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Year: 1868

ABOUT THE DOoR.-A bit Of shrubbery
in the yard, a vine climbing by teiis.
strip Of refreshing green spread from the
door: are sure 10 make place Of greater
marketable value; hich, with many, is a
consideration to be thought Of before any
other. Such need 10 further appeal to their
sense OF neatness, then. But those who
really love the suggestions OF beauty FOR own
sake vii omit the turf patch, the shrubbery,
aud the hedge and vine, because they make
almost any home more attractive and lovely
and cause the sentiments to sprout Ike the
very leaves and buds themselves. How few
stop 10 consider W hat a powerful association
lies lurking in every simple but familiar OBJ
iect Ike bush, a tree, bit Of grass, or a
border Of flowers They are objects that
hold US almost as steadily and strongly to
home as wife and children; they are closely
associated with these, in fact, and can with
difficulty be separated Therefore We say
TO all, Brush up about the door, and plant
near By an object Of simple beauty. Il viii
bear fruit in the heart hundred field
Year: 1868

TITLEs TO REAL EsTATE-A CAUTION TO
CONvEYANCERs.-There recently occurred a
peculiar case, in Philadelphia, which shows
the ins uficlent protection afforded by the pres
ent law to purchasers of property, and at the
same time is calculated TO cause no small anx-
iety among conveyaneers. The facts are few
suit was brought and judgment given against
q zeal estate owner in that city A motion
was made to open the Judgment and grant
new trial. The motion was allowed Al
the new trial, the previous verdict was reaf
fTmed. But between the opening of the first
judgment and the giving of the second yer-
dict, the property was conveyed. The pur-
chaser brought his case to well-known
eOnveyancer, Of great respectability, and
lett with him the question of title The
cOnveyancer referred the case to a LAWYER
who gave as his opinion that the opening OF the
Judgment was equiva to setting il aside.
ana that the conveyance was legal On the
strength OF this opinion, the conveyancer pas~.d
the title as good. Subsequently the Court de-
cided that the Judgment was not set aside by
being opened, and consequently the title was
Imperfect. Failing to recover the money from
the owner, the purchaser had resort 10 th.. CON
yeysnctr. and the jury rendered yerdict
against him for the entire amount This is the
NJ st case, We believe. which has occurred i'm
which the question OF the liability of a profess
sional man for error Of opinion has been fairly
before the courts, and the decision is calcuIated
10 make gentlemen pause before they venture
hes dlessly into decided opinion If:i convey
ancsr is liable for such an error a LAWYER is
9uaiiy subject TO the same danger"





- BY heating the developer children's q pho-
Year: 1868

- An emigrant ship which arrived at New
York on saturday from Hamburg, had one
hundred and five deaths ON board from cholera
during the passage. and thirty five sick with
the disease when she arrived.
Year: 1868

So far as we can judge from the very brief
report of Legislative proceedings the business
at Albany yesterday was not of absorbing IN


terest. The great jobs, except the City Tax
Levy, are in allegiance, and few of them are
likely to go through. OF course the Tax Levy
must and in this we shall see some of the
grossest swndles ever perpetrated. 1t is kept
back to the last moment, and we have no
doubt the additions made, and to be made,
will astonish even those who have seen the


infamous County Tax bill. The Assembly has
stayed beyond its hundred pay-days; but there
is a lobby that can afford to pay ten times the
States SO per diem for the services of the
honest gentlemen who hold on at the Capitol.
Year: 1868

Hitherto we have had charge of s. per
case, expenses extra, for COrOners fees. In the
Supervisors little bill printed in our paper
yesterday, the superntendents of the accident
ally departed asked for the year 1868 the sum
of SS6,5O0, which, at the rate above stated,
would provide for 1900 deaths in which the
Coroners are supposed to rightfully interfere.
The number of proper cases for inquest,
including stllborn infants who are said to be
kept in bulk for official convenience, is less
than one quarter of this amount, and it is
pretty certain that instead of 1900 there are
not more than one-tenth of that number on
whom inquests really need to be held.


