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Year: 1868

An ACr relating to the Supreme Court of the


United States.


Be IL enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-,
sentatires Of The United States Of Ameriea in Con-
gress assembled, That in case Of a vacancy in the
Office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court OF
the United States, or of his inability to discharge
the powers and duties of the said office, the same
shall devolve upon the associate justice of said
court whose commission is senior in time, until
such inability shall be removed or another ap,
pointment shall be duly made aud the person so
appointed shall be duly qualified, and this act
shall apply to every person succeeding to the
Office OF Chief Justice pursuant to its provisions.


Approved, June 25, 1868.
Year: 1868

not having been returned by him to the house
of Congress in which it originated within the
time prescribed by the Constitution of the United
States, has become law without his approval
Year: 1868

rI'rom the savannah Republican, Jan. "a


ON wednesday bloody murder discovered TO
have been committed in Eningham county As III. tale
~ told. the 24th OF last month a white man. en-
trsly unknown and supposed 10 be foreigner went
the cabin OF the Augusta road, seventeen
miles from the city drew out this staple which held the
paddock and entered the place and stole half peck OF
ground peas He caught by the OF the cabin
who I'm company with three others stripped the man.
then red him 10 tree and with n whip gave him
sunsring victim hose NohDg said about the
matter until wednesday last, when some negroes who
wero proving IN the swamp Suddenly had revealed TO
their gaze sickening sight There 10 tho swamp. up
10 that time hidden from mortal sight lay the body Of
whs manor rather the remains OF the body The
flesh upon the head and part OF the body was eaten
away. The negroes gathered up what was left OF the
body and carried 10 out OF the swamp, and notice
OF their discovery aud coropers fury called 20
nvesti gate the matter. there two bullet wounds
n tho hsad-cne ia the back part. the other In tho
sids When the negroes lifted tho body up .hp bullet


IN tho back part OF the head dropped out Ths boy
found about mile from where the whipping occurred.
Ihers just enongh Of the fcsh OF tho back sti
attached 10 the erirsmcs OF the body for tho marks
be seen that led TO the belief that the remains were
those Of the man who had been whipped. There the


esh plainly and distinctly visible the marks Of the
hash, the wcs raised by the blows struck by negroes
10 IS generally believed that s the same person, and
the natural conclusion r. thssAsr their VIC
tim these bsrbarous ssvagss terminated his existence
negro was arrested on suspicion OF having been
osrnsd in The matter and lodged In jail In Springfield
Year: 1868

How sweet to the taste Is the Irish potato
As momory awak, MS thought of tho plfnt;
It's dark verdant yne-top and beautiful blossoms,
In pleasing transition my memory haunt.
Aye thought Of tho root Ia profuslon once grow.


ing,


On the broad sunny hill slope adjoining the mill
At the homestead, how many We raised there's nc


knowing,


For some we're but small ones, aud few in the


hill.


The mealy potato, the Irish potato.


The thin-skinned potato that grew on the hill
That delcotablo plant would praise While I'm


able,


For often at noon. when returned from the field
found Il superior 10 all on the table.
The best favored edible nature could yield
With what eager appetite. sharpened by labor.
piled knife and fork with hearty good will
Alas there aro none Of the old fashioned flavor,
None like the "rcal smons' that grew On the


hill.


The mealy potato. the Irish potato,


The thin skinned potato that grew On tue hili
How prime from the fuIl-heapgn dish 70 receive H.
As poised on my fork it asccnds To my mouth
No appeal TO the palate could tempt mo to leave it
Though affected by ''rot' or n long summer,


drouth
And now, fhr removed from that loved situation,
Where used to PsriAke of the root to my all
Fancy fain would revert TO my fathers plantation,
And sigh for the kidneys that grew on tho hill
The mealy potato, the Irish potato,


