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Year: 1869

The following extract from the columns Of
The Nation, is from the pen Of Hon. J. NJ. Usher,
principal agent from Massachusetts 10 the Uni
ycrsal Exposition, PARIS.


American Button Hole Machine Manufac-
tured by the American Combination Sewing Ma
chine Company, of Philadelphia.


We have been intending 70 say q word in rea-
ton to this machine since our return from the
UNIVERSAL Exposition, but have neglected il uu-
til the present time. We are now reminded of
our neglect by observing that this machine took
the highest premium at the late fair in Spring
field.


Among the Improvements of the present age,
we may class the sewing machine as one of the
most important. Ii has proved q blessing 10 the
household in every civilized nation. These ma
chimes have proved a success in the performance
of almost every kind of sewing that human hands
have accomplished, and stand as monuments of
American skill and inventive genius, and rs pro-
motors Of domestic comfort. But among them
the Button Hole Machine steps forth as the great
cst triumph of all. 1t seems to be the ne plus
ultra Of successful invention.


The American Button Hole Machine is a won
der IN itself; so simple in its construction, so
easily worked and witha so durable, that it must
work its way into every family. 1t seems to com
bine in one machine the advantages Of ALL tor,
while it works button holes as well as those done
by hand, it is also capable of doing all kinds OF
work that other machines do.


At the Paris Exposition il took a Silver Medal
and we may say that no machine on exhibition
so attracted the attention of visitors and Jurors
and called forth their delight aud approval as
did this machine.


We gave much attention to the section of sew
ing machines. visiting it daily, and were proud,
as an American, to hear the praise bestowed up
on the American Combination Button Hole and
Sewing Machine


L. received, as it deserved, the highest award
and we predict for it Il great success.
Year: 1869

Oh what portents are these:"


After remaining in Western New
York between two and three years, it
occurred to me that change of scene
might tend to relieve my mind from
the weight that oppressed it, | pro-
ceeded to one of the new territories,
where | resided for q considerable
length of time, seeking refuge from
thought and reflection in the hazards
and discomforts Of a frontier life. But
it was all of no avail. Go where |
would, or do what | would, it was i'm
possible for me to throw off the con-
sciousness of crime. If the mark Of
Cain was not upon me, the curse of
the first murderer was on my soul.
The blood stain was on my hands, and
could not be washed out. The aven-
ger of blood seemed ever On my track.
The remonstrances of my victim fell
upon my ear, at all times and in every
place. | heard them in the calm and
amid the storm-they whispered to
me among the grass of the prairies
and through the leaves of the forest.
Neither change of place nor change
of pursuit brought me consolation or
rest. 1t mattered not whether | was
among crowds of men, or in the ST.
lence of some wood that never before
had been penetrated by civilized man ;
the voice of the avenger was ever
sounding in my ear, and giving me to
know the truth of the declaration, that
mischief shall haunt the violent man


[ wandered about the north west
for many years. Had fortune been my
object, | should have succeeded in
obtaining it, more than one opportu-
nifty for great worldly advancement
having been placed within my reach
as if to tantalize me with the sight oi
things that afford to other men SC
much pleasure, but which could not be
otherwise than worthless in my jaun


diced vision. | could not abide long
in one place, but felt condemned tt
wander up and down on the face of


the earth, restless spirit, to whom Ii


denied the enjoyment of all that mel
hold dear. There have been period
when | have thought of suicide, as th
best means Of ESCAPING FROM MYSELF
but from self-murder ] have been in
! PEELED by that fear of something afte
: death which " doth make towards {
| us all" But it is impossible for an
! human power forever to continue th
!. suffering that it has fallen to my lo
Year: 1869

Following the agitation for uni
versal suffrage in this country comes
naturally from various sources the
suggestion of an empire. The two
things, though seeming wide apart,
are really correlated. 1t would no be
paradox, to say that an empire is as
legitimately as q republic the prod
uct of universal suffrage. Look at


