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Year: 1868

his own hand, which the committee
respectfully considered and partly
adopted. This fixes him as member
of the party, but no one State was
weak enough 60 pronounce for him.


fCincinnati Commercial Special


There is q movement in progress
for harmonizing the Pendleton and
Chase interests, and inducing the
Pendleton men to support Chase.
Many of Chase's friends are here to-
night, and working to complete this
arrangement Several men OF the
Ohio and other delegations, favorable
TO Pendleton, say that they may be
induced to do so whenever Pendle--
toms cause is hopeless. provided
Chase is not named by New York,
between whom and the West there is
great hostility. They threaten to
bolt in a body if New York names
Chase and pushes him to a nomina-
ton, but are willing to stand by if
Chase is named by any State favor
able to the Pendleton interest. This
is the plan that is under consultation
tonight, but there is no certainty of
its arrangement until a late hour, if
at all.
Year: 1868

REDUCTION or THE AR,eY. Dusinyfhs
:ecent debat in the House Of Rcpresensa-
tivrs on the bill providing TOR the reduction
OF the army. the stAtrRscAt was made, upon
the authority 70 the Secretary u War. that
if the present rate Of dismissals Of officers
Tor drunkenness and incompetency were
continued for one year, the pu.nber Of Off
GERS wOnld be reduced fully one quarter
This is a fearful indication Of army de-
moralization. and furnishes a good argu-
ment for the speedy reduction Of the force.
Such decentralization OH the part Of the
officers must contaminte the enlisted men
with whom they servc,andirc ably accounts
for the unprecedented numl,or of deser-
tions which have taken place during the
past two yars. Most certainly the army
needs reducing. but the result should be
reached by a careful wedding out Of the
worthless and incompetent, leaving those
who have proper appreciation Of their
duties and position to restore it to healthy y
and useful condition.
Year: 1868

Not sigh YVES heard not funeral groan
As up the Salt river scurried,
But we longcd to leave the cold corpus alone
For we heartily wished he was buried. q
We Luricd HIM deeply on election day,
(All our votes for Ulysses casting)
And smiled when we thought how his New York


ssfriends"


Would pray for his rest everlasting.
No star sponglcd banner enclosed his breast
But in n net blanket We wound him
And he lay like grayback taking his rest
With II secesh flag around him.
Just as our jolly job was done


Snlt River the moonbcams reflected
And we knew by the booming oil Union guns
That Grant and ''old SKIP were elected.
Quickly and gladly We picked up our tools
And we spoke not word OF sorrow
But we thought if we llveu and got omse burnt


cork


We'd all take shine on the morrow.
Year: 1868

With the view of engaging in another business,
Ihave determinedto close out my ENTIRE STOCK
OF DRY GOODS, which is very large, for short
time only, AT AND BELOW COST.


1t would be useless to attempt to enumerate any
particular goods or prices and win only say that
the stock is complete in all branches and every ar
ticle MUST be sold regardless of cost; and what
ever remains unsold within short time win be
disposed OF at auction. .s...-.ss


This is chance rarely offered to consumers OF
dry goods and will be to the interest of all In want
to call early at ISAAC HUTZLER'S, -,..


les No. 500 Broad street, corner of Sixth.
Year: 1868

NEXT TUEsDAY.-Next Tuesday the Amer
ican people will be called upon to decide who
shall be the Chief Magistrate of the nation for
four years from the fourth of March next
Although the contest is virtually decided, let
every man avail himself of the privilege of de-
Gliding who shall be our rulers" the will the
people is the law of the land


With regard to the State election we can
only advise every man to cast his ballot who
has the privilege. Let every Republican give
hearty support to the ticket and see that his
friend does the same. The polls open between
and 10 and close at s.
Year: 1868

PAYING THE DEBT IN GREENBACKs.-W Will
the Seymour and Blair repudiators put this in
their pipes and smoke it:


Horatio once said that to pay off the Nation
al debt in greenbacks would so initiate the cur
rency that it would not be worth 'ten cents on
the dollar. and would reduce the country to
racy, where men began by taking their money
to market in their vest pockets and bringing
their dinner home in their baskets, and ended
by taking their money in their baskets and
bringing back their dinner in their vest pock-
ets." All in favor of greenback Reputation
will do we'll to clip this out and keep it for con
yenient reference and profound reflection.
Year: 1868

