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Year: 1867

Mr.. Blaine, of Illinois, made very
able speech III Congress iew days ago
in opposition to the scheme OF taking up
Government bonds in greenbacks, III
which he said that ''the worst evil OF the
whole is the delusion which calls this q
payment at all 1t is no payment Ill any
proper sense, for it neither gives the cred
itor what he is entitled to nor does 1t re-
lieve the debtor from subsequent respons-
ibility. You may get rid OF the live
tventies by issuing the greenback, but
hou ,ciH you get rid Of the gree,sbdch &c
cept by paying gold2 The only escape
from ultimate payment IN gold Is to de-
clare that, as a nation, we permanently
and finally renounce all idea of ever at
tanning specie standard that we launch
ourselves upon an ocean of paper money,
without shore or sounding, with no rud-
der to guide and no compass to steer by.
And this is precisely what is involved Ii
We adopt this mischievous suggestion o.
"a new way to pay old debts. y
Year: 1867

How THE PRESIDENT $ MESSAGE Cor
OuT.-ln the course of debate in Con
gress in regard to the premature pubica-
ton of the President 5 message, in regard
to which much feeling was shown, it APP
peared that a copy OF the message had
been sold by one OF the hangers on around
the White House for Sl0J, and who also
disposed OF copies to other parties at a
reduced price.
Year: 1867

Gen. John A. Logan was one of Sher-
man S right lnpd men and one Of his
hardest hitters he is now in Congress
antsIere is his latest hat at the rebel in
the White House


Mr.. Logan, referring to the paragraph
in the message as to the possibility OF
violent collision between the Executive
and the legislative department of the
Government, said that. feeling very sorry
that there should be such contingency,
and in order that all danger might be
avoided, he would offer resolution to
that effect The resolution was read for
information, as follows:


Resolred, That the corps of pages which
constitute the military force Of this House
be and the same is hereby abolished. to
the end that the civil conflict so wildly
described in communication published
in the morning papers, and sftred An
drew johnson, may be avoided. Laugh
Year: 1867

out right. They claim they have pot
finished their medicine ceremonies
yet, and ask two days longer time.
The Commissioners have already wait
ed thirteen days on this tribe, and
have got tired They will remain till
Monday, the 28th inst, when they
will leave if the Cheyennes are not
here
Year: 1867

On the goth of October the Emperor
of Austria unveiled an equestrian statue
of Prince Schwarzenburg, at Vienna.
The Prince commanded the allied ar
mics at the battle of Leipsic. The Aus
trian nobility and army were fully rep
resented at the ceremony. But the chief
interests of the day attached to two SOL
id squares composed of the veterans of
Leipsic, Wagram, Brienno and the Oc-
cupation. Hardly one of the whole
number was less than seventy.two years
old, while several of them were over
ninety-fve.


A correspondent of the London Teze-
graph writes of them: ga strange and
motley crew, indeed, for every individu-
al, though dressed in his best and
brushed up to extreme neatness, was
clothed after his own fancy, or rather ac-
cording to his means. One or two, Hun
garians or Slovacks by birth, were hud-
died up in skin coats edged with rough
wool or in the every day garments of a
prosperous sheep. Others were ragged
enough, but scrupulously clean large
proportion of the whole were bearded
after the patriarchal manner. Chairs
had to be set for a few, and one
poor old boy (who might have been
any age you please over hundred,) ter
ribly infirm and contracted in shape,
had to be set down on the ground and
propped up against one of the tribunes,
for he could not keep himself together
on chair. Before turning to other
matters connected with the occasion, /
must not omit to state that the Emperor
completely won my heart by little ac-
ton, full of kindness and natural grace,
of which this shattered warrior was the
object. After inspecting the two squares
above mentioned, and chatting pleasant
ly with few of the veterans, his Mai.
esty's eye caught the pitiful spectacle
presented by the ancient cripple crouch
ing on terra Jfrmo; he hurriedly
stepped towards the tribune, bent over
the bowed and wasted form, and patted
it on the shoulder. The old soldier,
looking up, hastily pulled off his hat,
and tried to sit upright; the Emperor
begged him to cover himself, and, as he
hesitated to obey, took his battered hat
gently from his trembling hand, and
himself set it carefully ON his head. His
Majesty then spoke few more cheering
words to him, patted him again on the
shoulder. and withdrew, touching his
plumed hat to the crippled hero as he
retired; saw the old man tumble for
blue cotton handkerchief and press it
hard to his eyes; perhaps, in his own
stout heart, he may have felt that this
was the day of his life"


