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Year: 1867

The city was shocked last night with
rumors that most worthy lady had
committed suicide in tit of melancholy
produced by the desertion and subse-
1uent marriage of man to whom she
was engaged. A hurried investigation
placed us in possession of the circum-
stances attending the suicide, the names
of the parties and other particulars
which we feel authorized to to suppress,
out of regard to the feelings of innocent
persons:


The victim of her own rash hand in
this case was Mrs. Sallie Gibson, a
worth and respectable widow. For
several years she has made her home
chiefly at the house of Mr.. Lieberman,
on Green street, not far from the Gus
tom house. By her industry with her
needle and sewing machine, she sup
ported herself, her child of seven years
ard her aged parents, who reside at
some little town down the Ohio river.
Fer some time she indulged the expec-
tation of becoming the wife Of a man
who paid some attention to her; but
whether this expectation was a mere
infatuation of her own or was founded
on the plighted faith of the man, no
facts in our possession authorize us to
decide. Certain it is, however, that
upon the marriage Of this person to
another, she began to droOp, and be-
came about one week ago subject to
frequent hysterical fits. Her mental
depression became so marked as to alarm
her friends.


Yesterday merniDg she arose early
and prepared to go out. Her appearance
alarmed Mr.. Lieberman, and he begged
her not to go out. She said that she
felt very bad and believed that walk
in the morning air would relieve her
mind and make her feel better. She
went to drug store and procured three
ounces of laudanum which, it is belived,
she swallowed before reaching home.
After she had returned, the family OBJ
serving dangerous symptoms, sent for a
physician. The one sent for being alb
sent, some time elapsed before another
one could be brought, and then it seems
the case had passed beyond the reach OF
medical skill. Several physicians were
called in, but she died last night.
Whether her fatal insanity was caus.
cd by the disappointment of romantic
attachment. or by the dependency into
which she was plunged when disappoint.
ed in her hope of gaining helpmate in
her homeless poverty it is not our prov.
ince to discuss. Either acting upon a
feeble and perhaps diseased constitution
may have produced the sad result. To
the charitable it is enough to know that
she is at the bar of her maker, aud that
she has left an interesting child father
less, motherless, homeless, to grow uI
alone in this cold world, without Q
guide or friend, save such as Heavenly
charity may offer.
Year: 1867

We think the IntelliqeRcer is disposed
to treat the question of taxation with
very little respect. Whether it regards
the subject as wanting in Importance, or
whether il fears candid discussion, we
cannot say. Certainly its last article
upon the tax question exhibits more of
a 0uibbling and evasive disposition
than Of the spirit of fair Investigation.


Take. for example. it's assertion that
slocal taxation is not matter of politi-
cal speculation" This proposition rests
upon the ridiculously incOnclusive argu-
ment, that " all parties united in favor
in" a levy for bounties during the war
The assumption that "local taxation"
has no purpose but the payment OF
bounties, hardly merits consideration.
Equally weak is the intimation that
the Democratic party forced the bounty
tax upon the State. The Radical editor
knows that these bounty taxes were
levied by Radical Supervisors in nine
teen twentieths of the counties in West
Virginia, and that, if he be q fair repre-
tentative, his own party avoided the
. exposed points" of the front" about
as vigorously Us the Democracy, and to
that end were Qnite " urgently in favor
Of bounty levy" to fill the quota of the
various counties.


The Intelligencer further assumes that
taxation can be no greater in other
ceunties than in our own. The basis
Of this profound deduction is the con-
stitutional provision that taxation
shall be equal and uniform" Our CO.
temporary's well-known want of famil-
iarity with constitutional principles
must account for his sad blunder in ap-
plying this provision. No writer with
suffic lent respect for q constitution to
study its Interpretation would have
committed such silly and pal
pable error. 1t is the work OF
an unpractised hand. His rendering
Of the clause he quotes would require
quire every county to spend pre-
cisely the same amount with eve
Try other in its local govern.
meut. He would compel them all to
equalize their countyleyies, so that rich
aud poor, large and small, must expend
annually the sameamounts. II Monon-
gala county subscribes literally to the
Slack Water Improvement which she
wants, Wetzel must expend an equal
sum in locking and damming Fishing
Greek, or in some other enterprise that
she don't want. Such is the IHtellisen-
GERS Interpretation of the clause of the
Year: 1867

