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Year: 1868

HARVEST. has been busy week
with the farmers. But they have been
favored with good weather, and have
finished cutting their wheat. The crop
is good one, although slightly affected
BY seab and rust. What with the intensely
hot weather, the breaking of reapers. and
the perplexities incident to harvest, they
have had worrying time of it. We con-
gratulate them, however, that the task is
done.
Year: 1868

strength, security and happiness as a peo-
pie, and as a framework of government
equally conducive to the welfare and pros
perity of all the States, both Northern and
Southern.


Resolced, That the Union established by
the constitution is Union of States, fedcr-
al in its character, composed of States
thereby united, and as incapable of existing
without the States as its continuing inte-
gral parts, and therefore the perpetuity of
the Union in its integrity depends on the
preservation of the States in their political
integrity, the government of the United
States being federal republic and not
consolidation of the whole people into one
nation.


Resot0ed, That the perpetuity of the
Union and the maintenance of the gov
ernment, as both were established by the
constitution, and as both under the con-
stitution, have been expounded in the fore
going resolutions, in conformity with the
venerabl teachings of Jefferson, Madison,
and jackson, have ever been held as car
dlnal doctrines of the democratic party,
and they are now reiterated with increased
earnestness, under the solemn conviction
that constitutional liberty can be preser-
we'd on this continent only by bringing
back the administration of the Govern
ment to those time-honored principles on
which for sixty years, there was such un-
paralleled happiness and prosperity, and
in rescuing it from the hands of those who
have ever held the constitution itself to
be no better than covenant with death
and an agreement with hell, whose revo-
lutionary policy and measures have brought
such general discord, strife and war, with
its attendant ills, upon large portion of
the country, and such widespread demor-
alization throughout the whole of it.


Resotved, That the democratic party In
sustaining the federal administration in the
late unhappy conflict of arms did SO in
good faith, with the hope and earnest wish
to maintain the principles above set forth,
and with no view of waging war on the
part of the Northern States in any spirit
OF oppression against their brethren Of the
South, nor for any purpose of conquest or
subJugation, nor purpose of overthrowine
or interfering with the rights or established
institutions of those States, but to defend
and maintain the supremacy of the con-
Year: 1868

But while their names and history are
fan iliar to you all. some Of us know them
personally some of rs are proud to re.
member that We were scho0,naies of Gen
Grant in the good old town of May willie
Kv.. and that We served in the public coun
clis OF the county with the distinguished
gentleman whose name stands second on
the ticket :and if needed could bear testi
nouy to the purity of their private lives
the honesty and fidelity with which the,
have always addressed themselves tn til,
task set hrlu lhcm. and the ability with
which they have discharged these tasks
not only with credit to themselves but pro
fit to the county
Year: 1868

Agassiz, in his lately published
work on Brazil, has the following on
the mixture of races: "I,et any one
who doubts the evil of this mixture
philanthropy to break down the bar
riers between them, come to BRAZIL
cannot deny the deterioration con-
sequent upon an amalgaffiation of
races more widespread here than in
any other country in the world, and
which is rapidly effacing the best
qualities of the white man, the negro
and the Indian, leaving q mongrel
nondescript type, deficient in physical
and mental energy. At time when
the new social status of the negro Is q
subject of vital Importance in our
craftsmanship, we should profit by
the experience of country where,
though slavery exists, there is far
more liberality toward the free negro
than he has ever enjoyed in the Uni
ted States. Let us learn the double
lesson; open all the advantages of ed
ucatiOn to the negro, and give him
every chanceOf success which culture
gives to the man who knows how to
use it; but respect the laws of nature,
and let all our dealings which the
black man tend to preserve, as far as
possible, the distinctness Of his ma:
tiOnal characteristics, and the integ-
rity of our own"
Year: 1868

CURE FOR BALD-HEADEDNESS.-
Frederick Kemp writes from the sill
yer mines of Montana to the Herald
of Health, giving the following hint
I'm reference to cure for bald-headed-
ness: "a friend of mine who had the
misfortune TO be bald-headed, know
ing that there Is q wonderful invigor-
ating power i'm the SUMS rays, last
spring threw away his hat, and
worked In the gulch all spring, sum-
mer, and fall bareheaded, and also for
the first few days at midday. For "a
few DAYS the rays of the hot sun on
his head were almost uncomfortable;
after that time experienced no UNI
easiness whatever. The result was
that in the fall he had a good head of
hair. And In this experiment he was
not alone-several of his acquaintan-
ces who were bald-headed having fol-
lowed the same plan, they We're all
fortunate enough To experience the
same result" The editor adds that
a similar case once came under his
own observation, and processes to have
no doubt that "the exposure of the
skin to air and sunshine, under the
proper circumstances, stimulates 1t To
a healthy action, and with II those
glands upon which the growth Of the
hair depends"
Year: 1868

