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Year: 1867

Richmond turned and looked into
the worn face, flushing a little with
Indignation at his words. i do not
mean to ask anything you cannot
grant, he FASTENED to say in tones OF
quiet reinsurance. Il am siXty-two
and alone in the world. Wife l
never shall have; and | need a hOnse-
keeper-a woman faithful enough to
look out for my interests, and kind
enough to nurse me patiently
through my old age. If you will
come to my home, it shall be your
home and your boys home while /
live, and at my death you shall be in.
sured against want


Il deserve nothing from you,' she
said. 'and you have saved me from
despair


But think as time went on, and
the elegant abode where Pierce Rich
mond had passed so many years,
took new aspect of ease and grace
under woman's fingers; as little
Frank met him whenever he came
in with loving eagerness ; and he
began to understand something of
the difference between a house and
a home, he never repented that he
had shown mercy to his enemy.
Year: 1867


son was a good one, and it applies
almost everywhere. If You can
find nothing to do where you are, IL
Is generally because you can do
nOthing.


] .. Realize that ne who earns six
pence per day more than. he spends
must get rich, while he who spends
siXpence more than he earns must
become poor. This is very hack
neyed truth but we shall never be
done needing its repetition. Hun
dreds of thousands are not only
poor but wretched to-day, simply
because they fail to comprehend or
will not heed it. We Americans
are not only an extravagant but an
ostentatiOus people. We spend too
much time on our own stomacns
and our neighbours eyes. We are
continually in not water, not be-
cause we cannot live in comfort on
our means, but because we persist
in spending more than we need or
can afford. Our youth squander i'll
extra food, drinks and in dissipation
which does them harm instead OF
good, the means that should be the
nestegg of their future competence.
When cares and children cluster
about them, they grumble at their
hard fortune; torgettul that they
wasted the years and the means
which might and should have saw
ed them from present and future
poverty


All these are very trite, hOmely
truths. All our boys have heard
them again and again; but how
many have laid them to heart ! We
assure G. &. S., and every other
youth, that each may become rich
if he will-that to be, or not to be-
rests entirely with himself; and
that his very first lesson is to dis
trust and shun by-paths and short
cuts, and keep straight along the
broad, obvious, beaten highway
y. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1867

The San Francisco Bulletin states
that the following letter was written
from Fort Klamath. under date of
Jan. s. 1867. and is reliable


'We have singular if not serious
news to send by the express Just
leaving. This morning at daylight
we were started from our sleep by
the precipitate shock of an earth
quake, Immediately followed by a
noise as of distant thunder. But in
a little while quiet reigned, and ev-
cry one was converslng and laugh
ing heartily at the singular phenom-
enon; but our CountcnanceS soon
underwent a serious change, for it
began to grow dark the whole
heavens were full of very black
smoke or cloud: the air had sui
phurouS smell. and ashes of a brown
ish color fell as fast as | ever saw it
SNOW. We had to use candles in
the mess room. The most of us
went in to breakfast, but had only
got fairly into our seats when, hor-
ror of horrors! the earth seemed
rolling like waves upon the ocean
every one was thrown to the floor,
only regaining their feet again to
be placed in the same position, ac.
conlpanied by the rattling of dishes,
the crashing of window glass, crack
ing of timbers of buildings, and the
screams of the frightened. You
could not imagine a more perfect
chaos. Some of us gained the door.
and such sight met our gaze as
was probably never before beheld.
The tall pines around the fort seem
ed lashing themselves into fury
the wagons in front of the stable
were engaged in pitched battle !;
horses and cattle were lying crouch
ing upon the ground. uttering the
most pittiful moans; dogs were
bowling, and the unearthly cries OF
the klamath Indians encamped near
the fort, completed the scene; we
imagined we were amidst the 'wreck
of matter and the crash of worlds.
The suffers store was thrown about
90 feet from its former position.-
There were no lives lost, nor any
serious accident to any one, but
there are quite a number of bruised
shns and skinned noses. There is
no serious damage to any of the
buildings, all being log and frame
houses, but I do not think there is
r whole pane of glass now left at the
post.


