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Year: 1868

Major Horatio Allen, the engineer Of
the New York aud Erie Railroad, gives
the following account Of the first trip
made by locomotive on this conti-
nent.


"When was Il? Where was It And
who awakened its energies and direct
cd it's movements2 II was in the year
1928, on the banks Of the I4ackawaxen,
at the commencement Of the railroad
connecting the canal OF the Delaware
and Hudson Canal Co with their coal
mines and he who addresses you was
the only person on that locomntve.
The circumstances which led TO my be-
ing on the road are these


The road had been built in the sum
mer, the structure was of hemlock tim
Der, and rails OF large dimensions, pla-
ced far apart The timber had crack
ed and warped from exposure to the
sun. After about three hundred feet
Of straight line the road crossed Lack
AWAKEN creek on trestle work about 30
feet high, with a curve Of three humid
red and fifty-fve to four hundred feet
radius. The impression was very gen
eral that the iron monster would either
break down the road or it would leave
the track at the curve and plunge into
the creek.


my reply to such apprehensions was
that it was too late to consider the
probability of such occurrences; there
was no other course than to have tri-
al made of the monster which had been
brought here at a great expense; but
that it was not necessary that more
than one should be involved in its fate
that l would take the first ride alone,
and the time would come when should
look back to the incident with great in
terest.


"As / passed my hand on the thottle
valve handle, / was undecided whether
l would move slowly or with great de-
gree of speed; but believing that the
road would prove safe, and preferring
that il we did go down, to go hand
somely and without any evidence Of IT,
midity, started with considerable We
locity, passed the curve owor the creek
safely, and was soon out Of hearing ol
the vast assemblage. At the end Of
two or three miles | reversed the valve,
and returned without accident, having
thus made the first railroad trip by To-
comotive on the Western hemisphere
Year: 1868

In money in New York there is a decidedly
easier feeling. The bank statement showing an
increase Of s3.Oo0,0oO in Legal Tenders, exhib-
its a material improvement in the condition of
the banks, and has removed the last traces of
fear OF another reaction toward siringency.
Yesterday money was in ample supply 70 call
borrowers, and a fair proportion Of transae-
tons were done at per cent, but the general
rate is 9 per cent Discounts are moderately
scuve at 7as per cent for prime names.
Year: 1868

In an article published in the report OF
the agricultural department, Mr.. VOL
linger says the cheapest, most easily at
tainable and best of all manures for q
corn crop is dense mass of red clover,
either in its green or ripened and dried
state, plowed down three or four inches
only, just deep enough to prevent
wastsge, and yet near enough to the sur
face Of the ground to be acted on by the
SUMS heat and the air. In its decay,
clover thus affords certain, active and
constant nourishment to the young and
expanding roots of the corn. Both corn
and wheat grown over clover lay are
very generally free from disease and in
seets, and better ia yield and quality
than crops grown on or with animal ma
nures. But to secure Sais we mu9i ma
nure the clover while yet young with
liberal supplies Of plaster, lime, or fine,
well-rooted manure, spread broadcast
over the growing plants.
Year: 1868

There seems, so far as we can learn, q
general satisfaction among the farmers
at the result of their labors for the pres
snt year. The yield in all things, except
perhaps cotton, appears to come fully up
TO their expectations. Some will not
make as much cotton as they expected
or desired to, but the uncommonly fine
season that they have had for gathering
will so add to the quality that the de-
ficiency in yield may be compensated in
the price. We suppose there will be an
abundance OF corn, and, finding from
the appearances in the country and the
exhibits made In some Of our mercantile
houses, there will surely be good pota-
to crop-altogether We think We have
reason to be grateful, and are in no great
danger of starvstion.-MarshG1 Repts6
Hcan, 9th.
Year: 1868

A correspondent of the Rural Gentle
nGS, in Delaware, writes strongly il
favor of ashes to prevent rust in wheat
and from experience has found them oi
great value. AS to the effcts of ashes,
be says they have, like Shakspeare's
sherry-seck,' "three-foId operation 81


l. The ashes operate as measure upon
the wheat, even in the limited quantity
of eight bushels per acre.


