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Year: 1868

We heartily commend tho action OF Secretary


McCulloch in suppressing tho superSeryiceable


zeal of Mr. Perry Fuller in the matter of the
Peruvian transport at New-Orleans The need
less vexations TO which tho Peruvian authorities
have been subjected have been unworthy Of tho
nation. and quite exactly worthy Of MIR. John
sons Collector of the Port at New-0rleans.
Year: 1868

date. One Of the most honorable men row
in the House of Commons presented lmse,t
for tho first time before his constituents armed
with letter of recommendation from the late
Lord Brougham, and nobody found fauh
This ia not the sort Of interference aeaips.
which tho House of Commons protested,
Year: 1868

The insecurity Of the Howard University
buildings at Washington, which has been often
reported, was settled yesterday by the tumbliDg
down Of one Of them There must have been
the grossest carelessness in the erection of the
composite walls. since houses properly con-
structed Of this material have been found, after
many years experience, TO be as substantial
and to resist frost as well Of those Of brick or
Year: 1868

The proposition TO permit judges Of the
Supreme Court over seventy years Of age to
retire on a pension finds precedent in the
half-pay system of retiring officers Of the Army
and Navy; and that Of making their pension
the same as their regular pay will probably DO
defended On tho ground that their pay is
now less in proportion than that of the higher
oflcers in any other Department of the Gov
nrnnnanf
Year: 1868

In the absence Of news from the scat of the
Indian war; since Custar's fight with Black
Kettle the exctable people of the frontier
havo been worrying themselves with reports Of
disaster TO Sheridan. They don't know him
vet out there so well as we do.
Year: 1868

Italy and Germany. The people OF European
Turkey are becoming more and more impatient
in this demand, and tho whole recent history
of Europe teaches that tho win of whole
nation in such questions must sooner OF later
ko carried out
Year: 1868

tacle of the agea Are they deaf dumb and
blind Are their hearts made1of stone and
their heads of ice , Will they continue TO
support the majority in Congress, who are
the legitimate authors, theoputatiye fathers
! OF this marvellous wiekedness Will they
allow their standing army 10 be used in
support of such q monstreus tyrannySl How
! long are we to be subjected to this, ,dupli-
cate despotism of the civil and military
power2 Are we to be relieved of this ltn-
natural and barbarous punishment, only to
be enslavedandR crushed cut of eivland
political existence by the Inauguration of q
negro despotism for the next twenty seven
years, under the Radical consultation now
proposed and about to be frandnlently en-
forced upon us by a criminal conspiracy
What has become of the National Democr
raey9 Have they too disappeared before the
political Goths and vandals of the day 2
Have they lost their power over the heart
ofthe countrya Can they no longer rally
the people when the life of the nation is in
danger? Will not the old Democratic lion
arouse from his lair Will he not assert
his ancient title to the dominion fthe coun-
try-wih be not enter the great arena of
battle and drive into the depths of the
wilderness the sswarming armies of wolves
and hyenas who now cover and dispoa the
1and2 That this will be done in the ap-
proaehing Presidential contest with all the
suOIlune power OF an outraged ana 1ndlgnant
peaple is now plainly written in the distor-
ted eyes and melancholy visages of Ben
Butler & Co. That the impeachers will be
impeaehed before the august tribunal of the
American people and exiled forever from the
control of the government. is now foretold
in every local expression of the public voice
and is daily gathering the volume and pow,
er of a tempest that will sweep the Radical
party with the besom of destruction.


