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Year: 1867

The remains Of Artemus Ward have
been temporarily placed in the vault at
Kensall Green Cemetery, London,
whence, in accordance with his desire,
they will be conveyed to America. For
nine days before his death he was quite
insensible. By his will he leaves the
bulk Of his property TO his mother, and
his love for children is shown by an ex.
traordinary number Of legacies to per-
sons Of tender age. The property be.
queathed to his mother Is, at her death,
to revert, in trust, TO Horoce Greeley, to
to be applied for the foundation of an
asylum for aged and decayed printers.
Year: 1867

NEGRO WHIPPING IN NORTH CAROLINA.


a communication has been received at the
freedmen's Bureau from an ofhcer At Raleigh
N o., calling the attention Of the Bureau to the
whipping OF negroes by the civil authorities
ostensibly as punishment for petty crimes,
but in fact for the purpose OF disqualifying
them from using the elective franchise under
the laws OF North Carolina, should that righ.
be granted TO them Dy the law Of the land. II
is stated that this practice Is carried on in manv
counties in the State, over sixty having been
whipped in one county during q recent sss-
sion Of the court A conversation was over.
heard recently At the State House, between
several members Of the Legislature, when one
said "We are licking them in our part of the
State, and If we keep on we can lick them all
by next year, and none Of them can yote.n
Year: 1867

The Condemned Fenians to be Executed


MONTREAL, Jan. 4.-The Executive Council
has been setting the last three days with verv
important business under consideration The
fate Of the condemned Fenians is one of the
subjects engaging the attention OF the council.
and IL is believed the sentences OF the law will
he carried into effect
Year: 1867


Judge Greer continues to be too indisposed
to take his place on the Supreme Court bench,
and the opinion Of the Court in tho test oath
case will not be given until next week, per.
haps on Monday.
Year: 1867

AT an early hour Thursday morning,
A woman was found on the Delaware
Turnpike, near Albany, actually asleep
and walking along. She was taken
charge of by laboring man, who was
up and about TO commence his work.
When awakened, she was surprised to
know that she was in the city, and
stated that it was her intention to come
in during the day any way. The pre-
sumption is that the thought of coming
to the city preyed so upou her mind the
night previous as to cause her to COM
mence the journey soon after going
asleep. She walked six miles.
Year: 1867

This is essential to rotting well. When
corn stalks, straw and ordure ofanimals
are all trod down firmly during the win
ter and spring, the air is etfectually ex-
cluded, and the material will not rot
until it has been forked over, were it to
remain there for year or more Ifitis
loosened up so that the air can circulate
among it, the entire mass will decay in
o few weeks so that it will be easy to
pitch and spread it. Fow the most ex-
peditious manner Of pitching manure
up clean from the bottom is to do the
greatest portion of it with strong
horse fork. Set up three long peles as
fer pitching hay on q round stack, and


make hole down to the bottom Of the


manure first; then thrust the tines of the
horse fork under the manure and turn


it up in large rolls, and tear it to pieces
with hand forks. Horse forks are of
great service where the manure is very


long. After it has rotted, aman or two
men, can pitch much faster by hand.
If barnyard manure remains in the
yard all summer, it should always be
forked over. to facilitate the decay of
corn stalks and coarse straw. But il
should be protected from rain. Some
farmers pitch long mannre on the wag.
on with horse forks. But never could
preceive that the practice would pay,
because a horse fork will not hold as
much as a horse is capable of elevating.
1t is easy for any one to try the expert
ment which will soon satisfy all antici-
pations of doubts on this subject
North British AgrieuliuriSt.
Year: 1867

We publish to-day the call OF the
Democratic Executive Committee of Ohio
county, for Primary Meetings to choose
delegates TO the State Convention to be
held in this city on the eighth day of
January Lext. On the part of the Com
lnittee We urge "A general response to this
call.


