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Year: 1869

The NLw PRESIDENT If HI unt0wdrd
incident happened, Gen. Grant was inaagu-
rateh Yesterday aud is now in full exercise
of the powers delegated to him as President
of the United States Having taken no part
in his election, we Of course, are net among
those who entertain any particularly bright
anticipalions as to his administration. For
the first year or two at least, we expect to
find him carrying out radical rule, and ait
ministering the government in accordance
Win I'll IDEAS oI lue party To which he owes
his election. BL gradually he will emaDci-
rate himself from the control of the more
extreme meu of the radical party. and when
he does this, in the language IF the almanac
mrkers. " look out for squalls" Essentially
conservative in his temperament, all who
know Grant unite in the opinion that at the
earliest possible moment he will rid himself
Of the Summers and Wades of his party, and
taking cnunsrl with ca!mrr. cooler hea 8, will
administer the government in accordance
with the prime pies on which il was founded
In this event, he will 6ud his chief support
ers in the ranks Of the democracy, aud tc
that party rather Than the radicals he vii
look for advice and assistance 10 the dis
charge OF his high duties. The party of tn,
Constitution, the democracy, will at all time
be found sustaining President Grant in tn,
exercise Of his constitutional rights. and If
as we expect, at an early day. he finds himsel
engaged IN fierce contest with mad radical
i'm he will 6nd in the democracy his sures
buckler aud shield
Year: 1869

Aid OF the N1etrOp0lltans Invoked.


Quite lively scene between two undertakers. as
to the possession OF the remains Of Ann Sutton,
whose death has already been announced. took
place at the Morgue yesterday afternoon. The
friends and acquatntances Of deceased, who were re-
ported to possess considerable means mustered at
the MOrgue In strong force, and while undertaken
Reed was absent for q short time Mr.. Kennedy, OF
Pearl street, appeared with burial permit from the
Board OF Health and several OF the Eighteenth pre-
cinct police to aid him In removing the body II any
f assistance snouia De onerea; great deal OF pau
when the corpse was removed from the M0rgue TO
the hearse, but the presence OF the MetropOiitans
had the tendency to keep them quiet and thus the
contest over the CORPSE had peaceful termination.
Warden Brennan, OF the hospital also took an active
part In preserving the peace and caused the crowd
to be dispersed as soon as the body was gone. The
quarrel between the undertakers and other inter.
ested parties has been most disgracefu.
Year: 1869




The ENGLISH NAYK IN NELSON'S Tine
Those whose naval experience is old enough to
reach back to the time when Trafalgar men were
still to be found afoat are not likely to forget the
legends of the age which Dibdin painted. The ma
w had system Of ethics Of its own which might
we'll appal Exeter Hall-though we venture to say,
that it was less corrupting than many fashiona-
BILE novel of our own time 'The service" and its
efficiency was pretty well all that commanding Of:
6cers took into consideration; and for the rest
they we're content to hope with Nelson, in one Of
his letters, that there was large allowance made
for them in the other world They fogged man,
not for drunkenness, but for being drunk on duty.
That he should get drunk on shore, was accepted
as mere matter Of course. Indeed, we are our
selves old enough to remember seaman serving
afoat, who regularly, as the anniversary Of great
action in which he had been engaged came round,
used to appear on the quarter deck and respect,
fully ask permission to get drunk. Never did the
worthy man neglect to avail himself Of hscaptain's
indulgence. As for Poll and Nan, the captains d
the old school were equally tolerant II . 1hasl
fingers were pretty, they did not iook TOO iclossy
at them. for wedding ring and our ships swarm
ed in harbor with ;s'Hives," "aunts, " sisters
and "eousins,,'. Of all hands These respectable
family appelaions we're the homage" to use
Rechefocaud' 8 famous maxim, that the service
Year: 1869

