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Year: 1867




this republic, where we know no lords or
commons; where we have no king (;


where there is ne such offence as cora
passing the death of the sovereign /:


where there is no sovereignty committed


TO king; but where the sovereignty is


in me, in you, in all of us. Certain


powers are delegated; yet now, they
seek here utterly to retreat from every


possible assault against the accused for


killing an individual, and to throw up an


outward defence, and renew the assault


from this masked battery.


FEoM THE CHARGE OF THE JUDGE.


l. / believe, fron the observations
which have been addressed 70 you, you
will infer first that conspiracy formed
in time OF war to take the fife OF the pre-
sident and vice.president Of the republic,
and the heads Of the executive depart
ments, for the purpose Of aiding the CO.
emies of the federal government, by
throwing 10 into anarchy and confusion,
Is treason as heinous and as hurtful to the
people OF this country as comprising the
death of the king and queen of Great
Britain is to the subjects Of that resIm.


2. That every person engaged in such
conspiracy, as long as he continues a
ucL4bcI VI III - res JOuHiDlc 4Ot Oily HOE /
the act Of treason, but for any murder or
less crime which may flow from It,


3. That the government may waive |
the charge Of treason against any or all |
OF the conspirstors and proceed against |
them for the smaller crime of murder in |
cluded in the greater crime Of treason. !


4. That under an indictment for mulr-
der resulting from the prosecution of
such conspiracy, evidence Of the entire
scope Of conspiracy may be considered
in estimating the heinous character Of
the offense laid in the indictment.


5. That it was not necessary to aver in
the Indictment the fact that Abraham
Lincoln, the victim of the murder. was
ct the time OF its commission president
Of the United States, q TO prove II in
order to allow the Jury to take that ft.st
into account in determining the heinous
character Of the crime, it being q fact Of
which the court win take judicial cog
lizance.


s. That he who does an act by an
other does it by himself" and is respon-
jible for its consequences in criminal as
veil ss in civil case.


FISHER has earned the right to be as
iociated eternally in infamy with JEFF
'EREYs and SCRooGs. His whole charge
5 an infamous outrage on law and JUS
ice, and an attempt to induce the jury
o murder the prisoner. 1t failed. The
ury did not agree There were men on
whom the Government could neither
uy nor intimidste.
Year: 1867

l have already said that the court can
not, that the jury cannot take any no
tice of the fact that the victim of the
assassination was the president OF the
United States. 1t is not in the bond 1t
is not in the pleadings. We are not upon
our defense for that. We have had no
notice Of it until it was suddenly sprung
upon Us by the active brain of the coun-
sci from New York. There is nothing
but killing in the Indictment. Nothing
Of civil wars; nothing that the object Of
the conspiratoTs was TO advance the in
terests Of the rebellion. The Indictment
is that this party killed Abraham Lin
coin, and nobody else. There is no allie
CATION Of any fact from which it can be
found that Abraham Lincoln was presi-
dent of the United States or that this
country was not in a state of the
most profound peace. 1t is an er-
ror under which the learned coun-
sci has fallen, and I say with tie
utmost difference and respect, fear into
which they have in part led the learned
Judge without having presented clearly
the indictment to him. 1t is too late
now to retrieve themselves by this new
proposition that the act of Killing the
president of the United States, under
such circumstances, is an offence in
which there are no accessories and an
offence to be tried by different rules an
offence never dreamed of by the law
makers of this country; an offence not
known 30 the laws Of England, because
there is no such authority in the law Of
England; an offence impossible here Ia
Year: 1867

In the dim recess of thy spirits chamber
Is there some hidden grief thou may'st not


tell?
Let not thy heart fOrsake thee, but remember
His plying eye, Who sees and knows it well:


God knows il all
And art thou tossed on pillows of temptation,
And would'st do good, but evil still prevails
Oh think amid the waves Of trbuation,
When earthly hope, when earthl! refuge fails:


God knows it all
And dost thy sin thy deeds ofshame concealing
In some dark spot no human eye can see
Then walk in pride, without one sign of re-


veaing
The deep remorse that should disquict thee.


