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Year: 1869

re- We have received no Kansas
nail THE week. except . copy of the
Atchison Daily Chsmpion Of last week.
1t is . mighty good thing to have Mail
Inspector Who is the fright man 10 the
right place appointment Ct to be
made"
Year: 1869

SIX GREAT STORIES


running through its columns; and at least


One Story is Begun Every Month.
Ne" subscribers are thus sure of having the
commencement of new continued story, no
matter when they subscribe for the
NEW YORK WEEKLY.
Year: 1869

Emperor. In tie course of his


speech, Napoleon said: | am anxious


to affirm my entire and complete


deVotedness, not only to the En-.


peror, but also to his son. Loud


applause. / understand better


than any one that my interest, as


well as my affections, are indissolubly


bound up in the Empire. Hear


hear!! L believe the CO. existence


of the Empire with liberty to be
perfectly possible, and those men who
think that it is not, are themselves as
irreconcilable as they maintain these
two words to be. Liberty may be for
a time eclipsed, but it is
beacon towards which all civilized
nations are tending, and France has
right to count herself among the mum
Der. Those men who look upon the
present reforms as contrary to the
of the Empire, are enemies
of the Government Those who con-
slider them as an experiment only, are
equally dangerous. l would have
the empire Of personal authority
burn IFS vessels aud abandon all
ideas of receding. The art of govern
ing Is to give way to just aspirations,
and not to resist, when all around
US IN industry and science is ad-
yancing. Would you have political
institutions to remain stationary?
Progress Is as necessary in the latter
as 10 the former, and onward march
belongs to the imperial traditions.
Year: 1869




EXPLOSION OF THE PHANToM.-
Only month ago we recorded the
explosion of the steamer Cumberland,
involving the loss OF many lives :.
This morning we are again called
upon to chronicle a similar disaster,
more distressing in its consequences.
because it has torn from the bosoms
Of several families in our midst dear
and greatly beloved members.


George Nicholson, the first clerk of
the boat, though not properly a citi-
zen, was so well known. and so init
mately connected with this city that
his untimely death fills the whole city
with grief. Few young man were so
universally beloved among his family
and friends, and few are so worthy of
such love. His brother aud sister
here have our most unfeigned sym
pathy


Mr.. Grammer was the son of Mrs.
Sarah Grammer, most estimable and
worthy lady of this city, whose wild
owed heart was bound up 10 her chill
dren. In a little more than three
years she has been called upon to give
up three Of her sons, two of them by
disasters well calculated to rend the
stoutest heart. The whole commu-
nifty share the pangs of grief that reud
her heart


What renders the death Of William
Grammer peculiarly distressing was
the fact that he was only making a
single trip to accommodate a friend,
and left on such short notice that he
had not time to bid his mother fare
well, and the frst intimation she had
of his absence from the city was the
terrible news Of his death.


Mr.. John Cooper, second cook, who
is reported among the lost, leaves two
sisters, whose hearts are yet riven by
the recent death of their mother. No
words can portray their anguish at
this second bereavement. No human
words can give them comfort, Ofthe
immediate cause of the disaster
it may not now be proper to
speak, as we have but few details of
the explosion, except Of its terribly
distressing fatality. This speedy re-
currence of so fatal disaster is well
calculated to cast doubt upon the
minds of men, as to the safety of
steamboat travel, and demands thor
ough, impartial, but rigid investiga-
ton
Year: 1869

THE Railroad Election iu Marion
County resulted in the defeat Of the
proposition By a majority Of twelve
hundred. Both the Indianapolis daily
papers supported the propositions
with all their eloqusnco and skill, but
the people in the country could not
see it in the same light. We are not
surprised that the people of that
county vote against taxation for rail


road purposes. All the railroads
which have contributed so much
towards increasing the population and
wealth of the Capital have been con
structed without any assistance from
indianapolis or the county, and it is
not to be expected that the people
will now be willing to tax themselves
to aid in the construction OF railroads
when they have secured so many with.
out contributing. We regret, how
ever, to see that the Seatinel and Jour
nal combined have no more influence
over the minds of their constituents.
Year: 1869

Decision i'm the Contested Boat Rnce-The
second Glass Declared the Winners-DIOve.
ments Of President Grant-Politicians from


New York Fail to See Him.