How WOMAN GOT MIXED UP AT Doc
FIGHT AND LOST HER Hoops.-The Fifth ward
is remarkable for puglistic encounters among men,
says the Philadelphia Press, and any one who de-
sires fight need not go far into its precincts with
out being accommodated Last evening fight
occurred in which man, woman and two dogs
were singularly mixed up. The history of the ex-
traordinay proceeding is as near as we can gather
the facts, as follows: Lieutenant Goldey, at Fifth
and Spruce streets, had bis attention attracted by
the cries Of boy who complained that his leg had
been injured by fall. Two women stopped and
expressed sympathy with the boy, and while they
and the Lieutenant were endeavoring to alleviate
his condition two dogs got to fighting. One dog
ran around behind one of the women, and the
other dog pitched at his antagonist, taking the
shortest course, under the dress of the woman.
The result was, the last mentioned dog forced bis
head through the hoops worn by the woman, and
in this position seized the other dog. As the dog
that was fastened in the hoops plunged forward,
away went the woman with him, and as he at
tempted to pull the other dog either way, the wo-
man had to come along The woman screamed
terrifcally, and her companion did likewise. A
crowd assembled, and the woman whose skirts were
entanged by the dog cried Justify that she was be-
Year: 1869

A DEAD MAN BEFORE AN Arkansas Court.
An Arkansas correspondent Of the New Orleans
Reapne tells the following story Of the rigid man
ner in which justice is meted out to man in that
region: Some years ago man without family
or relatives lived in county in this State and was
possessed of an estate worth $4,000 He went to
New Orleans and was absent for years without be-
ing heard from. The Probate Judge granted ad'
ministration upon his estate, wound it up, and dis


charged the administrator The man at length re;
turned. he had been to Mexico. He applied to
the Judge for his property, when in open Court
the following dialogue took place: Dead man--.I


your Honor please, want my effects returned to
me, as you see am not dead yet The Court
I'I know-that is, I as man, know you are alive
Year: 1869

Mr.. Green, the famous diver, tells singular sto-
ries of his adventures when making search in the
deep waters of the ocean. He gives some sketch
ss of what he saw on the river banks near, Hayis


1.-THE banks of coral on which my diyings were
made, are about forty miles in length, and from
ten to twenty in breadth. On this bank Of coral


is presented to the diver one of the most beautiful
and sublime scenes the eye ever beheld. The wa
ter varies from ten to one hundred feet in depth,
and is 80 clear that the diver can see from two 10
three hundred feet when submerged, with little
obstruction to the sight. The bottom of the ocean
in many. places npon these banks is as smooth as
q marble floor; in others it is studded with coral
columns from ten to one hundred feet in height


and from ten to eighty feet in diameter The tops
of those more lofty, support myriad Of pyramid
al pendants, each forming amyriad more, giving
a reality to the imaginary abode Of some water
nymph In other places the pendants form an.
after arch and, as the diver stands on the bottom
of the ocean, and gazes through these into the
deep winding avenue, he feels that they ell him
with as sacred an awe as if he were in some old
cathedral which had long been buried beneath old
ocean wave Here and there the coral extends
even to the surface Of the water as if those loftier
columns were towers belonging to those stately
temples now in ruins. There were countless va
rieties of diminutive trees, shrubs and plants, in
every crevice of the corals where the waters de-
posted the least earth. They were all Of faint
hue, owing to the pale light they received although
of every shade, and entirely different from plants
I am familiar with that ,vegetate upon dry land.
One in particular attracted my attention; it re-
sembled sea-fan of immense size, of variegated
colors,, and of the most brilliant hue. The fish
which inhsbit these slvery banks found as diff
ferent- in kind as the scenery was varied They
were of all forms, colors and sizes-from the SYM
metrcal goby to the globe,Eke sun-fsh; from those
of the dullest hue to Interchangeable dolphin; from
the spots of the leopard to the hues of the sun
beam; from the harmless minnow to the voracious
shark. Some have heads like squirrels, others
like cats and dogs, one of small size resembled a
bull-terrier. Some darted through the water like
meteors; while others could scarcely be seen to
move To enumerate and explain all the various
kinds of fish which beheld while diving on these
banks would, were I enough Of naturalist so to
do, require more space than my limits would al
low for am convinced that most Of the kinds OF
fish which inhabit the tropical sea can be found
there. The sun-fsh, the saw-6sh, white shark,
blue or shovel.nosed shark were often seen. There
were also fish which resembled plants, and remain
ed as fixed in their position as shrub. The only
power they possessed was to open and shut when
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Year: 1869

The editor of the Lancaster Pa Intetllge,cer
has recently made trip through some Of the
Southern States he was not favorably impressed
by close inspection of the Virginia colored people
for he says: ..


