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Year: 1868

CuRIous CONFESSION. "A short time since
young man, evidently not in prosperous cir
cumstances, aud a stranger in this place, called
at the First National Bank, in this place, and
informed the Cashier that three men, whom
he partially described, had offered him one
fourth of the plumber it he would aid them in
robbing the bank This, he said, he declined
10 do. He said the plan was to get the Cash
ier and compel him to open the bank TO them
in the night, and the robbery was to take
place on the night ofSaturday, May l6. The
information was impaired to the bank officers
previous TO the contemplated robbery, and a
close watch was kept, but no attempt has yet
been made upon the bank, and it ispretty GER
tain that one would have been quite useless.
The informer gave his residence as Montpelier
and that Of those who proposed to him as
Boston. He also gave what is supposed to be
a fictitious name. The whole affair is little
curious, as be asked nothing for his informa-
tion, and left Immediately after giving it, and
has not been seen since in towa.-S Adams
Transcript
Year: 1868

"A sharp old gentlemen travelling out
West got seat beside his wife in crowded
car, by requesting the young man who sat BY
her to please watch that woman while he
went into another car, as she had 6ts.
Year: 1868

TuE FiRsr TIH LAID.-This morning, wori
was commenced in earnest on the Daven
port City R,ilrcad. Ground wAs broke
at the intersection OF Sd st with Front st or
the river bank, and President Fulton laid
the first tie, thus inaugurating the work
Timber rails and material for construction
are being made rs fast - possible. The
cars are to be double platform, suitable for
one or two horses. Every thing bids fair
for the speedy completion Of this Division.
Now let the people of the Western Division
subscribe the requisite amount Of stock to
secure the read tho entire length Of Third
st. can bo done and there should Be no
hssitancy In coming forward With money \
cid in the completion Of the road. [s,
oif citizsns take bold Of the nstt(r and
put it through at Oh early day
Year: 1868

viii attend to all business entrusted TO their
care In the Probate Court Of Pamela county,
and In the Federal Court at Oxford. Special
attention given TO cases In Bankruptcy. Major
Cooper will give special attention TO business
|, the Circuit and County Courts A heretofore.


ao9-ly f
Year: 1868

SEEING Is DEoEIvNG.-Here is row Of ordinary
capital letters and figures:


5 ) s Y Y XZZZZ 333 ass S


They are such as are made up Of two parts of
equal ehspes. Look carefully at these and you
viii perceive that the upper halves Of the chsrac
tiers ere q very little smaller than the lover
isyes-so little that an ordinary eye will declare
them to he of equal size. Nov turn the page up
side down, and without sny careful looking. you
viii see that this difference in size is very much
exsggeraied-that the real top half of the letter Is
he seen from this that there is a tendency in the
eye TO enlarge the upper part of any object upon
which il looks. We might draw two circles Of
unequal sizes, and go place them that they should
appear equal.-lOnce Week.
Year: 1868

Nor is pleasant TO consult physician for the relief Of
these various delicate Affections and only upon the
Urgent necessity viii true far sacrifice her grest
tst charm as to this The viii thank for
placing in their hands simple specncs which will be found


cacous in relieving and curing almost every Of those
Troublesome complaints peculiar to the sex
Year: 1868

For some reason the Methodist Charch of Chill.
licotbe requested the late conference to send
them a single man as pastor. The conference
kindly complied, but the pastor stopped on the
road to his new station and brought with him a
bude.
Year: 1868

Hundreds suffer in silence and hundreds Of others apply
vsnly to druggists and DOCTORS who either merely tansze
them with the hOrs apply remedies which make
them worse would wish anything that would
do injustice to tbs Afflicted but am obliged say that
phoueh may produced from excessive exhaustion Ofths
powers Of By lsbOOus employment un~hOlesOme air and
food rrOuse msnsuaOn, the use of tea ard coffee and


eqaent childbirth oensr caused by direct irritation
applied to the mucous membrane Of the vagina itself


When reviewing the Of these distressing complaints
tits most painful contemplate the attendant evils csnse
auent upon them but simple justice the subject to
epumerae few of the many additional causes which so
largely Affect the
Year: 1868

with one volley of clapping and cheering he
and the company would set off again on fresh
score, and seemed wholly unwilling to cease
their boisterous expressions Of appreciation
and mirth.


