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Year: 1868

PORTLAND, August Ex-senator Fes-
sender was warmly received here to-
night at the mass meeting. He made a
lengthy address, in the course OF which
he said he was forced into the Treasury
against his will, He went because if
he had not done so it would have been
considered confession of a want of
confidence in the ability of the Gov
ernment go on. He was in the tight
est place he ever was in, except when
obliged to vote to acquit the President.
He appealed to the people and issued
seven-thirties redeemable i'll paper,
with the privilege of taking the bonds,
and through the agent he promised the
people that the principal should be paid
in gold. The credit of "A great nation
must be preserved at all cost. He
closed by eulogizing Grant.
Year: 1868

Tuesday next will determine the ques-
ton of the Presidency for four years to
come. Upon the decision of the people,
on that day, the most momentous issues
depend. In view of the gravity of the
questions to be decided and of the weighty
responsibilities which the electors will have
to assume, we think the few hours which
precede that important event, should be
set apart by the voter to the solemn consid-
GRAFTON of the duties which devolve upon
him as citizen in the exercise of the cleo
tive franchise. The questions involved in
the canvass have been thoroughly discuss
ed; argument has been exhausted; the
time for sober reflection and decision has
come. The solemnity of the occasion and
the vast responsibilities which hang upon
the result, cannot fail to impress deeply
every rejecting mind The life or death
of the Republic is the issue now presented
t. the people. The happiness or wretch
edness OF the present and OF unborn gene
rations tremble in the balance. The few
moments which intervene between now
and the close of the 3D. of November, are
pregnant with the veal or wo of this peo-
pie. We tremble with apprehension even
while hope inspires. Never before did W.
feel so deep sense of the importance
of the ballot. Never before did such MO,
mentous consequences hang upon it. The
issue is with the people, let them decide
Theirs is the responsiblity-their's til,
good or ill, the joy or the sorrow conse
quent upon their own acts. Either thu
dawn Of the morning is at hand, or the
blackness of darkness more profound thar
that which enveloped Egypt. Democrats
Conservatives, let us do our whole duty
and whatever the result, we shall hav,
the consciousness that we struggled fo
the right.
Year: 1868

DIOCESAN CONVENTION In pursuance
of the canons of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, Bishop Whittingham has called
a convention of the cleagy and layman
of the new diocese, composed of the
counties of the Eastern Shore, to meet at
Easton ON the 10Th of Nov to consider
the affairs of the diocese. The choice Of
a Bishop and the fixing of his residence,
we presume, will be the chief subjects that
will engage the deliberations of the con
vention Easton Star.
Year: 1868

REDUCTION OF FARE-We learn that O
revision of the passenger tariff on the Del
K X. has been made, and that the fair is
to be considerably reduced, to take effect
on and after the first of November.
Year: 1868

An old widower SAYS, when you pop
the question, do it with kind of laugh,
as If you were joking.-If she accepts
you, very well; it she does not, you can
say you were only in fun.-tb Exchange


That game is played out. Nowadays
the fair ones have q way of looking a
fellow straight IN the eye and asking
him elf he is really in earuestl'
Year: 1868

The more married men YOU have the
fewer crimes there will be. Marriage
renders man virtuons and more wise.
An unmarried nan is but half OF a
perfect being, aud it requires the other
half to make things right; and it cannot
be expected that in this imperfect state
he can keep the straight path of
rectitude, any more than boat with
one oar, or bird with one wing can
keep a straight course.
Year: 1868

ly took it to help it along. He don't
sec why SO much fuss ought to be
made over an old newspaper account
anyhow.


And so the leech sinks about,
swindling the printer, exposing his
own indescribable lrea5nness and getting
his newspaper for nothing.
Year: 1868

soME time ago an affectionate wife
departed this litesand for the benefit
of her husband, who remained in this
"valc of tears" she ordered placed
upon her tombstone the following
verse
Year: 1868

unfortunate minus one or more of those
needful appendages. IL[tH.4
Our Rail Road is advancing slowly. It
is curious to observe how soon the horses
have become trained to ther work. The
carts are loaded, and the animals move off
with them of their own accord, proceed to
the unloading place and retrace their steps
without guide or driver.


