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Year: 1868

Judge R relates the following in
cident as occurring in the courts of his
practice:


He was trying petty case. in which
one OF the party was not able to pay
counsel fees, and undertook to plead
mis- own cause; but he found, in the
course of the trial, that the keen and
adrOit attorney who managed the case
for the other party was too much for
him in legal strategy, evidently max
ing the worst appear the better cause.
The poor man, Mr.. A, was in state
of mind bordering upon desperation
when the opposing counsel closed mis-
plea, and the case was about to be sub
mitted to the justice for decision.


"Msy it please your honor" said the
man, may I pray"


The Judge was taken somewhat by
surprise, and could only say that he
saw no objection; Whereupon Mr.. A.
went down on his knees and made q
fervent prayer, in which he laid the
merits of the case before the Lord in a
very clear and methodical statement
of the particulars, pleading that right
and justice might prevail.


so Lord thou knowest that the law
yer has misrepresented the facts, and
thou knoWest thatit is so and So"
to the chapter.


Arguments which he could not pre-
sent in logical array to the understand
ing of men he had no difficulty in adj
dressing to the Lord, being evidently
better versed in praying than pettifog-
ging.


When he rose from his knees, rs
quire W the opposing counsel, very
much exasperated by the turn the case
had taken, said:


"Mr. Justice, does not the closing
argument belong to me7"


To which the Judge replied


"You can close with prayer, if yoe
please"


Esquire W was in the habit o
praying at home; but not seeing the
propriety of connecting his praye
with his practice, wisely forebOre, lesY
ing poor A to win his case, as hi
did, by this novel mode Of presenting
it.
Year: 1868




How Coal IS OBTAINED IN JAPAN
Mr.. Locock, in a recent letter to the
British Foreign Office, states:


81 had an opportunity while there,
of visiting the works-if, indeed, they
deserve the name-Which have been
undertaken for procuring the coal
Here and there, wherever the coal or
shale which lay over had been seen
cropping out from the hills side, a
horizontal passage had been run IN,
never more than twenty-fyesfeet, and
often only ten OF twelve feetin length.
In some Of these burrows two or three
men, crouched to the ground, we're at
work, picking away at the sides with
pointed arrows, and sorting out each
little piece of coal with their hands, be-
fore throwing it into one heap or
another, according to its quality. A
few coolies, in the last stage but one OF
nudity, collect the coal at the mouths
of these burrows, and carry it to where
the road admits of its being transferre d
to the backs of bullocks, or to three
wheeled carts, holding about half ton
to each, and drawn by one beast In
this way it is brought to the Hiogo
market. A great portion of it's of a
very inferior quality. Here and there,
however, good specimens OF kind Of
anthracite are brought from the hills
side. The seam which has been dis
covered is about two feet thick, and
runs down toward the plain at an
angle of about fifteen degrees, or nearly
that, of the hills themselves. There is,
therefore, good reason to believe that,
by boring in the plain below, the same,
if not better seam, might be discover
ed. The Japanese Government are
not insensible to the advantages to be
derived from more scientific working
of the coal of Hiogo, and it is not i'm
possible we may soon see a regular coal
mine opened and worked by European
machinery."
Year: 1868

Bismark is said to be partial to bran
dy, and before leaving Berlin for the
seat of war, little son asked him how
long he was to be away. He replied
that he did not know. Thereupon a
servant came in to enquire how many
bottles of Cognisc were to be packed
up in the Counts luggage. Twenty
four" was the answer. "Ah, papa "
cried the terrible infant, ''now l know
how long you are to be from home
tHenty.four days."
Year: 1868

A Kansas exchange tells that Kan
sas City editor went skating the other
day, and slipped into an air hole. His
ears caught on the edge of the ice, the
hole not being big enough to let them
through. They partially froze, and
will be amputated, and used for door
mats,
Year: 1868

have to find his cravat. If 1 90 to bed
first, IN the morning l find his clothes
scattered over the room as only man
can scatter clothes. He would never
put on a clean shirt if it were not
spread out on a chair before him. His
sleeve buttons are taken out and put
in by me, when taken out and put in
at all. | do not believe he has combed
his own head since we were married.
he can't even wash his face properly
without being told like q child. If I
did not wash him, his ears and the
back of his neck would be a sight to
behold.


