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Year: 1867

FEAST AND FAIR At UNION STATION
METHODIST CHCRCH.-A feast of the finest
luXuries and the tairest of the fair may be
nightly seen at the grand entertainment
which is under the control of the ladies of
Rev. p. A. Peterson's church, on Union
Hill
Year: 1867

DEAD BODIES REPORTED FOUND.-A
gentleman, whose friend, while fishing, had
seen them, informed us that two bodies
were found yesterday on the Chesterfield
bank of the river about a mile below
Manchester. The bodies were those Of a
man and woman. The man was in box
and the woman was lying alongside. After
diligent inquiries, we could find nothing
positive concerning the report.
Year: 1867

the Association have not been in vain,
but that much good both directly and
indirectly has been done. Who can cal
culate the amount of benefit conferred
on young men and the public, by the
carrying out of the plan formed eight
years agoi


Gods blessing has been upon the ef-
fort, and TO his name be the praise.
That He may continue to own and IA
vor the undertaking of the Y. n. {. A.
of the city of Wheeling, and make it n
still greater instrumentality for good is
the feryent prayer of him, who esteems
il not one of the least causes for happi-
ness and encouragement in life, that
he was permitted to give the initiatory
start to this enterprise.


X. V. Dodge.
Year: 1867

Improvement Of the Kanawha River.


We learn that an effort is being made
to secure some legislation looking to the
improvement of the navigation Of the
Kanawha river. It is understood that if
the present Legislature will properly
charter company for the purpose, the
funds can be promptly tajsed, to open
ap this river for commercial purposes
and make il sYailsble for the transit ef
coal and other articles Of TRAFFIC TO The
Ohio river. The immense mdnsrsl and
Year: 1867




other resources of the Kanawha Valley
as yet undevelored, render it proper
that such legislation as may be necessa-
ry to make them source Of profit to
the citizens of that section and of bene-
fit to the entire State, should be grant.
ed as speedily as possible. As matter
eff Justice to the people Of the Kanawha
valley, cur Legislature should see that
every facility for opening up their coun-
try and enabling them to turn their
great natural wealth to advantage
should be promptly afforded. We hope
that our Legislators will examine this
subject, as it will be presented, with a
view to taking such action as may be
needed to promote the great interests
involved therein.
Year: 1867

lSoNllNUkps


An Act in addition 10 chapter thirty 7


three of the General Statues, entitled,


"of process"


Nis hereby enacted, &c,


SEC l.. Whenever any attachment
shall have been made upon mesne process
issued from any court in this State Of
any live animals, or Of any goods or
ohattels liable to perish or waste, or to be
greatly reduced in value by keeping, or
which cannot be kept without great or
disportiona;e expense, and the parties to
such attachment shall not have consented
in writing to the sale of such property
upon such process, iu the manner proyi.
ded in section thirty nine of chapter thir-
ty-three of the General Statutes, any par
ty in interest in the action whenever such
attachment is made, may apply to the
court in which such suit is pending, at
any term thereof, or to the judges thereof
in vacation, for an order of sale Of such
property, by the officer attaching the same.


SEC. 9 At least ten days notice of
such application shall be given to all the
parties to such action, to be served in the
same manner as writ Of sun nous, and
in case any such party shall not reside in
this State, service shall be made upon his
agent or attorney therein, and if he shall
have no agent or attorney therein, such
service shall be made on the person hav-
ing TIE custody Of said property at the
tim4 of said attachment, and if no such
person can be found within this State,
then an order of publication of such no.
t,ce shall be ma.e by such court or judges
thereof, in such newspaper or newspapers
as they shall direc, for three weeks sue
cessively, the last Of which publication
shall be at least ten days fore the hear.
ing of such application.


