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Year: 1868

The Improvements in the river in the vicinity
OF Barren Island progressing rapidly The pilod5T


is continually at work and is making considerable head
way. Mr.. Strong Will soon commence the working Of thu
stone quarry Barren Island IL is intended that the
stone taken from the quarry shall be used In forming The
dyke The channel is being deepened the bd
at Coeynans 30 that, In fact there R be two channen
after the work is done This will enable the day or ngnl
boats TO use the West channel in the East channels
blocked up with tows RATS, is sometimes the case


II Is said that after the completion OF the work OF ded


ing that Is now under way there will be eight feet o.
water at low tide from the proposed cross-over 70 hs
north end Of the channel Mr. Mills. Albany Arsa
Year: 1868

Those interested in the movement say that
the Brcklayers' strike which has been in pro-
gress for more than month past, is nearly
ended. Large numbers of the men engaged in
the strike have cO0perated in taking contracts
for erecting buildings directly from the owners
of zeal estate, thus nsuring to themselves the
profits which usually go into the pockets Of the
Year: 1868

Secretary McCulloch and Edmund Cooper
tried yesterday to induce Commissioner Rollins
to resign. When he refused, threats were made
that the President would remove him under the
Civil Tenure of Office bill.
Year: 1868

''THE Poor HAVE THE GOSPEL
PREACHED To THEM. Under this
head. the Davenport Gazette mem
tions a case in that city, In which a
man was sued for a years rental Of
pew In oneofthe fashionable church
es of that city. It Is said that the
poor fellow has hard scratching to
gain a livelihood, and II so, we
would like 10 know what put 1t into
the poor fettoac's bead to rent pew
In q fashionable ehurch9 he must
be an ambitious creature, who vents
to go 10 heaven In the same coach
with the rich aud fashionable folks.
Getting into the iEon grip of the law
however, may probably take some
of the starch out of him, and teach
him to go, hereafter, where the gos-
pei Is preached to the poor.
Year: 1868

THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
We all attention to the prospectus
of this excellent and scientific jour
nal. We have been Q reader OF it
for twenty years, and there has not
come single year, that we did not
and In some one number OF IT.
information worth, to rs, double the
subscription price for a whole year.
Read the prospectus TO be found in
another column and then send for
the paper.
Year: 1868

THAT tithe wicked stand on slip
perry places cannot be truthfnily
said Of this city, fos we have seen
the heels of several elevated above
the proper level, within the past few
days,
Year: 1868

are so little conversant. Severalteach'
ers have told me, when / asked thvtn
what they would do if a pupil reiu.sd
to read the daily Scripture lesson, that
they would try 20 chow them that il is
right to resd it, and that if they did net
, succeed, then, they would force item
to read it. A slight knowledge Of the
law and opinions upon it, would show


that such course is not allowable, or
thought on the spirit of American
institutions would doubtless lead to tho
same conclusion 1t is important that
teachers make few mis-steps in such
matters, and our laws are good guide.
Many unpleasant difficulties have aris-
en- about the religious exercises Of the
schools that might have been avoided
by good understanding Of right and
authority in the case. No pupil should,
neither can he be, legally, compelled
to unite in the religious exercises Of
the school, against the expressed wish
of his parents or guardians; but when
it is the known wieh of these that their
children join in such exercise,, and the
children refuse, then mild measures
should be used to lead them to take
part with the proper spirit taking pans
always that your efforts do not lead
them to sullen participation.


In every teachers library there
should be copy of the School Laws
and all the numbers of the School Jour
nal of the State In the former we find
the laws passed expressly for the reg
ulation and control of our educational
system; in the latter the decisions of
the Superintendent OF Public Instruc-
ton, and opinions Of the Attorny Gen
eral in relation to school questions
sometimes in dispute. All these must
be both interesting and useful to you.


There are yet many things that
might profit us to consider, but time
will not allow us to enumerate farther
at present. Hoping that we may go
to our work, thinking and acting un-
derstandingly, and that We may reap
a rich harvest OF educational progress,
1 close this paper, firmly believing that
our hope will not change to disappo.nt-
ment when the winter is ended.
Year: 1868

THE Indian "Peace" Commissioners have been treating with the Sioux Indians, and as usual allowed the willy savages to get the best of the bargain, as the following, from the Frontier Iader, will show: Red Cloud, Man afraid of-his horses, Turkey Leg and Spotted Tail, have gained glorious victory over the poor groveling white man. They laid down their own stipulations, which were in sub stance, that the whites should give up north western Dakota, and all the interior of south ern Montana-the most attractive districts, yet unexplored, in all the New Northwest" {" It is expressly stated in the bond, that the forts established in the Powder river country shall be quickly abandoned, and the Indians be permitted to extend their bloody hunting grounds all the way down to the western mar gin of the Laramie plains, reserving the right to peep down upon the great National High way either with or without glasses, whenever they may feel so inclined '
Year: 1868