That our great lake is inhabited by
something bigger and a more amphibi-
GUS nature than the whitefish or the
sturgeon is evident. Those who sail
the great deep, and know what is going
on above and below the water, tell us
so, and wherefore should they lie about
so small thingi During the season
we have frequently heard sailors speak
of seeing a fish that looked something
like a whale, off the harbor. Captain
Mcbride, who has crossed Lake Michi-
gan times into the thousands, says he
has frequently had his attention called
to whaley sort of fish that makes
much noise and blowing, and, always,
with huge puff, that can be heard on
q still morning for mile out, sink be-
low the surface of the water before he
can get his boat near enough to see and
describe the beast. Captain COusaul,
of the tug Davidson, a wide-awake sail
or, says that frequently very early in the
morning, or before dalight, when he
goes out into the lake, he has seen the
monster lying off the mouth of the river
and moving slowly along, as if devour-
ing objects that came out of the river.
On one occasion, having the wind
strongly in its favor, he bore away for
the fish, and was enabled to get so near
that he could plainly see its back,
which seemed formed like that of a
whale, with huge fins attached, that
looked big enough to destroy boat at
one blow. Upon discovering the tug
steaming toward it, the fish or beast,
whichever it was, uttered a low moan
ing sound as if very much frightened,
and then blowing loud blast, it sunk.
The captain cruised about the spot for
some time, but no trace of the fish was
afterwards seen. 1t is described as be-
ing larger than any sturgeon which has
ever been seen in the lakes, some Of
those wLo have seen it estimating its
length at fully sixteen feet. Its head is
large and its jaws capacious.


AS another evidence that there are
monsters of the deep in the lake, we
have the fact of the finding of large
sized fish OH the banks, which were
evidently bitten in two by something
not of their species-somthing Of the
shark species, that is fond of a delecta-
BILE meal, and likes it on the wing.
Year: 1867

A day or two since an elderly gentle.
man, accompanied by an interesting
and youthful daughter, arrived in thin
city by one of the Hudson river steam
ers, and took rooms at the Delavan
House. On the way up the river a
young man, who was fellow passen-
ger, seemed extremely anxious to en-
gage in a Irritation with the young
lady, and succeeded in attracting not
only her attention, but that of her
father also. He followed them oT their
arrival here to the Delavan House,
where he put the climax upon his assu-
rance by slipping his card under the
young lady's plate at the table. She
Informed her father of the affront, and
the latter meeting the intruder in the
central yard as they were about to leave
on the Saratoga train, demanded OF
him an apology for his rudeness:: The
Young man refused to make the re,
quired apology, whereupon the indig'
nant father raised his cane and be-
labored the offender gallantly over the
head and shoulders. Amind the excite,
ment caused by this adventure, the as,
tonished youth made hasty and fnal
exit from the scene of his contemplated
amOurs.
Year: 1867

The Albany EOening Journal of yesterday
says:


The Convention at Syracuse win be called upon 70 de-
eide rival delegations from the City OF New
York. One OF these is regularly elected by those who
have steadily acted with the Republican party the other
largely composed Of gentlemen who have not been dis
tnguished by the consistency or uniformity Of their
course. That Mr. Henry j. Raymond supported the
Union tnket last Fall il true. But IL IA also true that he
prominently identified with the Philadelphia
movement; that his course In Congress was such
as To estrange from him those with whom he had
acted and that II Is not possible for him NJ once to
tho position which occupied by him before his
unfortunate detection. Whatever Of mischief resulted
from bolting aud conservative opposition last year Is
due the influence Of such and ~ cannot De pre-
sumed that party which trumphed not with their sup
port but In spite OF their opposition will welcome them
10 its leadership We regret that any moycTEttt tho
direction OF double delegation has been made. Those
who not strong enough 10 control the regular ma
chnery Of the party at least should not seek 10 effect
organization outside Of H. But the Convention Will have


clear duty in the premises. and will dispose OF 1t in
straghtfOrw ard manner"
Year: 1867

HAVE proved, from the most ample experience, an
IL entire success: neutrality-suspicious.. and
Reliable. They the only Medicines perfectly
adapt ed popular use-so simple that mistakes can
not be made in using them, harmless to be free
from danger and efficient to be always reliable.
They have raised the highest commendation from all
and will always render satisfaction.
Year: 1867

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY,
i corner Camp and Canal streets, New Or
leans. A full Sett of Teeth made in Thirty
Hours. Teeth inserted on Nulcanite Base,
vastly superior to gold in every respect, being
much stronger and more durable, and can be
furnished at Half the Price.


