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Year: 1868

in addition to bis regular dfvfdends, shali


receive equitable rebate on the amount of
business furnished by himself, payable an
nualiy thus, the stock being widely dis
tributed, and every stockholder having a


special interest to angment the business of
the company, success is deemed inevitable.
Year: 1868

Is. Heretofore every new telegraphic en-
tarprise has sooner or later been absorbed
By the dominant mofeply but the third sec
tion of the act of Congress which confers
upon this company its valuable franchises
absolutely requires it TO maintain separ-
ate and independent existence. [See the
Act below
Year: 1868

Why Is Iri-From nearly oil depart
ments Of trade and business comes the cry
of dull times We can attribute it to
nothing other than the financial status OF
the country VIII some radical political
economist suggest some plan whereby bu-
siness will jmprover
Year: 1868

The largest gun in the world has been cast
in Prussia. 1t is to carry shot weighing
1900 pounds, and the monster itself weighs
fifty tons! 1t is too unwieldly TO be managed
like common cannon. Being intended Tor
harbor defence, it is so fixed . to strike
point that every vessel must pass in entering
the port of Kiel, and floating caissons are 10
be placed in such position as to interrupt'hs
speed Of steamers long enough to enable me
shot to hit them If one Of these huge bolts
strikes vessel, it will sink her on the SPOT


Such guns as that cannot be often hred Tor
the finances of the country would suffer by 1t.
We don't know how much it would cost to dis
charge one Of them but we know that it costs
seventy-ive dollars to fire one shot from some
of our big guns at Fortress Monroe.-Nc9cik
Journal
Year: 1868

The SUBRATT CAsr.-It has been stated
that she counsel Of Surratt had assured the
prosecuting attorney that Surratt would be
forthcoming to respond 10 any proceeding that
might hereafter be instituted sgainst him, but
they contradict this statement, aud say they
have given no such assurance the case which
they tried having been decided and their client
discharged, they have nothing further 10 do
with the matter, and whilst they believe Sur
ratt will not attempt 10 evade any process that
may be issued against him, they are In no way
responsible for him or his moremens.-N =
Herald
Year: 1868

Yes. give me the land


Where the ruins are spread,
And the living tread light
On the hearts of the dead;
Yes, give me the land


That is blessed by the dust,
And bright with the deeds
OF The down-trodden just.
Yes, give me the land


Where the battles red blast
Has flashed on the future
The form Of the past;
Yes, give me the land


That hath legends and lays,
That tell Of the memories
Oflong vanished days.
Yes, give me the land


That hath story and song,
To tell of the strife


Ofthe right with the wrong;
Yes, give me the land


With 4 grave in each spot
And to names in the graves
That shall not be forgot.
Yes, give me the land


OF the wreck and the tomb;
There's grandeur in graves
There's glory in gloom;
For out of the gloom


Future brightness is born,
As, after the night,


Looms the sunrise OF morn;
And the graves Of the dead,
With the grass overgrown,
NAV vet form the footstoOl
0fliberty's throne;
And each single wreck


In the way-path of.Might,
Shall yet be q rock


In the temple Of Right!
Year: 1868

Gas r1 LkEsBUBG Arrangements are In
progress having for their object the lighting OF
the town Of Lessburg with gas. It Is stated
that proposals for the erection Of the necessary
buildings, and the construction OF the requisite
works will be received in short time, and
that it Is the intention Of those having the
matter In chsrgc to coasumma.e ii e; soon "a
possible .-Aerdadria Gazette.
Year: 1868

Who IS RESPONSIBLE THE New Orleans
Crescent referring to the negro mobs and riots
in the South, asks:


fla man loads gun, sets its trigger to the
hair point, draws bsck its hammer to full cock,
and then puts it into the hands Of an idiot or
maniac, who is responsible for its subsequent
discharge and fatality that may rooult If /"
combination of men place under much fire.
quented thoroughfare torpedo so arranged
that the conclusion of random footstep may
cause it to explode, who is responsible for the
disaster to life and property that may snsue
Year: 1868

have overlooked when he approved the
bill, as the section restricted, and un-
constitutionally so too, it would seem,
the President and his Secretary of War
issuing any orders except through Cen
eral Grant or the next in commando in his
absence, and made it highly penal for
the President or other giver, as we'll Us
the receiver, for any disobedience
thereof-upon reading the section at
the request of the General, he re-
marked: Gam / to understand that
the President of the United States can
issue no order except through General
Grant or the Commanding GeDeralf'
"This is not in accordance with the
Constitution OF the United States, which
makes Inc Commander in Chief of the
army aud navy or the commission you
hold"-all of which was doubtless true,
and he might have added, the General 5
oath of office also-and yet these casual
remarks of the President are made a
dis met ground for his impeachment.
If the President is impeachable at all, 1t
is not for bis having submitted as far as
he has to the unwarTanted and uncOn-
stitutiOnal aggressions of Congress upon
the clearly defined preroGatiyes of his
eflice. Very Respectfully, e. +.
Year: 1868