Albeit he has no patience for Others
who have pains and aches, vet YOU
ought to see him when anything is the
matter Of him. He utters a groan and
grunts over a slight attack of collie in a
manner that keeps every one awake,
believes that he is going to die, and
will not suffer me to leave him for a
moment.


Yet with all his faults I-Wen you
know the quotation. l believe he is
the best man living, and l would not
give him for ten acre lot full of men
like the scape-grace of a husband which
your foolish credulous correspondent
'Dolly Dash" is silly about.
Year: 1868

aS There has never has been war since the outbreak that terminated so unfortunately for Adams second son, that was as fruitful in bogus heroes, as the late desperate struggle between the Southern States and the American Union.-Regis- ter.

 The Courier accounts for the foregoing outburst, on the theory that the Register had just been examining the list of dele gates to the Conservative Soldiers New York Side Show.
Year: 1868

It seems to be conceded that although a great many Western delegates are warmly for Pendle- ton, no great numbers of them are disposed to force his nomination, unless it shall appear to be entirely satisfactory to the DemocracY
Year: 1868

sidered ss the Ministerial party never tired Of
teng Is, tc pc settled and he demands" the ballot
the ground that there Is no .use or Justice In Civ
ilg men vote without protecting them In the exer-
else OF it.n Upon the Irish Church Mr. Clay is very
Gear and, like those WHO are 80, very strong. He
reminds US that Ire.and has for centuries been cry
ing evil and o reproach to US among the nations
OF the earth, and recalls LORD Mayo's so-caed
declaration OF policy In order TO show that the only
ineligible inference to be drawn from It and It's
many explanations is that nothing is really Intended
to be done to remedy the evil. II matters little
whether he did or did not promise an endowment of
Roman Catholic universities for the deoislon merely
touches the point OF consistency with which the
present government has been chargeaple since
It's accession 10 oce but the present net result Of
all Is that we have no ministerial proposals before
us, and that we have an opposition plan which does
certainly deal thoroughly with the main question,
and OF which Mr. Clay is thorough supporter. He
g.ves u.s. by inference, definition OF conservative
as "a man who has got something he ought not TO
keep" and although that Is perhaps rather too


we're. 1t certainly applies to the case of the Irish
Church, which we may hope will shortly by the aid
OF men like Mr.. Clay and Sir John Treawny be dis
possessed OF 30 much of It's riches ana be left TO that
which win not faii 1.-THE free support Of Its Owu
V0tarle5.
Year: 1868

CUTTING GLAss.-Alex Taylor writes as fol-
lows to the Photographic News: ''In treating
of glass, | may give you another way of cutting
bottles shades or any glass vessel the neat thing
you wish, and that is to get rod of iron heated
to redness, and having filled your vessel the ex-
act height you wish it to be cut, with oil of any
kind, you proceed to very gradually dip the red
hot iron in the oil, which, heating all along the
surface, suddenly the glass chips and cracks right
round, when you lift off the upper portion
clean by the surface Of the OIL -a- -~r -..
Year: 1868

The scalawags of Radicalsm are en.
deavoring to deprive the foreigner of his
just rights. Every obstacle is thrown in
the way of his exercising his right to vote.
Some of the scalawags have gone on an
expedition to Washington-the fountain
of evil and wrong-to concoct some mea-
sure by which many of the German and
Irish naturazed citizens of this city may
be deprived of their right to vote. If
any one had prophesied few years since
that any white man could be found in
the South who would be SO base as to un-
dertake the labor of expanding the priv.
leges of blacks and cutting down and de.
stroying those of the whites, he would
have been deemed crazy. The supposi-
ton that such monster could have been
found in any of the ten States could only
have been considered itself monstrous.
But we have lived to see several Of such
monsters. They are now endeavoring
by every art and device which base ma
lures and cunning whetted by greed
for Office can suggest, to place the worthy,
industrious, orderly, and useful natural
lied citizen below the negro in social
consideration and political rights. 1t is
impossible that such baseness and peril
dy shall not meet with its reward-its re-
tributive punishment Richmond Dis
match
Year: 1868

E. A. Peyton (Renegade), who oecu-
pies seat in the so-called Convention,
as delegate from Kinds county, and who
like all other miserable apostates, out
Herods Herod, in his enmity to his
ancient friends, was arrested in Jackson
last week for perjury; it having been
proven before the United States Grand
Jury, that Notwithstanding he was an
office holder before the war, and Con-
federate officer during it, he took the
registration oath, in order to get into
the Convention. He was admitted to
bail in the sum of $4,000.