The most nervous persons can have their
Teeth inserted without the least pain. Teeth
Extracted without pain. Sep27-3Ino-d
Year: 1867

HUBBEL7S
G @ L d EN- BIT T ER S
Is most emphatic endorsement of their Yir-
tues. We claim them TO be the best
Tonic EBitIers i'm the WOrld"!
The unsolicited recommendation we receive
from all parts of the globe prove them to be
just exactly what we claim.


They are purely vegetable.


They Will inyigorate and strengthen.
They fortify the system against the evil eff
fects of unwholesome water.


They will cure Dyspepsia.


They will cure Heartburn.


They will cure Headache.


They will cure Jaundice.


They will cure Sea Sickness.


They will cure General Debility.
They will create Healthy Appetite.
They contain no poisonous drug.
They will inyigorate the organs of digestion
and moderately increase the temperature of
the body; and the force of the circulation act
ing, in fact, as a general corroborant Of the
Year: 1867

The editor Of the Mime FarnaeF records
the following thoughts in regard to horses
that have become addicted to crib biting:


Cr.bbinC is undoubtedly a habit rather
than disease. This, it would seem, is
proved BY the fact that young horse, con
fined in a stable next to an old horse. VINO
is a criLber, vii soon acquire the habit. Il
Is very common among horses that are con-
>tauty kept in the stable AMI be caused
by the animal SEEING upon crib biting as a
solitary pa~t!;ne, to while away the tiresomr
hours Of stable lie. Or the constant diet
IF hay anI oats. may deranee The digestion,
.causug-a> we ourselves well hnow-un
easiness OrIhe long continued inhalation
OF close and impure air may disorder that
part Of the entire system, and thus give rise
to the habit


"Crib-biting may be prevented if taken
in hand during the cary stages. First at
tend to the atmosphere of the stable. rem
deriug it pune by careful ventilation. Place


lump Of rock salt in the manner. This
acts as a stinulant to the stomach and will
often enable the horses digestion to recov
er its lost tone If this does not fleet a
cure add to it large piece of chalk
Should this not prove to do good, dam.
the food aud ateach time Of feeling, sphinx
Ie magnesla upon it. Mayhew also recon
mends large handful Of ground oak bark
to be. given with each feed of grain. Should
none Of the above measures prove Of bene
fit, we should come to the concl sion THAI
the disease was Of more obstinate nqtur
AMI should he treated as ju case Of chronic
Indigestion"
Year: 1867

Thus saith the prophet of the Turk:
Is Good Musselmen, abstain from pork.
There is part in every swlne'
No friend or follower of mine
MAY taste, whate'er his inclination,
On painsof accommodation"
Such was Mahomet's mysterious charge,
And ihus he left the point at large.


Had he the sinful part expressed,
They might with safety eat the rest;
But for one piece they thought it hard,
From the lch0ie hog to be debarred,
So set their wits at work to find
The Joint the prophet had in mind.
Much controversy straight arose,
These choose the back, the belly those
By some It was confidently said
He meant not TO exclude the head
While others at this doctrine rail,
And piously prefer the tail.
Thus conscience freed from every clog,
MahometRns eat mp the hog


Iou laugh It is we'll the tale applied,
Might make YOU laugh on = other SIDE:
Renounce the world the preacher cries,
We do a multitude replies,
But one, as innocent, regards
A snug and friendly game at cards
And one, whatever you may say,
Can see no evil in a play;


Some love a concert, some a race,
And others shooting and the chace
Reviled and loved, rcuounced and followed
Thus bit by bit tue world Is swallowed;
With sophistrv their sauce they sweeten,
sTil quite from taIl to snout It was eaten.
Year: 1867

