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Year: 1868

TIE SorTu AND THE PREsIDENCY.-Some
Of the most influential Southern papers declare
emphaticaly that, as between a war democrat
and peace democrat in connection with the
democratic nomination for the presidency, the
for the most available candidate. without refer
ence to his antecedents What the South wish
cs is to see the radical candidate defeated
Year: 1868

you go home now, and have another
nightmare ~


But hardly had the words escaped his
lips, when a shrek broke on the air,
and a Woman's voice plainly coming
Z from the interior Of the cottage, cried:


ssHelp help help :"


t'Bpn,D said I, tive are wanted at the
cross roads,'' and then understanding
each other, without more words we
made our way to a window, through
which light shOns. A muslin curtain
draped the panes, but through il saw
an awful sight.


An old man lay on the floor, and
over him bent rufhan, clutching his
throat, and holding pistol to his ear,
while another man grasped shriekiug
girl by the arm-a girl in a floating
night dress-With such long golden hair
as belonged to the girl of my vision.


Not moment was to be wasted.


Ben flung his weight against the sleu-
der lattice and crushed it in, and we
grappled the rufhans before they knew
whence the attack came, or how many
foes were upon them.


I do not intend to describe the strug-
gle indeed could not if I would,
But we were strong men, and inspired
by the cries of the helpless old man and
the terrified girl; we soon had one of
the villains bound, and the other lying
PROSTATE on the floor.


Then Ben started for assistance, and
before morning both were in jail, Ben
admitting, as we shook each other by
the hand, that s'we were wanted at the
cross roads, y


The old man was not a miser, but he
had saved some few thousands for his
old age, and living more plainly than
he need have done, had given rise 10
the rumOr, and so brOught the burglars
to che cross roads in she hope OF his
booty.


The girl, beautiful creature of sew
entern, was his granddaughter, and as
no story is acceptable 10 the lady read
ers without a flavor of romance, / viii
tell them, that she became ih after
years, not my wife, but the wife OF my
darling brother Ben
Year: 1868

Poultry rsiscrs differ somewhat in their
views as TO the best mode of killing fowls.
Some advise to cut the neck and let the
blood all run out before dressing. Others
think this renders the meat less sayoTy
than If a portion ofthe blood were retained
in the body. The Poultry Chronicle IA,
vors killing by breaking the neck-thc
mode generally practiccd 10y dealers-be-
cause causing almost instant death, and
giving better flavor to the flesh than when
all the blood is drained. II adds:-Thc
bird Is taken by the legs and wings iD ilc
left hand, while the head is taken In the
right, the body and neck being stretched
to their extreme length; the head is then
bent backwards and pulled az the same
time. Dislocation takes place, and the
body is held in that position for two or
three minutes for the blood to run into ths
neck. Then and not till then plucking
should begin.
Year: 1868

To be able TO get dinner, to sweep the
room make garment, tend the baby, wod
add greatly to the list of a young lady's ac-
complishmcnts. Can we behold more
lovely sight than the eldest daughter of
a family, standing in tie sweet simplicity
of her new womanhood, by the side of her
her? Always ready with helping hand,
and a cheerful smile for every emergency,
she is an angel of love, aud blessing TO
the home circle.
Year: 1868

''Since the closed In lss5 the Government hss


spent for its expenses in addition TO its payment
principal and interest ofpubc debt more than one
thousand million dollars OF this sum there has
been nearly eight hundred millions spent on the Ar
my and Navy. and for military purposes. This is
nearly third Of the national debt. This was
spent in time of peace"
Year: 1868

Whatever difference of opinion there
may be about the wisdom or propriety
ofinstituting proceedings for the i'm
peachment of the President, we think
there can be no doubt his acquittal
would be great public calamity. 1t
would be q triumph for the enemies of
the country, which would foment the
spirit of Observation-Disclosures and rebellion
that has thus far prevented the
settlement OF questions whose settle
ment must precede peace and harmo-
ny. Its Influence would be especially
disastrous to the South, W here 1t would
be hailed as the first step towards the
restoration of the South to power, and
the ultimate revival of. the "Lost
Cause" 1t would protract indefinitely
the work of reconstruction, and per-
petuate for years the strife, the discord
and lawlessness which now peryade
the States lately in rebellion.


The rebel element in this State would
be stimulated TO increased effort at the
coming election, to get control of the
State government and elect a rebel
Senator to the Senate of the United
States, while Union men would be cor
respondingly disheartened.. rgt
/ The Senators from this State are
sometimes classed by Washington
gossip as likely to vote for the acquittal
OF the President. What foundation
there may be for such rumors we, of
course, have no means of knowing.
We have already expressed the opin-
ion, and have no doubt, they will vote
according to their honest convictions,
and under full sense Of the responsi-
bilities that rest upon them. But we
must be permitted to say that from a
pretty extensive acquaintance with Re.
publIcans of the State, we do not know
one who would not be paiued and
mortified, if they should deem 1t their
duty to vote for the Presidents ac-
quittal.


