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Year: 1867

EDS. CoMMERCIAL.-IO will bring tenn
porary peace and comfort to many rest
less soul, and save many dollar TO needy
people by giving bounty claimants to unde--
stand that the Pay Department has not
been able so far, even TO register all the
claims filed. and that, therefore, the pro-
cess of auditing and settling these addition
al bounty claims must needs be slow one.
Several hundred claims have been paid,
but over two hundred thousand have not
yet been examined; nay, thousands filed
months ago, have not been entered on the
books of the Pay Department. Yet daily
hundreds of the claimants lose half a days
or more Of their wages, to take time to 90
and inquire about their clam. Soldiers
should understand that the Paymaster's
check is drawn payable to their order, and
il is their attorneys interest to notify them
Immediately when a claim is settled. No
urging can hasten the regular action of the


Department. L. b
Year: 1867

We learn from Tile Halifdr Sun that on Sun


day last the prisoners In the Provincial Penitcnary IN
that city, 10 tie number OF 90 co, mutuied while at
dinner together I'm tho dnngrOOm account or the AL
legged bad quality OF their food The Governor was sent
for and the prisoners presented their plates OF food 70
him. nRking him il Ii was t for men 10 eat He tasted ana
replied that IL On being told by the Governor that ne
would doctor and have the food Inspected
they commenced throwing about In every d.
recon; and followed mp their rOt0us conduct by smash


ing all the glass and sashes OF tho dining breaking
the readugdos tearing the maps &c. They then went
out into the prison. and commenced breaking the windows
and believing furlousy message was sent TO the fort
for assistance. and q company or artillery was dis
patched prison. the Ohcr troops being absent on
service Meanwhile portion of the prisoners kept up the


work OF destruction and began breaking the locks or the
cells that they could not be fastened up To prevent
this the Governor fired at them and wOundng one they
ali fed from that part of the prison. and rushed UP stairs
where they continued their work Of destruction throwing
down large blocks OF granite. They broke the glass and
sashes and fearing that they would break the bars aso
several shots were fired IN that direction, which drove
them from that side 10 the opposite side below where
they commenced the same work Here shots again
fred and several OF the prisoners wounded They aen
kept under cover, In the cells On the arrival or the
military the wounded were conveyed to the hospital and
fhe resi-
Year: 1867

TO the American people other quality SO eommends
our public men are deficient We have men OF eoquence,
OF sagacity, Of tact Of scholarship, and OF IN
position and unfnchngly adhere to 1t until eonVneed
that they are in the wrong and then have the manes
leaders rise TO emnenoe not favorable to manly lnd
pendence The President himself Is not deneiens IN IN
pluck but Of his predecessors has ever had I'd
encounter 80 bold so arrogant, so powerful
Shor OF many OF his prerogatves he needs men agou
him that will meet with unshaken front the most Voeht
surges OF Congressional agitation and who rgdy exact


In the performance OF every duty, neither DC per
suaded nor ntmidated to WELD the patronage OF the d
parmens in the interest OF an exactng aud threatening
IugiOritV
Year: 1867

Evening-An Abolition Congress, composed Of the
leading anti-Slavery men of the world, commenced
its session here to-day. A large number of Ameri-
cans and many representatives of the African race
are present One of the objects Of the Congress is to
prepare and adopt memorial TO al those powers
which tolerate human Slavery within their do
minions, urging the total abolition Of such bondage
Year: 1867

