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Year: 1868

were we'll covered with an even surface Of good ice.
The baIl, was hoistcd early in the morning. and in
answer to the signal, crowd Of anxious pleasure
seekers soon congregated around the ponds and
upon the ice. The gathering was OF the usual
motley character, representing all nations, ages
positions and both sexes The display OF good skat
ing was not large the majority Of the winding curv
ers being OF average ability In their movements
the CLASSY surface. But IL was evident that all


were enjoying themselves, and that In spite OF
the cutting wind which whlstled around them there
was genuine pleasure 10 be experienced In their
rapid motion. To-day there will be good skating at
all the Park ponds, and every preparation Is being
made TO accommodate the large crowds who are ex.
pected " spend part Of their holiday on skates.
Year: 1868

The ice at this avorite pond yesterday In very
excellent condition, being smooth firm and strong.
The attendance OF skaters large and the fun was
last and furious. large number OF ladies' Wero
present and many OF them were evidently QUITO
auepts IN the skatatora art. The rooms were
at the display OF skating ability which was given Dy
the happy movers on the pond. rhe ice at this
pond = as good as ice be and viii be In nne con-
ditlQn TO-DAY,
Year: 1868

The ice at this now popular resort was good yester


day over part OF the surface but TO the eastern end
the skaters were not allowed to 60, as that por-
tion Of the rink was being smoothed and flooded
In order TO have the whole expanse In ft
condition for use today. Throughout the day large
numbers OF persons enjoyed their fav0rite arnuse-
mcnt upon the western portion. A band OF music
was stationed In the orchestra and to the strains OF
popular tunes the visitors gyrated on the Ice be-
made by adopts in the sport and some very funny
tumbngs were indulged in by those VINO were
unused to going upon Steel large number Of
ladies' graccd the scene with their presence, and
showed by their akl that, oD tue Ice ~ any rate.
Year: 1868

II there was different class OF people yesterday
on the Bowery from those on Broadway they were
just as busy their purchases OF holiday gifts and
just as happy in making the purchases. There was
an unwonted crowd In the street all day, but
atsnight 1t was jammed with the additional
throngs. The latter had been at work during the
day, but they could not let the night pass without
getting something to put in the tiny stockings OF
their little ones at home. Their hearts were large
filled. feature on this street was the multi
plicity OF rallies for turkeys and other poultry
Tor t0-day's Christmas dinners Many got their
turkeys cheap; but many in their efforts to accom-
plish this result disbursed considerably more than
the average market prices for this class OF ieathery
bipedS
Year: 1868

All the avenues were yesterday and last evening IN
o whirl OF busy activity. Buyers OF holiday gifts
commenced early, and with the continuous install
ments of new buyers they were kept crowded, and
the purchasing kept up till late. 1t was a most
pleasing and gratifying slght-such sight as can
be seen but IN all the year. and then only after
sunset on Christmas eve.
Year: 1868

THE DEMOCRACY AND THE COLORED VOTE.


A Nashville dispatch TO The Commercial says:
"The Democrats have decided upon vigorous prosecu-
tOn OF the canvass and is doubtful without the
aid OF tho eOored vote An address the cOored people
will be issued in day two. There is still division
Of sentiment tho prOpriey Of counting the bacK
vote However, the great majority favor political afia-
ton with the negroes numbers gong 80 far as 10
nesty contend for cOlored suffrage from principle me
Nashville Banner and Memphis ApaIdnche take tupstan-
tally this ground while the leading aud inuenuhl lhen
OF the party earnestly favor the use OF a ar neaDs u
secure the COlOred vote.
Year: 1868