THE PACIFIC RAILROAD IN CALIFORNIA
Though there is a heavier force of men
and teams at work on the California end Of
the Pacific railroad than on this, the pro
gress in distance is far slower; for while
here The path lies along an absolute PLAN,
there it IS up and over the grand Sierra
Nevada chain of oflnountains. About 10000
Cinnamon are at work on the road-bed III
California, and an additional 10000 have
been contracted for. to be put upon the line
next spring, when the contractors will be
grading on this slope Of the Slewas, and
beginning to stretch their labor out on to
the plains and into the valleys of Nevada.
Now the track is completed to within Is
miles Of the summit of the mountains, ana
the following table of statistics, distances
and attitudes from Sacramento on to the
summit, shows how the iron pathway Is
mounting the great hills Of the Pacific
slopes Of the continent At Cisco, which
the completed road has now reached, the
locomotive screams on a spot as high as
Mount Washington, the highest Of our New
EuUIand mountains -
Year: 1867

TRIANGLE, Broome Co, \. Y, Mar. 'G7.


Mr. EDIroR-I thought perhaps a word


rom the Empire State might be accepra-
Die to tie readers Of the Journal. We
nave been blessed with a severe winter here


The oldest inhabitants unite in saving that
they have not known so severe a winter in
many years In many places the roads
nave been drifted 50 badly as to be impas-
sable Cold weather commenced tue last
of November, aud Il continued cold and
clustering until the first day Of February.
Then the lev letters OF winter were melted
away, our reads became paSSabie again,aud
everybody seemed delighted with the change
About the fifteenth OF February it sudden


changed, -four or FIVE inches of snow fell
and we are now enjoying the best sIeighing
OF the season. The farmers are preparing
for an early spring and expect to commence
making maple sugar very soon. Maple
sugar Is made in considerab' e quantities in
this county every season. This county has
been settled seventy or eighty years and the
farmers are in better circumstances gener


ally than those of northern PenEsylya ia


They are an intelligent and enterprising
class Of people, and Judging from appear
anceS should say they are the right kind
Of men in the right place. Politics do not
run very high here at present, but the peo-
pc OF this county rolled up quite a heavy


majority for Fenton, last November As
far as | can learn Andy has been very easy
with the Postmasters in this vicinity. Very
likely he found no dogs here that would
bark for him. There is one thing at least
Of which the people Of Potter may be
proud-anI tha, IS their school houses.
They are far ahead Of New York in that
respect. | do not wish to convey the iiea
that they have more school houses, but that
they have better ones. 10 have large and
well ventilated school houses speaks well
for the intelligence Of any community. l
think if some people who are always afraid
Of building them too large and afraid 0
expending too much money on them, could
change places with the teachers, and be
shut up in little house with twenty or
thirty scholars for three or four months, a
change would come over the spirit Of their
dreams, Yours Respectfully.


/ & HoTfFNprEE
Year: 1867

Dn You EVER SEA- regiment that
wasn't the best in the service ?


A captured battery that hadn't fred It's
last round Of ammunition before it was
laken2


A regiment, brigade or division that
wasn't the very last to leave the field when
a retreat was ordered


A regiment, brigade or division, a com
pany Or battery that didn't lose more in
each hattie than any other regiment bri
gade, division, battery, or company?


A brigade, division or corps that hadn't
the very best commander in the army?


A division that didn't save the army
from annihilatior


a line officer that didn't deserve to be
at least a BrigaIier General?


A regiment that didn't % further on q
charge kill more of the enemy, aud capture
more flags than any other
Year: 1867

Hon. G. W. ScoFIELD.-Some Of the
most prominent Republicans throughout
the State are speaking out very decidedly
in favor Of Judge ScofeId as acan1ilate to
succeed Buckalew. Judge Scofcll now
represents the Erie district in Congress-
where he Is distinguished as a man Of com
manding ability, aud where he has been
instrumental in accomplishing much good
to the State and the country It is very
certain that the honors Of the Republican
party belong to such men as Judge S. He
has always been a fearless exponent Of Re
publican principles, and faithful worker
for the Republican cause. In addition to
all this, his experience as a legislator is very
great. At present we have no personal
preferences to urge, but we cannot refrain
from recognizing the claims Of Judge SEQ
fell to Senatorial honors as being equal to
those Of any Republican vet mentioned in
connection with the Senatorship.-Har-
ris6urg TleUqph.
Year: 1867

