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Year: 1868

THE CALLICOT CAsE-MOTION FOR ARREST OF


JUDGMENT AND FOR a NEW TRIAL.


In the United States Circuit Court, Southern
District Mr. Isaiah Williams OF counsel for Theophilus
G. CaicOt informed Judge Nelson that Mr. T. W. Slough
ton Of counsel for the prosecution in the trial Of Cacot
present, and he (Mr. Wiiams desired 20 take the
opportunity OF asking the Court at what time II would
be convenient to hear argument motion for an arrest
OF Judgment and for trial In the CalhcOt case.
Judge Nelson said that he did not know that he would
entertain such motion at ALL but, at all events he
would not fix time then, but would take the matter into
consideration far as TO consult Judge Benedict In rea
ton To It, but he strongly under the impression at
present that the application could not be entertained at
Year: 1868

"He missed his true VOCATION would be less
often sadly said Of promising young II they would consult PHE
selection pursuit aud also in view Of making the
Of the talent they have See the PnNoLodcAL JOURNAL for
June; may be had a No. $50 Broadway Tor 90
Year: 1868

FIGARO calls ibe Chronicle the Morning Bur n1cie and hints that it is not in very hourshing condition. A short time ago. according io Fgaro, the Chronicle had the following astounding head ing over very small item:

 Horrible Case of Hydrophoba-A Negro Girl is Bitten by Dog and Goes Mad-~he Scratches Man and He Becomes Mhd The Ncighbor- Sentence her to be ~hot-Her Lit. |, Saved but Her Teeth are Knocked Oui-She Goes Twelve Days Without Food or Drink"
Year: 1868

BARg ANS FOR THE LADIES AT GIoUEL's.-On
the eve Of departure for Europe Mr.. Giqsel an
nouuces in another column that he has from this
date made very great reduction in the price Of
his fancy and staple goods. This is done for the
purpose Of making room for his fall stock, which
will be very large, embracing everything thsi is
rare and beautiful in the dry goods line. Being
advised of this fact, we think the ladies, with
their usual good sense. will surely avail them
selves of this opportunity for bargains.
Year: 1868

SxAxEs!-We find In Tie Water
loo Courier q snake story which is not
bad, and as it is told on man in near
county. We give it place in our local
column. The individual in question
resides near Pond Grove, and not
many days ago he started forth to
view his broad acres, aud make cal
culations for the coming year. While
crossing a field he felt peculiar SEN
sation in the leg Of his pantaloons,
and in an instant it occurred 70 him
that there was snake concealed
about his person. Putting out his
hand. it came in contact with what he
supposed to be the serpent's head.


II flashed across his mind at once
tha. the only hope OF his life lay in
his ability TO grasp aud firmly hold the
head, until he could obtain assistance
and cx,ricate himself from his un-
pleasant predicament. Seizing it,
therefore, with one hand, he started
at full tilt for the house, about half .
mile distant. As he ran he could feel
the reptile wriggling about his leg.
He was fairly bathed in cold sweat
st the thought that 1t might free itself
from his grasp and give him the fatal
blow while far away from help, and
fear lent wings to his feet. As he ap-
preached the barn, where his wife
was At work, he became fearful Of the
terrible effect it might have upon her
to reveal his dangerous situation. and
he, therefore, slipped silly in at the
back door. Going in one corner, he
divestcd himself of his clothing, (he
had kicked of his boots on the way)
drew forth the cause of his terror,
aud with sense OF relief, hurled il
violently from him. 1t struck the
rai.crs above, then fell to the floor
and revealed 10 his astonished gaze
an old piece of rope, which he had
put, MS he supposed, into his pocket,
but which had slipped down into his
trowsers leg. The movement of walk
ing had produced the w,iggiing which
had at first attracted his attention.
As he ran, Of course the wriggling be-
came moro violent. A knot on one
end he had mistaken fer the head,
and had been holding it as With the
grasp Of death.


