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Year: 1868

A Convention to mature measures for
courletipg the above named railroad
will meet iu this city on Thprsday.
We learn that its sessions will be held
in Washington Hall, some of our most
monument citizens having provided
that place for its accommodation.


Thr enterprise in question is one that
is attracting considerable attention.
Sope of our business men, rightly
deeming it of great Importance to this
city, are taking hold of the matter, and
eyiuce willingness to push it with an
energy proportiOued to the interests of
this community involved therein


The City Council last night empow-
cred a Committee from its own number
10 act with like Committee of ten
leading citizens in representing Wheel
ing IN the coming Convention. We
learn that large number of delegates
from the portions of Ohio lying along
the route of the proposed road will be
in attendance. We trust that both the
authorities and our citizens generally
will unite in giving them hOspitable
reception.
Year: 1868

The country is now plunged into a
fcrm,ut Of excitement merely because
III President has removed member of
his Cabinet, an act, the propriety of
which WAS never questioned before, aid
which was strictly within the boundsOf
his legitimate authority. What there is
in the proceeding of the President, OF in
the character of the office. or its incum-
bent, to Justify such comnotion, even
those who ale most excited would find
il difficult TO explain.


The Secretary of War is simply an
assistant of the President, a sort of first
class clerk, to execute his orders and to
represent his authority, and he is moth
Ing more. Without the Presidents
orders or consent he eau do no single
at, for he has no independent author
i'y of his own. Why then should the
nation BE- coDvulsed at 50 unimportant
an exercise of authority on the part of
the President' Suppose the officer re-
moved, instead of being Mr.. STANTON,
the Secretary cf War, who is known
to be the enemy of the President,
had been Mr.. STANBERY, the
Attorney General, who is known
to be his friend 7 Does any one sup
pose that in that case there would have
been any excitement or impeachment 7
Surely there is no sane man weak
enough to believe it,. Why then should
We have this tumult because the indi-
vidual removed happened to be another
officer of the Cabinet of similar rank !
There was nothing either in the office
or the man to merit so much interest
aud SO much bad feeling; nothing what
ever in the case to entitle it to any
more consideration than the removal of
any other high officer Of the Govern
mcnt. ~ O..


The reason consists simply in the fact
that Mr.. STANTON was an avOwed and
uotOriOns Radical, aud represented the
power of the Radical party in the cabi-
net. To lay hands upon him, therefore,
was to assail the party, AID to do that
was audacious, because the party, hav-
ing usurPed the entire power of the
Government, is supreme in the exercise
of it, will. 1t matters not that the
Secretary of War was simply the repre-
sentative of the President, aud could
only execute his orders, and that the
Office is unimportant. To touch Radi-
cal oficehOlder is sacrilege, and is
something to be promptly resented and
punished rI" sffN. ..a-
Year: 1868

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A number of women living in the
suburbs and outskirts of Boston have
subscribed money for the purpose of
building clubhouse for their own
convenience in central part of the
city. If after going to place OF amuse-
ment or social party they do not wish
to return home Immediately, they de-
sire q place where they, can sleep and
breakfast without the expense and pub
licity of an hotel. During midday
visit, if hungry or tired, a spot is need
ed where meal or rest can be obtained
and a room, if necessary, without being
protected by gentleman. The club
house is intended to be o place of meet
ing where, as directresses of different
societies they can hold conference,
Gentlemen, unless with consent of all
the members, will be rigidly excluded.
Only those will be received who may
have business reasons for coming. The
leaders In the movement are the wives
of the God and morality shoddy con-
tracing aristocracy.
Year: 1868

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leading to the building be locked and
bolted, except the 18th street door, and
at this he has eight or ten soldiers and
messengers, who are very careful as to
whom they allow to pass into the build
ing. The only way to gain admission TO
the Department now is by this door,
and every visitor is closely watched
while in the building. A few days
since a mail carrier from one of the
Bureaus of the Department was stopped
while going through, his leathern mail
pouch opened and the contents thereof
to ascertain If it contained
nitro glycerine or any internal machine
to harm the timid Stanton. The major
of the 5th Cavalry has been detailed,
not exactly as night watchman, but
to sleep in, General Thomas rcom IN the
DEPARTMENT. He carries his bed, iIl each
night and removes 1t agaihlin the morn
ipe-Pittsburqh Post.
Year: 1868