The lhin-skinued potato tha, grew on the bill
Year: 1868

my and justice, and whose whole history
proves that ii will redeem those pledges.
Your army must be reduced your freed
mems bureau abolished; your military
desrotism uprooted, the expenditures Of
the government reduced one half. the
taxes reduced in the same proportion
the horde Of tax-gathcrcrs must be called
in whenever they can possibly be dis
pensed with; the most rigid economy
must be introduced into every branch of
the government: and our outstanding
bonds, as speedily as possible without IN
jury to the country, be paid off in pre-
else conformity with the contract upon
which they were issued. Without these
reforms. destruction, speedy and inevita-
BILE is upon us. And | would say in all
kindness to the bond oligarchy that your
only hope of escape from irretr;evable
ruin depends upon your calling in your
mercenary pack of slaDderers of the only
party that is for justice, economy. and
strict and sacred preservation of the pub
lie faith. The path in which we are now
travelling leads to inevitable ruin and
bankruptcy, and if perseyered in for any
considerable length of time, your bonds
will not be worth the paper on which
they are written. Aid us 10 rescuing the
people from the expressions that are
grinding them into the dust ask for no.
more On your bonds than the people have
agreed to pay you; do not seek TO escape
your share Of the burdens of govern
ment; and the public faith, l will guar
antee, will be sacredIy preserved, and
you may live to green old age in happi-
ness and prosperity.
Year: 1868

GEN. BUTLER's VERSION OF THE Spoon
SroRY.-General Butler has had another
talk" with a short hand reporter Of the
Boston Traveller in which he explains and
denies many of the charges brought against
him by bis personal and political opponents.
Most Of the "talk" would be of too little in
terest to the general reader to render it wor-
thy publishing. We make few extracts
from the more interesting passages:


:" There have been many anonymous and
Virulent ISLANDERS ON me to which could not
reply, and which have always thought best
simply to permit to die Of their own yiru-
lence"


The Nation" remarked, ''once made
that its most serious charge against you. -
Why have you not answered these serious
chargesF'


Because" answered Butler, ''if should
entirely snuff out some of them, as it would
be easy to do, and then not answer the next
that nv eaemies should bring up, they would
Immediately say that he would reply to it if
he could. aud so construe my silence into
conviction. and life would be too short to an
swer all that rebel malignity could suggest
If any person chooses to believe that COM
manding General Of Department would
steal spoons when by simple order be could
control millions of money. he will so believe
because his own mind is SO constituted that
he knows he would have stolen spoons if he
bad the opportunity"


"By the by. General 1 interrupted.
would you care to tell how that charge
about spoons was first started ?"


Certainly" he said 9 the history of
that charge is curious enc. After the fall
of Richmond, when the semi-rebel Legsla-
ture was in session, it was reported that
was to be sent down there 10 take command
an the place of Ord. One Flnt-Ithink that
was his name-who was a member of the
Legislature. introduced resolution advising
the people, in view Of my coming, to lock up
their spoons. The resolution, of course, was
Immediately rejected, but the cry was taken
up by the rebel newspapers. and has now
become the staple of Democratic wit against
me. Flint, however, its author, who was
then Navy Agent at Norfolk, was soon
after found defaulter to the Government to
large amount and ran away to England.
He illustrated the fact have stated-he
knew he would steal spoons as he did the
Government money"
Year: 1868

"PRAcTICE AT THE BAR Whoever
stoppeth at the bar of him who bar te,s
distilled barley, drawn from a bar rel,
bars himself from ever advancing at the
bar of life. He will live like bar. bar
ian--an outcast from civilized society
and his memory will be to him as bar
bed arrow. when he thinks OF the bad bar.
gains he made when under the influence
OF BARN. His bark will founder Oh tie
sand. bars in the stream Of life, and his
life will be bar rem Of any good, in conse.
quence of the ban rier he has placed be
tween himself aud the world. and no bar d
will chant bar at his de- barking
Year: 1868

It is the height of folly to suppose that
the President does not mediate. under
certain circumstances. violent solution
of the present situation. We have alrea.
dy, endeavored to alarm our readers. Bet
ter false alarm than fatal apathy or a
smiling increiulity. We have also en-
deavored elsewhere in these columns to
show that the question of violence depends
very much upon the result of the elections
of the autumn. If, from any Indifference
of feeling, the Republican party declines
to poll its full strength, and the Demo-
cratic party regains power, the President
will undoubtedly forcibly resist process
of impeachment, should Congress think
ft to proceed with it.