My letter must now be brought to a
close, since it is very sure, if I've no more
to say can't say any more


Very Respectfully Your Friend,


FAMA.
Year: 1868

Mr.. EDIToR just imagine mother
dressing up her baby for public inspection
thinking in the depths Of her fond heart
that it is the greatest piece of perfection
in the shape of baby that ever was seen,
and then hearing some one say" poor
little thing, it's got red head" IF you
can imagine all that, you can sympathize
with your unfortunate correspondent.
Year: 1868

house, always invited them to ask a
blessing at the table. l suppose a
blessing Is as much needed here as at
home and if it is agreeable with your
views, l should be glad to have you
/ ask blessing every time we sit down
to eat


From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.l
During the year 1865. an old sol
der, named Lemuel Owens, was dis
charged from the arsenal in this city,
owing to some very abrupt reply he
gave to selfappointed committee
who were sounding him upon his pol
itIcs.


As Owens had served twenty-six
years in the regular army, and had
wound up his term of service on the
Peninsula, under Mcclellan, he would
allow no man to. question his right to
vote, and boasted, too, that he had
served in the 4th infantry, under
Grant, when the renowned Chieftain
wa but a Lieutenant. He told the
COZ mittee he would 90 and see Gen.
Grant himself about the matter
They iokingly replied . DO so, old
fellow; he'll make it all right Gen.
Grant was temporarily living at
Twentieth and Chestnut streets, in
this city as theveteran soldier trudged
up with his story to the Generals
house. He stepped up, rang the bell,
and went into the entry hall. When
the servant appeared and saw an Old,
sun-burned, poorly dressed man, he
very promptly asked . " hat do you
want?' d" | want to see General
Grant" was the calm reply. The
Generals engaged and cannot be seen.
Have you got a card ?,


Just at this moment a little girl
appeared, and old Owens said to her:
. Sis, run up stairs and tell your pop
an old 4th infantry man wants to see
MN. a message soon came down
for the old soldier to come IN, when
he was ushered into the presence Of
General Grant. He shook him by the
hand, and said: " General. dom: You
know me?' The General replied
that he had seen so many people Of
late that it was hard to remember
them all. Owens told him when he
served under him, and Chat he had
been discharged from his work, and
that he had lost his eldest son from
disease in the war, and his family had
nothing to depend upon but his labor
Grant listened patiently to the old
soldiers story, and picking up his pen,
wrote a few lines to the effect that
Owens should have work as long as
he wanted it, The old man was not
long in reaching his fomer field of la
Dor. armed with the formidable order
and when he presented it with the
signature of the COMMANDMENTS Chief
attached, it created much surprise,
and the veteran soldier was gracious
ly acknowledged as entitled thence
forth to respectful consideration.
Year: 1868

The Quincy (Illinois,) Wig Of the
9th has the following:


One of the most startling events
that has disturbed the ealmness Of our
citizens, occurred this afternoon. A
lady with her babo had been walking
near the river, and for some cause
the child was left alone a few mo-
ments, in which time, an eagle which
had been observed, but not dreamed
of as dangerous, soreeching, bore
away the babe. The mother rashed
toward the child, but too late to stop
the eagle from carrying il of. Tho
anxious crowd watched it's course un-
ill it was lost to sight. Two men inn
mediately started in skiff across the
river in the direction Of its track, but
of course they were unable TO follow
il any distance, and nothing since has
been heard OF the infant, thus taken
away in the morning Of life, and its
fate is enshrouded in mystery. We
were unable to learn the name Of the
mother or her history, but her mental
condition can be imagined. Those
who saw the eagle say II was one Of
the gray species.
Year: 1868

PERRy DAVIS VkasrABLl PA,R KILLsR.--
TuE GREAT FAMILY MEDICINE OF rnE A0s -
Pain Killer taken internally. should be adul-
terAted with milk or water. and swestened
with sugar if desired, or made into syrup
with molasses. For Cough, = few drops
on sugar eaten will be moro effective than
anything else. For Sore Throat, gargle
the throat with mixture Of Pain Killer and
water aud relief 10 immediate and tho cure
positive. II should NOT be forgotten that
the Pain Killer 10 equally as good TO take
internally. as to use externally. Each bot
tle is wrapped with full directions for its
Year: 1868

that the term Of President Lincoln neces-
sarily ended with his death, and that this


is noi Lineolh's term, bat Johnson's.