But look at the little swindle just proposed.
Instead of s. per dead body, the post-mortem
operators ask for S15 EACH That is, they want
their S36,50O multiplied by three, making it
SlO9,500. AS there are but four CorOners in
the city, we feel decidedly impressed with
their modesty-they ask not more for each
one of them than ten per cent over
the salary of the President of the United
States. and only about three times as much as
the Mayor with all his perquisites. If .he
Legislature advances Coroners' fees from five
to fifteen dollars, they will add just sixty
seven per cent to a tax that is now so great
an attraction that men are anxious to expend
twenty thousand dollars to secure the Office of
Coroner for term of four years.


Give these men salary-any sum within
reason; do not put them at piece-work; do
not allow them to tax the county for imaginary
inquests, or unheld sittings upon such plain
cases as those of premature birth; do not
encourage them, by sliding scale of. fees, to
obtrude inquests where they are neither neces-
sary nor decent; do not put it in the power of
man who decides upon the prOpriety and
legitimacy Of our death. " oler a lib
Year: 1868

eral sum per head for fresh corpses.
Let there be some consideration, at least, for
those who have passed away. We know, eood
Assembiymen, that you have no mercy on the
poor unf0rtunates who are still alive but do
leave the ashes of our ancestors, and indeed
our own flesh which must soon become
ashes, without extra assessment. You Dur
sue us with the pertinacity of the horse.
leech while we live; you assail us with your
thousand singing bills, and we bleed in
helpless silence; but don't-for decency's sake
follow us into the grave, and grepe in our
empty pockets for an extra $40 whenever some
ruffian knocks us on The head and we becomo
spoil 10 one of the four jovial gentlemen who
are charged with the duty of looking into the
manner of our taking off. We often hear IL
said that taxes are 80 high that one cannot
afford to Hue in New-York. Must We add, also.
that inquests are so high that we cannot afford
to die heref Must the robbers of tho cradle
sacrilegiously plunder the gravef
Year: 1868

We print elsewhere a description of the Ap-
praiser's Department of the Customs of the Port
of New York, exhibiting the reforms which have
been introduced since its establishment as an
independent office. Under the diligent and able
management of Mr.. Thomas McElrath, the
present Appraiser of the Port, this branch of
the Revenue service, which was formerly the
subject of perpetual complaint, on the part OF
both the Government and the mercantile com
munity, has become perhaps the most efficient
and well organized public institution of this
city. The testimony of those leading importers
whose interest lies in the effectual prevention
of frauds by irresponsible merchants is con-
current in its praise.
Year: 1868

The Washington correspondence of The Bos-
ton Advertiser says:


The Senate after the close Of the arguments, will
into secret for consultation. proposition will
be offered by Judge Edmunds TO admit the official report
ers that the speeches Of the Senators may be taken
down and printed with the report Of the trial aud hafa
dozen members already known TO be in favor Of snch
procedure, while several will oppose 1t strongly. Tho
the separate articles Of impeachment will be tax
in open Senate on Wednesday or Thursday probably
VI week When the question arises OF pronoureing
Judgment in case one or more OF the articles
Is sustained, the Managers will make the usual
demand, and the Senate may possibly then retire again
for consultation At this point interesting law cues
ton Is likely TO be raised. The Constitution says two
thrds vote shall be necessary to convict, but Is silent
the the Judgment and the question is whether


majority two-thirds must agree 10 tho sentence
OF the lawyers in the Senate looking author
ties this head The majority doubtless in favor OF
dlsqualfying Mr. johnson from ever holding Office, IN
victed, but II Is by means certain that
twOhrds Of the Senators would agree TO this sentence
When judgment has been determined, it will be pro
nounced by the ChefJustice II is not necessary that
the President should be present when this Is done Hers
the functions OF the Court will and the ChefJus
tice will not appear in any further proceedings.
Year: 1868