Sec. 8. Upon hearing such applica-
ton, if such court or judges are satisfied
that said property is within the descrip,
tion given in the first section of this act,
they may make an order Of sale thereof
to be executed by the officer holding said
property, aud shall issue T. warrant 10 such
officer accordingly, and such order and
warrant shall be duly recorded in said
court


Sro. 4 The officer. to whom such
warrant is directed, shall proceed to ap.
point three disiutercsted and judicious
persons acquainted with the value Of SUCH
property as appraisers Whereof, and they
shall be sworn to u faithful discharge Of
such duty aud shall appraisc said proper
ty at ita full and just value in money,
and thereupou said officer shall advertise
and sell said property iu the same man
ner, in all respects, as is provided by law,
for the sale of property on execution; pro
yideJ. that if the owner Of sid property
or bis agent or attorney shall at any
time before such sale tender to said off
Ger the amount Of said appraisal in mon.
cy or give satisfactory security for the
payment thereof, said officer shall receive
such tender or take such security and DE
IiTcr such property to such owner for the
purpose, and as provided 10 section foity-
four of said chapter thirty three.


SEC 5, This act shall be construed
and taken as in addition TO the provis-
ions of chapter thirty iEIoo of the Gener-
al Statutes, and not as yepealiug the same.
SEC. G. This act shall take effect from
its passage.


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Year: 1867

bines every element that conspires to the
rain Of the race that can claim none Of
the sympsfhies of either. F..
To what does the maintaining Of ne
groes in Tennessee, by giving them en-
ploymont and feeding their paupors from
the public crib, solely on account of
their eonsenling to be Radical automa-
tons, lead but to consolidate their
strength en- masse for an assault on
everything in politics and reli-
gion-everything human and divine
that oppose the progress Of the
dominant power in all their movements
toward radical changes in the original
policy of the Government, not only in
temporal, but in church affairs.


For that power dispenseS not only
g. hog and hominy " to its proteges, but
the bread Of life in Puritan tracts and by
penitence preached at public expense
borne both by Catholic and Protestant
so that just in proportion as the negro is
elevated, is the Irishman and the Cath
ole depressed.


/ have seen the former " sitting at
meat and the latter waiting on him


We are now having here the most de.
lightful weather, which, together with
the lovelness of inanimate nature
around us, makes us oft times lose sight
of all that is disgusting in those who
lord it over this fairest of lands, and
whose moral ugliness is not the fault Of
Him whose most beautious creations
they are essaying their best to mar.


VIAToR
Year: 1867

neA- The Chicago Times thinks the
suspension of Stanton will add one more
to the list of Presidential aspiraats. 1t
SAYS "the Presidents official boot has
inflicted wound upon Stanton which
will appeal powerfully to Radical sym
pathy. Barring the difference in local
ity, it is good deal such a wound as
made Sumner famous. The sore head
of the latter was the making of him
politically; the sore breech of the former
may have the same effect in the case of
the Presidency"
Year: 1867

R@~ An exchange says: Hindman is
one Of the foremost men of the South in
reconstruction, and Early is one of the
latest. It is written ''the first shall he
last, and the last first"
Year: 1867

b@~In her life of Prince Albert, Queen
Victoria relates that when suffering
under the severe prostration produced
by his last fatal illness, the Prince reused
himself to write memorandum for the
Queen on the communication which the
Government proposed to make to the
United States on the affair of the Trent.
This memorandum was adopted by the
Queen, and, influencing as it did the
tone Of the Government communication,
had a material effect in preventing a
rupture between the two countries. Ex-
cept the commencement of letter to
King Leopold, which he could not con-
tinue after the first line, these we're the
last words written by the Prince" "
Year: 1867

pa~ 1t turns out that the last Radical
" martyr" in East Tennessee, who fell a
victim to his principles, only received
load Of squirrel shot while robbing the
watermelon patch Of " rebel" 1t was
reported in Nashville that he had died Of
his wounds, and the Radical Press aud
Times says the deceased is reported to
have been a most exemplary and excel
lent young man, and his untimely death
is greatly regretted. No doubt is enter
tained that bis assassins were moved by
political hatred to commit the shocking
crime" There must be a scarcity Of
material for Radical martyrs in the
Eastern District, surely. Bot we forgot
TO state that "the deceased was ser
geant in BroWnlov's melish-
Year: 1867