There are many spcculatlons as
to the cause of this most singular
freak of nature.


Most of us are of the opinion that
a volcano has broken loose near kla.
math marsh, as q continuous volume
of smoke is seen ascending in that
direction. Some of the soldiers have
volunteered to go up and find out
if we have n monster vomiting firt
near us or not.


There was about half an hour be
tween the first and second Shocks
The first was Just perccptiblc. Ih'
second lasted as near as can b'
judged from various opinions, from
two to three minuteS.'


Mr.. Whitmorc has since arrived
from the agency, and reports thai
the lake Klamath has lowered
about six feet and is still falling
Crooked Creek, a stream bctweel
this place and the agency, is com
pletcly dried up
Year: 1867

To The Editor Of The ". Y Herald.


New YORK, Oct. Al was deeply grieved and
shocked on perusing your columns this morn
ing, to discover the unfortunate position of Mrs.
Lincoln. Is it really soY Then let instanta-
neous action be taken in the matter; and let the
public, not politicians have an opportunity
afforded them of testifying their affection and
respect for the memory of Honest Abe" All !
could he be placed IN possession of the facts
which were disclosed in your issue to-day
could he know that the partner of his
private life and public career was COM
PEELED to sacrifice her very wardrobe, in
order to provide a scanty subsistence for his
family, what would be his feelingY Too sacred
a subject to imagine. Peace, glorious peace to
his martyred ashes, 1t is for those who respect
the Great Emancipator to show some sympathy
for his widow. Is there any difficulty In raising
the sum of $780, 600, to be applied to the relief
of Mrs. Lincoln? If not, use your kind and
powerfully extensive influence, and the end will
be promptly gained. Permit me to suggest that
each subscription be limited to one dollar, and
thereby enable all who feel disposed to aid in
assisting one who, for her husbands sake, IS so
prominently entitled to our support. inclose
my dollar In full confidence that the God OF the
widow will inspire others to "Go aud do like
Wlse," Yours, very truly, Giro.
Year: 1867

NEW YORK, October 5.-The Express special
despatch says:-An effort will be made TO
amend the National Bank law, so as to author
ize the Secretary of the Treasury and the Comp
iroller of the currency to demand a bank state
ment for any week during the quarter, and not
at the end of q quarter, as now u
Year: 1867

On and after the lst of July, the mails be-
tween this place and Little Rock and Saint
Louis, will be carried, by new contractors
The arrangements made for carrying the
mails are resupremely ridiculous. For instance
here Is the Little Rock route, which has re-
qared stage and two stout horses to take
the mail matter passing over the route-often
as many as five and six bags-which the new
contractors, noc propose to carry on ,aule's
back. There is one bag of seeds alone now
in this office, that would make good load, to
say nothing Of all the other matter. We call
the attention of the mail Agent to these facts
at the outset, that no excuse may be offered
for this thing long continuing. The Post Of
flee Department pay well for the transporta-
tion of the mails, and the people should not be
swindled by any such subtifuge as this.
Year: 1867

ale that steals my purse, steals trash but
which cannot enrich him, but makes me poor
indeed"


In an article last week, in noticing com
munication signed "B." in the Fort Smith
STANDARD, written from this place we adverted
to 1t in quite strong terms, rejecting some
what upon young man in the employ of the
author Of the article signed "B." Since that
time we have been called on by the young
man who has satisfied us that he knew moth
ing of the communication or that the initial
ar" of his name was used, until he saw the
article in print. Under these circumstances,
we regret very much that we alluded to him
as we did, confident now, that he would not
be guilty Of such willful falsehoods. But how
malicious and contemplate mean. must be
the man, who would impose upon the circum-
stances and situation of young man to i'm
plcate him without his knowledge) in so
low and dirty a trick That Luther c. White
was the author, we had not doubt and his
trying to shift the responsibility on the
shoulders of Others is as mean and despicable
as the article was false


The quotation at the head of this article Is
one that DR.. White, attached to letter of his
published in our paper, some years since, in
vindication Of himself. We leave it for him
to make the application.
Year: 1867

On Monday and Tuesday next July sth and
9th, Registration commences in Lees Creek
township.