In the House on Wednesday, upon the
bill fixing the salary of the Commits
sioner of Immigration, Mr. Jacobs, of
Ohio county, said: That while he was
in favor OF holding out every induce
ment, by the appropriation Of money OF
otherwise, to encourage immigration in-
to our State, he thought it inconsist-
ent to expend money for that purpose
when the bad influence of the proscrlp'
tive laws now on our statute books
would counteract any good which might
be derived from the establishment oi
such a board at this time: that few In
telligent foreigners will settle amongst
us while those laws exist, as they are
very tenacious of their political rights,
and will settle only in those States
where they can enjoy them untrammeled
by test oaths and registration laws"
Year: 1868

n Wounded Officer and His Prisoner


The Rochester Democrat gives the following
Interesting account of q curious episode of the
recent disaster on the Hudson River Railroad:


detective jerome Rogers arrived in this city
on the lO train, Saturday evening. AS far as
yet ascertained, his injuries are not OF serious
the car to get drink, and was just in the act of
returning when he felt the jolting of the car
over the ties. He thought at once 1t was
best, in the event OF the cars leaving
the end OF the car, and at that moment, feeling
the coach tipping over, he clutched the
end OF n seat and few minutes afterwards
found himself wedged in the ruins at the bot
had in custody was the first to come to his re.
lief: The prisoner referred to was one Charles
Pelley, q soldier who had, under false represent
tations, received chromos to the value of so
and then left for New York. Detective Rogers
was despatched after him. and on his return
with the prisoner the accident occurred. Mr..
Rogers was conveyed to the Delavan House in
generous feeling towards his custodian that
prompted him to remove him from the wreck
at the time OF the dreadful casualty. The
of1cer wanted for nothing that the pri-
care displayed by the latter for the
former in his mistortunes was subject of re-
mark. When the physician arrived TO examine
the Injuries received by Mr. Rogers, his CLOTH
room. When they were returned to him he
found that his pocket-book, with about 500 and
a large memorandum book containing 500, and
papers of various kinds had been stolen. Pei
although he had every opportunity, until the
train arrived in Syracuse, when he quietly left
the car and has not since been seen. The pic.
lures are in the hands OF the police, and they
that Pelley took the money out Of the delec
tiYe's pocket in Albany"
Year: 1868

Tne N. Y. ITtOu1e or THIS morning says


The Attorney. General has written his Demo
require q naturalized citizen in any case to
present his certificate of naturalization to the
Board Of Inspectors on Offering his vote on
election day." that the right is with the elector
to judge of his own qualifications as voter,
and that "if he Is willing to take the general
Mr.. Champlatn thinks that the Board OF Regis
try has no legal power to disregard papers that
have the signature of the clerk and the seal of
the Court. He adds:-"If they should assume
reject them, and refuse to register thesname
they would do so at their peril and render
themselves liable, If the person rejected
was legal voter" Now, the plain
letter of the law is as follows:-"No person
shall be placed on such register If he shall be
and Elections, or by qualified voter of the
city within which the election district is
situated, unless he shall be known or proved
10 the satisfaction of such Inspectors, 20 be at
trict, nor shall the name OF any person be placed
or retained on such Register without the con-
currence of three of the four Inspectors, nor
except in compliance with section seven hereof
No person born out of the United States shall
be placed on such Register unless he shall. to
the personal knowledge of three of such in
spectors, have been duly naturalized, as pro-
Vided in the act hereby amended When the
question Is raised upon the naturalization OF O
person, proof shall be made to the satisfaction
that the person claiming to be placed on the
register Is the Identical person named in the
certificate he produces. In the cities OF New
York and Brooklyn, the name OF no person
shall be placed upon the said register unless he
and prove to their satisfaction his right TO vote
at the next election In the election district in
which he claims the right 80 to VOTE"
Year: 1868