CozzENs' HOTEL, WEST POINT, June 10, 1859.


The boat race was to-day decided In favor of the
second class on the ground that their boat was the
first in after having turned the stakeboat.


President Grant kept rather secluded to-day after
church and was visited by q large number Of per-
Sons who came from various parts OF the country
hereabouts 10 pay their respects Moses H. Grinneli
the Collector OF the Port OF New York, up
to-day and was closeted with the President for
long time. A number OF prominent New York poll
tcians came on the same train with him and en-
deavOred to obtain an interview with Grant but
anxious about something or another, and It is
missed that certain departments In the Custom
House will be shaken up soon.


General Sherman will arrive tomorrow evening to
be present at the cadet hop Vice President Colfax
Ia alao exDeCted,
Year: 1869

FOUNTAINS. .-Forty-two drinking fountains
are to be put up by the Board Of Health at
different points in the city, and the Board
would put up more If 1t had more money.
Where are the benevolent old gentlemen and
ladies who donate ten and twenty thousand
dollars now and then to the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals?
Year: 1869

wisest We have powerful rivals, and unless
we comprehend our interests and the future
that lies before us, with determined purpose
to win, we may lose the opportunity which the
progress of events and natural advantages
have given.
Year: 1869

MARK TWAIN writes an open letter to
Commodore Vanderbilt, in Pdckards s
Monthly for March, in which, after review
ing the many sillysanecdotes and funkey-
ish sketches of the brilliant but penurious
old capitalist, he gives him this advice,
gratis: <, rs


"AIl wish to urge upon you now is,
that you crush out your native instincts,
and 60 and do something worthy ofpraise
go and do something you need not blush
to see in print something that may
rouse one solitary good impulse in the
breast of your horde of worshippers !;
prove one solitary good example to the
thousands of young men who emulate
your energy and your industry shine as
one solitary grain of pure gold upon the
heaped rubbish of your life. Do this, l
beseech you, else through your example
we shall shortly have in our midst five
hundred Vanderbilts, which God forbid !!
Go, now please go, and do one worthy
act. Go, boldly srandly, aoHy, and giCe
four dollars to some great public charity.
1t will break your heart, no doubt, but no
matter /; you have but little while to live,
and it is better to die suddenly and nobly
than live century longer the same Van
derbilt you are now. Do this, and l de-
clare will praise you too"
Year: 1869

The following is Vice President Colfax's
address on assuming the chair as President
of the Senate: Io sass


SENATORS In entering upon the duties
in this Chamber, to the performance of
which have been called by the people of
the United States, realize fully the deli
cacy, as well as the responsibility, of the
position of presiding over body whose
members are in so large a degree my
seniors in age. Not chosen by the body
itself, shall certainly need the assistance
of your support and your generous for
bearance and confidence but pledging to
you all a faithful and inflexible impartiali-
ty in the administration of your rule, and
earnestly desiring to cooperate with you,
in making the deliberations of the Senate
worthy not only of its historic renown,
but also of these States, whose commissions
you hold, am now ready to take the
oath of Office required by law.
Year: 1869

to the persecuted. He was doomed. He
went from one office to another in each
the Melancholy Dave" was hurled at
him. He left the city ard sought refuge
from the hateful sobriquet hundreds of
miles away. It travelled with him like the
spectre with the disloyal knight. He
abandoned his calling. When the war
broke out he enlisted on the Southern side
and, fell in desperate cavalry charge.
That nickname drove him TO death. The
last memory that haunted him must have
been that of the Melancholy Dave"
Year: 1869