God knows it all
Art thou oppressed, and poor, and heavy hearted
The heavens above thee in thick clouds ar


rayed,
And well-nigh crushed, no earthly strength i'm


parted
NO friendly voice to say, "Be not afraid -


God knows it all
Artthou mourner Are thy tear drops Aow-


ing


For one SO early lost to earth and tneo
The depth Of griefno human spirit knowing;
Which means in secret like the moaning sea;


God knows it all
DOst thou look back upon life of SHINING
Forward and tremble for thy future lot?
There's One who sees the end from the begin


ming;
Thy tear Of pcnitence is unforgot.


God knows it all /!
Then 60 TO God Pour out your hearts before


Him,
There is no grief your Father cannot feel;
And let your grateful songs of praise adore


Him;
To save, forgive and every wound to heal


God knows it all
Year: 1867

ore sure the citizens of Troy would very soon
take the necessary amount. If the Society Is
not responsible, it does not deserve to succeed
And whether responsible or not, the thinly dis-
puised lottery dodge of gift concert is DIS
Gracefully immoral to say the least. we nave
not said that this particular one of bad lot OF
g opternrisesr is swindle; but if it does not
,,rove 70 be SO. it will be rare exception to the
,rlo Mr.. Albertson refers us, in general terms,
to any prominent citizen OF Troy 1or 'es.inionS
as to his standing; but as we nave hoI qaeS-
toned that there is no necessity ior ihves.sa-
tiou. He may be very angel of perfection,
but all the good name in the world cannot
wbitewash lottery gambling, which this glft
project undoubtedly is.
Year: 1867

Senator Thayer of Nebraska has made q
rather sensational speech at Cincinnati about
Andrew Johnson and his purposes and declares


in the most solemn manner that he has posi-
tive knowledge of the Presidents intention to
forciby resist the authority of Congress. We
have no fears. Blind as Mr.. johnson is, he
can hardly be ignorant that in such conflict
he would have TO stand up not against Con-
gresS, nor against even the army, but against
the whole loyal coantry. The people would
rise as one man and hurl him to destruction.
If he is prepared to withstand the entire
North with the aid of Maryland militia, he is
more of fool even than knave.
Year: 1867

A few DAYS ago we mentioned the fact that
n prize concert affair had been started in Troy,
professedly in the interest of the Father Mat
thew Total Abstinence Parent Benevolent So
ciety No. I, and took occasion to remark that
there were objections to these gift concerts on
the score of their gambling character. We are
now favored with a long note, signed John p


Albertson, jr, who complains that we have
done the Temperance cause, and especially
himself, great injusticc that the gifts of which
the prospectus boasts are bona .tde, and-to
sum up in the vernacular-everything is on the
square The writer AYERS that the Society with
the long name has done much good, which we
hope is true that it proposes to do much more,
which we also hope is true; that it wants a
Hall, and TO raise funds they offer this presenta-
ton scheme That is just the weak point If
the Society is as excellent and responsible as
Albertson represents, it has only to offer its
books for substitution to a building fund; we
Year: 1867

A minority report was last evening presented
to the Paterson City Council, protesting against
the retention of Sigler, the almshouse keeper,
in any position of trust under the Corporation.
The wonder to reader of the evidence in this
case is that there should have been any occasion
for protest like this. The intensity of horror
of dying in an almshOuse which Dickens has
portrayed can be better understood after read
ing the experiences of the women and children
at this establishment.
Year: 1867

That some irresponsible whisky glowing coun-
try printer may have credited to THE TRIBUNE
n lot of stuff advising the abandonment of
temperance and restraint upon liquor selling,
in n fit of remorse over the Maine election, is
quite possible. That The 81. Louis Democrat
should copy the manifest falsehood, prefacing
it with an expression of doubt, which is a COW
crt insnuation that the editor believed it true.
is piece OF disingenuousness which we would
not have believed of any respectable journal
unless we had seen for ourselves.
Year: 1867

one Of the city iudges was dismissed and that the
has tended 70 degrade and him much
pain The defence that there was good and reason
request OF the defendant who states that he was not
actuated by malice The jury will return sealed ver-
dict to day.
Year: 1867

