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Year: 1869

The Houston CTexas) Telegraph, which onposes
the division of Texas says the tone Of the debates and
the nature OF private dispatches from Austin where the
Constitutional Convention is in session. indicate that
proposition TO make two three States out OF Texas will
prevail


The Hon. A. j. Fletcher, Secretary Of State
for Tennessee publishes letter in The HdshrVs Press
and Times to refute the charge that he has deserted tho
Republican party. He states in the communication that
he has with much regret. been compelled to differ jti
Governor BrOwnlow OF his OF State pol
cy and that 1t is his judgement that lonient and
conciiaory toward the exRebels OF Tennessee
than that pursued by Governor Brownow and those in
sympathy with him. would bo wiser course and would
result in an improved condition OF society throughou tho
State but that he has 10 thought or intention abandon
Ing the National Republican party.


The Georgia Legislature-that is, the white
portion thereof-met at Atlanta OF the lih nst and Il
seems that Of the Rebel editors OF that State
that the outrage expeDC such coored members
the body had not been already murdered was mis-
take to draw very mild which, in view Of the NOyen-
Der elections is not likely TO be overlooked. advise the
passage Of resolution declarntory of the good faith Of
members in the preparation OF that outrage. Also
affirming their willingness to submit TO the
State or Federal Supreme Court, the ques-
ton OF the eligibility Of negroes TO seats in
the legislature How very consderae and kind to as
the public that they will submit TO order Of tie
Supreme Court! This shows growth in grace, FOR there
n time when Georgia refused to obey mandate Of
the Supreme Court the famous Of the Cherokee
IndiansJ But The AugUsta ChrOHiete which seems
to have forgotten, never to have known. that
there has been any "late unpeasantness" down South
that there has been any change in the relation OF black
and white any March TO the sea-protests with much
Latin against the showing Of any such weakness tho
part of the ruling class In the Legislature.


The Planters and Land owners of Louisiana
are casting doubt the good faith with which they ac-
cept the situation by forming combinations and societies.
pledged sell Land to negroes This move
to be quite generally condemned by the New
Orleans Press The Bulletin of that city very justly re-
marks:


But equality IN rights OF property under the law and
equality IN claim TO the protection Of the law Is implied
and embodied In the accepted fact OF emancipation. To
deny the right buy sell, rent or let, real
personal property is 10 deny that they are free The
attempt effect by combinations partial or total de
nal Of these newly acquired powers can have buta par
tla and temporary success n some localities These com
buatOns viii not endure aud those who form them Will
find that Of land will rent sell II according Ia
their interest Not 20 proong comments on suggestive
topic would merely advise that people accept the
situation good faith and IN all IS consequences without
attempting to do that by local combinations which we
would be permitted 10 do by State laws We dosircd
Year: 1869

RATIFICATION OF THE TREATIES WITH TIE


UNITED s1ATES--GENERAL SITUATION


IRON OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE


MEXICO Dec. 29.-TwO treaties of the three cee-
brated in July last by Mr. Seward and Mr.. Romero
have just been ratified by large majorities of the
Mexican Congress The first in point provides for
the adjustment of claims subsequent to the Guada-
iupe-Hidalgo Treaty Of lS4S by commission which
shall sit in Washington within six months after the
the effect that when the Commissioners and the ar
bitter they may elect have decided all the that
may have been rightly submitted, the sum total de-
clded in all the adjudged in favor of the citi
Lens OF one side, shall be deducted from the sum
total decided In favor Of the citizens of
the other side and the difference to the quantity Of
10000 IN gold OF its equivalent, shall be paid in the
Government IN favor Of whose citizens the greatest
quantity has been decided The remainder Of the
said difference shall be paid in annual bonds that do
not exceed $4,000 in gold until the total of the diff
Terence is paid' The Committee Of Congress, in
making report upon the treaty, say that they do not
ignore the fact that with the present Convention the
claims OF the United States citizens going TO lose


the character they have of common
debt guaranteed by the morality of tho
Mexican and by the laws and the tribunal
OF the republic, and be converted into an engage
ment OF nation 10 nation that by its nature ~ much
more grave and delicate. There seems 10 be in the
committee tendency TO be understood that the
treaty IS DO respects their side of the question,
an unmixed good but surely IL is best not TO bc
equeanish in these matters when as is plain Mexico
STANDS IN very need OF whatever honorable allow
spce can DC made hor debtor The present trea-
" ~ iii every respect liberal one.


