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Year: 1869




How TO ROAST A PIG.-To have it in
prime order it should be from four 10 FIVE
weeks old, not older, and should be killed
and dressed the Gay before roasting. Make
stufhng of bread crumbs, dry, aud two or
three goOd-sized onions chopped fine, and
about two tablespoonsful of 6nely>powdered
sage, we'll seasoned with salt and pepper
ALLOW no water in the pan bake whole in a
good oven, and rub often with little bag of
butter. When done, the fat should be all
poured from the pan, little water added to
the brown gravy, boiled up, and either poured
over the pig or served in a tureen. 1t should
be served With hot plates, apple sauce, hot,
and very nice onion sauce. The onion sauce
is made in the following way, aud is excel,
lent with roast leg Of mutton, boiled mutton,
or roast pork: Peel six or seven good sized
onioss, and boil in water. When tender,
drain and chop fine. Set it to boil little
over pint of whitewater will do if you
have no milk, but it will require more butter.
Take tablespoonful Of -four, blend with a
small piece of butter, and stir into the milk
When boiling, put it iu the onions and serve
hot.
Year: 1869

JOSH BILLINGS says it is honest opinyu9
Whiskee is second only tew original sin 1t
is a millstuu, hung upon the neck of poor
degraded human nature, and If the devil was
allowed leave owe absence for six months
,tew visit this earth, the first thing be would
do would be to lobby our legislatures for
repeal of the excise laws, and then invest
bis pile In gin mills
Year: 1869

LORD BRoUGHAM, in speaking of man
whose case came before him at least twenty
times, said he was born unlucky, 'and be-
lieve, if be had ever fallen upon his back, he
would have broken bis nose
Year: 1869

ment, however, am told, is but rarely mat
with. In short, the more horrible or i'm
possible the positions the more artistic The
dances.


The province of the fair sex lies PRINCIPAL
ly 10 the legs. though few uonatural and
comic contortions Of the body are considered
no mean addition to the talent of elevation ;
The fair one who lifts her legs highest and
with the most rapidity and frequency, is
considered the most artistic, and favorite
and charming Amusement Of the beau sec is
10 send some open-mouthed greenhorn's hat
flying with the tip of her toes. During all
this time the most internal yelling must be
kept up--the true spieiness Of tSis exquisite
dance consists 10 that harmonious adiuuct.
The most celebrated dancer in the Latin
quarter is young man, or rather a pair of
long legs surmounted by enough body to
keep them together and receive their susten-
ance, who rejoices in the pleasant soubriquet
OF Sardine, although in no respects does he
resemble that brief aquatic animal Sar>
dine leaps higher than any Que else, and
dances around among the women, who pass


ANS 'SSo WIN PtiiSNb ldSlliiJg Win
all the air of the great artist he is generally
esteemed to be. He is the envy Of all the
students and the despair of all the women.
Now be throws one leg ten feet in the air
now he leaps clear over the head of some as
tonlshed woman, and throwing a graceful
somersault, twists himself like corkscrew
back to his partner, whom he salutes BY
gently waving his leg over her head. To
sum up, the students ball is undoubtedly
the greatest curiosity in the Latin quarter,
if not in all Paris. 1t was created by the
Students, aLd has always been sustained by
them. The effect of the peculiar character
of the student is here more plainly visible
than anywhere else. The utter abandon of
their natures, and their entire disregard for
all conventionalities, have here their full
sway The terrible influences which lieen.
tiousness and too much freedom of thought
have produced upon the unhappy female
portion of the quarter is here presented to
view in its most glaring colors.
Year: 1869

'sTHR RIGHT OF NATURALIZATION" This
term has become familiar to American readers
from its frequent appearance in the cable
dispatches giving accounts of the poliuca al
situation IN France, but as the meaning of the
phrase Is not very clear to some who have not
time Oh inclination to acquaint themseI yes
win the legislative history of the Empire
under Napoleon Ill, we state for their iufor.
matIcn that at the opening OF the session of the
corps LegisiatIf here Is address from the
Emperor, the former free d sc ussions of which
were changed into " hat is termed "the right of
interpolation" This has been called a tyran-
rIcal arrangement 10 cut of general discussion.
EIye members had to unite IN every interpella-
lsIion, and before it could oe submitted to the
hember It had to be referred 10 the Minister of
STATE who referred IL TO certain committees and
II had TO receive the Endorsement of two com.
niitees OF the Senate or four of the popular
branch Of the legislature before il could come
up a change IN this is cne OF the reforms
which the Emperor was forced 10 yield TO the
VIII Of the people. Under the rule as IL existed
tht minority we're pOwerless to call TO account
tie government upon anv question where il
was particularly desired by the Minister that
IL should not be done
Year: 1869