We know very we'll that extreme men
seize npon this as an occasion, not cause,
for the removal Of Mr.. johnson, and that
they talk of going back Of the present act
of the President TO his general conduct,
for which Impeachment was urged last
wear. We have TOO often expressed our
dissent from such mode OF deciding so
grave a question, 20 have any need of re-
pealing our opinion here If this act Of
Mr.. Johnson in removing Mr.. Stanton will
not of itself bear the closest scrutiny and
be found on examination to be one which
in any President, and at any time, would
Justify and demand impeachment, the Re
publican party will lose and not gain by
pressing the point The country is more
and more loudly demanding attention to
its business and financial interests, and all
issues which have any suspicion about
them of being merely sensational, will fail
20 attract the earnest attention of the
people, and will react upon those who
seek TO make an oyerstrained use of them.
Year: 1868

bers of the Georgia Legislature are not en-
titled to seats, the ratification of the con-
stitutioual amendment by that State, which
could not have been adopted but for their
admission to seats, has not been legal and
sufficient, aud consequently Georgia is not
entitled to representation in Congress or to
a vote in the presidential election, and may
be remanded to military government. 1t is
very doubtful, however, whether Congress
would base any legislative action it might
take upon the assumption that the colored
members are not entitled to seats, thereby
stutifying itself for admitting Georgia upon
the exactly opposite hypothesis, though it
has the power to punish her if it choose,
and might not be very particular about the
process. 1t would, however, be no punish
meut to put her again under military rule,
for it appears that the most quiet of the
Southern States are those which are rddi-
CdHy kept out of the Union, whilst the in
PRODUCTION Of them upon reconstruction
principles seems, in almost every State, to
be the signal Of political and social convul-
sions and anarchy. The events in Georgia
add another to the many illustrations of the
complete failure Of the Radical reconstruc-
ton system.
Year: 1868

Once more our pathways touch and blend,
Tho years have led us far apart,


Dear to my memory and my heart,
My friend-my never less than Friend!
know not if my image lives


Bright in thy spirit as of old


Nor if the pure unsordid gold
OF thy sweet nature still survives
The rolling seasons, new and strange.


And keeps its ancient kingly worth;


only know the things of Earth
Are moulded in the hands of Change,
Nor if the stamp of worldly lore


Hath set his signet on thy heart


only love thee as thou vert
In those sweet days that come no more.
The mountains rise, the rivers roll


Their flashing silver i'll the sun,


Bnt never, since his race begun,
Hath time and power to bind the soul;
To quell the music of her Tyre,


To still the sweetness of her lips,
Nor ever, with the sad eclipse
Of sorrow, quench her radiant fire!
Time wreaths the years in sombre gray
About the brows that you have kissed
And those deep wells of amethyst
My eyes grow darker day by day,
III that mysterious shadow drawn


by some invisible. awful Fate.
That shaped the world to love or hate
In the still cyles Of the Gone;
And dim the long path lies before,


Beset with cruel cross and thorn,


But the far splcndor Of the morn
Burns white and steadfast evermore
Along the heavenly hills, that bare


Their glorious foreheads to the skies
That crown the breadth Of paradise .-
And t'ward their shining ligh hts l fare,
Nor heed tue weird and wintry moan
Of winds athwart the dying day,
Nor that the night drops wild and gray
From ont Gods hand IL journey on
Nor know the seasons come and go,
Content it. when my toll complete,
My dust shall blossom at His feet,
Amid His violets or his snow!
t.'"+.5- New York Ledger
Year: 1868

TIGHT LAclNG.- It is a trite but


correct remark, that, as the human form


has been moulded by nature, the best
shape is that which she has given it
TO endeavor to render it more elegant
by artificial means, is to change it ; to
make it much smaller below. and much
lager above, is to destroy its beauty; h
keep it cased'up in kind of domestic
cuirass, is not onl y to defoFm it, hut to
expose the internal parts to seriouA in.
jury Under such compression asIs
comonly rractieed by ladies, the devef:
opment OF the bones, which are still ten
der does not take place conformably to


of nTswMBsa


tion is necessarily stopped, and they
consequently become twisted and de-
formed Those who wear these applf-
ances Of tight lacing, often complain
that they cannot sit upright without them
are sometimes, indeed. compelled to
wear them during all the twenty-fonr
hours a fact which proves to what au
extent such articles weaken muscles Of
the trunk. The injury does not fall
merely on the internal structure of the
body, but also on its beauty, and on the
the temper and feelings with which
that beauty is associated. Beauty is
In reality but another name for express
sion of countenauce which is the index
OF sound health, intelligence. good feel
lngs, and peace of mind, All are aware
that uneasy, feelings, existing habitu-
ally in the breast, speedily exhibit their
signature on the contenance, and that
bitter thoughts, or bad temper spoil
the human expression of its comeliness
and grace.-Aeao York Ledger :.
Year: 1868