MY BoY DRUXK. Drunk my boy
drunk - and tears started from the moth
ers eyes, and she bent her head in uuut-
terable sorrow. In that moment, the Wis
ions of a useful aud honorable career were
DESTROYED, and one of worthlessness, if not
absolute dishonor presented itself Wei
did She know thatinlemPerance wa Is hand
in hand with poverty, shame and death
and her mother-heart was pierced as with
a sharp pointed steel


All, young man, if the holy feeling ot
love for her who bore you is not dead with
in you shun that which gives her pain al
here to that which gives her joy. Ii she
is with YOU on earth, she does not, cannot
desire to see her 5 II a druukarl' if she IS
with her Father in Heaven, shun that coarse
Of lie which shuts the gates Of Hearey
against YOU, nd debars You from her 50
cirty forever.


The drunkard cannot inherit the king
dom Of God.


G&s~ An eminent physician has discover,
ed that the nightmare in uIua casts out O
ten i, produced by owing a bill, FIR news
paper and the best cure Is 10 pay up.
Year: 1867

Nearly every phase of domestic difficulty,
says the Chicago Tribune. May 22d sooner
or later comes before the Police Court. The
latest cause of conjugal unhappiness was
brought to light yesterday morning, before
Justice Sturtevant. George Bush and his
wife reside on Bunker street, near Canal.
and the husband was arraigned for beating
his wife. 1t was not alleged that Georges
abuse proceeded from intoxicatlOn. On the
contrary, he is a sober. industrious man.
lie had his caprices, however, and one of
these is that after retiring to bed at night
his wife must scratch his back for him i
This is an indulgence which George cannot
forego lie has been accustomed to having
the operation performed ever since the first
week Of bis honeymoon, and has latterly
entertained the belief that it was specified in
the marriage contract. Mrs. Bush has for a
long time secretly regarded this require


ment on the part THAT is, the back of her
husband as very onerous, and has quite
seriously protested against it. After a
weary day of household duties. it seemed to
her repetition of her toiling over the wash
board, to devote half hour every night in
creating a rosy flush upon the spinal column
of her exacting husband. 1t might be a
pleasure to him, but it was certainly a selfish
one, IN which she had not particle oil
sympathy. She resolved to free herself from
this seryitude. and to accomplish the de
sired result conceived an idea of the feminine
heart. She quietly secured a curry comb
with small fine teeth. the vigorous use of
which upon the epidermis of horse or an
elephant might produce pleasurable sensa-
tons, but in its application to the backs of
human beings would naturally excite pref
dice and profanity. This instrument she
secretely placed convenient for use and on
Monday night, after the couple had retired
to bed, the husband assumed his usual
position, to receive the accustomed scratch
ing. Quietly reaching out for the curry
comb, Mrs. Bush, whose muscles had ac
quired peculiar strength from the oft repeat
ed operations, "raked' the broad expanse
Of cutcle some two or three times back and
forth in the most lively manner. Giving
utterance to one tremendous yell, the aston
ished and infuriated husband kicked the
wife some distance out Of bed. With ex-
cited and lacerated back and feelings, and
many an emphatic OATH he quickly followed
the direction his wife had taken. AMI pro-
ceeded to administer a summary beating
For this she caused his arrest. In consid
Grafton Of the narrowing provocation, MIR.
Bush was fined only 50, and advised to
forego, hereafter, any domestic enjoyment
which his wife could not share.
Year: 1867

An UNUSUAL MATRIMONIAL .HIsroRY.-
There is married couple living in this
county whose matrimonial history is rather
unusual, the woman having been married
four times, and yet is living with her first
husband. After sharing the couch of her
first worser half" a few years, the wife
got divorce from husband No |, and was
married to husband No. ,. In little while
she applied for and obtained divorce from
husband No. ,, and was married to husband
No. 3. In the course of time she became
weary of her bonds and was divorced from
husband No 3. Then her first love resumed
its sway in her heart. and to make amends
for her seeming waywardness she sought out
and again met husband No. |. when they
were the second time indissolubly bound up
in the tender cords of wedlock, and are now
living happily and peacefully together, witt
the company of two children by their frs
marriage. She was not blessed with any
offspring by either her second or third hus
band so after years of separation from hel
first object of happiness. naught now remains
to remind her of the past eStrangement save
the memory of husbands Nos 2 and 3.