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Year: 1869

Fsllo,c Citizens Of Washington younty


appear before you as u candidate TO rep
sent you In the lower branch Of tbn next Leg
isaiure Of Tennessee, Fellow Citizens, SIS
this is the first call | eyer N Ade upon the 10y
al citizens OF this county, IL Is not worth
while for me TO advocate to you my country
men, the correctness of nv military and po-
litical career, but you will please allow me
to give brief sketch OF my past military and
political career. Many Of you baye been
partners OF my toll and danger In the previ.
ous war, passed and gone. ] have never been
an Office seeker. have been watching with
a vlgilant eye our ship Of State ever since the
close Of the war The past four years. ] was
one OF that band Of patriots, who left their
homes, families and all that was near and
dear to them, and made my way through tho
rugged mou ntain9 amidst the sable shadet of
The night to the Federal lines for protection.
! did not hold back I'll the victory wan near
" won, 40 many dd, but went In the early
BART Of the war, and there lie one thing
didn't do after got there. didn't fall back
behind the Federal lines and claim protection
as some Of my competitors did, and after they
got there, unless they got nm Office they
wouldn't take the gun and knapsack and
fight the battles Of their country. They had
rather follow the army and house safely In
the rear out Of all danger, sheltered from the
missiles Of death, while we the Federal sol
diers were sacrificing our lives upon the 60


ry battle.helds, driving the enemy from our
bleeding country. No, many Of them would
rather lay IN the mountains Of East Tennes-


see III the moss grew on tneir backs. These
are the men now claiming your suffrage. AZ
Ter found could not remain IN peace any
longer at home, then strrck out for Ken.
tuekt AZ a lsader ora band or Union men,
my nsiRhbora, who had Bed to The mountains
for refuge and safety from the bloody hhoe
J Of lbs guerrilla, Johp Morgan and bis rnof.
Year: 1869

On the first day of January Attorney
General HoAR will vacate his present
position and 60 upon the Supreme
Bench. GRANT is making provision for
Presidential New Years Gifts. Here is
a clear arrangement tor two, one from
Supreme Judge HoAR and the other
from Attorney General HoAR's successor.
Year: 1869

THE Chicago wigwam, where the Re-
publican party was nourished in its in
fancy, was burned down Saturday
night. It is to be hoped the wigwam's
fiery fate is not prophetic VI the future
of any of the loyal leaders. The
cradle of the party is gone; the coffin
will soon be wanted. .
Year: 1869

BUTLER consents to take Virginia
back. If he could only make up bis
mind to take back some other things
that might be mentioned, there would
be joy, unspeak able among his victims
at New Orleans.
Year: 1869

Without any special complaint, except grad
ual declination of bodily strength and nervous
srergy, will find in the TONIC a FOUNTAIN
FRESHING AND EX i HILERATING As
A POOL IN THE DESERT TO THE SAND
SCORCHED AND FAINTING TRAVELLER.
Year: 1869




Let me tell you something about one
Of the school teachers of San Francisco,
by the way of illustrating the manner
in which fortune frolics with human ma
ture, and makes shuttlecocks of poor
humanity. Among the teachers is an
elderly }ady-the mother of five inter-
esting children. She was born in one of
the Western States, and was the first
born of one of the most distinguished
Senator's who ever sat in the legislative
halls of the United States. In her
young days she was the belle Of Wash
ton City. carrying away the palm from
the dark-eyed daughters of the South,
and the rosy-cheeked damsels of the
North. She gave her love to young
gentleman-then clerk in one of the
offices in Washington. Her father knew
the youth and recognized his great abili-
ties, and when he solicited the daughters
hand it was cheerfully given. The we'd
ding was a brilliant one, many of the
great menof the country being gpresentto
wish them joy and cheer them at the COM
mencement of their domestic voyage. The
young husband was shortly afterwards ad-
mitted to the bar of the United States Su-
preme Court and was soon recognized as
one of the most promising members
For many years he practiced his pro-
fession with great success, and was on
the high road to wealth and fame Then
came the discovery of gold in California,
and the consequent rush of emigration
to the new Ell Dorado. Among those
who determined upon going toCalifornia
was the husband. He consulted with
his wife, and she, like true woman, de
clared her intention of accompanying
him.