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ffso 'A9@ CONCLUSION. '--i 4'A ~


The Democracy of Mississippi now see and
feel the exciting influence of this popular
power and have resolved to fight their share
of the great battle. Then lrU 6erosu}


''SaddleiWhite Surry for the field te-mor-


row, ,3u31fgsl EgG-- % 9E lliH
Our riders are up-our men in the ranks
and eager for the fray. Let us on to the
enemy at once. Let us storm and capture
the strongholds of the Loyal Leagues in ev-
erv county in the State-let us release and
restore to- the freedom of the elective fran
chise their armies of oath bound prisoners :
drive the Convention consprators and their
candidates to the obscure dens of the North
whence they come-vote down their Bill OF
denominations and assert the supremacy OF
the State of Mississippiunder our own Con
stitution and laws ia FDQEIl
Year: 1868

The Banner of last week takes OK.
ception to that POI tion of our description of
the Parish Of St. Landry, which compares
u to St. Mary, St. Martin and Vermillion,
in respect to the area of each subject to
inundation. We regret that our neighbor
is offended with us, and we assure him that
no paragraph in the article SO severely con.
demned by him, was prompted by dspo-
stion in us to "tear down" We respect
and esteem him and his parishoncrs too
highly, and are animated by too sincere q
wish for the well.being of the sohole coun-
try to write or speak one word with the
Intent charged against us.


We trust that Brother Bennett wilt not
persist in bring offended with us after he
reads the above assurances st. Mary has.
rare beauties and advantages which have
giYen It a name abroad as well as at home,
that is excelled BY no parish in the State,
and that is envied by all.
Year: 1868

GouGu ON TxYrERANcE.-This Of itself,
is enough to ill any house in the city. No
speaker ever handled this subject with the
matchless skill-the inimitable power, and
thrilling interest Of Cough. Thousands in
thus country and in Europe have listened in
raptures 10 his matchless eloquence, and
been moved to tears by his pathetic appeals
to the nobles traits Of their natures. Those
grand thrilling passages in the lecture, call
ing out all his powers of orstory, have more
Of power in them than seems in the falling
avalanche. The transitions from the serious
to the comic the presentations, and in fact
all Of this grand lecture can be understood
by the child as well as the man. Let none
fail Of hearing him at the Opera House this
evening-probably the last opportunity.
Year: 1868

WORKING MEN's LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
This Association held it's last meeting last
evening, in The rooms In Odd Fellows
block. and BY unanimous vote transferred
its library, room furniture and fixtures to
the Davenport Assd emy Of Natural Science,
the latter institution assuming al the la-
bilities Of tho Workingmens Association.
This step was deemed advisable ia view OF
the fact that the busy season is now coming
on and the workingmen cannot give their
Association that attention and support nee
essary to make it successful. Those desir-
ing it still have the use Of the library and
free access to the rooms OF the Academy Of
Natural Sciences.
Year: 1868

IMPURE WATER.-Set pitcher of water
in room. in few hours it will have absorb
ed nearly all the respired gases in the room
the air of which will have become purer,
but the water utterly filthy. The colder the
water is, the greater the capacity to contain
these gases At ordinary temperatures, a
pail Of water will contain tint of carbonlc
acid gas, and several pints of ammonia. The
capacity is nearly doubled by reducing the
water to the temperature of ice. Hence wa
ter kept in the room awhile is always unfit
for use. For the same reason the water
from pump should always be pumped out
in the morning before any of it is used.
Year: 1868

on the bottom of the pan thicklv put in
dough and set it away fo- half an hour or
more, but watch it closely. Bread making
should be most carefully tended, as any neg
lect ruins the whole. II allowed to rise too
much Its sweetness is gone, ana though sal
eratus will take away the acidity.iIS aroma
and flavor are destroyed. When light en-
ough. turn out on the molding board and
knead thoroughly; divide into two loaves.
reserving a portion for biscuit, SO that the
new made loaves may not be cut that day.
Mold well, put into the pans, let it rise in
a warm place fifteen minutes, then bake in
a hot oven, If the oven be hot, the bread
will lose less weight in baking than when
the oven is slack The batter can be baked
in the morning in muffin rings, and makes
delicious breakfast cakes, better than hot
biscuit.


Bread made with potatoes is very nice.
Boil three large potatoes, well pared or six
good sizid ones rub them through colendar
into your bread pan. Rinse them through the
colendar with pint of boiling water, add one
quart of milk. Stir in half pint OF -four, and
when the liquor is cool enough add teacup
full of home made yeast set it in ID warm
place If this is done after dinner-using
the potatoes lett from the table-the sponge
will be ready for more -four by cigh: or
nine o'clock in the evening Now mix to
stiff batter, sprinkle -four over it, set 1t to
rise. In the morning knead into stiff
dough, let it rise well, then knead again, put
into pans, let it rise Is to % minutes, bake
in a hot oven.