The County Tax Levy, which is now before
a Committee of the Senate, is bill OF abomi-
nations, unparalleled in its rottenness and
rascality, loaded with items OF enormous mag
tude to be manipulated and disbursed by the
Board of Supervisors of this County. In every
other legislative body in Washington, Albany,
or New York, the concurrence of two Boards
is necessary for the passage Of every law or
ordinance expending money; and with the
Common Council of this city, not only is the
concurrence of the Aldermen and Councilmen
necessary, but it is requisite that twO-thirds of
all the members of each Board shall vote for
any bill involving the expenditure of money
and no such bill can be legally passed through
both Boards on the same day. In contrast with
this, the Board of Supervisors is endowed with
power to expend millions of dollars every year
upon the vote of seven members-a simple
majority-and should the Mayor veto bill,
the same seven have power to pass it over his
veto The request that we earnestly urge upon
the Senate Committee is, that they will incOr-
porate into the Tax-Levy of this year the
provision that no resolution presented in the
Board of Supervisors shall be passed the same
day upon which it is offered or reported; ;
and, also, that no such resolution shall
become law unless it receives nine votes Of
the twelve members elected to the Board, two
or three are believed to be honest, and personal
jealousies and the rvalries of factions would
probably enable them to secure the votes Of
one or two Others. At all events, if the public
know that they can be saved by securing an
additional vote or two in the Board, they will
be encouraged to make an effort TO elect two
trusty men next November, in place of Super
yisors Tweed and Roche, whose terms expire
this year. Such an amendment to the Tax
Levy can do no harm. 1t will probably do
incalculable good. 1t is not much to ask of
the Senate, and we sincerely hope that our
appeal will be needed. Such men as those
who compose the majority of the Senate Com
mittee, we feel convinced are willing to give
us a chance for salvation without consigning
us absolutely to tile remorseless clutches of
the eormorants who act as Supervisors of this
County.
Year: 1868

the statements of our Washington correspond


ent that he never was member of the Gen
erals staff Gas The Herald alleged), and that
Gen. Butler knew nothing Whatever OF the
letter until he saw it in print. In spite of this
authoritative disclaimer, however, The Herald,
as anybody might predict, persists in its
Year: 1868

A bill for the suppression of obscene literature
was passed in the Assembly yesterday. and
will be speedily passed by the Senate. An
unsuccessful attempt was made to reconsider its
passage in the Assembly last evening, on the
plea that the bill was an assault on the Demo-
cratic press. --I -rt fI
Year: 1868

be legal, it is competent for new parties to be
legislated into possession of the Bowery Saw
ings Bank, the Bleecker Street, the Greenwich
the Germans, or any other Savings Bank in
the State We know nothing OF the reasons
for this particular legislation, but the precedent
is worthy of the serious attention of all Saw
ings Banks of good standing. a
Year: 1868

Owing to the very wet weather that New, ork orr.
and its Vicinity has been favored with Of late this r


has been postponed for three or four times but jester


day having been a fine day, the horses "eIee
enabled to trot. The attendance was not
quite so good as 1t might have been and many
OF the "sports" were In doubt whether II wouie
come off or not The first heat was won by II. Howess
Ginger who would have shown up better toward % tho
finish had he not lost so much ground by perpetuay
going up" The race eventually won by Dongrtl
brown stallion Ben Wood and Nodines brown mare wne
was the fyorite az the start outtrotted all through
the race The following is a summary OF the tr0t: ~


Purse OF $780, SIS the first and s25 to the second ms
heats best three ye for horses that have never troeo
Year: 1868

Requires, this year, that the board of
registration, consisting of the clerk and
trustees in townships, and of the mayor,
assessor, clerk and marshal, in cities,
shall meet on the first Monday of Septem-
ber and prepare from last years poll
books list Of voters, giving full names,
alphabetically arranged according to sur
names, and adding the names of any per-
son residing in the township whom they
believe to be qualified electors.


Two days after tue adjournment Of the
board the list shall he posted up in the
township clerks Office, or in cities in the
different wards where the last election was
held.


The board Of registration shall meet
again on the Tuesday preceding the elcc-
ton, at which they shall revise, correct,
hear evidence in regard to such correction,
and shall add the names of all persons
applying for registration who are qualli-
next election. In townships the meeting
last general election, or at some place Of
in cities at the usual place Of meeting of
the city council or trustees.


