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Year: 1864

4 merchant of New York, during the
present war, made ? contract with me-
chani0 to supply him with = quantity Of
tin-cans Not long after this the price
of tin rose so much that the contractor
must lose money by completing the work
at the price agreed upon. However, he
said nothing, but went on delivering the
cans. When the first bill for part Of the
cans was received. the employer called
upon him and said


1 understand you arc losing money on
this job


Yes replied the artisan, but can
stand it; contract is contract, you
know


How much will you lose. asked the
merchant.


oh, no natter was the reply; 4
don't complain, and you ought not to


I insist on knowing


Well, since you desire it, said the ar.
tisan, L shall lose so much on the hun
dred,' naming the amount.


Well, sir said the noble-hearted man;
you must not lose this; it would not be
right. / shall add the amount to your
bill, and as the price Of material may still
rise, 1 will advance you the money fol
the whole of the contract, which no doubt
you can now use to advantage
The difference thus paid, to which the
honest contractor laid no claim, amount.
ed to five hundred dollars. The conduc,
Of both the merchant and the artisan il
lustrated something more than business
foaesty; it was Christian principle carri-
ed out in business.
Year: 1864

HA correspondent of the Michigan
Farmer recommends the following RENE
dy for the healing of wounds upon hor-
ses: Saltpeter should be dissolved in
warm water, in such proportions as to be
moderately strong to the taste, and blue
stone added until the solution is slightly
tinged. This and nothing else, is to be
used as wash two or three times a day.
1t purifes the wound, destroys the proud
flesh, produces granrlations Immediately.
and heals the wound in a surprisingly
short time. I have Rad horse badly
kicked and otherwise hurt in midwinter
and midsummer, and their cure was equal
ly rapid, and afterwards no scar was visi-
Bile.


The wound requires no covering (fies
will not approach it, and, dressing /,
with mop of rags tied to a.stick, is very
little tfonble. Wounds 20 not require
to be sewed up under this treatment; at
least never saw any advantage from it,
as the stitches have uniformly torn out
Year: 1864

Cor WHAT He WAS AFTER. Young
gent is discovered surrounded by his
friends who were jesting with him con-
cerhing his attention to certain young
lady.


Young Gent Boys, I'll tell you how
it is. You see l care nothing for the
girl--it is the old mans pocket book
that am after


Chorus of fricndo-Ha. ha!


Second Scene-A Parlor, time II P.
NJ. Young lady seated Young gent
rises to depart, hesitatcs as if bashful, and
then slowly remarks: Miss Matilda, cx-
cuse me, but you must be aware that by m y
frequent visits, my attentions cannot have
been without an object


Young lady 'Ah. yes, SO I have
heard and shall only be too happy to grant
what you desire Takes from the table
parcel, and unfolding it displays an
old fashioned, empty morocco pocket
book. This, have been infort.ed
is that object Permit me to present
it to you, and congratulate you that you
have no further occasion to renew those
visits and attentions
Year: 1864

WIrTY.--Said the second wife Of the
witty Judge s.. in reproachful
way, as the horse was drawing them tip
the hill, My father always walks up all
the hills so did my FIRST wife, was
tho reply. There said Mrs.-,giv.
ing him some triHc, that is in return for
your abuse Yes said he, you are like
the sandal tree, that sheds its sweetness
on the axe that cuts j. down" Then
you intend 10 kill me. do you? When dc
you mean to do it?' Not till you are good;
| think you can't have o better security
for your life
Year: 1864

The best plan and the one surcst Of
success. 1 think is to have every young
man, when he starts in business select
that trade which best suits his natural
genius. Now phrenologis:s tell us, and
indeed we know it ourselves tat there is
as great difference in the formation of
the brain as in that of the face. We are
each created for some wise and different
purpose. Some boys arc natural mcchan-
les, while others have not the slightest
idea of machinery and have not the taste
for it. For my part | never had The
slightest curiosity to know anything about
mechanics. | could not state to-day the
principal on which the steam engine works
for a hundred dollars. You may take
such a boy as / was and set him to watch
making, and after seven years he might
be able to take apart and put together a
watch but it would be contrary to his in
clination and up hill work all his life
But if he selects the vocation he is fitted
for it is pleasure, and there is nothing
to prevent him from succeeding in bust
ness and making money. 1t is dfic.tlt
to 60 across the grain. You will find
from the pulpit to the anvil many people
who have mistaken their avocation. Get
them on the right track and they will
succeed. Sometimes persons will get on
the right track and yet not succeed, be.
cause they are placed in too circumscribed
a position in some village or town where
they cannot get full play for their facul-
ties a man in this case should get
away olt where he will not be so circum-
scribed. p. r. Barnun.
Year: 1864