His wife. good soul, vas at fr~t
nearly frightened to death, then A.
most laughed herself to death. The
story was too good .o keep, aud soon
his neighbors were anxiously inqni.
ring regarding his recovery from the
'ssnake bite" We have often heard
Of persons having "snakes in thei,
boots" bu. never IN that way before.
Year: 1868

TulScs That HAVE SEEM have seen
a farmer build house so large, that the
Sheriff turned him out of doors.


l have seen young man sell good
farm, turn merchant, and die ia IN insane
hospital.


have seen rich mans son begin where
bis father le!t of, and end where his father
began-pcnniless.
have seen . Young girl marry man OF
dissolute habits, aud rcpen, Of it as long as
she lived.


have seen the extravaganec and folly of
children bring their parents TO poverty and
want, ana themselves into disgrace.
l have seen prudent, Industrious, wife re-
irieve the fortunes of a family, when her
husband pulled at the olber end Ct the rope.
have seen q young man, who despiscd
the counsel of the wise aud advice Of the
good, end his career in poverty and wre,ch>
edness.


Ihave sesn man spend more in folly
than would support his family in comior,
and independence.


have seen man depart from the truth,
when candor and veraciiy would have served
him much better purpose.


l have seen man engage in lawsuit
about n trifling affair that cost him more in
the end, than would have rooted all the
buildings on his farm.
Year: 1868

Jerusalem is, perhaps, unlike any other
city in the world. The midnight slumber is
undisturbed by the shrill voice of the iron
horse, as ne thunders along, proclaiming the
march of science, and bearing, with speed
swifter than eagles wings, the products of
civilization and the labor of genius The
weary sufferer, tossing through the long
watches of the night, is undistarbed by the
roll of wheels. The devotee of fashion, the
midnight reveler-one who has tarried long
at the games, and quaffed that cup which at
last biteth like serpent and stingeth like an
adder-has no cause to curse the fireman's
trumpet which has startled him from his
drunken slumber. The man of literature who
has labored long and sadly, until the night
had far waued, to bring from his brain the
creations of his fancy, that his loved ones
NAV be saved from starvation, will not have
consciousness aroused, and his weary mind
called back from the holy land of dreams by
the roll of the market cart, bringing 30 his
memory that Aurora has already harnessed
her horses, and again the burdcnsome cares
of the day must force him to arise.


No fire bells tell him in which ward of the
city the power of destruction IS wasting, with
more than lightning speed, and implores the
strong arm and stCntorian voice Of the noble
fireman to rescue some helpless infant or
trembling maiden from the suffocating fames.
The weary mother, bending over the cradle
of the sick child, is not panied by the hilari-
ty of the theatre going crowd. There are no
brilliantly illuminated streets-no light to be
seen without, save the fitful glimmer of pa
per lantern carried by the hand of n solitary
night walker No policeman stands sentinel
The soft light of the moon cannot penetrate
those narrow, dark alleys. The daughters Of
music, have been brought low. There is a
quiet pervading these streets, in which the
wind even seems faint, and nothing finds ut
terance save the bark of dog, the matin
bell, and the muzzeim's cry. doling out his
lugubrious summons for the faithful Mahom-
mcdan to rise and come to prayers.


And this is Jerusalem. once the joy of the
whole earth. And this the spot spread out
by Jehovah for the eternal dwelling place of
the chosen. And these miserable, filthy,
poverty stricken and oppressed people, arc
descendants of the friend of God-the chill
dren of Abraham. Behold the Eternal full
fillment of the prophecy! See them " melt
ed out peeled and trodden down by the worst
of heathens their houses possessed the pomp
of the strong has ceased, and their holy places
are defiled" Where now is that magnificent
temple erected by King Solomon ? Yea, not
one stone has been left upon another, that
has not been thrown down. Well might the
Saviour say, 1" daughters of Jerusalem, weep
not for me; but weep for yourselves and
your children"
Year: 1868

The subscriber, for the past ten years engaged
as cutter Mt Mr.. Cones Merchant Tailoring Es-
tablishment, would inform his friends and the
citizens Of Rock Island and vicinity, that he has
opened New Merchant Tailoring Establishment
for the purpose Of manufacturing to order frs,
class fine custom work to those that have been in
the habit OF getting their garments cut by US,
while at Mr.. Cones, would extend invita-
tion to call on US at our new establishment. and
to those that cannot get suited in Rock Island
and in the habit of sending east for their gar
nents we would invite them TO call ana give us a
trial, feeling confident that suit them in
every respect. We have a handsome assortment
of fine Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings together
with a large variety of splendid French Coatings
and Tri"ots in different shades and colors for fine
business suits. ALSO fine Beavers in different
colors, for overcoats.--all of which we will make
to order in the best aud most fashionable manner
at lower rates than the class of goods can be
obtained on either side of the river. Call and
examine styles, and compare our goods and
prices with those engaged in the same business.