An old settler writes the following
substantial facts to the Burlington
Nowa) Argus


II see by the papers that some
writer's think they never saw such q
backward spring as the present, but a
little reflection will show the contrary.
The spring of ls43, when Miller
prophesied the end of the world. was
fully as backward as this. seemed
as though warm weather never would
come, and stock suffered for want Of
food. Again. the spring Of 1857 vas
very backward. The ground was
frozen solid till the last week Of April !;
then it began to moderate. but was
cold for the season. The leaves did
not put out-till the last week in May.
No apple blossoms till the last of MAY.
That spring the world was to have
been destroyed by comet. The
summer was rather dry, but everything
grew well, and produce and feed was
plenty in the fall. No frost till the
18th Of October, when ice froze one
half inch thick the same night. This
spring seems to be about as backward
as the two alluded to, and the Second
Adventists prophesy the end Of the
world in June next. Now, for the
sake Of better seasons. let prophecy
ing cease"
Year: 1867

The Daytonians tOhiol are having large
amount Of fun at the expense Of their Mayor.
By a slip Of the PEN we suppose, be made
the following blunder: al hereby issue my
proclamation to the inhabitants Of the city
Of Dayton, warning them that it is unlawful
for any person owning, or having control of,
or harboring any dog, or animal Of the kind,
to run at large for the term Of sixty DAYS
from the publication Of this proclamation,
without being properly muzzled."
Year: 1867

SIMPLE METHOD OF COMPUTING In
TEREsT.-A new method of comput
ing interest on any number of dollars
at SIX per cent. appears very simple.
Multiply any given number of dol
lars by the number of days Of inter
est required, and divide by sixty; the
result is the true interest of such
sum, for such numberof days at six
per cent in cents. This rule is so
simple and so true, that every bank
er, broker, merchant or clerk, should
post it up for reference or use
There being No such thing as frac-
ton in it, there is scarcely any Ia
olilty to err or mistake. BY no 9TH
er mathematical process can the de-
sired information be obtained with so
few figures.
Year: 1867

TEE impeachment bubble has been punctured.
On the 18th, in the House of Representatives, vote
taken in Committee of the Whole on the resolution
to impeach the President, showed lis against to 81
in favor of impeachment.
Year: 1867

Baseball has all the elements ofgenuine
game and diversion. Alike active and in
geniOus, it calls into play all the intelligence
of the muscles, all the hardihood of the
base-ba intellect. There is every room
within the limits of the game for the easy


exercise not only of body and mind, but


Of the Christian virtues of patience, and of


perseverance, and the amenities of field


spOrtmanship. Swiftness in the thrower 4;


quickness of catch in the back stop; un-


falling Watchfulness and nimbleness in the


runner; a supple cunning oflimbs in league


with the mental propensity for the game;


caution and alertness in the field catchers,


and an ensemble of heartiness and vigor
all these things enter into the compost


ton of a good game of baseball. Only
less can be said of the field science of crick-


ct, an inferior game in point of breadth


and simplicity, and decidedly un-Ameri-
can, as compared to its universally popu-


lar rival. Baseball has become within


half dozen years a national game, almost


to the exclusion of cricket, and its rise and
present progress are fortunate for the coun-


try. No field game is more easily learned,


or more steadily and enthusiastically liked;


and it is to its simple yet fascinating eIe-


ments that we owe its ever-increasing pop


ularity. How many thousands of our too


much civilized, nerve-worn, over-wOrked,


Over-cOnfined, Americans have gained


health by playing for it, with no worse in


strument of chance than bat and ball, and


willing legs! The increase of clubs and


membership devoted to this capital game


would seem to prove that the number of
people thus rescued from the rust and sIoth