To be an editor. If you let every
thing go as 1t happens, you are q
wooden man. III you attempt to do
your duty, you are trying to rule the
country. You a.e abused for not pub
fishing any news, and then you are
worse abused when you do publish
the news. People will take ofiense II
you notice them in your paper, or il
you dOn't-sO you neverknow wheth.
er you are to meet man as you par
ted with him or not.


Your party demands the most i'm
plicit allegiance, and on election day,
when your prestige, which is your all,
Is at stake, 1t heedlessly or pui'posely
abstains from voting, and allows you
to he beaten to death.


If you are neutral on politics you
are of no account to anybody. You
can't support one party never so call
didly, and high mindedly without
being denounced as all that Is mean
by the other.


If you admit that your political op-
ponents are men, acting from as sim
cere and conscientious motives as
your own, you are in the market for
buyers. That you can have other
than = mercenary or selfish motive,
.eyeni in your prayer, is secuted.


4oureditOrials are termed scurrilQus
by-your enemies and tame by your
friends. You are not read If your
paper isn't spicy, and your paper isn't
iit to be received into decent family
If 1t is spicy. Ifyou should take no.
tice. OF every cur swapping al your
heels on the contrary, you would be a
black2uard and an idiot in the bar
gain. Moreover you would soor be
food for worms, for you would have a
fight on hand every hour i'm the day,
and an assassin like attack at least
once every night. 1t is well for the
editors and the devils I'm hell that
there is great deal of US.
Year: 1868

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Enquirer contributes the two follow
ing anecdotesi


Two little incidents in the history
OF General Pope, of the Federal army,
ana General Lee, of the Confederate,
very forcibly illustrates the difference
III the character of the two men, one
OF the Army of the Potomac, and the
other of the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia. The story of the former was
related by an attache of Gen. Pope,
and that of the latter by surgeon Il
the Confederate army.


While General Pope, attjred in q
gorgeous suit of uniform, and with
hat in hand, was walking not far from
his quarters, he was accostel by a
small man dressed i'm plain suit of
black:


This is General Pope, 1 believe, /"
said the civilian.


Pope Is my name sir" and after
casting hasty and indignant glance
at the stranger, whom he regarded as
country farmer come to ask some
favor.


81 wish to see General Pope on bus
mess" continued the civilian.


"Goto my Adjutant," said General
Pope, turning on his heel, and regard
ing the stranger with a naughty stare,
continued his walk. The stranger,
somewhat abashed, but gathering new
courage, again addressed himself to
General Pope.


MY business Is private, and wish
to see General Pope alone"


"See my Adjutant, sir" exclaimed
General Pope, in an authoritative
tone, and turned Indignantly away.


Twice thwarted, the stranger enter
ed the Adjutant Generals Office, and
addressed a peremptory order to Gen
eral Pope, requiring his immediate
presence. Signed -, Assistant Sec
retary of War.


Pope was thunderstruck, and sent
word by the Adjutant General that he
would see him in fifteen minutes.


The Assistant Secretary Immediate
ly sent another order, demanding his
presence forthwith; and Pope soon
presented himself, with hat under his
arm, and made an apology to the Sec
retary, which was waived by the
latter.


On the 30th of June, 1862, during
the great battles around Richmond,
and at the very moment the bloody
assault was being made on General
McClellan's position on Malvern Hill,
solitary hOrseman, some distance
from the scene of action, had dis
mounted under cluster of trees, and
was apparently listening to the roar
of artillery. This elevation had been
selected by a surgeon of one of the
corps for field hospital, and so terri
BILE was the conflict at Malvern Hill,
that all the shade of the little PROM
ontory was required for the comfort
of the wounded. One of the surgeons
approached the stranger, whom he
supposed to be only citizen attracted
to the spot to witness the battle, and
requested him In rather hastg man
ner to move out of the way.


