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Year: 1865

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Year: 1865

The Legislature has at last been officially advised, by the Governor, of the expiration of Judge Dutton's term of office, on account of of his age. This brings out the candidates as his successor, and opens the subject to discus sion. The natter has been agitated by the press in other parts of the State for some weeks; and there seems to have been quite lively struggle among the hopeful ones, even before the Legislature convened. We are sure that general un derstanding of few facts will cur tail, good deal, the list of candidates who ap- pear to have prospect of the election.

 Litchfeld County has right to the appoint ment, and will claim it. Every other county in the State has one or two Judges, and we claim the right of demanding some of the fla vors of the commonwealth.

 We know of no portion of the State that dispute this claim with any earnestness or ap parent candor, except the city of New Haven. And the argument that there is twice as much law business done in that city as in the whole of this county, is in our favor. This ponder ous amount of law business should be brought before Judges from remote portions of the State. who may not possibly be embarrassed by any local interests. Again if with popula- ton of eight or ten thousand more than New Haven, we bring but oue half the business be- fore Courts of Justice, it is reasonable to suppose that we are more honest and law abiding people, and that this is the place to come for good conservators of justice.

 And here is where we propose to rest our strongest claim not so much upon the politi- cal rules that govern the distribution of offices though by these we have the prior right as up. on the fact that we have, within the borders of our county, plenty of men who will fill the position with dignity and public satisfaction We venture to say that we could name four ol five quite worthy men. and t,oo or three as good as tse Sate can produce.

 We consider this appointment too sacred for political cavil. It should be given to no man as reward for political services. We want a man of comprehensive intellect, of deep legal research, and of sterling integrity. It is un- necessary for us to name any one. The mem

 bers of the legislature from this county will readily unite upon good man and press hi.
Year: 1865

In the past, whenever we have spoken O punishing the leaders of the rebellion, We have been reminded of the ancient recipe for cook ing the hare," first catch the hare" But now one of the chief conspiratcrs is in our hands and the question of his punishment becomes one of practical importance.

 There seems to be general agreement that Davis should suffer the extreme penalty of the law. Within the past week. we have heard nc one speak of pardon, or imprisonment, ol banishment, or anything less than death. as his probable and his merited fate. This judge ment has been stimulated, to great degree, by his supposed connection with the murder of oul late President. A plenty of cilcumstantia evidence has been made public to establish that supposition. He has certainly projected or conntenanced the firing of Northern cities and shipping, and the murder of Union prison CTS; Booth and his party had been in commu. nication with him !; and we have the authority of the Judge Advocate General, that he was intimately connected with the assassination. So, as the murderer of our beloved Chief Mag istrate, he receives burden of public hate and vengeance, that is bitter and unrelenting.

 His treason alone, with it's horrible details ol murder. and arson, and perjury, and theft, con- demn him to death and eternal infamy. An abatement of that punishment, were it legally possible, would be most unwise. There is nc remedy for original and enlightened treason but extinction. It can be "but treated like 6 fox, who, sne'er so tame, so cherishd, so lock d up, will Have wild trick of his ancestors"

 As we have already said. il is almost univer sally acknowledged that Davis shall die. But there is a great public curiosity to see the monster, to be present at his trial, to have him paraded through the country and subjected to the scoffs of an outraged and orphaned people We hope and presume that the public will have no opportunity to thus expeud their indign a. tion and curiosity upon the traitor.

 The solitude and dismalness of his confine. ment should be unbroken by the approach ol friends with sympathy and physical comforts He should, in all the remainder of his life, be allowed free conversation with no one but his spiritual advisor. His trial should be open to reporters for the public press, and to none others not intimately connected with it. He should be executed as felon, and be consign- ed, like his partner Booth, to an unknown

 . grave.

 God will see to the rest.
Year: 1865

CoRNwALL.-There is but little news at pres ent in this town. The principal theme of con: versation is that ever fruitful topic, the weath- CT It is seldom that we have so long period of settled weather as the past four weeks, and with it everything settles. The cattle settle into the truf and mire, and the plow settles iu out of sight. Tread on any of our roads, and it is question # you don't settle into ruts and mud ,-always provided there is dirt enough on the stones to make mud-until the question oI roads and no roads is settled. And at this present writing. the weather has every appear ance of clearing off into a-settled rain, which if it does not hold up soon, will settle the pros poets of some varieties of fruit and early gar den vegetables, if not some of the field crops and grass on low meadows, to say nothing oI the press of labor which will follow the clear ing off of this unusual settled rain.