The Radical organ at the capital is
very much disguised with what it is
pleased to consider "rebel jubilation !"
over this indictment, and talks as fol-
lows:


"But now, since bringing the perjured
men to justice has been commenced, we
want to see no stopping till the last one
of them is brought before the proper tri-
bunal to answer for their violation of a
sacred law. We would suggest to the
grand jury the propriety of examining
ironclad oaths, taken by certain post
masters, msrshals, assessors, collectors,
and other government officials in this
State, and possibly they may learn that
others besides the Radical delegate from
Hinds,' who held office before the war,
and participated in the rebellion, and
afterwards took solemn oath that they
never did anything of the kind. These
are facts, gentlemen of the grand jury,
and if you do not want honest people to
believe that in indicting Col. Peyton you
were actuated by partisan motives, you
had bet,ar indite few more for the same
offense.'


We have no objection to this, at all.
Ifthere are any office e-holders in the State
who have sold their integrity for mess
of pottage, we are as anxious as the ed
itor of the Journal can be that they
should be brought to justice; and we do
not believe that it can be established that
a single man in the commonwealth, now
holding Office by virtue of having ille-
gally subscribed to the iron-clad oath,
is now acting or in sympathy with the
Democratic party,


Apropes to this, we proclaim unhesi-
tatingly that the man who took the oath
Of registration, which pledged him before
God to uphold the Constitution Of the
United States, and who now advocates
or indorses the so-called Constitution
of Mississippi" soon to be submitted for
ratification to the people Of the State, is
perjured before man and his Maker,
from the crown of his head to the soles of
his feet.-AberdeeH ( Mss Examiner.
Year: 1868

The sudden appearance upon the
political boards here of the Hon. Horace
Greeley has given rise to much specula.
ton as to what is in the wind. 1t is
strongly hinted that his attentions to
Chief Justice Chase are necessary, and
this evening he dimes with him at his fine
residence on Z street II is understood
that Mr. Greeley has determined TO have
the Chief Justice commit himself to the
political fortunes Of General Grant, If
such thing be possible. and thereby nip
in the bud the proposition TO make Mr.


Chase the candidate Of the Democratic
party. Mr.. Greeley does not profess to
be particularly alarmed at the PROPOSE
ton, bot the rumor is be would prefer
not allowing the Democracy thus to be
subjected to temptation, and be desires
Mr.. Chace TO make an open profession Of
allegiance 70 General Grant The Chief
Justice in the meantime is being bitterly
denounced By Radical Congressnen for
bis seeming fairness 70 President John
son in the matter Of his trial, and the
impression is that Mr. Greeley viii fail
in bis mission 10 the cspital-W Wafhiag-
Ton C0rresp0HdeRos Baltimore Gazette
Year: 1868

The Anti-Slavery Standard squarely
lays down the Radical position as fol-
lows;


Impeachment is an incident of the
passing hour--a very important one,
which we hope will be speedily disposed
of by Johnsons removal. 1t will have
removed an obstacle. The main issue
still in controversy, is the status Of the
negro. Abolitioaists and earnest Radi.
Gals must take nothing ON trust, leave
nothing to future contingency, as our
4brefathers did with slavery in their time,
but demand an irreversible guarantee in
the national bond, of the negro's free
dom and political equality.
Year: 1868

A letter from California tells this story.
which is decidedly more fshy than
'Iowl'; "A headless rooster is at pres
ent drawing large crowds to the Wood
ward gardens. Some five weeks ago tins
fowl with severl others, was taken out by
the cook OF n hotel in the city to be lc-
capitated. The deed was done, and he
and his fellow victims were left by the
merciless cook to die Going out some
time after, the author of these fowl pro
ceeding was astonished to see one of the
roosters walking around the yard, butting
himself against the fence, and showing
unmistakably that though his head was
off he was not dead Feeling curious
no doubt, 10 see how long he would live,
the bird was well taken care Of, and final.
ly turned mp in the Woodward gardens.
where he has been on exhibition eyer
since lie is fed with stick and spoon.
The former is used to thrust the food
down his gullet and the latter to give him
water Your correspondent has seen thi,
bird, and can give his solemn davy' to
the fact of his head being off And
Since his unfortunate loss he has gained
six..ounces in weight and is still on the in
crease,
Year: 1868