THOMAS MCCULLOUGH,


North side of Third Street, near the Post Office,


Davenport, Iowa.
Formerly cutter at Cones.


N. b. The cutting department is under our
own supervision. nov29dly.
Year: 1868

l believe this matter OF good manners and
good breeding to be chiefly in the hands of
mothers. 1t is as easy TO teach child TO
say ''thank you for the bread" as give
me the bread;'' as easy to accustom fam
lily of children to bid their parents good
morning on ordinary as extraordinary oc-
casions. Let there be 10 company man
ners." Convince children by example as
well as precept, that the best they have to
offer IN matter and manner should be laid
before those they love most earnestly. A
boy taught at ten to enter the parlor and
bow to his mothers friends, will do it with
ease and self-possession at twenty. For
what, after all, is ease of manner but polite
ness, long prac ice and incorporated as an
unconscious constituent of the individual?
inal significance of gentleman, gentlewo-
man--terms which, fear. would never
have grown out of the clustering carriage
of large class of modern gailants. "Gen-
tie blood" and "noble lineage" were syn
onymous in those old days. ''.Suazier ia
nsodo tortiter IN re, . was the Latin proverb,
and it has often occurred to he writer that
We of the present generation are in. more
danger of forgetting the mifdness of manner
than the strength of deed.


10 the voyage of life We should initiate
the ancient mariners. who, without losing
sight of the earth. trusted to the heavenly
sighs for their guidance,
Year: 1868

The most unreasonable aud unressoning g
portion of the Northern people assuredly
are the editors of newpspers. If the South
is perfectly submissive they assail il for be
ing morose and sullen. and therefore rot to
be trusted. II the South is free and out
spoken, and states its case with an indig
Dant sense of wrong, they deuOuncs it as
iusurrectionary, therefore not to be trusted
If it is amiable and civil in it's speech seek
ing redress in spirit of entreaty. they fly
into a rage and charge it with deep-laid
plots; therefore 1t is not to be trusted. Il
is the old fable of the wolf and the lamb
over and over again. Up stream or down
stream, it is all the same.-LOu. Jour.
Year: 1868

VALUE OF A DoLLAR.-If you, would
learn the value of dollar, go and labor two
days in the sun, as hod carrier. This is
an excellent idea, and if many of our young
gentlemen had to earn their dollars in this
way. how much less dissipation and crime
would we witness every day. So of our
fashionable young ladies, if they-like some
of the poor seamstresses of our large cities
had to. earn their dollars by making
shirts at two pence apiece, how much mors
truthful notions would they have of the du-
ties ST life aud their obligations to the rest
of the world.
Year: 1868

One vote and contrary pig were the
means of the declaration Of the war of 1879
with Great Britain. Two Deighbors, hav-
ing adjoining farms in Rhode Island. got
into a dispute about the depredations of a
pig belonging to one of them. They went
to law about it. aud on the day United
States Senator was to be elected by the Leg
islature, they were obliged to attend court.


One of them was member of the Assem-
bly,. Hartford Conventionist. and opposed
to the war. His vote would have elected
an anti-war Senator, but in consequence of
his absence a war man was ehos en-. and war
was declared by one majority in the Senate.
1t is further related this member of the
Legislature was himself elected by one
vote.
Year: 1868

There are men who desert the alters of
lost cause round which they once stood with
the blood 10 their hearts painting for liberia
ton, and who kneel to offer homage-at the
altar of successful wrong. There are men
who trample under foot the very standards
that once foated proudly over them. There
are men base enough to lift their hands a
gainst the very rights fOv which they once
up-lifed swords. We are not such. For
US principle is principle. right is right
yesterday -to-day-tO-morrow-
Submission to might is not surrender of
right. We yield to the one. but shall new
er yield up the other. FATHER RYAN.
Year: 1868

Adhere always rigedly and undertaking
ly to the truth; but while you express what
is true, express it in pleasing manner
Truth is the picture, manner is the frame
that displays it to advantage. Truth con-
veyed in austere aUd acrimonious language
seldom has salutary effect, since we re-
ject the truth because we are prejudiced
against the mode of communication. The
heart must be won before the intellect can
be informed.
Year: 1868

Though we seem grieved at the sboit-
ness Of lite in general. We are wishing eve
ry period Of it at an end. The minor longs
to be of age, then to be a man Of business.
then to make fortune, then TO arrive at
honor, then to retire.
Year: 1868

RYE.-Rye is said to be more valuable
than clover for a green manure, if heavily
sowu IN the fall or spring, and then Plowed
under. Il will be equal to a good coating
of barnyard manure, and fall sown rye pro-
duces bountiiul supply of excellent spring
food for sheep. colts aud cattle It makes
a wonderful saving in the hsy-mow.