WHITTIER AS A SHoEMAKER.-Whit-
tier is empatically self-made writer. His
early life was passed on farm in severe
manual labor, and until he was eighteen
he had no educational advantages, but such
as could be derived from few winters
attendance on the public schools of his ma
tive district. At the age of twenty, how
ever, he had managed TO secure two years
tuition at a town academy, but then he left
school, to work his way in the world, and
what he has since learned he has gathered
from contact with actual life, or by solita-
ry study in his own library. To this lack
of classical culture may doubtless be at
tributed the charming simplicity of his
style, and the peculiarly American charac-
ter of all his writings. One of Mr.. Whit
tiers early employments was that of shoe
maker. 1t was formerly the custom Of the
thrifty New England farmers to spin and
weave their own cloth and to manufacture
their own shoes and shoe-leather. A small
shed was usually attached to the farm
house, wherein were kept the implements
Of St. Crispin, and here, of rainy days
the farmers sons handled the awl ant
pounded the lapstone, while their sister
indoors spun the wool or wove the yarn
or made into garments the family home


spun. 1t was thus that Whittier becam,
acquainted with " the gentle craft Of leath
. er," and had he not one day, when abou
seventeen, sent copy Of verses to the Ha
| verhill Gazette, he might never have go
+" beyond the last; = but to this day hav'


been doing his best to keep mankind from


going barefooted. In that event the worl'


would certainly have lost fine poet. bu
: might have gained good shoemaker


New York Evening Ga=ette.
Year: 1867

Poor OF MARRIAGE.-A bigamy case
was held in Portland, Me-, this week, the
accused party pleading that he had not
been married to the woman reported to
have been his first wife. No certified evil
dence of the marriage was produced, but
simply the fact that the Defendant had
lived many years with the woman. By
whom he had family. Judge Dickerson
charged the jury that marriage may be
proved in various ways 1t may be done
by marriage certificate, by the testimony
of person who was present at the cere-
mony, or by the admission and acts Of the
party accused. If the respondent lived
with the woman and acknowledged and
recognized her as his wife, and held her
out to the world as his wife, then that may
be proof that there was marriage. For
a party is not 1t liberty so to conduct him
self, living with another, holding her ose
to the world as his wife, and then to aay
he was not married to her.
Year: 1867

The Cry The disorders of Tues.
day night have made deep impres.
sion upon our people.


The regret evinced at the occur.
renee Is sincere and general.


AS soon as informed of the riot,
Col. Sheppard, Of the 18th Regulars,
repaired to the spot, and with the
energy and foresight Of an old soldier,
distributed his posts throughout the
city with such tact and intelligence
that they formed perfect network
which could at any time be closed on
any disturbers of the peace


The result was such as could be
anticipated, and the citizens are in
debted to that officer for the preven-
tion of further outrages.


The city is still patrolled by the
Regulars, the officers are seen all
around inspecting their command, and
we can only add that if our liberties
are to be forever snatched from us we
desire that, of all things, they should
fall IN the hands Of that class of men
we formerly looked upon as the stand
ard type of gentleman-the officers of
the regular army Of the United States.


As to the main subject of the dis
turbance, we will add, to prove to
Judge Kelly, that the people Of Mo.
bile, strong in their faith to the Con.
atltutlon and laws, can we'll afford the
freedmen of speech which, he says,
was denied him in former days, let
him appoint time and place, when
and where no mischief makers can
hide in the dark, and then we can
vouch, that around Judge Kelly will
rally two thousand of our most pro-
mlnent citizens, who will not only see
that no interruption takes place, but
who will be ready to meet him on the
broad ground Of discussion.


AS to our views on night assem-
blages, they have been sadly vindica.
ted by the events of last night.-Mo-
bile Times, 18Th inst.
Year: 1867

The great Fair of the American Institute
being its best dress, the visitor VIII see great va
rety OF interesting objects No Fair ever held IN amer
lea will have many new things to show, particularly
in the way OF additions to important inventions One
who has made mental philosophy study cannot fan 10
get 1aC Is, or the manner In which human minds IN
this work together to complete mechanism one
mind. by reason Of peculiar organization, works at one
branch another at another branch. without in
the least suspectng that they erecting common
structure In this there seems something like PrOYi-
dental direction.


into the various improvements made in the sewing
machine Howe discovered the use of the needle with
the eye In the point the rest Is the WORK
OF otier hands and perhaps than 1900 men have
contributed each something to bring to It's present per
fectiOn -.