Ano Essential part Of the treaty Of naturalization
Year: 1869

Advice to General Grant: TO issue
an order to his military commanders


in Virginia, Mississippi and Texas,


to make no delay in trying cases like
that Of Terger, and TO allow not
more than six hours to elapse be-
tween the capture Of murderer, and


if he is found guilty, his execution.


Had the officer in command at Jack
son, when Yerger killed Colonel
Crane, organized drum head court


martial, put the villain On trial, and


hung him before the sun went down,


we should have heard one loud and
prolonged cry of rage and despair
from tens Of thousand would-be i'm
itators Of his example; bat there
would have been no more murders
of that sort. AS it is, in few months
the cut-throat will be smashing
around the streets Of Jackson again,
ready to shoot the present command
er of the post, from behind tree, or
from second-story window, and
every one Of the thug-knife fraterni-
ty i'm the unreconstructed States will
be gloating over the impunity with
which a s--Yankee Ofiiccrn may
be slain. The farce Of his trial by IL
civil tribunal, to which the Supreme
Court will remand him, and in which
every juror will at heart be his con-
federate, will not be worth public
contempt. The whole affair will
only furnish a new illustration OF the
consummate puerility of the endeav-
or to govern a turbulent and rebel
liOus people by military law, from
which everything inthe shape Of PEN
atty has been wiped out. Yet, from the
out-givings in the McArdle case,
and from the known political un-
friendlincss of a majoity Of the iudg-
es, we are convinced that we shall
by and by be compelled to announce
the result that we predict.


From beginning to end, the fatal
error in the treatment Of the South
has been the one that crops out i'm
this matter q fear Of hurting some
body! Though the ruling classes in
that country-We mean the men like
Yerger, in Mississippi, who control
the organization and action Of pOlit-
ical parties, and who, by their yio-
lence and treachery, are the terror Of
men OF peace-are just as essentially
barbarous as so many Camanche In
dians, it has been the constant policy
of the Government to piacate them
by disgraccful concessions rather
than to terrify them by the certainty
and infiexibility of its justice. 1t
should have begun by hanging a
score Of the leaders in the scheme Of
infinite murder that they called "se-
cession;" and then, by the bayonet,
it should have restored the order and
security that the bayonet overthrow.
For offenses dating back to the rebel
lion, it is too late to begin the work
of punishment now. johnson with
his infamous policy, made crime and
law synonymous; but we trust that
Gen. Grant will see to it that he does
not make the same mistake. But let
us wait and see what the Supreme
Bench of Candidates for the Presi-
dency will dol CAicogo Post.
Year: 1869

may be. But there are plenty of Re-
publican journals which have not
hesitated to find fault with the Pres
ident and other Government officials
whenever they can see any occasion.
Why haven't they done it on this
topic, if there is any wrong involved?
One cannot learn the real and full
facts from such partial statements as
we have seen.
Year: 1869

DWARF APpLEs.-Mr. ID. j. Boyd
son has shown us a sample of 30 large.
nice apples which he raised this year
on dwarf tree set out one year ago
last Spring. Some of these little
dwarf trees bear SO heavily as to really
make themselves look ridiculous, with
all their load on.
Year: 1869

ENLARGED AND IMPROvED.-The
Daily State Register of yesterday
comes to us in flying colors, enlarged
to 9-column size, and printed on new
type-''regular city style" every way
live, immense and snowy. But we
observe that Notwithstanding this en-
largenent and improvement the Sub.
scription price remains the same, ST.
per year for the Daily, and So for the
Weekly edition.
Year: 1869

Halls Journal of Health presents
fifteen follies for the edification of its
readers, as follows:


First-To think the more man
eats, the fatter aud Stronger he will
become.


SecOnd-To believe the more hours
children study at school the faster
they will learn.


