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Year: 1868

To THE superficial observer it would
seem from the October elections that the
Democratic party had some prospect OF
carrying the Presidential election. The
Republican maiorities were small, less, In
many instances, than the Democratic gains


as compared with the vote of 1865. A liz.
tie more time and effort would, one might
suppose, give the Democrats the victory.
But 20 one familiar with the real condition
of affairs II was hardly less certain than 1t
is now that the Democratic State tickets
would poll more votes than the national
ticket. AS rule, the Democrats made
good selections for the former; nobody
supposes Seymour and Blair made strong
ticket. Hendricks in Indiana, and Hoff.
man in New York are two among q few
OF the Democratic leaders who are per-
sonally popular with the people. Their
political enemies gave them credit for abili.
ty and integrity. The contrast between
the State Democratic tickets and the


weakness of the Presidential ticket was
too striking to be overlooked or denied.
When, therefore, one State after another
went Republican, the last ray of Demo
cratic hope was eXtinguished. But the
cause of this was, after all, more in the
popularity of Grant and Colfax than in


OtAo uupODulditty VI DSyHlOuI anu DlhlI,


Even il the opposition had put in nomlna-


tion their very best men, the result would


have been substantially the same, In the


Democratic party there are no men


at oil to be compared with them. Han
cock and Hendricks are their best men,
and how small and mean they would look
standing side by side with Grant and Col
fax The greatest soldier that this or any
other country ever nro1ucnd Grant has
shown himself hardly less competent to
cope with the difficulties of civil service.


OF him, no less than of Washington, may
1t be said, "First in war, first in peace,
first in the hearts of his countrymen."
During the three years since the rebellion
closed he has been subjected to the most
severe tests, but in all things and at all
times he bore himself most nobly. His
genius for common sense has already made
him equal to the emergency, AS for Col
lax, he has long been among Congress
men what Grant became among Generals,
and in the affections and confidence of the
people his place was by the side of Grant
even before their names were coupled
together. When the Chicago Convention
placed them on the same ticket the na.
tional heart beat in responsive sympathy.
The personal popularity of six months
ago has been greatly increased during the
campaign by their conduct. Each com.
ported himself most admirably. Looking
back upon the campaign we cannot see
how either could have done better. II
only remains for them to maintain In the
future the same course they have hitherto
pursued, and they will stand with pos
terity even better, If possible, than with
the present generation.-Ch Chicago Journal.
Year: 1868

portunity 10 select and appropriate the
most valuable contents of the deserted
houses, The scheme exploded before the
powder did, and the wretches were put In
jail, "


Tue Humboldt Medical Arohices men.
tons several cases Of tetanus (vulgarly
called lockjaw) which had been success.


nlly treated by local application OF
ehloroform TO the entire spinal column by
means OF cloth saturated with 1t, and
evaporation prevented by covering the
cloth with oiled silk. The application was
made just at the approach Of paroxysm.
As a result Of the application the
paroxysm was averted, and the patient
fell into a calm and natural sleep. On
feeling returning paroxysm the same
application was made, and the paroxysm
again averted. For forty.eight hours the
occasionally threatening tetanic symp.
toms immediately yielded to the appliea'
ton OF chloroform, and subsequent con.
Valoscence was very rapid.


since the California earthquake the
question, what causes earthuuakesY has
come up for discussion. A writer in a
New York paper delivers himself as FOL
lows: Earthquakes are most common In
the vicinity Of burning mountains, ant
these are situated near the sea. The con
tents of their caverns burn until the crus
that separates them from the ocean be
comes so thin that by its pressure 1
forces its way In, when the generation o
steam is so rapid and extensive that the
earth Is uphesved and rended, as we see
II In what we term an earthquake. A
similar result attends the letting in of cold
water into heated boiler, and my i'm
pressions are that all earthquakes are oc
casioncd by water flowing into these burn
ing caverns, either from the sea or some
other source. Large bodies of scalding
water are thrcwn from Vesuvius at the
time of eruption, and these could not come
In contact with the fires without produc
ing power that would upheave and rend
the earth.
Year: 1868