dence for the Commonwealth was brought
forward, twas too strong a chain
there was not. link wanting his en-
trance into the room !; hasty retreat; nv
oath as to his striking the deceased !; the
knife found in deceased's heart sheath
for he same found on person of prisoner;
diamonds of deceased found on person Of
prisoner; attempt Of prisoner to effect
his escape-everything was conclusive.
It was clear case. Circumstantial
evidence convicted him. I'd.


!" The trial occupied some three days;
and, when it was finally given to the
jury, they retired. and returned in ten
minutes with, 2 We find the prisoner to
be guiltyof Murder in the first degree


A murmur of fapproyal was distinctly
audible through the whole courtroom.
The c.ier called Silence j and the ihdge
Immediately pronounced sentence, that,
Year: 1868

Mr.. kinglake, in one of the new vol


Umes Of The Invasion of the Crimea, u
says of horses on the battle field:


| The exte1t to which a charger can
( apprehend the perils of battlefield
may easily be underrated by one who
confines his observations to horses still
carrying their riders for as long as a
troop horse in action feels the WEIGHT
and hand of master, his deep trusfin
man keeps him seemingly free from
great terror, and he goes through the
fight, unless wounded, as thOHkh il
were feld-day at home bat the mo-
meRt that death or disabkzg wound
deprlves him of his rider, he seems all
at once TO learn what a battle is-to
perceive its real dangers with the clear
ness of human being, and to be ago
nized with horror of the fate be NAV
incur for want of hand to guide him.


Careless of the mere thunder of the
guns, he shows plainly enough that he
more or less knows the dread accent
that is used by missiles of war whilst
cutting their way through the air; for
as often as these sounds disclose to
him the near passage of bullets or round
shot, he shrinks aud cringes.


lis !eye-bails protrUde; wild with
fright. he still does not most common
ly gallop home into camp. His iu-
stinet seems rather TO tell him that
what safety, if any, there is for him
must be found in the ranks; and he
rushes at the first squadron he can
find, urging piteously, yet with vio-
lenoe, that he, too, by right, is troop
horse; that he, too, is willing to charge
but not to be left behind; that he
must and will fall in.


Sometimes a riderless charger thus
bent on aligning with his fellows,
will not be content to range himself
on the flank of the line, but dart at.
some point in the squadron which he
seemingly judges to be his own right
full place, and strive to force himself
in. Riding, as it is usual for the COM
mander of a regiment to do, somewhat
in advance of his regiment, Lord Geo >
Paget was especially toFmente6 and,
pressed by the riderless horses which
chose to turn round and align with
him. At one time there were three or
four of these horses advancing close
abreast of him on ose side, and as
many as Eve o3 the 1ther-


Impelled by terror, by gregarious
instinct, and BY their habit of ranging
in line, they SO closed in upon Lord
George as to besmear his oVeralls with
blood from the CORY fanks of the near
est intruders, and oblige him to use his
sword.
Year: 1868

A homestead without a pair OF old
folks Times d0ting gchroniclesi'-seat-
ed in tho chimney corner, would hardly


be a Homestead at all. If they are In
the picture, 1t is complete. There You
may find them, day In and day oHt, iu


all sorts OF weather, gteadfRgt 20 their
places and to one another. When the
caves drip, ia the middle Of the winter
forenOOns, the old man with the head
of silver abandons his post and last
Saturdays newspaper, to make the ac-
ctistomed tour of the kitchen Offices
the sheds or the barn, lingering by the
way to throw down q handful Of grain
for the pinched poultry, With what
minuteness he is cautioned by grand
mother not to 90 out insufdciontly cladi
and with what a siugle-hearted joy she
welcomes him when he comes back to
her again He would hardly get a
warmer reception II he was just come
from genuine polar expedition. And
as soon as he has nestled down snuglg
in his cushioned chair once more and
dealt out on the glowing fOrestck q few
vigorous raps with tho tongs, ne VIII
launch forth into such voluble details
of the keen air outdoors, suggesting
Arctic "reminiscences, which no listener
could very we'll call in question, as VIII
find the white-haired old couple topic
of earnest talk tilI dinner Is brought on
the tab HONiespiIn.
Year: 1868

