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Year: 1868




Now that an injunction has been issued by
Judge Olin against Mayor Bewen's interference
to prevent the building of the Point Of Rocks
railway, it is hoped that no further obstacles
will be interposed to defeat an object which is
ofsuch vital interest to this city. Every month
that is lost by retarding its construction is at
heavy cost to the citizens The delay that has
already arisen has been serious loss to labor
ers. If the building Of the road be now al
lowed by the Mayor, a thousand poor men will
have employment during the winter, who will
otherwise be sufferers.


We haveit on good authority that the in
structons of the management of the Baltimore
and Ohio road are that work shall progress
upon the Point of Rocks branch with all pos
siblo rapidity from this date.


The Chronicle, which, like most of the other
presses of the city, was Garrett organ until
he actually commenced building the Point of
Rocks road-thc great thing that our citizens
want-now justifes Mayor Bowen in seeking
to stop the construction. 1t says that he is
building upon other than the lawful grade OF
strcots. Examination of the premises shows
that the statement is erroneous. Our people
say with one voice, " Let us have the road, "
and settle about the site of the depots after
ward. That we have no hostility to Mr..
Bowen is seen in the fact that we have already
suggested the neghborhood of his property as
proper one for central depot for all rail-
National IntelEgencer.
Year: 1868

How TO JUDGE PoULTBY.-As Christmas IS
approaching the following hints in regard to
the selection of poultry may be regarded as
" seasonable."


A young turkey has a smooth leg and soft
bill, and the eyes bright and the feet moist
Old turkeys hayescaly, stiff feet. Young fowls
have a tender skin, smooth legs, and the breast
bone yields readily to the pressure Of the finger.
The best are those that have yellow legs. The
feet and legs Of the old fowl looks as if they had
seen hard service in the world. Young ducks
feel tender under the wing, and the web is
transparent. The best are thick aud hard on
the breast. Young geese have yellow bills,
and the feet are yellow and supple; the skin
may be easily broken by the head Of pin; the
breast is plump aud the fat white. An old
goose is unfit for the human stomach.
Year: 1868

In answer to Mr. Trowbridge's notice
which appeared in your valuable paper of
last week, have to say that we hold a
contract from Mr.. Van Brunt for the cx-
elusive sale Of his seeders in the counties
of Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette. and that
Mr.. Jones had no right to appoint Trow


bridge agent, as he is not agent himself,
and that Trowbridge sought his agency
to enable him to palm off his own ma.
chimes through the reputation of Van
Brunt. In offering the Van Brunt for
sale, he will tell farmer to try one of his
machines first, and if that fails, he well
knows the Van Brunt will be all sold, and
cannot get one. That he has wilfufly lied
and tried to deceive the farmers in this
respect he dare not deny. We just re-
turned from Horizon, and Van ..Brunt &
Co. have notified Trowbridge & Clayton
that they cannot get machine at any
price only through us, and we caution any
farmers who may be holding back their
orders through the influence of those un-
principled and lying men, to heed them
not, and come and get machine that is
genuine, and give them no chance to hold
your orders for other inferior machines
until ours are all sold. We are now re-
celying large number of machines at Min


eral Point and Platteville. 5a


3w j. SrRAcHAy.
Year: 1868

The men who suppose that the present
struggle Of the rebel clement for supremacy
through the legislative, executive, and ju-
diclal Breaches of the government, is a
departure from the precedents in history,
have read to little purpose. No tyranny
that this world has bred, was ever known
to give up until the last hope of ascendancy
was destroyed. 1t is the nature of the
beast to fight as long as it has an arrow
in its quiver. Courage, then, friends of
humanity You are going over the field
in which the bravest and best of the race
have, in times past, fought th.ir way with
many mischances and much tribulation, to
glorious victory. There is not civil
blessing that we now enjoy, which has not
been wrung from the oppressor by labor,
compared with which ours is chld's play.
The right of each man Of the boastcd
white race to own himself, to go where he
pleases without let or hindrance, to enjoy
the fruits of his labor, to be tried by his
peers, to be governed by fixed laws, and
generally TO be relieved of the oppression
and slavery of lordly and priestly supe-
riors, was, not long since, as firmly con-
tested as the right of the black man now
is to existence as freeman on the soil to
which he was born. Courage, steadiness,
obedience to conviction, have won for as
the boon that has made America what tits.
The same qualities now will make our
country what it ought to become. The
way is hard, and the discouragements are
many but as true as God rules, the VIC
tory will be ours We build an unchang-
able justice, and against it naught but our
own recreancy and cowardice can prevail.
This country must be free!
Year: 1868

