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Year: 1868

A correspondent, In our little cotem-
porary over the way, who signs himself
Veteran, undertakes to show that the
Government is cheating the soldier some
four, seven or eleven hundred dollars-it
don make any difference which-on ac-
count of back pay or something else, it is
not very clear what, and he makes up
verylong table showing how much, to
cent, every private or non-commissioned
officer should receive Now we do not
believe any veteran" ever wrote that
articlel We have a profound respect
for those men and we are satisfied that
as class they know enough to understand
that when the Government made pledge
ii had to be redeemed, and they remem-
Der that the pledges made to the soldier
were redeemed They remember too
that before the commencement of the war
the wages of private was eight dollars
per month, after it eleven, then thirteen,
and when two dollars in paper money
were only worth one in gold, wages went
up to sixteen dollars per month, and
bounty of three hundred dollars was
added. These things the rcteraas remem-
Der, but the scribbler spoken of seems
to have forgotten them entirely in his
anxiety to cast odium on the government
which he claims to have fought for. The
soldier is entitled to credit for his services
in the war, and he receives it too; more
soldiers occupy positions OF trust and
profit than any other class of men in the
nation, but the soldier who engaged his
services for stipulated sum is no more
entitled to pecuniary reward than he who
engaged his money. The government
needed one as much as the other, and if
1t promised gold to the men who bought
its bonds it is just as much bound to pay
that gold as it was to pay the soldier his
$500, bounty But ueterdns know this,
and it is no use to talk to d man who
steals the livery OF heaven to serve the
devil in.
Year: 1868

the destruction of the Republican party.


We are most happy to state it ''still
fives" and that no six or eight men living
can kill it. The prospects for the future
do not look as favorable for peace and
quiet as they would if we had different
nan at the head of the government, but
we have faith-notwithstanding the fact
that the Senate have acknowledged his
right to reign-that the President of this
nation can nerer be King!
Year: 1868

The New York Tribune says it were
absurd to imagine that party whose
most popular oracle is Brick Pomeroy is
prepared to present or accept Chief-Jus
tice Chase as its candidate for next Pres
ident.
Year: 1868

The figure given to Mr. Wade is the
highest which is claimed for him by his
friends. The above list does not embrace
the entire convention, as several delega-
ton have declined as yet to express their
choice as between the above named can
didates.
Year: 1868

Do not be led to believe that Sterling's Ambro-
sia eontaining two bottles in box at 81 90 is the
same article as Sterlmg's Ambrosia Oil for the
hair NV Ambrosia OIL has no connection what
ever with any other reparatiOn sold The Am
brosis Oil is an improvement on all other hair
preparations and is put up in one bottle in neat
package bearing the name of Sterling Bloomer
on the back and priceico cents on the front label
Year: 1868

Whether in the young or old, married or sin
gle, at the dawn of womanhood, the turn Of
life, these tonic medicine display so decided an
influence that a marked improvement is soon
perceptibie in the health of the patient. Being a
purely vegetable preparation, they a safe and
reliable remedy for all classes Of Females in ev-
cry condition of health and station of Iife
Year: 1868

The horn of a sea unicorn was lately
extracted from the side Of the ship Poca'
hontas, now at Boston. 1t had passed
through q thickness of four and a half
inches of Southern pine, and about
twenty inches in length was left in the
ship, showing that it must have been
driven with tremendous force.
Year: 1868

The funds of the Republican Cam
paign Commit are exhausted, and a
member of the committee has gone to
New York to solicit aid for the pending
campaign in the unreconstructed States.
Year: 1868




"Aunt Dora," in the Peoples Mag
azine, gives good advice to young
ladies' . . g.


What is best to preserve the bloom
OF the complexion? Cold irater; the
purer, the colder, the softer the bet
ter. Many young ladies fancy that
water in any shape is bad for the COM
plexion; and so between their native
sense of cleanliness, and their great
anxiety to preserve the beauty of
their skins, they are sorely puzzled !;
and have seen the triumphs of the
latter notion-in very slight but
palpable enamel of not quite invisi-
ble-dirt-faugh! No beauty can be
maintained tor any length Of time
without health and / leave you to
your naturally shrewd sense to deter
mine whether dirtln any shape can
be either healthy or attractive.