The subscriber, for the past ten years engaged
as cutter at Mr.. Cones Merchant Tailoring Es-
tablishment, would inform his friends and the
citizens of Rock Island and vicinity, that he has
opened New Merchant Tailoring Establishment
for the purpose of manufacturing to order first
class fine custom work TO those that have been in
the habit Of getting their garments cut by US,
while at MIR. Cones, we would extend invita-
ton 20 call ON US at our new establishment, and
to those that cannot get suited in Rock isis nd
and are in the habit of sending east for their gar
nents we would invite them to sall ana give US
trial, feeling confident that we suit them in
every respect. We have handsome assortment
Of fine Cloths, Csssimeres and Vestings, together
with a large variety of splendid French Coating
and Trcots in different shades and colors for fine
business suits Also fine Beavers in different
colors, for overcosts,-all of which we will make
80 order in the best and most fashionable manner
atlower rates than the same class of goods can be
obtained either side of the river. Call and
examine our styles, and compare our goods and
prices with those engaged in the same business.


THOMAS MCCULLOUGH,
North side of Third Street, near the Post Office,


Davenport, Iowa
Formerly cutter at Cones.


N. b. The cutting department is under our
own supervision. nov29dly.
Year: 1868

scrfbed. The object Of the negro was no doubt, 70
get a reward for the child We are glad to be abe
to state that the negro has been arrested and lodged
In jail. He s well known in TIE city as one or the
most vicious rascals that set the law at defiance
He Will have an examination this morning-L0ufs-
cfue Courier. May 80
Year: 1868




Wendell Phillips, in the 4nti- SidUeyy
Standard of last week, thus projects the
next step forward which the Radical
party must take:


After Impeachment, the safety and fu-
ture of the Republican party demand the
embodiment into law and platform alike,
of the principle of equal national citizen
ship--the same in Michigan as in South
Carolina. Ii must be remembered that
the administration which Gen. Grant will
draw around him, and more tEan that, the
influences and associations sure 10 affect his
policy, will not be of the sort likely to be
affected by what practical men sneer at
theory, ideas, fanaticism. We must oct
our main tD0rk done nor and during the ten
months Of WadGs admiaistratiOn-t0bicA Il Is
eIDec,ed WiU t0li0E this trial. Every day
proves the truth of this. Men of the Fss-
senden type, grumblers of the Grimes sort,
well-meaning politicians like Wilson, will
have more 10 do with affairs than any
others. But they in their turn will be
overslaughed by the West Pointers-not
of the red tape school, il is true, but
of the ahler sort General Grants ad
ministration is much more likely to seek
diversion for the people in a semi-aggres-
siye manifest" destiny sort Of policy, than
it is to gather the tangled and broken
threads OF our internal policy, and so weave
them over again in the national loom, that
they shall come ont a perfect web, glowing
with beauteons colors and instinct with the
radical harmonies of Liberty, Equality
and Fraternity.


Let us have one and one only rule Of cit
izenship throughout the length aud breadth
! of the land


Chicago must be made to feel the pres
/ sure Of the necessity referred TO. The plat
form TO be adopted there must demand the
enactment of equal suffrage. Congress
must be required TO enact a law that will
accomplish this, or it must submit an
Year: 1868

CURIOUS MARRIAGE ARRANGEMENTS
They are trying to spoil romance in
Bango, Me-, divorce court. A yonng
Tennessean, while fighting in the Union
army, fell in love witha portrait ofa pretty
Yankee girl living in Bangor, wrote and
received letters, made declaration oflove
and was accepted. lie came on to
Bangor to meet his love, and after
personal courtship of two weeks
they were married. But scarcely an hour
had elapsed before a disappointed lover
appeared on the scene, kicked up a row,
and succeeded in driving his successful
rival out of town after a short fortnight of
married bliss, which wasn't bliss at all.
The girl, too, has reconsidered the matter,
concluding that she would like to try it
again with lover No. ! as partner, and
hence the suit for divorce which threatens
an unpleasant end to the pretty romance
NeW York Express
Year: 1868

amendment to the Constitution establish
ing it, The South will be there, in the
person of her delegates, white and eolored,
TO declare thai without such declaration
and enactment by the Republicans in Ma
tiOnal Convention assembled, there will be
no security Cor them CT their party in the
South -
Year: 1868