Nor is it wise to regard such warning
as mere electioneering trick. The De.
mocratic papers, whose interest is to luIl
public apprehension. may loudly say this,
but no man who has watched the Presi


dent, and who understands the force OF
I human passions. will think so. Nor is
it of any importance to demonstrate that
violence upon the Presidents part would
be hopeless and utterly futile. Men in
his position do not reason. They do not
clearly calculate chances. A desperate
and ignorant aud passionate man strikes
indeed blindly and wildly, but he strikes
! Does the country fully understand this ?
Do the people perceive that the peril is
vital and imninent9 .!Do they. see that
it is not enough to wait for impeachment
by Congress, because a Democratic sue
cess at the polls would be Interpreted by
the President as popular verdict agains,
Congress? Do they feel that the peace
of the county depends upon the election:
Of this autumn as much as its safety huug
upon that of 1864? If Ohio and Penn.
sylyania and New York fully understand
this we have no fear Of the result. /


they do not, every man and woman il
the country ought to fear the worst.


We comaend to our friends in all thost
States the following extract from lette


which we have just received from Wash
ipgton, written by perfectly calm aut
capable observer, who served through tht
} late war: "Do people up North appreciate
that we are on the eve of great events
Straws show which way the wind blows


and from little things that |. am enabled
J to see in military circles it is evident tha
, they think it not ct all unlikely that
} their swords may have to fly out at any
; moment; and they keep them we'll sharp
! ened AMI loose in the scabbards, ready
for the contingency, ,-Harper's Weekly
Year: 1868

once heard young lady say to an
individual: "Your countenance to me is
like the rising sun; for it always glad
dens me with cheerful look " A merry
OF cbee,ful countenance was always ore
of the things which Jeremy Taylor said
his enemies or prosecutors could not take
from him. There are some persons who
spend their lives in this world as they
would spend their lives if shut up in a
dungeon. Every thing is made gloomy
and forbidding. They go mourning and
complaining from day to day that they
have so little, and are constantly anxious
lest what little they have will escape ou'
of their hands. They look always on
the dark side, and can never enjoy the
good that is present for the evil that is tc
como. That is no religion. Religion
naketh the heart cheerful: and when it'
large and benevolent principles are exer
cised, mer will be happy in spite Of them
selves. The Industrious bee does no
complain that there are so many poison
Gus flowers and thorny brai ches in hi
road, but buzzes on. selecting the honey
where he can find 'it.'aud passes quietly
by the places where it is not There il
enough in this world to complain abou
and find fault with, if men have the dis
position. We often travel on hard aut
uneven roads but with cheerful spiri
we may walk therein with comfort, an,
come to the end Of our journey in peace. =
DR.. Dewsy
Year: 1868

The HAIR-Stiff hair is sometimes a
sign of obstinacyi sleek locks denote pa
tience; Gully head is always accompan-
led by wit and love of pleasure. Bald
ness is the sign CT active mind, unless the
bald man brush his back hair forward to
cover the front; that is the mark Of a
mean and vulgar spirit--or, which is
still worse, unless he wears wig, in
which case he must, uDquestionably, be
classed among the snobs Premature
gray hair denotes misanthropy, continued
suffering, whether physical or moral, ex-
cessive labor or dissipation. With regard
to those abundant locks which time il
powerless to bleach, they are the badge Of
an even disposition, and of mediocie
intellect
Year: 1868

memory Of the lust ono remains. Who,
then, is there to rebel, If neither the Demo.
Gratis nor the South? Tho South rebelled
because they were defeated, and could not
succeed in their plans. There ore none to
iuauguratc rebellion and war except those
same truly loyal men who now talk about
war. Nobody but this same valiant Re.
publican party to raise rebellion to satisfy
their thirst for revenge at their disappoint.
ment and loss Of power, and to cover up the
traces Of their misdeeds. 1t will be with
them alone to introduce strife which will
be fercer and bloodier than the last.


The election Of Seymour and Blair will be
Of Immense benefit to the country. They
will come to the administration Of public af.
fairs endorsed by the people-their election
will check usu-pation, prodigality and waste.
Their election will afford chance for tho
investigation Of what has become of all this
money, Of all these thousands Of millions Of
dollars. The Democrats do not fear it, for
the last eight years, aud their skirts are
clean. But somebody has been stealing, and
stealing a good deal, and the people want to
know who it was, and the search that will
be made hereafter in that direction will be
sharp and Close"
Year: 1868

