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Year: 1865

fully comprehend all''the feelings. that
enlered into the canvass; bot what We
have seen. and the reports Of doiugs
in the papers. gives coloriog as tho
there was something like an array Of
the laboring men against the property
holders and capitalists. This may not
be the case. We hope it is not; for
such antagonisms nsss prove dangerous
if not fatal. Labor and Capital should
walk hand IN hand. The laborer should
pot seek employment and tax his veal
Thy nsighbor for the pay-as principle
Of action. Nor should capitalists stand
in the way Of improvements and wide
reaching enterprises. out Of narrow
sel6shuess which fears to spend few
dollars. when. in reality. the few dollars.
will be returned from four to . hundred
fold. Let both grow together in har-
mony. Their interests are really identi-
cal. United they can accomplish all
possibilities. divided they may lose all.


We make these Suggestions for the
consideration Of our friends Of the City.
and trust they will be received in the
same kindly spirit which prompts their
publicity.


P.,S. Since the foregoing was in
type We have the city papers with the
announcement that the Council recon
sidered the vote for a new election in
the First Ward, canyassed the vote,
and declared Mr.. Carney elected. We
think his election fortunate. But we
cannot do otherwise than condemn the
course of the Times and Bulletin in
creating feeling Of antagonism. The
Mayor, whoever he is. will require the
hearty and united aid OF all the citizens.
The charges of fraud on the part Of
the Bulletis and the needless crimina-
ton Of the Times are unwise, uncslled
for and can hardly fail to work mischief.
In this matter. since the election, the
course Of the Conservative has been
more prudent. We suggest to the par
ties that reconciliation and union is the
true policy to pursue. The Mayor elect
will require the cordial cooperation Of
his friends and opponents in the recent
canvas, ,and mast haze il or the city fails.
He needs every aid. His task is an ar
duous and by no means envious one:
and every true friend Of the city will
assist the new administration, BY coun-
eel and otherwise, in all efforts for the
upbuilding Of the city.


II this we're merely local matter. we
should say nothing. and let the parties
fight it out; but as the State is deeply
interested. We speak out. and make such
suggestions and urge such a policy
~ s.-i.-ovs ~tsivm aua seirPrc-
servation dictate. Our remarks are
made with the best feeling for all par
lies. and We would say to all parties
in the city: Cultivate harmony and
unity secure concentration of strength,
and put forth every energy and all will
be we'll; fail in these, and the days
Of your prosperity will soon be num-
beeed. and you and Kansas lose the
pIIko.
Year: 1865

NONGsT other unreasonable filings against


wing eolored men the right of suffrage is


charge that it makes them equal to white


and superior to white women.


would be just as reasonable to say that


offer of dollar day to a negro laborer
Zoe corn, or two dollars day to work in


harvest field, makes him superior to a
te woman, as to say that the right of suf-
Be renders him superior to white woman.
Fou might just as well assert that the fact
+ the laws which render a married woman
Competent to make valid contract reduced
to inferiority to a negro man, who is COM
Fent to make contract, as to say that it
Aders a negro man superior to white wo-
IN to give him the right of suffrage.
We do hope it will not require another
can of blood to wash such stupid ideas and
sjudices from the minds and hearts of the
ople.
Year: 1865

New York, Aug. Is.
The following is from a native Of North
Carolina, who unqGsssioaably writes what he
believes to he the situation in that State /.
The rebel influence in these States, if left
alone, viii carry everything before il. 1t would
also hang every loyal representive of the
press were it not for the protection which the
military affords. After their withdrawal the
same reign of terror that existed before the
war will be resumed if the Government leaves
these States to themselves.


Gov. Holden knows that he cannot be elee-
ted civil governor this fall without the aid Of
this rebel influence, hence he is shaping his
course accordingly and will be cautious not TO
incur their disp1oasure,
Year: 1865

A frightful railroad disaster occurred this
morning on the Housatonic River Railroad.
The morning freight train going up the Housa-
tonic railroad became disabled several miles
above Bridgeport. and the 1890 train follow
ing found it on the track and switched on and
backed towards Bridgeport with it. A new
engine was out for trial ON the track. and
coming up about three miles above Bridge.
port ran into the rear of the passenger train.
The locomotive struck the head and split it in
two, passing directly through and her boiler
burst just as it reached the second car from
the rear, making awful havoc. Seven persons
were killed outright and eleven terribly man
gled and scalded.