Rye, 10 The shape OF bread IS said to
produce more brain and muscle supporting
food than wheat.
Year: 1868

Our people are now realizing, with terri
bic distress, the fact that they are subject
ed to far heavier and more crushing tax
alton than the inhabitf Of any other ne
ton or people, civilized or barbarian. upon
the surface of the globe.
Year: 1868

There are many little arts which may be
used about colored cloths, when washing
them, which tend to keepa look of newness
as long as they are worn. These are sone
of them:


4 spoonful Of OK gall to gallon Of water
will settle the colors Of almost any goods
soaked in il previous to washing.


A teacup of lye in pail of water will
improve the color of black goods.


Naukin should lay in water before it is
washed, as It sets the color.


A strong, clean tea Of hay viii preserve
the color Of French linens.


Vinegar in the rinsing water of pink or
green caIicoes will brighten them. Soda
answers the same nd for both purple and
blue.
Year: 1868

DROWNED PERsoNs.-A French physician,
DIR. Labordette. claims to have discovered
process for restoring life 10 drowned persons
after an immersion of half an hour and more
Indeed it is said that it has proved effectual
where the patient has been under water as
much as six hours. Heretofore fourteen min
utes has been considered the extreme limit of
time during which the vital spark can be pre-
served without air, and in most cases five min
utes Of suffoeation are fatal. The process is not
inlly described in the account given of it in
the French papers, but it seems to involve the
use OF an instrument for opening the wind
pipe, coupled with kneading and rubbing the
body. Further particulars will doubtless be
published should the discovery prove to be OF
any practical value
Year: 1868

Better get COOKING and kISDLISG WOOD from
Steam Fuel Factory without delay. Break In the
canal is sending up price. See advertisement.
Peonle who use il once VIII not do without II.
Year: 1868

LADIES DO NOT GO TO THE COUNTRY WITH
"A. outfit for complete development of the bust
cold at 907 broadway II East Twentieth street Nine
JUNEL'S preparations for development sold everywhere
Year: 1868

December. The rebellion april l5) had just
been suppressed, the conquered rebel States
were all In chaos, and to Congress properly
belonged the work of reconstruction. Why,
then, did not Mr.. johnson call the two houses
together in an extra session? Because he had
resolved upon reconstruction plan of his
own, from which he expected such an amount
of political capital as would make him Presi-
dent for another term, whether supported or
opposed by Congress. He had Congressional
recess of eight months before him, and within
that time he expected to complete his work,
and that, accepted or rejected, in making its
acceptance his uliimatum TO Congress the sue
cession would be within his grasp.


This theory of the inspiration of Mr..
Johnson's Southern policy makes it clear and
consistent from first to last, foolish and pig
headed as it appears upon any other theory.
But so much has he been absorbed in this
great game of ''my policy" Of reconstruction
against Congress that he has not paid suf-
ficient attention to anything else. Otherwise
the Mexican question would have been settled
according to the policy suggested by Grant
and Sheridan, the Alabama claims would have
been settled according to the policy suggested
by Andrew Jackson, and the internal revenue
frauds of all sorts, especially the whiskey
frauds, would have been thoroughly over
hauled by general suspension of officials
charged with or suspected of dishonest asso-
Citations, and by complete sitting of their
cases before the courts preparatory to sub
mission of the facts to the Senate.