West Virginia Republicans unlver-
sally believe it "high crime and
misdsmeanor" in the President to use
his official patronage and power to pre-
vent the execution of the laws OF the
United States, by removing faithful su-
bordinates, such as Sheridan, sickles
and Pope, for no other reason than that
they had sincerely and In good faith
sought to execute thelaws according to
their true intent. The appointment of
General Thomas as Secretary of War
ad interim, when there was no vacancy,
In violation OF law, his recognition as
such in Cabinet councils and otherwise
during the whole whole progress of the
impeachment trial, seem TO the unso-
phisticated Republicans OF West vir-
giniR not to be In accordance with the
Presidents oath of Office to s'see the
laws, faithfully executed" involving
him in the guilt of moral perjury, very
like "a high crime and misdemeanor."
We trust and believe our Senators are
of like opinion, and will feel it consis-
tent with their sense of duty to express
the wish OF their people when they
come to say for West Virginia whether
or not Andrew johnson deserves ex-
pulsion from the executive chair of the
nation. ,al-4 .s13AJ tEEI "a
Year: 1868

The Nashville Press and Times of the 26th
of September, says:


{" The details of a terrible decd of blood
reached US yesterday from Hawkins county.
The victim was j. G. Willis, himself the mur.
derer of man named Sizemore, who fell by
bullet from his pistol, about year ago, in
the same county.


Between this Willis aud one Barton bad
feeling has been growing for some time, and
they thirsted for each others blood. At
length the devil favored their wish, and they
met on Sunday last on the banks of the Clinch
river, few M les east of Rogersvile. Willis
was half drunk, and was on his way home
from distillery in the hills, where he had
been drinking and gaming for three days.


The other man, it is said, was just leaving
religious gathcringi iE the woods. They met
in lonely place; both were mounted. The
moment they came in sight of each other, at
a sharp bend in the road, they were not more
than twenty yards apart, and their horses were
going at a good trot. When they pulled up
the animals heads touched each other. They
halted and let their bride reins drop,


Willis belt came loose, and his pistol fell
down on his horses back. He partially turn
ed round to pick it up: and while in this act,
his assailunt fired and struck Willis in the side.
i
the, horse which he was riding turned and
gallopod off, dragging him considerable dis
tance. His foot caught in projecting root,
willie the other remained in the stirrup.-
The violence Of the jerk literally wrenched
his thigh bone from the socket, while the
saddle girth broke, and he was left on the
ground. groaning. When the enemy rode up
and dismounted, Willis saw the evil design
in his eye, and begged of him to give him
respite to see his wife. But he would allow
no respite-not even to utter short prayer,
but sternly told the man he should die
Willis implored mercy, the blood streaming
from his side, and the agony of his torn limb
working his face into fearful cOntortiOns.-
He clasped his hands together and begged
mercy, mercy, but there was none. The
monster deliberately put his pistol to the al
most dying mans forehead, and shot his brains
out. He then mounted his horse, and rode
to a friends house, to whom he detailed the
particulars of the murder, took three or four
drinks of whiskey and left. He has not been
heard from since"
Year: 1868

A Strong Indictment against the Radical
Party. -


Senator Henderson, of Missouri, made a
speech on Tuesday afternoon in the court room
at Bowling Green, Missouri. The court room
was pretty we'll filed containing some three
hundred persons, large majority of whom
were Democrats.


There was much in his speech that we
heartily approved. His arraisnment of the
Radical party for its bad legislation was very
Just and true. He showed that the legislation
of the party in power for the past few years
was disastrous to the best interests of the
country. His expose of the impeachment
farce was able and cutting and his denuncia-
tion of Butler very severe but not undeserv-
ing. lie denounced him as coward: liar,
and thief, and seventy times meaner than
Danton of the bloody French revolution


The action of Congress in spending time
in sending out committees to manufacture
falsehoods, at the expense of millions of dollars
to the people, received a cutting and merited
rebuke. He said if Butler was member of
the Republican party, he was not He said
impeachment was the most damnable crime
ever attempted since the dethronement and
death of Charles l., and had it succeeded the
crimes of Oliver Cromwelrs day would have
been repeated in this country. His review of
the trial of the President was scathing, and
said in his twenty years. experience at the
bar he had never witnessed such contempt
ibIe farce. And he gave notice to Radical
candidates that he wanted them all to under
stand that the man who assailed his vote for
the acquittal of the President could not get
his vote. ''For," said he, che who does it is
dishonest and liar" In casting that vote
he had done Justice, and if the Republican
party isto lie injured by doing justice it ought
to go down.


lie reviewed at some length the test oath
and registration law of this State, and said
they ought to be repealed He said dislran-
chisement in the time of peace was the essence
of tyranny. lie was for burying the hatchet,
and lie who was opposed to it should leave the
State. He maintained that every man should
be considered innocent until proven guilty by
competent testimony. lie said the Supreme
Court of the United States had decided the
test oath &C post .titcto, and urged that the
Radicals should humbIy acknowledge that
they had done wrong, and nominate men
pledged to repeal all odous and proscriptive
measures and let every man vote.