A French savan,i in theory proposed through
the medium of a Medical journal of Lyons,
proposes literally to commit the enormity
suggested in the above heading. His theory is
that human bodies are at present wasted, when
they might as well be utilized by distilization
into gas, to be used for Illuminating purposes.
These are his remarks:


"Coal is being exhausted, and since the hu-
man carcass is capable of supplying gas of
good illuminating power, why should it not be
EMPLOYED to this endP In India, they say, the
idea is already realized. By process OF COM
bustion in retorts, a corpse of ordinary dimen-
sions may be made to yield twenty-five cubic
metres of Illuminating gas, which at a cost of
twenty-five centimes per cubic metre, would
give avalue Of about eight francs for a deceased
friend about medium size"


An exchange, attempting to be witty over
this grave subject, suggests that, judged by the
living developments, some bodies must have a
very much larger gas-producing capacity than
others, and of course should command higher
price in the market. 1t being Wash
ington editor who made this suggestion, it is
fair to presume he had his eye on congression-
al speech-makers, some Of whom, according to
his theory, must be possessed of remarkable
commercial value.


But, pleasantries aside, we are not quite
clear, in these times when the disposition to
utilize everything is so rife, that the French
mans theory may find adherents on this
side the Atlantic, and some of our utiitarian
writer's may not soon propose to dispense
with all such superfuities and needless ex-
penses as are imposed by cemeteries-involv-
ing loss of land and extensively chiseled mar
ble--and the substitution of the bodies of the
dead for coal and petroleum The
spirit that bears sway in many departments Of
life is not whit behind this in its advances to-
wards vandalism.


The spirit that would pull up every rosebust
to plant hill of potatoes, that would cut down
every shade tree that does not produce apples Oh
other eatable fruit, that would plow up every
green spot to make room Tor pumpkins and
string beans, and that would even rob the sun
set cloud of its tints if by any process the color
could be extracted and sold to the dyer-the
spirit that would approve and practice these
things would need go but little further to work
up the body of a friend to save oil and can
dlas
Year: 1867

One fine day n soldier who had been
reported killed, but was only prisoner,
returned home to find that his wife had
turned over n new leaf in the marriage
service, and that another man occupied
his seat in the chimney corner. Did lie
go to work slaughtering the false wife
walked in and said;


"Well, old gal, how is things ?"


Putty good, BILL" said the doubly
married woman, not taken aback greatly


(Which do you prefer, the old or new
love?"


She hesitated for an instant, and then


u don't like to hurt your feelings,
but-Dut-"


"Oh, spit it right out Don't mind my
feelings nor the other chaps! | won't be
angry if you come down little rough on
my vanity. Count on me being amiable.
l won't cut up nasty if you should so
back on me."-


..rm glad you're so thoughtful, Bill;
and acknowledge that ! do like my pres
ent husband best but if any thing should
happen to him, know nobody else
would so join fortunes with again as
you"


THAT'S the way to talk I'll now bid
you good bye, hoping that no accident
will happen to the other fellow, and that
he will live long to enjoy your delightful
society. Good day"


And the careless husband travelled off.
with his knapsack on his back, whistling
in CHEEKY tones, THE girl l left behind
me"
Year: 1867

A v1ENNA newspaper states that a
secret society exists in that city, one OF
whose laws is that each member must
tread upon every lady's trail which he
meets in the street "with such force as
to produce considerable rent in the
dress" He is then TO apologize pro
fusely, but if the lady drags him into
court, the society pays the damages.
Year: 1867