IL has often bccn said, that he who cxcels
at giving joke, or jest ON another. il not apt
to excel in bearing one that is pointed against
himself. The reason is plain. That very
shrewdncss, which enables him to say severe
and biting things against another, enables him
to see the point or edge of any severe remark
that is aimed at him. A dull man can bear
a jest like philosopher. lie does not see the
point Of the wit, and, Of course does not feel
it. II is whipping a sheep on its wool But
not so with the wit himself lie sees all the
point Of severe remark aimed at himself,
and feels it, too This was clearly exempli-


fed in the rough, rude man who had brought
on this discussion. Not man in all the
company saw the whole application Of the
above remarks more clcary than did he HIM
self He had been altogether engrossed with
the story Of Abraham, aud Of the dove. Eyes
ears and mouth were attentive. lie seemed
10 suspect nothing lie neither saw nor
smelt danger" till the buzzard was on him,
tapping its wings about his head and ears.
He sprang to his feet, stretched himself and
gaped--one Of the most awkward gapes | have
ever seon,--and looked az it he was in an az
ony of effort TO think Of something to say,
that might relieve him. Gladly would he
have kindled up into fierce anger, in self
defense but, then, not a word had been said
to him. My remarks were all directed to
Major jenkins, and contained merely re-
hcarsa Of what had been addressed to the
children at shreveport The crest-fallen
cclunniator walked out from the cabin to the
boiler-deck, "heayy and displeased, though
totally at loss in what direction, or ON whom
TO vent his bile He was followed by num-
Der Of young men, still laughing in full vol
ley, and excaiming, 80 that buzzard o
that buzzard :" At the first woodward that
presented itself our hero left the company,
and went ashore; and if he be capable of
profting by the lessons of that excellent
teacher, Experience he will most likely,
hereafter, when he enters the cabin of steam
boat, count the cost" before he attempts to
play off any Of his rude jests upon the pas
sengers.
Year: 1868

RAILROAD ACCIDENT Harry G. Brown, q
baggage master on the Delaware Railroad, me


with fearful accident on Monday. He wa.
gong down on the evening train, and when
near the bridge over the canal, was struck by
a shantie standing near the track. and knorkeI
from the train. lie must have leaned well ont
OF the car or he could not have been struck w
When taken up it was found that his shoulder
blade was broken and that he was otherwisq
severely injured. He was taken to Middetown
and he has so far recovered that it is hoped he
can be taken to his home in Wilmington. -
Fears OF fatal result are not entertained


though his escape from instant death was
almost miraculous. ""'
Year: 1868

GONE TO EUROPE.-Eon James A. Bavard
sailed from New York for Europe, on Wed,
nesday. He goes there especially to consult a
renowned surgeon in relation to partial loss
OF his hearing He will probably remain ab-
sent some months, although the length of his
stay may be dependant upon the success of the
medical treatment. = WImin0f0n Commercial
Year: 1868

4 New WAY TO KEEP CoOL.-Durinc tbo
hot weather last week two gentlemen living
opposite each other in West ST., Wilminrton
(the fashionable street. amused themselves by
squirting water on each other with the street
hose. They dressed in bathing suits for the
occasion. Large crowds went each evening to
witness the hydraulic duel One ofthe parties
IS a prominent merchant, the other we'll
know manufacturer.
Year: 1868

KILLED BY LGGHTNING.-On Monday after
noon Miss Mollie Chcffins, daughter Of Mrs.
Chethns living in the Alley" near the New
CaSte line, was instantly killed by lightning.
She had been gathering berries, in company
with her little brother and was hurrying home
to avoid a thunder shower, and was killed
whilst walking along the road. Several men
IN an adjoining field saw her fall when the flash
OF lightning came, and started to her assistance,
but she was dead when they arrived. Her
brother was stunned but soon recovered She
was about nineteen.
Year: 1868