2. They push the wheat forward sew
eral days, and in time to escape the hot,
sultry days, which often prevail about
the time Of the "heading out of the
wheat; and


8. They strengthen the stem, giving il
substance and solidity.


I may add one or two more properties
of the ashes; they afford just that kind
of pabulum or food, which is best for the
development and perfection Of the grain,
and will, in my opinion, also prevent the
ravsges of the fly in the wheat. I would
here venture the remark, that whoever
once tries this experiment will there
after spread his wood ashes upon his
wheat as above indicated; and, in so do
ing he will effectually guard against and
prevent "the rust " in his wheat.
Year: 1868

Fattening animals of all kinds, lay on
flesh very rapidly IS the weather grows
cooler. Keep beeves and sheep in pasture
as long 40 the feed is good. but yard them
at night, and feed twice . day with grain,
If they are to be marketed soon other
wise simply feed SO as to be sure they are
constantly gaining. Pigs should have
cooked food and plenty OF it. Push for
ward their faLtenlng as rapidly as possi-
BILE, for at no season will they gain faster.
Keep them clean, and give them warm
sheltered nests. Poultry also gains very
rapidly, and 1t ia best to fstten> them on
scalded meal, with corn, wheat SCREEN
ings, and other food In addition, at day
light in the morning and late in the
afternoon,
Year: 1868

The statement 10 often made through
the agricultural press that corn meal is
the best feed for COWS as milk producer.
Why this should be repeated when the
experience Of every farmer is TO the con-
trary, we cannot tell, unless it is for the
reason that corn meal is the best grain
feed for cows not giving milk. There is
no grain so good for keeping up animal
heat and producing flesh and fat, and 1t
ID ussd in winter by most dairymen for
that purpose! but as milk producer It
is the poorest grain that can be given.
Oat meal and wheat bran are far supe.
rior. These statements are based upon
actual experiment and the experience Of
many farmers,
Year: 1868

There iS golden hour In every life


We long remember, as we look afar
Ger this dull, weary werld ef care and strife
II shines upon us like radiant star
Through gloomy years; and whea this life


ahsQ elsse,


The light Of other days" Is round us yet,
To cheer as as we pass TO long repose


And summon 5oys we never can forget.
dare net say 10 thee how much prize
The music OF thy dear, familiar tone
r. lusifous glory Of thy darasome eyes.
Thst ifRnt my pathway as / walk alone.
But may tell OF one delightful hour


Now fading in the dim and distant Past
" len first felt thy sweet and magic power,
And tby bewitchins spell around me cast!
Year: 1868

In the house on Friday, Mr. Brooks: Of
New York, said:


"We intend to undo what has been
done BY this Congress, and We shall, SOON
er or later, have the power within the
walls of the House to undo it all. These
proceedings in Ohio and New Jersey are
but the beginning of the revolution which
has already made its appearance else
where; and the precedents and preroga-
tives and powers which the majority in
this House is now assuming in the most
revolutionary manner, we intend to make
use of to undo all these revolutionary and
violent proceedings. So the honorable
gentleman from Massachusetts might as,
we'll make up his mind now to see the be-
ginning of this great re-actiOsary move
ment. We do not intend to deprive the
negroes of the South of their liberty
We intend to allow them fse-kffhs rep
resentation, not three-6fths one, which
the negroes in the North are having
But we do not intend to allow, so far as
we can help it, the people of the North
to be brought into negro-copartneFship In
government on the floor of this House, or
to be ruled BY black majorities, By rotten
borough negro constituencies in the South
We do not intend to be ruled By any such
government as that, and all the processes
of legislation by. which that has been
reached, or is to be reached. Through
State Legislatures, as in Ohio; through
State action, as in New Jersey; through
sc, 900 popular majority in, my own Statep
to be increased next year to 100000. If
this House goes on. with those proceed
ings we intend to undo them all. I re-
peat. that everything which has been
done is to be undone. The voice of the
people is no longer heard in Whispers,
lbut in the loud roar of the whirlwind,
coming from all parts of the country -
and it win sooner or later unseat a large
majority of those who now constitute the
majority on this floor, putting in their
places the Democracy of the country. Ii
the statistics of elections are examined,
'Ieyen now it will be found that large
majority of the members on this side of
the House hold their seats here and vote
here on these bills who no longer repre-
sent their constituents, but are acting in
utter defiance of the people who sent
Them here"
Year: 1868




treasury-the presidency will either be
compassed by the Radical party, or there
will be no election and no need for one.
ffnaea .cfgr lal T.GH. Ny.