THE UNION PACIFIC RAuRoAS COMPANY offer
n limited amount Of their First Mortgage Six
Per Cent Bonds, principal and interest payable in
gold at par. These bonds First Mortgage upon
what will be the longest and certainly one OF the
most profitable railroad lines il the country If not


in the world. The Union Pacific Railroad receives n
Government subsidy in United States Bonds equal to
more than one-hrd its cost, beside an absolute dona-
ton in valuable lands amounting TO 1880 acres
to the mile. The Government takes second lien as
security for its advances in bonds, on which the
interest Is more than paid by services IN
transporting freight troops and mails and leaves a
prior claim on the whole property TO the first mort
gage bondholdeTs. As the net earnings from the To-
cal business Of the road already several times the
interest on the bonds, there can be no doubt that
they are a thoroughly safe security, While at the
present rate Of gold they pay an annual profit Of
nearly nine per cent TO the investor. Pamphlets
containing a full statement of the Company's busi


ness, &c, may be obtained, on application by mail
or in person. at the Offices No 20 Nassau'st, or OF
John j. Cisco & Sons. No. 30 Wall-st, where the
bonds are for sale. JoHS j. Cisco. Treasurer
Year: 1868

firmly held and offered in small amounts only. Fort
Wayne sold at 1867. Michigan Southern was sluggish
under report that the scrip dividend would be en-
joined by some small holders of the guaranteed stock,
who had not accepted the COmpanys offer for arrears
of dividend The whole amount unsettled is trife,
though sufficient to found an injunction upon by "a
seryiceabIe Judge The Company has now $4,000
of cash on hand and there is no good reason why
cash dividend should not be made at once. At the
Second Board the market was lower, and after the
call Erie sold at COZ. The Western list sympathized
in the decline. but were Isparingly offered.
Government bonds close strong and active for '62s
and '65s for German account Small bonds are in re-
ouest and but few on the market. .
Year: 1868

To nt Editor q ne TTituNG


SIR: The representations as set forth in the
article in reference to myself under the head Of police
news in your issue OF this morning wholly false and
lbelOus and, wellknOwn as l am among the most
respectable business OF the city, simple denial is oil
that consider necessary al this time so far as the public
concerned. Very respectfully yours,


Nee IOik, May Z, lS0s. ADRIAN LosEY.
Year: 1868

How SOLDIERS LIGHTED THEIR PIPEs.
"A correspondent oftheAnerieaa artisan
tells Of al ingenious method of procuring
fire 1t was invented in Weltzel's brig.
ade at the seige of Fort Hudson, at that
time matches were q luxury:


A ramrOd was stuck in the ground, but
with the tip end upward; 8 little wad Of
cotton, Of which there vas a plenty, as
thousands Of bales we-e used for breast
works, was stuck upon this end of the rod,
q percussion cap placed upon the rod over
the cotton, in the same manner az a cap is
put upon the cone of rifle, and it was
then struck BY some hard object. The
shank Of bayonet was generally used for
this purpose, as the blade served as q con-
venlent handle te hold it TO strike with,
and it was not all times possible to get q
better substitute for persuasive force.
This plan of producing fire had many ad-
vantages over matches, as caps were always
at command, light breeze or current Of
air would not extinguish the fire so pro-
duced among the wad of cotton, but rather
promote it; whereas light breath OF air
would extinguish match almost as soon
as lighted.
Year: 1868

The WIND AS A MUsICIAN'-The wind
is a musician by birth. We extend =
siIken thread in the crevices of win
dow, and the wind finds it, and sings
over it, and goes up and down the scale
on it, and poor Paganini must go some,
where else for honor for To- the wind
is performings upon a single string
It tries almost anything on earth to see
if there is music in it, persuades tone
out of the great bell in the tower'when
the sexton Is at home and asleep, it
makes a mournful harp of the gian t
mines. and does not disdsin to try what
sort of whistle can be made OF the
humblest chimney in the world. How
it will play upon q great tree till every
leaf thrills with the notes in it, and the
river that runs at its base is sort OF
murmuring accompaniment. And what
a melody it sings when it gives concert


with a full choir of the waves of the sea,
and performs an anthem between the
two worlds, which goes up, perhaps, to


the stars. that love music the most
and sang II the first. Then how fondly
IL haunts the old house; mourning
under the caves, signing in the halls
opeping the old door without fingers,
and singing measure or some sad old
song around the freless and deserted
hearths.
Year: 1868

