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Year: 1868

A LAKE DRIDD UP.-A few weeks ago
the water from the Ottawa Lake in Monroe
County, Michigan, all at once disappeared
The Coldwater Gazette states that the wa
ter had begun to subside for some days. and
the teamsters who carried stone from the
lake noticed that the holes at which they
watered their cattle we!e crowded with fish.
They increased in numbers, both large and
small, the former having their mouths wide
open, and so exhauted that the people caught
them with their hands. The work of quar-
rylng and hauling was soon abandoned, and
in a short time scores of teams and hund-
reds Of men might be seen on and around
the lake. The men with handspikes, crow
bars and axes, were busily engaged in cut
ting and raising huge pieces of ice, and
then STOPPING down, and lifting the fish,
some of which were dead, and some alive.
and some frozen fast in the ice; for the
water having departed from the lake by
some subterranean passage, the vast sheet
of ice lay on the bottom. For three days
immense quantities of fish were carried
away, principally pickerel and bass, while
vast quantities of white fish were left to
rot on the ice and in the mud-for mnd
and ice are al that i left of 0ttrYa Lake
Numerous pieces of the ice are left stand
ing on edge, like so many grave stones.
The lake, or rather Its bed, or graveyard.
presents novel scene. Some say the wa
ter will soon return by the same source by
which it departed, bringing fresh supply
of fish with it-for Lake Erie Is supposed
to be its headquarters. Meantime the
farmers in the vicinity greatly feel the loss
of the departed waters.-About seven years
ago, this lake departed waters in the same
way, and old men say it departs and returns
periodically.
Year: 1868

idea was that the good level land was on the
bank of the river, and when the early
lessons in geography made known to me the
g Great Bend in the Missouri. had the
verdant idea, that with this bend for farm
my ambition would be gratifed. L associated
the '' Great Bend" with the :. old OK bow
on my fathers meadow and thought them
alike valuable


THUNDER STORM.


At , o clock at night, the clouds betoken-
ed a storm. The wind arose and peal on
peal of thunder followed in quick succession
each electric flash. Such rain 1t poured
in torrents The engines were hushed-
they did not breathe and hardly pulsated -
suspended mechanical animation We Just
foated easily along till the fury Of the storm
had passed Puff-puf went the engines.
and on we move, again Storms in the west
arise quickly-sOon exhaust their power and
all is calm again The reason is Obvious
The unobstructed winds soon pass the charged
clouds from one point in the heavens to
another


Yours truly,


S,vr krtT.
Year: 1868

Through some hitch or fault of the
Associated Press arrangements, we
are without later news from Vermont
than what came to us by yesterdays
mails. We kept open till the latest
hour this morning and made special
effort to get ever so little news, but
without success. Up TO three o'clock
not line had been received at the
Wheeling Office, except by conversa-
ton with Pittsburgh, who said the
New York operators reported that the
latest Vermont figures give the Repub.
lican majority at about 10000,
Year: 1868

Gov. ANDREW ON GEN. GRANT.-This country is rapidly rising to just appreci- ation of the almost irreparable loss it has sustained in the untimely death of Gov. Andrew of Massachusetts. His constant devotion to the best interests of the na- tion, his intuitive knowledge of human nature. his frankness and fearlessness in expressing his views, whether, for the mo- ment, they happened to be popular or un. popular, his sincere respect for the honest convictions of others, however differine from his own opinion, have given a weight to his recorded sentiment, which has been accorded to very few public men in these days of political excitement and partizan strife

 Only three days before his death. he wrote to 8 friend: "The tendency of the hour is toward Grant. And that is best. It IS not the ideal good. It is bad for the country that he must leave his present post-bad for him. the soldier. to try and to endure the hard fate which awaits him, in civil life. But it is apparently the best practical good the country can have. And Grant is so square and honest a man that l believe he is bound to be right in main anywhere. "-N H. Courier.
Year: 1868