SoaI liberal minded Congressman has pre- senteda bill for the admission of Arizona into Union as an equal partner. If he could think of nothing else to bill and present, he did well, as it is better for man to do something than nothing. Nevertheless, we think he is shesd of time Great changes will have to take place here before we can ask for admis- sion, and Congress had better let the old States return, establish fraternal feeling in the family, and send the troops now engaged in protecting Cuffee to the Territories to protect white settlers from the Indians.
Year: 1868

EXTRACTS FROM NOTICES.
From the late President OF the United States
John Quincy Adams: OF all the periodical jour
nails devoted to literature and science which
abound in Europe and this country, the Living
Age has appeared to me the most useful.


From Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, May, 1867 ::
Were l. in view Of all the competitors now in the
feld, to choose. should uudoub ,edy choose the
Living Age. There is not in any library that
know of so much instructive and entertaining
reading in the same nnmber of volumes


From the New York Times The taste. judg
ment and wise tact displayed in the selection Of
articles are above all praise because they have
never been equallcd.


From the Springfield Mass Republican: We
can do those among our readers who love sound
and pure literature no better service than by refer
ring them to this sterling weekly. 1t is decidedly
the best magazine Of its class published in the
United States, il not in the world.


From the Boston Post: We venture to say that
in no other form work Of similar character
be fouEd of equal merit, at so moderate price.
From n Clergyman in Massachusetts, of much
literary celebrity In the formation of my mind
and character, owe as much to the Living y ge
to all other means of education put together.
Year: 1868

Does any one suppose that Radical
can be elected President in 1868 with.
out the entire vote of the Southern
States2 That vote cannot be cast for
the Radical candidate without it is done
under he reconstruction manipulation,
lfso done, and the Radical candidate
should nominally receive q majority
Of the electoral college. he will not be
the constitutionally elected President
and the American people arc SUFFERING
now just Within the limits of their ma
tience. They will endure much, (fo,
they are the best organized communit,
the world ever saw,) under constitI
tional government. 1t will be riskine
q great deal to attempt to perpetuate
the present condition of things under
an administration placed at the head
of the government by such means.
|-NashsiHs Dispatch.


"That's what's the matter"
Year: 1868

A gentleman ofNew Orleans during
the late epidemic, disguised ut the
dullness Of the season, and fearful Of
the safety Of his family, closed his


house, leaving his furniture In the bull.
ding, and removed across the lake.


He had not enjoyed the luxury Of baked


reddish and sea bathing many days be.


fore his name was brought to the regis.
try Of deaths and recorded as one OF
the funct. Two sharpers, one acting
as principal, and one US security, short.
ly afterward opened a succession. The
Register of Deaths was called upon to
prove the docease Of the unfortunate
admirer OF maritime enioyments, and
little difficulty was experienced IN show
ing that lie died intestate. One Of the
two was appointed administrator, the
other going his bond. The furniture
was sold at auction, and the proceeds
pocketcd. The gentleman, on his re.
turn to the city, was surprised to learn
that he had been dead for some weeks,
and his estate settled.
Year: 1868

How is it to be expected, asks the
Louisville Journal, that the South can
in the present condition OF things be
kept up by immigration? If, before
the war, the people of the North and
of Europe dislikcd to settle in the South
because in that region the blacks were
the slaves of the whites, will they Set
tie there now when the whites are the
slaves Of the blacks?
Year: 1868

MASHED OUT.-The flood occasioned by the
recent continued heavy rains raised the
waters OF Clear Greek to such an unusual
height as to wash away portions of the wagon
road between the Tower House and Riley's.
The mails are now packed from the Tower
House to the foot of Trinity Mountain. the
road being too much damaged to prevent the
passage OF coaches. We understand the road
wili be repaired as soon as possible.
Year: 1868

a AMisrAKE.-The Board of Supervisors, at
their late special session, evidently made a
mistake when they placed the rate of taxa
ton for the General Fund at IS cents on the
hundred dollars, and reduced the Redemption
Fund tax to . cents. The amount added
to the General Fund was undoubtedly in.
tended to 60 to the Redemption Fund, as the
reduction of that fund to 25 cents on the
hundred dollars would reduce the value of
county warrants to very low figure and
according to the terms of an Act which went
into effect in March, 1868, Boards of Super
visors are not allowed to levy more than 60
cents on the hundred dollars for the General
Fund
Year: 1868

In calling the attention of the reader to the ad-
vertisement of DR.. ]. c. Young's Institute, to be
found in another part of this paper feel we are
answering the dictates of honest convictions in
pointing out to suffering humanity the honest and
skillu Medical pra"titner. 1t is the duty of every
man whose knowledge places it in his power to act
as a guide to those who otherwise would unwittng-
ly take wrong path. There is need to wear
out life of pain and anguish and in the end fill
dishonored grave. Hesitate no longer, unfortunate
ones, but turn to the Doctor who can restore you,
giving you in place Of wasted energies and an i'm
paired constitution, health, vigor and power.
The Institute has been in successful operation
for Seventeen Years, and it was the Pioneer In
stute of the coast it has been the Pioneer in the
march of progress.