1t is by such incidents as this, hardly
less than by his liberal reforms, that the
unfortunate Emperor has retrieved his
popularity with the people. -
Year: 1867

And Liquors will be second to none in the city =
Hoping to receive q share of tie city and country
trade, and determined to make ours the frss Liqu
House in Columbus we invite an lnspec, ion Of our
stock j. SCHNEIDER d co.
Year: 1867

terday and to-day have had to walk
several miles to obtain tidings, if possi-
BILE, of relatives. An old and expert
enced manager who was in the pit during
the whole of Friday night, says although
it had been his lot to witness the effects
of many explosions, he never during the
whole course of his career, beheld such a
sight as that which he witnessed below.
He is, also, Of opinion that, unless very
great care is taken, other explosions will
follow. Many of the bodies that have
q been brought to the surface are frightful-
ly burnt, the clothing completely de-
stroyed, and in some cases portions of
the body have been literally burnt
away, the charred remains presenting a
sickening and frightful spectacle. At
the time of the explosion thirty
horses were working in the pit, and
every one of them has been killed.
Some of them had portions of their har-
ness still on, but every vestige of
hair was burnt off. 1t is diff
cult to conjecture what has been
the cause of the accident, but
it is feared that long immunity from ac-
cidents in the Rhondda Valley have
made the colliers reckless of their safety.
Some of the lamps have been found open,
but some believe that this may have
been caused by the force of the explosion !;
but those who are well acquainted with
the construction of the safety-lamp de-
clare that to be an impossibility. In
the colliery is a new stable, in which it
is said that four carpenters were work
ing with naked lights. This is believed
to have been the cause of the accident,
as a large quantity of gas is said to be
constantly in the pit. There are numer


Gus rumors aaoat as to the cause of the
accident, but nothing reliable has yet
been ascertained. - p.
Year: 1867

Elsewhere we give the names and
pe6hgrees of the three valuable brood
mares and one filly Just imported to this
country, by August Belmont, Esq, the
great financial king and the President
of the American Jockey Club. THY
were selected in England and shipped
TO New York via France, on the Fulton,
a steamer of the Hayre line. They are
well bred and are an excellent addition
to the blood stock of America. Mr.. Bel
mont, like Baron ROthschild, is sur
rounding himself with a splendid racing
stable, and he is determined that his
colors shall become conspicuous on the
turf. BerHice, Camilla, and Fleur
des Champs are stinted to the best
stations in England, and their pro-
duce should win distinction on every
race course in this country. MF. Bel
mont, in importing this stock, had TO
pay TO the United States Government,
a duty of one thousand dollars in gold.
This is outrageous, and the law should
be amended. No other government in
the world places such an obstruction in
the way of the importation of blood
stock. Oar mongrels are nothing less
than a national dEgraCe, and Yet tue
Legislators in Washington frame laws to
discourage every attempt to supplant
them with purer and better breeds.
Rather than place an embargo, in the
shape of heavy tariff, on the impOrta-
tion of blood stock, we should offer
premium for it. Thc risks of an ocean
passage are great enough without
adding TO the embarrassment of the
importer a tariff of one thousand dol
lars in gold on three brood mares and
one filly. The hill introduced in the
Senate last winter removing the heavy
duty on imported stock, but which fail
ed TO pass the House and become law,
should be taken up when Congress as
sembles in December, and acted on with
out delay. Wetell our representatives
at Washington plainly and emphatically
that the present tariff is ipficting ir-
reparable injury on the stock interests
of the United States, and if they wish
to do their duty to the people, 10 whom
they are responsible, they should make
the repealing of the outrageous law the
first act of the December session.-FieId,
Turf and Farm.
Year: 1867

THE GEORGIA INJUNCTION CASE.