riety of WORK still in some details OF fine and even OF
common work lady's hands have been Indispensable.
This with regard to the tuckng ana creang
OF fabric No cOntrivance seemed capable OF DONG ths
tuckng half to reeourths OF her tno was
required that the machine might go on and DO IT'S neeae
work 1t Is true there were several devices % ana one
well some kinds OF goods, but on others t was aDe
to uure the fabric. For many years MI Fuller was the
only one who made any effort IN an Improvement III ts
direction


Brt now II our readers will look in the northeast cor
Of the northern gallery Of the hall Of the FAIR they
himself which does those two branches OF work by an
attachment With all the eKactness possible in the human
hand and without any more delay than In sewing COM
seam.


This Invention OF Fuers consists Of two steel fingers
which come down OH the cloth while sewing tuck, and
MP or pinch up crease the same by hand for the next


tuck without measuring marking straining the goods
The light upper plate OF the self guide aud baser holds


the work down smooth prevents the cloth from running
OPEN under the ordinary and aids In guiding
IL also holds the work together and Obvates the necessity


for bastDg. All creasng devices to be effective must be
removed from the cloth, when the feed operates
count OF the eactciy Of the goods This invention OF
MI fullers on which he has been working for many
years now brings the sewngnaclne TO such marvellous
perfection as to do every thing lady can doexcept to
read novel
Year: 1867

THE DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS,.


The Committee of the Democratic COnserva-
tive Convention have issued address in favor Ot the
proposed new Constitution. OF which they say:


Conspicuous among the sautary reforms OF that In
strument may he mentioned the abolition of the present
Oppressive county system and arrangement for
the perpetuaton OF the popular common schools OF tine
city the OF the veto power 10 the Executive as
check upon hasty and wise legislation; the delegation
OF the question OF the rate OF interest upon contract 20
the Legislature: the creation OF checks upon stare
aud CITY expenditure the denial TO the Mayor and CITY
Council of Baltimore OF the right TO loan the credit OF the
city without the OF the General Assembly ana OF
a majority OF the people a general eecOn and above
al and ALL the absence Of those horrible test oaths
which disgrace the Constitution OF 1854 and when are
odous to every freeman that IL may be truly con
sdered new declaration the Independence OF the peo-
Ne Of Maryland.
Year: 1867


By h charter the Company permitted to Issue its own First Mortgage
Bonds to the the Bonds issued by the Government and
and progresses The mortgage which
from New York and the on Aes United
House Representatives Massachusetts Trustee
deliver the Bonds the Company who responsible their
in strict accordance with the terms OF the law


3.-THE LAND GRANT.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company land grant, abos
donation from the Company, Of ~ the mile which
believed will o be worth less than S30Oo0Oo0


4.-THE CAPITAL STOCK.
The authorized capital the Union Pacific Railroad Compay Qua
Dollars which million dollars paid
the already done and Of which 1t supposed that tSsn
twenty millions all viii be required The Directors and stock
holders OF the Company of large wealth and experience in rail-
road affairs asd have shown strength energy and skill that With tho
liberal their command render the early completion Of this great
work IS any future business can I've.


The been careful statements to tho
public fy their published estimates Of
earnings always much less thaa the actual results The
prophet shoad predict business that must at
follow the opening the only through line connecting the Atlantic and
Europe with China and Jpanmht he
sered visionary Erie Railroad who estimated
woui as reach tire, millions whes
has already reached moi than millions.


NET EARNINGS OF THE UNION PA


CIFIC RAILROAD.