It IS estimated that the cost of laying
3 third rail on the Michigan Southern
Inc Il so as to make it broad gauge from
Toledo to Chicago, will be less than half
a million OF dollars, owing to the fact
tnst between Elkhart and Chicago, q


distance OF about q hundred miles. the
company has two lines, upon one of
which it will be merely necessary to
spread the rails IN order to make It a
broad gauge. The agreement made by
the Michigan Southern with the Erie
Company is to the effect that It will
provide broad gauge from Toledo to
Chicago as soon as the proposed hum
dred miles of new road from Akron on
the Atlantic and Great Western line
to Toledo are completed. The Erie
Company has in turn agreed that this
new line shall be built, but whether it
Will perform the work at its own cost
or get some other corporation to do it.
ana merely guarantee the amount of
the construction bonds issued to repre-
sent 1t IS matter at present involved
IN considerable doubt 1t is stated upon
authority that the contract for building
tne road from Akron to Toledo, for
about three millions of dollars, has been
already signed. and that million and
a half of the bonds have been subscribed
for; also that forty miles of the road bed
were graded long time ago for a pro-
Jected line in the same direction, and
that the new Akron and Toledo Com
pany IS to receive twenty per cent of
the gross earnings and the Ere Comp
any eighty per cent; while thereafter Is
70 furnish all the rolling stock and eou-
lpments and operate the line and the
Erie, the Michigan Southern and the
Atlantic and Great Western compsn.
les Jointly guarantee that the Akron
and Toledo twenty per cent. shsn be
equivalent to seven per cent on the
three millions of new bonds The


principal contractor for building the
new road is Azariah Boody, and it is
believed that the work will be COM
pleted within a year. That this con-
Meeting link viii be Of equal benefit TO
the Erie, the Atlantic and Great Wes-
tern and the Michigan Southern lines
cannot be doubted, and as it opens
new through route between New York
and Chicago, the resistance which the


Vanderbilt party are offering to the
arrangement is not surprising.
Year: 1868

land. and on the Rhine. I wish Won
could be with me. Come over and 20
with me to Egypt and Jerusalem next
year. I wish to study year or two
after leaving Berlin, at Goetengsn Halle,
and Heidelberg, and then spend six or
eight months IN travel and obssrTa-
ton on the continent, and in the east,
and would like to have q good trav-
cling companion. Can you not leave
for few months and join me. L..
Year: 1868

ARiehmond correspondent mentions So
sign Of progress in Virginia, that nobody
was amazed in the Convention the other
day when ''a very black member called a
page TO him and sent to one Of the leading :
white members for q chaw Of tobacksr's {
which was courtsOusly sens in the FORM Of
ten cent plug. Black gentleman bit of
a big quid and ssnt the remainder baek.
Year: 1868

Our store building. corner of Main and Frank
lin streets. is s tin roof but was so leaky as 10
be very unsatisfactory. but was made perfectly
tight BIZ the application Of Plastic Slate.


ANDERSON d RUPP.
Year: 1868

lam fully prepared with the best msterial.
and shall give my exclusive attention to the
supplying Of this roofing. and all work viii be
done under my own supervision: believing IN
the old maxim that be Who BY the plough would
thrive, himself must either hold or drive"
Year: 1868

DEPRECIATION OF SOUTHERN LASDs.-By
the report of the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture for February we find an estimate Of the
present value Of Southern lands compared
with that of 1860:


In Virginia the decrease is q per cent.


In North Carolina the decrease is 30 per
cent.


In South Carolina the decrease is Go per
cent.


In Georgia the decreas is IS per cent.


In Alabama the decrease is 60 per cent.


In Louisiana the decrease is SO per cent.


In.Arkansas the decrease is 80 per cent.