Palatable as good wheat bread is there is
no doubt that eating it entirely is not con-
ducive to health. Rye, Indian meal, and coarse
-four make bread that is better adapted to the
development of the muscle. Boston brown
bread is much used, and is far better for youp :
children than bread made of supertiue flour.
1t is easily made: Take two quarts OF Indian
meal, sifted, one quart of rye meal or era
ham -four, one large spoonful of SALT one
teacup of molasses, one teacuptul OF home
made yeast, or half the quantity of brewers
yeast. Mix with hot water as stiff as one can
stir il, let it rise one hour, bake in deep earth
en- or iron pots, which are made purposely.
To avoid the thick crust produced by baking
so long, boil il four hours, and bake it one,
removing the cover before setting it into the
oven to bake.


Good bread and butter cannot be made
without some experience AMI intell gence.
Upon their quality depends half the COM


fort of the table, and yet full half of the
people in this country never taste them IL
perfection. --SprtnQtield Republican.
Year: 1868

meek and forgiving spirit, when despiteful-
ly used. To love an enemy, and TO forgive
a civil speaker is higher attainment than
is commonly believed 1t is very easy to
talk of Christian forbearance among neigh
bors, but to practice it ourselves proves US
to be good Christians indeed.
Year: 1868

Even Tom Hood is almost inexcusable
for such a description of music as this:
Heaven reward the man who first hit upon
the very original notion Of saving the in
side of a cat with the tail of horse.
Year: 1868

''Why is it, said one OF our school marms
to young scape- grace who had caused her
much trouble by his bad conduct, why is
it you behaved so well when you first came
to school, and are SO disobedient now p
Il WASH much acquainted then, said the
Young hopeful
Year: 1868

The fellow who undertook to get free
pass OH the plea that he was railroad man
is found to have spoken the truth, he was
rail rode man, but fellow had hold of each
end of the rail when he rode.
Year: 1868

A traveller in Pennsylvan asked the
landlord if they had any cases of sun stroke
in that town No sir, says the landlord,
when man gets drunk here We say he Is
drunk-and we never call it by any other
Year: 1868

Folly-to eat a hearty supper for the
pleasure experienced during the brief time
it is passing down the throat, at the ex-
penst of whole nights disturbed sleep, and
weary wax ing in the morning.
Year: 1868

There is no medicine extant equal to these rem.
edies in such A tone and vigOr is impaired
to the whole system, the appetite is strengthed,
food is enjoyed, the stomach digests promptly the
blood is purified the complexio on becomes sound
the eyes. bloom is given to the cheeks, and the
weak and nervous invalid becomes a strong and
healthy being.
Year: 1868

Are made strong by the of either of these
remedies They will cure every case of MARAS
MUS, without fail.


Thousands of certificates have accumulated in
the hands of the proprietor, but space will allow
of the publication of but few. Those, it will be
observed, are of note and of such standing
that they must believed.
Year: 1868

and crew were all saved, except one Of the lat
ter, who was lost In so attempt 80 get out an an
chor. The passengers lost most Of their bag
gage. The vessel and cargo are q total loss.
Two lady passengers have gone to Norfolk in the
steamer. The rest Of the passengers and the
captain Of the vessel will be here tonight.
Year: 1868

The subscriber, for the past ten years engaged
outer at Mr.. Cones Merchant Tailoring Es-
tablishment, would inform his friends and the
citizens of Rock Island and vicinity, that he has
opened New Merchant Tailoring Establishment
for the purpose of manufacturing to order frat
class fine custom work to those that have been in
the habit Of getting their garments cut by us,
while at Mr.. Cones We would extend an invita-
ton TO call on us at our new establishment, and
TO those that cannot get suited in Rock Island
snd in the habit of sending east for their gar
zents would invite them to call ana give q
trial, feeling confident that we can suit them in
every respect. We have handsome assortment
of fine Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings, together
with large variety of splendid French Coatings
and Tricots in different shades and coors for fine
business suits. Also fine Beavers in different
coors, for overcoats,-all of which we will make
TO order in the best and most fashionable manner
atlower rates than the same class of goods can be
obtained on either side of the river. Call and
examine our styles, and compare our goods and
prices with those engaged in the same business.