of living altogether indoors is LEGION
Baseball clubs abound throughout the.
country, and particularly in the suburbs


of New York, where a large convention of


ball-players has just held its Spring ses-
sion. The enthusiasm for the sport is


wide and stirring. Other sports on land
and shore will soon attract the interest Of
the active, and Lake Quinsigamond will be
the scene of another inspiring college re-
gatta before the season is over. To all of
them, health and greeting. We know of
no glOOmier mistake than to condemn the
cause of exercise, as expressed in the games
Of the people, as trivial, and one of the best
symptoms of healthful good sense is the
public willingness to preach from texts
like these the muscularly Christian doc
trine of the "Holiness ofHealth." Ifhealth
is to be gained by amusement, then to play
is as good sometimes as to pray. The
American people were never so full of theI
spirit Of exercise as now, and never have
they had so much need ofit.-[N. Y. Tri-
bune.
Year: 1867

By MRS. S. T. PERRY.
In a rosewood cradle baby Law;
It's mother was stitching, stitching away
On little robo Of white.
One foot on the rocker, she hoped to keep.
Her frOIicsOme baby fast asleep,
To finish her work that night.
In every stitch of the garment she wrought
That loving mother fastened thought
Hopes for that little one
And smiled on her babe with a happy pride,
And itslept in its cradle by her aide,
Till that little robe was done.
Then she folded up the cambria and lace,
And kissed her little ones chubby face.
That smiled in its infant gIee.
She tossed it up and down in the air;
Chow pretty you'll look, little babe, when you wea
That new little robe" said she.



In rosewood coffin the baby lay
It's mother had wept the night away,
Watching its dying breath.
With it clasped to her breast she prayed to keep
Her darling baby from going to sleep
In the cold, cold arms Of death.
They buried the babe in the garment just wrought
Whose every stitch held hopeful thought,
From that loving mothers sight.
On the marble stone, she wrote, with a tear,
''How many hopes lie buried here,
In that little robe of white"



In the Saviors arms a baby lay,
From its rosewood coffin far away,
In the realms of love and light.
The angels a garment had folded about
Its little form which will never wear out
A seamless robe Of white.
Year: 1867

HINTS FOR MOTHERS AND NURSES.
There is reason to believe that not a
few Of the apparently unaccountable
cases of scrofula among children pro-
ceed from the habit Of sleeping with
the head under the bedclOthes, and so
inhaling air already breathed, which
is further contaminated by exhalatiOns
of the skin. Patients are sometimes
given to a similar habit, and it often
happens that the bedclothes are so dis
posed that the patient must necessarily
breathe air more or less contaminated
by exhaIations from the skin. A good
nurse will be careful as to this. It is an
important part, so to speak, Of venti-
latiOn.
Year: 1867

A chemist Of MarseilIes processes to
have compounded a Greek fire which,
in his opinion, viii put an end to ali
war. His description of its qualities
is a little startling. He can envelope
an army of one hundred thousand men
with a sea Of fire in less than five min
utes, and at a distance Of one thousand
metres. He will only need a few min
utes to set an inland town blazing,
while to do the same Office for a sea
port town will be the work of seconds.
In a naval combat he will cover the
deck with a torrent Of fire, and will
stifie the crew below like so many rats.
Year: 1867

Human nature is the same all over
the wurld, cept in New England, and
there it is accCFdin to circumstances.


Whisky is good in its place, and hell
is the place for it.
When fellow gets to goin down hill
it dus seme ez tho everything had been
creased for the occasion.


He who can ware a shirt a hole
week and keep it clean, amt fit for
anything else.


Thieves hunt in couples, but liar
has no accOmplice.