Soon after the delivery Of lhis commt,ni-
cation General Grant called in person upon
the President during the meeting of tho
Cabinet, and upon being reminded by tho
President Of his reiterated promise, aud
especially of the promise made only Oh Sat.
urdny morning last, General Grant Admitted
The promise IN the prcscnce Of members Of
the Cabinc,
Year: 1868

SIZE OF FARMS. IF farmers who
have poor farms OF large size were
TO curtail the dimensions of their
corn6elds fifty per cent ,and expend
the amount they saved 10 labor in
manure, they would be enabled IN
a few years, devoted to such poll
cy, to improve all their arabic
lands, and bring their entire es-
tates into q condition of profitable
fertility. And while this wonld
be going on they would find by the
increase of manure applied to their
corn land, and attention to its cul-
lure, that their corn crop would
rather increase than decrease.
The great fault With us all Is that
we attempt to achieve tco much,
and, owing TO that circumstances,
fail of achieving any thing .sorthy
OF the character Of good farmers.
1t should be the policy and pride
of all to do whatever we do well,
rather than to be ambitious Of doing
much. Large corn6elds unmanur-
I'D, and but half tended, as is too
often the case with many of US, re-
feet no credit on their individual
owners, and are actually discred.
table to the husbandry Of tho
country.
Year: 1868

The object of this organization
is for the purpose of protecting the
people of the South from the band
Of murderers and robbers now
preying upon them, even to the
Iast assassination; and we
pledge ourselves one to the other
that nothing shall be allowed to
deviate us from this noblo object,
Year: 1868

Entrance to tho lodge room will
be obtained through the medium
of two raps in quick succession, to
to bc followed by two slow ones.-
The inside sentinel will say, sour
trust" the outside applicant will
answer, sis in God" He will then
be admitted, and upon giving the
grip as detailed in another place,
he can take his seat.
Year: 1868




and the most horrible ones possible. III


the streets Of Heidelberg YOU see hun
dreds Of students minus their noses.


others with the lever portion of their
\ chin Topped off, ] have seen great stout
fellows glorying in CHASTITY scar from
the ear TO the mouth, across an other
wise handsome face. The small, brim-
less caps above described set off these
marks to great advantage. Pity with
me the fellow who will not fight, the shy
/ student who came here to study :
profession rather than be dissected with
long sword IN the hand Of an EXPERT
fencer IF he refuses the challenge
given, not in i'll feeling or. for revenge,
t'but IN accordance with a time honered
custom, his days at the university are
numbered. The boys that fearful
element in all similar institutions-wiIl
soon succeed in driving him away. 1t
is considered cowardly and disgraeeful
act to refuse challenge, and he who
cannot boast an ugly scar, why the boy
Is no fellow at all


Some of these duels have recently re-
suited fatally. A few DAYS since an
American student, recently arrived at
the University, was thus called out. "
He claimed right to choose weapons
and named pistols. His opponent was |
shot through the heart 1t is rumored |
in Heidelberg that the American stu
dents are dead shots, and consequent
ly they are let alone. The university /
authorities make a small show of resist
anee to these duels, but it is known that
the Prussian Government encourages
them, and it Is seldom that the parties
are brought to justice. A custom thus
winked at by the King is not destined to
die out in monarchy.


If you should desire to purchase one
Of the students caps to bring away as a
Of Heidelberg, or to remind
you of the many SCARED faces you have
seen, be careful that one of them does
not catch you in the act. It is terrible
ofense, and one which may work YOU
injury before you leave the city. Better
foregO the trinket and save your money. L
and perhaps your skull.
Year: 1868