France? There is country where


the suffrage is universal, ! and there
| is an Empire in which the power Of
one man is greater and more abso-


lutte than IN any other European


nation, save Russia. In this con-


nection it is not necessary to con-
trast the merits and faults of the
Napoleonic Governments. Our bu-
siness is only to show that there is
an empire in which the right to vote
is in fact as freely exercised as in
this Republic; and we only desire
to call the attention Of thoughtful
persons to the comparatively unsus-
pected dangers which .lurk at tho
bottom of that,smuch-over-praiscd
institution-universal suffrage. So
far from being a guarantee Of our
liberties, it may prove their des-
truction. T. Instead Of er,suring the
perpcsuity of the Presidential Office
and the othdra present republican
forms, it may. If unchecked, scmo
day put an Emperor on throne,
make the Senate mere pension
house for imperial favoriees, and
pack Congress with the willing tools
of some daring genius who has won
the hearts Of the people and clothed
with the imperial purple. Uniyer-
sal suffrage actually makes this as
founding revolution In our system
possible. Universal suffrage is the
pnly thing that does make it possi-
BILE. In universal suffrage Is tho
danger and not the protection Of tho
Republic.
Year: 1869

N the town of Windham in the County of Cum
i berland, for the year 1858.


The following list of Taxes ON real estate Of nom
resident owners in the town OF Wndham for the wear
1868, in bills committed to Urban Lowell Col
lector OF said town, the 18th day of june, 1868,
has been returned by him as unpaid on the 5th day
OF May 1869 by his certificate Of that date and now
said taxes interest and charges paid into the
Treasury Of the said Town within eighteen months
much OF the real estate taxed as will be sufficient to
pay the amount due therefor including interest and
charges, will without further notice. be sold at Pub
On Thursday. the sixth day of January 1870 at ten
Year: 1869

The New York World says:


Hardly a week passes that we do not
hear of a. premature burial. The story
always comes to us in nearly the same
shape A coffin is eXhumed, for one
reason or another, and the corpse IS
found to have changed its position,
while the sbTOud is torn in several
places. Immediately, every one who
is cognizant OF the event jumps 20 the
very unnecessary conclusion that the
coffin was inferred with living inmate
who, on returning to consciousness,
had struggled violently, though hope
lessly, to escape. Now, the theory Of
premature burial in such cases ga
these is entirely RratuitOus. Every
medical man knows that the gases
generated by decomposition frequent
ly act with sufficient force not only to
change the position of a corpse after
burial but even to burst open the COf-
fin. Were the inmates Of any large
cemetery to be exhumed, the same aD-
pearances which are now accepted as
evidences of premature burial would
be found 10 exist in scores of cases
probably, indeed, in the majority of
Instances In which the burial had been
sufficiently recent to admit Of the pos
sibility Of detecting any change ia the
position Of the body. Unfortunately,
this we'll substantiated fact is not gem
orally known, except to semitic men.
Consequently, we hear continually of
premature burials, which are certainly
among the most disagreeable items of
news which one can meet, and which
bring incaleUlable grief and horror 20
the friends of the supposed victims.
It is not impossible that, In rare in-
stances, some unfortunate person is
buried before life is entirely extinct,
but TO conclude iron the mere appear
anoe of an ezhumed coffin that the in-
mate has been the victim Of such ac-
cident is 10 the highest degree un-
rea' enable and unnecessary.
Year: 1869

The extensive FIRE at Napoleon, Ohio
on Sunday night, says a correspondent
of the Toledo Commercial, was hrst
discovered by a woman who saw the
light shining IN at her bedroom win
dow il was then under such headWny
as to preclude the possibility Of stop
ping Il with buckets, aud as there was
no fire engine there, none COul be pro-
cured. An engine would have saved
SIS. 600. The correspondent adds
The alarm Of FIRE, which is so very un-
usual here, threw everybody into q
Temporary state Of insanity. While
vending our way TO the FIRE 4 saw an
old man aud woman rushing iranticallY
by us with q teakettle aud dippor. A
reverend gentlemen went tearing un
the street with only his shirt on, vOCi-
feTating fire at the top Of his voice
he carried 10 his hand a small-sired
garden rake. Everybody In confusion
some with syrlnges, some with buckets
some with sprinklers and wash basins
all went rushing madly, terrifCally
to the scene. We reached the spot and
found twenty men trying 20 take out q
billiard table, One poor fellow had
unfortunately got bis toe fastened uu-
der the leg Of The table, and while be
howled in anguish three OK four stood
upon the bed dancing q kind Of demon
hornpipe. In removing an old counter
a gentlema1, whose name We did not


learn, got his head jammed in between
the counter and the door, nearly break
ing his neck. Several we're knocked
down out right, One fellow lost four
good front teeth by running against 6
oadaverous looking individual, with e
ladder 90 his shoulder.
Year: 1869

Napoleon and His Dynasty from an Orleans


ist Point Of View.