The causes of this decrease are stated to
be various, among which are enumerated gen
eral indebtedness, scarcity of money, paupe-
rism, loss of capital in slaves, the unsettled
condition of the country, the fear OF conf1sca'
ton and the dread of negro domination. :,


These causes are numerous enough and
powerful enough to cause any country to
wither away. The wonder is not that the
whole South is blighted, but that there is any
vitality left in it at all. That such is the
case is the, best proof in the world of the for
titude of the Southern people in bearing up
against Iced of adversely such as has never
been the lot of aug other people under the
sun. Had it not been for such spirit OF en-
ergy, even under persecution, they must have
long ne since sunk; for no other people in the
world could have stood the trials to Which the
South has been subjected-Norfolk (ya')
Journal.
Year: 1868

Napanock writes from New York
to the Chicago Journal


A friend of your correspon dent, living
in Brooklyn, was appointed executor for
his wife uncle, who died suddenly few
days ago. The latter was far advanced
in years, and had lived almost alone for
a very long period, in small house in
Harlem. He has led a misers life,
spending but little more than was neces-
sary to keep body and soul together, and,
to outward appearance, being very poor.
His relatives, however, believed that he
had money about him, and, accordingly,
the executor recently began search for
it. Up to this date he has found between
FIVE and six thousand dollars in gold and
silver. The coin was secreted In old
shoes, in the beds, or buried in little
heaps under the floor. Many of the coins
thus far found are as fresh and new as if
they had just come from the mint, though
bearing date all the way as far back as
thirty years. The search is still going
on, and new coins are daily being brought
to light. The executor will not be sur
prised if fully fifty thousand dollars are
turned out before the search about the
house and lot is concluded. This is no
story of the Imagination, but trathful
account of what has transpired in Har-
lem.
Year: 1868

The following snake story, from Cas-
SETS Magazine, is actually enough to
make ones chignon stand on end:


In speaking of snakes, / am reminded
of an anecdote | once heard Of the wife
of an Indian railway official, who was
trimming with large knife some plants
which formed border Of flower bed.
She was cutting the tops of, and while
so engaged she was scared by seeing the
coils Of one of the most deadly serpeuts
Of the country amongst the leaves. With
a loud shrek she dropped the knife and
the plants, and a man employed IN the
garden ran to her assistance. On hear
ing the cause Of her alarm, he sought 10
kill the snake with his hoe; the creature
was plainly to be seen writhing about,
but, although struck, it made no effort to
escape or turn on its assailant At last
II Law notionless, and the gardener ven
tured to pick il up, when be found il was
headless. To the horror Of the lady, the
head was discovered among the leaves
which she had thrown down on seeing
the snake; she had grssped il uncon-
sciously among the tops Of the plants,
and with her garden knife had severed
It from the body. The bite Of that species
Of snake was usually fatal in six hours. 7"
Year: 1868

but beautiful colors OF autumn. On
the top of the house is lookout for
bell-rope to notify when the tables
should be prepared and the food dish
ed. The natural head of water is suf-
ficient for hosepipes over the roof,and
all through the house. The steam
heating apparatus is in a separate
building, and the warmers are distrib-
uted through the halls and parlors.--
These latter are furnished in city style
abating only in tawdrynGss that pas
es for luxury. One of them has serv-
ed for ball room all summer, being
left uncarpeted for that purpose, and
a first-rate piano gives the music.
Year: 1868

The Philadelphia Morning Post
goes into ecstacies over the adoption
of universal Negro suffrage by Iowa.
1t says;


Impartial Suffrage is triumphantly
established in Iowa, by majority of
Thirty Thousand. This is one result
of Grants elections noble proof that
the Republicans of the Great West
did not vote only for the candidates
but for the principles Of the party


During the canvass the Radicals
denied that their platform meant
Negro Suffrage in the North. Now,
that the election is past, they admit
/ If
Year: 1868

Bachelors will be happy to learn that
their condition is to be ameliorated by
new movement in Boston, which takes the
name of the Marriage Fund Association" :"
This society has issued grave circular
which sets forth the alluring programme Of
a marriage portion of five hundred dollars
FOX every member Of the organization who
has paid one hundred dollars, gift of one
hundred dollars for every child born when
father and mother are both members, aud
an award ofanother hundred dollars annu-
ally for the support and education OF each
child until it is ten years Old. 1t is report
ed that ten thousand dollars has already
been subscribed in aid of this project
'The growing tendency of our young men
towards celebacy" is mourned by the pro-
jectors, who add that they intend to do all
they can to apply this remedy.
Year: 1868

An exchange calls attention to the fact
that some people never think Of a revenue
stamp when writing letter; yet some let
tsrs require stamping as much IS a note or
deed. Under the internal revenue laws.
letters acknowledging she receipt OF either
drafts, checks or money, exceeding twenty
dollars, are subject to stamp duty Of two
cents, the same as II a formal receipt had
been given for SO much money. This fact
is sometimes forgotten, or is not known &
ven by good business men.