PROM the pitsburg Chronicle


In the early part of the present month
a soldier belonging to the Tooth regiment,
having re-enlislcd for the war, obtained
a thirty Days furlough, and returned to
his home IN Lawrence county, about four
m Tics from Darlington. and almost adj
joining the Beaver county line. The
man was married, aud during his absence
his wife contracted an intimacy with .
scamp in the ne ighhorhood, which cul-
minated in a criminal intimacy between
the parties, or all this, however, the
husband was in complete ignorance
Soon after his arrival il was agreed be-
tween the woman and her paramour that
he should be put out OF the way, aud one
night, while the uususpccting man lay
asleep in his bed, the guilty pair ap-
preached him, aud slipping nous which
they had previously prepared, over his
head, they threw the other end over u
beam which extended across the dwell
ing, aud pulling ON il with all thcir might
they swung the wrctchcd man out of the
bed, aud IN moment almost had him in
such position Ihatrcsistaucc on his part
became Impossible.


Finding that death did not take place
as soon as they expected, they fastened
the rope, which up to this time they had
held over the beam, the body Of their vic
tim wrilhing in his death agony from the
other end, to peg in the wall. aud lcav-
ing the miserable man to his fate passed
cut ol the house. After remaining out
side long enough for s,ranguation to take
place, they again entered the house, and
taking down the lifclcss remains Of the
murdered man, carried them to a coal
bank in tho vicinity, inside of which they
concealed thcm.


The next day it was noticed that the
womnu's paramour was rather flush Of
funds, and this, coupled with the fact that
the soldier was missing, induced those
who knew the guilty relations existing
between the woman and the man, to su,-
pcct that all was not right; 50 an inquiry
was instituted through which the entire
tragedy was brought to light. The wo-
man, struck with fear or remorse, made n
confession of the whole atfiir, implicat-
ing her paramour as tho principal in the
murder, aud both he and she were arrest.
ed and committed to jail at New Castle,
to await their Il ial for murder.
Year: 1864

that he countenanced any Of the attacks
upon the other. We are glad TO find
confirmation of our confidence in a
Washington dispatch to the Cincinnati
Gazette Of yesterday, which says that lit
is entirely safe to assume that in view Of
the recent action Of the Union members
of the Ohio Legislature, Mr.. Chase
friends will not make any diversion that
will tend to mar the harmony of the
party in the approaching Presidential
election. Mr.. Chase himself, will, it is
believed, insist on accepting the action
of the Union members Of the Legislature
as final in the case" Though we have
always felt deeply the claims of Mr..
Chase to the most favorable considera-
ton from the nation, we cannot but hope
that this announcement is authorized
and authentic The great mass of the
Union party are for Mr.. Lincoln so man
ifestlys that contest, unless great
changes in the condition of the country
should beget change in the regard felt
for him. can be little else than factious.
We believe his friends would have
strengthened him by pushing his claims
with less yehemence, and that their over
wheirning. strength might have made


them iudulgent to opposition, but wheth-
er they helped or hurt him, he has all
along been so overwhelmingly strong,
that the question for those who sought
the good of the country, instead of con-
spicuous places in Presidential favor,
has been not to temper a contest, but to
reconcile dissentients Mr.. .Chases
withdrawal settles this question, we be-
lieve. He was, by far, the most promi-
nent OF the contestants, and it will be
| hard for others of less consideration to
stand when his support is gone, Moth
ing that we can conceive can do so much
to unite the Union men, and present an
unbroken front in organization, spirit
and purpose to the divided Copperheads,
who read the warning Of irreversible de-
feat in the news from New Hampshire