'"There is no one who has always been
opposed than myself to mcddling and yexationS
interference the part OF that Government in the
purely local. internal affairs Of colonies OF which the
Inhabitants are capable OF properly managing these
AFFAIRS for themselves. But in the administrator OF
all colonial governments questions are continually
arising which affect the interests not only OF 1--WE
particular colonies but OF the empire as Whoe,
and It would not be dif1cult to show that OF late
years the inhabitants Of many OF colonies, urged
on by those who profess to speak for them IN thls
country, have set up claim (Which mas Deen
practically conceded) to be allowed to deal even
with these questions according to their own VIII,
without allowing the imperial government 10 e&erclse
the authority without which due regard TO tne gene
raj interests OF the whole empire, ana an aulerence
to its policy, cannot be secured in the measures on
the several local governments But ii Gne lmpeIhl
government is to exercise no authority over tne
colonies there is reason why IT should incur any
responsibility or expense on their behaf; aud tne
feeling against doing So which has OF late years been
so strongly manifested in Parliament mas naturally
arisen from the exaggerated claims for colonial free
dom of action which nave been asserted


y at therefore cannot be too distinctly un
derstood by the colonies that the policy now adopted
towards them by the home government and by Par
lament and of which they complain, is very little
likely to be altered, unless they their part are
ready recognize the proprety of the exercise OF
larger of authority over them by the lmpe-
rial Government than they have of late been willing
to submit to. / am bound to say that for my own
part, much as deplore what regard as the virtual
dissolution Of our colonial empire by the adoption OF
the policy in question, do not think 1t ought to be
abandoned, except on the condition have men
toned"
Year: 1869

A Management that Wants Looking Into.


The Reading Daily Eagle publishes the following
letter from one of tnesorphangrls in the Soldiers
Orphans School at Mount Joy, and calls upon the
that 1t may be thoroughly investigated This is the
first intimatiOn we have had OF any cause OF COM
plant in that institution, but the charge is of too
serious a nature to pass unnoticed The officers of
the institution owe 1t to themselves to demand a
thorough investigation. The letter is as follows:-


Dear Mother-I thought that would tell you that
we get treated very meanly. l got whipping yes
terday, and had to sit down from to O'clock
Mother, they have 12 boys locked up, and ran
away; among them was Eddy H; and you get
him down 10 our house and ask him about It, Tell
back was black and blue. Mother, you and Mrs.
E. come up this week, and give them talking
to, and then they will let you take us home. Mrs.
k took her three boys home; she came here and
scolded Mr. Kennedy; she came on Saturday and
took them to-day


Mother, l have to scrub every morning in cold
wafer, and If don't get done before school time,
get q whipping. l am table waiter this week, and II
we talk in the kitchen, the cook Maggy Ready,
whips us with strap.


Mother see Mr.. H aboutit; see if every person
about the house has a right to whip u.s. and ii they
are allowed to do it, There were great many
mothers here on Sunday.


Mother, whatever you do don't let on that / wrote
you this letter. for Isend it of without them know
ing it but you and Mrs. E come unexpected, and
then 1t will be all right
Don't tell that wrote this letter.


Mother, since commenced this have to go to
Mr.. Kennedy TO get whipping for throwing a piece
OF paper on the floor.


Mother come as soon as you can, but don't tell me
when you viii come But don't forget to come, and
don't tell that wrote this. Don't write, but come,
Won and Mrs. E..


daughter.
Year: 1869

Murderer ConlrPanted ased with dis Victim's


On the 9th proxmo Antoine Maurer will be
hanged in New City, Rockland county, New York
for the murder of Joachim Fuerter. In its resume
OF the trial, the New York Herald says:-