PROGRESs-Columbus sailed 10 the American coast
IN four hundred ton ship, and first landed upon the
island Of ST. Domingo. Last week vessel unloaded
IN New York Ovef four hundred tons of St. CrOix
Kun for II Drake q CO., Of that city THIS is buI


few weeks supply Of this article. which these gen
tlemen use in The manufacture of the celebrated
PLANTATION BITTERS We informed by an ex
change that Messrs. Drake y CS. have not advertised


dollar for year. but that the of this article
continue at the former enormous figure. In 964 the
receipts of the PLANTATION BITTERs were equal tC
those of the New York & New Haven Railroad


MAGNOLIA WATER.-SuperiOr TO the best imported
German Cologne, and sold at half The price. sep9y
Year: 1868

Sometimes compare The trouble We
have to undergo in the course OF year to
a greet bundle OF fsggols, far 10 large Tor
us 10 lift But God does not require US
TO carry the whole at once. lie merci-
fully unries The bundles, and gives Us
one stick, which We are allie 10 carry to-
day, and then another which we are
able to carry Tomorrow, and 50 on. This
we might easily manage If we would only
take The burden appointed for us each
day but we choose to increase cur
trouble by carrying yesterdays stick over
again to-day and adding io.monow's bur
den 10 our load before we are required 10
bear IL.
Year: 1868

A wheeling widow. who was annoyed
by the 100 freqOenl dOn' Of her landlord.
sent bin of on The double quick the 9th.
er day by informing him from The win
doe that she had The money, bui that she
could not venture out on account OF her
sell and children having the small poI.
lie DID not vail tn hear any mnrs.
Year: 1868

Special Correspondence of che Posi-


EDITOR POSTAL quiet now on Elk
creek and the neighboring camps of Bear
and Deep. after the hurricane of public
Indignation has swept another victim
premdturely into eternity, and sober
contemplation of the case leaves no trace
OF dissatisfaction at what has been done,
in the minds of those interested in the
preservation of order and law. But
there are . few morbid ones in this as
in all other communities, who. by siding
with criminals and limiting at their
probable, and by them, professed inno-
cence. would create i'll feeling, and by
loud -mouthed. but empty assertions and
threats, make mischief. For these,
allow me TO say, that the peacefully in
clined citizens of this vicinity will mete
out justice in every case where the weak
arm OF our law fails 10 strike


The immense riches of the gulches
named, attract class of disreputable
people who never stand in dread of law
but fear the justice of the people.
Mining matters are rather at low ebb
in Bear, owing TO scarcity of water in
its upper portion but with hopes for a
deep snow, the miners look forward TO
rich returns next spring. Considerable
drifting will be carried on this winter in
the deep diggings below Beartown, and
the pay dirt piled up TO be washed after
the spring thaw.


In Elk Creek, every claim now works ed
| is being fiumed, and those who are on
bedrock, realize handsomely. One of
the most Substantial fumes, and one
which is l 400 feet in length, is that
in which your local agent, Wesley w.
Jones, is one of the owners. Bedrock
has just been struck, and after an ex-
penditure of over five thousand dollars,
the proprietors are in fair way 10 be
repaid.


The quiet and order of the densely
timbered portion of Elk Creek. short
distance above Yreka, has been recently
disturbed by the capers of huge black
bear, who not fearing cold lead, came
the other morning TO visit a miner who
was scoring log, placing his paws on
one end of the timber and confronting
the astonished man at the other.
No gun being handy, bruin de-
parted at his leisure. The next
time, he turns up in a miners sham
", where the owner. without hav-
ing weapon of any kind at hand, was
peacefully reposing, dislodges the miuer
by his formidable appearance, and holds
the night. From present indications,
however, i am led to believe that his
reckless mode of exposing himself will
cost him his skin i .-


A mile and p half to the east of Rey>
nolds City isi the Head of Deep, the
richest and best paying portion of this
section of country. Last week three
miners left there for their homes in
America. with one hundred and thirteen
pounds avoirdupois of gold, and safely
reached Benton. One short year ago
these men had nothing. A claim in this
district sold, q few days ago. for ten
thousand dollars cash, and you may
form an idea, from this, how rich the
ground must be. TO bring so large a
sum. II.