NEW GRocERy.-Two gentlemen well and
favorably known 10 this community, Messrs. !. G..
Berry and Peter hart, have formed copartner


ship. under the style Of Berry q Hart, for q
wholesale and retail grocery business They
have taken the store No. IL Camp street, which
is an established grocery stand, and with the
partners have so justly acquired reputation,
the success Of their enterprise is beyond doubt.
They start in business in hard times, the very
time for men satisfied with reasonable profits to
start in business and the public will find in their
store everything that is wanted In the grocery
line and at the lowest rates.
Year: 1868

To PRESERVE HERBs.-An kinds Of herbs should
be gathered on dry day, just before or while IN
blossom tie them In bundles and suspend them IN
q dry, airy place with the blossoms downward.
When perfectly dry wrap the medicinal ones IN
paper and keep them from the air pick OF the
leaves * those which are 10 be used in cooking.
pounS and sift them fine. and keep the powder IN
clcsely corked bottles.
Year: 1868

A Few BARD THnSos.--Experience has taught
men that il is


Hard to pay our debts.
Hard TO resist temptation.
Hard to love our enemies.
Hard to quit chewing tobacco.
Hard to keep from eating too much.
hard to drink liquor and not be incorporate.
Hard to believe man you know to be liar.
Hard to turn the other cheek when we are
Year: 1868

How voters are made in the most eXpcdl-
tious manner and at the lowest cost under the
Tammany patent, is fully told IN announcer
column. The description suggests one OF VWo
legal considerations that should have been
taken into account yesterday in the registra-
ton. and it is not too much to hope that they
NAV serve rs a basis for judicous action to-
day.


The law requires that the registrars shall be
satisfied by the oath of the party, or other
,pise. that the certificate of naturalization
offered is an authentic one. The essence of
the statute is the requirement OF proof, salts
factory to the registrars, that the certificate
offered is an authentic copy of the official
record. The true process of authorization Is
by a reference to the record itself; and the
only way to secure this is for the registrars to
take memoranda of the certificates Offered
leaving the parties offering them to apply on
the next registration day-after opportunity
for examination shall thus have been secured
for the entry of their names upon the list
Thousands of spurious naturalization papers
were yesterday offered that under thus strict
and fair application of the law might have
been detected. VIII not registrars to-day,
acting under the sanction of their Oaths, and
having regard to the purity of the election,
take steps to secure the only proof of naturali-
zation that, under the existing circumstances,
can be satisfactory
Year: 1868

the canvass the enormous sums which are
reckoned in England as ordinary election ex-
penses and his success was entirely owing to
the zeal of his friends and constituents. Now
he has repeated with new emphasis his belief
that "the old election machinery was nothing
"but bribery" and his determination to have
nothing to do with it. He does not intend to
hire any publlc-house for the benefit of his
voters, as the old custom goes; nor "to bill
"himsclf all over tho walls of the borough, or
"to stick himself up between the blue horse
"and the latest acrobat who threw somersaults
"for the benefit of the British public" We shall
be surprised and disappointed if ME Hughes is
not returned.
Year: 1868

TO the Editor of The Tribune


SIR: should like you TO tell me how the Secre
tary Of the Treasury resume he does not bs,
row or save COIN Yen in favor OF Resumption hus
opposed to the ways of dong it, IL understand you Ihe
had saved his coin, he would have resumed before this
time, suppose. and bonds would be aellnp st
par for gold in Europe and above par here just As they
now are. The reason pro6ably Why Mr Van Dyck docs
to spare just at that time. Respeetuiy yours, d.


AnSWer.-1. Resumption is to be effected by
paying or funding the past-due or current OBJ
legations of the Government. Money used in
paying off debts does more to promote Re-
sumption than if boarded to be paid out at
future day. If you owe, and want to he dis.
embarrassed, pay; if you can't pay all you
owe, pay all you can.


g. Were the Governments credit such that
capitalists were eager to exchange their gold
for its bonds at par, it might resume to-mor-
row, though it had not Ten Millions in the
Treasury. We have far more Gold than we
need to resume on; it is our National Credit
that is deficient. If you want to resume. i'm
prove the National Credit. And Fifty Millions
in Gold wisely employed in buying up current
obligations would do much to improve the Ma
tional Credit. If you owe largely and can pay
off quarter of your debts, the pressure or
you for payment will be sensibly reduced
3. Mr.. Van Dyck has had over Sixty Millions
of Gold In his b-Treasury for over two years
Had lie used this amount. early in 1866, to buy up
interest bearing obligations Of the Government
he would have saved Ten Millions of subse-
quent interest and enhanced the value of every
Treasury obligation. We think he should have
been instructed by the Secretary to do this.