We say again to the afHicted-read the advertise
ment and follow its advice. s14
Year: 1868

No trait of character is more valua- ble in female than the possession of a sweet temper. Home can never be happy without it. It is like the flow CTS that spring up in our pathway re- viving and cheering us. Let a man go home at night wearied and worn by the tolls of the day, and how soothing is a word dictated bysa good disposi- ton. Itis sunshine falling on his heart. He is happy, and the cares of life are forgotten. A sweet temper has 2 soothing influence over the minds of the whole family. Where it is found in the wife and mother, you obsefve kindness and love predominating over the natural feeling of bad heart.-- Smiles. kind words and looks cbarac- terizo the children, and peace and love have their dwelling there. Study then, to acquire and retain a sweet temper. It is more valuable than gold, it capti- yates more than beauty: and to the close of life it retains all it's freshness and power.
Year: 1868



 OLD BooKs.--Among themo precious of ancient things that we are in danger of losing is the fine old.fashioned taste for literature proper and pure. He do not love literature as the Queen Anne men loved it, nor as some of the Johnsonian set loved it, nor as it was loved by little group of men not more than generation back We are all turned publicists and thinkers and esthetic philosophers. There do not seem to be Jeff. t.nor to be springipg lap, any men of the antique stamp, with delicate enjoyment of all sorts of books for their own sake, just as men enjoy good wine for it's own sake. We dash at book to eyis- cerate it as swiftly as we may, and, having got out of it what nutriment we can, rush off pellmeil somewhere else, Where is the man who takes up his book daintily and caressingly, as he would take up a glass of wine, ancient aud off rare vintage, turning over hero page and there page, enjoying flash of its colour and prolong ing his delighted sense of its fine aroma and boquet. The old heroes who fingered and brooded over a book as the bee fingers in the bell of fowern. the sunshine have nearly all gone, and none others step in their places. This is only one.of the thou sand signs that we are fast stripping our. selves of a capacity for pleasure.
Year: 1868



 (yirCuIar.-The undersigned takes this as one of the methods 10 inform his friends, as will be seen from the above card, that he has formed a copartnerihip for the purpose of doing an exclusive commission business. Tn doing so he thanks his friends for all past favors, and asks for continuance of the same by consignment of their cotton and other produce. from one dozen eggs ap to one thou sand bales of cotton Our Mr.-Nevils has had long experience in the selling of cotton, &c., and is considered one of theibest cotton sales men in the city. pledge myself that all things that may be entrusted to us shall have my personal attention and shall be promptly and correctly attended to, and. strictly account cd for. As a firm we owe nothing, and we have entered into m obligation notto endorse nor accept for any one. unless we have the cotton. Sc !, in hand. That being our policy, we will in no case have to sell one mans cot ton to pay another mans debt to keep from going to protest Having been a citizen of Arkansas for Inc last ten years, and having had a large acquaintance in the Confederate army, iiatter myself that We shall receive liberal share of patronage. and that shall vet be able to make q living, and with that l am determined to be satisfied.

 I am. very respectfully, your ohedient ser want. k. H. foE.

 Sep tiff
Year: 1868

A striking feature 10 Whitefeld's prea.
ching was singular power Of description.
The Arabians have proverb which says
''ue is the best orator who can turn mans
ears into eyes," Whi,e6eld seem. to have
had peculiar faculty of doing this. He
used to draw such vivid pictures OF TIE
things he was handling that his hearers
could believe they actually. saw and heard
them. "On one OCCASION" says one OF hs
biographers, "Lord Chesterfield was among
his hearers. Tho great preacher, in de-.
scr'bing the miserable condition of an un.
converted sinner, illustrated the subject by
describing blind beggar. The night was
dark and the road dangerous. The poor
mendicant was deserted by his dog near
the edge Of precipice and had nothing to
a'd him in grouping his way but his staff
Whitefield so warmed with his subject
and enforced it with such graphic power
that the whole auditory was kept iu breath.
less silence, as If it saw the movements of
the poor old man; ard at length, when
the beggar was about to take the fatal
step which would have hurled him down
the precipice to certain destruction, Lord
Chesterfield actually made rush forward
to save him, cxcla!ming, aloud, He is gone
lie is gone! The noble lord had been 50
entirely carried away by the preacher that
ne forgot the whole was picture,
Year: 1868

PRovEKBs FOR HONE UsE-Person
whose social position is uncertain, always
accept invitations.