PARIS Sept 25, 1899.
with the returning health OF the Emperor people
arc beginning to smile at the terrible panic his tenn
porary indisposition occasoned throughout Europe;
yet when 1t Is borne in mind that the First Napoleon
and the present NapoIeon's mother botn died Of the
tulnor which the doctors fear may result from the
very painful disease from which he has OF late been
suffering, 1t IS longer matter OF ast0nishment II
the alarming reports spread at the Bourse at one
time were able to gain credence with those TO whom
the above particulars were known.


lie Is better and q sense Of relief greets every.
where the announcement--a proof that though he
has dlspossessed himself OF late Of good portion OF
his personal authority, his life Is necessary for some
time to come, not only to interested spectators but
10 France, who at present only forcsec anarchy
and disorder were Napoleon III. to justify the
prophecy that 1869 Is to be his fatal year.
The French have proyerb which says that an
evil Is always good IN some respects, aud we think
hore that the panic which tue Emperor's illness has
created In Germany, especially where the widest
speculative operations were INDUCED In, will have
Il beneficial effect, inasmuch as It will serve as
warning accustom people not to think the French
sovereign Immortal, and check operations on
scale large az 10 endanger the interests OF too
many.


Another good resulting from the illness OF his
Majesty has been the necessity for political people to
concert together In flie event OF an emergency
curing TO call for change OF government or may
be OF dynasty.


Il Ia unquestionaby diflcult TO say what would or
even might occur at the death OF the present En-
pcror, but 1t may be positively asserted that what
would take place now would not have been possible
a year ago-a proof OF now the oplnons OF tue many
have changed In short time.


A year ago, before M. Pnard's lnjudicious conduct
Minister Of the Interior had brought TO tile front
the present Deputy for Paris and MarseDles, N.
Gamoetta, young man OF no greater ability than
the power OF Influencing the masses by loud talking
against the EmDeror's foreign policy was but mere
ebulti0n OF sentiment which time would have easily
mastered; but by evincing despotic wisn TO rule
yer the people w oil The pressure of the power
Year: 1869




BOTEToURT COUNTY, VA, May D, 1869.


The meeting of Dunkards now in
progress in this county, is, as L am
informed, a seven years convention,
in which all parts of the United States
are represented. The preparations
for it on the part of the native men,
bers Of the society in Botetourt and
Roanoke were upon a scale that would
surprise any who are not familiar with
the proceedings of these people on
such occasions.


The number of DunkarCls expected
as delegates and visitors from other
parts of the country was by some set
down at ten thousand and by others
at fifteen thousand. 1t is certain that
the road leading up the Valley has
passed large number, some of whom
were from Maryland and Pennsylva-
MIA, and that the railroads have de
livered a great multitude. Besides
the accommodations provided for the
members of their peculiar sect, the
hospitality of the Dunkardls takes into
account the wants of their fellOw-citi-
Zens of other denominations who may
visit them during the progress of their
lnCCAglSs - lAlC
that frtsNd OF his was pressed to go
home with one who had already about
fifteen vehicles, with their loads, mOv-
ing to his house.


The camp-ground of the meeting
displays vast array of tents, and the
immense tables are provided with q
number of deacons, who have been
chosen to serve them. The store of
provisions collected beforehand may
be Judged from one or two items. In
the article of beef cattle fattened the
number was seventy to eighty, and a
visitor who saw them before the
slaughter had begun, declared that he
never saw a fatter and finer herd. As
to coffee, the quantity prepared issaid
to have been so large that great out
door ovens were made to roast it in
over huge log fires, and a grain mill
was hired for the purpose of grinding.


OF the arrangements for washing
the feet of the disciples | cannot speak
particularly. When it is considered
that each one of the great congrega-
ton has to receive this evidence of
brotherly love the imagination of the
reader win have ample scope to pic
ture the nature and variety of the alb
lutions, and the quantity of water,
basins and towels required in the
premises.