1t justifies all men who care more for
the honor and safety of the Government
than for the qualification of personal or
local dislikes, in asking all others to fol-
( low Mr.. Chase in withdrawing their
names from all connection with a move
ment mat can only disturb without de-
feating the e.ident will of the people,
and let Us enter the last contest with the
rebellion at home as united and hopeful
as we are entering upon that with the
rebellion at the South.-Ind. journal
Year: 1864

We have been provoked several times
to denounce the growing bitterness and
unfairness Of the contest between the
friends of Mr. Lincoln and Mr.. Chase
for the next Union Presidential nomina-
ton, but we never did either of these
great leaders of the liberal movement of
this generation the injustice to suppose
Year: 1864

NEW YORK, June 23.-Gold was two hundred
and twenty at noon. Wool sales, to the extent
Of one hundred and fifty thousand pounds Of
Ohio fleece, were made to. day at one dollar.
Prices range now from ninety. five cents to one
dollar. The market is excited and active. The
holders OF foreign exchange refuse to name
price.
Year: 1864

School Election.


We publish the note following with great
pleasure. We heard Mr.. Calkins of the
Peoples Ticket declare publicly and quite
emphatically that he did not approve party
tickets for School officers and that he would
not serve as Director if elected. We learn
since, that Mr. Grant was equally decisive
and public against being candidate for
President of the Board of School Commit
teemen; but not until the writing of the
TINES notice Of last week did we know of
Mr.. Grants decliation


Eds. Times II trow you do me injus-
tice when you publicly announce that
Homer Kennedy beat me by 13l majority,
as President, at the School elect ion on Mon
day the l4th, when in fact was not in the
field at all. l not only repudiated the no.
mnation upon Monday the 7,h inst, when
the Peoples Ticket first appeared, but con-
tnued to do so during the week pending
the election and on the day thereof, both
rpuol'cly and privately as have frequently
done before for the same position, when in
full greater danger Of being elected.


That the people may have cast some
votes for me in disobedience Of general or.
ders, regard no fault Of mine and in my
judgment this should no. subject me to the
soubrequstte Of beaten candidate, more
especially as l cordially supported Mr..
Kennedy as ever have done when before
the people for any position in which had
a voice.


can hardly think that you would un-
advisedly present me in the light Of a van
! quishcd foe and at the same time employ
special pleadings in behalf Of gentlemen
similarly situated.


Yours &c. ROBERT GRANT.
Year: 1864

Two campaigns are in progress, one for
the Presidency and the other for the resto
ration Of the Union-and there is reason
to a?prehend that the political conflict will
interfere dsastrously with the conduct of
the war for the salvation of the Republic
1t our armies are to be so handled as to
secure the organization of nominal states
with view to swell the presidential vote
for Mr.. Lincoln, instead of being concen
trated and launched with resstless force
at the vtals of the rebellion, we may as
well give up all hope Of seeing the stru uggle
eAded during the present year. That the
enormous civil influence of the Govern.
ment has been brought to bear upon the
presidential question is evident. The
friends Of MIR. Lincoln arc everywhere tax
it.g time by the forelock, and endeavoriug
to convince the country that his renomina
ton is tOregone conclusion. The plan Of
the presidential campaign has been well
considered, and able party strategists, at
the head Of an enormous body Of office
holders and outside mercenaries, directly
or indirectly interested in the perpetuation
OF the present order Of things, are manoeu
vering with far more skill and infinitely
more vigor than are displayed in the man.
agement and prosecution Of the war. IT,
in addition to these peace movements for
the re election Of the present tenant of the
White House, the military power of the ma
ton is to be welded in his interest as a
candidate, in the manner referred to, his
battle may be won by next November, but
the Republics aoiN not. The adrotness
with which State Legislatures, State Con-
ventions, Loyal Leagues, and every species
Of organization that can be tickled, or per-
suaded, or tempted. or dragooned into the
service, are wheeled into the Lincoln line,
is somewhat ominous. 1t evidences de.
termination on the part Of Mr. Lincoln's
adherents not to stick at tr;hes, and seems
to give color of plausibility to the asser
ton of his opponents that, until after the
fall elections, the increase Of the electoral
vote, through the erection of new State
Government or two, will be an object of at
least as much solieitude at headquarters as
the winning OF decisive victories.