WEST AND 4.
ORDNANCE OFFICE, Washington, Sept IS, 1852
and by direction Of the secretary Of War, the prop
erty Of the United States at Harper,s Ferry, West
ton on TUESDAY Tie ah d day Of NSvs%beT 70 s
commencing at 10 clock a m, and continuing from
The value of this property for manufacturing pur-
poses too well known to render it necessary to de-
ing prepared, and will be sent to perssns who may
wish it, soon as printed, upon their application By
The properly win be sold in Lots: The FIRST win
mac the Armory Canal and water power of the river
The walls Of two large buildings standing this
the water wheels with gearing and the fumes. are
almost in perfect order Three Of them are Turbinss
cast iron with wooden buckets.


and w on ne be o e @
upon which have been destroyed, but the canal is n
The third will be the Shenandoah Ferry, with a
tract Of 6s acres OF land on the south, and Lot on
The fourth viii Be eG the right to cut and
remove Wood from tract OF l -S95 acres, mountain
The fifth will be the right to dig Iron Ore from a
tract OF about lao OF land, known Friends
Ore Bank, acquired by deed from Henry Lee and
The remainder, consisting of Houses and Lots in
the town, will be sold lot by lot.


The Government will convey to the purchasers,
after payment shall have been made i'm full, all its
right and title TO the property, which is believed to
The terms of sale prescribed by law a credit of
one and two years; the purchasers to give bond and
security for the payment of the purchase money,
and these terms must be complied with within ten
days after the sale.


A map showing the metes and bounds of the Har-
per Ferry property will be exhibited at the time Of
sale.


The Government reserves the right to withdraw
any or all Lots offered, if the bids are not satsfac
tory. A. B. DYER,


Brevet Major General, Chief of Ordnance.
NOTICE TO DELINQuENrs
Persons who purchased Lots IN ls62, and have not
fully paid for them, notified that if they pay what
is due before the day Of sale the Lots will be decided
TO them. Otherwise, they will be resold.


A. B. DYER,


N-6Ot Brevet Major Gen., Chief of Ordnance.
Year: 1869

A prominent physician of this CITY has
now in his possession, and has shown to
one of our reporters, the weapon with which
George Twitchell, Jr, murdered his Moth
er-in-law, Mrs, Mary Hill. 1t is slung-
shot of peculiar construction, and must
have been made by the murderer himself,
as he confessed TO one of his counsel that
he had it in his possession for two months
before the murder took place 1t is pear
shaped lump of lead, about an inch and a
half in length, attached to handle COM
posed Of two pieces of circular betting,
about the thickness of persons little
finger, and about eight inches in length.
These pieces were bound securely by strong
cords, which attached them to the lead,
passing through hole pierced in the small
end of the "dipsey" The handle was very
stiff, when made, sufficiently so to support
the weight OF the lead without bending !;
but after Twitchell committed the murder,
he concealed the weapon in damp nook
in the cellar, and consequently, when it
was found it was very plant and mouldy.
There were indentations of beads in the
leau, as Wel as sIdlnS Ol DlOOu anu tue
force of the murderous blow is shown by
the fact that one bead of black glass was
broken in half and bedded firmly in the
metal With the circumstances connected
with the finding of this tell tale instrument
of murder we are unacquainted; but Mr.
O'Byrne could doubtless throw light upon
the subject if so disposed This discovery
is important, as justifying the testimony of
Prof Gross during the trial, who con-
tended that the murder could not have
been done with the poker, for which he
was senselessly ridiculed by several papers
at the time. 1t also confirms the anti-poker
argument set forth at great length by
Horatio Hubbell, Esq the well known
lawyer.-T Philadelphia Star.
Year: 1869

\ writer in Lippinco is Magazine tes
the following anecdotes of the great wes-
tern journalist:


1t may be assumed that Prentice. al
though comfortably exempt from all vexa-
tiOus lawsuits, was frequently involved in
dangerous personal encounters. He does
not know how often his life has been des-
paired of In all his numerous encounters
he has seldom, if ever, come out second
best. Many of them were sought by
himself in retaliation for abuse heaped
upon him by rival editors, for, free as he
is in his abuse Of others, he is peculiarly
sensitive to abuse heaped. upon himself