Third-To conclude that if exercise
is good for the health, the more vio-
lent or exhaustive it is, the more good
is done.


Fourth-To imagine that every
hour taken from sleep is an hour gained.


Filth-To act on the presumption
that the smallest room of the house is
large enough to sleep in.


Sixth-TO argue that whatever
remedy causes one to feel Immediate
Iy better is "good for" the system.
without regard to more Interior eff
fects. The "soOthing syrup for ex-
ample, does arrest diarrhea, only to
cause a little later alarming convul-
sions, or the more fatal inflammation
on the brain or water on the brain, or,
at least, always prOtract the disease.


Seventh-TO commit an act which
is felt in itself to be prgudicial, hop
ing that somehow or other it may be
done in your case with impunity.


Eighth-TO advise another to take
remedy which you have tried
on yourself, without making special
inquiry whether all the conditions
are alike.


Ninth-TO eat without an appetite,
or to continue to eat after it has been
satisfied merely to crafty the taste.


Tenth-To eat a hearty supper for
Year: 1869

the pleasure experienced during the
brief time it IS passfrg down the
throatj at the expense of a whole
night of disturbed sleep, and weary
waking in the morning. -,


Eieventh-TO remove a portion Of
the covering Immediately after exer-
else, when the most stupid drayman
in New York knows that if he does
not put G. :, on his horse the mo-
ment he ceases work in the winter, he
will lose him in few days by pueu-
monia.


Twelfth-To contend that because
the dirtiest children in the street, or
highway, are hearty and healthy;
therefore it is healthy to be dirty; for
getting that continual exposure to the
pure outdoor air in joyous, unrestrain-
ed activities is such a powerful agency
for health, that those who live thus
are well in spite Of rags and filth.


Thirteenth-TO presume to repeat
later in life, without injury, the ihdiss
cretiOns, exposure and intemperance
which in the flush of youth were prac-
tised with impunity.


Fourteenth To believe that warm
air is necessarily impure, or that pure,
cold air is necessarily more healthy
than the confined air of a crowded
vehicle; the latter at most can only
cause fainting and nausea, while enter
ing a conveyance after walking brisk
ly, lowering window thus while still
exposed to draft, will give a cold in
fallibly, or an attack of pleurisy or
pneumonia, which will cause weeks
and months Of suffering, if not actual
death within four days.


Fifteenth-TO "remember the Sab
bath day" by working harder and
later on Saturday than any other day
in the week, with a view of sleeping
late next morning, and staying at
home all day to rest, conscience being
quieted by the plea Of not feeling very
well.
Year: 1869

Children that are very precOciOus
when young seldom live long. The
forwardness of children to learn is Of
ten Indicative of a consumptive con-
stitutiOn, or an abnormal activity of
the brain. Such children ought new
er to be urged or encouraged to ap-
ply themselves to study. They ought
rather to be encouraged to spend their
time in play. If they devote them
selves to study they are almost sure to
die at an early age. Whereas, if they
are encouraged to spend their time in
play or healthful outdoor exercise,
they may both live to a greater age
and acquire a considerable amount of
knowledge besides. Mothers little
think what dangers hang over their
children, and what sorrows await
themselves, when they are eXulting
in the forwardness or cleverness of
their little ones. They little think
how soon their exultations will be
turned to grief. They little think
that the very smiles and praises by
which they encourage the too early
unfolding of the mind in their child
are fastening the ohild's death and
their own bereavement. We grant
it is no small pleasure to people to see
their children Out-strip others, but it
ought to be known that such pleasure
can not be enjoyed without great
risk. Let parents remember these
hints, and while they are careful to
afford their children an opportunity
Of gaining all useful learning as they
grow up to manhood or womanhOod,
let them also be careful not to urge or
encourage their children to over men
tai exertion, especially if the brain ap-
pears abnormally active.
Year: 1869