1t is equally impossible to describe
the great multitude and variety of the
kisses of charity which take place on
the occasion, for with the meeting
kisses, the parting kisses and the
kisses that transpire during the vari-
Gus religious services, it is hardly eX
travagant to say that the woods and
fields are vocal with the notes of Os-
culation-some so faint as hardly to
be perceived, some a little more ex-
pressive, and some demonstrative and
prolonged. This ceremony is strictly
confined to the sexes to which the par
ticfpants belong, men kissing men and
women kissing women.


Having found it impossible to visit
the great meeting, cannot give you
any more particulars, but these you
may rely upon as in the main correct.
Year: 1869

Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, in
a letter to a wOman's rights advocate,
talks seriously as follows:


j have always favored the most lib
eral laws for Women's Rights so
far as property, business, employ
ments, liberty and social position are
concerned. In these respects they
ought to stand on the same footing as
men; but / have seen no reason to
convince me that they would be bet
ter of, or that society would be i'm
proved by their having the right to
vote. AT all events, until a majority
of the women F" concur in demand
ing it, the "men" may properly
stand aloof on this question. Your
missionary work is among your own
sex; and ] am willing to encourage
and support the political discussion of
this question, with full faith that if
the women of the United States de-
mand the suffrage as necessary for
their protection, they will get il.
They now make the fashions and GUS
toms which ostracise so many of their
own sex from healthy and useful en-
ployments; they promote eXtrava-
gance in dress, and make marriage a
dangerous experiment for young men
without means. All these and MANY
other abuses you are trying to correct,
and l sympathize with you, and if
suffrage would aid you I'm this would
grant it. My fear is that the right TO
vote viii tend to disturb the harmony
Of society, make discord in the family
circle, and thus cause. much greater
evil than good.
Year: 1869

! the commission, and even of many o
! those who would like to see them


pass. Hence the minority have circu.
lated the statement that the bearing


of these dognas in relation to certain


governments, will make it inexpedi-
ent, and perhaps impossible, for the
/ bishops connected with those govern


ments to attend the Council. They
add that the present disposition OF the


French government toward the Papal
Court is not such as to guarantee tran


guilty in the States of the Holy See


during the sitting of the Council.


What if, while the Council was in ses-


sion, a pale messenger should rush in
and pronounce theterrible word-Gar-


ibaldiI


1t is, at least, curious fact that
these surmises and apprehensions have
been expressed in journals which are
the organs of the Jesuits. 1t is quite
in harmony with their usual subtle
policy that in Rome they should pro-
fess that the Council will certainly be
held because the Pope is so passion
ately bent upon it, while in foreign
papers they suggest these external diff
ficulties in order to hide the greater
difficulties which are found within the
congregations themselves. These diff
ficulties arise from the fact that the
party which holds to the Gallican lib
critics is represented in the cOngrega-
tiOns; and still more to the gross de-
parture from the custom which canon
ical law and ecclesiastical precedent
enforce, of the representation and re
cognition of the power of Catholic
princes in general council. 1t is GER
tainly an embarrassing position. The
obstinate resolution of the Pope that
the Council shall be held increases the
embarrassment. In the language of
the OpiHiO7e of Florence His tenn
perament, which will not tolerate con-
tradiction, win react so strongly on
his health lin case of Disappointment
that many fear that if the Council
should not soon be held, it will not be
long before a cOnclave win be called"
Year: 1869

Baltimore has "cat CASE
The plaintiff was the owner of a
valuable cat of the Maltese
breed, which had been missing
about four months. The cat was
discovered in the possession OF
defendant, and plaintiff, in order
to recover it, was obliged to sue
out a writ of replevin, the cat and
its collar being valued at S25.-
At the trial of the case, in which
both sides were represented by
counsel, the defendant produced
an account against the plaintiff of
SIS 20 for boarding the cat for
1872 days, at ten cents per day
After hearing the evidence and
argument, (in which defendants
counsel contended that there was
no property in CATS the Justice
gave judgment for plaintiff for
possession of the cat, and one cent
damages and cost to be paid by de-
tendant. The bill of defendant
for boarding the cat was disal-
lowed.
Year: 1869