CAPE May EXCURsIoN.-Thc excursion to
Cape May under the auspices of the Cornet
Brass and Amateur String Bands, ofthis town,
was made yesterday, on board the steamer
It(ot Boy, Capt. Ii. S. Bender, and was higb-
y enjoyed by the excursionsts. A more de-
lIghttul trip could not have been made, A.
though IL was advertised for a two-dav's ex-
curslon, onl y one day was taken from the fact
that the citizens who projected the enterprise
failed to support it las they were morally bound
to DO when the time came. The CAPTAIN. on
learning the circumstances, determined to make
the loss Ut any) to the charter party as LITTLE as
possible, and agreed to run for one dav, the
passengers, many Of them, if not a majority


from dlstance-voting to see the enterpriSe
through. After delightful run of little over
four hours DOWN the Bay the party reached
Cape May about o'clock. A pleasant bath
IN the surf Of old ocean soon followed after
which sumptuous dinner was served bv the
proprietor of the Sea Breeze House, The
party lett the Cape a little after six and reach


ed Bombay Hook at ten, enjoying one of the
most most pleasant runs that could possibly be made


We are requested by those who were of the
party to extend their thanks to Capt. Bender
and his crew for their attention and Kindness
Year: 1868

FRED. DOUGLAS TO HIS People
In q late speech at Akron, Ohio,
Fred. Douglas, addressing the coli
orcd people, told them that the Gov
ernmcnt cmancipatcd the negroes as
a matter of policy, and not from any
Christian motive Of right or justieea
and that they had no more reason to
be thankful to the Government for
their freedom than had the Hebrews
to feel thankful to Pharaoh for their
deliyerance from bondage. Douglas
said that although it was possible
that, naturally, the colored men were
equal to tue whites, they were not so
practically, and that they must rise
through their own excrtions to a
much higher degree Of intelligence
before being allowed all the rights
and privileges of the white man. lie
added, that they were Row on proba.
ton, and if fifteen years hence found
them as they now are, it would be
almost impossible for them to make
any advancement. Perhaps this adj
vice from an Intelligent colored risn
may be received by his race as tie
counsel of friend. It is certain
that the competition against which
they will have to contend for the
means of support, must increase, by
immigration, every year, whilst they
can rely on no such addition to their
numbers, but must make up for the
inequality by increased eficlency.-
The ignorant and degraded, of what
ever color, must always be subject to
superior intelligence, and it behoorcs
the colorcd people to reflect whether
these arc their true friends who would
plunge them into politics without pre-
vious preparation and training, or
those who would help to fit them, as
faras may be accomplished, for the
discharge hereafter of such duties as
may dcyolye upon them. ~.


Col. Phanir.
Year: 1868

Senate. sprague, of Rhode Island, who is
large manufacturer, as we'll as n large cotton
planter, delivered speech on Friday last, before
the adjournment of Congress for the holidays, on
tho repeal of the Cotton Tax, in which he made
the startling statement that the British manufac-
turers arc now able, by thoir skilled labor and
machinery, to produce from the short and dry
staple of India cotton product equal to that
from tho American staple.


He said that at this day Egyptian cotton was
usod in seven-eighths Of the articles in which
Sea Island cotton was formerly employed, and
that he believed in two years this latter article
monld only be produced as a rare plant in some
gentleman's garden. Tho plantations of the
South he did not conside. worth one-twentieth
part of their value before the war. Mr.. Sprague
told the Senate that he bad not only aPpsahendad
we had lost the great cotton interest forever, but
that he even feared the competition of Indian
cotton in American markets. These are not the
statements of a congressional declaimer, but OF
o practical man, who rarely asks the attention OF
the Senate Truths like these ought to rouse the
industrial classes of the country, and bring them
to decide whether this destruction of cotton, COM
merce and manufactures, on a Legitimate basic,
is not a higher price than they are able to pay
for trs perpetuation of Radical power.
Year: 1868

.H


E1rRAoaDNARY REYENcE.-The Proyi
deuce Herald of the 2lst tells the following
ridiculous story Of q cn.peckcd husband who
took most singular revenge:


A singular case Of matrimonial infelicity is
reported on Village street, two or three even
ings ago. A couple, both slightly upder the
influence of beverages, had "cheerful dis
cu;sion, which culmilated in regular quar-.
rel, after they had retired to their codch for
the night At last, rendered frantic by the
stlnging words of his wife, and in order to
revenge himself upon her, the man sprung
from his bed and seated himself upon the hot
cooking stove, "accoutred as he was" in q
very limited line Of wearing apparel. The
stove being very hot, the mans flesh burned
on and his night garment somehow catching
upon the rear Of the stove he was unable to
release himself. His screams for help were
treated with cool Indifference by his wife, and
it was only when his cries had called In two
men from another room, thathe was extrieated
from his uncomfortable position by being
pulled off the stove by main strength. o
course his burns were terrible, and the physi
clans who attended him predict that they
will result in permanent lameness.
Year: 1868

1867 came in with snow and sleet and rain and
wind; and is it departing Christmas week
was so mild that one might we'll have believed it
wa. irsnsplanted from May or June; but to day
the last of tho year-the wind howls in fearful
bla.ts while the faco of the earth is covered with
sect ard show. Temper the wind now, yc who
are utll surrounded with blessings and comforts,
to the many, be they black or white, whom these
evil days have left destitute and cheerless.
Year: 1868

RAILROAD JOBS IN THE LEeIsLATURE.-The
railroad legislation going on in Albany is a
curious mixture Of stupidity and knavery. Az
an example take the Arcade Railroad, as It ID
called-the most ridiculous scheme ever pro-
posed, If it really was intended to carry 1t OUT
at all. But the bill is nothing more than q
blind to cover up other railroad enterprises
which it is hoped may be carried through
during the fuss made about the Arcade pro-
ject. The Surface Railroad and the Fifth Ave-
nue. road are the real things aimed at. In the
hope of carrying these profitable lobby jobs
through the cunning plot has been designed to
make great noise about the Arcade subterra.
mean concern, which the jobbers have no In
tention Of establishing.
Year: 1868

Advertisers should bear in mind that, In order
TO insure the proper classification of their business
announcements all advertisements for insertion in
the HERALD should be left at the counting room by
half past eight O'Clock P. NJ.
Year: 1868

have fallen into state of somnolency from
which the gong of judgment day is necessary
to arouse them. But here is chance for
cheap trip to the Land of Notions, of which it
is likely more than one who is not sound ON
the nigger question will avail himself Ho!
for Connecticut
Year: 1868

A NEW WAY OF BUyrNe voTEs-Ho! FOR
CoNNrcrrouT.-The Radical Executive Com
mittee of this city have, through the editorial
columns Of their leading organ, offered to pay
the passage both ways of any poor Connecticut
radical voter who will go hence to vote on Mon
day. This is a cheap and anovel way of buying
votes, and one likely to prove more profitable
than the cranberry plantation" dodge adopted
by the radicals to get democratic voters out
of that State on election day. Whichever way
the State may go on Monday one thing is GER
tain-the radicals have left no stone unturned,
no election machinery unused or unoiled to
carry the day; while the democrats seem 70
Year: 1868

electioneering thunder-there is but one course
left to the democracy If they would escape
complete rout, "horse, foot and Dragons"
next fall. That course is to let the "dead
bury the dead" to let the old democratic party
and it's dead issues and bad record of the
war go where they belong, Nnong the
things of the past, and strike for new
organization, new policy and new ticket.
All this may be accomplished in the nomina-
ton of Admiral Farragut as the united opposi-
ton candidate against General Grant as the
radical candidate Thus the moral forces of
the war, now all on the republican side, will
be nentralized in being divided between the
two parties; for the victories Of Farragut on
the water were equal to those of Grant on
of Farragut, the democratic narrow gauge Of
1856 and the so-called "time- -honored prinoi-
Piles of the democracy" will have to be
dropped, and broad gauge suited to the
year of our Lord 1868 will have to be adopted.
This can be done in pronunciamento
recognizing the absolute abolition of slavery
throughout the United States, of equal civil
rights to all races, and qualified negro suffrage
and universal amnesty in reference to the
late rebellion.