And for the special pleasure and profit OF the
Young. each week we will give general Literary
and religious miscellany. Nothing shall ind
its way into our columns unfit for the perusal
tho mothers and daughters Of the land. Depre-
eating the demoralizing sensationalism OF many
contemporary Journals. we shall eschcw that
character: striving TO eivo the reader substantial
matter. rrefcrriuE to bo useful rather than
ensational.
Year: 1868

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people 10 be selr-rsliant. and shall do what we
NAV ho able To induce the establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro
ducts. To this ond we will pay special attention
to tho COST and sTATIsTIos Of manufacturing,
and exert ourselves 70 encourage the diversiii-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
uent Of Southern resources.
Year: 1868

He is also in receipt Of a variety Of Fresh
men in business suits Of the latest patterns and
most durable material. Call and inspect mis-
goods at No. II North Cherry street.


mart
Year: 1868

The returns made of the late election we're not
accessible TO the representatives of the press
until a late hour yesterday afternoon, and one
ward the fifth-snd some of the polls Of other
wards had not been returned late in the night.


With the multiplicity OF candidates, regular
nominees and independent, voted for; the want
of method and uniformity in the returns OF the
commissioners, and the lsborious arithmeticsl
calculations necessary to be accurate, it would be
impossible to give the details of the voting in each
precinct, or even in each ward, in a reliable
form, before tomorrow, or, perhaps. the next
day. AS erroneous figures would only misle sd
the public, and partial reports could only be
basis of conjecture to the election or defeat of
candidates, we confne ourselves to the votes on
the Constitution and for governor aud Congress.
Year: 1868

Health Is most important; and the afflicted should not
an advertised msdcne any remedy unless ITS contents
On ingredients known others besides the manufacturer
G until they are satisfied Of qualifications of the party
enering.
Year: 1868

For these diseases Is truly sovereign remedy and TOO
much not he -id in Us praise ,iugs dose has been
known TO relieve the Urgent symptoms


Areyou troubled with that distressing pain in the small Of
Che back and through the hipsi t@aspoozful day Of
HELMBOLD's BUCHU will relieve you
Year: 1868

Mr.. JonNSoS's lNsISCERrTY. Presi-
dents doubtful, hesitating course is cited as
conclusive evidence that his attempt to re-
move Mr. Stanton was not for the purpose Of
testing the constitutionality of the law in the
Courts. That purpose was, doubtless, simply
an after thought. The truth is the President
assumed the law TO be unconstitutional from
the start. and violated it for that reason, in
tending that the legal proceedings 10 test it's
validity should he initiated by Mr.. Stanton
For that reason he tried to induce Gen
Grant to hold on. He knew that then it
would take nearly year to get decision
from the Supreme Court, and in the mean
time he would have actual possession of the
War Department, and full control of the
army. lie could then have compelled Grant
to resign, and carried out his schemes Of
usurpation without recourse for the nation ex-
cept by revolution. This precious scheme
has been providentially and eHeetually block
el
Year: 1868

Editors Times


notice that the Mayor, in his message. pub
lishei in your issue Of the 9th inst. saws that
- no reason was assigned for giving me the ad-
ditional four per cent mentioned in the resolu-
ton Of the 5ri inst. The reason that intiu-
encet the Board TO vote me this additional four
per cent was their almost unanimous conviction
that it was my due. When the books were pre-
Sentel to me last June by the City Clerk, tod
him [ should not take them until the percentage
Was fixed. then talked with TWO Of the Alder
men, ami they told me 10 20 and take my books
they had no doubt | would have the ) per cent.
AS usual, rs they had always paid that, and
they could not wait for meeting Of the Board
for It was time the books were IN the Collector
hands. then took the books in good faith that
| should get the > per cent all former Collectors
had received


The Mayor SAYS during the last sixteen days
0f June. there was Sl9 $50 which the Collector
received without any solicitation on his part II
Is true did receive about that amount in the
time ment oned, bnt do not acknowledge that
It materially lightened the burden Of the Colec-
tor, for this sum paid by the class of tax
payers who would always pay the first time ask
Ing. And those are the very taxes that Collect
ors always rely upon TO help them out Of the
difficult cases. Our Mayor does not take into
the account the odds and ends Of taxes that the
time of the Collector is 50 much taken up in
securing, by repeated application 10 poor people
who insist on having time to pay up.


should find no fault if the four per cent. had
been fixed before | accepted the appointment Of
Collector. but rs it is | feel that am right in
asking the additional four per cent, for | should
not have accepted the office on any other condi-
tons. | would ike to have the Mayor explain
how get the twenty-five hundred dollars per
collaeffurr In he firsrr MIA
man can collect the taxes in the City Of Burling-
ton in six months as claimed by the Mayor, for as
| said before there is always a considerable
amount Of taxes that cannot be collected without
great amount Of trouble and perplexity. There
is no sensible man that would take the taxes left
after the nineteen thousand dollars is taken out
and collect them for y per cent.


y. B. Flanagan,


City Collector.