For all who give us.thc EXCLUSIVE agency
for their Lands in this County, We will (at
tho proper time in each yearl send statement,
OF amount Of Taxes due, pay the same, and
forrard Tar Receipt FREE OF CHARGEl


Y2nttf
Year: 1868

gather the upper leaves or the whor formed
by the new and tender leaves at the
apex Of the stock; those OF the second class
entrusted with the task OF selecting the better
OF the remaining leaves alter the first class have
completed their work; and those OF the third are
appointed to garner the less valuable product of the
lower and harder leaves These latter are also bur
dened with the secondary task OF cleaning any first
class leaves which may have been overlooked by
eitner OF the former. This threefOld process or
harvesting is three times repeated during the season.
forming In this way y threefOld crop from every
field The statistics Of production in this great
STAPLE have unfortunately never been accurately
colated, though numerous random guesses have
been made, based upon the proximate quantity ex
ported. No reliable figures can be rendered. however,
even ever from these data, owing to the fact that
the home consumption Of the article cannot be even
proXmately estimated. First, for the reason that
prOximate percentage OF the number WHO use il as
compared with the whole has never been made,
though 1t Is supposed to be least seventy-ve per
cent; and secondly for the reason that the p0pua-
ton OF the Kingdom Is not even now settled ques
tion. Beside, large quantities are annually passed
across the desert by caravans to Siberia and the in
land trade OF the adjoining countries exhausts fur
ther percentage OF the product rendering 1t quite
impossible TO form any accurate Judgment in the
premises from want OF sufficient data on which to
base an intelligent statement According to the best
estimates drawn from the Official statistics, the
Der OF inhabitants for the eighteen provinces stands
cevaralIv as fO1OWs.-
Year: 1868

computation OF these aggregates exhibits pOpu-
sixty millions within the eighteen provinces that
constitute the state proper. The addition OF Ihibet
a% Sae OF M 1 Uer an h
figures are to be credited. The average population
per square mile Is upon computation found to be $50;
Holland being only 275 In some OF the provinces
the population Is packed at the rate of from COO to 700
per square mile, and in others there is comparative
sparseneSs. The greatest concentration both OF
wealth and population Is exhibited by the seashore
provinces, while the finest soil of the empire Is far
inland. The number OF arabic acres of ground In
the whole empire is computed at 141, ,622 $751; which
gives seven-eighteenths OF an acre OF ground for
the support OF each individual. 1t must be
seriously questioned that nearly every acre OF the
arabic land above mentioned is yearly under cutva-
U ta tt Oh c sarv
the sole diet of the lower classes though succulent
roots of every species are laid under contribution
and made to minister to the general want; and with
system of living simple the soil is really capable
OF supporting population considerably more nu-
merous to the square mile than that of England;
M0ngOlian would thrive where a European would
starve, and on q diet which European would pro-
nounce not fit for a convict; and hence the proba-
bllty that these immense imperial figures OF popula
tion may be true, and should they be true the popu


aon of the Celestial empire must be reckoned to be
ut least three times greater than that OF any recorded
In history. Even in its palmiest days the Roman
empire cannot be supposed to have exceeded one
hundred and twenty millions. while one or two OF
the single provinces of China have a population
nearly or quite equal to that of the United States


The difficulty of collecting accurate statistics as
the tea production OF the empire is, therefore, in
surmounable by any ordinary resources of the sta


stician, owing 70 the tering Of considerable of the
trade overland among the adjoining provinces and
owing TO the further tremendous home cOnsump-
ton, statistics OF which are unattainable. Enough
may be gathered, however, to exhibit the fact that
with the foundation or Introduction OF sufficient
means of transportation this staple in itself is quite
sufficient to constitute the national wealth of the
empire greater than that ever realized from agrcul-
tural products by any nation of the products of
which history furnishes record. With a network
of railroads and telegraph lines woven over the
country in all directions the time is at hand when
brought into requistion as minister to its material
wealth and 70 the growth OF commerce throughout
the world.
Year: 1868

FIXES OPERA HOUSE-MRs. AGATHA STATES.


