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Year: 1868

AS slight compensation for their previous pa
tience and no doubt, involuntary submission TO the
annoying calmness, the wind yeered. and the sun
beginning to relax little, gentle and gradually
stf breeze rewarded the anxiety OF the half dozen
contestants This change at once showed in favor
of the Sophia, which rushed forward close upon
the stern OF the Comet and finally passed
that little craft within about mile or 80 OF Throgs
Neck, the Unknown following well up and the re.
mainder almost the same as when rounding the nag
boat. The 'run home now lay between the Comet
and the Sophia both OF which, even at good dis
tance away, kept close together and exhibited de.
termnedness which lent some interest to the contest.
1t may be observed that throughout, as well as pre-.
viOus to the start, the Comet was regarded as the
favortte by most OF those present. who Judging from
the aspect of the weather. ophed that she would de-
feat the Sophia, the latter being larger
boat and requiring more wind to bring her
true sailing qualities to q test so that when
the latter showed in front and gradually
increased her speed as she neared the goal, con-
siderable doubt was entertained to her rival carry
ing or the palm The Unknown too, exhibited some
signs OF life, and bore down remarkably we while
her three friends in the rear seemed to take the
matter quietly. After good race the Comet, though
not in first In point OF arrival, was declared the VIC
tor having won the contest by six minutes and five
seconds, the Sophia failing TO defeat her within the
prescribed time of six minutes. The boats arrived
In the aforementioned order and time:-
Year: 1868

Nwtli be seen that all the boats came in within the
time (six hours limited to the race although had the
weather been favorable they would have completed
the course In probably half that time. During the day
spectators from the pavilion Of Keliy's Hotel, which
the scorching sun must undoubtedly have rendered
the yacnts could not be scrutinised By accompanying
them ana II s but ust TO ny that n0twithstanding
the counteracting Influences against which they had
showed excellent sailing capabilities. Other con.
tests are shortly expected TO follow that Of
Yesterday.
Year: 1868

FiaHr BETWEEN Two WOMEN. Margaret Memore,
and Mary Thompson, both residing In Jersey street,
entered into an atercstion with each other between
ten and eleven O'Clock last night, when Mary struck
Margaret with club the head and indicted very
severe wound. In retaliation Mrs. Memore hit her
assailant with Kerosene can on the head and left
by the blow an ugly cash. Both women were taken
to Police Headquarters, where their wounds were
dressed by q physician, and Inspector Leonard
ordered them both TO be locked up for the night
Year: 1868

A party Of volunteers returning home from drill
last night were attacked by men, supposed to be
'Fenians One Of the volunteers is not expected to
recover. An unsuccessful attempt was made later
at night to break open the drill shed and get arms.
The inhabitants are in pursuits
Year: 1868

SeynaOurs Record as a Union Man.


Dialogue BETWEEN AN Ex-CoNrEDERArE
AND A RADICAL.


A violent ex-Confederate surprised his
hearers the other day in New York by
exclaiming: If this supporting of Hora-
ito Seymour don't show me to be more
reconstructed" than everI expected to be,
then will be id.


A Radical standing by asked; How is
that


Why, says the Confederate, was an
original secessionist. My heart was in the
cause. | was early to so into the war and
late to go out OF it. l was wounded twice
in the struggle, and yet here am in New
York for the sake of peace and quiet, sup
porting a man for the Presidency who
denounced the movement o. the South as
a most wicked rebellion.


Radical. l guess not. He was on your
side all the time, and am not surprised
| thas you are for him. He was Copper
head-an anti-War Democrat
Ex-Coniederate. Well, if he was anti
War, l should like to know what being
for the war is.