In the Supreme Court, this morning, Chief
Justice Chase announced the eision of tae
Court in the Georgia Injunction case, dis
missing the bill for want of Jurisdiction. The
spinion of the Court will be read by the Chief
Justice in few days. No decision was All
nounced in the Mississippi case
Year: 1867

~ few days prior to his departure from
Baltimore to Rome, the Most Rev. Archbishop
Spauldipg issued a astoral letter to the Ro-
man Catholic clergy and laity of his diocese
portion being devoted to "the instruct ton of
our colored brethren"
Year: 1867

~ Arkan sas is to be made a party in the
Reconstruction injunction suits, General
Ord's recent action IN taking possession OF the
with new ground for action. The argument of
the Attorney General was, to a great extent
based on the questions involved in property
held by State.
Year: 1867

is the only Physician as Special
ist now in Chicago that can be en-
tirely relied upon. Go to him,
and not suffer that horrible disease
to remain in tour system, dis6gur.
ing your face and body, besides
Year: 1867

The FAIR GROUND AocIDENT.-The editor


OF the Sentinel, who was on TIE stand when


it went down, says:


We were ourselves at the time sitting on the


lowermost Of the seats, with our feet upon the
raised platform beneath. Feeling an intimaiien
Of something giving away beneath US, we rose to
our feet and looked up to the smphitheatre be-
hind. At that moment all was in place but
in an instant the vast throng above seemed, as
it were, to melt away and sink TO the ground.
The scene which followed may be better ina
gined than described. The noise, or ''erash,
produced by the falling Of the seats was not
specially noticeable, as it was probably smo-
thered by the dense mass Of bodies heapel upon
the broken ruins Of the structure neither was
there loud out-cry or "shriek,' as has been
reported; on the contrary, every voice seemed
hushed ty the catastrophe, snd it was only
when people had recovered themselves and re
gained their feet that the silence was broken by
the anxious cries Of persons looking for missing
friends


We think Mr.. Hoyt is mis- In on one or
two points. We were look is tie stand
as 1t went down, and our impression is DIS
tinct that there was not only loud crash
of falling timber, as Of course there must |
have been, in the tall OF such mass but .
also loud out-cry, as it went down,-loud- /
II perhaps from the crowd OF Mortified spec
tators than from those most in danger but
loud enough at any rate to irishten many
lorses, which would not be likely TO be much
impressed by the moral features Of tie ca
Year: 1867

PHILADEPHIA covered herself with glory by
feeding the soldiers who went to the late war
from all parts Of the North and West and now
an association Of Philadelphisns, not weary in
well DOING" have organized scheme to sheler
and to educate the orphans Of the same brave
men who we're welcomed there in those troublous
times. Riverside, New Jersey, is the site Of
their Institute, and the funds for its endowment
are being raised by the Washington Library
Company Of Philadelphia, by the sale Of stock
at one dollar per share. With each share
handsome steel engraving is given at the time
Of purchase and, as further inducement, all
are entitled to one Of the 100000 worth Of
presents to be fairly distributed to the stoekbold-
ers or, in other words, for every share Of
stock held present is guaranteed One pre-
sent to be given away is worth $4,000. Read
advertisement.
Year: 1867

The Cincinnati Gazette says:


The deposits have been running down for several days,
and are at this time unusually low This Is accounted
for i'm part by the withdrawal of unemployed balances
for Investment in Government securities, to avoid taxa
ton From this movement and the preparations on the
part OF the National Banks for their quarterly statement
the market Is likely 10 be very close for week or zen
days TO come Rates of interest in the regular way range
from per cent but outside capital can be invested
at PALS for the time being
Year: 1867

A correspondent of the VolkStsund,
writing from Indiana Prairie, relates
the following: In Sullivan county, a
young married pair, who had been
united in the bonds Of wedlock about six
years, having become somewhat mutu-
ally disagreeable Of late, the husband, in
his anger, hastened to q lawyer and took
steps to obtain a divorce frem his wife.
One day he came to his wife and said to
her, Betsy, / have fulfilled your wish ;
you said you wished you tere separated
from me-here is the decree of divorce. ="
His wife was at first surprised, but far
too indignant to betray any emotion.
She said she was ready TO leave; she
only needed to pack up her goods; she
wished he would be present to see that
she took nothing except what was her
own. He stepped into the adjoining
room, where the bureau and clothes
press we're. The wife proceeded in
silence to take out the clothes, when
suddenly her eyes fell upon small
dress, and quite overcome, she broke out
in convulsive weeping The husband,
hitherto an Indifferent observer, re-
marked her emotion and discovered the
cause. 1t was the dress of their only
child, little daughter of three years,
who had died almost three years AGO.
The husband was not less affected by the
sight than his wife. He embraced her
with emotion, begged her pardon again
and again, tore the decree Of divorce into
thousand pieces, hastened to the
Clerks office, took out new marriage
license, and was married Immediately to
bis late wife
Year: 1867