The Convention about to be held will
be- one of great Importance. 1t is prop
er that it should he composed of our
very best men. As Ohio is the leading
county in the State, So her represen-
tatives in that body, should be such as
will properly sustain her position. With
q little attention on the part of the vo-
ters suitable persons can readily he
found. We hope for full attendance
at these Primary Meetings.
Year: 1867

This distinguished officer was not a
graduate of West Point, but was edu-
Gated 1T the Virginia Military Institute.
His first associations in the Army were
with Colonel, afterwards General Lee,
of the Confederate service. Most of his
fellow officers of the same regiment
were Southern gentlemen. After the
partial disorganization of the regiment,
consequent on the breaking out of the
civil war, he was associated with Col
onel. afterwards General Sumner, brave
and gallant soldier and fine disciplin-
arian. Lieutenant Thompson's early
duties in the army were in the
explorations and protection of our
immense territory in the West. In
these duties many instances of fsagaclty,
forecast and intrepidity might be re-
corded, while his official reports OF
his explorations are models of concise
ness, fullness and completeness Of de-
tail, exhibiting all that was important
to he known, and avoiding the prolixity
of unnecessary and feeble detail. They
commanded the public and official COM
mendation of his superior officers, and
were the basis of much of the subse-
Guent action Of the Government in'rela-
ton to the whole of that great western
domain.


Upon the breaking out of the civil
war he parted with great regret
with his personal Southern friends in
the Army. For some time his services,
from his superior knowledge ofthe conn-
try, were required for the protection OF
the California mails and the Western
settlements against the Indians, who
then, as lately, had assumed n warlike
attitude. But when the government
was sorely pressed in the South, he was
ordered into the Army of Tennessee
with his command. He was present at
the fatal battle of Chickamauga, and 1t
was bis presence of mind, his
personal bravery ard fortitude, and
his disObedience of orders, or rather his
substitution of his own military dis
cretion that saved the retreat of the
army and its almost total destruction,
At the close of the war he was sent to
Texas, but had just been called 10 New
Orleans, and was waiting the arrival OF
the officer before he would depart. He
was scholarly, soldierly and gentle
manly, with the love of his mon, the
respect of his fellow officers, and the
confidence of his superiors. G. w. 7.
Year: 1867

A caucus of the Radical members of
Congress was held in Washington City
on Wednesday night. Its object was
to hear q report from the Committee
appointed to superintend the work o I
Africanizing the South, and to consult
As to further necessary measures for re-
ducing that section to the dominion of
the negroes.


General ScHENcK made favorable
report. He showed that with an expen-
diture of $4,000 the South had been
largely sabjngated to niggerism and
Radicalism, and proved that by further
1udicious outlays her relapse TO anarchy
Year: 1867

Our city cotempOrary loses his temper
on the smallest possible provocation.
On Thanksgiving day, he indulged in
heavy flourish of enterprise" aud re-
fused to observe the occasion. We were
perfectly willing that he should vent
his spite at Providence and the Presi-
dent by keeping his shop open when he
should have beeu about more pious
duties, but were somewhat disgusted
when he tried to make merit of his
contempt for public opinion and relig-
ious usages. Hence our very good-na-
tured inuendO, concerning his Stiffness
as displayed in his affected "enter-
prise" on Thanksgiving day.


The burlesque seems to have pene-
trated his stupidity just far enough to
goad and fret him. He becomes very
petulant and very amusing. His rising
bile renders him insensible to ridicule,
and he furiously parades his arguments
to refute Jest of which everybody but
himself knows that he is the butt.
Poor, dear, delightful, simple, savage
soul!


About a year ago, he made himself
ridiculous in q similar manner, but,
contrary to maxim, he learns nothing
from experience. We presume the moon
must have changed about the same time
in November this year that it did last.
With view to further cavorting we
would like to know il his enterprise"
on the Message question two years
ago was not tweptyfour hours be-
hind that of the REGISTER. Also, ifit was
not through the genuine enterprise"
of q gentleman connected with this
Office that he was enabled to produce
the Message, so early, a year ago.
Also, if the REGIsTER Extra was not
presented II his Office on Tuesday morn
ing, "ahead of all competition" and
before the Iatelligencer had sent out a
single copy. Also, in what words the
e REGISTER, . year ago, published "a
shameless falsehood." Also, if he did
not choke when he stated that
the REGISTER Vas indebted for
its copy of the last Message, to an
arrangement made in that Office" Also
IL he believes it would have been Possi-
ble for the Intelligencer to secure copy
of the Message from the private Secre-
tary Of the President under any ar.
rangement that would exclude the
REGISTER from like privilege. Also, il
after general review of the situation
il does not strike him, that he can make
very amusing jackanapes of himself
by the simple process of giving full
sway to his natural inclinations.
Year: 1867