We do not see that this communication
from the collector materially changes the as
pect Of the case. An informal assurncc
from couple Of Aldermen, was of course no
agreement by which the city was bound. We
have no doubt that the Mayor looked the case
all over and considered the E. odds and ends -
for which collector is needed, as well as the
two thirds or more of the tax that is always
promptly paid, and might about as well be paid
directlyto the city treasurer, as to 60 through
the collectors hands. Our citizens seem very
generally to agree with the mayor that the
tax can be, and should be, substantially col
lected in SIX months, especially with the
liberal abatements understood to have been
made by the Aldermen; and that 100, or
l, 200 for the work, or pay at the rate Of
$4,000 a year, is pretty fair pay, as salaries
20 in this city.
Year: 1868

perpetrate upon him. The whole crowd then
made for Ulysses, and he came home for a gun
to defend himself. But he was never known to
pick quarrel with any one. Neither was he in
the habit of swearing. Indeed-notwithstand-
ing he has served so long in the army-I never
knew or heard of his using profane worI.
Year: 1868

And then to St Peters, to open the court,
The judges and jury and counsel resort;
And good Christian people, with wide-open ears
Are waiting to hear priest tried by his peers.
And they call up the case, and the lawyers begin
To indulge in their usual professional din,
And by bitter invectiye and bubble and sueer
To show what a mass Of corruption is here;
And really It's shocking what charges they


bring,
rs they peal the loud slogan Of Tyng-a-ling-ting.
Year: 1868

Barnum's Museum was burned merely because the
hydrants in tho vicinity were frozen. Ten minutes
after the discovery of the fro two streams would
have quenohed it, The fire machinery was promptly
on the ground and the 6remen were ready, but they
could get no water. The hydrants tapped in
vain The pipeman of No. 33 tried two, but found
them frozen, and the Company were compelled to
stretch their hose to the hydrant in front OF their
own building. Then. and not until then, stream
was thrown into the burning Museum. This is the
third or fourth instance of the freezing Of hydrans
this Winter. We are assured that two pals Of water
would have quenched the fire in Chambers-st on
Saturday evening last, but the fremen were forced
to thaw out the hydrans before they could get water


In view of these facts experts in fire matters recon-
mend that the hydrant-pipes shall be kept empty
until needed for use and that their feeders shall be
so arranged that at short notice copous supply of
water may be taken from the CrotOn mains. and
turned directly upon fire. Let the experiment be
made. And while striving to perfect our appliances
for extinguishing 6res, might pro6taby pay some
attention to means of prevention Our theaters are
notoriously mere tinder-boxes as is abundantly es
tablished by the quiekness with which tho flames
have done their work at each of the five theater-
fires within the last three years. ProYiden-
TALLY, the buildings were burned after their
audiences had dispersed. Had either taken fire
during the progress of play. we should have
been called upon TO record an event more
startling than the nero loss of halfnillion Of
property. Our public buildings should be iire-proof
But at least they might be improved in their accom-
modations for exit in time of peril; and since we
cannot expect the rebuilding in stone or iron of the
man-traps,' as builder styles our theaters aud
churches it seems to US that we may reasonably ask
tho Legislature to compel their owners OF lessees to
provide ample means of escape in the event Of fire.
We have thanks 10 an intelligent Republican Legs-
lature, wonderfully y.improved Fire Departmental
Department which has proved its worth over and
again. 1t was ready TO do again or Monday night.
Indeed, It did; for all the Commissioners and the
Chief Engineer were ut the fire. and but for their
presence and good management, and the noteworthy
discipline and efficiency of their subordinates, the
Prescott House, and possibly other valuable prop
erty. must have fallen. As it was wanting water
from the misgoverned city's frozen hydrants. the
Fire Commissioners saved the Prescott House by sta
tiouing fireman in every window, each armed with
a water-bucket We hope that M. Barnum. who
has our sympathies in this second disaster will rem
der his new museum even more inviting than either
Of its predecessors by making 1t fre-proof
Year: 1868

mony with the laws aud with Congress and
with the majority of the American people,
could have any other effect on our securities
than to advance their value by re5stablishing
the shattered unity and harmony of the Gov
Year: 1868