To that numerous class of ill-in-
formed people who believe the eoun.
try to be going to ruin, we commend
the following paragraph from the Gin
cinnati Commercial :


The public debt has been reduced
during the past year, over eighteen
millions of dollars, as may be seen by
the statement of the Secretary of the
Treasury for the month of July. This
is at the rate of over one million and a
half dollars per month. Taxation has
been materially lightened and the in
terest on the debt largely reduced.
On the whole, the financial exhibit is
cheerful, and the steady reduction Of
the debt, notwithstanding the depres-
sion in business. ought to encourage
the people and convince them of ; the
ability of the United States to meet
all its obligations promptly, and even
anticipate them without serious hard
ship to the people themselves.
Year: 1868


The English girls as well as our own


are beginning to realize that fashion is


imposing celibacy upon themselves
and the young men of the land. A
/ very lively discussion has arisen in the
coFaHns of the London Telegraph on


the subject. Extrayagance In dress is
l'not the only hindrance to Wedlock
lcOmplained of; another and a more
seFlous one Is asserted to be the most
Objectionable, namely, the incompeten-
cy of young women to assume the du-
ties of domestic life. From the low
est to the highest, they are taught
there, as well as here, that the great
end and aim of women should be to
get a good match, and this being SO,
the young men also very naturally
wait until tho can do the same. One
sensible girl writes that it is ''Wifser to
wait than TO take up a bUrthen that
increases as. the world grows wiser. -
Zone who married on G120 a year"
salary, and evidently could not get
along very smoothly on so small an
income, advises young women not to
marry man whose salary is less than
G2O0-one Thousand dollars in gold.


: A Elatron" advises the young mon to


wait until by industry and economy
they are able to offer suitable homes to
girls worth the working and waiting
for. A Single Mar" fears his sex
does not exhibit courage enough In


this particular, He thinks men are
bold enough in ostentation, bhf are


timid ia self denial; they sell them
selves wholly over to that shRsn called
. society, and join the foolish race for
show, lest their attire o. Tlfeir frugal
ity should be considered mean or IN
fashionable. AS the case stands on
both sides of the atlantic, it looks
very much as IF the prophetic day
would soon 'o6tae when seven women
shall take hold of one man, and agree
to maintain themselves, but demand
the privilege of being called by his
nsfae. IN =. San.
Year: 1868

pray you, o most excellent wife, not
to incumber yourself and me to get a
rich dinner for this man, or this wo-
man, who has alighted at our gate, nor
Il bed chamber made ready at too great
q cost. These things ifthey are curious
in, they can get for dollar at any vii
lage.


But let this stranger see, if he will, in
your looks, in your accent and behav-
Tor, your heart and earnestness, your
thought and will, what he cannot buy
at any village or city, and which he
may well travel fifty miles, and dine
sparsely, and sleep hard in order to be-
hold.


Certainly, let the board be spread,
and the bed dressed for the traveller; but
let the Emphasis ofhos pitality be in these
things. Honor to the house where they
are simple to the verge of hardship, so
that the intellect is awake and sees the
laws ofthe universe, the soul worships
truth and love; honor and courtesy
flow into all deeds.-R. w. Emerson.
Year: 1868

A company has been chartered in
New York under the name of the
american Hard Ru bber Company, y
which proposes TO build road wagons
and other vehicles almost wholly out
OF this wonderful substance. This
company has already a wagon so built
on exhibition, the oody Of which is
moulded in a single piece, is therefore
jointlesS, neither cracks, ,swelIs, shrinks
nor warps, is capable Of a high polish,
is furthermore scarcely more than half
as heavy as a wagon of Similar style
made of the usual materials, and can
be turned out at about half the price of
the wooden vehicle. la
Year: 1868

House FALLEN.-A brick tenement on
Cary between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets fell with crash yesterday morning.
Fortunately, the family that had been
living in the house had just moved out.
Nobody hurt
Year: 1868

INFANTIc1DE.-The body of an infant
was found under the platform of the Cen
trail depot on Sunday afternoon. Coroner
Little was summoned, but found the body
so much decomposed as to render identif-
cation of sex or color impossible.