HARPER's WEEKLY contains picture
OF the "Church of the Sea and Land !"
which is built on float and is moored
at foot of Vestry street; but in the de-
scriptiou of this building the journal
omlts all allusion to the bell. This is
the most interesting feature in the
church. Twenty-one years ago the
steamboat Atlantic left New York for
the East with full load of passengers
bound home to attend Thanksgiving.
The vessel was wrecked in a storm, and
few survived the catastrophe. During
this awful time the sound of the bell
was heard, shaken by the wind into ut
terance, and when the wreck lay on
the Stonington rocks without IL living
person aboard, the bell still sounded its
requiem over the lost. This very bell
now calls the sailor to worship in the
"Church OF the Sea and Land"
Year: 1867

cratic party, its prominent features oppose the
enfranchiscment of the colored man, and deny
tho right to legislatc upon the subject. These
two features have tendency to exclude South
ern men from that party for the colorcd man is
already cnfranchiscd here, and we cannot seek
an alliance with party that would restrict his
rights The exclusive right of the State to
logislato upon suffrage will make the cnfran-
chisement of the blacks, whether for better or
for worse, fixture amongst us. 1t appears,
therefore, that those who cry loudost against
this new order Of things as q public calamity
are those whose principles would fix it upon
us without remedy. Hence it becomes us to
insist that suffrage should be extended in all of
the States, and fully tested The people OF the
North should adopt what they have forced
upon us; and if it be proved to be a mistake,
they should remove it by tho remedy under
Republican principles Of uniform laws upon
suffrage.


If every man in the country will meet the
crisis with a proper appreciation Of our oondi-
ton, and come fairly up to his responsibilities,
tomorrow the sun will smile upon happy
people, our fields again begin to yield their in
crease, our railroads and rivers will tccm with
abundant commerce, and towns and cities will
rcsound with the tumult of trade, and We shall
he invigorated by the blessings of Almighty
God.


am, sir, very respectfully, your most obe-
dlent servant.


JAMES l4ON,;STREET.
Year: 1867

Bad luck is simply man with his hands IN
his brecches pockets and pipe in his mouth.
looking on to see how it will come out. Good
luck is a man OF pluck to meet difficulties, his
sleeves rolled up, working to make it come ont
right
Year: 1867

The Tennessee newspapers report the highly
successful career of colored man of that State,
who some time ago found bag of gold in
hollow log but was not SO completely overcome
by his good fortune rs to sluander the money.
lie converted his gold into tive-twcntirS, and
had over $1,000. lie went to New Orleans,
quired good knowledge of English and French,
and in March last went to Europe as the at


tendant Of an ex Confederate General, and
now turns up as the proprietor of u irst-cl,ss
American restaurant in the Paris Exposition.
Year: 1867

The New Bedford Mercury states that firm
in that city have had faithful old horse har
messed for the last time, and, instead of turn
ing him away to die, have provided comtor
table shelter and pasture for him in which he
is to pass the remainder Of his days, free from
harness or whip. This is right Instead of
turning off the noble old horse after he has
earned ten times his cost, and condemning him
to drag an omnibus or assist in peddlng veer
tables about the streets, this humane firm have
pcnsioncd him. as they would any other old and
faithful servant who h al worn out his life iu
their service.
Year: 1867

~ When the Brownville Advert.


ser again goes in search Of mares nest


had be not better take his specs along


that be may SEQ his way clearly? We
characterized as q wise act, the location
Of oil lhe State institutions at one poinl
mot because that point was Lincoln
City but we would have said the same,
had it been at Omaha, Brownville, Peru,
or any other point. The only time we
hsve given an opinion upon thexemoval
oftbe Capital was some weeks ago; and
then we did so entirely upon the state
ments Of the Omaha special to the St.
Louis Democrat. who was of course o
partisan Of Omaha. That opinion may
have been wrong, derived from such o
source; but we have never said word
Inconsistent with it. The Advertiser had
better not undertake any little extra Jobs;
1t has about as much as il can conve.
niently attend to, in assisting the Omaha
Republican in bucking against not only
Q large majority Of its party in the State.
but against q majority of oil parties 10
the State.
Year: 1867

re- Congress has adjourned. to wait
for the President and Stanberry to smell
out rotten point in their recent work.
and set the whole at defiance. Then the
Chairman of some Caucus will call them
together again; they will go to work to
repair the aaw by piling something else
on top Of it; then will draw their mile
sge. and adjourn. And everybody will
be expected to exclaim: swell done,
good and faithful servants Let us
stand by Congress l''
Year: 1867

