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Year: 1868

The Troy Times, referring to the Gin
stautaneous insanity" which saved
General COLE from the gallows, asks :


"Can man whose passions have
been wrought up by the charms of a
fascinating woman, and who has been
led by her, until he commits the act of
which General Cole complained, can he
be said to have been sane in any stage
of his crime? Cannot lust beget iDsan-
ity as well as anger or jealousy II
Cole had spared the life of Hiscock, and
had resorted to the remedy which the
law gave him, instead of that which no
law sanctions, might not Hiscock have
pleaded insanity with as much truth
fulness as General Cole didi Hiscoek
was insane, certainly, at the moment
of the act, and probably for a long time
before, but no doubt recovered his san
ity as speedily as Cole did his"
Year: 1868

There are no marks or signs about
horse by which his age can be told with
exact tprecision, yet there are certain
rules by which experienced horsemen
can Judge many times very accurately,
when the animal is between the years OF
one and twelve; after this, 1t Is more
than half guess work. The teeth are
the best test of age, but they vary so in
appearance, in different horses, that the
best judges are often very much de-
ceived.


Beside the signs given in the mouth,
something can be told by the gener-
al appearance of the animal. Old
horses show deeper cups over the eyes
than the young; the cords and muscles
are less firm and prominent; the hair
loses its life and luster, the eyes their
brightness, etc. The advance cf years
may be estimated by the degree these
signals of approaching infirmity indi'
cate. Our experience in this matter has
led us to Judge by the following Indlca-
tions, and moro accurately than any
other, when estimating by the appear
ance of the teeth alone; At one year
old. the colt has full set of Temporal
ry front teeth which are short, round
and very white. At the age of two the
colt sheds two centre front teeth above
and below, and horse teeth make their
appearance. At three, four others are
lost, one on each side of the first. AT
four, the corner teeth drop out. AT the
age of five the new horse teeth at the
corners are up even with the others;
the mouth is full and tushes appear. AT
six the cavities or cups in the centre
teeth will be nearly worn away and the
tushes are up full, white and sharp. AT
seven the cups disappear from the front
middle teeth, being brown curved lines.
At eight the cups are all out save the
corner ones. At nine all the teeth are
full, shut even and present fair APP
pearance. At ten the teeth turn yellow
or brown, the tushes are either blunt or
very long, the gums shrink away giving
the teeth a larger appearance. AT elev-
an. the teeth are black and foul and the
Gums form points between them. At
twelve the upper teeth begin to over
hang the lower ones. At thirteen the
front teet thicken and assume TRAN
gular shape. ,.,


When older than this but very little
dependence can be put upon the appear,
ance of the mouth. From this period
on, the teeth grow more foul and long,
and are worn fat from side TO side, the
under lip drops and the gums appear to
dry up and recede.


4 horse has forty teeth; twenty-fogr
grinders, four tusbes, and twelve incl
sors or nippers. The colt is born with
eight double teeth; at about tw o months
of age four more appear, one upon each
Jaw. At one year four more come, and
at the age of two, four others, and at
three four more, making the mouth full.
Twenty-four grinders.-Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1868

A rich man who was injured by being run
over exclaimed, With warmth, at isn't the
accident that i mi1d; that isn't the thing,
but the idea Of being run over by an I'D
swill cart That's what makes me maS!h
Year: 1868

The following Is from the circular OF Emmett Wells
"There h continued dullness In the Hop trade The light
of the past week, with only limited stock OF
desirable Hops in market would seem sufficient TO war
rant fIn Improvement but such result Is apparent


Ever the better feeling noticed last week. has subsidized


and holders are possible, anxious now to realize
thPh ever The Advancement OF the season leaves little
hf Hes Improve far as the market may be
goyorned BY foreign imports and holders viii watch with
anxiety their hopes ON the prospect OF the
coming crop Rumors are already in circulation 20 the
effect that the root portions OF this State and wsooa


sin have suffered severely by the severity OF the pAst
arc usually Invented with view Of influencing the mar


kct The belief psrvades that heavy protect


tation from frost We cannot see why the Hop root
should prove an exception. and In this connection we
thuk the pass Winter has been one unusually oenentas
Year: 1868