On Wednesday next at Upper township.


On Thursday next in Mountain township at
lsham Wright's.


Let every one that feels an interest in the
welfare of the State (and we trust there is
none who does not make it point to Regis
ter at those times and use their influence to
the end that every one who cam have their
names Registered. Let no triting matter de-
Year: 1867

1S


LIE proposes getting up class in Van
Ill Buren, at one o'clock, on the 18th and
18th days of July, 1861 for the purpose of
teaching them the art Of Breaking and Tam
ing the wild and vicious Horse on a Scientific
Principle.


Also, to show them on q common-sens GO
principle, how to break the spoiled horse of
all his bad habits, such as Baking, Kicking,
Running Away, Soaring, Halter Pulling,
Cribbing, Jumping, in fact, all bad habits tie
horse Is addicted to. He will show the class
now to tell the age Of every horse between
the ages oftwo and fourteen, so that deception
cannot be practiced on them. He will show
the class how make any horse pace in from
two to six hours.


TRlCkS.-Thc Class will be shown how to
make horse follow under the whip: TO lie
down; to sit up like dog; to talk; to kncel
ior the rider to mount, &c. lie will take the
widest colt that can be brought, and subdue
him before the class; so that any one can
mount him with perfect safety and will drive
his celebrated horse FLYING COMET to a
buggy through the streets without Il line or n
bride. To convince you that this Is no hum.
bug, he will not take the money until after
the lesson Is given. lf he fails In any one
thing he will not ask pay. If he does rs he
here agrees to do, the fee will be Five Dollars
for lesson and receipts, All lovers Of the
horse should attend, for there has never been
any thing Of the kind taught until introduced
by me, A. a. ANTRIM.
Year: 1867

~ The Democracy are renewing
the agitation for the taxation of Gov
ernment bonds in the face of repeat
ed decisions of the Supreme Court
against such course. The agitators
are simply repudiators. They want
to repudiate the payment of the
debt and this is the first step TO-
ward it. II South Carolina could
impose a tax upon Government Sc
curities, how much would the best be
worth in that State a week after the
sitting of her Legislature? For this
very reason, to protect Government
securities against the action of ad-
verse State legislation, Judge Mar
shall years ago decided that they
could not be taxed, which decision
was re-affirmed, if we remember
Alright, by Judge fancy. Why have
not these fellows the honesty of
Henry Clay Dean, to call this move
ment by its right name2 1t is repu-
diation, and nothing less Wheeling
hteiligencer.
Year: 1867

~ In Paris next month, in con-
nection with the Exposition, series
of dog races is announced. The dogs
to take part in the contest will be
brought to Paris from all parts of
the country, and the railroad COM
panies have agreed to transport them
at half price. This is something
novel in the way of sporting, and we
are at a loss to see anything in it be-
yond the qualification of taste for
low amusements. Trials of speed
between horses have this to recon-
mend them, that they keep up an in
terest in the training and education
of noble and useful animal whose
services are Indispensable to man;
but except, perhaps, in the case of
hunters, there is nothing to recon-
mend similar contests between dogs.
Year: 1867

A little girl just past her fifth year
while chatting about the beaux that
visited two Of the sex in the same
house, of more mature age, being
asked, "What do you mean by beaux
Annie?" She replied, "Why, l mean
men that have not got much sense"
Year: 1867

The DESPERATE DEMOCRATIC DIS


EAsE.-A copper Jeremiah says dole


fully: "When the Democratic party


lost pluck it lost power" This is


true with the slight exception that it


reverses the order. When the Dem


ocratic party lost power it lost pluck.