Sachems of the democracy, what say you to
this? You know that in 1862 we put you
fairly on your feet in putting Horatio Seymour
with the aid of John Van Buren, on the war
path. You know that once more, in 1867, we
brought you round again on the right track; ;
and the advice we give you now is sound and
good. We know it is. Yes, gentlemen, if
Mr.. August Belmont, who has the power, will
call his National Democratic Committee to-
gether, and call for national convention on
short notice, with view to the proclamation
of the conservative Union candidate and plat
form we have indicated-Admiral Farragut,
universal liberty equal civil rights, qualified
negro suffrage, a universal amnesty, low taxes
and sliding scale for the national debt-we
undertake to say that Mr. Belmont will become
as distinguished in the reconstruction of parties
and of the government itself in the United
States, in the nineteenth century, as the great
Disraeli of the same glorious race has become
in the reconstruction of the British empire.
Year: 1868

The expenses of the Freedmens Bu-
reau last year were nearly twelve mil.
lions of dollars. The excuse then used
was that it was necessary to take care
of the negroes until the rebel States
were reconstructed. Congress has final
" reconstructed all but three States in
it's own peculiar way, but still the
Freedmen's Bureau is kept in existence,
and it's operations extended until 1869.
According to the Tribunfs own admis-
sion it will cost ten millions more to
run it until then. This estimate will
fall far below of the actual amount ex-
pended. That Bureau being one of the
electioneering machines of the Radicals,
they will run the expenses up nearly
double that amonnt, and come in next
session for deficiency; and if success
fnl at the polls this fall, will extend the
Bureau indefinitely. They fixed the
time once before to close that concern
up, but when the day for it to wind up
arrived, they found an excuse to extend
its operations. They are having too
good thing in expending ten or twelve
millions per year to give it up until
they are obliged to. Their success this
fall will be all the excuse that they de-
sire to perpctuate it few years longer.
-World. .s
Year: 1868

The Funding bill to which both
Houses have agreed, and which, we pre-
sumo, will receive the Presidents sigma
ture, provides for the issuing of two
classes of bonds-thirty-year bonds,
bearing four and half per cent. inter
est, and forty-year bonds, bearing four
per ent.,-interest and principal paya-
ble in gold, and free hOn taxation, save
the ixcome tax. The passage of this
bill is equivalent to a declaration by
Congress that the 5-20s are not payable
in coin, for its avowed object is to pro-
vide for the conversion of the latter in
to coin bonds. The alternative present
ed to the bondholder is the redemption
of his bonds at maturity in greenbacks,
or their exchange for bonds Of the same
denomination, but bearing lower rate
of interest, and exempt from all taxation
bnt the income tax. Whether the bill
is good or n bad one, it is ut least o
triumphant vindicatlUn OF the financial
position of the Democratic party, anu
equally condemnation of the financial
propositions of the Chicago Platform.
If, indeed, the 5-20s were payable in
coin, this funding bill would be n bold
repudiation scheme. There is no escape
from the dilemma in which the Radicals
have placed themselves. Either the
5-2Os are payable in lawful money or
they are not. If they are payable in
lawful money, the Chicago platform is
a lie and the New York platform en-
bodies the true financial doctrine. If
they are not payable in lawful money,
then this Radical Congress has COM
mitted the crime of reputation. We
prefer to think that the funding bill is
not q reputation measure, and that the
Chicago platform is lie. We even think
that the bill is the work ef the bond
holders, and we predict that they will
hurry to convert tho I-20s into the new
bonds. They calculate in that way to
forestall the action of President Sey-
mour and the Democratic House of Rep
resentatives which will respond to his
inaugural message.
Year: 1868

few minutes previous to an earthquake
the magnet temporarily loses its power.
They have ingeniously constructed a
light frame supporting horseshoe
magnet, beneath which is cup OF bell
metal; to the armature is attached o
weight, so that upon the magnet be-
coming paralyzed the weight drops, and,
striking the cup, gives the alarm. Ev-
ery one in the house then seeks the
open mir for safety.
Year: 1868

ond session of the Fortieth Congress are
nearly twenty-five millions more than
those made at the second session OF the
Thirty. ninth Congress. The regular
army appropriation, without taking in,
to consideration the items OF ofdefciency
amount TO ten millions more now than
then. Thus the cost of Radical rule in.
creases every year.
Year: 1868

The last action Of any consequence OF Mr..
Tlsddeus Stevens at the last session OF Congress,
was the introduction of new articles Of impeach-
msDt. He did not press them on the attention OF
the House, but rather desired 70 have them 10
readiness for use at any time. They are now, OF
course, obsolete, and will be remembered only a.
an evidence Of the persistency Of purpose of the
Radical leader.
Year: 1868

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