The valedictory message of Governor
Low, of California and the inaugural ad-
dress OF Governor Haight are published in
the San Francisco papers. Governor Low
reportsa healthy condition of State finances
The treasury is full of money, all demands
are met in cash, the debt has been some
what reduced in spite of extraordinary ex
penditures growing out of the war;


Great progress has been made in the set
Year: 1868

We are indebted to Rev. 4. J. Ryan, the gifted
Southern poet, for manuscript copy of the lines
the death of his brother, Confederate soldier,
who died on one Of the battle-felds of Kentucky.
1t was one of the pieces read at the entertainment
for the benefit of the Catholic orphans. and Father
Ryan's introduction to the reading Of it thrill
lingly pathetic and eloquent, and was received by
the audience attentiveiy, and with the most i'm
pressive silence. The speaker stated that he had
a brother, at the breaking out of the war; who ap-
piled to him for advice regarding the army. He
referred him to their mother to whom the young
patriot wrote appeal Like many Southern
mother, she told him to go and defend the cause
Of his people He died under the Confederate flag
but the speaker would rather have him there
under the soil of Kentucky, i'll soldiers grave,
than living in a down-trodden land The lines
cannOt be read without emotion by any capable
of appreciating the sensation so poetically ex-
pressed.
Year: 1868

A traveller in Virginia, a few
days ago, stopped at i house oc'
cupied by two ladies only. In
the night he heard a noise and
went to the head of the stairs
A negro head appeared, and he
shot it.. Another and he shot that,
then going down stairs he found
a negro in; tho ladies room, and
after shooting him had leisure to
examine and End that both girls
lay with their throats cut.
Year: 1868

THE roads have been excellent FOR haul
ing logs and lumber for the past two
weeks, aud parties engaged in the business
have made good use Of their time. The
prospect is fair for as lively trade In
lumber the present season as we had last
year, and few, If any stations on the line
of the road shipped more than we shipped
from here.
Year: 1868

The crowds of people which throng the
store room of the City Grocery is proof
enough that they are satisfied with the bar
gains they get there, and that they get the
worth of their money. The superior stock
which they always keep on hand, and the
courteous manner shown to all customers
is the reason everybody likes to trade at
Clcaveland 81 Houghton's.
Year: 1868

TIE toothless portion of our inhabitants
are lamontns the non-arrival Of new sets
Of teeth promised them BY a gentleman
whose dental pretontions created quite a
sensation in his place a couple of weeks
ago. They can't bite until they get
their teeth, Or.
Year: 1868

To be turned out of a home, improved by
years of labor, would be great hardship,
vet there are hundreds of men in Marshall
county ut ell times subject TO this misfortune G.
A very large number of titles 10 land in
this County are perfectly worthless as they
stand; bun many OF them can be corrected
and perfected at slight expense. Do you
know reader, that the title to your land is
good? You may find too late that it is not
BY calling at our Abstract office you can
satisfy beyond doubt.


CORBIN & NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Abstract Office over the Bank
Year: 1868

Balance In the Treasury. $4,000


This does not include dollar Of the to De de
rived various sources for 1868 II seydent that the
State abundanty able to meet all her obligations and
that she danger Of bankruptcy at present But
II il said that the railroads do not pay up their interest
promptly the State The State has hrst MORTGAGE
uuon them and can enforce payment she certainly
will The stockholders In the roads may lose by this STEP
but the payers and the state Will De fully protected
The relation OF the State TO her roads IS not generally un
dersOOd She is not stakeholder In them but only IN
dOrses for them "a limited extent for which ndOrse


nent she holds ample security by hTst mortgage upon
them Iti said that some OF the shorter hes Wou se
for a nominal sum. The more Important roads now
ever would more than compensate for the deficiency
and would fully secure the State claim ana protect the


me Tafss letter says that Tennessee is about 70
ask New York capitalists for loan OF 100000 10 enable
her 10 pay the ensuing January interest on the State
either wilfu msstafemeD OF the facts or the writer II
shamefully ignorant Of them The writer ehuckes over


the certainty the State will be forced by the Supreme
Court TO take her entire revenue this year IN old state
bank notes which would drive her into the market again
AS borrower Of money 10 meet her current expenses.
OF course the wIseacTe knows nothing about what me
court will decide He IA determined TO take 1t for granted
in order prove that the state is bankrupt The re-
dempOn OF the notes OF the bank is one thing and the
mode OF redeeming them Is another and altogether differ
en thing but the has not yet decided either point,
and the writer may as well abae his aTdOr.