Bear Town, Sept, s Is6s. e s'r Ifr
Year: 1868

The new fractional currency of the
denomination of fifteen cents has made
its appearance 1t is an improvement.
as regards quality, upon any preceding
issue. The engraving is excellent in
execution and tasteful in design. Fine
medallion likeness of Grant and Sher-
man are on the right and left ends. The
words Fifteen Cents" stand out full
upon the center, while the numerals,
"15, are large and conspicuous just be-
low. The back of the currency is red.
which gives the face slight tinge of
the same color.
Year: 1868

The Central Pacific r. r. is now lay
ing track at the rate of four miles per
day. and Superintendent Crocker lately
made the statement. that if they were
fortunate enough TO receive their ad-
ditional fifty locomotives, now on their
way, in season to be employed this
autumn, the road would be completed
to Salt Lake City by December.
Year: 1868

One of the results of the slight touch
of an earthquake they had at Virgins
City, Nevada, not long ago, is said to be
that large stream of cold water which
had issued from the Cole tunnel for
months, had its volume increased by
sixteen cubic inches, and its tempera-
ture To boiling hot
Year: 1868

Below will be found few selections from
"Poor Richard Almanac" the author of which
is generally known to have been Benjamin
Franklin


An egg to-day is worth more than hen to-
morrow.


If pride leads the van, poverty brings up the
rear.


God heals, and the doctor takes up the fees.
Mary's mouth costs her nothing, for she never
opens it but at another expense.


He who can travel we'll afoot keeps a good
horse.


The worst wheel of cart makes the most
noise.
He that falls In love with himself will have no
rivals.


A false friend and shadow attend only while
the sun shines


fyou would not be forgotten as soon as you
are dead and rotten, either write something
worth reading, or do something worth writing
about.


Nothing dries quicker than tear.


Scarlet silk and velvet have put out the kitch-
en- fire.


The mistake in public business is in going
into it.


The idle man is the devils hireling whose
diet and wages are famine and disease.


Kings and bears very often worry their keep
ers


Beware of little expenses: small leak will
sink snip.


A ploughman on his legs is higher than a
gentleman on his knees.


He is fool who makes his debtor his heir.
Never take a wife till thou hast a house to
put her in.
Year: 1868

~ The circulation of the SPECTATOR is
about as great as the combined circulation
of both the other papers published in this
place, and has as many subscribers in this
county alone as are contained in the whole
list of either of the other papers.
Year: 1868

Carey, of Philadelphia, to Senator Wilson, of
Massachusetts, upon the industrial, financial,
and political condition of the country, MIR. Ca
rey devotes one letter to the superiority of the
South as an agricultural country, to the North
and even the West He expresses the opinion
that the day is at hand when emigration to
the South and Southwest, must take the place
now occupied by emigration to the West, and
when power is to pass from the poor soil of
the Northeast to those richer ones which now
offer themselves iu such an abundance in the
centre the South and the Southwest" ..A
Year: 1868

J THE NEGRO IN ONO. BY fifty thousand
majority the people of Ohio decided at the late
election that no negro shall have the right Of
suffrage in that State. Steps are being taken
in the Legislature to carry out this determine
ton of the people Mr.. Pennister, of Pike
county, has introduced bill making it = penal
offence for any Judge of the election to receive
a vote from any person who has "a visible ad-
mixture of African blood F"
Year: 1868

For Man AND BEAST. 1t is stated that the
reason why Butler put up at the Ballard
House was that he had heard that the Messrs


Ballard keep an odd Virginia tavern" The
well known sign Of such establishments is
Entertainment for Man and Beast "-Enqui-
Year: 1868

A REPUBLICAN, CLUB RAMPANT.-Some
Shiny politicians ''resolved" in this city the
other day that the Senate ought not to vote on
impeachment till conviction was sure. Their
advice will certainly be taken. They also
pointed out to the Senate how it ought to
secure the vote that will convict. This is by
rushing in the Arkansas Senator's 1t points
the people to tho real character of the republi-
can party, when even the reptiles that wriggle
in its lower depths dare venture to propose
such a measure. 1t is proposition to put
into the jury at the last moment men who have
not had seats there during the trial, who have
not taken official note of the testimony, and
whose only qualification for sitting is that it is
known beforehand they will convict; nay, who
will purchase their places by perjury. It
is not certain that the impeaching majority
will not do this thing.
Year: 1868

to New York.