During the time that Fuerters body lay unrecog-
niZed after its discovery in the corn, field, tile
it for identification seized the mind OF the prosecut-
ing attorney. This course might he pronounced COM
mendable but the death head was not used alone
for this purpose. When the poor. liLte villain
Maurer was safely lodged in his prison CELL and
when evidence was acCumulattng daily to fasten
more and more firmly the gutiaess OF this dark
crime upon him, then 1t was that the aendsh genius
Of the District Attorney developed new
idea. The murderer should be confronted with the
face OF his victim; the pale features AMI sunken
eyes should meet him at unexpected moments: Inc
grim head should be popped at him from beneath
should be rolled at him in his couch and presented
to his horTied vision in the deat of nigh; thus II
was hoped confession might be wrung from him in
the startled moments of his dread When this un-
earthly object should be thrust upon him And this
scheme was carried out have it through one OF
the gentlemen most prominent in he prosecution,
that the prisoner before his trial wanted to wash nix
hands one day, and the opportunity was taken
TO confront him then with all tIat was lagt Of fh
murdered Buerter Maurer when he repaated the
second time his request, sent into an adiDinnT
cen, WheTe he was told he would ana bucket OF
water. lie went and he was watched As he
stopped to dip his hand in the pail the hdeons face
was there-the grizzly features marked with the
horror OF the death struggle. There was terror
marked on the face OF the poor prisoner when he
ran out OF the cell from the ghostly bucket but
NE MS laughihg spectators saw oRheard nothing that
they could construe into IA proof OF his guilt
AGAIN, when he sat in the hall Off which hia
cen opens, blanket suddenly lifted from the table
by hiiA revealed against the cadaVerous head How
horrible Is this story the recital! When heard IL
from the lips or one OF the most reliable and esti-
lnable citizens OF the county, felt a terror that t
rs haId m ior Inc now to describe or realize. What


usI nave Deen tne horror OF the puny little prisoner
deathly eyes is more than care to imagine / could
hardly credit these facts; but when learned that
shown the can in which tits still preserved could
no longer doubt that In R0Ckland county they have
vi ClllAy,
Year: 1869




We would call the attention Of the
powers that be, to the wretched condition
Of the Side Walks on the north side of
the street from the Adler house to the
river Every rain makes pools Of mud
and water on some and others are o slip
perry clay, in walking over which it is
difficult to keep ones equilibrium. The
business community who are frequently
called to the steamboat landing, have
good reason to complain, especially as
they must frequently go after dark. II
the City cannot order these walks to be
repaired and enforce their orders, let us
take up a subscription for repairs. 1t
has also been whispered that several
weeks since an order was passed to make
good walks to the Churches If such is
the case, we hope the order will be hunt
ed up and enforced. Many Of the lit
tie children going to the Primary School
pass down that street 1t would not be
amis to make n crossing at the foot Of
Main street to the wharf Water street
being a muddy hole at that point.


WALKER
Year: 1869

NV-"Old man" WHEELER Of the Her.
aid, in his last issue, is full Of wind He
has another slight attack Of the dutch
Mill road" and judging from the new
clothes displayed, hat, coat, and shawl,
he must be fixing for a trip over his
great hobby. A blanket shawl from Jos
BossERr; that's good, and it strikes us
that warm wool shawl these rainy days
would be very nice. How we shiver.
Year: 1869

TT The No. l New Orleans Packet,
steamer Ciarksciiic arrived at our landing
on Sunday afternoon and went down on
Monday. That popular and superior
Steamboatman Capt Ton BERRY was in
command j. y. KENDIG in the office
This is one of the best cotton boats on
the river, and will we have doubt receive
a full share of patronage.
Year: 1869

The stage of water in the river shows So
feet above low water mark and rising fast,
Heavy continuous rain has fallen for The last
two days, and a rise Of several more feet may
be anticipa ed Steamboat arrivals have been
numerous and have landed large amounts Of
freight. The arrivals and departures for the
week ara
Year: 1869

As the season for planting bulbs will
soon be upon us, we copy from Vick's
new catalogue of bulbs the following
general remarks on their culture:


The treatment Of bulbs is 80 simple
and the results 30 satisfactory, that it
seems exceeding strange that they are
not far more generally cultivated. Any
fair garden soil will grow bulbs well;
but it must be we'll drained, 80 that the
water will not lie on the surface for any
length of time, or the bulbs will be like
ly to rot. If the soil is poor, enrich 1t
with well-rotted stable manure, or with
surface earth from the woods. Cow ma
nure is excellent for bulbs. Manure
should be mixed thoroughly with the
soil; and if the soil is stiff and the ma
nure fresh, it is well to put little sand
around each bulb at planting.