 Speaking of fruit, if your Agricultural Edi' tor will observe in the proper time of its growth, he will always find small worm in about every black knot that grows on the branches of his plum trees, which will help him to settle the question as to the " cause of the Black Knot in Plum Trees.'' And after good deal of observation and experiment, a sure remedy has been found were similar in its application and effects to the remedy for sheep killing dog, viz. cut off it's tail just back of its ears, and in the case of the plum tree, cut of the roots even with the top of the ground. It is the only su remedy yet found. Cutting of the knot only delays the 6nal application.
Year: 1865

EE Senator John p. Hale has been get.
ting the niger ou. Of his brain very fast
and putting something more sensible in. In
recent speech in the Senate he dared to
say:


If trial by jury is over.hrown in this coun-
try, take the rest. would not lif, my hand
nor open my mouth, nor counsel one of my
constituents to shed drop of blood OF pay
dollar Of treasure, If the Constitution is to
be preserved emascuIated of this great safe
guard of liberty"
Year: 1865

GRAPE CuL1URE.-A correspondent no
tices the enterprise Of Messrs. Chamberlain,
Of Coon Creek, in this county, who have,
the present season, set out twenty eight acres
as vineyard, and intend making up the
complement to fifty acres during the mex,
year. This is an evidence OF the confidence
that is felt in the grape culture as profit
able and permanent interest; and we are glad
TO see our reliable Placer county farmers
taking hold Of the business with so much
zeal.


Already this county can boast Of vine-
yards that are not surpassed in variety and
excellence of both foreign and domestic
grapes, and that will compare favorsby in
extent with the largest vineyards Of other
counties. Messrs. Miller, Nickerson, Court.
wright, Applega,e, Bishop, and other gentle
men have been very successful in cultivsting
the grape and manufacturing wines that have
obtained general popularity and use in the
county.


While on this subject we would request
the gentlemen named, and others who are
in the business. to furnish Us some statistics
a. to the number Of acres they cultivate in
vineyard, the number Of vines and extent Of
varieties, and the gallons Of wine manufac
tured last year, as matter of information to
ths~p public as TO the extent Of this interest in
the county.
Year: 1865

On this subject the Washington corresuon-


dent Of the New York hsdspesdexs has the
following:


81 suppose do not state piece of news
when say that Mr. Collar wifi be reelected
Speaker; certainly it is not to any member
Of Congress. 1t is admitted on all hands, and
there is no rival candidate for the place.
Nov, it is very well known that Mr. Colfax
rs excessively particular on the subject Of the
oath. In the hast Congress he required every
member, before being sworn as a member, to


take the stringent oath Of loyalty. He vii
again, next winter, demand that every mem
Der shall take this oath, and even if the Clerk
were faithless the conspiracy would fail. as


the Republicans have the power to elect their


own candidates for Speaker even if all the
Southern members were placed upon the roll
and participated in the election. Under any
conceivable circumstances the organization Of


the next House in Just manner is secure


v hat we have to fear Is that q reconstruction
policy. not founded upon justice to the colored
rsce, viii be deliberately adopted by Re
publican Congress This can only be pre-


vented by proving to Representatives that


their constituents desire the ballot TO be given


to the black man
Year: 1865

They Do AND THEY Dos' TIT is nothing
uncommon in the series Of trades of abuse Of
the colored people constantly gushing forth
from the Copperhead press, charges that they
are all too lazy to work, and don't work, and
won't work, except as slaves under the lash,
followed in the same article BY charges that
they are coming North and getting all the
situations and depriving the lalooring white
men OF employment


1t is only mean men that abuse oppressed
and helpless men by wholesale, but even
mean men ought to stick to some show OF
consistency in their abuse


The colored men either work or don'twork,
either they will work or they won't work
which Is it?
Year: 1865

L. England they have Church-ra;es tax,
under which q man is compelled to pay taxes
to support Church which he does not at
tend


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That Is little hard and rather mean. ma
be, you think but We do great deal worse
than that in this country, for We make mer
pay taxes for the support of, and fight for the
Government, while We deny them a voice III
the choice Of Its rulers. We make them equa
in paying taxes and fighting for its support
but deny the many participation in its benefits


And yet We count ourselves magnanimoui
people, compared with the aristocratic Briton
Year: 1865

The Abolitioni1ts extremists are blatant
for the determination of the Southern people,
and a large majority of them would gladly
see war OF determination waged against the
Democrats of the North. In localities where
Democrats are in the minority, they have to
submit to all kinds Of abuse, and are frequent
ly maltreated for their political opinions. A
great number have recently been beaten, i'm.
prisoned and killed for no other offense than
speaking Of the assassination of Mr.. Lincoln
differently from what Abolitionists would
have them do


At indianapolis, Ind FIVE men suspected
Of being rebel sympathizers" and supposed
to be pleased with the death OF the President,
were seized by q mob and hung A man
was shot dead in Teedo for merely saying
that Lincoln had caused the death OF as good
men as himself Several were beaten almost to
death in Cleveland for like offenses, and these
are not 1.-THE Of the outrages perpetrated,
nor has the least attempt been made to bring
to punishment any Of those engaged.