The friends of Ireland desire one of two
things, her independence or an amelior-
alton of the condition of her people. Does
any rational man believe either is to be
attained by the course being pursued
there now7 England desires the esteem
Of the civilized world and quietude in
her dominions- Will thronged dungeons
and deaf ears to the cry of mercy beneath
the hangman's tree accomplish either in
this nineteenth century, and with peo-
pie who can be led by the hand of kind
ness but will not bend to torce2 To either
Englishmen or Irishmen there is in the
present condition of affairs only cause
Cor the blush of shame and the sigh of
regret. When frightened royalty shields
its eyes with ermine and bids the hang
man do his work upon oppressed subjects
and people leave their labors to wage


unpromising guerrilla warfare, there are


two wrongs with no probability that
right will result. 1t will not plant the
sun-burst and the green upon tho walls
Of Dublin, add new lustre to the red
cross above St James, add to the peace,
welfare and honor of either, or that
which is over all, add to the good of the
world
Year: 1868

dislike that may spring mp ia Montana.
Z his being our position, the persons in
terested in the locality from which the
letter came, will see that a letter such


as was sent us was not only unfiS tor
but we think no greater in
jury could have been done them than to
publish it. We think, also, that if anyr


thing will make them " cool off" it is


weather like this, and our emphatic as
surauce that if such communications
came thousand day we would not
publish one of them. In case "that pa
per of your own" is started we will


agree to furnish you with muititudinous
numbers of such letters, now relentlessly
tossed into the waste basket.
Year: 1868

The murder of man named Sharpe and the arrest
OF one Harrington as his assassin at Toledo, have
already been mentioned. The Toledo BLADE gives the
following particulars Of the nature OF the evidence
against HarringtOn:-


Last evening detective Hanks and Mr.. John
Beecher, who have been using most comInendaDie
diligence in making thorough investigation OF tnc
matter, returned from trip across the river, III
which they had made discoveries OF most import
ant nature. Searching the house OF Mr. kenary,
they had found In Harrington's satchel quantity OF
shot, dirk and o ''billy" They picked up vest
belonging to Harrington, and In its pocket found a
piece of newspaper. Also, in the house, Toledo
Commercial Of April 10 was found, and part OF IL
was torn of. A search around the spot where the
murdered man was discovered resulted In nndlng
several pieces OF paper scOrched and blackened as II
they had been fired from gun. These were care1ully
picked up and brought to the station house, where
q careful comparison was made OF the paper found
In the house with that found in Harrington'S vest
and that picked up near the scene OF the murder
This comparison, being most carefully made by Mt
ting piece after piece together according to the read
Ing matter resulted In the conclusion that the paper
in Harrngton's vest and the wadding picked up near
where the body was found both came from the news
paper found in the house of Kenary. This evidence,
clrcumsantal though 1t may be, seems to point be-
yOnd peradventure to Michael Harrington as the
murderer of Michael Sharpe; and this conclusion Is
strengthened by the comparison OF the shot found IN
Harrington's satchel with that taken from the brain
of the deceased. These shot were partly 1attened,
but are believed to be Of the same size as those in
Harrington's possession.
Year: 1868

THE FISHING BUsINEss.-The Cape Ann Mass
Advertiser says that the Georgesnen bring In light
fares of Goldfish of late and the stock In the market
at present Is much smaller than usual at this season
of the year. Fish have been In good demand and
have been bought up about as fast as they could be
got in marketable order. Prices have steadily ad-
vanced. The southern mackerel 1eet have about all
business this season-a much larger number than
have prosecuted It before The weather, as yet
has not been very favorable for the feet The sein.
Ing fleet fitting away quite lively this week. and
there win be some twenty-five sail ready to start in
few days. Bait Is very scarce at present, and should
the feet succeed in making good hauls menhaden
will find u ready market at good prices.
Year: 1868

Five hogsheads OF FourlauZze went at soc. to 54c-
i've hogsheads being taken; and couple Of lots of
Hermana twelve hogsheads In all, went at the same
general average. fourteenth lot OF sixty barrels
went at 70hc large lot OF New Orleans plantation
moasses was also offered at private sale, but was
taken in quantities too small to make note of, In
general the auction business for the month OF April
and thus far for May has been exceedingly brisk and
large lots have been disposed OF upon exceedingly IA
vorable terms-a remark which Is true OF all depart
ments OF auctoneering. The trade in spring goods
has exceeded all expectations, though the trade In
groceries and the like has been less animated and
competitive. No further important sales are on the
schedule for the week.
Year: 1868