The blacks in Virginia seem to be more discon


tented than those of the other States that we have
been in; at least we saw more Of them idle, ano
complaining of rates of wages and want of work
This may have been owing to the season OF the
year during which our visit was made. The rates
of wages range from six to ten dollars per month
in all the Southern States. To this is added ra
ton of three and half pounds of bacon and
peck of meal per week, hut to live in being also
furnished them and very little work do they fo1
the money. We presume Northern farmers, who
would go into the fields themselves and say to the
blacks ''come," might get more work out Of them
but they are constitutionay opposed to labor, and
require constant driving. We we're greatly aston
ished at the immense profundity ftheir ignorance


They are utterly improvident and unable to take
care Of themselves. The rags in which they are
clothed would astonish the most accomplished beg
gar in Italy. They are expecting the government
to do great things for them, and have got an idea
into their heads that from this source they are
each to get forty acres of land, mule and farming
implements, and provisions enough to last them
until they can make crop off their lands. They
conceive that the government owes them this. u
they get that mule it would not live three months,
but would die of starvation; half Of the blacks
would be even too careless to lead the animal to
water. The planters can trust very few OF them
with their stock, and they require constant watch
ing It seems incredible that any human being
would let his dumb beast die for want OF water,
yet we are assured that it is often done by blacks
who attain to the ownership of horse.


John Randolph, Of Roanoke, tried this experl'
ment of fitting out freedmen with farms; by his
will he freed his slaves and directed that they
should be settled in a colony in Ohio; each to be
provided with house and lot Of ground and farm
ing implements. They were, moreover, to be un.
der the experimenting care of white man unit
they got fairly started in their new career. IwaE
all done as directed, and to-day, after the lapse o
twenty or thirty years, not one OF those freedmen
owns the lot that was given to him.


What mockery it is to give these people, with
their present degree Of education and intelligence
a voice in the administration of our Government
Colored suffrage South will not long continue to be
reality. 1t may exist in name for few years
but even then the vote will be but the echo Of thai
of the white man. The freedman always agrees
to what white man says; in all our conversations
with him we were never able to meet anything bu
the most ready assent to every proposition which
we advanced, no matter of how contradictory Of
absurd character.
Year: 1869

RAILROADS AND THUNDERsToRMs.-T
witty man of the Hartford Post has the follow
ing gibe at railroads, which are as fair a mark
for satire and reproach as Congressman, men,
bers of the whiskey ring, George Francis
Train, Mrs. DR.. Walker, and gas companies:


Somebody has discovered that the Pacific
Railroad has worked quite a change in the eli
mate of the Plains by producing an equlibri-
um in the electrical current which has brought
about a more uniform dispensation Of rain; 50
that now, instead of continuous droughts on
the Plains, rain falls in refreshing abundance
all along the line of the road. 1t is said that
the climate of central Ohio has been complete
ly revolutionized since the iron rails have
formed a network all over that region The
telegraph wires which accompany the railroad
everywhere are said to act also an important
part in diffusing electricity through the atmos-
phere and thus preventing the occurrence Of
severe thunder storms, in proof of which fact
it is said that we have very few or no such
thunder storms as we used to have in New
England All of which may be true But il
these railroads have taken the thunder out Of
the atmosphere, they've raised thunder with
every thing else.
Year: 1869

Ine Button older.