Professor Agassiz in an address delivered a
few days ago before the Legislature of Massa-
chusetts, for the purpose Of obtaining State aid
to the Museum of Comparative Zoology at
Cambridge, threw out some remarks worthy of
consideration by our city and State authorities
as well as by our citizens. He spoke of the
value of such an institution in promoting science,
education and popular intelligence. 'There is
not" he said, "a single scientific establishment
in Europe where there are such facilities for
building up an instructive and comprehensive
museum as we have now in our hands If we
avail ourselves of the chance believe it will
place science in America fifty years in advance
of the Old World" We suppose by this Mr..
Agassiz means that on this Continent we have
far greater advantages and more materials for
such museum, and he is right. We have
also the most favorable geographical position
as well as the enterprise and the means for
accomplishing this. But while we should be
pleased to see a great museum at Cambridge,
and, in fact museums in every part of the
COuuCTy, we luSlSJ tudb NeW 1OTk, Tie meCrO-
polls of America, is the proper place for great
national museum. We ought to have ir the
Park or near it structure and collection of
everything pertaining to museum which
would rival or eclipse the famous museums of
London or Paris. New York has many attrac-
tions already, and the people from every part
flock to this great centre of commerce, art,
science and fashion but such museum as we
contemplate and such as we ought to have
would add vastly to its attractiveness. Where
one person would be instructed by museum
at Cambridge, Boston or at any other place,
hundreds would see and learn from one in New
York. The city and State authorities, the Park
Commissioners and our wealthy citizens, should
set about this most useful and important work
at once. There is nothing upon which the city
or State could appropriate money that would
do SO much good or be as popular, and nothing
in which our millonnaires could spend small
portion of their enormous wealth 80 satsfac-
torily to themselves in the end or so beneficially
for the community. By all means let us have
a grand national museum in this mighty
metropolis of America.
Year: 1868

The Crisis in Enaland-The Good sense ci
the Queen.


In the House of Commons on Tuesday even
ing, as we learned from cable despatch of
yesterday, the reply Of the Queen to the ad-
dress voted to the Crown as the result of the
adoption of Mr. Gladstone's resolutions, was
read to the members in session. The reply,
which was worthy of the good sense and kindly
feeling which have all along characterized the
public and private conduct of her Majesty, was
as follows :-"Relying on the wisdom of the
House, her Majesty desires that her interest in
the temporalities of the Irish Church will not
in any way hinder parliamentary legislation on
that subject. In harmony with this decision
steps will be Immediately taken to suspend for
the present the making of additional or new
appointments in the Irish Church by the
Grown.


Considering the embarrassing situation of
affairs, the prompt and straightforward course
adopted by her Majesty is an immense relief to
the nation. Mr.. Gladstones resolutions and
Mr. Disraelis resistance, backed up as the
latter was by the foolish, unjustifable and
dangerous ''no Popery" cry, had placed
the Crown in the most awkward and
perilous position imaginable. The stu
pidity Of Charles the First, the vacilla-
ton of Louis the Sixteenth, or even the con-
scientious stubbornness of George the Third,
might have involved the Crown in misery and
ruin. Left as she is, without the adviser Of
her younger years, it says much for the good
sense and sound judgment of her Majesty that
she so thoroughly appreciates the situation.
The government of England has already fallen
so completely into the hands Of the popular
branch Of the legisature-at an early day it
will be more and more so-that resistance to
the House of Commons would be simply folly.
The Queen knows this, and it is only just
praise to say that by this one act she has extri-
Gated Great Britain from dangerous difficulty
and shown herself mistress of the situation.
If it was Mr.. Disraeli's intention, as many be-
lieve it was, to create a complication of cir
cumstances in which he might have the chance
Of playing the part either of Richelieu or a
Mirabeau, he has in this other instance mis-
calculated. His opportunity has not yet come.
Year: 1868

Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, enjoys ma
tiOnal reputation as sound, conserv ative
statesman, an able lawyer and an upright citi-
zen. He has filed several Offices of high
trust, and his record as public man is unim-
peachable. Among other positions to which
Mr.. Trumbull has been called is that of
Justice of the Supreme Court of his State.
He sat upon the bench for six years, and his
integrity Of character as we'll as his legal at
tainments rendered him an ornament to the
judiciary. Such man is peculiarly fitted to
see through the injustice and absurdty of the
charges of high crimes and misdemeanors
made by the radicals against President John
son, and he cannot afford to destroy his well
won reputation and to leave legacy of shame
to his son by recording a false and unjust ver-
dict against an innocent man for mere party
purposes. He has broad sense enough to see
that the fierce denunciations of the radical
conspiratOrs are powerless for evil against
good and conscientious man, and that when all
the present excitement has passed away, and
the malignant passions of the hour no longer
prevail the just Senator who has refused to
prostitute the character Of the highest court in
the nation to partisan hate and political ava
rice will receive the praise and respect of all
whose good opinions are of any real value.
Year: 1868

William Pitt Fessenden has the reputation
of sterling honesty, good sense and clear,
legal mind. II is no wonder that such man
should refuse to be controlled by the insolent
dctation of party when under oath to try a
cause fairly, and to render a true verdict ac-
cording to the evidence and the law. II
would be matter of surprise and shame to
find him yielding up his convictions to parti-
san violence and pronouncing the word
guilty against any living man when he knew
him to be mot guilty" Fessenden has been
many years in political life, and his sympa-
thies have been with such patriots as Clay,
Taylor and Lincoln, all of whom he helped to
nominate for the Presidency. Can he now
submit to be the mere tool Of party ruled
over by Ben Butler, Thad Stevens, Jem Nye,
Zach Chandler, and men Of that stamp2 Can
he become party to all the violent, brutal,
revolutionary policy of the Jacobins Of Con-
gress and give the lie to his whole past life
There is future for Fessenden, and his long
career has won him the confidence and respect
of good men. Will he now suffer himself to
be bullied and badgered into the destruction of
his well won reputation? We shall see.
Year: 1868

Gals.


The sublime impudence of those Missouri
Congressman who waited upon Mr. Henderson
and presumed to call him to account for his
course on impeachment will by and by be
thought one OF the curiosites of the trial.
Since when were Congressman made the keep
ers of Senators, and by what principle of our
political system is Senator, who represents a
State collectively, responsible to Congressman,
who represent quite another thing? Perhaps
they know more about this in Missouri than
they do anywhere else The demand made
upon Mr.. Henderson was that if he could not
vote for conviction he should not vote at all, and
the members generously and magnifcently re-
Trained from pushing the Senator SO far as to
require his resignation. Mr.. Henderson had the
weakness to take this action quite as matter
of course. From a man who had the con-
science and the courage to declare that he
could not go with his party on the charges we
should have expected to hear of positive per-
ception of duty one way or the other. We
should have expected that the man who be-
lleved the articles unjust and evil would have
held that his duty was not neutral only, but
that things in the Senate which did not meet
his approval must encounter his opposition.


Commercial Rec;procities in Germany.


The activity of Count Bismarck has already
not only enlarged the boundaries of the Prus-
sian kingdom, but made Germany practical
unit. Baden, WGrtemburg and Bavaria have,
since Sadowa, been bound to Prussia by mill
tary treaty-a treaty which in the event of an
invasion of the Fatherland gives Prussia entire
control of their united armies. This, however,
is not the only or even the most important
result. Commercially, Germany has been
made one by the Zollverein. The Zoll Parlia-
ment, of which King William is chief, and
which is composed Of representatives not only
from all parts of the Prussian kingdom, but
from Baden, Bavaria and Wiirtemburg, is now
sitting in Berlin under the immediate eye of
Count Bismarck and his sovereign. Count
Bismarck does not force unity, but Count Bis
marck well knows that the cause he represents
must languish and die if it ceases to be active.
Austria, we are therefore told has been in
duced to enter into commercial relations with
the Zollverein. In commercial point of view
this is all we'll and fair enough. 1t will be
strange, however, if out of this does not arise
some trouble for Austria. Representation on
the part at least of the German provinces of
Austria will be the next question. Germany
is bound to become unit, and this means is
as likely to contribute to the desired end as
any other.