Reuben Dunett was editor of the Louis
vile Courier, the principal local opponent
of the Journal, in 1888, and kept sly
paragraph in its columns for several days,
intimating that Prentice, while "under Il
cloud, had fallen from a gang plank of
intensely aggravated by this little para
graph He did not deny its truth. 1t
might have been true but it was certain
ly no less Objectionable on that account.
Probably he felt that even his great com
mand of language would not permit him to
do justice to the subject. He simply
announced that if the paragraph appeared
again he would hold the editor personally
responsible. OF course the paragraph
appeared next morning Prentice imme-
diately waited upon Durrett, fired twice at
him, received two shots in return, the
police interfered, honor was satisfied, the
paragraph was "canceled," and each editor
had a ball extracted from under his hide.


William f. Hughes, another rival editor,
sent his belligerent card up to Prentice
during a popular excitement, and received
the following reply:


"Tell Hughes that l will be down as
soon as | load my pistols"


Hughes, however, unwilling to give his
enemy every advantage of ground and
preparation, withdrew in haste
Year: 1869

NORTHERN A.-Commenting
on the rush which is being made to the
southern part of California, the Oakland
News says that the northern part of Cali
fornia is being too much neglected as it
has greater average merit then the extreme
southern part. 1t is coursed by delicious
streams, amply supplied with timber, has
innumerable tracts of lands unoccupied
that are obtainable at moderate prices, and
comprehensive railroad system is now
being put in practical operation. The sew
eral railroads which are being pushed into
this section will reveal to the settler its
great and valuable resources, and induce q
large immigration to it, no doubt.
Year: 1869

The time has arrived for this, yet how
few are the farmers that attend to it
When will people learn to know that
the crop is dependent upon the quality
of the seed' The thing has been dem
onstrated repeatedly that the best,
plumpest kernels produce the heaviest
crops; also that new infusion is an
advantage. Bat without getting our
corn from abroad, we should attend to
what we have. Some ears will be in
advance of the rest. They will be
larger, fuller, carlier-better all round.
Now to raise such corn is desirable. And
il can be done to q greater or less ex-
tent. Why then not do it?


Be sure aid get the earliest and larg-
est ears,-and get them when they are
ripening, before they are fully matured
or dead ripe" When just hard, when
the stalk is green some " hat, select yonr
ears and put them where they are in the
air; slight current of fresh air is the
best. In the loft of any out5uildings il
a good place. Hang up lin braids, as is
the good old way,) and open the win
dows. Do not dry by stove pipe, and
never hang up in the corn crib over the
corn.


A neighbor of ours has tested this to
his satisfaction, having had, the past
wear, to plant over in consequence of
keeping his corn suspended over the
corn bulk in the courthouse. The steam
emanatiug from the pile will hurt it.
1t will keep it from curing, extending
the time so long that, with the green
cob in the center and the moisture Ga
delicious one), outside, there will be
mold and fermentation before the ear
has attained its proper dryness.


We cannot be too particular with our
corn. 1t should always be remembered
that the cob is great obstacle in the
way of drying; and also that if dried
too fast the corn will be hurt, even if it
does not seem to be.


Properly taken care of, there will be
not only safety in getting good start,
but a good crop of smaller ears with
good cultivation. With bad cultivs-
ton, no corn will do well. With the
best treatment poor quality will lack;
it will not come up to the measure of
good seed. Secure in time, and at once
take care of it.-NOoreS Rural Ne'r
Yorker.
Year: 1869

SUMNER, in a tedious TRADE to the
Republican Convention at Worcester,
threatened the States that if they did
not ratify the Amendment and give
Congress the power it wanted, he would
advise Congress to seize the power! !!
Such is Radicalism; let Pennsylvania
take notice.
Year: 1869

The Nep England Farmer gives the
following directions: After gathering
the balls in the fall, they may be kept
N dry place in paper bags, or in box
Of sand packed 80 hens eggs are, IN oats
or chatf. If you wish to have them
grow as large as possible the first year,
It will be we'll to plant the seed in a box
of fine earth, the last of March, or first
OF April, and keep them in the house, as
you do tomato plants, till all danger OF
iIost is passed, say till into June, when
the plants may be put out in the open
grousd. In order TO lengthen out the
season, it may be well to protect vines
from early fall frosts. In this way some
of them may attain to nearly the size of
hens eggs the first season, but most of
them will be much smaller. The next
year they may be planted in fine, rich
SOIL, the same as other potatoes.
Year: 1869