g3A dog powwow came off in our vii
lage the other evening. it was an offering
of gratitude to the sages at Madison, who
in their august wisdom have seen fit TO re.
peal that terror to all worthless ours, the
obnoxious enactment known as the dog
law. AS it is the only indication of appro-
val that we have heard of in this part, we
trust it will be duly appreciated.
Year: 1868

@The Good Templars of Mineral
Point treated our people to an exhibition
in the enacting of the sacred drama of Be-
shazzar's Feast. or the Hand Writing on
the Wall, on Wednesday evening last.
The audience was very small and insight
icant, and considering the labor and ex-
pcnse attending it, was financially fail
ure. Those in attendance were highly
pleased with the entertainment, and were
of the opinion that those who did not at
tend were the greater losers.
Year: 1868

.B- We trust our legislators will not
adjourn bdsrc they have passed an assess
ment law which will mete out equal Justice
to all property owners. The present as
sessment law and the way it is enforced is
a disgrace to our state, and it's further con
tinuance in force would be disgrace to
our legislature
Year: 1868

STILL THEY Cove are still, agent for
the celebrated Singer Sewing Machines,
a:.d we are setting them, The Singer is a
general favorite, and where it is known it
is preferred, being capable of greater
range of work than any other machine.
call at this tfficc and see one at work.
Year: 1868

n@The Brandon Times states that the
Omro train on the old La Crosse road, ran
off the track no less than three times in
one week, the last time near Burnett Sta
ton, wheE five box cars, and the caboose
were thrown from the track, smashing up
three of them badly. The accidents were
caused by bad weather.
Year: 1868

From The London AheEsuw, March II, 1868


The whole story has to knowledge been clearly and
eohy related before and nowhere else inquirer the
truth respecting this readily spd what
this mAery exposition Of the be forgotten Massacre
Year: 1868

= RETURN OF THE ELoPINa COUPLE Y ester
day morning the steamer Falcon arrived from
Baltimore, bringing the eoping couple Of
whom mention was made some time ago. At
niue O'clock they we're brought up betores his
Honor the Mayor, who after leeturing them on
the evil consequences that their crimes would
inevitably entail upon them, and giving them
some good advice, (which BY the way appear


ed to be lost on the woman) dismissed them.
The urchin was taken in charge By his relatives
and carried home. The infatuated woman re-
sisted the separation to the last. She was ad-
vised to 90 off, but she fingered aroundi the
City Hall for several hours, and resisted every
effort made by her husband to induce her to
return to his bed and board2o Tie Emporium


ing husband and the inexorable wife soon at


lracted a considerable crowd, and lor Several
hours Broad street'w was scandaized. 1tlis bad
taste for husband and wife toamake a public
exhibition of their matrimonial difficulties, and
should this couple desire to repeat the scene,
q less public place would be more fttingI and
less offensive to decency It is our 5eaanest
wish that We shall not again be called upon as
journalists to chronicle so disgracetul5 and
shameless an act Charleston Courier. Il. II
Year: 1868

We see the following sensible
advice going the rounds of the
press, and reproduce it that our
readers may know how country
editors elsewhere talk to their
patrons:


l. Lay aside yonr fears that the
editor will get rich faster than his
neighbors. We have never heard
of a man making much more than
decent living by the publication
of country newspaper if he had
ever so good business.


2. If the paper agrees with your
way thinking, subscribe and pay
'forit, and persuade your rneighbors
of the same mind to so anddo like
wise. Do not tell the editor to
send you a paper without paying,
and when you get to owing two
or three dollars, tell your friends
that the paper will burst up one
of these days. The way under
such a state OF the case, to keep
paper from "bursting up" is for
each subscriber to keep the edi-
tors books free from charges
against himself. This thing of
applying the credit system to the
newspaper business may be liken-
ed to farmer selling out his crop
a bushel to a man. The sum each
would owe would seem of little
account, but the aggregate might
make or break the farmer.