Radical. You can not point out where
he ever aided it by act or word. He was
an open enemy to the loyal cause.
ExCOnfederate. just listen to this, and
| then answer me il have not become very
| loyal to hurrah for such man. Here is
what he said at the meeting of the State
Military association in january 1862:
We deaounce the rebellion as most tcicked
because it wages rar against the best Coz
ernmeRt the ioOria has erer seen. There is
guilt in negligence as well as in disobedi-
ence, and there is danger, too. We COM
plain that the arms of the General
Government were heretofore unequally
distributed. This was owing in part to
the reasonable purposes of officials, but
1t is due in part to our own neglect Of our
constitutional duties. Our enrolled mill
tia should count more than five hundred
thousand, but they don't exceed one-hnll
that number. Hence our quota of arms
was diminished, and that of the Southern
States increased. The want Of these arms
and proper military organization has
added immensely to the cost of this war,
and to the burdens of taxation. More
than this, if we had respected our consti
tutional obligation we mi ghs at the outset
hare placed in the field a force that pould
hare put out this rebellion when it ,cas
first kindled.


Radical. This is the first time l ever
heard that speech.


Ex-Confederate. Why, did he not say,
in his message of June 8, 1868, "Under
Year: 1868

all violence and oppression, and to give
the protection of law to all conditions Of
men. 10 these ends let us pray that God
Will give wisdom to our rulers, purity to
our legislators, uprightness and boldness
to our judges, meekness and charity to
our Clergy, and virtue, intelligence, and
goodness to our people.


RADIcAL.-You need not read any more.
am satisfied that Governor Seymour was
as good war man as there was. can
not conceive how it is that have been the
dupe of a different impression all this
time, unless it is that the New York lri.
Dune is the on y paper that read.
Year: 1868

It is gratifying to find in the Southern papers q
complimentary notice OF q retiring military COM
mander like the following, which we take from the
Richmond Wh&g of the 3Oth ultmO:-"In the transfer
OF General Schoaed to the War Department we will
lose his services as commander OF this Military Dis
trict AS the relation in which he has stood to US
now ceases we can without embarrassment speak
our mind in regard to him. He could have been
tyrant he could not only have outraged us, but have
insulted US and rendered himself offensive and dis
agreeable in every way, and we would have been
without appeal and without redress. That he has not
done So but has, on the contrary been as moderate
in his administration and as c0nsderate In his
dealing with us as the circumstances In which he
claim to our respect. He has, in addition borne
himself In unobtrusive, courteous and gentle
manly manner In all his relations, official and per-
s0naL The almost universal feeling of this COM
munity in regard to his removal hence s that OF re-
gret
Year: 1868

S1R-I am in receipt of your letter of
the 9th of February, calling my at
tention to the correspondence publish
ed in the Chronicle between the Pres.
ident and General Grant, and especially
to that part of 1t which refers 10 the
conversation between the President
and General Grant at the Cabinet
meeting on the 14th of January, with a
request that state what was said in
that conversation. In reply, I have
the honor to state that have read care
fully the correspondence in question,
and particularly the letter of the Pres
ident to General Grant, of date Janua-
ry 81, 1868. The following extract from
your letter of the 81 of January TO
General Grant, is according to my re-
collection of the conversation that took
place between the President and Gen.
Grant:


At the Cabinet meeting on the 18th OF
January last in the presence OF the Cabinet,
the President asked General Grant whether,
in a conversation which took place after his
appointment ns Secretary of War dd interim,
ne Clid not agree TO either remain at the head
OF the War Department and abide any judi
cIal proceeding that might follow the nom
concurrence OF The Senate In SIR. stAnton's
suspension, or should he wish not to become
involved In such controversy, to put the
President in the same position with respect
10 the ONCE as he occupied previous TO Gen.
Year: 1868

The old fashioned practice of compost
ing all the contents of the yard, the sites,
and the stables, is attended with much
labor, AMI Is often imperfectly done, oil
neglected altogether, from want of CON
vic,ion OF lis utility. There are thl
same materials before and after the heap


ing, the farmer reasons: why will they
not benefit the land as much in the on,
condition as in the other The ques


ton is fairly put, and demands an an
swer. There are not necessarily th'
Year: 1868