OF the State debt $23G00O0 or more than twothirds OF
the whole sum- railroad account When the exist
OF four years the damage done TO the roads,
the interruption Of all trade the devastation OF the eOuI
ty and the present money pressure are c0nsdered no
intelligent person will wonder that our railroads are De-
hind with their payments 70 " sl4le Iksss frGflu:s
that they will not pay up ~ the State reeovers
from the shock OF the Our roads only suffer In com
mon with all departments OF business throughout lhe
country. Railway stocks depressed every where
North well South and not only railroads, but manu-
featuring and bank stock. Why hold up Tennessee as
roads do not pay large dividends a this period OF unver
sal stagnation and depression She has over 1900 miles
OF railroads now In operation ana VIII shortly have many
ana the revival of business throughout country
VIII release them from all tbeiy embarrassmcDts.
Year: 1868

Row AT THE Soup P-HoUsE.-Quite row,
on small scale, occurred at the soup
house on yesterday. Our informant states
that as the doors were opened there was o
great rush among those in waiting for posi-
ton inside. In the squeeze attendant
upon it small white girl among the num-
ber was III apparent danger of being
trampled upon by the grown negroes,
eager applicants for soup. A white lady
of known Radical sentiments who was near
by, on a mission of charity, went to the
rescue of the girl, but was ipsulted by a
big, burly negro man, and in return boxed
bis jaws. Complaint was Immediately
made to the officer in command, who had
the lady brought in, and gave her severe
reprimand in what she considered very
rude language. He told her woman was
squeezed to death there last week.
Year: 1868

IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE CotRT OF
APPEALs.-In the case of Matthews Us.
The Commonwealth, which was writ of
error to judgment of the Circuit Court of
Fairfax, by which the plaintiff in error was
sentenced to be hung for murder, the fol-
lowing decision has been made by the Court
of Appeals. A similar decision has been
made in the case of Garner es. The Com
monwealth. The plaintiff in error in that
case. having been sentenced by said Circuit
Court to five years. imprisonment in the
penitentiary for the same murder:


"The Court is Of opinion, for reasons
stated in writing and filed with record,
that according to the true and proper con-
struction of the second section Of chapter
207 Of the Code, as amended by the act
passed April q, 1867, entitled An act to
revise and amend the criminal procedure" !"
(Acts of Assembly 1S66-'67, chapter llS,
page 926,) no person can be put upon trial
for any felony unless an indictment shall
have first been found by grand jury in q
court of competent jurisdiction, and that
as the plaintiff in error was put upon trial
for murder in this case merely upon an in
formation filed by the Commonwealth's
attorney upon his oath Of office, and with
out any indictment having first been found
against her therefor by grand jury, the
said judgment is therefore erroneous.


"Therefore it is considered that the
same be reversed and annulhed, and this
Court proceeding to give such judgment
as the said Circuit Court ought to have
given, it is further considered that The said
information and all the proceedings there
on, including the verdict of the jury, be
set aside; and the cause is remanded to
the said Circuit Court for further proceed
ings to be had therein, in conformity with
the foregoing opinion; which is ordered to
be certified to the said Circuit Court"
Year: 1868

SHIPMENTS OF CoRN.-Strange as it may
appear, this impoverished State still has
some & corn to SELL" One vessel left
here on yesterday with fourteen thou
sand bushels of corn, bound for Boston.
Another, whose capacity is about fifteen
thousand bushels, is loading with the same
cereal, and twill have dispatch" to the
same port.
Year: 1868

The fact-to which we believe there Is no
exception-that all the Submarine Telegraphs
now at work are paying satisfactory, and some
of them very large, dividends to their stock
holders, should encourage judicious and we'll
considered efforts to extend the area of their
benefits. But few years should be suffered to
elapse ere a line down either coast of South
America should connect the ports of Brazil and
the countries bordering on the Rio de In Plata
on the one hand and New Grenada, Ecuador,
Peru, and Chill on the other, through the West
Indies, with this country and with Europe.
Those two lines would not only stimulate In
dustry and Commerce throughout South Amer
lea, but would signally accelerate the march of
Civilization and the establishment of stable and
benefcent rule throughout the fairer and more
genial half Of the New World.