Let us hope that such suspicious do the
President injustice, in spite Of the Florida
expiditicn and some other movements that
may appear to confirm them. We canno,
help thinking, however, that in the presen,
grave crisis of public affairs, it would be
more decorOus in his admirers to show less
devotion to the interests Of the man and
more to the interests OF the country.-N
! Y. Sunday Times.
Year: 1864

Progress Of Freedom.


In the Iowa Daily Statesman of late
date, We notice paragraph which has a
look Of significance. Hunt, of Clayton, in
the Senate, and Russell. Of Washington, in
the House, are pair of square Republicans
men who can see clap-trap, and who have
the will and the ability to expose it. Both
Of them have exhibited an independence e
not paatable to would be leading men ol
their own party, and both Of them are un-
der ban for recusancy. Hunt is not an ex-
elusive National Bank for-taxes man, and
this may not suit "Government:" he also is
in the habit Of ventilating his disgust of po-
Iitical charlatanry, and this cannot but be
offensive to the large amount Of obedient,
mental drift-vood which the public COM
motion of the past few years has thrown
upon the surface, and which now floats
down the current to any port which prom
ises individual safety and profit.


Russell, of Washington, we learn is a
young man, but the debates of this winter
show him to be ready, talented and fear
less. 1t was he who exhibited the beauties
Of the Wittenmeyer Sanitary administra-
of Iowa, aud proved up that the lady
whose patriotism would not permit her to
rest at home, was getting an exhorbitant
compensation for the exercise Of charity
toward our suffering soldiers! For this
among his other sins Of obstnacy and ur-
rightncss, Russell is tabooed by the meek
and lowly ones whose ideas Of right are
promulgated from Executive Cabinets and
whose notions of independence are meas.
ured by considerations of special favor,
either in the currency Of the country, or
in promises of promotion.


Pity there were not more men who could
individualize themselves, and rouse public
sentiment from the fatal, plastic lethargy
which is leading US to serfdcm.


SENATOR HUNr.-We admire the indie.
pendence Of Senator Hunt, as much as we
esteem the tact and pungency of Russell.
But, the Senator must look out or he will
render himself as much an object Of Alb
clifton ridicule, as has the gentlemen from
Washington. 1t is idle for these gentle
men to expect to preserve their indepen-
dence and remain in the Abolition ranks.
Independence and fanaticism are antipodes
and they must abandon the one OF surren-
der the other.


A word to the wise is sufficient
Year: 1864

10 the People Of Kentucky:


FELLOW ClTizENS--In view of the dis.
turbance Of the popular mind as produced
by the enrolment Of slaves for the army
in Kentucky, it is deemed prudent to make
the following suggestions for the benefit
and guidance of the loyal people Of Ken
tucky. Your indignation should not move
you to commit acts Of violence nor to un-
lawful resistance, standing as we have
stood and will ever stand for the Constitu.
ton, the Union and the enforcement of the
laws.


We must repel the efforts of the rebels
to overthrow our government, by our gal
liant soldiers in the field, and meet and
correct unj just or unconstitutional legisla.
ton by Legitimate appeals to the constitu-
tional tribunal Of the government, and
through the ballot box displace through the
constituted modes those who pervert or
abuse the trusts committed to them.


This is the only true mode Of maintain
ing the constitution, the Union and the
enforcement Of the laws. The mere act
Of enrolling names Of slaves does not af-
feet any right of the citizen. No draft has;
been ordered, nor do we know that draft
will be ordered. 1t may and it may not.
We shall abide by and maintain the law
and pursue in the modes provided the re-
medy it affords if any violence or wrong
to the person cr property Of the citizen be
committed by any officer or soldier against
the known laws of the land, make your
accusation in the mode prescribed by law,
and if the commanding officer refuses, or
neglects to use his utmost endeavors to ar.
rest the officer or soldier under his com.
mand so accused, and hang him, or other
wise hand him over to the civil magistrate
for trial.


When officially advised of the facts the
executive of state will prefer charges and
demand a court martial in the Union under
the constitution, and in accordance with
law, assert and urge yoCright. 1t is our
duty to obey the.law until it is declared by
judicial decision to be unconstitutional. The
citizen whose property may be taken under
it for public use will be entitled under the
imperative mandate of the constitution to q
just compensation for his private property
so taken fox public use. Although the
present Congress may not do US Justice,
yet it is safe to rely upon the justice Of the
American people.