same materials in compost heap. before
and after fermentation. If the contents
OF yard were swamp-muck, peat, sur
face loan, various kinds of straw, sea-
weed, kelp, and the manure of horses.
sheep. and cattle, and if TO these was
added fresh sty manure, or night soil, or
a few bushels of lime or ashes, the whole
mass would be thrown into fermentation,
and new chemical combinations would
take place, and the new compounds
would be more Immediately availed for
plant fool Just how much the mass
would he benefited by these new combi-
nations we may not he able TO state, but
no intelligent farmer has any doubt of
the hi cher value OF ftrmented compost,
for ordinary farm purposes. Another
great advantage from this work is the
increased fneness of the manure Stable
manure Is often carried out and spread





this condition is ploughed into the ground
1t doubtless benefits the soil in this con-
dltlon, but the roots of plants are long
time i'll getting at their food. We think
II pays 10 fork over a manure heap twice,
and give it the full benefit of a second
fermentation The hay and straw are
all broken down by this process, and all
the materials Of the mass are thoroughly
mixed. Much of the immediate effect
of manure depends upon its fineneSs.
The time usually allowed for compost
ing is quite too short; The greatly in
creased effect Of wcll-ruttcd manure
mas led some TO wish for whole year to
complete the process This is one OF the
points that we should like TO see accur-
ately determined on an experimental farm.
The liquiiying of all the ward manures
is doubtless better than any coInminution
that We can attain by rotting. hut the
necessary apparatus for doing this, and
applying it economically TO the fields.
requires more capital than most farmers
| have to invest Thorough composing
! is within the means of all, and would
always pay.-im 1yqcutH7st
Year: 1868

Those who are troubled with the
thistle can entirely kill the whole concern
by using pickle. Take Off the crops
with any cutting instrument, and follow
with the pickle, putting a small quantity
nto each remaining stump. Use the
Year: 1868

country forswear his previous allegiance
and be admitted into all the civil and
political rights of mis- new home that
American citizens by adoption and nat
uralization arc entitled to all the rights
as between us and foreign powers
which can be claimed by our native
born citizens, and it is the duty of the
Federal Government to protect and 70
maintain them by every means within
its power


RrsoLyrp, That the people will sus-
tam Andre W johnson, President of the
United States IN his struggle with Con.
glCssional usurpation, and that we
pledge the Democracy OF Ohio to sup.
port him in all Constitutional measui es
to relieve the white people Of the
South from the negro government
now being imposed upon them.


RESOLVED, That the fortitudc and gal.
lantry Of our soldiers in the recent
civil war, in defense of the Union, en-
title them to the gratitude Of the
country, and they should ever be re.
membered by II in its bountics.


REsoLy.D, That the Democracy Of
the country have neither the purpose
or desire to re-establsh slavery, nor to
assume any portion Of the debts Of the
states lately in rebellion
Year: 1868

The Raleigh Sentinel learns that one
of a gang ofnegroes which left that city
last Week e. attend radical mass meet
ing, stopped at the house of respecta-
BILE aged farmer, living in the lower
part OF the county, and he being absent
Violated his wife. She was somewhat
advanced in life, and died in two days
afterwards by the injuries inflicted by
the tiend. With the Judiciary that has
been foisted upon North Carolina, it
seems that the cord and the bullet offer
the only means of stopping these out
RACES.
Year: 1868

Cows that give milk in the winser
may be made more prof. table by giving
themsa buck t OF warm water twice a
,lay, with a little meal or the slops OF
the family with it. Every one has no.
ticed how an extremely cold day will eff
feet their milk, or when they become
wet even in summer. A little salt with
meal floating on the surface OF such
drink, will s0onteaeh any COW to drink
it,. They will drink ut the pump all
the better for 4 littlesalt.-Naiae Far
fler.
Year: 1868