When Democrat loses Office he has
nothing to fight for. Without the
cohesive power of the public plum
der the party falls to pieces. The
idea of contending for principle new
er penetrated the Democratic Gran
ium. AS has been said of the march
of an army, the Democratic party
travels on its belly. The moment
that the rations and regular pay that
is furnished by the possession of
power give out, that moment the
great party is helpless and ready to
dissolve. Then it falls to recrimina-
ton, and while in all the demoralized
leaders there is not one who is not
seeking some dodge by which sue
cess is to be reached by Disgusting
its real principles, yet every one
joins in the general cry that the par
ty lost power because it lacked bold
ness, and as this Jeremiah says
"The Democratic party was cursed
with thieves, with money lovers,
with timid beaters of the bush for
game, with timber backed leaders
who trembled at every rough wind
that passed over prisons and bayo-
nets, with policy pleaders and lovers
of self" Unquestionably this is
true, but it is Pathological. 1t is
simply to say that the Democratic |
party is cursed with Democrats
Cin Gazette.
Year: 1867

Pretty SMART-A little girl was
sent to the public school, at Cleve-
land, last week, says the Herald, for
the first time, and on being given a
copy on a slate, she said she couldn't
do that. Being told that she must
do it, the girl replied: "Do you want
me to do what I can't dor"
Year: 1867

DEGs LEAVE to INFORM his FRIENDS and
ID the public at large, that he will keep on
hand fresh and full supplies Of all articles In the
provision line, which he will sell terms to suit
the cash basis Of trade. A liberal share Of pat
ronase is respectfully solicited, at his stand on
Third street. july1
Year: 1867

increase Of thpoce force Of Brooklyn he states tnat
have already been made for such an ncrease
from time 70 time, wheueve Common Couneii shall
authorize the Board Of Ponce TO appon an auatopa
number The expenses attendant upon such an increase
present proposed by the Legislature rs IN his
Judgment altogether unnecessary The communication
placed on nle and ordered TO be placed on the
minutes


The following offered and adopted IN connection
with the Committee on Public Parks:-


Resolved That the Representatives OF Kings county In
funds 10 be placed under control OF the Council
of this city TO put ali the public parks a proper and
creda he condition the parks themselves placed
under the control Of the Prospect Park Commission
Year: 1867

Go AND Vorr Again We say TO every
mango and vote let the majority for
the Peoples Ticke. be so Overwhelming Z
that the Republican wire.pullers and trim
mers may feel that the people have got
tired Of their machi nations, and desire 70
have something to say on the issues near
eat their hearts. The people speak .o>.ay
in thunder tones and tho fanatical charla-
tans can hide their heads in shane
Year: 1867

IMPROVING BRADY SrREer.-The work Of
maeadamizing Brady street progrssses
finely. A few moro weeks Of fine weather
and the job will be completed. The msc>
adam has been spread as far down - Fif.-
teenth street, and the receptacle for it is
being prepared the balance Of the way.
Improvements Of this kind are just what is
wanted in Davenport. Travel up Brady
and Harrison streets will loose much Of its
muddy and slushy terrors when the wet
weather Of Fall and Spring is upon u.s.
Now let the sidewalks be put in thorough
repair and nothing will be left to be done
By pedestrian or teamstsp.
Year: 1867

Our city railroads have been allowed to
'run riot" so long with impunity that the cor
porations seem to consider the streets as thsir
own property, to tear up, blockade or obstruct
as they see fit They are now using the public
roads at different points up town and down
town as their tcrmini as if they had clear title
to them and as if the citizens had no right or
interest in them whatever. They erect houses
for their starters, lay down switches and turn
outs enough to render the streets impossible,
and stop their cars there, ten or twelve at a
time, SO as to entirely put stop to all other
business. This is the case in Barclay, Vesey
and Ann streets, Park row aud Broadway, down
town, and at several spots up town. The
nuisance and trespass ought to be stopped at
once by the proper city authorities or the
police, and the rich railroad corporations
ought to be compelled to purchase property at
their termini and build sufficient depots. They
have no right whatsoever to blockade the
streets and deprive the public of their use.
Unless some steps are taken forthwith by the
authorities to prevent continuance of an out
rage that has been too long put up with
patiently by the people, an injunction win be
applied for in the courts and the matter
brought to test in that way. But citizens and
taxpayers should not be thus driven to the
necessity OF defending their own rights when
they have an extravagantly paid police force
and host of city officials whose duty it is to
protect them.
Year: 1867