A boar remains boar, though he sleeps
on silken holsters.


A close mouth and open eyes never did
any one harm.
A foolish woman is known by her f.
merry.
A rich child often sits ia a poor moth
er's lap.
A rich man is never ugly in the eyes Of
a girl.


A slotLful man never has time.


A spot shows most on the finest cloth.


A small cloud may hide both sun and
moon.


A thief thinks every man steals.


A hog prefers bran to roses.


After Christmas comes Lent.


A wreck on shore is beacon at sea.


Act honestly and answer boldly.


Adam must have an Eve to blame for
his own faults.
Advice after mischief is like medicine
after death.


Advising is easier than helping.


A woman who loves to be at the win
dow, is like bunch Of grapes at the way
side
Year: 1868

THE TRADE FOR A FARMER
Every young man who means to be
farmer, ought first to learn some me.
chanical trade. We would rather
learn tho carpenters and joinor's than
any other, as it will oftener come into
use on TIC farm. That farmer who
understands this trade has many ad-
vantages over ono who does not and
has to run for mechanic for every
little job required to be done on the
farm. Even if ho work but a short
time at the trade, say one season on
Iy, undor good master, he will find
tho knowledge Of great benefit to
him, many times. If young man
is robust and healthy, this trade in
connection with a good practical ed
ucation, sufficient to qualify him as q
teacher of district school in the
winter season, is about as good start
IN life as any young man can have
who is not furnished with capital
ready to his hand, and the rare facul.
ty to know how to use it.
Year: 1868

We said, yesterday, that the attempt to
sustain Read by partisan appeals to the value
of his service to his party, would fall
There had already reached US many indica-
tions of the shame and disgust inspired
among those who were the gamers by his
outrage party ever can really gain by
such assaults on the very foundations of So
cial security and order.


Yesterday the MORNING PosT, the most
brilliant and spirited organ of RadicElism IN
this city, washed its hands of Read. 1t
says, in the course of an able and manly re-
view of the subject:


''To set aside, in six thousand separate
instances, without examination of any one
paper, the good and bad altogether; to dis
franchise men VINO were legally made citi-
zens, because it is believed that others gain
ed their certificates hy false swearing, to do
this is TO strike at the very foundation of all
law. The remedy is worse than the disease.
1t would be better for the Republican party
to lose an election by the issue OF fraudulent
certificates, than TO gain it by suppressing
them tyrannically and unlawtulT.
We cannot afford to make the law par
tisan instrument and Judge Reads opinion
has done the Republican party no service.
The Republican journals which applaud it
cannot have considered the matter carefully.
The EVENING TELEGRAPH believes that, when
''the crisis comes, " Judge Read will be sup
ported by the Legislature, and ''trusts' that
a majority of his colleagues win agree with
him. What is that crisis Plainly, That
Judge Read stands in danger of the whole
bar, and that his opinion will be pronounc-
ed contrary TO the fundamental principles of
law. We regret that the mistake has been
made, but we cannot be party 10 it The
Republican party is not to be responsible for
this great error, by which it was intended it
should profit"


This independent attitude of q powerful
party organ shows that the defence of
Reads outrage cannotbe made party ques-
ton in the Legislature. His removal by
impeachment will, therefore, probably fol
low, unless he anticipates it by voluntary
retirement.
Year: 1868

the police concerning some extensive
mercantile frauds that were being
perpetrated on French houses by per-
sons in England. After an interview
with the chief of detective force, 1
was promised the assistance Of clev-
er officer, who spoke French well, as
my colleague in my inquiries. When
introduced to him I felt sure l had
somewhere seen his face before, and a
quiet smile met my look of surprise
as he held out his hand. He said
nothing, however, till we reached his
lodings, and then opening q drawer,
took out the uniform of an officer Of
the Spanish Legion. He was the man
to whom 1 had owed my dellveFance
from the Carlists! Like myself, he
had been sent on a secret mission by
his government, and after executing
it at Madrid, adopted the character he
had acted so perfectly as protection
in the event of capture. But unlike
myself, he was able to appeal at once
to the representative Of the English
Government, who knew the impOr-
tance of his speedy return to England
with information. and by his infiu-
ence obtained the release of friend
of Don Carlos then In the hands Of
the Royalists, whilst not torgetinl of
his promise, he had used this circum-
stance as a means of conciliating that
personaCe and getting me off with
himself.