A committee OF the Board Of Trade Of Boston have
adopted resolutions In relation to the currency


which reflect the sentiments Of that body in favor of
approaching the value Of the paper dollar The
views expressed with regard to the ultimate redemp.
lion Of the debt In gold sound; but the propost
ton 10 fund greenbacks into nve per cent bonds
is unoslled for, because II would involve undue
contraction. A. counterpose 10 the political
power IN favor Of imitation In the West the
Year: 1868

A FIRST CLASS UP TOWN CORNER LIQUOR STORE
"A for sale with long of the whole building which


beautiful brick house low rent Apply to WILLIAM
ABBOTT, auctioneer, t70 Chatham square.
Year: 1868

The Working Women's movement in this
city Is already assuming an Importance unlocked for by
the who met together month since IN the
office Of The RccOfuon to discuss the necessity OF
doing thing for the protection or woman's labor
We well remember the shrinking and uncertain
speech Of those who did come fearing lest In asking for
more they should lose all. Those who had suffered tho
most from low wages the most timid In taking any
sto Us for their own advantage that might call down
them the dspleasure their employers. aud all alko
failed that the right OF suffrage laid at the ounda
tOn of all social and civil equality. As the meetngs
held week after week. many threatened with
instant dismissal by their employers, II they made any
reports OF their work and wages aud many abOng men
forbade their wives sisters and daughters going Ia tho
males" in general OF the coming rebellion among the
Of tho land, that all ailnton with the strong
minded" IL forbidden dangerous both to
the family and tho nation. But In epto Of
creased IN numbers until our apartments ARE too small


for their accommodation. Working WOman's AssOcla-
ton was organized by Susan H. Anthony which now
numbers 400 members They are 10 meet once n
month devise ways aud means 10 open To themselves
and more profitable emplOyments, that thus by de-
ceasng the numbers In the few avocatons open To
women they decrease the supply aud raise the wages
OF those who remain They propose ALSO to demand
OF wages In all those trades where they now
work beside for half pay. This only bc done by
combination. for one person alone demanding higher
wages can effect nothing, but 6Osl women m any ono
employment, striking for higher wages would speedily
hrng their employers 10 terms Out Of the present AssO
catIon Will be formed Cooperative Unions In every
branch of industry with funds that Will enable them
maintain themselves during the period OF strike. The
stand by Them In thcIr proposed demand for Cher wages


Iric Revolutions.
Year: 1868


burn, and shire town of Placer county. was
thrown into universal and uncertain state
Of excitement BY the appearance Of black
or pgrel.colored flag on tall pole near
the Temple saloon. 1t was first thought that
The great National Union Republican party
feeling eIa,ed over the result Of The late eec.
lion, had thrown off all disguise and hoisted
a flag that represented. in color, the true
complexion Of the coming man and woman
Of America, when under mongrel miscegeua.
ting doctrines and practices, the colors and
characteristics Of all the nations OF the earth
should he blended in one. This was a very
natural fret impression, when it is known
that If the various shades of color of all the
nations Of the earth were mixed, stirred, and
we'll shaken, that they would produce dirty,
greenish, yellowish brown, exactly that Of
the flag. This impression had gained much
hsadway, and the people Of the town were
beginning 10 look upon the matter as sort
Of symbol Of the Shiny, lecherous ooziogs Of
a beastly, fanatical taste, when it was an
nounced that the smallpox bad broken out
at the Temple, and that the flag was hoisted
to warn people not to approach that part Of
town. Here was a new and exciting phase
to the matter, and one that sent terror to
many wsak'nerved, non vaccinated arm,
but it was soon rumored that physicians had
made an examination Of the premises and
pronounced nary case Of smallpox to be
found. This gave much relief to many, but
what did the dirty banner mean? 1t was
con,ended by some that Lieut'Governor
Dunn Of Louisiana had committed suicide be.
cause many Of his brother niggers had re-
pudia,ed the carpet'baggers, and voted The
whileman's ticket; while others insisted that
it was intended as genuine black flag, and
that no quarter was to be given to any white
mao in the future, who would not consort
with negroes, diggers and Chinese. But where
were the cross bones? Later in the day
however the cloud Of obscurity which had
hung round the dark and tattered bunting,
lifted, and the true reason for its being there
was revealed. It seems that some Repubi
cans of Auburn had conceived the idea that
Placer was the mongrel banner county Of
the State, and bad been pressing ber claims
for banner with such haste, vigor, and in-
discretion, that the State Central Committee
became annoyed and disgused and took
down the old tatered, riven, smoked, coal
colored, asphaitum soaked flag, that bad
hung in front of their room in San Francisco
throughout the campaign, and sent it to the
eager boys at Auburn, who took it all iu
ear nest, and run it up as Placer's banner.
After viewing it from different standpoints,
with many puzzled shake of the head, and
with grave looks a. each other, and whisper
ed consultations, the torn, blackeued, dis
tressed looking thing was quietly taken down,
and concealed from the public gaze.