A correspondent Of the Country Gen.
teman gives the following in reference to
horses


| offer the following suggestions, the
result OF my close observation and long
experience. II the color lie light sorrel
or chestnut, his feet, legs and face white
these are the marks ofkininess. Ifhe
is broad and full between the ewes, he
may be depended on as horse of good
sense. and capable Of being trained to
ANYTHING; as respects such horses, the
RtoTe skindly you treat them, the better
YOU Will be treated in return. Nor will a
horse Of this description stand a whip, il
wel fed. II you.want a safe horse, avoid
one that is dish faced. He may be 80 Tar
gentle as not to scare, but be will have
too much 60 ahead in him TO be ssfe with
everybody. II you want fool, but
horse of great bottom. get deep bay
with not a white hair about him. II his
face is little dished, so much the worse.
Let no man ride such horse that is not
an expert rider they are always tricky
ard unsafe If you want one tbSt will
never give out, never buv large over.
grown one. A black horse cannot stand
heat, nor white one cold. If you want
gentle horse, get one with more or less
white about the head-the more the bet.
ter. Selections thus made are Of great
docility and genileness.
Year: 1867

Twenty persons graduated from the Collegiate De-
partment from the Female, and three from the rheo
logical Lectures were given by Prof Park OF Andover
and President Haven Of the Michigan University Gov
Cox presided al the Alumni dinner
Year: 1867

dispatch was received at the Police Headquarters IN
Brooklyn, from the Forty seventh Precinct at Green
point


City Hospital the Italian brig Chars lying at tie
ias OIL Works that
hospital to-day from the vessel The people
the vicinity ah work in the neghborhood for fear OF the yellow
fever"


The foregoing was sent 10 the Health Officer Our re
porter subsequently ascertained that rumOr pretty
generally prevailed in GreenpOint, and vicinity, that
contagious malady prevailed board the vessel
named II also asserted that Dr. Fisk, the Sanitary
Inspector for the Eastern District OF Brooklyn had been
board the brig and other vessels IN the negbOrhoOd
but with what result could not be ascertained


At late hour Dr. COnkn, the Sanitary Inspector for
Brooklyn, had not been informed OF the foregoing facts
or allegations, expressed the belief that they were
mere coniectures He felt sure, at least that persons
had admitted the City Hospital with yellow fever
or any other COntag glOus disease.
Year: 1867

How TO PRESERVE BoeuEr.-When
you receive boquet, sprinkle it lightly
with fresh water; then put it in a vessel
containing soap-suds; this will ncutralixo
the stem AMI keep the flowers as good as
new. Take the boquct out of the snds
every morning and lay it sideways tho
stock entering tirst) into fresh water, keep
it there minute or two, then take it out
and sprinkle it lightly by the hand with
water replace it in the soap-suds, and it
will bloom as fresh as when first gathered.
The soap-suds need changing every three
or four days. by observing these rules
boquet may be kept bright and beautiful
for at least month, and will last still
longer in a very passable state, but atten-
ton to the fair creatures, as directed above,
must be observed, or all will perish. II.
Year: 1867

PRETTY AMERICAN WoMEN.-Englishmen
seem to think that some American women
can be pretty. The Queen, London news
paper, referring to the last court reception
in that city, says that several Americans
were presented at this drawing room, and
of course, by the wife of their Minister
here. They were very much admired in
fact, l think that we are all willing to ad-
init that American ladies indulge in more
elaborate dressing than we do, even at
court, and. though their beauty is scarcely
so durable as that of our cold, northern,
damp climate bestows on our countrywo-
men, in early youth it surpassss ours
The presentation by Ambassadors and
their wives take precedence of all others,
so that the fair strangers from the other
side of the Atlantic had the honor of be-
ing introduced to royalty before the rest
of u.s.
Year: 1867

The savage tribes who are navivcs of the
extreme northwestern coast of America.
are comprised under the general name of
kalOchss of Sitka, and recognize as found
fer of the race, !; man whom they call Elkin
who dwclt under the special favor and pro-
lection of the crow. bird whom they wor-
ship as the first cause of all things. What
created the crow, or what gave that inter-
estir black bird such power, the kalochcs
profess ignorance, and they dispose OF the
question by the customary answer in such
cases-i. G., that it was ordained from the
beginning. They have also the tradition
of universal deluge, from which their
ancestors were saved by some escaping in
boats to the tops of the highest mountains.
lists after death but without being subject
either to reward or punishment. They have
few religious observances, but human
sacrifices form one of them. The victims
are always slaves, and the only slaves in
Russia-America are captives taken in war.
The master has plenary power of life and
death over his slaves, and cruelty toward
their enemies is disgusting feature of all
these savage tribes. In the minds of the
most of them every stranger is an enemy.


