Brown, who
was an original seeessionist."
Year: 1868

Is as extensive rs that of any job
bing House in the States. These
goods have all been purchased
from First Hands upon the most
favorable terms, and will be offer
ed to dealers by the Package or
otherwise.


Purchasers are informed that
this stock of goods is so extensive,
that their wants can be supplied
for an indefinite period, without
making any change in the quality
of the articles that they may adopt
for use. Our stock of
Year: 1868

Tss TO TaRss.-Ths 10 the way the bet


ting on the performances Of PlAnchette
stood to-day, at the corner of Brady and
Second streets l. W. is its sworn cham
pion. and is talking Of engaging the Opsra
House for . public exhibition Of It's per
formances. He il the latest authority fcl
the correct pronunciation Of the name. We
understand that the young ladies Of The
city haye gone back on it for telling their
Year: 1868

We would call the attention of
the Radical leaders to the following
questions:


If you want peace, what are you
cunning your candidate on his mill
tary merits for.


If you want impartial suffrage,
what does your platform say one
suffrage North and another South
for?


If you mean equal rights, why
one currency for capital and anoth-
er for labor?


Is it impartial suffrage to enfran-
chise the.black and disfranchise the
white man?


If the Negroes can vote of them
selves, why pay the Bureau to
teach themS


1t you moan 10 ecphomize, why
didn't you begin three years ago2


IF reconstruction is success,
why isn't the army withdrawn?


If you want peace, what are you
arming the negroes for?


As the public debt statement for
July makes the total debt S2.633,-
58S,756, how do you think the poor
laboring- men can pay it without
going half naked and starving their
wives and children


What do you think the poor men
think Of Wilson, your candidate for
Congress, who owns eighty thou
sand dollars in bonds and pays no
taxes on them and receives interest
on them in gold2


Don't you think it is high time
for every poor man to go and vote
against all the congressional robbers
and those on the ticket with them
from Grant down to Higgins2


Do you think laboring men can
conveniently give about half of
their hard earnings to bondholders
and internal tax gathers much
longer2


Why don't you tell the people
something about this unequal tax
alton in your speeches and news
Dapers
Year: 1868

The Whitehall New York;
Times puts these facts before
the people:


The national debt can never
be paid under Radical rule.


Because it costs to much
to keep up a standing army
of $4,000 men.


Because it costs to much
to support millions of negroes
in idleness that they may
vote the Radical ticket.


Because it costs to much to
support the horde Of offices
the Radicals have created.


Because of an expensive
navy, which, now that Radi-
calism has destroyed our COM
merce, we have no need Of.


Because millions upon mill
ions are appropriated yearly
to forward public enterprises,
which prove only to be swim
dlers.


Because millions upon mill
ions are actually stolen yearly
from the national treasury
with as much deliberation as
any burglar or thief ever ex-
ercised his vocation.


Because the present tariff
is grinding the face of the
poor and decreasing their
ability to pay taxes,


Because the Internal reve-
nue. system is eating out the
substance of the whole land.
Year: 1868

STATE OFFECERS-
One Secretary Of State for the State


of Ohio;
One Judge of the Supreme Court


for the State of Ohio;
One Member of the Board of Public


Works for the State of Ohio;
One School Commissioner for the


State of Ohio;
One Clerk ofthe Supreme Court for


the State of Ohio.
Year: 1868

VNHERE Is THE PLACE TO BUY LOTS ?-WHERE


w the ground elevated the surroundings first class,
the taxes low the property within OF New York
city, to beautiful park and 10 rapidly advancing
value Al these advantages with many others unquesion.
Fatbsh only five minutes walk from Prospect Park which
must and will be sold, without Limitation reservation
Saesroom Ill Broadway, New York. Call early for maps
Year: 1868

II should here be remarked that the judges
panied the pedestrian around the course while he
walked hts frst second and third miles, ana on
being convinced that without resortng TO trck6ry
he could get the ground they remained i'm or near
the stand during the rest OF the day.


AT the close of the nth m,e some twenty five gen.
temen were present, hut no seemed to consider
IL safe to accept even heavy Osids IN favor of time
There were these who believed 1t would not be poss-
BILE for the man TO hold cat at the speed he then
going, and predicted that when he had accomplished
half his journey the minutes would count heavily
against him. an'i that towards the close OF the day
time would prove the victor Notwithstanding these
prognostications specuators both sides kept their
money IN their pockets and awaited results. Heed
less or those who were watching him with the deep
est anxiety impressed on their countenances the
pedestrian pushed tcr his next mics, with tie
Year: 1868

Y6mn-the fate OF Ireland and other great questions
70 remain In suspense In the meantime. The duty of
The liberals was clearly to follow up the votes on the
resolves on the Irish Church question by direct mo-
ton for suspension OF the standing orders so as to
enable the House to carry up an address to the
Crown thus making the way clear for the action of
new Parliament on this vital subject. The majority
must 60 on. lCheersJ They had no bargains TO
make. The Premier had said nothing would change
the course OF the ministry He Mr. Gladstone) would
therefore not urge the suspension of the orders
night Ministers would allow the earliest possible day
Tor the consideration OF the resolves. II they passed
the House bill should follow suspending all ap-
pontments IN the Irish Church until final legislation
was nad with respect to its future status. The next
Step thereafter would be for the ministry to take.


Mr. Robert Lowe said, after Ministers had nullifed
the VIII OF the House they had the audacity to ask
ior the control for months to come OF the govern
ment. Such q course was unconstitutional, and Ii
was absurd for an executive and a legislature. when
distrusting each other to maintain show OF har-
mony until next year.


Mr.. John Bright rose next. He said the Premier's
statement would amaze the country. The right hon.
orable gentleman asked the House to reverse the
usage OF the constitution in order that he might be
enabled to retain high office, obtained in the first
place by the exercise Of political not OF the most
worthy or audabe character, and subsequently held
by the apparent adoption of principles and dogmas
which he (Mr. DisraelD had himself at time bit
terly denounced. Mr.. Bright went on TO
point out the Inconsistencies OF the torres,
noted the variation Of opinions among
the members of the Cabinet, and said an adverse
vote was no disgrace to Ministry but to hold Office
after such vote was There was no reason why
the constitutional practice should be dispensed with
in favor OF Mr. Disrael, who knew well enough that
no Irish or Scotch reform BILL not OF nature to suit
the Irish and Scotch liberals could pass the House.
Reform the Irish Church and Ireland will be at peace
These things are possible for Ministry in accord
with the House, but not otherwise.


Mr. Disraeli said the liberals had right to pass a
vote Of want OF confidence and asked why they had
not done 80. He then fixed the 7th of May for the
debate on the Irish Church question.


The House, in committee, then took up the con-
sideraton of the budget and considered the resolu
ton to make the income tax six pence in the pound
sterling


In the House Of Lords statement was made by
the Ministry OF similar tenor to that delivered in
the Commons