8. If you have a father, mother,
brother, sister, or a friend at q
distance, and ARE able to do so,
subscribe, and pay for and send
them copy.


4. Do not expect too much of
the editor when he is compelled
to be his own compositor, proof
reader, etc.


5. Do not expect the editor to
make honorable mention of your
business every few weeks for moth
ing.


6. If you wish to sustain your
local paper properly, to live in
peace and die happy, remember
what we have told you in this ar.
ticle.
Year: 1868

A little girl of three years
was saying her prayers, not long
since, when her little brother
about four years old, came slyly
behind and pulled her hair. With
out moving her head she paused
and said: Please God, excuse
me a minute, while kick Henry.
Year: 1868

70 Gentility is a good thing in
its place. Young ladies who lie in
bed mornings and let their moth
ers do all the work may think it
genteel, but the world win say it
is pure laziness. 1t is easier to be
lazy than even genteel. Young
men who affect dress, idleness and
a good deal of perfumery and
shirt-collar, and sum it up as the
genteel thing, are as far offthe track
as possible. Gentility is an in
ward quality-a matter of sterling
make, and requires neither fine
clothes nor fine houses to show il
in its best phases.
Year: 1868

The Erie fight, which has lost nothing Of its
fierceness for the past two or three days, is to
be renewed this morning before Judge Bar
nard, and probably some new and interesting
features in relation to the powers Of Judges and
the conflicting jurisdiction of courts may be
developed. The arrest of ex-senator A. s.
Diven on Thursday night under an order
issued by Judge Barnard, on the charge OF
having violated the injunction heretofore
granted by that Justice Of the Supreme Court,
is evidence that the Judge will not permit his
authority to be disregarded or his rights to be
in any manner interfered with by his brethren
of the bench in other districts.


But while all this muddle is being made in
the courts, and while the spectators are avail
ing themselves of it to initiate or depress the
price Of Erie stock, according as the power Of
the 'bulls" or the "bears" may predominate,
there are other matters underlying the great
struggle that involve the business interests Of
the roads as well as of the whole commercial
community. The Erie and the New York Cen
trail roads have long been the great rivals for
the carrying trade of the West. While the
Pennsylvania Central, the Baltimore and Ohio
and other routes have nominally contended
for the Western trade, the necessity
of reaching the New York market has made
the two New York roads the real competitors.
The Erie road has at present no through line
of the six feet gauge to Chicago. Its track
now terminates at Akron, Ohio, and the great
~ 4 L.. a. kosr
seven miles to Toledo, by way of Grafton,
and then to run by means of an additional
rail on the Michigan Southern and Northern
Indiana road through to Chicago. The
freight capacity Of the New York and Erie,
with six feet track between this city and
Chicago, would be twelve million tons year.
The capacity of the New York Central,
with four and half feet and four feet ten
tracks and combination cars running through,
is eight million tons year.


These facts are sufficient to show the rival
interests involved in this struggle between the
two routes. So long as the roads are under
different managements the policy Of the
Central is to obstruct by all means in its
power the completion Of the six feet track
through TO Chicago. Whether the roads
would be better under d consolidated manage
ment is debatable question but both for
warders and consumers are Interested in
securing the most extensive facilities for the
transportation Of the produce of the West to
the seaboard, and In this view of the case the
public would, beyond question, be benefited by
the completion under some management Of
the through six feet route.
Year: 1868

There Is general and no doubt well founded CON-
Of al branches trade the present season. consequent
upon the unsettled condition OF the country and the
want OF well defined financial policy Nevertheless
the business OF advertising instead OF sympathizing
with the universal depression, has experienced re-
markable revival, and the columns OF the HERALD
this spring show an increase OF advertisements of
from fifteen to twenty per cent as compared with the
corresponding period OF last year,


One OF the reasons Of this apparent anomaly Is the
fact that advertising is assuming new feature In
this city. Our citizens begin now to understand the
advantage of efrectng sales, supplying wants and
transacting business generally through the medium
OF small advertisements In such paper as
the HERALD, which meets the eyes OF hundreds
OF thousands OF readers every morning within
few hours OF It's issue. BY this means they save
both time and money, while buyer and seller being
brought into direct communication, are no longer
compelled TO pay heavy commissions to mddlemen
and agents. The efficiency OF this wise business
policy has been materially promoted by the careful
arrangement OF all advertisements under their ap-
proprae headings, that the thousands OF persons
who daily refer to the columns OF the HERALD to
seek investments or supply wants are enabled to
find just what they desire without difficulty or
delay.