Together they came to California,
where the husband soon took leading
position at the bar, and amassed a for
tune. The people he associated with
were from the South, and like many 9TH
ers he began to drink to excess. When
the rebellion broke out he cast his sym-
pathies with the South. His brother-in-
law went with the North, and became q
Major-General. He had to give up the
practice of his profession, because he
could not take the oath required by our
Legislature. Out of business he drank
heavily, and soon began to mortgage his
property. Six years passed away, and
he died, leaving his wife with one child
without dollar. The noble woman i'm
mediately took in sewing to earn her liv-
ing, but found that she could hardly
keep soul and body together by that.
Some friends of her father and husband
offered to aid and assist her, but she
would receive nothing so long as she
could help herself. She, however, would
be thankful for assistance in procuring
her position as teacher in one of the
public schools Application was made
Year: 1869




lin Mr.. Parton's very interesting ac.
count of The Invention of the Compass


in Our Young Folks for February, is the


following curious story told him by a


Lake Champlain boatman ]


He said that he had been a prisoner


FOR eleven months in Andersonville dur
ing the late war, and when he heard
that General Sherman was at Atlanta,
about two hundred and forty miles dis
tant, he and his comrade determined to
try to escape, and make their way thith-
er. One of. them hadvan old-fashioned


watch with a acompass in the back of it
and by this they expected to direct their
course, which was nearly northwest
But, as they expected to travel only by
night, they resolved not to start until
they could get box of matches, so as to
be able to strike light now and then, to
look at their compass. They delayed
their departure for six weeks, trying to
get box of matches, for the purchase
of which they gave one of their negro
friends their last five dollar bill. He
could not buy box of matches for five
dollars, nor for any other number Of dol
lars, and SO at last they made up their


uinds to start with them.


assisted by their black friend, they
got away one afternoon, and lay hidden
until late in the evening, when they
started alta great pace through the woods,
and came about midnight to a road which
seemed to go, as nearly as they could
guess, exactly northwest. Seemed, l
say; but it might not, and if it did not,
it would lead them to capture and death
The night was not very dark, but the
stars were hidden by clouds; else the
friendly North Star would have guided
them upon their way Anxious as they
were to get on, they stood for several
minutes comparing recollections, and de-
batting the great question upon which
their lives depended. But, the more
they talked it over, the more uncertain
they became; and now they bitterly re-
GREETED their impatienco in coming away
without matches.


"There were great number of fire
flies flying about A lucky thought oc-
Cured to one Of them,-thc boatman
who told Us the story. He caught fire.
fly, and taking it between his thumb and
finger, held it over his compass. Imag-
inc their joy to find that the insect gave
them plenty of light for their purpose
and imagine their still greater JOY to dis
cover that the road led straight to the
Union army. Eight nights of travel
brought them safely to it."


Admirable inventionI I often wonder
that thing so valuable can be SO small,
simple and cheap. 1t is nothing but
needle, pivot, and a card, which you
can buy for half a dollar, and carry in
your pocket, or dangle at theend of your
Yet, small and trihing as
it is, ships company that should find
themselves in the middle of the ocean
without compass would consider it
great favor to be allowed to buy one for
many tho1sand dollars
Year: 1869

MONDAY, April 19-6 p n.


The course OF the gold market Is still reflective OF
the opposing influences OF the Cuban question and
the Alabama claims dispute on the one side and the
arrival OF foreign specie the other. The price TO-
day touched 134x-quite contrast to the hgure
which prevailed only few weeks ago. The unsettled
state OF the public mind as to the course which the
administration win pursue in the controversy with
the Spanish authorities at the island OF Cuba aids
the operators Tor q rise; but as great many were
purchasers OF gold at q lower figure there was dis
position In the forenoon 10 SELL and the price settled
20 133, but reacted In the afternoon. The measure
OF Offering to prepay the May and July interest
on the hve-twentieS has brought comparatively
little gold into the market from the Treasury owing
TO the demand for o rebate OF six per cent. Were
the offer to cash the May coupons unconditional II
would afford great relief to the gOldusing branches
of business In the metropolis. The arrival OF mil
lion Saturday contributed to the yielding OF the
market to-day but as the amount Is relatively small
1t was absorbed in the great whrl OF metro
potan commerce. The European steamer brought
$4,000 in specie to-day. Less than half million
dollars OF coupons have been paid on account OF the
anticipated May and July interest, under Secretary
BOutwell's recent order. The rebate amounts to
about 70o The market got over the effects OF
these influences, and regular furry was produced
upon receipt of the of Senator Chandler's war
like speech in defending his proposition to take Bri
tish North America as an Offset to the Alabama
claims. Street rumors to the purport that volun-
teer expedition had gone to Cuba added to the ex-
citement Of the Gold Room, in which business was
transacted for several hours after the formal ad-
j0urnment OF the board. The range Of prices during
the day Is shown In the following tablet
Year: 1869