Louisiana (lNo.) Journal, Sep. 10.
Year: 1868

Ex Attorney General Stanberry addressed
a Democratic meeting in Lancaster, Ohio, on
Saturday week. His speech was mainly de-
voted to an argument against the Congress
sional plan of reconstruction, and he said that
he had made up his mind to oppose these
revolutionary measures, In conclusion he
spoke as follows:


And now as to the question, How can
the Democratic Conservative party apply
remedy ?" There are some who say the evil
is incurable; that, right or wrong, the black
races of the South have been invested with
the right of suffrage, and it cannot be taken
away; that, right or wrong, the Southern
States have been reconstructed and recog-
nized by Congress, and in virtue of that re-
cognition, their status is irreversibly fixed
Listen, my doubling friend. If Republican
Congress could disfranchise the white man,
cannot a Democratic Congress disfranchse
the negro? If Republican Congress can
take the ballot from the white man, and give
it to the negro, cannot Democratic Congress
restore it to its former and rightful owner
IF Republican Congress could declare
State Constitution void, when made by the
white men of a State in the exercise of their
free will, canDot Democratic Congress de-
clare State Constitution void, made by the
black men of the South, with the help of the
bayonet? Finally, if Congressional recog-
milton is the test of State legality, cannot
Democratic Congress apply it just we'll as
a Republican Congress? All we have to do
is to reverse what has been done, and to undo,
by constitutional means, what has been done
by revolutionary means. First of all, elect
President who will fight out on the line of
the Constitution, instead of the line of the
Republican army. Next, elect a Democratic
House of Representatives, and half the work
is done for not Representative from one
of these reconstructed States will be recog
nized @allowed to take his seat in that body,
and not another dollar will be appropriated
to sustain the Freedman's Bureau, or the
military occupation of the South. Finally,
put Democratic majority in the Senate. and
then the good work will be completed, 1t
will take time, perhaps, more than it has taken
to do the mischief, The process may be a
slow one but, my Democratic friends, if you
are of the same class of men as the Democra-
cy of old-if you possess the same steadfast,
unconquerable will, sooner or later success is
sure.
Year: 1868

A QUEER PERsoN.-Along the principal
streets, almost every evening, can be seen an
old man walking slowly along and playing the
saddest and most melancholy airs on little
instrument whose vibrations can scarcely be
heard dozen steps away. He is very old
man, and his clothing is ragged and dirty
Everybody knows he seeks charity, and fire.
quently nickel is dropped into his hat
But very few know that he has history
That melancholy face was once lighted by
genius-the hand, now SO feeble, was once
cunning in his art. He has been a composer
and musician, whose compositions are ia
miliar in every household in the country
He appears not to feel his present humiIia-
tion-he only regrets that the days of his
triumph are over, and that for him fame's
breath is but an empty baubls. His life is
an illustration of the truth that 'sfame is but
an empty word."-N o. PtcGyune
Year: 1868

ED- a curious illustration of the efIee ai
the electric fluid was recently cOmmunieated
to the French Academy of Sciences a gen
tleman. during heavy storm at Nantes, sud-
denly found himself envelopcd in a blaze oi
light. The phenomenon lasted about a see
ond, and caused no unpleasant effect. On
examining his pocket, however, the gentle
man ascertained that gold coin in his purse
had been covered with thin film of silver.
The following is the explanation given Of tins
strange occurrence: The gold piece had been
put into the compartment of the purse ut
joining the silver coin. The electric flu
volatized part of the latter metal, which, in
this state, had penetrated through the leather
partition, and deposited itself On the gold
piece with remarkable uniformity.
Year: 1868

"A Hindoo priest called in all the mem
bers of large family. one of whom WIS known
to have cammitted theft, ard thus addressed
them: Take each of you one Of these stick,
which are all of exactly equal length, put
them under your pillow to>nigbt; do not
at present know the offender, but you must
return the sticks to me TO morrow morning.
and the one belonging to the thief vail ha:o
grown an inch in the night The family
retired to rest, but before he went to sleep
Tho man who had committed the theft think


inc to outwit the priest, cunningly cut of
inch from his stick. firmly believing that It
would by this means attain the length Of the
others by the next morning, The sticks
were returned, and by comparing them. the
priest was instantly able to pitch upon the Oh
fender, to his great surprise and dismay
Year: 1868

ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.-We understand
that a couple are to be united in marriage this
evening, in this city, who have never yet seen
each other. The bridegroom who is 4 man
of talents and considerable wealth, came from
his home, hundreds of miles west of the Mis-
sissippi river, to meet his betrothed for the
first time. The bride is Boston lady, pos
sessed of rare accomplishments, and one great
ly admired for her disciplined mind and pre-
possessing appearance. The engagement was
brought about in a manner partaking some-
what of the romantic. The bridegroom, while
in the army, advertised in Boston literary
paper for lady correspondent, stating 1t TO
be his object only to enliven the dull hours
of camp life. Among the many answers to
his request he selected one from a lady in
Boston with whom he kept up lively cor
respondence, which continued after his de-
parture for the West, until it finally resulted
in an engagement. Portraits were inter-
changed probably, but it is fact in our own
knowledge, that the lady and gentleman nad
never seen each other till to-day. From What
we know of. the parties, we are inclined to be-
Teye that the marriage will be happy one


Boston TrdUeleT-
Year: 1868


He loves not well whose love is bold;
would not have thee come too nigh:
The SUMS gold would not seem pure gold
Unless the sun were in the sky.


To take him thence, and chain hlm near
Would make his beauty disappear.
He keeps his state do thou keep thine
And shine upon me from afar:
So shall bask in light divine


That falls from loves own guiding star


So shall thy commence be high,


Aud SO my passion then shall die.
But all my life shall reach its hands
Oflofty tcnging toward thy face
And be ons who sPeechlcss stands
In rapture at some perfect grace.
My love, my hope, my all shall lie
To look TO Heaven, and look TO thee.
Thine eyes shall be the heavenly lights,
Thy voice shall be the summer breeze,
What time 1t sways, ON moonlight nights,
The murmuriug tops of leafy trees.


And will touch thy beauteous form


In June's red oses, rich and warm.
But thou thyself shall come not down
From that pure region far above:
. But keep thy throne and wear thy crown
Queen of my heart, and queen OF love
a monarch in thy real IN complete,


And a monarch-at their feet.
Year: 1868

II "A man in London has come to trouble
by breaking his wife's teeth. In extenuation,
he alleged that for two years of married life
he had led an existence of misery: that the
conduct of his wife had driven him into
brain fever, and that his only remedy was to
hit her in the mouth, which he did.
Year: 1868

At the funeral of Mr.. Caskie, in Rich
moud. the concUurse of respectable negroes
was so large that the white persons occupy
ing the eastern gallery of the church willingly
gave up their seats for the accommodation OF
the colored people, who crowded that portion
of the building.
Year: 1868

building Nassaust he had been given that room pend
ing tins litigation. y4fTTn


for an adjournment to allow OF time to prepare for the
summing up of the case stating that some unforeseen
circumstances had arisen and that brevy could be at
preparation. The letters Of Mr.. williams to Judge
Barnard referred 20 In the Judges testimony of the day
before, then offered In evidence by Mr. Williams,
ing that they not pertinent TO the and the OBJ
lection sustained The ruling out OF the letters gave
rise to debate Mr. Williams urging their admission,
and stating that Judge Barnard had testified upon the
ing him to testify to state of facts which had no exist
In making that statement he conended that the
mistake by showing what the letters did say.
He asked that they might be read, first, as


question OF privilege OF counsel to explain the wrong
position In which he placed and second, as matter
wmess II allowed to stand it was, was calculated 10
damage their (Ar Shay-0f course IL dOes.) Mr.
Stoughton replied that the request for the admission OF
these letters most extraordinary one, the position
taken by his learned opponent being that Judge Barnard
had testified that the letters false and because they
were false they should be received evidence. Ord
peTs considered very good reason why they should
not be read in evidence AS for the damage done to the
he continued, that is matter for which the plaintiffs
counsel had themselves TO Dlame they having intro
dueed the witness ana they having opened the subject
which led the OF the character OF the letters
tOn OF privilege was disposed OF by the fact that
Mr.. Williams had brought mp the subject Of the letters
himself ON the examination of Judge Barnard ana iie
must abide by ITS result Mr. Williams insisted that he
had not brought up the subject and claimed that the
notes Of all the senographers present would show that
ne had not but the COr remalklDR mat III au the lts
notes in which IL had more confidence than in those
OF the senOgraphers and that 10 satisfied II not
mistaken, denied the request.


The testimony for both sides being in the summing up
of the case on both sides adjourned to Friday next at
Year: 1868

HAVING SOLD MY INTEREST TO MY
former partner in business Robert L. Weakley,
take pleasure in saying that our business
transactions heretofore have always been amica
bic, and can safely recommend him to my
friends and the public as one in every way trust
worthy and reliable in business, and respect
fully solicit for him a continuance ef the liberal
patronage heretofore ex tended TO the late firm.


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