Applicants for registration may be chal-
lerged and sworn as at elections, and their
names registered if they make oath that
they are voters or will become such at the
next election.


The register of elections shall be open
for public inspection at all times, free Of
charge.


On the day of election one Of the judges
sf election shall check the name of every
person voting whose name is on the
register. and no vote shall be received from
any person whose name is not the register
unless he shall furnish the judges Of
election his affidavit, showing that he is
qualified elector, and a proper reason for
not appearing before the board on the day
for correcting the register, and prove by
the affidavit Of person whose name 10 on
the register that he knows the applicant to
be resident Of the place where he offers
to vote.-Dubmque Herald.
Year: 1868

Are made strong by the Of either Of these
dies They will cure every case of NAEASMUS,
without fail.


Thousands of certificates have accumulated In tho
hands Of tho proprietor, but space will allow Of tho
publication Of but few. Those. it will be Observed
men Of note and Of such standing that they must
10 believed
Year: 1868

FIRST MORTGAGE BoNDs or THE UNION PACIFIC
RAILROAD COMPANY. to the amount Of Eighteen Mil
lion Dollars, have already been sold, and they are
now in constant demand for home investment and on
foreign account. They pay six per cent IN gold'
and run for thirty years. At l02, they yield be-
tween eight and nine per cent to the investor and as
soon as the issue is sold if not before, they VIII
doubtless command much higher rate AS frSt


mortgage the longest line Of railroad IN tins couh
try. that is already earning more than its interest ia
bilties its way business, and which cost nearly
three times their amount the security is undoubted
Subscriptions will be received at the Companys Oh
flee, No. 20 Nassau-st and by John j. Cisco d Son.
No 80 Walst., HewYork. and by most Of the leading
bankers throughout the country, wherea new pamph-
let containing full description Of the road and its
eecuritics can be obtained
Year: 1868

The editor of the Californian Missou- rian has been handed the following re- marks upon the above subject by Mir. J. c. Reed, who has seen this trouble some insect appear three times:

 "The seventeen-year locust, or cica- da, will make it's appearance in & short time, as it is within short distance of the top of the ground now. There are many rumors as to its dcathly powers, and the large appcndage resembling a huge sting would seem to justify them but no fears need arise, as it. perfectly harmless, all naturalist have failed to discover poisonous matter ill the insect. Its only mission above ground is the propagation of it's species, in doing which it will literally drill to death many young fruit trees, depositing its eggs mostly in the branches of last years growth, and will materially in- jure many forest and shade trees; this together with their incessant noise, con stitutcs the amount of their annoyance which naturally can be of but suort du- ration, as they partake of no food du- their short sojourn above ground The name of the locust is sadly out of place when applied to this strange in sect, as there is no affinity between them and the Egyptian locust, which is one of tho most yoracious insects konwn.
Year: 1868

The other day passing along Military street in front of the Court House we saw an armed Confederate soldier standing by his wagon and team of oxen. All at once the maimed rebel with the fire of battle not entirely gone from his eye, strengthened himself up assumed the military stiffness of old Gen. Ruggles when calling his courier for pipe of tobacco, whirle& his long whip gracefully in the air, shouted in hoarse voice of command:

 "Attention battallion!"

 Promptly with the word the six stcars rose from the recumbent attitude shook their dusky Hanks, and took the position of the soldier.

 Again the clarion voice:

 sForward-marchl' l'

 And the trained animals moved off, not with great deal of time in keep ing step 'tis true, but understanding the command perfectly.