Mack" the racy and versatile Wash.
ington correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial writes:


Probably there is no more active po-
litical worker behind the scenes in Wash
ington this winter than "Old Blair, as
the father of Frank and Montgomery, the
head and brains of the Blair family is
called. The old man may frequently be
seen, even in these cold January days,
trudging it afoot up or down the avenue,
going to or returning from the White
House, ,as the supposition always is when
he is seen on the streets. He looks old
it would be strange if he didn't, at up
wards of seventy-but is far from being
feeble in body, or mind either.


In fact, saw him skirting along the
avenue yesterday, slipping and sliding
on the icy pavements, but still making
such headway as might have puzzled
some Of his grandchildren to beat. He
wore that low crowned, broad.brimmed
hat, without which his little round head
has not appeared in public for many q
year-not the same hat, but the same
style, l mean. He was hugging very
tightly light cape over his shoulders,
and seemed to feel the effects of the keen
frosty air, that cut like razor against
younger chins than his, but he threw out
those short thin legs of his with MIN
bleness nothing less than remarkable in
one so advanced in life.


He neither looks nsr acts older now
than he did ten, fifteen, some say twenty
years ago. he began to wither or shrivel
up longer ago than that, and the process
has been going on slowly and scarcely
discernedly since. Other men have
grown gray and decrepid. "Old Blair"
seems to be an exception to the common
course of nature. He will simply "wither
up" slowly, and pass away some day
distant by many years, apparently-not
because he will be dead, like other peo-
pie, but because he will he completely
shriveled out of existence.


A wonderful man is "old Blair" per
haps the most entertaining political
talker to be found in the country at the
present time-not that his principles are
better than other mems, or that he has a
more pointed way of putting them but
he can call up greater number of inte-
resting and important "reminiscences in
the political history of the country, any
where since the war of 1872, than any
living man. He has been for more than
fifty years prompter behind the politi-
cal scenes, and knows more of what oc-
Cured during that time than any who
took active part on the stage.


And to hear him talk in company, you
wouldn't think him an old man until he
acknowledged the fact himself, by speak
ing of the events of fifty years ago as oc-
curing when he was young man. His
memory of such events is wonderful, and
his manner of relating them ia always
exceedingly vivid and interesting. He
will work himself up to the highest pitch
of enthusiasm sometimes in describing
one of the old quarrels between Clay and
Calhoun, and the strong personal inter-
est he took in the Democratic side of
the controversy.
Year: 1867

Tennysen is, perhaps, Eve feet nine
inches in hight bat he stoops much es
he walks, and thus looks shorter. He
does not seem to be above fifty years Of
age, yet his gait is feeble, and ,he wear
ing Of glasses adds to the impression Of
being older. His dress is extremely old
ashioned-indeed be looks more like an
old picture stepping out Of a frame than
a gentleman Of the nineteenth century.


His coat, short In the waist, is Of a sort
of linsey woolscy material, Of a gray
mixed color, and fits him very tight;


vest and trousers Of the same material.
Around his ample shirt collar q black
cravat is loosely tied. But nothing can
deiract from the power Of his massive
forehead, high and broad, and nothing
Year: 1867

could be more picturesque than the long
black hair, fine as silk (but plentiiully
sprinkled with gray), which falls over his
fine head down even TO his shoulders.
His eyes are dark gray, and have the pc
culiar appearance about the lids common
to oil students, and especially night read.
ers, which is very clearly perceived and
defined by photographs Of the poet. His
mouth is constantly smiling, but his eyes
seem to be absent while he is speaking
searching everywhere Cor something that
is not present-that strange, speculative
look that is not easy TO convey by de-
scription, and must be comprehended
rather than clearly defined. His voice
is rich and sonorous, but he chooses his
words slowly, and, should think by this,
betrays that in his composition ho is
equally careful and slow.
Year: 1867