At the same time the more extensive advertising,
which s also largely the increase, has helped to
build up many vast establishments and to secure mag
nincent fortunes. While small advertisements are
wonderfully effective, those on a larger and grander
SCALE like that OF DR.. Helmbold in to-day's HERALD,
sure to be read with care and interest and TO
yield valuable return.
Year: 1868




It has been long time since an smpresarso
has met with such encouragement from the
public as the managers of Pixies Opera House
have during the past brief season. In the face
Harrison have succeeded in getting good and
sometimes very large audiences night after
night. There were many prophecies INDUCED
in by operatic wiseacres as to the bad location
of the Opera House and the impossibility of
securing for 1t a sufficient amount Of patronage
to make opera financial success. What has
been the result? Pike and Harrison close the
season to-day after a marked triumph in both
an artistic and financial point of view. Three
MISUNDERSTANDING States, Madame Lumley
and Madame Elder-have appeared, the two
first with extraordinary success and the last
giving promise of future ability in opera. The
wonderful voice Of Madame States created
quite sensation, and considering that 1t has
been fostered and developed under the balmy
skies of California, we may confidently expect
that the time win come when the Golden State
will replace Italy in the production OF operatic
artists. The genial influence Of our climate
tends to give prima donna's voice that clear,
limpid quality and sympathetic express
sion which heretofore have been as
cribed solely to the beautiful skies
Of Italy. In California particularly the
climate is most favorable TO the development
of fine voices. That State has been celebrated
for It's luscious grapes and superior fruit and
vegetables as well as Its auriferous treasures.
Now il bids fair to be the greatest exporter OF
Drip,e donne in the world. Madame States,
although first claimed by the Emerald Isle,
owes the development Of her magnificent voice
TO the shores of the Pacific. Owing to the pre-
vious engagement Of the Opera House byLotta,
the management Of the Italian opera is reluc-
tantly compelled to suspend the brilliant sea-
son for one week, after which II will be re-
newed with increased energy. The old opera
house In Irving place seems to have been
thrown entirely In the shade by Its young and
successful rival. The incubus Of the hundred
and ninety nine and half stockholders, who
monopolize the best seats In the house and
never think of assisting an unfortunate tnpre-
sario, is fatal to opera at the Academy. They
are in dreadful state Of excitement at present
and are canvassing several wild, impracticable
projects to get the Catacombs into proper
operatic condition again. Pike and Harrison,
however, have struck the right vein in opera
by bringing out native artists and dispensing
with the necessity Of calling on Italy for every
thing in the line Of opera. The produc-
ton Of wallace's immortal work, Lur-
line. on Easter week, In Italian, English
and German, with the entire strength Of the
company, magnificent mise en- scene and IN
creased chorus and orchestra will undoubtedly
settle forever the rival claims of the two opera
houses. The one hundred and ninety ant
Year: 1868

The Legislature and Our City Government.


The democrats, having secured majority in
one branch of the Legislature, and coming
pretty close to q tie in the other, are going
vigorously to work to steal rs much as they
can out Of the city Of New York for the next
year. They have been denouncing the cor
urtions of republican Legislatures for some
years past while in minority at Albany, and
now they signnlize their first partial accession
to power by a rascality and impudence that
cast all former Legislas;,res into the shade.
One of their latest proposihSps is to seize
upon the Croton Board, turn out the present
Commissioners In ten days and deliver the de-
partment over to the tender mercies OF the
Mayor and Common Council The people Of
New York do not ask for any such change on
the contrary, they know that the department
is one of the few in the city honestly managed
and kept out of the hands of the municipal
rings. With a convenient engineer in the po-
sition now occupied by Mr.. Craven and the
commission filed with ward politicians, the
Croton Department would be placer that
would be made to yield millions Of dollars to
the hungry democracy.