The audience which witnessed the first ap-
pearance OF Mrs Agatha states last night IN "Ernani
was large and enthusiastic II not very discriminating
The debutaDe though new to our boards Is by no means
new TO the stage she has sung In Europe with the same
tenor who supported her last night and we believe she
has also sung California. She in the heyday OF her
charms, and they by means inconsderabe Short
OF stature, slight and well propOrtiOned in figure
with regular Grecian features, which are not only
handsome but expressive and prepOssesng her personal
appearance strongly In her favor She came upon the
stage with good deal Of sefpossession receiving very
cordial welcome. The favor OF the audience after
her first aria the pitch Of enthusiasm and il her sue
cess is to be measured by the rounds Of applause,
must call her appearance in opera decided Int. Her
voice is o mezzo- soprano OF fair compass and OF a
peculiarly ringing quality. Some OF the n0tes-in the
lower register especally-are rich and mellow; ;
the others or less tinged with
acidty She has natural pathos, and not enough cu
ture supply By artificial expression the defect in her
organ When have said. in fact, that her voice is
wonderfully for its mbre and that In the Yer
dian bare OF operas such Ernan" she often displays
great advantage, have said fear. the most
that conscientious critic can say. She has method.
She conceves OF song simply torrent OF sound and
the relation to the performance
Of true artist that transformation scene In
pantomme bears to q landscape by Turner For all this
we cannot deny that she pleased her audience and
being matter of dollars and cents we suppose she
ought to be satisfied strange contrast to the soprano
was presented by signor Pancan the tenor He has all
the culture that she lacks but he unfortunately lacks the
voice The part of Enani requires more robust tones
than time and hard work have left him. but he is an
artist Of such excellent taste and such correct method
that we ready forgive him for being no longer


in his prime The other chief singers, Beni and Anto
nucci were admirable The popular baritone had part
which suited him WELL and the given TO the finale
Of the third owing principally to his superb sing


ing Antonucc gave the Inleiice delightfully."-. Tho
opera carefully placed on the stage the dresses were
rich the choruses good all the concerted pieces
went very we'll and the entire performance smooth
and Notwithstanding the faults We have noticed gen
orally satisfactory
Year: 1868

AT the request of numberless citizens, the
following suggestions for the guidance Of persons des
ous Of prosecuting individuals guilty OF cruelty to AMI
mails made public:


There are three modes OF proceeding BY giving the
offender into the custody OF officer authorized 70 make
srresThs the best course 70 adopt when the oense
ia committed within the City Of New York. and all other
towns where magistrates SIT daily as the person can be
conveyed immediately into Court. II o policeman or
constable not within reach when the cruelty Is WIT
messed cannot be obtained soon afterward IL Will be
better 10 proceed by summons. Give your name ana
address to the officer, as a witness


H. BY the issue OF sumnOns-First obtain the name
and address OF the offender aud that painted on the
vehicle af any and lay the complaint before fore msgis
place where the ofense occurred II for driving horse
or . nH n wh CALLED an OF of sh
especially raw, discharRng, or in contact with the
the number OF blows on part Of the body inflicted
and the effect d any on the skn OF the animal; II for
tested by the trembling, falling unusual perspiraon or
exhaustion OF the ANIMAL or II for mutlaton such as
any other torture, observe infinitely and take down In
calves game fowls, other poultry animals while
bound by the legs otherwise IN any part OF this State
either land water remember the language OF the