To sum up the administration of Mr.. john
son it amounts to this: His mind was set In
the beginning upon the experiment Of securing
the next Presidency through his scheme of
Southern reconstruction, and he has been so
deeply absorbed in this business and so indif-
ferent to anything else that our interests
abroad have been permitted to run to seed,
while plundering whiskey rings have been
depicting the Treasury at the rate, not of few
paltry hundreds of thousands of dollars, but to
the tune of hundred millions year. So 1t
is well that but short remnant is left of the
turbulent, costly and improbable administra-
tion of johnson.
Year: 1868

General Sheridan, 1t appears, has concluded
to undertake vigorous campaign this coming
winter against the hostile Indians on the
Plains, and has taken command in person
of the troops south of the Arkansas
river. If any man can accomplish anything
from such an enterprise it is Sheridan. He
has all the nerve, the endurance, and, we may
add, the experience Of frontier warfare which
Ht him for this service. OF course he is fully
aware that he must expose the troops to much
suffering, for they will have to face the bleak
storms Of the desert. They may hope for no
shelter except such as they convey with them
in the shape Of tents, and no provisions but
such as the soldier can carry at his saddle or
the slow travelling mule trains can take along
in the rear Of the advancing cavalry. Our
heavy cavalry horses, too, with their weighty
accoutrements, are no match for the feet and
almost unencumbered ponies Of the Indian ad-
versary. These are the apparent disadvan-
tages of winter campaign on the Plains.
Among the advantages OF selecting such a
time for final movement, which may possibly
wind up the present hostilities, are the facts
First. that the Indians cannot find forage for
their horses on the frozen prairies as readily as
they do In summer, and are therefore no bet
ter of In this respect than our mounted troops,
who must carry their forage with them next,
that the Indians have laid up their winter sup
plies of dried buffalo meat in their villages,
and If they are cut of from these
depots Of provisions by our troops
they must be starved into submis-
sion. General Sheridan avows his intention
TO pursue them to their villages, even II ne
has to penetrate into Texas and lose his horses
by the way. If he succeeds In separating tue
warriors in the field from the families IN the
lodges he will certainly have succeeded IN
subduinp the hostile bands; for they have no
resources for subsistence IL they are kept en-
ployed in defending themselves against our
soldiers at period Of the year when there is
neither grass to be obtained for their ponies
nor qame for their own sustenancc.


There is nothing which the Indian fears so
uuob as a war in the winter season, and for
The reasons above stated. In summer he is
hanqhty, offensive and defiant. AT the
sunroach Of winter he is complacent and cues
Year: 1868

There was another excited day in Wall street
yesterday over ''bull" movement in Erie on
the part of those who were recently ''bears"
in this stock. The price fuctuated violently
between 4st and 6l, and the losses among the
shorts were so excessive that two failures took
place, while others are suspected. A sudden
scarcity Of gold was produced by locking 1t up,
and great excitement also prevailed In the
market for the precious metal, the price rising
to 1877. This locking up is supposed to have
been effected by the parties who recently made
money stringent by Withdrawing currency from
circulation, and who at the same time that
they changed their tactics from "bears" to
''bulls" in Erie transferred the locking up
strategy from greenbacks to gold. The search
ty was so great that the "shorts' were COM
PEELED to pay as high as one per cent per diem
in borrowing to make good their contracts.
The market closed with very unsettled feel
ing both as regards Erie and gold.
Year: 1868

Mouarchical Demonstration In Madrid.


AS events develop themselves in Spain her
future appears to be set more evenly In the
balance between republicanism and monarchy.
While in many Of the country districts and
some Of the provincial towns the people pro-
claim in favor Of a republican government, the
intelligence and ambition centred in the capital
tend towards monarchy. Thus we see that on
Saturday last an immense assemblage Of peo-
pie, numbering fifty thousand, gathered in
Madrid and pronounced in favor Of monar-
chical form Of government amid the most
intense enthusiasm. Among the prominent
men present were Prim, Serrano, Topete and
Martos, all OF whom delivered addresses in
unison with the sentiment Of the meeting.
This was most significant gathering, con-
sidering Its attendant circumstances. The
revolution, therefore, although 1t has made
great strides in a quiet and comparatively
bloodless path, is evidently very far from
being complete, nor can the wisest prophet
foretell to what point 1t may ultimately tend
Year: 1868

THE Fulton FERRY DISASTER. suffer-
ers by the Brooklyn ferry disaster were me-
chanics, laborers, work girls and boys who
depend upon their daily toll for living. Some
were seriously injured, others slightly, but
probably thirty Of them will be disabled from
working for longer or shorter periods. There
are instances, no doubt, in which the employ
ers Of those who we're injured will not see
them suffer from their loss Of time, but many
will be left penniless until in condition to
resume work. Florence. the actor. bas there