There is hardly day that threats do not
come down the railroad against the people
of this county from the Abolition outlaws Of
the Western Reserve, and there are people
in this town who ars constantly urging them
on to commit outrages and murder upon our
citizens. We know Of many instances which
we do not at present think proper to publish,
Holmes is perhaps the only county in Ohio
where for the last four years no Democrat
has been seriously maltreated for opinion
sake. Yet it is well known that many threats
and some attempts have been made. Our
people have been blessed with personal secu-
rity, aud their property has been saved from
mob violence and thieves by leading Demo
Gratis, in this place, and throughout the eoun.
| ty, boldly demanding our rights at the com
mencemsnt Of Abolition rule and firmly main
iaining them daring the last four years.
Whenever our leading Democrats cease to do
this, the,masses may expect to be subjected to
ell manner of outrage Holmes Co. Farmer


Poor Brought He ate Of Republican dirt to
the full extent Of his enormous capacity, and
yet the party is bound to slaughter him. From
the army there comes unanimous voice
against him-from the National Guards he
will get nothing but oondemnaton--aHd in
fact be seems quite destitute Of friends from
any quarter. Poor Brought He sold himself
for small price, and his purchasers eviden.
tly think they were badly cheated at thstl-
Toledo Record,
Year: 1865

The following beautiful incident we clip
from the last Honesdale Republic 1t is u
striking Illustration of a mothers love:


Just before the close of canal navigation
a resident of this borough went into the
store of Mr.. j NJ Bauman and requested
him to change a fifty dollar greeuback.
Bauman seeming to hesitate the neighbor
remarked that il there was reason to doubt
the genuIneness OF the note 1T was best to
have the question defnately settled, because
It's owner was going down the canal and
would not be back again. Bauman decided
that the note was a good one and that he
would change it at his own risk. 1t turned
out that the note was counterfeit. Bau-
man held it some weeks, when a fellow
merchant came into his place and asked him
if he had any bad money Bauman said that
he had bad iltty dollar greenback. He pro-
duced 1t, and his fellow merchant gave him
fifty dollars III genuine greenbacks for 1t.
This excited Baunan curiosity, and he
asked the meaning Of the transaction. The
solution was this: The counterfeit greenback
belonged to d young bcatman of Roudnut.
In his last trip he contrived to have it pass
ed TO Bauman as above stated. When he
reached home he boasted the achievement
to his mother telling her the name Of the
man he had victimiZed. Soon after the
young man enlisted and went to the front.
His mother thought upon the fragrant act
Of dishonesty he had committed, and could
not rest. Her son was exposed to special
hazards OF death, and she could not endure
the idea of his dying with that wrong una
toned. Sne raised the fifty dollars and sent
it here to a friend with instructions to re-
deem the counterfeit bill.


Wonderful is Il mother love Beautiful
is that piety which counts truth and homes
ty as among It's highest excellencies
Year: 1865

A detailed account of the captHe of Will
mington contains the following: But few
citizens left the city except such as the enc
my forced to enter the ranks and follow. All
able-bodied men hid themselves, and
thronged the streets as soon as our forces en-
tered. The ladies were also out in force, and
the negroes crowded all the avenues: Not
a symptom Of animosity was displayed by
man, woman or child throughout the day. -
The proclamation of Governor VANCE does
not seem to have inspired the people OF
North Carolina with that undying hatred to
the Yankees, which was to give said Yankees
all manner of botheration, and finally smoth-
er them in the Serbonian bog familiarly
known as the last ditch. There are sew
eral modes of manifesting hatred The
South Carolina mode, which may be regarded
as the mode par ercelleace is to make tracks
from the abominable Yankees, as from a
stalking plague, leaving houses, chattels and
effects behind. The North Carolina mode
seems to be, to stay at home to receive visit
ors, in fact, to exhibit no little satisfaction
at their arrival Between the two sorts of
hatred to the Yankees, the rebellion will de-
rive precious little aid and comfort, and may
be expected to wither from the fugitive zeal
shown by some of its adherents, AID the
very passive and undemonstrative affection
shown By others
Year: 1865