Give the devil his dues, reads well
enuf in a prOverb, but my friend, what
will become of me and you if this
prOverb is carried out d?
Year: 1867

The Supreme Court Of Ohio has
decided that a temporary closing of
polls on election day, is a violation of
the law and vitiates the election. The
case was made on an election for May
or in Mt. Airy, Hamilton county.
The judges and clerks took away the
ballot box when they went to dinner,
and the polls were then closed for an
hour or more.
Year: 1867

A writer in the Jackson Standard,
in some remarks upon the Organiza-
ton known as the "Grand Army of
the Republic" closes with the follow
ing hOme-thrust:


In conclusion I will say, we expect
the Democrats, as a party, to oppose
every thing that might result in good
to- the country. They opposed the
"Grand Army of the Republic" while
it was fighting Democratic rebels, and
they will still oppose it, though it be
engaged in performing acts Of charity.
They would rather send bread to stout
lazy rebels in the South than to give
it to the helpless widow and orphans
of soldiers of the "Grand Army of the
Republic" who fell defending their
worthless lives and valuable property"
Year: 1867

A case of spontaneous combustion
is reported by the Toledo Commercial.
A woolen rag, which had beorl used in
Oiling some woodwork, WIS soon after
ward found on fire on a shelf where it
had been thrown.
Year: 1867

erous, but to lay by something, however
small, for rainy day. The consciousness
if this is mine Of wealth. 1t makes a
man inwardly rich in the true sense of the
term, and the habit will grow-a manly
sence Of independence will grow with it,
Phila. Ledger.
Year: 1867

if that noble commonwealth had no high
er claims to reconstruction, it would justly
be considered something worthy of con-
sideration to say it is the State, the home
of Augusta Evans.
Year: 1867

EDUCATION IN THE PRINTING OFFICE.


The late witty Mr.. Brown, (Artemus Ward)
has lett, among other directions in his WILL that
youth, whom he had adopted, should be sent
to college; but that before being sent there, he
should be put as apprentice In aprinting Office,
that he might ascertain how little he knew,
and how important it was to learn -


This was most sensible provision for the
lad for we can conceive OF no place better
calculated than printing Office to teach boy
the practical parts of an education.


Mr.. Brown knew we'll how little is often
learned at school of even the plainest subjects
which all ought to know thoroughly. A great
many boys of sixteen cannot write page of
note. paper without several glaring mistakes
in grammar and spelling, and as to punctua
ton, that is a thing that not only youth, but
often old people, know very little about.


A lad put to setting type makes but bad
out of it at first With the greatest care he
makes many mistakes, and it takes some time
to get him to set type rapidly and correctly.


In the process of learning to compose" as
setting type is technically termed, the youth
insensibly acquires the habit of spelling and
punctuating correctly, and improves his gram
mar by constant repetitiens of examples Of
weilconstructed English,


We have often seen practical printers who
had received no regular education, who never
theess could put to the blush many who had
had thousands spent upon their instruction,
and who, though in college they had learned
all the ''o1ogies, could not construct decent
English sentence.


In addition to this thorough instruction in
what may be called the elements Of education,
the printer, if observant of what he is ''com-
posing" can collect in few years a vast
body of information on almost any subject
for it is astonishing to consider what an
amount of knowledge of all sorts is contained
in the columns of daily paper.


Moreover, SO much Of literary and scientific
nature comes under view in composing" that
the young printer necessarily acquires, at least,
enough of the various departments Of knowl-
edge to induce him to investigate more deeply,
and the same paragraphs which excite his
desire of increasing his stores ot information,
Hill direct him to the best sources from which
he may derive fuller and more methodical In
struction.


These facts aud reasons explain why printers
ale generally, as class, so we'll informed, and
why so many men of distinction in our land
began life at 'the CASE Indeed, next to the
Law, which is the great avenue to popular
distinction, we believe that the Profession Of
the Printer has furnished by far moro men of
political and literary distinction than all the
the rest of the professions put together
Norfolk Journal.
Year: 1867

Ds1 All persons wishing bargains can obtain
them by calling at JOSEPH STEMS Dry and
Fancy Goods store No. 1914, King street, where
he is selling off all his goods at and below cost.
The sale will continue until the first Of May
All will do we'll to give him call, rs he is de-
termned to close out his entire stock even at a
great sacrifice, feb 26-2m