 Then not satisfied with pace Sat will' of his troops, the incorrigible ''reb' thundered out:

 '.No enemy in fronti"

 And the old veterans quiekened up like the Old Guard at Waterloo prepar- ing for headlong charge Mississippi index.
Year: 1868

Blessed be the hand that prepares pleasure for child, for there is no say ing when and where it may again bloom forth. Does not almost everybody re- member some kind-kearte& man who showed him kindness in the dullest days of his childhood 1.-The writer of this, recolleets himself at this moment, as barefooted lad, standing at the wooden fence of poor little garden in his natiSe village, while with longing eyes he gazed on the flowers which blooming there quietly in the bright ness of Sunday morning. The pos sessor came forth from his little cottage ; he was wood cutter by trade and spent the whole week in the woods at work in the woods. He had come in to gather flowers to stick in his coat when he went 10 church.-He saw the boy, and breaking off the most beauti- ful carnatien--it was streaked with rec and white he gave it to him. Neither the giver nor the receiver spoke a word, and with bounding steps distance from that home, after ran home. And now here af a vast so many events of so many years, the feelings of gratitude which agitated the breast of that boy expresses itself on paper. The carnation has long since withered but now it blooms afi,csh.-- Douglas Jerrold.
Year: 1868

pH~Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adap- ted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
Year: 1868

Since the organization of our government,
ard the rise of parties it has been an un-
disputed axiom of men Of all parties that
the judicial bench should be as destitute OF
partizan spirit and prejudice as it is posi-
BILE for it to be. Each party after making
its nominations has almost invariably spo-
ken against the opposition candidate for
his partizan spirit. But scarcely ever has
the distinction in this particular been
greater than in the nominees for the bench
at this time. Judge Dunn, the democratic
nominee for Chief Justice. is well known
in this part of the state, and no one who
knows him will deny that he is, and ever
has been one of the most ultra pro-slavery
democrats. He opposed the war, contend
ing that the government possessed no legal
authoritative remedy in the matter, and
that the South should be permitted to 60
in peace. Judge Dunn is doubtless a law
yer of considerable ability at least he has
the credit of being such in this part of the
state, but he is so tinctured with party
prejudices, and so old and feeble, being
about seventy, that he is very unfit for
such an important position as Chief JUS
tice w s9I @


Judge Dixon, his opponent is man Of
experience and ability he has occupied
the position of Chief Justice for eight years,
having been elected by the democracy, by
the republicans, and once as an indepen-
dent candidate He has never been a
strong party man, but has ever pursued
that golden mean, which is so universally
commendable in person occupying such
position. The opposition universally
admit that Judge Dixon is an honest, ca
pable, impartial and experienced judge,
and we ask, what more is wanted? The
answer of the people is, nothing,-we are
satisfied But the answer of the copper
heads is, we want to get control of the SUI
preme bench, we are dying for the want of
power, and every little helps. The ques-
ton is, shall we make the change? Shall
we discard the tried, true and impartial
Judge for the superannuated, fossilized old
partizan experiment? We trust the peo-
pie will come out On the 7th of April and
give us their opinion. We are satisfied
what the decision will be if the people come
out and vote, but if only lightvotel is cast
we fear for the result laa1t a7'agso


Judge Paine, our nominee for Associate
Justice has been on the bench six years.
They ask us to change him for somebody
neither you or I know anything about-a
Mr.. Ellis, of Green Bay. Don't do it,
Vote for the reelection of the tried and
true judges. Luther s. Dixon and Byron
Paine. f....t Fe,a a.,aaa sss,sss a,6iI
Year: 1868




AT WoRK.-The frost is nearly out Of
the ground, and the farmers taking advan-
tage of the situation have been busy plow-
ing, but the cold snap of Wednesday eve.
ming has in a measure put a stop to their
work. The indications are that a very
large amount Of wheat will be sown; the
passably good crops Of last year and the
fair price received during the winter have
encouraged the farmers, and they are COM
mencing work this spring with renewed
sigor and brigh. anticipations. bafaS
From the piles of hop poles in almost
every lane and by every road side, we
should think that our farmers were going
into hop raising quite extensively. We
know Of quite q numberiof yards which are
to be started this spring.
Year: 1868

gGg- From the list of sales of real estate
which we publish it will be seen that quite
a number of important transfers have been
made. There appears to be quite mania
for real estate We know of unimproved
farming land in this county being sold for
forty dollars per acre. I'd f..-