Dom be a loaiar, don teal yourself loafer
don't keep loater's company, don't hang
about loafing places. Better work hard for
nothing and board yourself, than to sit "a
round day after day, or stand around the
corners with your hands in your pockets,
better for your own mind, better for your
own respect. Bustle about, if you mean to
poor physician has obtained real patient
by riding hard to attend to an imaginary
one. A quire Of paper tied with red tape,
carried under lawyers arm, may procure
him his first case and make his fortune
Such is the world: to him that hath shall be
given. Quit droning and complaining; keep
busy and mind your chance.
Year: 1865

Many an old person has the pain-not
bodily, but sharper still-of feeling himself
in the way. Some one wants his place.
His chair in the chimney corner is grudged
him. He is burden to- son or daughter.
The very arm that props him is taken away
from some productive labor. As he sits al
the table, his own guests are too idle or toe
unkind to make him a sharer in their mirth.
Tney grulge. the trouble of that raised
voice which alone could make him one Of
them and when he speaks, it is only to be
put aside as ignorant or dcspised, as old
fashioned and absolute. Oh, little do Younger
persons know their power Of giving pain or
pleasure 1t is a pain for any man, still In
the world, TO be made to feel that he is no
longer Of it, to be driven in npon his own
little world of conscious isolation and buried
enjoyment But this is his condition; and
If any fretfulness or querulousness of tenn
per has aggravated it-if others love him
not because he is amiable-shall we pity
that condition the less-shall we upbraid it
with that fault which is itself the worst part
of it?
Year: 1865

Many of the laws of Lycurgus, IN CON
nection with this subject would undoubtedly
meet with the appreciation of the fair sex of
modern times. The time for marriage was
fixed by statute, that of the man at about
50 or 35 years, that Of the lady at about 20
or a little younger All men who continued
unmarried after the appointed time We're
liable to prosecution, and all old bachelors
were prohibited from being present at the
public exercises of the Spartan maidens.
and were denied the usual respect and hon
ors paid to the aged. why should give
you place, cried the young man 20 the old
unmarried gentleman, when you have no
child to give place to me when / am old d?'
No marriage portions were given to. any Of
the maidens, so that neither poverty should
prevent a gallant nor riches tempt him to
marry contrary to his inclinations The
parents of three children enjoyed consider
able immunities, and those with four chill
dren paid no taxes whatever-a regulation
which all married men with large families
viii readily admit to be not wise and equit-
able. Every marriage was preceded by a
betrothal, as in other Greek cities, but the
marriage itself was performed by the young
Spartan carrying off his bride by pretended
abduction, and for some time afterward the
wife continued to reside with her own family,
and only met the husband on stated occasions.
This extraordinary way of spending the
honeymoon was first introduced by IycurguS
to prevent the husband from wasting too
much of his time in his wife society during
the first years of their marriage, and in or
der to economize the bride charms, it was
customary for her bridesmaid to cut off all
her hair on the wedding day, SO that for
some time, at least, her personal attractions
should increase with her years-a very good
and commendable plan, which we here re-
commend to the wives of the present day.
Year: 1865

A BUCKEYE SToRY.-The Columbus
(Ohiol Journal tells queer story about a
married couple in that place. TIE husband
Is a tyrant One evening during a recent
severe storm, his wife was visiting neigh
Dor: and when she applied for admission
on her return. her husband pretended not to
know her. She threatened to jump into the
well if he did not open the door Having
no idea she would do so, he obstinatey re
fused to recognize her: so she took log
and plunged it into the well, and simnlta-
neously with the splash it made, she placed
herself By the side of the door; and as soon
as her husband darted out in his night
clothes, she darted in, locked the door, and
declared that she did not know him She
froze him till he was renitent, and then let
him In.
Year: 1865

oh say not the Union is broken.


That the flag of the free is disgra ced;
Through the world 'tis of freedom the token,
An if lost it can never be replaced.
That old flag has made nation;


What proud memories throng on the brain
When the hope of our countrg 5 salvation,
Through our tears, bursts brightly again.
Oh say not that liberty falters,


That base despots shall look DER the sea
And proclaim that our nations proud affairs
Are no longer hope or the free.
Though traitors may lurk in our bosom,


They are lost mid the hosts of the brave,
Who start from the hi ii and the valley


The flag of our Union to save.
Year: 1865

AN OLD SToRY-A clergyman called on
poor parishoner, whom he found bitter
ly lamenting the loss of an only son, boy
about four or FIVE years old In the hope Of
consoling the afflicted woman he remarked
TO her, that one so young could not have
committed any grievous sin;. and that no
doubt the child was gone to heaven. 'Ah
Sir" said the simple hearted creature,
but, Tommy was so shy, and they are all
strangers there