All is now quiet in Auburn.


WAR IN LAKE CouNTY.-On last Sunday
about 800 men met at the outlet of Lower
Lake, in Lake county, captured the Sheriff
Year: 1868

LATE n CnuRoH Church gocrs who
have regard for the feelings of others
and of respect to Him whom they assent
bic to worship. will never be late in en-
tcring the house of God. They Will be
in their scat. q few moments before the
exercise commences, So that they may be
prepared to take part with calmness anG
dcvoutncss in the services OF the occasion
There are others, however, and their mum
Der is not as small as it should be, who
arc habitually late in church. They ar
rive a few minutes af.er the exercises are
commenced, and proceed up the aisle to
their seats. The attention of the audience
is called off, aud the Clergyman Is inter
ruptcd in his duties until the tardv com
crs have settled themselves in their pcws.
There Is, in nile eases out OF ten, no ne


cessity for such want of punctuality. \
little forcthought and ex,r ion Will prevent
it. 1t is a good deal easier for people al
ways to be in time. than to be tardy.-
There arc some SO uncharitable as to in
sinuatc that the late goers to church are
such Intentionally y-arriSing just after the
proceedings have commcnccd-fo the ex-
press purpose Of attracting the attention
Of the people to themselves and their fine
rv. Now we cannot believe that vanity
Will lead anybody into such a violation Of
good manners a. this, although we must
admit that Appearances sometimes are IN
favor Of the truth Of the insinuation. The
only way TO avoid the appearance of evil,
and leave no room for such insinuations,
is to be always early III church.
Year: 1868

And kindred topics. We shall also give an ex-
tensive variety Of valuable and interesting mat
,er-the best adapted 20 the farming classes o,
our state, which will. in great measure sup
rlT The place of family agricultural paper
Year: 1868

The Suez canal, already passable to
boats, will be completed in 1870: 1t
will work wonders in the East, and
changes to all mankind. Once the
trade. between East and West went by
Alexander, then so renowned,
through Egypt and the Red Sea ;
when through the same way Venice
maintained her opulence, until Henry
of Portugal sent VascO de CANA to
discover a rival route by the Cape of
Good Hope and the Indian Ocean.
The commerce OF West and East went
that way, and Venice and Alexandria
lost their importance. But this canal
must bring about another great world
change, the transit from West to East
and Uice Uersd, by way of Egypt. Al
ready the town of SueZ has pOpula-
ton of twenty-five thousand. This is
its embOuchure from the Red sea,
with the grand pier extending far and
wide into a harbOr vast and sure
enough for five hundred ships. There
is a magnificent dry dock already
complicated, the foundations for great
buildings, immense constructions
both for dredging out the sea and I'LL
ing it up. There manufactures are
rising as if by magic. Along the route
are pretty villages, blooming with
their little gardens, and the prattle OF
little children is heard amid the hum
and cheer of happy industry, where a
few years ago all was desert, fulfilling
the Scripture prophecy that the soil
tary place shall be made glad, and the
wilderness blossom as the rose. The
Suez canal viii be one of the wonders
of the world, and wonderful changes
viii be wrought by it,
Year: 1868