"Certainly, gentleman, replied
the stranger, "the wounded should be
kindly cared for" and shifted his po-
sitiOn.


In a very few minutes courier
dashed up and enquired for General
Lee.


Here he is, sir-move quickly!n


The surgeon was thunderstruck, and
hastened to Offer apologies, which
General Lee readily accepted, mount
cd his horse and galloped to the front
Year: 1868

In the year 1S43, during the Miller
ite excitement in the usually quiet
town of Durham, old "Aunt Sally
H" who weighed nigh on to two
hundred pounds, got up one evening
in the meeting, in the midst of a warm
season of exhOrtation, and said:


"Oh brethren and sisters, bless the
Lord pll soon get away from this
wicked world; / am going to meet
the Lord i'm few days. My faith il
powerful strong. Oh yes, powerful
strong il is! So strong" continued
the old lady, extending her arms and
motiOning them like goose on the
wing, "that it does seem as if could
fly away right now and meet the Lord
In the heavens !"


The minister, who was rs great an
enthusiast on "going up" as the old
lady, encouraged her very greatly by
exclaiming:


"Try, sister, try! Perhaps you can
fly, if your faith is strong enough"


"Well can, she exclaimed, "I
know / can, and / pW!"


She was standing near a window
which was raised because of the op-
pressive heat-for 1t was summer
With her handkerchief in one hand
and fan I'm the other, she mounted the
seat and thence to the top of the pew,
aud gave leap into the air with d
flying motion of her arms, expecting
to ascend hcavenward. But the law
of gravitation was too much for both
her faith and the grdUity Of the au-
dience. Down she came With an enor-
nous and not very angelic grunt,
shaking the whole house with the
conclusion. She arose, folded her
wings, and with great meekness
sneaked back into her seat evidently
disappointed. The next evening
some of the young folks asked her:


"Aunt Sally, why didn't you fly
last night when you tried 30 hard?"


~ couldn't get the right Hop" was
the meek and conclusive reply.
Year: 1868

CHICKEN CHoLEf,A.-A great
many chickens through the country
are dying with the cholera. We do
not know that any certain cure has
been found for the disease, but 1t Is
said that tar water will prevent it,
Put tar i'm the water trOugh-scatter
corn in 1t also and the chickens will
drink tile water more readily. Mr..
John Duncan tell u that he has not
lost chicken in this way since he
adopted this treatment.- Georgetown
Times
Year: 1868

A man courting young woman
was intcrrogatei by her father as to
his occupation. lam aIoIer hanger
upon large scale he replied. Ho
married the girl, and turned out to DO
a bill-sticlSer.
Year: 1868

CRoP MADE WITH Cow.-There is a
man living not far from Danville, Va
who, when the wdr closed finding himself
without horse, mule, or even an old
steer, hitched up his milch COW and made
a good crop. He fed the COW high, and
she not only plowed his land but gave him
milk for his table.
Year: 1868

Joe Brown, of Georgir. the Con-
federate Governor of that State,
says he will not act with the DOM
ocrats, because as Union men they
marched by hundreds of thousands
South to crush the Confederacy and
war on the South. Joc has told tho
truth for once. The rebellion was
crushed by tho bone and sinew of
the Democracy, and the same elc-l
ment will crush out his new project
Of q Radical reconstructed South.
Year: 1868

An exchange is wondering wherc'
the Mongrels get all the money they.
are spending in this campaign? Have
they not stolen enough frcm the
people. to explain it all? The very
money they are using to buy the
votes Of the people. was stolen from
the people, in the name Of taxcs
aud revenue. rei+a.as
Year: 1868

GREAT EXCITEMENT!


All about the new Meat Market on Mar
ket street. You will get meats putup in the
neatest possible manner as men Of exper-
ience, and skill arc running the machine.
Call and sec them one and all, ana give
them share of your patronage. [34m6-9
Year: 1868

At recent dinner in this city at which
no ladies were present, man, in respond
ing TO the toast i" Woman" dwelt almost
solely on the frailty of the sex, claiming
that the best among them was little bet
ter than the worst, the chief difference
being their surroundings.


At the conclusion of the speech, gen.
tleman present rose to his feet, and said


81 trust the gentleman, in the applica.
tion of his remarks, referred to his orr
mother and sisters, and not to ours ,,'


The effect of this most just and timely
rebuke was overwhelming the maligner
of woman was covered with confusion and
shame.