A letter from Japan says: The burning
Of the dead is largely practiced among the
Japanese; and Of the thirty.fve different
forms Of worship practiced here equally
false-but two demand burial in preference
to incremaiiou. My acquaintance with their
mode Of buryiog the dead is limited to two
funerals, which casually came before my
notice. On one occasion I was returning
from walk, and my path led beside one of
the little cemeteries near Kobi, in which a
small parry was gathered. 1t was the hour
Of sunset. a fiitius time for an event Of
tender sorrow. The mourners were dressed
entirely in white, which conlrasted with the
gaudy robes Of small group Of priests
The corpse, in lis enclosure, lay upon bier,
and an Offering Of green lice and Of flowers
was made as though to the names Of the
dead. Then came the beating Of bells and
the c'ang of cymbals. The receptacle which
contained the corpse was shaped like a half
barrel, and in this the dead was placed in
sitting posture, and all vacant places were
filed with combustibles.


The iiieuds now all gathered round it and
commenced low, plaintive chant, SO monot-
ouous that it seemed merely the repetition
Of name, which I suppose to have been
that of one of their dietics. They then
separated, and only a few remained to at
tend to the final service. The receptacle or
coffin was placed over a stone trough and
covered with heap of fuel. All gathered
in close circle, and the nearest of kin Tin
this instance wife) applied the torch, aud
as the flames assembled the monotonous chant
and the sound Of cymbals were renewed in
mouruiul concert. Excessive siief was de.
Gently restrained, except in the case of
little boy about ten years cd, who wept
pi'ously, and was taken aside to BE- COM
forted. The group broke, and one after the
other departed, leaving the wife above re-
ferred to alone, the image Of sorrow, and
apparently unable to tear herself from the
ashes Of her husband.
Year: 1868

RADICAL patriotism pays we'll. The pres.
ent loyal Congress will have had not less
than seven sessions, when it shall adjourn,
to the joy Of the people, on the fourth Of
March, 1869. Seven sessions secure the
mileage of every loyal member no less than
seven times; and the matter Of mileage
alone costs the people for this Congress not
less than million of dollars. For seven
consecutive visits to Washington the Radi.
cal member Of Congress puts his hand into
the treasury of his beloved country seven
times, with unctuous thanks to Heaven that
he is no copperhead. The salary Of q mem.
Der of the Fortieth Congress will not bc less
than ten thousand dollars year, inclusive
Of mileage for those even who are compar.
lively near tho capital. For the Buffers and
Washburns, the Nyes and Pomeroys, who
dwell at distance, it will bc more than
double ten thousand. Why then should
not these patriots make frequent adjourn
ments and draw much mileage? ltis the
only way they can be compensated for their
great service in saving the country.
Year: 1868

What sad mistake it is to suppose that a
man should be gloomy because he is devout. as
if misery were acceptable to God on its own ac
count, and happiness an offence against his dig
nifty. A modern writer of much wisdom and
pith says:


There is secret of unbelief amongst some
men that God is displeased with mans happi
ness, and so they slink about creation, ashamed
and afraid to enjoy anything |"


These are the people of whom Hood says:
They think they re pious when they re only
bilious


! A good man is almost always cheerful one.
1t is fit that bad men scowl, look blue and mel
ancholy, but he who has Gods smile of appro
baton upon him should show his radiance in
his countenance. DR.. johnson said he ''neyer
knew villain in his life that he was not, on the
whole, an unhappy dog" And well he may be.
And an honest man-the man with good con-
science-let him enjoy his sleep, and his dinner
and love of his wife and the prattle of his chill.
dren, and show beaming face to his neighbor.
Surely there is no worse theology than that
which teaches that He who has given such full
ness of joy to beasts and birds delights in the
misery of men or, that having filled us with
gladness, we ought to give the lie to His good
ness by wearing faces beclouded with woe. and
furrowed with pretended happiness.
Year: 1868




WELL SAID The Petersburg Enpress has
the following manly and feeling paragraph,
which we endorse with all our heart. Says the
Express:


1.-THE New York Times regards the draping
of this paper on Memorial Day, as one of the
unfriendly symptoms of Southern opinion. We
regret that such conclusions should be drawn.
But be this as it may-the North may as we'll
understand at once and forever that no persecu-
ton, however severe; no malignity, however en-
venomed no considerations of policy however
patent, can withdraw the great Southern heart
from its ceaseless ward and watch at the graves
of those who yainly died that their people might
be free We have no desire to connect these
memorial tributes with the political agitations
of the hour. They involve sentiment too sa-
cred for such associations. The noble spirits
who constitute our glorious army of marters,
fill place in the affections of the South which
absorbs every thought and affords no room for
the contentious of earth.
Year: 1868