ADRoIT ROBBERY OF AN INSURANCE
OFrlCE.-The office of the City Mutual In
surance Company in Newark was entered
yesterday afternoon by three men, who en-
tered into conversation with the clerk who
was in attendance upon the subject of taking
out q policy of insurance upon building
which they said was owned by them. The
clerk stepped into back room with one OF
them to talk over the details more fully,
and while he was so engaged the trio who
remained in the front office improved the
opportunity to investigate the condition OF
the company's assets. This they did with
some thoroughness and to the loss of the
institution, as they carried away all the
money found in the drawers and safe
about fifty dollars-and a number of checks,
amounting to about $3.50. Upon the return
of the clerk with his applicant to the front
office, the two men were gone, circum-
stance which did not excite the suspicion
of the former, but which seemed, in a great
degree, to surprise the latter. The man
went out to see where they had gone, and
was seen no more in the precincts Of the
insurance office. The loss was not dis
covered until late in the day, when the hour
for closing the Office arrived, and by that
time of course all clue to the discovery Of
the thieves was ost.-Nea1 York. Times.
Year: 1868

the attention of the clerks the third Sc
cured the money by quiet and dexterous
movement toward the desk on which it was
carelessly left. p


The robbery was reported to the police,
who are working diligently to obtain clue
to the adroit rogues. The prospects of their
success are very slight indeed, though the
greatest secrecy has been maintained on
their part in Withholding information on
the sub bject.- Washington Chronicle, 18th.
Year: 1868

TOBACCO MANUFACToRIEs,- are IN
this internal revenue district ftty-three to-
bacco factories. Only q small fraction of this
number are in full operation, the others
being engaged in cleaning up for the win
forgetting rid of all their surplus stock.
Probably not one Of the whole number Will
be at work six weeks from this time,
and the large number of bands which have
been employed in them will be thrown out
Of work.
Year: 1868

YORK RIVER RAILRoAD.-The schooner
D. A. Berry has arrived in the Pamunkey
with o cargo of railroad iron for the Rich
mond and York River railroad. This cargo
will complete the contract for iron to finish
the road to West Point. There are more
than two hundred hands at work cutting
sills and laying the track.
Year: 1868

STEALING LUMBER.-Thomas Carter IA
negro) had hearing before the Mayor
yesterday on the charge of stealing o lot OF
lumber belonging to David J. Saunders.
He was sent on to the Hastings Court OF
Magistrates for Indictment.
Year: 1868

No ADMIRALTY BOARD data says
"There is no truth in the rumor that the Secre-
tary OF the Navy will recommend in his report
the creation OF a board OF admiralty, empow-
cred to exercise supervision over tue various
bureaus OF the Navy department
Year: 1868

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


The New York radical organ Of to-day contains
statement that Senator Crimes private secretary
wagered large sums in the Senate lobby on Monday
that Grimes would vote against oil the arcles'' Of
impeachment or course this statement is put forth
by that paper only with view Of giving little color
ing to its charge Of corruption against Senator
Grimes, and therefore, think, warrants attention,
and justiies me In troubling you with this contra
dicti0n Mr. Grimes has private secretary, unless
II may be sad that J. In my position Of clerk OF
the Senate Naval Committee, OF which he is chair
man, act somewhat In that capacity. SO far as the
statement may relate to myself, 1t Is entirely with
out foundation. l have never waeered and have
never offered to wager cent, directly or Indirectly
like all other aspersions upon Mr.. Grimes integrity,
Will be found to be both base and baseless.


JACOB RICH.
Year: 1868

q the restoration Of the Union and the
peace ana prosperity Of the country. u not true
that PFes.dent johnson hes indicated the precise
party Character Of the contemplated Cabinet appoint
ments, further than they shall be men Of eminent
abilities, such - to challenge the confidence and
respect OF the entire country.
The Inpeaehnent Managers About % Con.


neDce Their Dirty Work.
The impeachment Managers viii commence to-
morrow the inquiry as to the alleged improper or
corrupt means said to have been used to influence
the determination Of the Senate upon the articles Of
impeachment.


Denial ef Report About Chief Justice


Chase.