THOMAS MCCULLOUGH,
North side of Third Street. near the Post Office,


Davenport, Iowa.
Formerly cutter at Cones.


N. B. The cutting department is under our
own supervision. nov29dly.
Year: 1868

ANDREW JOHNSON, the President of the
United States, is now placed in position
that fully authorizes him to follow his
own views. The late elections must Ger.
tainly fully convince him of the entire en-
dorsement Of HIS POLICY as opposed ia
the folly Of a pretended Congress. Ht
can now pursue his statesmanlike course
with the assurance that the people, thu
fountain head of all political power, i:
sssurcdly with him, The people of the
free States, by which, we mean the States
that had no slavery before the war, have
unequivocally indorsed him and have, il
thunder tones, condemned the frantic en-
deavors of the Radical party to tramplC
upon the Constitution Of the United
States. The outraged people of thC
South now demand ofhm, as the expo
nent of the true Interpretation of the Fed
eral Constitution, to come to their rescue
and save them from the load they have
been forced to bear and lift from them
the burthen Of iniquity in the shape of
penurious office holders, imported from
another country. These men forced upon
us by policy, foreign to the genius OF
our republican institutions, come like To-
Gust sworms to suck from us our sub
stance. We now ask the President to
lend us helping hand and lift from us
this intolerable load. We feel certain
that his patriotic feelings will prompt
him to this, and hence we feel sanguine
Of the future. We feel that in Andrew
johnson we have defender of the Con
stitution, who will no longer hesitate to
follow the dictates Of his reason, and with
the voice Of the people for him, cannot
fail to do justice to the whole country.
We bid those who had linked their des-
TIMES to the anti Unconstitutional and negro
equality party. to beware of that ground


swell Unpopular Indignation that is now
fast overtaking them. The Democratic
or Conservative party can alone save the
country from political and financial ruin


Let all thoughtful men look around them
and behold the abyss upon whose brink
the country hangs and let all determine
TO lend helping hand to save us from
the ruin threatened Let all come fully
up to the mark indorse the President and
vow to stand or fall in his support.
Year: 1868

great French Physician says: 'More than
half of the diseases in the world comes from neg
ect to fortify the system against changes Of eli
mate, weather, and food. The great secret Of
health is to keep the condition of the Stomac b
and Blood regular and uniform, so that changes
from Heat to Cold, from Dry to Damp, etc., can
not upset the machinery of the body, and breed
disease"


Now, it is fact, positive and wcll-known. that
there is no such bulwark and assistant for the
Stomach as
Year: 1868

II Favor OF IT.--So far as we have OBJ
served, every paper published in the mining
counties Of the State is in favor of the bill
allowing the counties to retain the States
portion of the foreign miners license tax
Ihe people OF those counties unanimously
demand the passage of the bill now before
the Senate, and if it fails to become law
the responsibility will be fixed where it
rightiully belongs. Let the people mark the
men who attempt to defeat this measure of
simple instiee
Year: 1868

PAYING.-Last summer Richards & Walker
prospeceed piece of ground few miles
above Whiskytown, and concluded that it
would pay provided water could be obtained
to work it. They then set to work industri
ously and constructed ditch two miles long
to convey water to the claim, and when the
rainy season set in they were ready to com.
mence operations. While opening the claim
they made good wages, but soon struck on to
a channel in the bed rock, which run back
from the face of the bank, and paid very
rich. They are still following up this chan
mel, and making ten dollars per day. So
much for little enterprise.
Year: 1868

And it is further ordered, that if any
change is made in the State tax the Auditor
make the correction, and notify the County
Assessor and Treasurer of the facts