The whole education of these savagcs
from birth is aimed at the sole end of for
tifying their bodies to endure every species
of hardship. If they feel cold, they are
stripped naked and seated in tub Of cold
water. Sometimes the kaloches are found
in the depths of the forests sleeping around
a fire, one side nearly roasted, while the
other is covered with frost. They are of
Ollcrmatic temneramcnt deSpise death
and are brave to the verge of desperation
in battle. In the ordinary affairs of life
they are indolent and careless. They mar
ry without priests or ceremony, and their
rich men have as many as four or five
wives apiece. The chief art practised by
them is the building Of canoes, in which
they are much skilled. They are great low
ers of feasts, and this means among them,
eating a glutonous quantity-of food, and
followed up with dance. 1t is their Gus
tom to burn the bodies of their dead mt
great funeral, in the presence Of the weep
Ing relatives of the departed.
Year: 1867

the great need Of the travelling public for
a class Of reading that shall answer for
amusement in the raicar or on the steam.
boat. A large volume or q long story
often becomes wearisome to the traveller
on account Of the disadvantages to which
he is subjected, while the type of many
volumes render the reading Of them i'm.
possible to not few travellers.


In Coon STORIES al of these difficulties
are overcome. Each number is small
quarto, appropriately illustrated, and easy
to the hand; the stories are choice, and
demand not too continuous attention the
type is large and can be easily read, and
the price, Fifty Cents per number, will
place Coop STORIES within the reach
of all.


No. 2 will be issued i'm August.
TICKNOR l. FIELDS, Publishers, Boston.
Year: 1867

cape a revolver, and you bet is the


most positive manner of affirming
what you say. Everything is an out


fit from train on the plains to a
pocket-knite. 1t is applied almost in


dlscriminately-to wife, a horse, a


dog, a cat, or row of pins. A 1ay


out is any proposed enterprise, from


organizing state. to digging out a


prairie dog. Anything that has been


tried, from running for congress to


cumming drink, has been prospect


ed, or 'panncd OUT and he didn't get


a colo explains the saddest of failures


When a western man declines any


proposition, he 'ain't on it, he don't


go cent on that or none of that in


mine is the answer. When he wants


to deal or fight with Il man, he pro


ceeds to go for him. and III bet my


bottom dollar is the strongest back


ing to his expressed opinion. sThe


man in the wagon is the author Of all
sayings or doings which can find no
visible or responsible source. When
the miner goes for the savages, he
cleans 'cm out to the bed rock and
when the braggart is to be sllenced he
is informed that nobody's holding YOU
or, there's no weights on your coat
tails When one gets the decided ad
vantage of another, whether in deadly
conflict or in business, he 'has the drop
on him. The universal term for oata
bIeS is grub, and the most degrading
epIthet that one can apply to another
IS to pronounce him, "a blk No wes-
tern man of pluck will fail to resent
such concentrated vituperation. The
term was entirely novel to me, and
first asked its meaning Of landlord.
who explained by saying that "a blk
is man who never misses a meal and
never pays cent. There are many
others equally original and expressive
which | have heard often, but cannot /.
low recall. Used as they are by all
classes, in business and social circles. .
and by both sexes, they have become
part Of the language of the country,
md a strangers fitness for western
ifc is Judged by his readiness in acqui
ing the use of them.
Year: 1867

He has ELEVEN WIVES AND BEATS THEM


ALL-THE STORY OF HIS LAST WIFE


LIFE OF FEAR, ACHES AND BRUISES.
Three years ago there was no hap
pier girl in all Milwaukee than Mary
Schrocner. Her parents were in com.
Portable circumstances, and refused
their daughter nothing that could add
to her comfort and happiness.