The Leavenworth Conservative de
nounces the attempt of certain persons to
-ead Republicans out Of the party. be


.suse they do not favor female suffrage
We endorse it there. It is question
upou which good Republicans may and
do differ, and upon which all should be
entitled to free opinion. Bat there il
m old saying about sauce for the goose
and sauce for the gander. which will
apply here The Conservative especially.
and, In fact, nearly all the anti women
organs, have been most severe upon those
Republicans who could not come up to
the scratch on negro suffrage. They are
willing to read such men ont Of the party
for that cause.


Which of these questions is more es-
pecislly . Republican issue in Kansas
At the last State Convention, the Repub-
lieans Of every Representative District
were represented by men who were sent
TO nominate ticket and franc platform
of principles. There was the golden OPP
portunity; that Convention could have set
the negro on q firm foundation. as regar.
ded political rights. The question was
presented the Convention was appealed
to, to take q manly position. by men who
predicted the effect and consequences Of
doubtful policy. But the Convention
lacked backbone. and resolved upor
something that meant nothing. They
can't saddle this upon Sam. Wood ; fo1
tbs ssme Convention tha. took this actor
expelled Sam. from seat iu the Convcn
tion. The last Republican Legislature
presented the questions Of negro suffrag
and female suffrage at one and the sam
time-they are now before the people
and one is ss much Republican measur
ssithe other-both are appeals for righ
and justice.


Opposition to negro suffrage, is solely
from prejudice. Opposition to femal
suffrage. is equally prejudice. Wha
right have one side TO ask the other t.
yield their prejudices, while clinging will
. daath-grip to their own? We know
men who were Republicans siraigb
through, and are still undoubted, bu
who will vote against negro suffrage
The reason Of this simply is, that they
have not yet been educated out of theil
prejudices. which were more deeply rooted
on that point than any other-precisely
ss the editors of the Leaven@orth Con
servative, the Atchison Champion. and
many other editors and men who are not
editors, have not been educated out of
their rrejudices against female suffrage.
While they are cssayiug to teach, let
them also be willing to learn. At any
rate, let them not denounce men for being
shaky on one proposition, and claim ex.
emption for themselves on the other.


IWeintend to vote for negro suffrage
and for female suffrage; and we know
many good aud tried Republicans who
will vote for neither.
Year: 1867

~ Canvassers started out last week.
with petitions on tho railroad question.
determined to secure enough signatures to
obtain an order for an election, at the
meeting Of the County Board. next Mon
day. Wo have not learned what pro-


gress they have made, but hope the work
will be successfully and speedily carried
through. s5a
Year: 1867

TpE OrHEa SIDE.-Wo have been
asked to give the other side Of the woman


suffrage question occasionally. II we


were fighting on both sides, we might do


90 bu, as it is. We fear we should make


a worse out than we do on only one side.


The only disadvantage we can see. or


rather spprehend. is that whenever pretty


women ran for Office. there world be no
show for the old rusty politicians and Of


fice.seekers who have been accustomed


to running the machine. The Legisla-
ture and nearly all the public Offices.
would be filled with women. Under the
present arrangement. whenever it is de-
sired to beat . man. and at the Same time
humiliate him, q negro. or white man
| who is the laughing stock Of the whole
country, is brought out against him.
Uuder the proposed arrangement. when
the enemies of candidate cannot beat
him otherwise, they will be sure to bring
| ont some good-natured old woman
against him. and will be just that snre to
beat him. Just think of the entire Gov.
ernment of the State being in the hands
of old women Although it would bc a
decided improvement upon good deal
of our p,st experience. those who do not
wish to see such state of affairs brought
about. should assist in voting down the
"pernicious doctrine" Of female suffrage.