President Chas. Hunt of the railroand wa.
on board. Everything is being done for the
relief of the passengers.
Year: 1865

There is trouble among the parsons in Mis-
sour. The new constitution requires them to
take an oath of loyalty. Otherwise they can t
lawfully preach os perform any other scclesi-
astical service. But great number of them
have been rebels from the beginning They
can't swear to the contrary. Accordingly
they threaten to bid defiance to the Law, and
keep their pulpits and their salaries in spite
of the constitution. We fancy this little oler-
ical rebellion will not amount to much. The
people and authorities of the State cannot be
safely trifed with. The ministers must either
take the oath or seek new fields Of labor.
Nor do We believe itwould do any great harm
If they were never to pray in public or preach
again. There has been too much rebel talk
in Missouri, and IN some gtner States also,
and now is as good time to stop it'as We car
hope for.-Chieago Rep
Year: 1865

NEWSPAPER correspondent says that the
business and amusement of the boys in
mond, is to sing secesh songs and stone
n soldiers. And the women Of that de-


capital of treasonocracy make it point
eat all Union officers and soldiers with
Ted and insulting indignities as they pass
q the street
Year: 1865

PIT IToLF, Nov. 23.-The examination before the
revenue assessors at Meadvilc, of the proprietors
ofcertain wells on Pit Hole Greek, against which the
Government has claims, held yesterday. The
assessors and collectors had to suppose that
there was more oil being produced during certain
months than was being returned for taxation. Upon
inquiry they found that the agents Of certain wells
returned only the value of the working interest and
not the entire product, and by investigation it was
found that Of these agents had claimed to have
an understanding with the owners Of land and free
interests to the effect that the latter should take theirs
from the tanks and pay their share Of the tax. The
custom heretofore has been for the working interest
10 pay the whole amount of tax and collect the re-
spective portions from the land and free interest.
The decision made to-day placed the penalty
upon the free interest, which is fourth
the OIL but referred the matter to the Chief Com
missioner at Washington for the final decision. The
working and land interests showed receipts for
tax paid for all oil up to November. This de
cisOn is attracting much attention, it involves
large amount of money, and reverses the decisions
which have heretofore been considered as law and
such been generally observed.
Year: 1865

10 the Editors Of Commercial: Gentlemen-Early
this morning noticing girl, the daughter of labor
ing man, in the street. without shoes, was led to
inquire into the condition of the family and found
that with their wages they could not procure shoes
for the children, and that from present appearances
would not probably be able to do so this winter


The high price of shoes makes it very bad for
these classes, and still more so for many who may
not have regular employment.


There are hundreds, perhaps thousands of families
in the city who have shoes which are not entirely
worn out; while they would not wear thcm thcy
would be a great thing to others.


would suggest that those having them would lei
it be known, or send them to the rooms of the Poor
Association where the agents for the poor could fur
nish them to those in their districts that would need
them.


This would prove great charity at little cost


ours ANDREW B. Cross
Year: 1865

IUeSpatch 10 the CINCINNATI Gazette.


CHICAGO, November 22.-I have it from
General Logan himself that he has no official
notice of his appointment as Minister to
Mexico, and as consequence he has neither
accepted nor declined such appointment
When the place is offered to him by the Presi-
dent, the President and the people will be in
formed of his determination. In the mean
time no person is authorized to say what he
will do, or what he will not do. OF course all
the ridiculous stories about his insisting, as a
condition of his appointment, that he shall
have an army of 10000 men to accompany
him to the City of Mexico, are pure fctions.
Year: 1865

NDIANAPOIs, Nov. pa crevasse oc-
CURED in the bank of the canal south Of the
old fair ground, about sunrise on Saturday
The break is now about thirty feet wide. The
water flooded the ground now used as gov
ernment corral, and passed out on New York
street, through which it ran west, in perfect
torrent, to bright street, where it turned south,
and entered the wasteway Of the canal. A
good deal Of damage was doneto hay and feed
in the government stables, and number of
cellars on New York street were flooded. In
some places in the fair ground the water was
five feet doom.
Year: 1865

Another large auction sale Of coal took place New
York on Wednesday.