Talking of bad habits, puts me in mind
OF one which though less intolerahle than
that Of profanity, il still sufficiently disa-
greeable. Reader, did you ever come in
contact with an inveteratc button holder
1t has been my lot frequently to encounter
personages Of this character, but seldom
allow any one Of them the privi eye OF
Annoying me the second time. Innumer.
able are the hair breadth escapes have
had from the button-holding fraternity.
have shot across streets, dodged into
shops, round corners and up blind alleys,
when have been so fortunat, as to spy
them at adistance. With tim ely warning.
l generally, by the prompt adoption OF
some judicious measure Of this kind sue.
cseded in avoiding them. once, however
got fairly seated in an omnibus before
discovered q well known bore who was
ensconced in the farthest corner; our
relative position was fortunately unlavor.
able for talking, aid aattered myself
that l should get out Of the scrape quite
slick. / watched my opportu ity and at a
moment when my gentleman's attention
seemed to be turned another way, Ipulled
the cord and Wis in the street in the
twinkling OF bedpost; overjoyed at my
escape, l did not venture to look round,
but legged it of briskly in the hop step
jump style. But alas it was all in vain,
my tormen,or had evidently suspected my
drift, and was close upon my heels, and in
spite of all my efforts, quickly overhauled
me. "Well l Declare" he exclaimed,
''yos appear to be in an awful hurry,
want to have little chat with YOU"
Positively, my dear fellow" said I, you
must excuse me just now, am an hour
behind my dinner time," he replied, II am
going your way so that shan't detain you
moment" Finding myself thus fairly
cornered, l resigned myself to my fate
with the submission of a martyr. Ny
wife was in no good humor about my
bringing company home with me, assign
ing as reason that everything was upside
down. The consequence was that had
to lose another hour before dir ner could
be prepared in style ''it for company -
After which my companion favored me
with an endless succession of details and
circumstances of no possible interest to
any one but himself, until abou ght mid
night, when to my unspeakable relief he
took himself off, with the promise Of call
ing again the very first opportunity I'd


change.
Year: 1869

Almost AS soon as the potatoes are up,
the layers come and deposit their eggs on
the under side Of the leaf. After hoe
nv potatoes the first time, hire my chill
dren to pick the leaves that have the nests
on, and burn them. The first year set


hem to work without pay, it soon became
tiresome, and in day or two they could
scarcely find any. l told them would
give them fifty cents hundred for every
hundred brought in, or one for two. They
went to work with aenewed energy, for
children do not like to work without pay
any better than you or do. The result
has been in the last two years my potatoes
have been uninjured~ whi e some Of my
neighbors' potatoes were stripped by them.
In the year 1866, l had half an acre in.
The bugs were veSy bad that year. The
potatoes rotted so bad, that some of my
neighbors did not get more than their
seed, while l got only about one hushel of
rotten potatoes that year. My boy gath
cred about 100 nests, and my little girl
about 40 nests. | paid them as l had
promised, and with his fifty cents my boy
bought a slate and Spencerian copy book,
which he needed, and he priced them more
than if had got them for hin. because he
earned them and bought item with his
own money. have tried ashes and other
hug humbugs, and find this the best and
>urest besides it keeps the children out
Of mischief, and cultivates in them de,
sire to earn something for themselves.


Try it this year, brother farmers, and you
will find your money we'll invested, aad
please report through the Westen Rulal
after bug days.
Year: 1869

The height Of impudeuce has been at
tained by Connecticut attorney, who
lost all his money at a faro bank in
Hartford, complained of the place to the
police, got his money back, and took the
same money to the same place tho same
night to play again.
Year: 1869

SIS my face dirty p asked young la
dy from the backwoods, while seated with
her aunt at the dinner table on steam
boat running from Cairo to New Orlear s.
Dirty! No. Why do you ask ~
because that insulting waiter insists up
on putting a towel beside my plate. I've
THROWN three under the table, and yet ev,
cry time he puts another one before me-
Year: 1869

The Port Jervis (New York; Gazette
says: 1.-The velocipcde is at last put into
practical use in this village in transmit
ting the mails from the post Office to the
t.ains. For two or three evenings We
have seen the carrier mounted on his
steed, with the mail bag slung on his
back passing our office on his way to the
depot"
Year: 1869

A ballet dancer, who turned the
heads of the amorous gentleman of the
Russian capital last winter, is native
OF Craeow, and reputed to be the illegit-
innate daughter Of a Polish count. She
RECEIVED presents by the score from her
admirers, among whom was very
wealthy nobleman. He made her ac-
uuaintance and WAS charmed with her.
He offered her a diamond he wore upon
his finger for kiss. She accepted. and
he gladly gave her the jewel, believing,
perhaps, with Ovid


Who gains a kiss and gains nO more,


Deserves to lose the bliss he got Defore 8


His suit did not prosper, however, as
he had hoped. At the end Of the month
he presented her with.a second, and re-
ceived a second salute, but beyond that
he did not 60.