Here is an instance of duty before
parental love worthy of a Brutus. On
Friday, a son of Albert g. Decker,
keeper of the drawbridge across the
Passaic River, fell from the bridge
into the river beneath, just as train
of the Newark and New York Rail-
road was approaching, The draw was
open, and yet the father remained at
his post, closed and locked the bridge
while his boy was struggling in the
water, and then jumped in to rescue
him but the delay was fatal, and an
hour after the lifeless body was drag
gcd ashore. It has been said that no
man deserves credit for doing what is
simply his duty, but under circum
stances such as these, where duty pulls
simultaneously at ones heart-strings
in opposite directions, the decision of
Decker becomes heroic.-TNew York
Commercial Advertiser.
Year: 1869

A man who owes a bill in London
can now pay it in four hours by simply
going to Wall street and purchasing
document known as "cable trans
fer" a device born of the great At
lantic telegraph enterprise, whereby
the equivalent of the money which he
gives in New York will be immedi-
ately delivered to his creditor in Lon
dom
Year: 1869

In learning what others have thought
it is well to keep in practice the power
to think for yourself; when an author
has added to your knowledge, pause
and consider if you can add nothing
to his.
Year: 1869

Study with regularity, at settled
hours. Those in the 70 enoOn are the
best, if they can be secured. The man
who has acquired the habit of study,
though for one hour every day in the
year, and kept to the one thing studied
till it is mastered, will be startled to
see the way he has made at the end Of
a tWelVe-mOnth.
Year: 1869

He is seldom Over-wOrked who can
continue to be in advance of his work
If you have three weeks before you to
learn something which a man of aver
age quickneSs could learn in a week,
learn it the first week and not the
third. Business dispatched is business
we'll done, but business hurried IS
business ill-done.
Year: 1869

The Newark Advertiser. tells how a
Jerseyman's life was saved, the other
day, by a kick. lie was attempting
to get upon a moving train, with a
pail of butter in one hand and bas-
ket of eggs in the other, and was in
danger of losing his life, when the
conductor gave him a vigorous kick,
which sent him flying with heels i'm
the air, and scattering his eggs and
butter in promiscuous directions, but
preserving him from injury.
Year: 1869

Dickens says: eI have known vast
quantities of nonsense talked about
bad men not looking you in the face.
Don't trust that conventional idea.
Dishonesty will stare honesty out of
countenaHce any day in the week, if
there is anything TO be got by it."
Year: 1869

There Is no occupation which seems
SO peculiarly adapted to woman as
setting type. 1t is in many respects
a mental labor. 1t is peculiarly sed-
entary, and needs no more eXertiOn
than the sewing machine or the pia-
no. The men who set type, as a
general class, possess a great degree
of Intelligence. We presume that
more men have risen to distinction
from the printing-otlice than from
any single occupation: and if nine
tenths ot the printers in New Y ork
We're thrown upon their own reSour-
ces and sent out of this great city
into the new countries which yearn
for their industry and ability, it
would be better for them and better
for the Republic. They are iii many
eases fitted to be the leaders of men
to rise in the learned professions, to
perform the highest duties of society.
Nothing but the natural dislike to-
ward taking what seems to be 4 risk
keeps 50 many men in the dense ana
thankless city till they waste their
years over the printing ease and be-
come rermaturely old and poor.


We should like to see type-setting
generally abandoned to woman. 1t
is her work, and in this work she has
succeeded. Women are naturally as
quick and intelligent as men, and
viii make quite as good printers.
We trust that Miss Anthony will
persist in this new effort, and that
she will receive encouragements from
those who hire printers labor
There are some departments in print
ing in which, perhaps, it would not
he well for woman to assist. In
morning newspapers where the work
il thrown mainly into the middle
hours of the night, and is accompa
MED by the unpleasant necessity Of
being at home at unwelcome hours,
we do not think it would be an adj
vantage for women to be employed.
Still it might be done We trust
to see thorough trial madc.-N. Y.
Tribune.
Year: 1869