Another proposition is to destroy the present
Court of Special Sessions, now held by two
justices, one democrat and the other repub-
hcan, and to make every police justice .
sessions justice and every police court court
Of special sessions. Formerly the special
sessions were held by three police justices, but
1t was found that they were never on hand and
the whole thing was farce and disgrace.
The law now in force was passed as needed
reform, and since its enactment the court has
been efficient and has paid fourteen of fifteen
thousand dollars year to the city. The new
proposition is to allow the police clerks to COL
lect these fines, and the city would then see
no more of them than they do of most Of the
police court fines at the present time. The
change would entail, besides, an additional
expense Of forty thousand dollars a year upon
the city. -. si'S@<sF


The democrats boast that they have "axed"
the Senate to pass all these schemes Of plum
der. As they are all political measures, the
sort of fixing" required is readily understood.


The fact appears to be that all parties are
equally corrupt, and that the State is as safe
in the bands Of one set Of robbers as in
another. Probably the wisest policy Is to let
the stealing go on without limit on the grandest
scale until the people get tired Of the expon-
sive amusement.
Year: 1868

BEN WADE AND THE OrFIcEnoLDERs.-
Great is the perturbation among oficeholders
Of every degree in view of Ben wade's pros
pective removal TO the White House, as an i'm
mediate consequence Of the successful i'm
peachment Of Andy Johnson. They read with
alright the handwriting on the wall. All are
trembling with apprehension. They antici-
pate, and not without reason such clearing
out Of ofiiceholders as has not been paralleled
since the money changers were driven forth from
the temple at Jerusalem eighteen centuries
ago. The dreaded exodus is expected to begin
here 10 New York. Thurlow Weed will be laid
out fat and cold and when be revives from
the shock he will have plenty of leisure to
resume the his correspondence with ii. G.. or
to prepare new series Of political rcminis-
cences for publication.
Year: 1868

Mr.. FIELDS Argument In the NIcCardle Case.


We give on another page the able argu-
ment of Mr.. David Dudley Field before the
Supreme Court on the case Of McCardle-an
argument well worthy attentive reading for
the light it sheds on the legal character of the
reconstruction acts and on the true relations to
the federal government Of the unrepresented
States. McCardle wrote and printed in Missis-
sippi advice to the people not to take part In
the formation of the new nigger governments
This was interpreted as obstructing reconstruc-
tion and as violation of the law, and for this
McCardle was put on his trial by military
commission. The points now made in the
Supreme Court by his counsel are that citizen
of the United States, not In the army or navy,
cannot be subjected to q military trial without
direct defiance Of the constitution; and that
McCardle must be tried in accordance with the
rights secured by the constitution, whether
Mississippi be recognized as State or not,
inasmuch as he is tried within the limits IN
which the United States exercises authority,
and the constitution is for the United States
authorities the supreme law within such
limits. Mr.. Field sums up the case in these
points = ,,sss .'ss-s, ~ si.ss,g


FsrsEThat there Is no reason for the pro-
position that Mississippi is not now a State OF
the American Union.


Second-That not only is she State of the
Union, but her people have the rights Of citi-
zens of State.


TAsrd-That whether she be or be not
State, has Or has not the rights of State, the
people there residing cannot be subjected to
military government by the Congress OF the
United States and


Fourh-That, therefore, the petitioner,
McCardle, is entitled to his release from the
military commisson which presumed to sit in
judgment upon him.


It will be seen that the whole case turns on
the right to exercise an arbitrary authority by
military power in the Southern States, which
assumed right is the essence of the reconstruc-
ton laws. 1t is, therefore, highly probable
that in this case the Supreme Court may de-
clare the main law of the reconstruction scheme
a nullity; and this gives it peculiar interest.


Congress on Thursday rushed through law
to prevent decision on this case by cutting
off appeals to the Supreme Court; but aside
from the doubt whether or no q law now made
could legally arrest process already initiated
under existing acts, it is likely the Presidents
ten days on the new law may give time for the
decision to be rendered. If not, then the
country is in the hands of Congress; that Con-
gress is the radical majority, and that radical
majority is Old Thad Stevens. Government by
the people has its gloriesi