The Meridian Conn editor who was
whipped in the street the other day,
publishes his account of the assault upon
him, stating that he is non'combat-
ant, and "holds that fist pounding is
disreputable even in self.defense, and
prefers to suffer blows in patience and
to retaliating in so vile a
Year: 1869

WE note the return of the Congress
sional Retrenchment Committee from
summer junketing tour of the Pacific
slope, the expenses of which will be
paid by the Federal treasury. 1t is 20
be hoped that some member will be
honest and bold enough to put all the
facts in relation to these summer ex-
cursions before the country, in care
fully prepared speech.
Year: 1869

Without any special complaint, except grad


ual declination of bodily strength and nervous
erergy, will find in the TONIC a FOUNTAIN
OF YlGALITT NDFXIGoR AS AS RE
A POOL IN HE DESERT TO THE SAND
SHnRCuED AMI EA INTING TIP VEL ER
Year: 1869

The ". Y. Tribune, of the 18th
inst, has the following in regard to
the franking privilege, which, we
think, will receive general indorse-
ment without regard to party:


Postmaster General Cresswel is in
earnest in his endeavors to secure
the repeal OF the franking privilege,
and the letter which he communicat-
ed yesterday to the Committees of
the Senate and House is in its way,
as effective blow as he has yet
dealt. The truth is, our franking
privilege is an enormous anomaly, a
tax upon the transmission of every
letter from a poor mother to her son
in a distant State, a tax on every
newspaper taken by a farm hand or
day laborer. Without the sggravat-
ing incubus of the franking privilege
the rates OF postage might be very
soon and very considerably reduced,
The whole people pay now for the
squandering policy which
loads down the mail cars with tuns
Of freight sent under Congressional
franks, which nobody reads and very
few want.
Year: 1869

THE following sensible remarks Of
the New YORK Times will serve to
show how many serious evils the
country escapes through the practical
wisdom aud sound policy of Il careful
President


ssThc President has done his duty.
l. has been an even easy Admins
tration, without ostentaLion or sensa-
tion-only honest, assiduous work
There has been temptations to 'vigor'
and craftsmanship and it is 10 his
honor thai he has resisted them. We
cannot say that he has made his Adj
ministration in all respects popular
in the broad sense of the mischievous
word. and vet no President had so
many opportunities for dangerous
popularity. We might have been at
yar with England on the Alabama
question, which would have been sup
sorted by every demagogue in the
land with all the tempting rhetoric OF
Irish wrong and Saxon tyranny
We might have been drifted into a
petty teasing war with Spain, for we
want Cuba, and Spain is so weak,
and there is such dismal chaos in her
own affairs, that some of US think
that it would be a pleasant summer
lob to whip her out OF the Antilles
There has been every sort OF public
opinion and patriotic invective abou,
liberty for Cuba and driving the
Spaniard out of America. The Pres
ident has put away these temptations.
and has devoted himself to paying
the debt and keeping the peace
There is probably no more prosy
proceeding than paying debts, and
the honor that comes is not that
surface frothy commendation of trad


ing politicians and incorporate jour


nalists, but the calm, earnest, undem


onstrative support of the people, who


weave and spin and dig"
Year: 1869

Insanity prevails to a large extent
in California, and especially in San
Francisco. Disappointment in the
pursuit of wealth is considered the
principal cause. During the year
ending Oct. 81, 1869, no less than
LA persons were examined by the
Commissioners Of Lunacy in San
Francisco. OF this number, three
were discharged at once, seven were
sent to the Home for the Inebriates,
eight to the Almshouse, and the re-
mainder to the Insane Asylum at
Stockton. Only five were reported
cured in, and discharged from, that
establishment. OF 1876 persons sent
to the Asylum, 1l8 were single men,
which Is supposed to indicate that
bachelorhood is bad for the brains.
But as large proportion of the pop
ulatlon of San Francisco consists Of
young men who have gone there 20
seek their fortunes, the proportion
who become insane is probably not
greater than among married men or
the women of the place But the
gross amount of insanity is very
great for city of the size OF San
Francisco.
Year: 1869