The Board then adjourned until the next
regular term.
Year: 1868

RoUeH SrAoiNG.-The stage which left
Red Bluff on Monday did not reach this
place until the following day, having laid
over during the night at Cottonwood. The
coach mired down several times on the trip,
and at one point the horses were detached
from the concern, when the passengers put
their shoulders to the wheels and propelled
it across space hundred yards wide The
water ran into the stage box while crossing
the sIoughs al Cottonwood and Clear Creek
The trip was the toughest one experienced on
that portion of the road this winter.
Year: 1868

STAILED-On Sunday teamster started
to drive through the Canon House canon, but
drove into deep water and stalled. The
water continued to rise very rapidly, and the
team was only saved from drowning by the
timely arrival Of second teamster, who
hooked on to the submerged wagon, and
drew it out. tenn and all. The water was
deeper in the canon on Sunday than ever
before known bv white settlers.


a LAND SLIDE.-During the late heavy
rain storm land slide occurred on French
Gulch, above the Washington mill. A vast
mass Of earth and rock slid from the steep
mountain side into the gueh, causing
heavy volume of water TO accumulate above,
which broke through and carried all before
it into Clear Greek. A portisa of several
bitches was washed away and a lot of yau.
able tailings at the Washington mill was
washed down stream.
Year: 1868

and with accord give it their unqualified appfo-
baton. We now address odtselves to all who are
unacquantcd with this the greatest Panacea of the
age, for the healing of all diseases Of the Thtoat
and Lungs, assuring you that
Year: 1868

CURIOUS STATISTICs.-A statistical genius
declares that 'more is expended in the United
States for cigars than for all the common
schools in the country"


A way, undoubtly a lover of the weed, see
ing the statement going through the papers,
gets off the following:


8 1t has been estimated that the cost of
washing linen that might just as well be worn
two days longer, amounts to enough in this
country to more than defray the expense of the
American Board of Foreign Missions.


The expenses Of buttons on the backs of
our coats, where they are of no earthly use, is
equal to the support Of all our orphan asyums


" Il is estimated that the value Of old boots
thrown aside, which might have been worn at
least day longer, is more than enough to buy
flannel night-gOwns for every baby in the land.
Also, that the cost of every inch on the full
shirt collars of our young men is equal to the
sum necessary to pat Bible in the hands of
every Patagonian giant"
Year: 1868

KISSING.
Men scorn to kiss among themselves.
And scarce would kiss a brother;
Bat women want To kiss 80 tad
They kiss and kiss each other
lady repeE:


Men do not kiss among themselves.
It's well hat they refrain:
The bitter dose would vcx them SO
They e'er would kiss again.
Year: 1868

TIE GOOD TEMpLAR INITIATION We find
IN an exchange the following crposc of the Good
Templar initiation. 1t will be read with inter
est, we have no doubt:


In the first place the victim of initiation is
bindfollrd, bound hand and foot, and thrown
into cider press, and pressed for five minutes.
This is done for the purpose Of cleaning his
system Of "old drunkS." He is then taken
out OF the cider press and by the means Of a
force pump, gorged with ci>tern water, after
which sealing plaster is placed over his mouth
and he is rolled in barrel four or five times
across the room the choir at the same time
singing the cold water song.


lie is now taken out of the barrel and hung
up by the heels till the water runs through his
ears. lie is then cut down and a beautiful
young lady hands him glass of ciStern water
a cold water bath is then furnished him, after
which he is ShOwered with cistern water He
is then made to read the Water Works act ten
times, drinking glass of ciStern water between
each reading. After which, the old oaken
bucket is hung around his neck, and fifteen
sisters with squirt guns, deluge him with ciStern
water. lie is then run through a clothes
wringer, after which he is handed a glass of
clstern water by young lady. He is again
gOrged with cistern water, and his boots filed
with the same, and he is laid away in a re-
frigerator.


The initiation is now almost concluded
After remaining i'll the refrigerator for the space
of half an hour, he is again taken out and
given glass Of cistern water, run through a
clothes wringer and becomes a Good Templar.