The London correspondent of the Financial Clront-
Gle writes April 81


The more prominent feature of the present week
Is the advance to per cent in the bank rate of dis
count The determination OF the directors OF the bank
to raise their terms for accommodation per cent
took everybody by surprise for such alteration
was expected Looking however, at the bank re-
turns for the week, and to other disturbing in1u-
proper course inasmuch as they can easily retrace
the step they have taken as soon as The desired re-
suit shall have been accomplished The bank state
ment shows that the demands upon that institution
during the week have been very considerable. The
close or the quarter and OF the financial year has
led to decided activity in the inquiry for money as
shown IN the increase OF fl 006 326 IN the amount
OF otner securities. the government has also been
sequence has been ta both the stock OF bullion and
the reserve OF notes and coin are materially reduced
Those changes alone, however, do not justify rise
IN the bank rate. They are simply peculiar or Incl
denial to the period of the year, for the loan to the
government will, probably, be soon repaid, while
the advances obtained by the public ON bills VIII be
returned as soon as the dividends have been paid,
which wiz be In the course OF next week. 1t
may be inferred, therefore, that the directors have
not been influenced by the mere quarterly demand
on the part OF the government aud the public; for
the changes thus caused will soon be rectifed.
Without doubt they have been induced to raise their
terms so Unexpectedly by the fall in the New York
exchange TO 1874 and by The withdrawal OF fsl6ooo
revival of the demand Tor specie for America has
been apprehended for some time, owing to the large
purchases OF United States securities by investors in
Europe; but, at the same time, 1t has been man-
tanned that there a balance Of trade against the
United States and very large amount OF interest
VIII have to he paid on the LIST OF May, on the Ave-
twentes 1t was not expected that the export would
assume any serious proportions AS, however, the
financial houses Of Europe are now buying up the
coupons attached to tine securities m question, large
amounts OF capital Will be required, and 1t Is be-
sented for payment there will be n demand for ex-
change on London ut New York and altered state
OF the markets for money aud bullion. We may ex-
pect, therefore, some frmness in the money market
until the operation is completed.
Year: 1869

40, dear am so tired of Sunday!" So said
Willie, playful little boy who was longing
for the Sabbath to be over, that he might re-
turn to his amusements.


"Who wants to hear a story p said kind
friend who was present: 81 sir, "and /,
"and L. said the children as they gathered
around him. Then he told them a parable
Our Savior, when he was on earth, often taught
the people by parallels.


The parable told the little boys was Of a
kind man who had some very rich apples
hanging upon tree. A poor man was pass
ing by the house of the owner, and he stopped
to admire this beautiful apple tree. He count
ed these ripe golden Pippens-there were
just seven of them. The rich owner could
afford to give them away and it gave him so
much pleasure TO make this poor man happy
that he called him, and said


"DIy friend, will give you a part Of my
fruit" So he held out his hand and received
six of the apples. The owner had kept one
for himself


Do you think the poor man was grateful for
his kindness7 No, indeed. He wanted the
seven pippins all for himself; and, at last, ho
made up his mind that he would watch his
opportunity, and go back and steal the other
apple. ,.
nant "He ought to have been ashamed Of
himself; and hope he got well punished for
stealing that apple"


"How many days are there in a week, Will
lie" said his friend.