Dus quarter ending July 81 OF the Of
Railroad operation The Sapert.
seuteuts rcrort shows the following result:


EARNINGS
Year: 1867

We are pleased to notice that the Rail
Road question is again being agitated
This project is Of the most vital impor-
tance both to the village and county, and
should receive the united and cordial sup
port Of our citizens. The early completion
ofthe Ha i 1.-THE best On the lake-may
now be considered fixed fact. During
the next season of navigation, the largest
crafts that float on the "chain Of lakes
will have sufficient water for their pur-
pose. So this great public work, for the
prosperity and growth of our Village is
accomplished, or at least may be consid-
cred SO. But the HarborswilI be Of little
READ benefit unless we have Rail Road
communication with the large tract of
country which lies west and northwest
of US. We must have Rail Road to
bring the grain, -four, lumber, shingles
and manufactured articles generally, here
for shipment. We are favored by our
geographical situation No place upon
the lake has better All that it is ne
cessary is the enterprise and public spirit
to take hold of the work and push it for
ward towards completion. We. cannot
expect to derive any benefit from
that which nature has provided for
us, unless a little effort is made
by our citizens to improve upon it.
One or two men cannot do it all. 1t
needs a joint and cordial effort from all
of our citizens, and especially by the own
ers of real estate and merchants, who are
mostly interested. No petty personalities
should govern the action of any one,
where so much is at stake, and the future
prosperity of our village is depending up
on it. Let the common good and welfare
of our town be for once foremost in the
minds of our citizens The great benefit
to be derived from Rail Road In the di-
rection indicated above is well known and
admitted by all. Then let us not sit
down and only talk about it, but also act.
We believe the time for action has arriv-
ed. Our neighboring cities are putting
forward almost superhuman efforts in OBJ
tanning Rail Road communications
through to the Mississippi. IF nothing
is done within short time, we shall be
cut off from every point which it is of real
importance TO obtainRailRoa connections
with, and the golden opportunity lost for
ever. The Doty Island and Superior Land
Grant Road has every prospect of being
commenced at an early day. This road
will be of immense benefit to our Village,
unless it should fall into the hands of a
monopoly which has no interest here,
and consequently would not work for our
prosperity, and which we believe will not
occur. If the matter is properly brought
to the notice Of eastern capitalists. and
the great advantages pointed out, which
will make it paying road, the money
needed to complete the road from here
to Menasha would be readily advanced.
We hope that our citizens will take hold
aud see if something cannot be done to
again commence work on this much need
ed public enterprise.
Year: 1867

| WHAT A DEMOCRATIC PAPER THINKS


The New York Sunday Mercury has
the following fling at President johnson.
1t comes from a Democrat and would
lead one to believe that the other side Of
the house has less confidence in the Pre-
sident than they formerly professed;--


Our Washington oncorrespondentin informs
US that the President is about to pay a
visit to Raleigh, n c., and that on the
way he will probably address the people


We sincerely trust he will do nothing Of
the kind Let him play baseball or
euchre, or dance the polka or the tight
rope, or says his prayers, by way of vari-
ETY.; but let him not make speeches. Let
his aspirations take any shape but that


Raleigh is terrible place for bad whisky,
which kills further than needle gun !;
and if. under its influence, the President
should set to speechifying, as he did last
year, he would give Radicalism new
lease for it's life. We hope, therefore. he
will eschew eloquence and Bourbon plain,
and go in for silence and light potations.
Year: 1867

KEEPING a standing army in the
South to,harrass the people and eat eat
out their substance, never would have
been thought of had it not been that
the caoinissppihrators., fsllt t,tHat the White
men of the nation would not sustain
them, but that the1Negroes might q
Year: 1867

In this contest it is worth remember.
ing that it is not the masses of white
people who are urging negro suffrage
not even the masses Of radical party /
but demagogues who are in Office and
seek to hold their positions with the aid
of negro votes, or who are out Of Office
and hope to get in by the appliance Of
negro suffrage.


These are the real reasons why the
people are being perplezed with this
question. There is nothing said about
giving a vote to women and minors Of
eighteen years and upward, HhOare sure
ly as competent to exercise the elective
franchise as negroes. Young men Of
eighteen and upwards were subjected to
the draft during the war, and more Of
thatage than any other took part in the
contest but We hear nothing about Civ
ing them a vote; and yet the Whols
country must be cOnvulsed about giving
the ballot to negroes who, with few ez-
ceptions, have no more ideas of properly
using it than have an equal number Of
them in their native African jungles.
Year: 1867