No woman on record ever preserved
her bloom longer than the famous, or
infamous Diane de Poitiers; and the
chief secret of it was--a copious and
thorough ablutlon in cold water night
and morning all through the year,
with friction afterward. Nothing, l
repeat, is better either for the skin,
the eyes, or the general health than a
good wash in cold, water after the
fatigues of the day. In bitterly cold
weather the icy coldness may be ia
ken off, but warm water is a mistake,
especially in cold weather.


If the skin be dry and inclined to
chapin cold or windy weather it is very
easy to apply little cold cream. well
rubbed into the skin sitter the nightly
washing orif those unsightly things,
pimples, should appear under the
skin, I know of no more efficacious
remedy than a little eau de Cologne
and water to batne them, in the pro-
portion Of teaspoonful of the spirit
to a wineglass of water. But q pro-
pos of pimples they depend much
on the general health: and the young
lady who maintains simple and reg
ular diet, takes regular exercise,
keeps regular hours, and totally es-I
chews tight lacing, is seldom or never
afflicted thereby.


Only fancy the Misses Dashington.
They had notion that pale, sickly
languor was the thing; and how do
you think they tried to acquire this
peculiar charm? Why, by drinking
vinegar and chewing raw rice! OF
course they became pale, hollow-eyed,
and miserably thin. This possibly
was the end they had in view but
hardly imagine that they desired to
look sallow, shriveled, and prema-
turely old, which was, however, the
natural result at last.


Then, again, how many girls fall
victims to tight lacing. Little dol
they think, poor silly little things,
that veiny hands, red noses, and
blotchy faces are the unmistkaablel
Oh, how dearly is such
folly paid for! And then after all,
who can admire a waist like a wasp n
1t is only a deformity, like the totter-
ing tiny feet of a Chinese beauty.
Year: 1868

Twenty years ago, in Cavendish,
Vermont, man named Sage, twenty
five years of age, possessing an iron
frame, met with singular accident,
the particulars of which we collect
from a paper read by DIR. Harlow a
few days since, before the Massachu-
setts Medical Society. Sage was ram
ming hole that had been charged
with powder. The iron struck fire
from the rock, and the iron he was
ramming with was driven up through
his cheek, out of the top of his head,
high in the air, and was afterwards
found, smeared with blood and brains.
The tamping iron was 81 feet in length
and II inches thick, and pointed at
one end, the taper being seven inches
long, and the diameter of the point a
quarter of an inch. 1t weighed thir-
teen pounds. The point was upward
and the iron smooth. The missile en-
tered, by its pointed end, the left side
of the face, Immediately anterior to
| the angle of the lower jaw, and pass
ing obliquely upward and slightly
backwards, emerged cut of the top of
the head in the median line, at the
baak part OF the frontal bone, near
the coronaI suturc. The ordinary
reader will understand it better, if we
say that, pointing upward it entered
the cheek outside the teeth, and un-
der the check bone, went inside au
inch behind the eye, and out of the
top of the head in the centre, two
inches back of the line where the
forehead and hair meet. After a few
minutes the man was taken three
quarters of mile in a sitting pos, ton
in cart, The opening in the brain
was two inches wide by three and
half inches long. In fifty-nine days


the patient was abroad. TIE effect of
the injury was the destruction of the
equilibrium between his animal and
intellectual faculties. The man lived
until 1861, when DR.. HaTlon secured
the skull, which he exhibited, illus
trative of the statements contained in
his paper.
Year: 1868

The streets and the senate Committee.