''Sevcn," said Willie, blushing deeply; for
now he began to understand the parable, and
he felt an uneasy sensation at the heart
conscience began to whisper to him, "and
ought not boy to be ashamed of himself who
is unwilling on the seventh day to lay aside
his amusements? Ought he not to be pun
ished, if be will not remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy ?"


f.Sunday School Banner.
Year: 1869

Mrs. Nancy Birney was born March 90,
1907, near Cadiz, Ohio. Her father reared
thirteen children, of whom five boys and four
girls are illliving. AT the age of eighteen,
while pitching load of hay from wagon
into a NOV, she was struck by lightning,
which paralyzed the right half of her body
from the crown of her head down. She was
entirely insensible two hours. She recovered,
and at the age of twenty>three years married
Mr.. Birney. They are considered wealthy,
having a fine farm and good brick residence
about one mile east OF Tippecanoe. They
have reared three childreu-two sous aged
respectively thirty nine and twenty eight, and
one daughter aged twenty six years-ali mar
red and in good circumstances. MIR. Brney
is an exemplary member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, but his wife belongs to the
Presbyterian Church, but she..says she is not
a sectarian in any sense whatever.


About twenty three years ago she was sud-
denly taken ill., as was supposed, and while in
an unconscious state delivered religious dis
course. From that time until the present
these spells have come upon her regularly
every two weeks. AT first they occurred on
week DAYS, but for the past twenty years they
have invariably happened on Sunday at about
10 o'clock, A. NJ. For long time the house
was crowded On her preaching day. but lat
torIy the novelty of the case has ceased to
excite the wonder of the neighborhood, and
those who now attend her preaching are most
ly persous from distance But rain or shine,
summer or winter, whether there be crowd
or only her own family present, she regularly
pa ,ses into an unconscious state, and delivers
a religious discourse always one hour to an
hour and thirty minutes in duration.


She afirms most solemnly that she is
not conscious before nor after her disHourses
of a single word that she utters. Indeed 1T
was a long time before her family and friends
could convince her that she spoke at all while
in this strange state of obliviousness as to
what is passing in the outer world around
her Cleveland Herald
Year: 1869

LITTLE KIsDNEssEs-Small acts of kind
ness how pleasant and desirable do they
make life I Every dark object is made light
by them. When the heart is sad and de-
spondency sits at the entrance Of the soul, a tri-
fling kindness drives away despair, and makes
the path cheerful and pleasant. Who will
refuse kind act7 1t costs the giver nothing,
but is Invaluable to the sad and sorrowing.--
It raises from misery and degradation, and
throws around the soul those hallowed joys
that were lost in Paradise.
Year: 1869

The LORDS PRAYER.-How many mil
lions and millions of times has that prayer
been offered by Christians of all denomina-
tions! So wide, indeed, is the sound thereof
gone forth, that daily, and almost without in.
termission, from the ends of the earth, and
afar off upon the sea, it is ascending to heaven
like incense and pure offering. Nor needs
it the gift of prophecy to foretell, that though
"heaven and earth shall pass away" these
words of our blessed Lord "shall not pass
away" till every petition in it has been an
swered-till the kingdom of God shall come,
and His will be done on earth as it is in
heaven.-dfontgomery
Year: 1869

Young man, never speak lightly of a
lady with whom you are intimate The world
looks upon you az her friend, as one who will
defend her good name at all times, and never
allow it to be spoken disrespectfully OF and
# Sonpec. he. With and ids isTza. ss It h.r Is
more than the same remark would from an
other.
Year: 1869

There is an association in mems minds
between dullness and wisdom, amusement and
folly, which has very powerful influence in
decision upon character. The reason is that
the outward signs of dull man and wise
one are the same. and so are the outward signs
of frivolous and witty man and we are not
to expect that the majority will be disposed
to look to much more than the outward sign.
Year: 1869

the steamer, and was afterwards appended to
the officlal report of my trial. This was one of
the most Infamous dodges practised against me,
and was evidently intended as q justification for
the illegality of my conviction. ] never made
such confession, and never could have made
1t, even il ! tried"


How did they treat you down there at the
Dry Tortugas? 2?


well feel indisposed to say much on that
head. If made disclosures Of matters with
which am acquainted certain officers in COM
mand there might find themselves curlously
compromised"