At the end of the year he parted with
nearly all Of his diamonds, and was al
far from success as ever. Irritated BY
her stubbornness, he sought an inter
Year: 1869

In 1864 notice was given that a boat
, load Of prisoners from Andersonville
would be exchanged, and that they


would land at Annapolis, Nd. Men


and women came from every part of the
United States, each with hope Of meet
ing a friend whom they knew to be con-
fined ut Andersonville. OF course
among such large number there could
not be more than one in hund red that


could find the friend they came after
When the boat came up to the wharf


there was great crowd there to well


come the forlorn creatures, and to in
quire after others who did not come


Among the exceptions was the mother
of n soldier in the 18th Connecticut reg
iment, who rushed OH board the boat,
asking every soldier she saw for her
boy. From deck to cabin, in the cots
and among tile barrels, she searched for


him; but he was not there, and no one
had heard Of him. She had brought a
cap, shirt and pair Of pants, that he


might have a clean change, and with


these across her arm she wandered


among the crowd, saying in half in


quiring, vacant tone, "He has not come


he has not come" For u year after,


she went regularly to the wharf at sun


rise from her lodgings, which nobody


could find, and gazed for ali hour down
the bay, and murmering, she has not
! come,n she would go to the Post Sur


geon with the same cap, shirt aud pants
and ask why her boy did not come. At


the close of the war she was taken to a


Lunatic Asylum. But one day last


June she managed to get out, and Sc
curing some old rags in place of the


clean clothes, she astonished the family


now living in the house where the sur
geon's were then, by asking why her


boy had not come. They shut the door


in her face, and she wandered down


to the wharf and was found the next


morning, stiff and cold, sitting upright


behind some old barrels on the wharf


with her giassyseyes still gazing down


toward the point where the steamers


first come in sight.


E.,.. rs.He had not come to her,


- Bat she had gone to him. s:. -
Year: 1869

TIE kIMBRRLY-BUTLKI CAsE.-ln the case
OF Kimberly against Butler, in the United
States Circuit Court in Baltimore, yesterday.
the Court. in deciding upon the questions
involved, said: ''ln this case the plaintiff
charges that the defendant received certain
money which in equity and good faith belongs
TO the plaintiff. All that the Court has before
it is that the money was paid to the proves:
marshal, and the Court is asked to infer that
the money was paId to the defendant. The act
Of Congress makes il the duty Of provost mar.
shals TO account for all their actions to the
Provost Marshal General, to whom they are
subordinate. The Court is constrained to come
to the conclusion that money paid to the pro.
vost marshal is not money paid to any other
officer As the case stands, the Court could NOT
allow Judgment to be entered upon q verdict
for the plaintiff upon the pleadings in the case.
The Court, therefore, gives judgment for the
defendant upon the dem urrer." The plaintiff,s
counsel then asked leave Of the Court to amend
the bill OF particulars, SO as to allege that the
money Illegally had and received from the
plaintiff bv the provost marshAl, &c, was had
and received as an agent Of the defendant
General Butler-and not as provost marshaI.
&c. The Court granted the leave to amend
and the defendant claimed q Continuance of the
case, upon which the Court continued the case
to the next term Of the Circuit Court, the plain.
TN to pay the costs OF the suit for the present
term.
Year: 1869

GRANNY. CANADA, April 22.-Whiie many
persons were on the bridge at this place watch
bridge gave way, precipitating eleven persons
into the water. Owing to the high water and
rapid current no assistance could be rendered
and the victims were quickly carried out Of
sight
Year: 1869

A PRIVATE DISPATCH received in this city
states that Captain Henry A. Wise, formerly
Chief OF the Bureau of Ordnance of the Navy
Department. who left for Europe some time
since for his health died at Naples on the lst
instant.
Year: 1869

THE SENATE is engaged in executive session
this afternoon upon the nomination Of Henry
S Sonfard for the Spanish mission, and great
opposition is being made to his confirmation.
The probabilities are that the session will con.
tinue until midnight at least, and al that hour
recess may be taken until tomorrow morn.
ing.
Year: 1869

CHEAP DRESS GOODS.


Received this morning some very cheap
DRESS GOODS for ladies' suits


We are in almost daily receipt OF NEW
GOODS of every description, keeping our stock
up at all seasons. We feel sure We can suit all
who will call upon Us. both as TO price as we'll
as style


je12 WITMER s. SLAYMAKER.