The soil for bulbs should be dug deep;
and if stiff from too much clay, an ad-
dition of leaf-mold scraped from the
woods, or liberal dressing of sand will
be of great benefit. A free use of COW
manure and sand will always produce
good flowers. The most important point
of all, however, through drainage; and
if this is not neglected, success is almost
certain. After planting, and before
winter sets la, cover the beds with a
good dressing of leaves-say five or six
inches in depth, or moro. Over these
throw a little brush or boards, to pre-
vent blowing off. If the leaves cannot
be obtained readily, coarse manure will
answer. In the spring, as soon as hard
frosts are over, rake off the covering.
Nothing more is required, except to
destroy the weeds as fast as they ap-
pear.


As q general rule, beds should be made
so narrow that the weeds can be de-
stroyed and the ground kept mellow
without walking among the plants.
Any breaking or wounding of the leaves
causes injury to the bulbs, but the
flowers can be cat at pleasure, and
all should be removed as soon as they
fade.


If the simple directions we have
given are followed, and good bulbs
planted, the cultivator will not only
succeed, but will be astonished at
the results of little labor and ex'
pense.
Year: 1869

A New JERSEY chap has applied for
a divorce because his wife has a false
nose. 1t was so beak- -oming, he did not
detect until after marriage that olfac-
tory things were not what they seemed
The scene that then ensued was s'meller-
dramatic. She pleadsin-noSe-cent OF any
design to cheat with nose that had no


In
Year: 1869

BRowNLow has written another letter.
In it he explains a previous explanation
of his political position. For the pub
lie good it is to be hoped ne will con.
tinue to elucidate his theory of political
gymnastics. lisa harmless amusement
and may keep the venerable hyena out
of mischief.
Year: 1869

PITTSBURGH could give any quantity
of money for the reception of GRANT
but not one dollar for the Avondale Re-
lief Fund; thousands for sycophancy'
but not one cent for sympathy. Moth,
ing could show more clearly the dis
tinction between "loyal" liberality and
Christian charity.
Year: 1869

Without any special complaint except grad.
nal declination of bodily strength and nervous
energy, win fnd in the TONIC A FOUNTAIN
OF VITALITY ANDINVI0oR -AS ne
A POOL IN The DESERT TO THE SAND
SCORCHED AND PAINTING TRAVELLER
Year: 1869

The New YORK money market works smooth
ly at SIX and seven per cent. In the market
for commercial paper an active business is re-
port,d q, with rates for prime accept inces at
seven 10 nine per Geni. The principal buyers
Government bonds continues in favor OF the
operators for a rise, who are assisted by q de.
mand to cover previous speculative sales.
Year: 1869

Al VINO nave committed an excess or any Kind
neither it be the solitary vice of YOUTH or tie sting
ng fernke OF misplaced confidence In maturer year.
sEEK FOR An ANTIDOTE IN SEASON
Tho rains and Aches, and Lsssitnde and Neryocs
frosuration na .t that may follow Impure COTTON,


are the Barometer to the whole system
Do not wait for the consummafion that is an. e. o..


low; 90 not wait for Unsightly Cloers for


DISABLED Limbs, for Loss Of Beauty
Year: 1869

ADVICE FOR PRESIDENT GRANT
The Springfield Republican, the
ablest Radical sheet in New Eng
Land, has q long article suggesting
to Gen. Grant what he ought to do
and what not in the way of travel
1t thinks he is devoting too much
of his time to the East when he
should be in the South. 1t says in
closing it's article:


To while away the time is the
task of kings, and not the duty OF
American Presidents. Their bust
ness is to know their country g
wants and meet them; to take coun-
sci, not of fatterers and friends
merely, but of opponents, and OF
adverse and difficult circumstances
The supremacy of the party that
elected General Grant is fast passing
away in the South, and it is grow
ing weaker all over the North. Be-
fore the reaction eliminates, and
while there is yet time to temper or
avert the shock Of defeat it behooves
the head of the Administration to
give earnest thought to the prob
lcms of Southern politics. He can
not do 80 better than travelling the
regions of secession, gauging its
needs and desires, and seeking to
shape his policy, whether of cocr-
cion or concilliation, so as to pro
mote its best interests. We urge
the President to make his next jour
ney to the southwark of Washinton.
Year: 1869

You can often see n dam by q
mill site, but you can't Always see a
mill BY a dam site. ] - fffF


You may joke when you please.
If you are careful to please when
you joke


Ids Lewis it 70 have homestead.