With the above thoroughly wrought
aud able article We care not at this time
TO enter into controversy, except TO dis
sent from a single sequence, which to
our view seems altogether illogical. We
are not able to see how it should follow,
that, because the organisation Of a mid
die party has become impracticable,
therefore the reign of moderation is
impossible, and the Union no more"
The Union has lasted n considerable
time, with two great parties, and without
controlling balance of power by any
middle party. We see no sufficient rea-
son why it may not do so still. What use
have we for middle party, which can be
only efficient to weaken the present truly
Democratic party ,and the chances OF
restoring the Constitution The two
parties of this day are--one friends and
the other enemies Of the Constitution.
In such an issue IL is impossible TO haze
more than tpo parties, for honest men
will take one side and the rogues the
other.


What is the sense Of making any
great to-do about q name, which per-
chance raises an old prejudice, but,
after oil, signifies fidelity to the Copsti-
tuition and nothing else. Democrat is
now understood to mean a supporter OF
republican institutions. not an old fash
ioned hard shell Bentonian partisan at
all. Radical means a friend of Con-
gressional oligarchy, to be erected on
the ruins of the Constitution. Names
and signs Of ideas are merely conyen-
tiopal, and signify nothing but what we
will they should. At present the good
men of the country are called Demo-
Gratis and hang out the peoples banner
by that name. The ambitious, the reck-
less and the criminal have taken the
name of Radical. Is there any middle
ground between two such parties 7
And if not. how is it neces-
sary, that the Union should
be " no more" because men must take
sides with one or the other-both the
friends or the enemies of the public and
republican liberty2 There always have
been, and we think always will be, two
great antagonist parties in this country
But why moderation should therefore be
impossible we do not see Wei shall
likely have moderation enough always to
submit to the fairly expressed will OF the
majority of the people, as we always
have done. II the Union cannot co.
exist with such antagonist elements
(which, indeed, have heretofore been re-
garded as conservative of liberty) we may
as we'll go to work for the best despotism
we can get at once, am
u
Year: 1868

NLw YORK, April 2.-The Pacific mail
steamship company have of late been unable to
supply the extraordinary demand made upon
it. The last steamer, which left New York
yesterday, had every berth filled, and was
compelled, for want of room. to refuse some
thousand or more applicants for passage
Year: 1868

And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily
lfsn them, with all its attendant Ills will md in
the use OF this BlTIERS, or the TONIC, an elixir


hat will insti new life into their veins restore in
. measure the energy and ardor of more youthful
days, build mp their shrunkep FORMS and give
health and happiness to their remaining years
Year: 1868

THK WRITE HoU SEA number of visitors
were at the Executive Mansion to-day, nearly
all OF W hon were admitted to the Presi.
dent General Hancock had lengthy inter-
view with the Executive this forenoon. Col
Dan Rice also called this morning and
had an interview with the President
Year: 1868

thera waa and u o duty hand 10 hand
with pleasure, anl that duty ia ever
first, lor i V The parent Of true pleas.
ure.


Ile forgot that on and on eyes
grow tired from weeping, rs the esr
nched from listening fot the footsteps
30 late In coming. lie forgot that
under the roof he kept away from 30
many nights, one who loves him bet.
Ter chan all the world beside better
than all who were partaklng of bis
earning; waited, and wishing for his
coming


lie was away when the little ono
died, but its death awakened him to
n new life, and to that honest, hearty
manhood which makes those IL comes
in contact with. There we're bitter
tears In his eyes to-day, There was
sadness in his heart There was the
old love in his touch as he tendcrly
supported the sorrowing mourncr.