III BY the apprehension OF the accused under war
10 believe the offender will eyade the summons, is
resident OF another ststf, or Is about to abscond


scssv sy c @ CITY, between the
hours Of and daily or upon any OF s agents. ana fur


ans the 81 any aSt @ 81 ca1snc Sa as
ton without expense trouble 10 the witness whatever
except may be necessary for the conviction OF
the offender aud I'm certain cases pay reward on con
yction Except under very aggravated circumstances


best when drivers will comply, 10 cause part OF an
overload OF merchandise 10 be directly transferred TO
another vehicle Dsead Of being deposited upon the side
Walk and no arrest made. The law requires aud the
has promulgated 70 the force that All
policemen shall aid the Society It's members and agents
ANY citizen being agent-in the enforcement OF oil
laws for the protection Of dumb animals and should
any such ofcer refuse-whch II is hoped will not occur
his name or number should be sent either 10 Headquar
ters or else the office Of this Society No 6s6 Broadway
HENRY BER0H, Presldent
Year: 1868

The Police Of the Twenty second Ward early
yesterday morning discovered smoke in Samuel OKeefes
millinery and fancy goods store. the first floor OF the
6story tenement, No 1491 Broadway. They burst the
door and extiDguished the flames The fire was IN heap
OF rubbish piled against the wainscOtiDg This was
thoroughly soaked with kerosene oil and camphene, as
were also the goods the show OKeefe Is insured
for $4,000 He dwelt In the upper part OF the building
which was also occupied By number OF families.
keaf has beeu
Year: 1868

The subscriber, for the past ten years engaged
as cutter at Mr. Cones Merchant Tailoring Es
tsblishment, 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 Mr.. Cones, we would extend IN invita-
tion to call on at our establishment, and
to those that cannot get suited in Rock Island
and are in the habit of sending east for their gar
nents would invite them TO call ana give
trial, feeling confident that suit them in
every respect. We have handsome assortment
of fine Cloths, Cassmeres and Vestings, together
with a large variety of splendid French Coatings
and Tricots in different shades and colors for fine
business suits. Also fine Beavers in different
colors, for overooats,-all of which will make
to order in the best and most fashionable manner
at lower rates than the same class of goods 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, the Post Office,


Davenport, Iowa.
Formerly cutter at Cones.


n B. The cutting department is under our
OWL supervision. nov29dly.
Year: 1868

Do not be led to believe that Steriing's Ambro-
sia containing two bottles in box at 81 90 is the
same article as Sterling's Ambrosia Oil for the
hair. My Ambrosia Oil has no connection what
ever with any other preparation sold The Am
brosio Oil is an Improvement all other hair
preparations and is put up in one bottle in neat
package bearing the name of Sterling Bloomer
the back and price so cents on the front label.
Year: 1868

AFTER THE FUNERAL. OF all return
ings, that one "after the funeral" is the
saddest. Who viii say it is noSso that
has followed beloved one to the grave !?
While he was sick we went in and out,
anxious, suffering The solicitude to
relieve, and care for, and comfort him,
engrossed us; fear of losing him excit
ed and agonized us, the apprehension
of our own desolaton i'll case he should
be removed from us, almost drove us
wild.


While lie lay dead beneath the home
roof there was hurry and hustle in prep
aration for the final rites Friends are
sent for, neighoors are present. the fu-
neral arrangements are discussed, and
mourning procured, the hospitalities of
the house provided for; all is excite
ment, the loss is not perceived in all its
greatness


But "after the funeral, after the bus
tie has all subsidized and things begin to
move as usual, then it is we begin to
know what has befallen us. The house
seems still and sepulchral though in the
heart of the city, and though its thresh-
old be still trodden by friendly feet, it
is as if empty. The apartments, how
deserted especially the room where he
struggled and surrendered in the last
conflict. There are his clothes, there
his books, there his hat and cane, there
his ever vacant seat at the family board
During his sickness we had not SO much
noticed these things, for we hoped ever
that he might use or occupy them again.
But now we know it cannot be, and we
preceiye the dreadful yacuity every
where


Oh how dark and cheerless the night
/ shadows come down after the funeral ?
No moon or stars ever shone SO dimly;
no darkness ever seemed SO utterly
+ dark. The tidings Of the clock resound
i like bell strokes all over the house.
Such deep silence no footsteps now
on the stairs or overhead in the sick
chamber no nurse or watchers to come
and say, "he is not so well and asks for
YOU" "No indeed yen may sleep and
take your rest, " if yon can. All, poor
bereaved heart it viii be long before
the sweet rest you once knew will re-
visit your couch Slumber will bring
again the scenes through which you
have Just passed, and you will star
from Il but to find them all too real y
God pity the mourner "after the funer
a} f"
Year: 1868