For the present, however, we regard with
more lively interest the enterprise which as
pires to connect the great seaports of China
10y n Submarine Telegraph, American in its
conception and origin, and American likewise,
we trust, in the capital which constructs and
the intellect which controls it, We have
pride in contemplating this Telegraph as
pr0nercd by the youngest to the oldest OF
the great nations into which mankind are
diyided-profered not rs boon, but as
sample of the beneiicent uses to which modern
Science has subjected one of the great occult
forces of Nature, and as an incitemcnt to fur
ther discoveries further adaptations, and fur
ther triumphs.


The directors of the East India Telegraph
Company announce that they expect to be able
to close their books next month with sufli-
cient subscription to insure the prompt con-
struct0n of an efficient line of cable from
Canton to Shanghai, with stations at all the
great intermediate ports. They have received
proposals from London for the construction OF
their cable, and are about to send out an agent
to contract therefor. Believing that the success
of this enterprise must signally cOnduce to the
advantage of China, and thus serve to enhance
the prestige of our country and her people
with the entire Mongolian race, and that, under
good management, it must prove largely profit
abe to its stockholders, we extend to 1t our
hearticst good wishes, and hope to announce,
at no distant day, its triumphant completion.
Year: 1868

Each DAYS record of the bloodshed at the
South grows longer and longer. This morning
we print details of the murders in the Parish
of st. Landry, Louisiana, showing wholesale
slaughter of negroes, and determination TO
drive every white Unionist from Opclousas J;
the shocking story of the murder of bride
groom and serious wounding of bride at her
parents house. in the presence OF her friends
and in the very midst of the nup-
tial ceremony /; and the killing of several negro
convicts on the line of the Central Virginia
Railroad. The Rebel uprising at the South
grows day by day more bloody and alarming
In the turbulence they have aroused, it is not
ALWAYS possible to sec who are the parties inn
mediately at fault But we know who famed
this spirit into its present lurid flame. we
know who resolved in Tammany Hall
that the Reconstruction acts are un-
constitutional, revolutionary, null, and void.
We know who declared that we must have
President who will execute the will OF the
people by tramplng into the dust the usurpa-
tions of Congress known as the Reconstruction
acts-that we must compel the army to undo
its usurpations at the South and disperse the
carpet-bag State Governments. Freemen OF
PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio, Indiana! show the South
next Tuesday that the vast majority at
the North do not approve these revolutionary
councils. and are Mortified at their murderous
rnsults
Year: 1868

Gen. Hancock, if not engaged in doing good
by stealth, is at least likely to do good he never
intended. The wound which he received while
fighting for his country has reopened, and is
giving him so much trouble that he will be
unable for at least a month yet to undergo the
fatigue of the journey from st. Louis to Wash
ington to attend the Dyer court martial. In
consequence, it appears probable that the court
will have to be postponed and that the Ten
nesseeans will thus be relieved from the uncom-
Portable prospect of Gordon Granger as sue
cessor to George III. Thomas.
Year: 1868

announced in the Supreme Court of New-York
that he will hear no causes, either at Circuit
or at Oyer and Termner, until next term, so
that he may devote himself exclusively to the
business of naturalization. Has Judge Barnard
reflected what grave injury he is doing by this
unnecessary delay, not only to numerous suitors
in civil cases, but to persons who must lie in
iail or under bonds while he is looking after
the interests of Tammany Hallf There are
several courts competent and ready to give
naturalization papers, and even If there were
not it is entirely improper for Judge to de-
range the course of justice for the convenience
of men who have postponed until the last hour
an affair which they might have attended to
almost any day Of the year.
Year: 1868

The party which proves its patriotism by
striving TO depreciate the credit of its
Government is as unfortunate in the
time as in the manner of its attack. In the
midst of the Democratic rcjoicings over the
declaration of an irresponsible but pretentious
manufacturer of campaign documents. that we
were running deeper and deeper in debt. and
were in reality bankrupt, comes the monthly
statement of the Public Debt by tho
Secretary Of the Treasury Ruined as wo are
beyond possibility of rescue we have contrvcd
in the last month to pay OF round million Of
our debt, beside paying all current expenses rs
they occur. If we leave out of the account the
Pacific Railroad bonds, which arc not actual
debt, since we have satisfactory guarantee
for their repayment, the decrease Q the
National Debt in TIC last month Is orer
fire million dollars! Sure as we are, according
to Demar, to have heavier expenditures and
lighter receipts, the Democratic Secretary OF
the Treasury announces his belief that this
month our receipts will be heavier than in the
past one, that our expenditures will be lighter,
and that in consequence yet larger reduction
| of the National Debt will be secured!