There Is no truth whatever in the report that Chief
Justice Chase called yesterday President Johnson
to congratulate him on the result OF the senate's
vote on the eleventh impeachment article.
Year: 1868

A Milwaukee paper states that some
eighs months ago Mr.. Il, B. Mason, OF
that city, ascertained that he had CAN
Ger on his face the size ofa pin. IL was
cut out by DR.. Wolcot, and the wound
partially healed. Subsequently it grew
again, and, while he was at Cincinnati
on business, 1t attained .he size OF a
hickory nut. He remained there since
Christmas under treatment, and is now
perfectly cured. The process is this:-
A piece of sticking plaster was put over
the cancer, with a circular piece cut out
of the centre a little larger than the
cancer, so that the cancer had small
circular rim of the healthy skin next to
it exposed. Then a plaster made of
chloride of zinc, blood root and wheat
flour was spread on a piece of muslin
the size of this circular opening, and APP
piled to the cancer for "a hours. On
removing it, the cancer Will be found
burnt into and appear of the color and
hardness of an old shoe sole, and the
circular rim outside of it will appear
white aud parboiled. as if scaled by hot
steam. The wound is now dressed, and
the outside rim soon separates, and the
cancer comes out in hard lump. and
the place heals up. The plaster Kills
the cancer, SO that it sloughs out like
dead flesh. and never grows i'll again.
The remedy was discovered by DIR.
Fell, OF London, and has been used by
him for six or eight years, with unfail-
ing success, and not case has been
known of the re-appearance of the can
Ger when this remedy has been n applied.
Year: 1868

But if the Democratic Convention
must nominate soldier-if it must have
a name identified with the glories ofthe
war-we will recommend a candidate
for it's favors. Let it nominate Gener-
al Robert f., Lee. Let it boldly take
at once the best of all its soldiers, max
ing no palaver or apology. He is a bet
ter soldier than any of those they have
thought upon and greater man. He
is one in whom the military genius of
this nation finds its fullest dovelope-
ment. Here the inequality will be in
favor of the Democrats; for this soldier,
with handful of men whom he had
moulded into an army baffied our great
err northern armies for four years; and
when opposed by Grant was only worn
down by that stolid strategy of stupidi-
ty that accomplishes its object by mere
weight.


With one quarter the men Grant had
this soldier fought him magniicently
across the territory of his native State,
and fought his army down to stump,
There never was such an army or such
a campaign, or such a General for illus
trating the military genius and impos-
sibilities of our people; and this Gen.
eral is the best of all for a Democratic
candidate. 1t is certain that with hall
as many men as Grant had he would
have beaten him from the field in Vir-
ginia, and he affords the best promise OF
AIRY soldier for beating him again. .-Neo
lork Htrdld,
Year: 1868

Yes, drop it. Too niggardly and
mean to subscribe aud pay for your
county paper, which is steadily labor
ing for the promotion of the welfare of
soclcty-for your welfare-you have
been sponging upon your neighbors ev-
er since it was established. You are
always eager to read it, and frequently
before it reaches the hands of its hon.
orable owner, it is crumpled and torn
by your fiinching fingers. Drop it,
Never pick it up and read it again, un-
less you can do so with the proud con-
seriousness that you have the right-a
right secured IN Legitimate way. If
you are too poor to aid in sustaining iJ,
let lis know, and we will send yon the
paper gratuitously. But it is down.
right :lIeanness in you, when you are
as able as your nelghbor, to send your
children to borrow Ii,
Year: 1868

Now is the sime to make this excel
lent wine. The fruit is just coming to
perfection and can be had for % very
moderate consideration, so that the Wine
may be prepared at small cost. 1t is
not only an excellent and innocent
beverage, but is highly medicinal and
nofamily, who can make it. should per
NIT the season to pass without putting
up a full supply. Ifthe annexed recipe
is followed the wine will be of'exeelient
quality.


Take any quantity of berries, let them
be full ripe, but not sour or stale; ;.britise
them and press ont all the juice. 10
each gallon OF the clear liquid, add u
quart of cold water and two pountS OF
good sugar. Put it aside in acobl place
with vent hole in the vessel to permit
the escape of gas, until Octohef,, when
decaAt and. bottle,
Year: 1868

When parties get married, says an
exchange, and the groom is paying the
parson his fee, if he should forget to
hand him dollar to pay for setting up
a notice of the event in the paper, the
bride ought to interfere immediately
and do the first duty of her married life
by insisting that they commence their
career honorably and justly by paying
the first bill OF expense.