We shall be miles away when this
is printed. Perhaps We may never SEQ
the churchyard, the little grave or
the mourners there, but we shall often


think of those Of whom we write. We
know who it is---they know. And let


us, an earnest to all who are heart


weary-a friend to all who are poor,


ask her to sit close beside him and


with the lamp steadily burning


read this chapter to him and then
tell him for us, that there are
thousand bright futures in store yet
and that as he is good, and earnes
, and manly, and careing for others
! so will he be happy, prosperous AM
! bettered. And say to him that If h
: cannot call the life back to the littl
form under the sward, he can, and W
: know he will win back his manhoo'
and his pluck, and will in future b
0 the brave, honest, prudent home-lov
ing man he can be, and will be as W
8 all 20 on to our Saturday Night.
Year: 1868

Is there any position a mother can
covet for her daughter more glorious
than to be the wife Of an honest, inde-
pendent, happy farmer, in country
like this 7 To be the wife Of one
whose farm is noted far and near as n
model Of neatness and perfection Of
cultivation A? To be mistress Of a
mansion Of her own--a sweet and
lovely home? To be the angle that
fits through the garden bidding the
flowers bloom, and twining roses and
honey -suckles around the bedroom
window, or sweetening their fragrance
with her sweetest smile, or spreading
the snowy cloth beneath the oak at
the door to welcome her husband as
he returns from his toll, or even tip
ping the cradle with her foot as she
plies the dasher with her hands, OF
busily moves the needle, at the same
time humming joyous song ofpraisc
that she is the beloved Of an Ameri-
can farmer-oneo Of the true noblemen
Of this free country-one that should
rightly rank as the pride and glory Of
America.
Year: 1868

Never sit down and brood over
trouble Of any kind. If you arc
vexed with yourself or the world. this
Is nd way to obtain satisfaction. Find
yourself employment that will
keep your mind active; and depend
upon Il, this will force out unwelcome
thoughts
Year: 1868

4 Faint Peep. neighbor has gene- rally refrained from joining in the Brick Pomeroy yell against the "bloated bond holder" Is he about to give way, and fol- low his natural leader? This looks like it : Let every laboring man ask himself this oues- ton: Can pay my own taxes and those of my bondhold neighbor as easily as I can my own alone ?-Sentiael, Sept. IS.

 The Democratic doctrine is, that if currency is good enough for the farmer, the mechanic and the laborer it is good enough for the bondholder.- Sentinel, Sept. 25.

 lnasmuch as the government agreed with It's creditors that its bonds should not be liable to State or municipal taxation, and that their interest should be paid in coin, how can you avoid this agreement except by repudiation?
Year: 1868

sa% The editor of the Sentinel ought to copyright the "O'Hiokox" joke. Itis the genuine, and, we might almost say, the sole offspring of his brain and should be secured to him. What would the Sentinel be without it!
Year: 1868

The attention of our readers is directed to the advertisement of Goes Dyspepsia Cure, in another part of this paper

 This truly valuable Medicine is recon. mended by all who use it. Read the cer- tificates,
Year: 1868

1eS" We publish an abstract of the new Election Law on our first page. to which we request the particular attention of Ro- publican Town Committees. Select your best men for Registrars of Electors.
Year: 1868

THE True LIyE.-Final success, the
JOY of life's harvest, Is the goal of our
human hopes. No wise or thoughtful
man will live merely to-day. The pill
grim who seeks a home is not content
to linger and loiter for the mere flow
ers beside the way. The sower looks
onward to the fields white and ready
for the sickle. Wisdom has regarded
for the grand issue. The triumph or
the pleasure of to-day is transitory.
We want hope that does not sink
with the setting sun.


The true success in life is that which
does not fail in the evening of our days,
or leave them to barrenness. WeWant
that shout of "harVest home" that will
not die into silence with the failing
breath, but make the passage Of the
grave q whispering gallery, where
heaven and earth talk together. We
want something that will reach beyond
time, beyond the tAings of the present,
something that will take hold on eter-
nity.-FZaveL
Year: 1868

The USE OF PEPPER.-Pepper is an
almost universal condiment. Black
pepper irritates and inAsmes the coat
ing of the stomach. Red pepper does
not irritate, consequently it should be
used instead of black pepper. 1t was
known to the Romans, and has been in
the East Indies from time immemorisl,
as it corrects that fiatulence which at
tends the large use of vegetable food,
Persons in health do not need any pep
per in their food. But to those of
weak and languid stomachs it is far
more healthy to use cayenne pepper at
meals than any form of wine, brandy
or beer that can be named, because it
stimulates without the reactions of
or debility.-HaIPs Journal Of
Health.
Year: 1868