The sale occupied half an hour. and the coal was
disposed of at decline, since October p. of from
dollar to one dollar and seventy five cents a ton.


The company was as large as usual numbering
about two hundred persons, who represented the
trade in this and the adjacent cities, as well as
private consumers


The chesnut coal, two thousand five hundred tons.
was offered first in lots of hundred TONS with the
privilege of one thousand. Two hundred tons in one
lot were taken at $9S7l5 ton, and from that point
the price went down regularly to S.S7 at which the
last of the offering was sold.


The stove coal, four thousand five hundred tons,
sold better the first lot Of two hundred tons bringing
SlO62% and the last lot of one thousand tons bring
ing 5000.


The price of the egg coal, however fell regularly
from 1915 to S9.3Il2.


There was little variation in the prices Of crate
coal, the first and last lots selling for S8S7% The
lowest rate SS 6212.


The steamboat coal sold first for S922 then fell to
So, and afterwards rose to $3.50


The rates for the lump coal also varied somewhat,
and were PIG higher at the close than at the be-
ginning.


This coal is all deliverable at ElizabchpOrt \. j.,
and the freight charge is re. a ton.


The following is comparison of the prices obtained
to-day and those of the previous sales of Scranton
coal, which took place nearly month ago
Year: 1865

CoLGATE's HONEY SoAP.-This celebrated Toilet
Soap in such universal demand, is made from the
choicest materials, is mild and eoient in its nature
fragrantly scented and extremely beneficial in its
action upon the skin. For sale by all Druggists and
Fancy Goods Dealers
Year: 1865

However other people may dread the
cholera the Madrid thieves seem to have fear of
it. of them recently stole the whole bedding
of who had died of the epidemic on the pre-
vious day.
Year: 1865

There's a vacant place IN she circle,
AHI an empty chair by the hearth
When The eyening shadows gather
And the evening lamps are liti
There's vacant place in the circle
which no longer rings with mirth
And IN empty chair by the dTeside,
Where OF oil lie used 70 sit
lie bl5e Us remember his coming
When the good time should come round,
AMI never his voice once faltered,
Eor his h art was brave aud true
Then We heard lie shriH ffes screaming
And the loud drums rafting sound,
And watched him pass with The column
L. his suit Of army blue
Then quick came the news of a battle,
And our hearts with fear were stirred,
AMI the hope which had warmed my bosom
Grez an Of a sudden stIedi
When at last morn from a paper
Where the words seemed strangely blurred
read the name Of our hero


In a long Est Of killed
lie sleeps in the grave where they placed him
Oh the distant ieIl Of strife,
Where the ground Is rdged with hiIlOcEs
like the waves OF a troubled sea-
And va a. home, ia sOTrows
stu mourn for a vanished life,
While the jubiIant air Is ringing


With tie burden Of victory.
Ah! sad was the day when lie leA Us,
But sadder 70 "a all
shine these golden days Of promise


As We gaze on his vacant place.
But saIdest of all is the twilight
when the shadows begin TO fan,
Aud We look On the one chair empty


AMI think of its kindly face--HaTPeT's ReskI
Year: 1865

WAsHNGToN, September I3.


It is understood here that il is contsm-
plated by the President to entirely with
drsW the troops from the South in short
ume' leaving the States lately in rebellion
% reoFganize on the basis Of the civil Gov
sstnment precisely as they stood before the
Te 1Hee war with the exception Of slavery.
1nls policy Is said TO have arisen through
me gooo sense Of the leading Southern
men themselves In accepting the present
Posltion OF Affairs IS disclosed in the inter-
view oetEeen President johnson and q
considerable deputAtion of their leading
men at the White House the other aay.
Thus the late slave States will have hardly
3 soldier except 70 garrison The forfs
Year: 1865

The telegraph gives us this morning
some further returns from the election in
Maine. They show 8 Union mSjerity, in
three. fourLhs Of the State, of Is. GAO, 8 gain
of nearly four thousand on last year. The
total gain is probably about six thousand,
sad had full vote been pOlled it would
have reached ten thousand.