You diG good service during the fever
plague, Doctorp


''Well,' can say this that as long as l acted
as post ply sician not a single life was lost. My
whole time was devoted to fighting the spread
OF the dist ase and investigating its specific
nature. I found that the disease does not gene
rate the poison which gives rise to the plague.
The difference between contagion and infection
which have discovered is that one genera'es
the poison from which the fever springs aud
such as smallpox, measles, eic., generates
the poison which sIr, ads the com plaint of
yellow fever, typhoid fever, aud other SUCH
Infectious diseases. 1t requires contact with
the poison and not with the disease to infect
person, and If q thousand cases of fever were
removed from the place Of the disease no danger
whatever need be apprehended. The fever OF
the Dry Toltuga5 was of the same type as the
typhoid, and the treatment ON the expectant
plau-that is, watching the case, and treating
the symptoms as they manifest the mselves."


Were you untrammelled in your management
of the sick ?'


mo, sir; there's where felt the awkward
ness OF my position. / was tranmelled, and
consequently could not act with the indepen.
dence physician under such circumstances
should have"


The Doctor talked at considerable length on
many other topics connected with his imprlsou-
ment In replying TO the remark that his
feelings must have been greatly exercised at
coming within sight of his old home and meet
ing his wife once more, he said. with visible
t1emor, that words were entirely inadequate to
express the overwhelming emotions that filled
his mind. 1t appears that few days before he
left the Dry Tortugas company of the Sd Artil-
lery, who were on board a transport about
being shipped to some other poin', on seeing
cheers for the man who perilled his life for
them in the heroic fight with the dread vista
ton of fever. We talked along till midnight,
then retired to comfortable feather bed, aud,
rising with the sun in the morning, started on
our homeward journey 10 Washington.
Year: 1869

We have Free College of the City of New
York. That is none of our work; for we do
not believe in educating one child better than
another at the public expense. We are willing
to be taxed, and to have others taxed, for all
the schooling that is open and free to every
child; no more and no further. And we do
not believe our City should be taxed to main
tain Free College.


But she has one, and we demand Equal
Rights therein for all her children. If only
those who have achieved a certain eminence
in study are admitted we insist that all
who have attained the standard shall be en-
titled to compete. The present eXclu-
sion of Girls from our Free College is
abominably unjust. The deficiency and
shallowness of Female Education is the
reproach of our age Our Girls are
not half so thoroughly nor so practically
trained az our Boys are. Not one in ten of
those who have parents able to support them
are systematically taught any pursuit whereby
they may assuredly earn usefuly livelihood
For this, their parents are largely to blame;
but our educational institutes are also culpa
BILE Boys and Girls should be educated to-
gether; it is better for both that they should
be and we ask our new Board of Commission
ers TO give the Girls fair equal chance in
our Free College.
Year: 1869

ANYTHING which is doubtful we are assert
ing fact known to every Judge sitting,
to every attorney practicing, in the Grim
inal Courts. The very hap-hazard and des-
perate way in which lawyers run for luck
with plea of insanity, shows that there is no
fixed rule, common to all judicial tribunals
which determines what insanity is. Men as
sane as his Honor on the Bench are discharged
upon the ground of lunacy and men as crazy
as any patient in Bedlam are sent to the state
Prison or the galOws. Anybody's evidence Is
in order. Neighbors are called to state their
guesses; policemen are invoked to give their
notions; uncles and aunts and cousins are
called to speak to the sanity or insanity OF
great grand-f fathers and of great great grand
mothers long since in their collins; and then
the jury gives verdict according to
its sympathies The one calm, thoughtful,
earnest man of mental science, who might
furnish an opinion of some value is rarely
called upon such occasions.


In the case above alluded to, there was, in
the circumstances, very strong presumption
of insanity. The absence of mOtiUs for crime
should always be considered as enough to JUS
tify particular investigation, for in most cases
the motive is as apparent as the felOnlous In
tent. Here is girl of 81, who without any
motive of want or particular need to crafty,
steals and steals continually. The doctors say
that she is vicious" which is simply saying
nothing. The jury says that she is guilty"
Her own father, bone of her bone and blood
of her blood, abandons her; and she is sent to
the State Prison for three years We do not
know that we have a word more to say.