Republicans every slanderous invention of
the public enemy recoils with ten-fold force
upon his own head. The official figures now
given by the Secretary Of the Treasury himself
show that the late carnival of falsehood about
the national finances is utterly groundless
Steadily and surely the struggling ship, in
spite of treachery in the crew, false lights on
the shore, makes into harborl Courage, friends!
Let us work all together for one week more
and next Tuesday the good craft Will round-to
| in safe anchorage
Year: 1868

The Speaker of the Georgia House of Rep
resentatives is wag That honorable body,
having turned out the troublesome Republican
minority, is now solemnly congratulated on its
unanimity! The waggish official further advised
the body that disfranchised at one blow twenty
three counties in the State, for no reason save
that their taste in the matter of Representatives
did not coincide with the taste Of the Rebels,
that they should continue to take Wisdom,
4" Justice, and Moderation" for their motto!
These be fine words, masters. But if what is
now going on in Georgia and elsewhere through
the South be called Wisdom, Justice, and
Moderation" then we'd like to take little OF
the other things by way of variety
Year: 1868

The cotton crop of Egypt is said to be this
year uncommonly large. If this prove true, the
effect on prices in this country must be felt in
some degree for although the quality of Egyp-
tan cotton is inferior to our own, and requires
peculiar process of manufacture, still it can
enter into large amount OF second-class Ia
brics, while good deal of machinery adapted
to it was adjusted during and at the close OF
the war, and is now ready for operation. The
effect upon Egypt herself may be of the ut
most Importance. During the high prices OF
cotton the people were, in manner, expert
mentng in the best methods OF cultivation,
and it would seem that the large crop OF this
wear is final result of their experiments. 1t
is known that the soil Of Egypt cannot well be
exhausted, inasmuch as what is abstracted by
one crop is restored by deposits from the over
flow of the Nile. Thus 1t is not at all improb-
able that the Shareholders Rebellion, beside
elevating the standard of labor in the New
World, may contribute largely to a revival in
industry in country long oppressed, though
once the seat of high civilization.
Year: 1868

The indefatigable Miss Anthony seems to
have differed from some of her Copperhead as
sociates in New-York journalism as to the
proper subjects for the consideration of the
State Convention of Colored Men which met
yesterday at Utica. Instead of urging upon
them to devote themselves to "raising the
prices of ice-crcam, whitewashing, and wait
"ing at table, she wants them to remember
the claims of colored women to the ballot"
We affectionately invite the attention of the
ice-cream philosopher and humanitarian to this
heresy Of a recruit
Year: 1868

A woman and her daughter burned to death,
and the whole crew of a vessel, five persons
only excepted, perishng with them in the
flames, are the latest warning against the care
lessness with which so many of our steam ves-
sells are managed. With abundance of boats
to save everybody, the propeller Perseverance
was so nearly destroyed yesterday morning on
Lake Ontario before the flames were discov-
cred that only one could be launched, and
only four men and boy could be got into
tbat
Year: 1868

The Nashville Banner, a Democratic journal,
is out in favor of negro suffrage. 1t sees the
handwriting on the wall. Connecticut may
help others to a clearer vision, and after next
Tuesday we shall have plenty of Wade Hamp-
tons reading in the light of that days election
returns the lesson of their backsliding blunder,
and fastening to do first works meet for re-
Year: 1868

The increase of coin in the Treasury, inde-
dependent of sales and payment of interest Is
reported from Washington to be nine and
quarter millions of dollars. Cannot the Sey-
mourites find in this fresh occasion for assault
ING the national credit, and fresh proof that
we are going to the bad as fast as bankrupt
Treasury can carry usi
Year: 1868

The Alabama Legislature has wisely settled
the question of choosing Presidential electors
by providing for their election at the polls after
the customary manner; and has made what
seem to be wise regulations for insurng fair
and free expression of the peoples will.