THE SHAPES OF THE CLOUDS AND

 \ the trees do not differ more widely than the forms of nervous disease Sometimes both the mind and the body are affected, sometimes the body alone, and often the complantis confined 10 a single member sIn one class of eases the motive nerves alone dsordered, as in St. Yitus' Dance iu another class the nerves of sensation only are attacked, as in neuralgia, tie dOuloureux, tooth ache, carachc, Sc Pain is, in fact, the immediate consequence Of a disturbed condition of the nerv- system; for only through the delicate flores Of which it is composed pain be experienced. Tremors, hysteria; and most of the unpleasant feelings usually included under the head of nerv- ousness arise from the weakness Of these sensitive threads which pervade every part of the animal structure and have their source in the fountain head of all sensation-the brain. The tonic ac- ton of
Year: 1868

there Is positively nothing that Is not healthfal and wholesome. They contain no ingredient which by any process could be converted into an active poison, and yet as constitutional stmnlant arc infinitely preferable to any of tie sulphates and acctaies which have been recently added to the ntaferta Bsedtca. The
Year: 1868

HERoIsM AN instance of great he
roism on the part of a young man, Caps
tain William jackson, is related in the
Newfoundland papers as having occurred
at Labrador during the violent hurricane
Of October 9th last. So extraordinary is
the story that were 1t not vouched for by
the best authority it would appear incred-
ible. A vessel called the Sea Slipper had
struck on reef near place called Spot
ted Islands, Labrador, at which were no
residents. This young man, Captain
Jackman, being providentially in the
neighborhood, witnessed the vessels stri-
king, saw her fall asunder, with num-
Der Of persons on her deck and rigging
twenty.seven, as it afterwards appeared.
To save some Of these poor creatures, Mr..
Jackman cast himself into the sea and
swan to the wreck, distance a hundred
fathoms or more from the shore. The
hurricane at this time was at it's hight,
accompanied by snow. Eleven times did
this heroic man swim between ship and
shore, each time bringing man from the
wreck and placing him in safety. BY
this time persons from a neighboring set,
tlenent had arrived with ropes Sixteen
trips more did the noble sailor make, con-
Quoting all the survivors in safety to the
shore. 1t seldom falls to our lot to relate
more heroic conduct Captain Jackman
is said to be as modest as he is brave, and
when spoken to on the subject will not
allow that he did anything more than his
duty. Application is to be made on his
behalf, by the magistrate of the district,
to the Royal Humane Society for its gold
medal, which will undoubtedly be prompts
ly granted.
Year: 1868

Social CONDITION OF ENGLAND.-At
this time there is no country, no matter
how embarrassed nor how poor, in which
there is so much pressing and painful
poverty, so much vice, so much misery,
SIS in England. We have failed with our
lower classes to such an extent that in
the country we find some of them working
like cattle, fed and housed worse than
than cattle, while in the towns we do not
know what to do with them until they
are ripe for dropping into the ,eethlng
pool of vice and crime. With all our
wealth, and England is wealthy country.
we have not succeeded in distributing hap
piness or content in the proportion of
which we could be proud. We find
masscd against us gloomy and threaten
ing spirit Of insubordination, and gath.
erirg of ominous elements from which
voices are heard, that having broken down


in our task we should give it up to those
who will change all things. Criticism is
no longer function limited to one class
Our future masters begin to take stock
and value of us. In that social life in
which most of us are concerned, which
may be placed above the reach of sordid
wants, can we congratulate ourselves up
on distinct advances Around US on all
sides we learn of families living upon fc-
tihous incomes, we find q rate of increase
in the taste for luxuries 50 incommensu4
rate with the means for getting them hons
estly, that people satisfy the craving with
recklessness which brings ruin upon
them. Comfort is a word the meaning
Of which is beginning to disappear. -
Every one desires to be rich, and those
who are not rich keep up the pretense un-
til the wolf is at the door London Re-
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