The London correspondent Of the
Chicago Journal contains the follow
ing unpleasant reference to hopeful
royalty: The Princess of Wales has
another daughter. row about thirty
six hours old, and mother and child
are both doing well. For this poor
lady,so badly treated by her reckless
and abandoned husband, there is but
one universal feeling of tenderness,
compassion and respect. For her
cousOrt, royal though be be, the uni
versaI feeling is one OF undisguised


contempt. 1t is very bad to see a
young man in his position throw
himself away as he has done. but
there does not seem one redeeming
feature in his whole character. He
says himself that he never expects to
be king, and seems disposed to enjoy
himself in his peculiar fashion Ia very
besiial one) while he can. An explo-
sion must come sooner or later, for
he is over head and ears in debt,
and the Queen steadily refuses to
Come 10 hls assistance, which would
in fact do 10 good. He would waste
in riotous living the fortunes of a
hundred Rothschilds If he had them.
Year: 1869

THERE is authority for saying that
the Postmaster-General will, during
the present session of Congress, rec
ommend legislation looking towards
the adoption of the Postal Telegraph
system by the Postoffice Department.
Senator Ramsey, Chairman of the
Postal Committee of the Senate, is q
very warm advocate of this plan, and
believes that the day is not distant
when the Government will adopt it,
There Is authority for saying, also,
that the subject would have secured
favorable attention in the Message
but for an oversight by the Presi-
dent.
Year: 1869

Having made large additions to our establish
n,ent in the shape of material of the latest
STYLE and having employed experienced and
orders for every variety of PLAIN AND FANCY
JoB PRINTING with neatneSs and Dispatch
The addition OF Steam Power to our establish
ment affords us great advantages over most
country Offices in the way of low prices and
last work Call with US. and be convinced.
Year: 1869

Have been in use IS years, and are daily per
forming wonderful cures In many instances
where patients were unable to Walk upright
or to rise without assistance, they have been
relieved by n single dose.
Year: 1869

TROY, n. Y, July pa large
grindstone burst at Green & Sons
spring works in North Troy this noon.
One large piece went through the
south wall of the building, and an
other piece struck a man fatally in
turing him.
Year: 1869

SEMINARY OF LEARNING AND OUR CoLLEGE.-We
announced in our edition of Thursday the burning of
the Seminary building near Alexandria. We greatly
depore this accident for very much fear involves
the destruction of the Seminary itself or, if the re-
suit is not so serious as this it will postpone the op-
erations of this institution until the buildings can be
restored In view Of this great, public loss, we ven
ture upon suggestion, which we hope will in some


rnrnntuata the Seminary. hut make IL
without consultation with either the Faculty Of that


institution the Trustees Of the Shreveport Unver
sity Our suggestion is this, that as the buildings of
the latter sufficient for one hundred and fifty stu
dents at least and it has, present. preparatory
department with only about fifty pupils, that its Trus-
tees offer the of the buildings to the Board of Ad-
ministrators of the Seminary In this way we can
continue the Seminary, help own local college,
and provide for the youth Of the State. Prof Boyd
would be great acquisition to US as be is an orna-
ment to the Seminary Besides him there are other
capable and efficient professors
Year: 1869

DESoTo FRIENDS AND TAxEs.-During the past week
we have met with an unusual number Of old DeSoto
friends, who beginning, glad to say to bring
in unusual amount of cotton generally of the finest
Glass; and which, still happier to say, they
able to hold at their pleasure. All this argues
condition of things in that parish every of the
word, very gratifying to But when we have con-
graduated our friends have been invariably remind
ed of the old adage, that there is skeleton in every
house. The skeleton in DeSoto is the heavy parish
tax The necessities of the parish it seems required


larger than usual and our friends all aver, they
are willing to meet these necessities but they specially
complain Of the tax gn-stands. If we correctly
informed, a merchant gin is taxed to the amount Of
$780, or 500 for the State and 5000 for the parish
If this is the tax there must have been some mistake
about the assessment. Indeed, suppose, thespecal
parish tax was levied before it was known what was
the amount of the State tax and if this the fact the
remedy lies in repeal by the Police Jury of the op
pressve act for oppressive it undeniaby s, and not
in successful resistance. There is occasion for the
Police jury the immediate representatives of the peo
ple to drive them TO expensive litigation against the
acts of their representatives. We do not now
know who compose the present body, but the presi-
dent is old honorable citizen, who has long and
faithfully served the parish man Of excellent prac
tical judgment, and well acquainted with his people
If the tax is too heavy, and surely it is why not
peal it?