One day she met Chris Gantcnbein,
and was introduced to him. He had
just served two years in the Wiscon-
sin penitentiary for bigamy, but he
did not tell Mary of it. lie had not a
handsome face, he had not a pleasant
voice; he had ugly eyes, o'sho did not
love him. But in month or two he
proposed marriage He had told her
parents of his great property in the
city of Dubuque-how rich he was
Mary should have every luxury, plen-
ty ofservants and no work-she should
have horses and carriages at her com
mand; she need not even walk if she
did not choose to walk SO when
Mary said mo, ! will not marry YOU
her parents said yes, you shall marry
him, and we will have rich son-in-
law! She married him. She came
to Dubuque with him. There was no
carriage to receive her at the ferry
landing. She walked with him clear
up into the Fifth ward to his brothers
house. There she learned that he was
only not rich, but was very poor.


Somebody furnished him Il little mon
ey and he started a saloon. Soon he
he moved into the building at the cor
ncr of Fifteenth and Iowa streets.
Customers came to him and he COM
menced prospering. Alas for Mary !.
He commenced getting drunk, too, and
to beat her. Her home was a perfect
hell to her She was in constant fear of
life, and she says that time and again,
when she asked for money to buy food
she had been answered by blow and
Il kick. She became a mother, and
then her torments of heart were doub-
led, for she knew of her inability to
protect the child in his moments-or
rather hours-of passion. Thus she
has lived for three years-subject to
more kicks than kisses more blows
than blessings "a hundred fold more.


This life of torment eliminated last
Saturday. Gantenbcin was drunk
Sew eral times during the day he whip,
ped his wife. In the evening, with her
child in her arms, she told him there
was no bread in the house, and moth
ing for the little one to eat. He swore
terrible oath, and said he would give
her bread. Picking up a dog chain,
he wound it about her neck, knocked
her down on the floor, and then drag
ged her by the chain across the large
Year: 1867




What is the first thing boy does
when he falls into the water? lie gets
wet.


Why are hogs the most intelligent
things living? Because they no every
thing.


What was the difference between
Joan of Arc and Noah's ark One
was Maid of Orleans and the other
was made of gopher wood,


When does farmer act with rude
ness towards his corn? When he pulls
its ears


When is hen most likely to hatch?
When she is in earnest Cher nest.)
Why is a kiss like q rumor? Be.
cause it goes from mouth to mouth.
Why was Eve not afraid of the
measles? Because she'd Adam Chad
'em.)


What grows the less tired the moro
it works? A wagon wheel.
What is the difference between a
spider and a duck? The one has its
feet always on a web, and the other
has a web always on its feet.
Year: 1867

room. Then he caught hold of he
long hair and dragged her back again
Then he took the chain and beat he
over the head and face with it, kickeC
her, and at last picked up a butcher
knife and jabbed her cheek with it
She screamed murder and the neigh
bors and passersby rushed in and res
cued her. All this time the child la,
on the floor, screaming at the top O
its voice. Officer uerkes arrested
Gantonbein and took him to Jail =
Dubuque Times, A4gust q.


The Old. woman


Once she was 'Mother,' and it was
Mother, I'm hungry Mother, mend
my jacket, and Mother, put up my
dinner and Mother with her loving
hands, would spread the bread and
butter, and stow away the luncheon,
and sew on the great patch, her heart
brimming with affection for the impet-
uous little curly pate that made her so
many steps, and nearly distracted her
with his boisterous mirth.


Now she is the 'old woman but she
did not think then that it would come
to that. She looked on through the
future years and saw her boy to man
hood grown; and he stood TRANSPORTED
in the light Of her own beautiful love.
Never was there a more noble son
than he-honOred Of the world, and
the staff Of her declining years.


Aye, he was her support even then,
but she did not know it. She never
realized that it was her little boy that
gave her strength for daily toil-that
his slender form was all that upheld
her over the brink of a dark despair
She on " knew how she loved the child,
and felt that amid the mists of are
his love would bear her gently through
its inirmities to the dark hall leading
to the life beyond.


But the son has forgotten the moth
er's tender ministrations now. Adrift
from the moorings of home he is cold,
selfish, heartless, and Mother has no
sacred meaning to the prodigal She
is The old woman wrinkled, gray
lame and blind. Pity her, Q grave,
and dry those tears that roll down
her furrowed cheeks! Have compass
sion on her sensitive heart, and offer it
thy quiet rest, that it may forget how
much it longed to be dear mother to
the boy it nourishcd through a care
less childhood, but in return for all
this wealth of tenderness has only Civ.
en- back reproach.