We have thought of innumerable reasons
why Grant is like an army mule. He's always
branded. IF the laws are executed they We
got him on the hip. He's branded U. S. He
can't tell whether that is his name or not He
don't talk much He smokes when hot He
cannot for the life of him make speech out
Of his ,caooin' tongue He doesn't often stand
steady on two legs He doesn't get corned as
often as he'd like to. He would be donkey
but for his relation to horses.-Inder ah
Year: 1868




WHEN AND WHERE THE Day BEGINs.-As
we travel eastward, the day begins earlier near
the equator starlight appears an hour earlier
for each thousand miles going east. When it
is sunrise in New York, the people of Europe
have had sun light for many hours, and the
Cahfornlans are still in their beds dreaming
Evidently the day has first beginning and at
the eastward. But how far and where? Who,
are the people who first see the light OF Mon
day morning?


1t is the sun which brings the day; where
does he first bring Monday? live could travel
with him, we might find out. Let us suppose
a case. We will take an early start. at
SUNRISE on Sabbath morning, with the sun lust
at the point of peeping over the horizon behind
US. As we go. the people give US Sabbath
greeting; we bring with US to Pittsbure, St.
Louis, Salt Lake, San Francisco. At San
francisco, our faithful chronometer informs ms
that we have been on the tramp about five
hours. But we started ON Sabbath morning
and 1t is Sabbath morning still We 90 on.
still on Sabbath morning. VIII this Sabbath
morning never end? The quiet Pacific knows
very little of Sabbath or any other day. and our
question scarcely receives an echo for reply
When we get to Yokohoma, in Japan, or
Shanghai, in China, we search for some Yankee
wide awake in early morning, and we are told
for the first time that Monday has come. Every
where now We bring Monday, ami in twenty
four hours, by the chronometer, after starting.
we are in New York again, and find the mer
chants taking down their shutters, and the
Monday newspapers telling US what has hap
pened during our absence.
Year: 1868

.


WAR-Give ME the money that has been
spent in war, and will purchase every foot OF
land upon the globe. | will clothe every man,
woman and child in an attire Of which kings
and queens would be proud. / will build a
school house on every hillside and in every val
ley over the earth l will build an academy in
every town and endow it; a college in every
State, and ell it with able professors | will
crown every bill with place of worship, con-
secrated to the PRONUNCIATION of the Gospel of
Peace-I will support in every pulpit an able
teacher of righteousness, so that on every Sab
bath morning the chime ON one hill should an
swer to the chime on another around the earth $
wide circumference-and the voice of prayer
and the song of praise should ascend like un-
iversal holocaust to Heaven. Rufus 4Steeens.


The easiest way to get living, says a vaga-
bond poet, is sit on gate and wait for good
luck In case good luck don't come along, you
you are no worse off than you were before.
Year: 1868

A practical demonstration was lately


given at the College Of the City of New


York of the working and power Of a new
electro magnetic motor or engine, invented


BY Laban Clarke Stuart. The experiments
were made by Prof. r. Ogden Doremus, in
the presence of several scientific gentle
men, whose applause was frequently
evoked. The new invention consists in
the appliance of electricity to magnets, by


which the motion is obtained the mag
nets are fastened to a cylinder, which re-


wolves when the electric wires are attached
to it. With a galvanic battery Of forty
cups, the engine is capable of making FIVE
hundred revolutions minute, equal to
one-tenth of horse power; with larger
magnets, but without any addition being
made to the electric force, increased mo-
mentum is obtained Where twenty cups
are used, as demonstrated yesterday, only
one hundred and twenty oscillations a
minute are given to the cylinder, so that
the greater the amount OF electricity and
the size of the magnets correspOndingly
greater becomes the accelerstiOn. The
cost of running an engine of this sort at
tWO-horse power is estimated at Sl2 day.
lis salient features are claimed to be the
continuity Of the electrical current, and
the consequent continuity and steadiness
Of its movements; its cheapness and small
size; and its saving Of insurance. During
his demonstration, Prof Doremus gave an
illustration of the explosive qualities of
he placed quantity of
the compound liquid in a capsule, and
then impregnated it with galVanic heat,
but until he touched the bottom Of the.
vessel which contained it, it did not burn.
-THs Week.