Persons who write to us that they cannot OBJ
tain TiE TRIBUNE Of newsmen Informed they
order be served either from the nearest news stand
OF through regular carriers they will be regularly
aipped
Year: 1868

The OCEAN RTvER.-Hoj water
springs are common, but there is
out one hot water river, and tha
runs through the ocean. If il did
not run regularly, or, if its waters
we"e to get cold, the green island of
Erln would change its nature even
more than its name, and become "a
Greenland in title and a barren one
in fact. In truth, any change in the
course or character of this warm wa
ter stream would have so terrible u
thermal influence as to utterly defy
prediction or remedy the result. 1t
is therefore with 10 little apprehen-
sion that thinking men regard the
announcement OF the fact that the
current Of the Gulf Stream has
nearly doubled its velocity. The
occurrence CT this phenomenon so
soon after the earthquake in the
Gulf Island, cannot but give rise to
a surmi3e Of some connection be-
tween the manifestations The i'm
mediate result Of increased force in
the current has been to augmen. the
danger of navigation near the Flor
ida Keys, even steam vessels find 1t
difficult to weather points easily
passed previous TO the increased ve-
locity OF the stream. This consc-
quence is OF itself important, but
less alarming than the apprehension
Of future changes which may have
q great bearing on the interest OF u
civilized humanity.
Year: 1868

THE LITTLE DRAWER" Where did
you get your orderly habits ?" l asked of
a lady who never had to waste moment
in hunting for things out of their place.


"When l was four years old, she an
wered, "mother gave me little drawer
to put my clothes in. Makeit your bus
mess, my dear child she said, to keep
hat drawer neat and tidy. Let me nev-
find it in disorder


Once she sent for me to come home
rom a party of little girls, in order to
,ut away pair of stockings carelessly
eft ON the floor; and l used sometimes
o think my mother was hard on me
nut now see owe my good habits to
he care / was made to take of that
title drawer when was four years old. '


You see how early habits are formed
t never is too soon to begin good one
Year: 1868

Among the gifts to newly married
pair at town in New Jersey the other
evening was broom sent to the lady,
accompanied with the following senti-
ment:


"This trihing gin accept from me.


Its use I would commend;


In sunshine use the brushy part.


IN storms the other end"
Year: 1868

Vermont sounds the key note. Maine
will answer with louder, clearer voice
fortnight hence. The struggle is no
longer doubtful. We look now upon the
election of Grant and Colfax as GER
tainty. Not because we have carried
Vermont; but because thepeople in Yer
mont do not differ from people elsewhere
and the result shows the current of pop
ular sentiment to be setting decidedly to
ward the republican cause and candi
Hartford Conn Post.
Year: 1868

DR., Will ard Parker well known as
one of the most eminent members of
the medical profession in this country
gave in n recent lecture, very decided
testimony against the use of tobacco
He said the use of The weed is particu-
larly injurious to studious men of setl-


entary habits and indoor life. Such


should never smoke. The odOr infects
their clothing, study, and books so
that they live and breathe In noXious
atmosphere of tobacco. Those who
spend the most of their time in the
open air are not i'm such constant peril.


The poison is slow : but in the second


or third decade the virus becomes man
ifest. The words of the wise man, abe
cause sentence against an evil work is


not executed speedily, therefore the
hearts of sons ofm is fully set i'm them
to do evil," are strikingly applicable
to those who indulge in this pernicious
habit. The speaker had for years been
a smoker himself, and urged upon his
auditory to give up the Use of tobacco.
lie said in all of his professional prac-
tice Inc had never kaown u man among
t le employees of q tobacco manufacto-
ry to be sound and healthy. To al!
outward appearance they seem strong;
but let them meet with an accident, or
from any cause need medical aid, and
it was found their rccuperative powers
was greatly enfeebled. The otlsp ing
of tile users of tobacco, also inherit the
taint of their parents.