Since the passage of the Bankrupt bill
vigorous efforts have been made in Congress
by certain parties who are deeply interested
politically in the preservation Of the banking
system which will remain in lasting connection
with the name Of Mr.. Chase, now Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court, to postpone the date
at which the bill should come into force. AS
the Bankrupt bill will have the certain effect
of robbing the national banks of Their absurd
and much abused privileges and of placing the
directors on the same footing financially as
private individuals, il is not difficult to UNDER
stand tho meaning of this conduct We are
glad, however, to see that the efforts Of these
schemers have been defeated, and that the bill
will 60 into practical operation on the Lot Of
June next.
Year: 1867

Tho Proposed International Rowing Regatta.


An effort is being made to dampen the ardor
of some Of our college students and graduates
who take an interest and feel pride in plying
the oar. II is proposed on the part Of these
young men TO have this country repre-
sented in the University regatta on the river
Seine at the Paris Exhibition, and they
claim that with proper training they can com
pete, with at least an ordinary prospect Of
success, with The famous crews of Oxford and
Cambridge, and if they are allowed to enter
the races and row their boats in The same
manner as they do in this country we
shall entertain no fears in regard t6 the
result The boats of England and France
invariably carry q coxswain, which our
oarsmeh contend is an unnecessary ap-
pendags and dead weight of seldom less
than on hundred pounds. Our amateurs have
skilled themselves to such degree in guiding
their own boat as to render quite unnecessary
the sertices of coxswain, and in this respect
they wnld have q large advantage over the
European oarsmen.


The csntest in which Hamill, of Pittsburg,
was engaged on the Thames and Tyne is
pointedto as IN evidence that our young men
are not as proficient at the oar as our trans
atlantic cousins, and that they have not yet
reached the standard of the English watermen.
We do lot regard this as reasonable argument
To use the mildcst language of some Of Mr..
Hamillb friends, when speaking of that
match, here is, they say, mystery about It
which hey cannot understand, and which rem
dercd the result quite unsatisfactory /; and the
time which was made in the race gives color
to their srpicions.


We are decidedly in favor Of our college
amateurs trying their skill and muscle with
the rower OF the English and French universi-
ties, and ve hope that all proper encourage
ment will be extended to them. They do not
propose, y the Seventh regiment of this city
did, whei they contemplated visit to Paris,
to tax Slr citizens TO the extent Of hum
dreds odthousands Of dollars, but they an
nouncc Themselves as willing to devote the
neccssarJtime to training, and only ask the
modest stn Of about eight thousand dollars to
defray tftr expenses. Let them have it.
Year: 1867

This session. which commenced on the 4th of
March and ended on the 30th, was q short ses-
sion Of twenty-six days. The only act Of any
consequence which it has left behind it on the
statute book is the "Act supplem sntary to the
act for the more efficient government of the
rebel States." providing the necessary machin-
cry and details for carrying the general law of
March 2 into effect. The main object Of this
late session was to head off President Johnson
from the advantages he otherwise would have
had in taking his own course upon Southern
reconstruction during the long recess of nine
months to December next Another object
was the Presidents impeachment, which in
the outset it was supposed would come up
among the first measures of the late session,
but which still hangs fire.


The two houses before adjourning adopted
a resolution to reassemble on the first Wednes-
day In July, and then, unless q quorum be
present in both houses, to adjourn over to the
regular first Monday in December Meantime
the House Judiciary Committee win continue
its impeachment investigation, and will proba-
bly, be ready to make report one way or the
other to the July meeting, and their report,
against or in favor of the President, we pre-
sumo, will very materially depend upon his
execution, in the interval, of these reconstruc-
ton laws Of Congress. We expect, from what
we have already seen, that these laws will be
SO 'faithfully executed" and that Southern
reconstruction and the general affairs of the
country will 20 on SO smoothly that the two
houses will meet in July only to adjourn over
to December.