The Committee on Cities of the State Senate
are at present in this city making an investiga-
ton into the condition of the streets of New
York and the working of the contract system
for street cleaning. Yesterday they examined
Mayor Hoffman, and if they obtain no better
information from other witnesses than they
managed 10 squeeze out of that member Of the
street commission they had better at once
settle their little bills at the Metropolitan
Hotel, return to Albany and devote their time
to the several propositions for Broadway
railroad and the arguments Of the lobby for the
Year: 1868

II ia not stra,,' ,'se If the people sometimes get
their ideas of right and wrong sadly mixed
if the muddle of politic1> ana law so turns
their thoughts topsyturvy thai sucn words as
virtue and vice, guilt and innocen.'e nave no
satisfactorily distinctive meanings HelS noy
is before the country strange contrast in tins
respective positions Of two well known men.
The President of the United States Is on his
trial for grave offences against the law, and
the President of the Confederate States goes
free. Had the confederacy triumphed, had
New York been burned instead Of Charleston,
had the Northern people been put down and
the Congress that sat at Richmond been de-
clared the Congress Of the country, we might
have expected such spectacle. We might
then have expected that Mr.. Davis would be
not only free but honored, as he is by the very
men who are now pushing forward the trial
of the President of the Northern people, and
that this latter would be covered with all the
contumely of epithet and be brought up for
trial; but who could have anticipated that such
spectacle would follow the triumph Of IT,
armies of the North? Mr.. Davis was the
Moloch Of the struggle, as was supposed, ana
he cannot be tried. The Chief Justice is never
ready, nothing is ever ready, and the culprit
is at large meanwhile on a bail bond signed BY
radical leaders. And the same men, the same
radical ranters, cannot find terms fierce enough
to hound on the trial of the President OF
the United States. Strange that one mans
offences-off that the people cannot Soc
should seem so great to the radicals! Strange
that the other mans offences-offences that
the people can never shut from their eyes
should seem 30 little to the same radicals It
would be stranger than all, however, If party
SO little in sympathy with popular views should
long have the confidence of the country.
Year: 1868

English cousins coming to their senses.


What will Mr.. Seward do in the premises is a
question which our English friends will naturally
be asking themselves What can he do? Mr..
Seward, we fear, must no longer be taken into
account. Events are marching rapidly with
us, and there is every reason to believe that
Mr. Seward will soon be under the necessity of
retiring to his retreat at Auburn, there to
reflect at leisure on the great drama in which
he has played not an insignificant part. Ben
Wade and his troop of strong-minded women
will soon be masters of the situation; and
then, unless we greatly mistake, this difficulty
with Great Britain will assume much more
serious character. The men who have been
bold and daring enough to proceed to the last
extremity in domestic questions are little
likely to halt or hesitate at the comparatively
paltry difficulty Of a foreign war. Having
swallowed the camel there Is but small
chance that they will strain at the gnat We
are in the midst of a dangerous revolution /;
the Jacobins are In the ascendant, and, as all
history shows, they are not the men to sacrifice
place and power by adopting a cautious or
temporizng policy. War with England, with
France, with the world, will be welcome, II it
only promise to prolong their lease of power.
Il is for this reason more than for any other
that we would advise Great Britain to get this
Alabama difficulty off her hands at once.
To the radicals, with Ben Wade as President,
and his strong minded women installed In
Office, a foreign war would be Godsend.
Our swords are yet sharp, and love Of the stir
ring scenes of the battle field has not ceased to
animate the breasts of thousands of our
| citizens We fear no foe We have not only
crushed out gigantic rebellion, but we have
dismissed the French from Mexico; and the
| fierce democracy has but to be lot loose to
drive the English from Canada, to extinguisl
tie new Dominion and with the exception o.
! Mexico, whose time Is ooyning) to make the


entire North American Continent our own
Year: 1868




1t will be seen that according to this esti-
mate the increase Of the real and persona
property was at rate exceeding 346 pei cent
These estimates were undoubtedly too low.
There has been an immense increase in the
value since. There can be no reasonable
doubt, we think, that the actual value oil the
real and personal property OF those seven
States is as mucb as nine or ten thousand
millions of dollars at the present time.
Noror,hor 5tb. 1865. J.C. W.
Year: 1868

No. 4 CascO ST.
Will be sol at retail at less than wholesale plces by
the case cloud talk, but TRUE. Do you doubt it?
Come and see


Look Here! Ladies Rubbers which cam
not be bought at wholesale for less


than 20 cts will be sold for so


cents per pair.
AZ The whole stock in proportion Call and be
shod for the winter Tor less money than you ever be-
fore paid for similar goods.