From a recent conversation


with the Hon. Geo. III. Pendleton,


held by an intelligent correspon-


dent of the Montgomery Mail,


and reported by him verbatim, we
extract the subjoined. They are
words of wisdom:


zone thing must be keptin mind,
however, if you would not intro
duce an element of discord into
your ranks. Make no promises
to the negro. If you make him
promises you will be in honor
bound to keep faith with him.
Keep aloof from that entangling
alliance. The questions before
you demand no pledges from you
to the negro race. Do not be inn
patient if the return to a white
mans government should be de-
layed longer than you expected.
A few years are nothing in
the lille of a government. Look
how the years of Cromwell and
Napoleon were crowded with new
and unexpected events.


do not sickle upon questions
of policy. Your people need to
stand united, and you should not
permit mere questions of policy to
divide you. Of course |, who am
sitting here in my office in Ohio,
with all my rights Of person and
property guarded by a white State
government, cannot presume to
advise you whose condition is so
different, but let me beg you to
remember what | have SAID about
no pledges to the negro
race. In the past few years, in
credulous as you may be, the peo-
pie have been arousing themselves
against the expressions of the
Republican party, and in few
years, if not sooner, will assert
the manhood of the white race.
By patiently biding your time you
will ride on the wave of success,
but if you compIicate questions
by making imprudent pledges
through despair or impatience, you
strengthen the enemy and post
pone the hour of deliverance."
Year: 1869

The New York Democrat chron-
icles as follows, the latest instance
of Yankee cruelty and greed of
gain:


Five months since, a DR.. Rid
ley, Boston, amputated the leg of
five year old son of his, who
had been injured by being run over
by an omnibus. For this damage
to his son he collected six thou
sand dollars. 1t now turns out
that the boys great and next to
the great toe were alone injured,
and they net sufficient to require
more than two splints, bandages
and little care. But, to recover
damages, the Christian father gave
his child chloroform, amputated
the leg below the knee, and recov-
cred pay for the damages he alone
had caused. II is not long since
the inhuman monster was making
speeches against the Southern peo-
pie for whipping servants. What
regular loyal Yankee will not do
for the almighty dollar God only
knows.
Year: 1869

A good wife rose from her bed one morn,


And thought with nervous dread
OF the piles of clothes to be washed, and NOR
Than dozen mouths to be fed.
There's the meal to get for the men in the field
And the children to fix away
To school, and the milk to be skinned anG


churned;


And all to be done this day.
1t had rained in the night, and allthe wood


Was wet as it could be;
There were puddings and pies to bake, besides
A loaf of cake for tea.
And the day was hot and her aching head
Throbbed wearily as she said,
''1f maidens but knew what good wives know,
They would be in no haste to wedI'
"Jennie, what do you think told Ben BrownH"
Called the farmer from the well;
And flush crept to his bronzed brow,


And his eyes half bashfully fell
at was this" he said, and coming near,
He smiled, and STOPPING down,
Kissed her cheek twas this, that you were
The dearest wife in town."
The farmer went back to the field, and the wife,
In smilingand absent way,
Sang snatches of tender little songs,
She'd not sung for many day,
And the pain in her head was gone, and the


clothes


Were white as the foam of the sea;
Her bread was light, and her butter was sweet,
And as golden as it could be.
'Just think" the children all called in breath,
''Tom Wood has run off to sea!
He wouldn't, know, if he only had
AS happy home as we,"
The night came down, and the good wife smiled
To herself, as she softly said:
'''Tis so sweet to labor for those we love,
It's not strange that maids will wed!''
Year: 1869

are probably fewer than celebra-
ted the last year of the war. As
a general rule, it is a bad practice
for Senator or member to quit his
seat at the reception of card
from the lobbies. Some Of the
better Senators make this stand
for their purity and dignity an in
violable rule. They will receive a
letter, bot will not entertain the
suggestion of a call card.


Another bad indication that Z
notice this winter is the indecent
style Of party and dinner dressing,
the wearing of dresses that expose
the entire spine and are cut nearly
as literally on the other side. At
the reception one sees numbers Of
ladies, often of social rank, ex-
hibiting muscular trunks of enamel,
and at celebrated dinner party,
the other day, l stood in a group.
of which two ladies were MEM
berS whose dresses were cut like
those of La Valliere and Madame
DuBarry, recalling the worst days
of Bourbon indecency. | turned
away in some disgust and said TO
Judge Blank:


"Well! what do you think Of
that?"


81 haven't seen such a sight
since | was weaned!" said the
judge.