The incident serves an excellent pur-
pose in prefacing few words on this sub
ject. @


Of all the evils prevalent among men,
we know none more blighting in its NOR
al effects than the tendency to speak
slightingly of the virtue of women Nor
is there anything in which young men
are so thoroughly mistaken as in the low
estimate they form of the integrity Of wo.
men-not of their own mothers and isis
ters, thank God, but of others, who they
forget, are somebody else's mothers and
sisters.


Plain words should be spoken on this
point, for the evil is general one and
deep rooted. If young men are sometimes
thrown into the society of thoughtless, or
even LEVIED women, they have no more
right to measure all other women by what
they see of these than they would have
to estimate the character of honest and
respectable citizens by the developments
of crime in our police courts.


Let young men remember that their
chief happiness in life depends upon their
faith in women. No worldly wisdom, no
misanthropic philosophy, no generalization
can cover or weaken this fundamental
truth. 1t stands like the record of God
himself-for it is nothing less than this
and should put an everlasting seal upon
lips that are wont to speak slightingly OF
women.-PackarFs Monthly.
Year: 1868

UNBUEIED DEAD.-"Have you ever
read the Ancient Mariner z" asked the
Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, one day of his con
gregation. Il dare say you have thought
it one of the strangest imaginations ever
put together, especially that part where
the old mariner represents the corpses OF
all the dead men raising up to manage
the ship-dead men pulling the ropes,
dead men steering, dead men spread the
sails. | thought what a strange idea tina;
was But do you know that | have lived
to see that true have seen it done ]
have gone into churches and have seen
dead man in the pulpit, and dead man
as deacon, and dead man holding the
plate, and dead men sitting to hear
Year: 1868

Popular elections always bring the
knaves and the fools of society to the sur
face. The knaves are the rascally poll
ticianssswho affect to be generally con-
cerned about the welfare of ''the dear
people," but who, in reality, are only
animated by desire to get their thievish
fingers in the dear peoples pockets,
through the medium of public Office -
The fools are they who make ridiculous
bets, such as those we now read about
For instance, Senator Pomeroy has just
made fool of himselfb by tramping through
the streets Of Leavenworth bareheaded,
with gaping crowd of other fools at his
heels. Another fool has just wheeled a
barrel of apples in payment of an election
wager, from provincial town in Massa-
chusetts to Boston Another fool, and a
New York one, is announced to wheel a
negro weuch through some of the streets,
and still another proposes to put in full
days work grinding hand organ. Bet
ting of any kind should be discounten-
anced, but particularly that ridiculous
kind of which we now speak.
Year: 1868

ALBANY, April 21, 1888.
The morning session was occupied in the consider
alton of the bill incorporating the New YORK Arcade
Underground Railway. The Assembly bill was sub
stituted for the Senate bill. Several amendments
were adopted, but before their consideration was
completed recess was ordered until four O'Clock


Afternoon Session.


The consideration OF the Arcade Underground
Railway bill was resumed, and IL was finally reported
complete The principal amendments made provide
that II shal not be lawful FOR the company 70 appro
cured the consent OF the owners OF majority of
the los fronting upon Broadway along the line OF
the road, except In cases where the openings are
inside the curb, and the individual consent Will be
sufficient. The company not 70 have the
right TO remove or appropriate any vault
above the City Hall park until the road IL com
pleed 10 said park. The 1900 900 forfeit In case the
road s not built required TO go TO the city instead
Of the State. The road TO be built strictly on the
Arcade plan and according to the model.
Year: 1868

The Arcade Underground Raiiroad-Psssage
In the House Of the Bill 10 Extend Fifth
Avenue via Thompson street.


ALBANY, April q, 1868.
The Arcade Underground Railroad bill was con-
sidered In Committee OF the Whole by the Senate TO-
day. A great deal of discussion took place between
its friends and opponents, and shower Of amend
ments was offered and rejected. At one O'Clock
when the Senate adjourned, amendments had
been adopted prohibiting the company from
interfering with private vaults on the line Of
Broadway above the City Hall unt the section OF the
road below the Park Is completed, and then only
when the consent OF majority OF the property
owners on the line OF Broadway above the City Hail
Is obtained, provided, however that the company
shall not be restricted In the right TO excavate be-
tween the sidewalk curbstones and to purchase the
privilege OF removing individual vaults.