). u. BRAMLErrE. Gov. of Ky.
Year: 1864

RIcEHoND May 26th 1894.
The Senate has passed bill increasing the OF the
General assigned to duty the seat OF Government Also
bill provide for the issue of certificates of indebted
ness the interest payable ia cola.


Nothing of interest In the House proceedings.
Year: 1864

DAVIS hes given assurances that no such step is


empated acting in good faith to the Gov
eminent shall rot be interfered with--that Govern
ment does not want an elephant" 1t has now more
than it attend to- The President feels that the
same patriotism which brought the roads to the aid of
the Government at the beginning of the struggle will
continue to direct all their energies to the completion
of the great work before them" We have no doubt
but that this assurance will be highly acceptable to the
Stockholders in roads, andrust that there may not
hereafter arise any cause real supposed for varying
from the course thus indicated.


We have Just beard that Captain J. Nj. ROBINSON,
corps of Engineers c. s. Al has been assigned to du
ty between Richmond and Wilmington as Inspector Of
Railroad transportation, to assist that line in obtaining
additional means of transportation, and to that all
is done that can be done-whch arrangement, we ean
s cordially assented to by the North Carolina Roads,
and we presume also by those North OF us.
Year: 1864

The following full copy Of the General Orders
Gen. Lee, referred TO in the Geographic column 1t is


modest it is chaste and beautiful We surprised
to hear that it received with great enthusiasm b. the
al
Year: 1864

HEAVEN knows how many simple let
ts,s, from sispls minded women, have
been kissed, cherished, aud Wept over by
men Of far loftier intellect. 50 it will
always be to the end Of all time Il a
lesson worth lsaTning BY those young
creatures Who seek to allure BY their ne-
compEshmsnts, or dazzle By their genius,
that, though he may admire, no man ever
IEOves a woman for those things BE
loves her for what is essentially distinct
from, though notineompatible With them,
her Eoman's nature and her HOman's
heart. This Is Why We often see man
Of high genius or intellectual power pass
BY the De Stasls and the Gorinnes to take
into his bosom sOms vayside flower, who
has nothing on earth to make her worthy
Of him, except that she is--Bhat 50 few
Of your female celebrities area true
woman. It is for this reason that intel
leetual men often do what, some would
be wise people, call very foolish thing
A genius never uiarries a blne-stocking--
he is too wise for that a blue ribbon
round the waist Of pretty, lOyeable girl,
has more attraction to the wise man than
all the gaudy pafaphernalia Of the most
brilliant belle that ever swan thro the
mszes of the ball room.
Year: 1864

THE VorE ON TA'E CoasrIrurIoxAL Amssp: AsST--We reprint the following vote of this county on the Amendment to the Constitution Tor the purpose of correcting an error which erept into the table last week and filling up the blanks. The table, as it new stands. is cor. rect and ofiieial. The majority for the Amend ment in tho State, is not yet announced, but i, undoubtedly over five thousand
Year: 1864

Connecticut was fortunate enough to have credit of nearly 4.0O0 over and above all other calls, and but small margin to fill on the last call. The surplus was due to the large number of veterans who re enlisted, (beihg more than two thirds of all the men in the old regiments), and the raising of over thirteen hundred negro troops before the other States fairly began to recruit, Connecticut in this vas very sharp
Year: 1864

NOTICE Is hereby given that will, at the
Y piration of thirty days after the publication of


his notice, soon thereafter as my application
AN be heard, make application to the Hon. Board
bf Supervisors of Shasta county for license to


ablish and keep public ferry across the Saera-


nento river at the most eligible point above, and
within one half mile of the mouth Of Cow Creek,
where said creek empties into said river.


And at the same time I will petition the said
Board or Supervisors to lay out and declare pub


ic road commencing the Shasta and Copper
City road. in Bear Valley thence running south to
Cow Creek Valley and down the west side of
said creek, by way of Fort Reading, crossing the
Sacramento river, and continuing OF in direct line
SO to intersect the present Shasta and Red Bluff
road at Leans and Fosters, on Cottonwood creek.
mrs WM. MAGEE.