ira
Year: 1868

THE BALLOT SWINDLE IN BROOKLYN


The Journal of Commerce shows singular facil-
ity in overlooking the true point in its defense
of the recent outrage on the purity of the bal
lot committed by the Brooklyn Mayor and
Board of Supervisors. Ii seems To suppose that
the appointment of Inspectors and Canvassers
of Election il an affair of party patronage al
together 1t argues that because Republicans
have in the distribution of official patronage
preferred members OF their own party, there
fore the Brooklyn Mayor and Supervisors only
initiated the Republican example. The Ounce
who writes this twaddle deserves Il shower
bath. The function of Inspectors and Canvass
crs of Election is to prevent frauds by either
party They will not perform this function
unless both parties are represented equally i'll
the Board, or rs nearly as may be. Our State
laws provide mode by which in the rural
districts both parties are represented with GER
tainty, unless the minority party has less than


one third of the votes OF the district. by this
mode each voteri votes for only two of the
three Inspectors of Election. The majority
party would thus elect two and the
minority party the third But where the
majority party had more than two-thirds
of the votes, eit could by nominating two
tickets defeat this end and elect all the In


spectoIs of its own faith. As this had been
the case in many election districts of New York
and Brooklyn, the Legislature placed the power
to appoint these officers in the Board of Super
visors, in order to avoid the very evil which
the Brooklyn Mayor and Supervisors have just
inflicted upon the people. 1t is difficult by law
to secure division of these offices between
the two parties in districts largely of one party.
Yet men of all parties acknowledge that with
out this we can have no pure and righteous
ballot. So strong reason for dividing any
other Offices equally lbetween the two parties
has never been felt or recognized. And we
challenge tho production of any instance in
which the Republican party has appointed In
spcctors and Registers of Election all of its own
faith The act is bold, unblushing political
crime. 1t is On par with the naturalization
frauds in Philadelphia, the plan Of tine Balti-
moro Rebels to invade Pennsylvania TO vote
in October, and the efforts of the Ku-KluX to
suppress the c0lored vote in the Southern States


The Democratic party is doing all it can to
bring the ballot into contempt and in this as
in all its acts il is the natural foo az h"nsst
Year: 1868

have made the discovery that their Seymour
electoral ticket was made up of men who could
not take the oath, and have thereupon recon-
structed it, After diligent search they have
succeeded in finding in the State men enough
who are not now malignant Rebels to fill mp the
places on their ticket We congratulate them
on having the grace thus to assume virtue II
they have il not
Year: 1868

Mr.. johnson was yesterday wiser and time
her than he knew. We could associate with
our election returns this morning no more
appropriate document than the Presidents
thanksgiving Proclamation. Never were
the harbingers of coming peace and prosperity
which the President speaks of so plainly seen;
never were thanks more devoutly felt. A
brighter day dawns for the nation, and its
Chief Magistrate most appropriately calls upon
all good citizens to thank God and take
courage,
Year: 1868

Yesterday was an exciting day in financial
circles in New York. The money market was
very active throughout the day, and the rates
for call loans were per cent. currency, with
hak per C, Mt. commission added in many cases
and per cent. gold, equal TO 10 cents in cur
rency. The present stringency in money has
revealed the fact that there are a great many
Shylocks in Wall street. Some stock firms Were
compelled TO turn stocks freely in order TO get
money, or to save themselves the humiliation
of publicly paying gold interest or commIs-
sion. Towards the close of bank hours, how
ever, there was a slight easing up IN the market,
and money could be had at per cent. for car
rylng. There is next TO nothing doing in bust
Dess paper, and what few transactions there
are taking place, are only at great shave
There have been some informal consultations
among some OF the bank officers, who eyince a
disposition to do something TO relieve the pres
ent stringency, and there will BE- another meet
ing of the Clearing House to-day. Gold, as the
day advanced, declined 10 l3 al31z. Gov
ernment SECURITIES Were firmer towards the
close OF the day.
Year: 1868

The COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS expect to
report the case of Morgan VS.. Delano to the
House as soon as the minority report can be
prepared. All the Republican members of the
committee unite in the report giving the seat to
Mr.. Delano.