This triumph is triumph for Negro
Suffrage. This was the only question in
issue before the people Of Maine. The De-
mocrscy scknowIeded the abolition of slAv.
cry and endorsed the policy of President
johnson. The Union men made the cam
psign openly and fairly on the principle
that the ballot should be granted to all free
men everywhere. OF course there were
some timorous gentlemen in Maine as well
As in Ohio, who we're terrified at the idea Of
going before the people upon this issue, and
predicted sil manner Of ruin to the partyii
What has been the resuI2 The people Of
Maine have endorsed the principle of Negro
Suffrage, and endorsed it, too, by q majority
much greater than was giver to the Union
party at the previous election.


Let this result be lesson to weak kneed
wire pullers, who are eternslly being
frightened BY political scArscrOws from the
discharge of duty. We venture to predict
that wherever Negro Suffrage is made the
issue the Union party viii gain votes, as it
has in Maine. We look to Iowa and
Minnesota to Justify our prediction.
Year: 1865

Liverpool, Nova Scotia, concerning the
burning of which We have q report from
Halifax, is small seaport town on the
southern coast of NOva Scotia, sixty miles
southwest of Halifax. It Is the capital of
Queens county
Year: 1865

We notice by the proceedings of the City
Council, that at their last meeting, an ordi-
nance prohibiting persons from standing on
the pavements, doorsteps and crossings, was
taken up for third reading, and after con
siderable discussion, was indefinitely post
poncd, which is equivalent to its defeat
Why is this? We are informed that this
measure was asked for by the Mayor, and
we think that if the Chief Executive deem
ed such an ordinance essential to the preser-
walton of good order and the welfare of the
city, Council should have promptly passed
it. How arc we to expect the Mayor to do
his part towards the abaiementof this great
nuisance against which every other city in the
Union has enacted most stringent laws, If
the Council does not pass laws comforting
on him such authority. We trust that the
Council will reconsider their action and
pass the ordinance, if they desire TO secure
good state of public morals, and protect
the citizens from insult, at the hands of the
gangs who cOngregatc ON the street corners,
obstruct the passage way, and offend respect
able people by the use of the most vile and
disreputable language This evil is daily
becoming greater, and unless an ordinance
is passed giving the Mayor authority TO in
flict heavy fine on such as are guilty Of
obstrcting the streets, and offending public
decency, the members of Council and moi
the Mayor will be held responsible for the
consequent lack of public morals.
Year: 1865

STEAMSHIP LINE TO NEW YORK.


Oar citizens were somewhat startled last
week, by the announcement that the vii
mington Steamship Company had purchased
the Steamship West Chester, and intend
running her regularly between this city and
New York by sea. We say startled, because
no one dreamed for Il moment that 50 soon
after the sale of the necessary stock, n YES.
sci would be put upon the line, although
every one was convinced of its necessity,
and also that the mercantile interests of Will
mington would be greatly benefited thereby
But it is even so, and the steamer has already
made her first trip from Gotham, and will
leave in day or two on her return We
trust that the company will meet with such
encouragement as will render the line a
permanency. Our merchants now have an
opportunity TO secure vast deal Of trade
that has hitherto gone to the larger cities.-
The facilities Tor the transportation of large
quantities of goods have been meagre. and
attended with much trouble and expense
The result has been that the merchants are
unable to present to purchasers that variety
to be found in Philadelphia, and we lose an
immense deal of trade from this fact, that
would otherwise come here. We opine that
this line will work n complete revolution in
mercantile affairs. We look for the return
OF the prosperous days when we had large
wholesale houses, and supplied the people
living for n hundred miles around, with
most of their commodities. Several Rail
roads are in contemplation, having their
terfa'pps in thickly settled and wealthy dis
tricts in Pcnhss and Maryland. We
will soon have complete chain of Railroads
from one end OF our State to the other. We
believe the work will lie completed in short
time on each OF these roads, and the iron
Year: 1865




Sounds would perhaps be more ntsias word. Crack.
sr and cheers cheers and crackers formed the Broad
way bill Of fare from dawn 10 dusk Tho oarias alter
nasly chesrsd veteran regiment and let Ola cracker
dsr the hoofs Of rosve carriage horse A agreeable
variation they and then fred pistol the face
Of nervous old gentleman laughing Justify his
sternation; but the whole, crackers and ehessDg
predomnated II was all vcry amusing, veu
good tempered and highly patriotic The largest
share OF our admiration, however, must be bestowed
upon the stage horses The loyalty and public spirit
displayed by those useful animals above ail praise
Their appreciation Of the day and Of m inevitable
sorics marvellous 70 behold Conscious TINT the In
Of the nation and the pcpetuaton Of glorious
anniversary required certain expenditure Of gunpowder
and nitrate OF silver upon round and about them, they
accepted tho responsibility without plunge kick
and passed on their way fiery but patient Bucephali