Of need would have given his money and


blood to assist friend but, apart from


that, he had all the defects of his con-


dition Of life he was uncultivated and
imperious, sometimes incorporate, with


ost that delicate intelligence which


makes intercourse affectiOnate and sweet !;


solely occupied with mere existence; for


him, to live, was to have his four meals,


and then to sleep; to love, was to have


woman and children. That was not


the realization of the vague hopes of
Anna, and she had therefore received


with sort of embarrassment the request
that Bastien had preferred for her hand.
She was alarmed at that domestic life, so
| depoetized, which she must needs accept,
in this wholly animal coupling of two
beings who could not understand each
other at these fatigues that would de-
your her health, her youth, her beauty 4
For she knew how the women
of workmen soon become old and the
poor young girl trembled at the idea of
being so soon Withered by the breath of
misery, and Of no longer seeing men
turn and smile as she passed. As always
happens in such cases, She found thou
sand sage reasons to support her desires
Was it prudent SO to unite two miseries,
and carelessly to sleep, at the risk of
being awakened by famine, knocking at
the door tomorrow? Was it not duty !
for her to secure her future in advance, |
and to have some other shelter than her
own feeble arms to give the children
who might be born to her? These re-
fections had become graver in her eyes,
day by day, and had furnished her
strength to resist the maladroit solicita-
tions of Bastien.


Alas she did not say to herself, the
young girl, that she would have accepted
4 desert, with one Of these gentlemen
whom she saw pass every day
Year: 1868

With these Idle tales, she will form desires Of
Ersatn sss and ambition, which will make her
blush fer my condition in life. She viii forget
that her father is but a poor musician, and
~ end by refusing some honest youth who
will b ave succeeded me.
Year: 1868

In conclusion, In leaving Montgomery,
I leave many friends, tried and true, who
have faithfully stood by mo through every
ordeal and vicissitude of life. Their mem
ory will ever cherish with a grateful heart
I leave enemies no doubt and would not
have them otherwise, at the price required.
leave the latter to the immutable and in
exorable faw Of retributive justice. Favors
and frowns are alike indelibly written upon
q rctentive memory. Ever yours,


OBSERVER.
Year: 1868

From the Louisville Courier, Aug. 95.


There Is no sadder picture in the blood
written history of Tennessee than that pre-
scented at this time. With all the natural
strength and wealth of nation in itself. and
an almost tropical beauty and richness of
scenery, there is no spot on earth more ac-
cursed, no land so blighted, no dependency
more completely at the mercy of system
attic despOtism-the wiokedest despotism
the world ever saw. When any country is
brought to that stage where its own people
these who ihave proudly watched its
growth in prosperous days; who have built
up all that is great and good within, and
who ask for no better heritage than a quiet
grave beneath its peaceful skies-are forced
to fee to other lands for the protection they
cannot receive at home, there is little hope
for liberty there.


This is ''the situation" in Tennessee, and
we are assured the picture is not over drawn.
Negro supremacy is fast doing its work.
and the vultures and buzzards are holding
high carnival on Capitol Hill to-day. The
native Tennesseeans are leaving their State
by hundreds, aud Kentucky, Indiana and
Missouri are receiving them as they come.
Not only are the bone and sinew ofthat de-
voted State going to buIld up the wealth Of
other States, but the very women and chill
dren are leaving her plague-smitten borders
! One of the most remarkable instances of this
came under our observation lately. Three
! iaA hvz1 ah
| arrived here from Greenville, Tennessee,
! the home of Andrew Johnson, having come
| the whole distance on foot. Their money
being exhausted. they were compelled to
stop in this city, where they will probably
remain. They had been little more than
three weeks on the road, and were weary
and footsore with the long tramp. Their
story was told in a simple way. They said
! they had left Tennessee because they could
no longer remain where the lives and prop
erty of white people were at the mercy of
negroes and adYenturers, and where war
might at any moment be precipitated upon
them. They further said the whites were
leaving the State in great numbers, aud ex-
pressed the belief that were it possible for
all the oppressed native Tennesseeans to
leave without comprising their own ruin
be a sacrifice of property, the Stale would
soon be depOpulated.


And this is what Radicalism has done for
people who live only next door to free Ken


Iucky; and this is what it would do for ev-
cry State in the Union had it the power. aud


if it dare to do it. viii Radicalism be per-
petuated by the white people of this couu-
try?
Year: 1868

Head Q'rs Everywhere


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Heavy Times II!
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Guilty of sedition if you don't send the
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By Order Of


Two CYCLoPsEs.


(Big Ones)
Year: 1868

THE following parody on a well known poem of
Mrs. Hemens, will probably amUse some Of our rea-
ders. Those who are familiar with the gam of
euchre viii not be likely to enjoy it any the iess