We recall a historical fact. On the


7th Of November, 1860, the District


Court of the United States for South


Carolina was in session. The presiding
judge, sworn to fealty to the Federal


Constitution, and to administer justice


in a court created by Federal enactment,
and sustained by the Federal Treasury,


rose in his place, and in the presence Of


a crowded audience announced that the


election of a sectional President by q
sectional majority was a sufficient Gauss
| for the freemen of South Carolina to as
sert their inalienable rights of self-gov4
eminent, and for the State to resume


her unquestionable sovereignty, and snap


the bands which bound her to a hated


Union. He therefore divested himself
of his robes of Office, threw aside the
gown in which he was arrayed, and de-
clared the Federal court for that district
stood adjourned forever That speech
inhamed an excited populaoe. 1t rous-
ed a freDzied people to madness, and led
to a violent public meeting that night. as
which a transparency was exhibited
which represented a Federal Judge in
the act Of firing a gun which was to
shiver the Federal Union into fragments.
This same judge made one of the most
violent speeches delivered at that meet
ing, and took the lead in the mad crowd
that, hurrying to the State Capitol,
| threatened and coaxed the Legislature
into authorizing the election of delegates
on the 9th of December to a convention
which was to meet on the 18th, and on
the 18th he was made the Secretary Of
State of the sovereign State of South
Carolina so that foremost among the
secessionists of South Carolina was Judge
A. G. Magratb.


To-day, as we learn from an article in
the New York Weekly, that ex-iudge is
the chief clerk of Major General Sickles,
autocrat of the Carolinas. To-day he
has the ear of that Commanding Gener-
al, and is found to be one of the readiest
and most fulsOme of his defenders. It
is a spectacle sufficient to rouse the in
dignatiOn of every honest Union man
throughout the country to find that this
man who thus led in the mad movement
against the Government of the United
States is not only more potent than he
ever was when a Federal judge, but is
the right-hand man Of one who, in tho
name Of the United States, enacts codes,
sets aside Legislatures, and tramples up
on the authority Of the Federal courts.
Is it from Judge Magrath that Major
General Sickles has learned to despiss
the authority of a Fedora. judge p
National LteLHgencer.
Year: 1867

that always governed, is asked, all at
once, to lay asideits manhood, lay down
intellect, and that mission which God
Almighty gave US and surrender it to
this negro race that never, anywhere,
has proved capable of self-government,
1t issimply the most monstrOus PROPOSE
ton that ever was made in the world,
ard when you couple that with the fact
that when they seek to put the black
race up they seek to put the white down,
it not only becomes monstrous, but the
most criminal proposition that ever q
set Of rulers made to any people.


My friends, I will not detain you long4
er. 1 thank you kindly for the atten4
ton you have given me, knowing that
in the future you will be found true to
your country, as you have been in the
past.
Year: 1867

We give the following recipe for re-
lieving horses of the bots, though, for
ourselves, we believe it an Insult to the
wisdom of Providence to believe that
the life of so noble creature as the
horse can be at the mercy of so con-
temptible an insect as the bot. The
stomach of the horse is the natural hab-
its t of the insect during a certain stage
of it's growth. When a horse dies of
collie or any other disease, the creature
naturally attempts to escape from a
place no longer fitted to its nature, and
in doing so perforates the stomach of
dead OF dying animal. "The very head
and front of his offending hath this ex-
tent, no more


Colonel j. Hamilton writes from
Raleigh, n. c., stating that lie has re-
ceipt from DR.. Gee, of Florida, which he
had not tested, but would do so on ne
cessity showing itself. He says:


"YOu are aware that it is hard some
times to distinguish between an attack
of the bots and one of the collie. The
following remedy, however, is equally
efficient in either. The reason that a
bot can resist the action of the agents
administered, is his power of drawing
his head into the walls of the stomach
by his tentacles. But he cannot resist
chloroform. A tablespoonful of chloro.
form, screened by couple OF spoonstul
of any good mucilage, will make him
let 90 his hold on the stomach even after
having bored nearly through"