PATENTED FRUTTS.-The other
day, in the House of Representatives
Mr.. ketchum, Of New York intro
duced bill to protect inventors of
new kinds of fruit ~ Perhaps such
thing was never before seen in a
Legislature in any nation in the world.
Certain men, ii seems, who monopo-
lie certain new varieties of fruit are
not content with the large sums of
money usually made by them, but
they actually want Congress to pro-
tect them in it. The Invention of
n fruit is new sort of use for the
word, but as no other word would
answer in this most absurd applica-
ton it had to be used or none. We
shall next see parties applying for
letters patent for "inventing" new
breeds of fowls, horses and cattle.
1t would be nomore surprising or fool
ish. We venture To say that should
the fruit invention project be success
ful there is not respectable newspa:
per in the county that would ever
refer to any new fruit thus protected,
which would he as deadly to any
such fruit as though visited by a
shower OF birthstone and fire.
Year: 1869

The Terre Haute (Ind.) Journal of
Wednesday vouches for the truth of
the following strange story:


A bout ten days ago young lady
was found wandering about in Otter
Creek Township in Il craZed state of
mind, very thinly clad and apparent
ly enduring great mental and physi-
cal suffering. Her singular conduct
and the fact that she appeared to
have no place of habitation attract
ed the attention of the people, and
she was finally taken charge of by
the Township Trustee who sent her to
the poor asylum. When the poor
creature went to this institution she
was a raving lunatic, and her physi-
cal condition was terrible, having
had her feet SO badly frozen that she
was unable to stand, and it was fear
ed that amputatio', would be found
necessary to save her life.


The officers of the asylum have
given the unfortunate every attention
and in the last four or five days she
has nearly regained her proper mind
and is now able to tell her sad story.


Her Dame is PAMELA Robinson.
She is about - years of age, and is
from Oswego, New York, where her
parents reside, her father being an
old gentleman of wealth and promi-
nence in that locality. The young
lady is prepossessing in appearance,
highly educated and of modest de-
pertinent. She says she left her fa-
theirs home III New York with the
intention of visiting a married sister
living in Parke County, near Rock
vile. From some reason, for which
she does not account, she lost her
reason on arriving at this point, and
she has no memory of events from
the time she reached the depot until
a few days since.


In one of her dresses, found in the
woods, in Otter Creek township was
pocket book containing good sum
of money and n check drawn by her
father on an Oswego bank for $400. In
the pocket of her dress was a check
for her baggage, and her trunk was
at the depot last Saturday. 1t was
well filled with 4 nice wardrobe,
which corroborates the statement of
her condition in life.


The friends of the young lady in
Parke County have been written to,
and they will doubtless be swift in
flying to the aid and rescue of their
unfortunate relative, who has so
narrowly escaped horrible death.
In the meantime she will receive
every attention from the kind and
humane managers of the Asylum
Year: 1869

From the New Albany Commercial


1t seems that Jackson county is
not alone the resort or headquarters
of gangs of robbers and murderers.
Benton county is equally notorious
for the crimes committed of late years
by gang of cut thrOats having their
headquarters in Pine township, near
Rainesville. \ gentleman writing
from Rainesville, December oath,
gives the following accounts of the
doings and tragic death of the chief
of this gang OF robbers and murder
ers and his family and some other
items of interest. He says:


Il few days..before we got out to the
lidge, some men went out to the
house of a man named Shafer, and
shot him, killing him instantly He
was very bad man harboring horse
thieves, and stealing for his living.


Several years ago some men track
ed horse thief to his cabin. They
enquired of this man Shafer if the
thief had been there, and were told
that he had not, but one of his little
girls said the chief had been there
So the pursuit was continued.and the
thief caught. Shafer and his wife
then took their little daughter out
into huckelberry patch and cut her
throat tor telling about the thief
Shortly after this it was found out
that Shafer was sheltering thieves
and murderers, and he was sent to
the State prison for one year. While
there his wife took sick with fever
During her delirium she would say,
"Oh, how the little thing screams ="
The murder of her little daughter
was working in her mind. She
never recovered but passed to her
final and terrible account.


After her death her husband came
back, lived alone, and carried on the
same rs before. So three men con-
cluded to put him out Of the way.
They went to his cabin one evening
with a well loaded shot gun. The
old fellow was getting his supper,
when one of them shot him in the
back with twenty-five swan-shot.
The next day man went into his
cabin and found him dead. Since
this three more of the same stripe
have left for fear they would deserved
i'll the same way.