The case Of Pile VS.. Hogan has not been de-
cded yet but il Is beiieved that the report will
be in favor of the sitting member Nj Pile
Year: 1868

MRS. SWfesHELA publishes in the Pitts sburgh
Gazette a long rigmarole in which she under
takes TO show that what she assumes to be Chief
Justice Chsse's alleged or supposed DETECTION
on the subject of Impeachment is attributable
10 Mrs. Sprague's ong-cherished desire to be-
come what the writer calls "the first lady in
the land,"-to be considered or acknowledged
which she once quarreled with Mrs. Lincoln.
The peculiarly feminine logic advanced in sup
port of this peculiarly feminine theory is that
the ladies at present occupying the White
House do not care to contest the position of
'sfirst lady"-whatever that may mean-with
the daughter Of the Chief Justice; hence her
unwillingness to have them displaced lest a
more ambitious or more formidable rival may
succeed them, and her consequent influence on
her father-to which he of course meekly sue
cumbs-against the ousting of A. j., and all
that sort of thing.


The story, regret to remark, Iicks the
point usually observable in Mrs. Swisshelm,s
contributions to the press, and it is not told,
either, with that piquancy which ordinarily
marks her style. Indeed, we fear she is to be
added to that cloud of witnesses who involun-
tarily testify support of the old doctrine that
genius is only the handmade of poverty. If
the article under notice is to be regarded as a
sample there is manifest degeneracy in the
bantlings of her brain since she entered into the
possession of her sixty Thousand dollar wind
fall and she ought, out of respect for her lit
erary reputation, to give up either the pen or
the purse.


Seriously, however, it is unfortunate for
the sagacity and reputation of the political
pnndits who ascrbe to the Chief Justice this
or that detection touching impeachment and
berate him accordingly, that their dogmatic
assumptions will not bear the test of reason or
the application of facts. Mr.. Chase, since tax.
ing his seat on the bench. has not been in the
habit Of advertising his decisions in advance,
and his action in the case now before the Sem
ate is not likely to prove in any way an excep-
tion 10 this excellent rule. No one knows,
much less is any one authorized to announce.
his opinions on the question, or the csurse he
Will pursue during the trial. Indignation in
advance is therefore only wasted.


Whatever may have been the preconceived
notions of the Chief Justice in respect to i'm
peachment, hardly anything can be more GER
trial will be characterized only by high re-
gard for the grave responsibilities of his posi-
tion, and a conscientious discharge of his du-
ties in relation TO it, irrespective of all minor
considerations Partisans whose Judgment is
swayed by their feelings may not be able to
understand this, and will very likely censure
or praise accordingly as his actions may hap
pen TO impress them; but the great public will
judge him fairly, and, above all, the impartial
verdict of history will surely set him right,
whatever contemporaneous opinion may be.
Year: 1868

The crowds that voluntarily and fnvoiuntary passed
before the Judges yesterday did not accomplish
her purposes without scrutiny and the creatures M9
Tho name and iesdenee Of more than one


Illegally made citizen were obtained To-day the papers
will be prepared TO enter their prosecution ana
the week will NOT pass without an arragninent ne
fore n competent tribunal OF those who dciy
the plain law OF the land. when the Pcni
entiary will probably contain the bodies of few ana
give them time for reflection their past msdceds Inc
will OF the citizens must not be trifed withthe WISH OF
the majority Of legal voters must not be iInperilcd'
Year: 1868

These Lots the eligible and the valuable for business
purpO Ofsuy property offered at public auction outside OfNewYoh
All Ofthe vide avenues, and situated they
weseheser County and close proximity 10 the
bridge the Harlem River they will be the immediate center
Of the great that locality In view Of the improvements
contemplated he widening Of Harlem River and the construction Of
the Underground Railroad from Harlem to the Of the
metropolis great this property possesses ssfevden
every with rapid upward growth of this city, aud
the more rapid property wehes.er County


EACH LOT WILL BIZ SOLD SEPARATELY.