a',THAoKERAY ON DANCING PARTIES


The system Of evening parties is false
aud absurd one. Ladies may frequent
them professionally with an eye to hus-'
band, but man is fool who takes wife
out, of such. assemblies, having no other
means, of judging q of the object of his
choice. -b You are not the same person in
your white Grape and satin slip as you are
in your morning-dress, A man is not tho
same in his tight coat and ieverished glazed
pumps. and stiff white wais,coat as he is ,
IN his green, double breasted. frock.; his
old black ditto, or his woo'en jacket.
And man' is doubly a fool who is in the
habit Of frequeutipg evening parties, unless
he is forced tbither in search of a lady to
whom he is attached, OK unless be is CON-
PEELED to go by his wife. , A man who
loves dancing may be set down to be a
fool; and the fashion is greatly going out
with the increasing good sense of the age.
Do not say that he who lives at home, or
-frequents clubs in. lien Of balls, is brute,
and has not a proper respect for the female
sex; on The contrary, he may respect it
most sincerely. He feels that a woman
appears to the most advantage not among
those whom she cannot care about, but
among those whom sha loves. He thinks


her beautiful when she is at home making
tea for her old father. He believes her to
be charming when she is singing simple
song al her piano, but: not when she is
screecbing at an evening party. He thinks


by far the most valuable part of her is her
heart; and kind, simple heart my dear,
shines in conversation better than the bes


Of wit. he admires her best in her inter.
course with her family and her friends,
and detests the miserable, twaddling slip
slop that he is obliged TO hear from and
utter to herin the course of. bali; and
avoids and despises such meetiDgs:" "-''.
. - = .. r.
Year: 1867

H@- The new British Minister to this
country, Mr. Thornton, will bring wife
with him. She is said to be very
attractive and charming person, and will
add much to the agreeableness of the
diplomatic circle, which has been much
lacking in that respect since the days of
Lady Napier.
Year: 1867

Tie MOngrels Of Congress are likely 10
split on the question Of the manner oi
paying Of the war debt If they bad the
Justice to pass bin TO pay il of in spoons
and patekes, which should at the same
lime compel their military officers TO dis
Eorge the plunder stolen from tie South
srn people, il would relieve the burthens
1f the people at once
Year: 1867

nApA couple of days since, at Ophelia,
Alabama, the marshal of the place en-
deavored to arrest negro who had shot
a white man. The darky showed fight,
when the marshal shot him dead, and a
subsequent fire fatally wounded another
Year: 1867

Dun SlklhE a NAN WHEN liz ) DUW n


BY SHAMROCK.
Oh don't strike man when he's down,
Nc don't strike n man when he's down;
But lend him hand,


And help him to stand.


Oh, give him a chance,


BE kindly your glance;
Oh don't cast him off with frown,
For which Of US know,


In the race here below,


How soon a hard blow


May lay us MS low
Oh . don't strike n man when he's down
Oh : don't strike man when he's down
NO. don't strike man when he's down
Don't stop 30 deride,


To scold or to chiie,


But leap TO h'l side,


His failing heart guide
Oh don't let sinking man down;
For who here can tell
How soon the rude swell


or the tide may destroy


All his wealth and his joy,
And he finds himself sinking right down
Oh don't strike 4 man when he's down
No! don't strike n man when he's down
Far better be kind.


And try hard to find


Some chord that will bind


Him yet to his kind,
iialso iopes that have been SO cast down
smile in your eye


VIII match his deep sigh,
The grasp of your hand


His heart will expand.
And lift man up when he's down.
On don't strike n man when he's down,
No. don't strike a man when he's down
No matter bis fault,


Don't tarry nor halt,


Nor send him adrift.


But give him a lift.
HIS blessing your efforts will crown;
Tho not of "our set,


Nor respectable yet.


We mast not forget


We all are in debt,
So. help man when he's down.
Oh don't strike a man when he's down,
No don't strike a man when he's down
Tho sorrows away


From you for to-day,


Tomorrow it may


Gc thrown in your way;
So, don't strike a man when he's down;
Let toaiies pass by


With suecrs in their eye;
Let bigness be shanld,


But tie Gruudics he ID,
| won. strike = man when he's down,