Remember the place, Casco st. oc22TT&S1m
Year: 1868

SIR: Your letter mclOsing an article from The
Times of the Eth inst has just reached me- and II IS
due to you that should acknowledge the civility
you have shown IN calling my attention to tins at
tack upon me- feel such profound contempt for
The Tes and other papers Of that sort that should
not have humbled myself to notice the article in
question nor should do so now but TO respond 70
your letter This do frankly and pronounce the
statements made by Hoboken," in reference 10 my
self at the battle of Manassas as utterly false To
be more specific, ! assert that never commanded,
at any time, the Black Horse Cavalry" that my
command in that fight was a regiment of infantry
that never shot at Col Cameron, and that never
saw him. to my knowledge, while alive or dead.
Thanking you for yOur kindness in sending me the
paper, am very respectfully yours,


WADE HAMPTON.
los II PATTTN. FeQ.
Year: 1868

we know Of no musical instrument for
which there is a greater demand than for the
AMERICAN ORGAN, manufactured by g.
d, &H W. Smith, at Boston, Mass, the
reputation of which is based upon its solid
merit. The internal construction differs from
oil others instruments being on a superior
principle, while the absence of complication
readers 1t less liable to get out Of order. The
action is so delicate, that its r SPONGE to the
ouch is as ready as the Pianoforte, masing II
desirable for light and quick music as veil as
for that which is connected and sustained We
trust our reader will take early opportunity
10 become acquaintedwith these 6ne instru
ment,. as no home is complete without a mu-
sical instrument,
Year: 1868

Great harm and discomfort is caused by the
use of purgatives which grippe and rack the
system. parsons Purgatives Pills are free
from all impure matter, and are mild and
health giving in their operation.
Year: 1868

Nor FOR HAscocK.-Quite number of Demo-
cratic journals are bitterly opposed to the NOM
ination of General Hancock as their candidate
for President The New York Day Book pub
fishes a reminiscence of that officer, dressed up
in the following mild terms -" Hancock was
the hanpman of Mrs. Surratt. He was one of
Holt's bright and shining tools in that illegal
and murderous business. If he were fairly and
honorably tried by the law, he would be hanged
for that deed. It was q revengeful malicious
murder Nor did the form of military trial rem
der it any less a murder, according to law.
General Hancock cannot execute the order of a
band of assassins, and then excuse himself by
saying that he, individually, had no malice.
The law knows no such excuse as that"
Year: 1868

The SIruATIoN-CIvIL WAR IMMIYENr.-Tbe
telegraphic intelligence from Washington indi-
Gates that our country is again upon the verge of
commotion, war, anarchy. One man is about to
preciptate our country into a sea of blood For
one man, our people are again likely to be COM
PEELED to forego the pleasures of peace and un-
sheathe the fratricidal sword To continue in
Office one man. many valuable lives will prob
ably be sacrificed And this man, one who
stakes the fate of his country against his own
ambition, reckoning not the consequence-one
whose heart rankles with the worst human pas
sions, whose breast feels never an impulse of
conscience, whose hands red with the blood
of murdered woman, whose mind is strong for
evil, whose use, life and destiny are with the
devil.-.Ezdmiacr.


The danger is over. The President will be
impeached and turned out of office, and all will
be well again. There be no civil war, because
johnson has not force enough to make ONE
Sacramento Bee.
Year: 1868

LYONS MAGNETIC INSECT POWDER is sure and GER
everything species-Fleas Roach
es, Mosquitoes Ants Bugs


1T KILLS INSTANTLY.


What is peculiarly surprising in regard this article is
that notwithstanding its instant death to insects is per-
fecty harmless to mankind and domestic animals 1t can be
Inhaled with mpunity 1t the testimony of
eminent disinterested chemists that it is


FREE FROM POISON.
No article given such positive satisfaction it's
reputation well known 1t easily and readily used
Directions accompany each flask Beware of counterets.
The Genuine has the signature Of LYON and the private
stamp DEMAs Anything else of this kind is
imitation counterfeit Any druggist will the
genuine If you insist you will have other.