Centred in Q blaze OF light


We question whether any other country could
produce parallel Of equine endurance and
sagacty. There was one particular stecd that
cited our wondcrmcnt more than all the rest He
interesting creature to look at Lank and long
Of limb largo Of bone and sparng Of flesh. he might
have made money among the artists by standing q
model for Don Quixote's Rosinantc But ho possessed
. spirit that abstinence from could
quell. A fragment Of q returned regment--the
Eighty seventh, We bclcve-passcd him, headed
by a band. Az the FIRST beat Of the drum Rosi-
mantle, to the astonishment Of his stolid companion
changed his ostrot into brisk cantor placed himself
the very head OF the regiment and pranccd down Broad
way, nrmy impressed with the idea that instead Of
drawing stage he was bearing lieutenant general TO
victory We calculate that horse had seen service


Broadway was hung with flags from the battery 70
Union square The whole length Of the thoroughfsrc
al of hup pflpu af fhc ham arm
yesterday displayed for the nrst time since the
Presidential murder without their expressive edgins Of
black From the British Consulate the national Union
Jack was gracefully displayed. Barnums aboring
under eruption Of Stars and Stripes and the gentle
who visited the gallery Of tho Museum in the after
to practice the trombone dscoursed much mourn
fal but patriotic music during the day The tags at the
City Hall almost countless and many OF the hotels
and larger stores equally demonstrative
Year: 1865

Prcpan,ons early made TO express the feelings
Of the employees Of the Custom House. and 10 make the
decorations complete and commensurate with the i'm


porancc OF tho establishment and the patriotism Of the
host Of those connected herewith possible The pre-


mnarics having been settled in the way Of the funds
TO be expended and the Of thcr forthcoming the
details well the general supervision Of the work
were entrusted to Mr. d. Jackson, Assistant Deputy
Collector. This gentleman from long experience
ofnoer Of tho customs, and being many
times called upon 70 act In Q similar capacity,
Year: 1865

CANADIAN CONSTRUCTORS BoIsTERNG UP THEIR
CAsE.-We have received some afidavits from
the late rebel agents in Canada which are in
tended to impugn the testimony of one of the
witnesses on the assassination trial before the
Military Commission at Washington, relative to
the complicity of the Canadian conspirators
with the murder of Mr.. Lincoln and other rebel
atrocities. We do not publish them because
we do not know by what hocus-pocus they
were got up; although we know that they were
procured from some Of the subordinates Of such
miscreants as Sanders and Jake Thompson.
The intention. Of course, is to raise a smoke
about the testimony of one witness, in order TO
shake the credibility of all. For this purpose
copies of these affidavits have been sent to the
newspapers in the United States, Canada and
England-like the impudent manifestoes Of
these conspirators-in the hope of prejudicing
public opinion. We hope that the news
papers generally will refuse to publish them.
They are got up to shield the guilty parties
who were engaged in the horrible crimes for
which the prisoners at Washington are now on
trial, and are not worthy Of any consideration
in the face of facts already proven before the
Military Commission.
Year: 1865

TIE CITIZEN SOLDIERS PARrY-PRoPosED
MEETING IN THIS CITY.--All the returned soldiers
who reside in this city should come together
Immediately, and take the proper steps for the
organization Of party Of the real men of
the country that shall run the political huck-
sters out of the way forever. For years il has
been our political disease, the cause of all our
troubles, that the real men of the country were
not active enough politically, and left the inte-
rests Of the nation to professional tricksters.
The time is suspicious for a change. The
country is full Of bold, intelligent men who
have saved it on the battle field. Let them now
save it in another way. The soldiers are the
real democracy, the true representative men Of
the nation Let them assert themselves, and
the factions will hide their heads for shame.
Come out, soldiers! Organize, organize, Or
ganize. Let the real men of the country make
its policy, and put a government in place to
suit themselves. Make way for the bluecoats,
or they will make one for themselves.