A RECEIPT FOR HAPPINESS 1t is
simple. When you rise in the morn
ing, form a resolution to make the day
a happy one to a fellow-creature. 1t is
easily done. A left-of garment to the
man who needs it; kind word to the
sorrowful; an encouraging expression
to the stsrYing-trihes in themselves
light as air-Will do it, at least for
twenty-four hours; and if you are
young, depend upon it, it will tell
when YOU are old and if you are old,
rest assured it will send you gently
down the stream Of time to eternity
Look at the result; you send one per-
son-only one, happily through the
day, that is three hundred and sixty
FIVE in the course of the year-suppos-
ing you live forty years only, after you
con- cmence this course, you have made
fourteen thousand SIX hundred human
beings happy, It all events for a time.
Now worthy reader, is this not simplel
We do not often indulge in q moral
dose. but this is so small pill that one
needs no red currant jelly to disguise
its flavor, and it requires TO be taken
but once day, that we feel warranted
in prescribing it. 1t is most excellent
for digestion, and producer OF pleas
ant slumber.
Year: 1868

LoYLISEss.-It is not your neat dress,
your expensive shawl, or your pretty
figures that attract the attention OF
men of sense. They look beyond
these. 1t is the true ioVeliness of your
nature that wins and continues to re-
tain the affections Of the heart. Young
ladies sadly miss it who labor to i'm
prove their outward looks, while they
bestow not a thought on their mind
Fools may be won by gew-gaws and
fashionable, snowy dresses, but the
wise and substantial are never caught
by such traps. Let modesty be your
dress. Use pleasant and agreeable
language, and though you may not be
courted by fop and sot, the good and
truly great will love to linger in your
steps
Year: 1868

TELEGRAPHIc.-The Springfield Mas
sschusetts) Republican thus disposes OF
a popular error: "If it requires fifty
seven minutes for telegram starting
from London, to make the circuit of
the world and return to that point,
then it will reach London exactly fifty
seven minutes after it started, on the
the same day. The idea of its beating
time is absurd. 1t gains upon time in
the first half of the circuit Of the earth,
but just as much as it moves more
rapidly than the earth on its axis in
the opposite direction, and it loses in
just the same proportion in the last
half of the circuit. If Il starts IN the
other direction and moves with the
earth, the process will be reversed; it
will first lose time and then gain the
same amount, minus the actual time
made in completing the entire circuit.
job was not great on lightning, but it
is too bad to attach his splendid
poetry to our crudities."
Year: 1868

Longstreet says: "When a man talks
about a new war, you may be sure he
did not fight in the last one" If that
is true land it is truel, the Editor Of
the Louisville Sentinel must have been
a long way out of the fight. He now
makes the following noise:


''War is not pleasant thing to con-
template; but war is preferable to sla-
very. One or the other, democrats of
the Constitution, you must choose"


"Democratsmust prepare to fghtl
Democrats must fight


"The people must rise in their power,
and hurl the whole deYil-breeding crew
back into perdition


"EVery man must do his duty Every
patriot must stand ready Every rusty
gun must be cleanedl


Pray to God, if you will, to change
the hearts of the scoundrels in power;
but don't fail to mould bullets !"
Year: 1868

Patience is a great power in earthly
things. There is no art, besides skill
and steadiness in work, which man is
SO slow to learn, or which he needs
more to learn, than the art of patient
waiting. We scold at Fate when we
encounter disappointment but true
philosophy counsels silence and contIn-
ued effort. For Fate has her own way
as we cannot compel Fate, how much
better IS it to submit quietly AID with
out repining to her will. No griefis so
wearing and Of so little use as greif
over the inevitable. Merit too often
fails to get its due in this world from
the mere impatience of the meritori-
GUS. We can establish oL.' claim to the
rewards given by Fate. But no man
succeeded in setting tie time at which
these rewards should be given. Hence
no man can do a wiser thing than to
wait, if he also works while waiting.