The friends OF the scheme claim that they have
greatly strengthened its chances by these amend
ments and that there is doubt OF its final passage
The central Underground party are here with the
friends OF A. I. Stewart lighting the bin at every
step.


The bill to extend Fifth avenue to West Broadway
by the widening Of Thompson street passed the
House to-day.


The Vanderbilt men have appeared on the car
pet again to-day. Their courage is admirable
Their presence has something 10 do with the Pro
Rata, Hudson River Steamboat, West Shore Railroad
and like anti-Vanderblt bills
Year: 1868

The crops generally look well, but In
West Tennessee fruit has been largely
affected by the frost. There is no less
cotton planted this than previous years,
but there is a much larger area of wheat.
Year: 1868


I" on, tgoa'd I 'oere not too eotoardV q der
On, be not the coward to dream thus of death
To olaneh AZ the first cutting paug Of grief
Despalring to mourn that the tempest's rude


breath


IN thy garland hath withered summer


BRIGHT leaf;
But eird up thy I5ins, be strong for the fight
It's the coward and traitor that prate thus Of


flight.
What though a sweet vision long cherished be
Lies plain. honest duties ara s@eeter than


dreams.
To the true heart that shuts rot Its Heaven


blest door


To the claims of the love from the hearth


stone that beams.
They only ara true hearts, they only are brave
Vino live, not the towards who Zee 70 the grave.
The conficti isIong. but there's bIssi in thestride
And hearts must not break. nor yet brokenly


live;
The angels beside the glad fountain Of life
Are waiting the victor the guerdon to give,
VINO shesthed not his sword till the battle was
Who claimed not his rest tan by flight 1t was


wen.
Ungratefult cast roand thee thy mIst-blindsd


eyes


On thy pathway thousand sweet blossoms


are strewn:
\ thousand bright streams OF refreshment arise,
And music and sunshine thy heart to attune
To the anthem OF worship the morning stars


sang,
And the chorus the angels in unison rang.
List but to that music Its echoes shall wake
a sweet, z AteGnl melody deep in thy soul,
Divine as the rapt1rous anthem that brake
The silence when light on the universe stole.
Thus life shall grow beautiful spite Of its pain,
The heart gush with love, Irust and JOY again.
FEBEUARY, 1851.
Year: 1868

The subscriber, for the past ten years engaged
ns cutter at Mr.. Cones Merchant Tailoring Es-
tablishment, would inform his friends and the
citizens Of Rock Island and vicinity, that he has
opened New Merchant Tailoring Establishment
for the purpose Of manufacturing to order first
class fne custom work to those that have been in
the habit of getting their garments cut by US,
while at Mr.. Cones, we would extend an invita-
tion TO call on us at our new establishment, and
to those that cannot get suited in Rock Island
and are in the habit Of sending east for their gar
nents we would invite them to call and give us
trial, feeling confident that VIC can suit them in
every respect. We have handsome assortment
of fine Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings, together
with large variety Of splendid French Coatings
and Tricots in different shades and colOrs for fine
business suits. Also fine Beavers in different
colors, for oyercoats,--all of which we will make
TO order in the best aud most fashionable manner
at lower rates than the same class of goods can be
obtained on either side of the river. Call and
examine our styles, and compare our goods and
prices with those engaged in the same business.


THOMAS MCCULLOUGH,
North side Of Third Street, near the Post Office,


Davenport, Iowa.
Formerly cutter at Cones.


N. B. The cutting department is under our
own supervision. Ov29dly
Year: 1868

marks made by the Senator from Craven.
He was surprised that his friend from
Martin should have introduced these reso
lutions, and hoped that he would with
draw them. They may have been intro
duced in jest, but it was too serious d
matter to jest about. There are two things
that cannot be trifed with-one is the
virtue OF woman and the other the honor
ot man. He did not make these re-
marks because he thought these resolu-
tions reflected on him, but because they
appeared 20 ridicule the resolutions which
be introduced on yesterday. There is
something behind them. The scoundrels
who are guilty, are quaking in their
shoes, but they cannot escape they shall
not escape that punishment which is due
them.


Mr.. Martindale said he did not intend
to cast any reflection or odium on any
Senator on the floor by introducing the
resolution. The only object he had in
view was to retaliate on the Sentinel


After some further discussion the reso-
luton was withdrawn.


On motion, the Senate adjourned until
tomorrow at 10 o'clock.