Sold by all druggists and dealers on Pacific coast
Year: 1868

INPEAcHED.-Andrew Johnson is now indicted
by the constitutional power as guilty of thigh
crimes and misdemeanors," and should have re-
served the arguments in his last message for his
pleading before the high court of impeachment.
The Senate will be ready in n few days to pro-
ceed with the trial, when his Excellency's argu-
ments in excuse and palliation of defying plain
law of Congress will be heard. His message
sent to. the Senate on Monday, was much out
of plaS6 as plea of criminal in a court of ex-
animation after being held to answer. The OBJ
ject of the message, however, is plain. The
President had become alarmed. He was fully
satisfied the House would impeach him, and that
a message from him, garbed in mild, persuasive
and humble language, might be of service in his
defence on the trial soon to commence. Hence
the message. There was no occasion for such
document The Senate had finished its business
in reference to the suspension of Secretary Stan
ton. The President may see, in his blindness,
some advantage in his message, but no one else
can. He is under impeachment, and must an
swer before the proper tribunal.-Mary,rHls Ap-
peal.
Year: 1868

are made from Fresh Fruits. Each
bottle holds twice as much any other
brand in the MARKET consequently they
are the cheapest and the best
rag Use no other.


REDINGTON l. co. Ag'ts


for the Pacific coast.
Year: 1868

It is to be hoped that the pic>nic festival
10 be given at Morses Hall, Oh Friday night,
for the benefit of the poor, will be largely
pa.ronized by our citizens. The object is
most worthy. There are several families IN
in the outskirts Of town who cannot get
through the winter without much suffering,
unless they received some assistance. AT
the same time they arc not fit sabjecss tor
the county poor house, as they will bs able
% support themselves entirely, upon the
opening Of spring. The festival is given tor
the purpose of assisting this class to the
small exten, required to carry them COM
for,.bly through the winter, II IS cause
which appeals to the better feelings OF al
classes.
Year: 1868

A GooD MovE.-The Odd Fellows cf this city
land wide-awake tellosos they are,) have begun to
form Library and Reading room and are meet
ing with marked success


The plan as at present adopted consists in
procuring books, pamphlets, &c, by donations
from members and others well as by purchase
from the funds Of the Lodge Books will only
be loaned to members of the order for the timo
being, but as soon as the Library has attained
sufficient size, it is designed to extend its bene-
fits to the public.


A Library formed under the auspices of a strong
and permanent organization like that of the Odd
Fellows must of necessity be enduring and pro-
ductive of much good We heartily wish them
the utmost success and hope that the citizens
generally will aid them in their new enterprise


Donations of books, &C., may be handed to DR..
HARRIS, or any member of the Order, and will
we have no doubt be thankfully received.
Year: 1868

NEGAFFIN--Read the new advertisement of
JOS MEGAFFIN. Having, since he became sole
proprietor of the Halbert & Msgaffin Boot and
Shoe Store, fully doubled his stock, he is now
ready both to talk and to do business. We can
say on cursory glance at hi. stock, that we
never saw finer display in the boot and shoe
line, and we know no establishment IN the city
can undersell him on the samel quality of
goods.
Year: 1868

See that the name of HENRY X. BOYLE is on
your ticket, for States Attorney. He is a young
lawyer of talents, and the office will give him
good start. Blanchard has already had the Office
one term. If that is not enough to give hin
good start, can anything but cowhide boot
do it?
Year: 1868

CIRCUIT CouRT.-The fall term OF our Cir
cut Court commenced on Monde Of the present
week. No jury was summoned for the first week,
nor will there be any until after the election.
There are about 800 cases on the docket
Year: 1868


Advertiser has the following:


There is great deal OF talk about ChiefJustlee
Chase letter. Everybody seems to regard u as very I'M
perfume. Tho leading mpeachers declare that Vt shows
plainly that Chase is opposed TO the whole business and
rs going avail himself of opportunity 10 delay
proceedings during trial The more consderato Repnb-
leans that ~ impertnenf in him 10 write such
letter that been informed OF the action OF
the House. and, therefore knows nothing about IL OIL
ciay that the proper time for him 10 bring forward his
views objections would have been immediately after
the organization Of the court OF impeachment IL seems
pretty generally regarded, both ny Republicans and
Democrats preliminary TO an assertion on s part OF
the right TO vote all questions coming up in the trial
There little probability however that thus right VIII
be conceded BIZ the Senate"