TBRMs-Ten per cash dag Of SALE % cent on delivery
deed within days per may remain bond and mort
gage for three or Eve years


For further particulars apply to the AOctoIs No. % Pne' New
YoYk
Year: 1868

Washburne, Of Illinois, while urging
Congress to adjourn, said:


''He desired an adjournment at the car
liest possible moment. for if they went on
at the rate they were going. the Govern
mcnt would have neither money nor credit
left"


What an admission for leading Re-
publican to make on the floor of Congress,
and in the face Of the American people
Year: 1868

There is man in Vermont who cannot
speak to his father. Previous to his birth,
a coolness took place between his father
and mother, when Tor some time she re-
fused to speak with him, but the difficulty
was healed before the son was born. When
the child was old enough to talk, it was
found impossible for him to speak or an
swer his father, all his attempts to do SO
resulting in groans and tears.
Year: 1868

Brigham. Young said, in recent sermon,
that he had refused several young men the
privilege Of becoming acquainted with his
daughters because they (the said young
men) were ''profane cusses," and then
added: II do not wish my daughters to
be entangled with one who does not serve
God. would rather see every one OF
them sealed to Father Perkins here, who
is eighty five years of age, than that any
one of them should be sealed to u wicked
man."
Year: 1868

CEN. GRANT was invited aflcr service in Grace church. New York. on a recent Sunday 10 hear the organ play. No" replied the General !" | don't know one tune from another and would rather hear bass drum than an organ any day -Raaical Paper

 If such be the case, what fai,h can the people place in the General when he says the country needs peace' Is a bass drum the emblem oI peace? Reckon not We have had little two much bass drum in the last six or seven years and know full well that its music s not condu- civo 10 peace.
Year: 1868

SPONTANEOUS CONFESSIONAL terrible case Of hu-
man spontaneous combustion, which resulted IN
death, has just taken place in Cleveland, Ohio The
name OF the man was Bremen. We learn that he
drank on wager six large drinks OF whiskey and a
pint OF stock ale at sitting. With blazing face and
starting eyes he then reeled towards gas jet, In
order TO light his pipe, when the noxious gasses Is
suing from his mouth were instantly ablaze, and the
poor wretch was soon being consumed by an inward
fire.
Year: 1868

\ leading agriculturist of New York
offers prize of one hundred dollars for
the best two barrels Of white winter
wheat: one hundred dollars for the bert
two barrels OF red winter wheat, and
one hundred dollars for the best two
barrels of spring wheat, to be exhibited
at the next annual meeting of the Now
York State Agricultural Society; the
prizes to be awarded by a committee of
the society in accordance with its rules.
Each sample is to be accompanied by
one hundred stalks from the same field,
with heads and roots, together with q
written statement properly verified
and confirmed by two credible wit
uesses, giving the size of the field, the
character ofthc soil, the manures used
Oh it for four years past, depth and
mode of preparing the ground, time and
mode of sowing and harvesting, pre-
else method Of cleaning and selecting
samples, the name Of the. variety and
source of the seeds. The competition
is not limited to the State of New York,
but every State is allowed to compete
Tor the prize. ~
Year: 1868

A Corsican farmer and his concubine
were recently put on trial for one OF
the most horrible crimes on record.
They had thrown his wife into red
hot furnace, where she perishsd amid
horrible sufferipgs. The concubine was
found guilty, but the hesband was
owing TO some legal quibble, acquitted,
No sooner had he been set at liberty,
than the brother of bis deceased wife
shot him dead. 4 f
Year: 1868

LIQUID MANURE is intended for the
roots; when poured over the leaves it
sometimes does more harm than good.
We have sometimes seen the leaves OF
vegetables and flowers damaged by
pouring over them soapsuds in which
washing soda was an Ingredient. A
sprinkler with fine, rose is useless for
applying liquid manure. 1t Ia better
to take off the rose and pour the ma
nure over the roots.