By the aid of the spectrOscOpe sew
eraI new metals have been discovered,
and the atmOspheres of the sun and
other heavenly bodies analyZed. It
has been put to practical usein analy-
zing the flame Of a furnace during tho
process Of making Besemer steel, 40
that the exact moment when the
process is complete is instantly shown
by the change in the spectrum. The
latest use to which it has been put is
analyzing human blood, whether, in
abnormal secretiOns Of disease or in
dried stains. The cOlOring matter Of
the blood shows a spectrum entirely
different from other substances, 50
that where even the microscope falls,
the speetrOscOpe will instantly detect
so Osmall a matter as the One-thOusandth
Of a grain Of dried human blood. The
importance Of this discovery; not


only tOmedicine, but 10 criminal law
cannot be over estimated.
Year: 1868

~. The power to put an end to this rests
with ministers and the members Of their
churches 1t is for them to say whether the
destroyer shall be crushed or not. God and
humanity holds them responsible"
Year: 1868

England has had a fnan cial expert
ence very similar to our own. After
the immense debt incurred at the be-
ginning of the present century she had
the same struggle to return to specie
payments and the same opposition.
just as the goal of specie was about to
be reached the governments yielded to
the clamor for paper and an enormous
infIatat1on began. Prices went up
enormously, gold went s5rOad and
everybody had plenty OF paper prom
ises called money. People had just be-
gun to congratulate themselves upon
having realized dream Of wealth and
prosperity never anticipated when the
crash came. The specie having been
driven out of the country the banks
strained their credit to the utmost and
finally were compelled to suspend.
Paper of all kinds Immediately be-
came worthless and the transition
from plenty of money to no money at
all was immediate and terrible. sPan-
ic and then despair were the conse-
quence." One after another great
commercial houses failed, business be-
came stagnant, and the banks were
completely crushed. A writer of the


time thus graphically describes the
misery and distress that followed
Mark, the calamity fell not upon the


rich alone but chiefly upon the poor.


The question now was, how to get
money to 90 on from day co day-a


question which involved that Of the We


ry life of the working classes through


the winter. There was nothing before


millions of them but absolute starva-


tiOn, unless commerce could be set


agoiug again, more or less. If they
could not earn, they must starVe for


even those of them who had some prop


erty could not sell. The pawnbrokers'
houses we're Crammed from the rafters


to the doorstep, till they would not hold


one article more and if they had, the


pawnbrokers had no money, any more
than other people. 1t was a touching


thing to those who had acq Uaimtancs


among the poor, to see, that winter, the


bride-hOusewife, who so lately looked
forward to a marriage of substantial
cOnnfO polishing up her new furniture,
or looking for something to mend in her
own or husbands new clothes, while the


faces of both were wan with hunger. IT


was tOuchingito see how long the pride of
the decent dressmaker, and the skilled
weaver and house wife, leaning faint
against their idle loom, stood out
against the charity soup and loaf, de-
ciaring, even till it became no longer
true, that they could point out some
neighbors who would be glad of tickets,
but that, for themselves, they could not
say they had ever wanted bread. These
things were seen and heard from street
to stl eet of every town, throughout that
winter, even after Government and gen
erous hearted capitalists had done all


that could be done to stop the derange-
ment of the national affairs.
Year: 1868

The telegraph announces the
sudden dea,h OF Howell Cobb, OF
Georgia, in New York city. How
ell Cobb will be remembered chief


" for the part he took in the at.
tempt to dismember the Union. He
was in the Cabinet CT Mr.. Buchan.
an as Secretary Of the Treasury,
and was one OF the ablest as well
as the most unscupulous of the
conspirators. When acting us the
custodian of the public treasure,
he called in Government securities
Tor which he paid high premium,
and then having exhausted the


Treasury, he went to Flew York to
effect loan for the Government.
Before effecting that loan he open.
ly denounced the Government, and
declared that it would never pay
its Indebtedness, and then pledged
tho faith of the Government tor
millions, at the enormous rate OF
u per cent. Interest," This infa.


nous transaction did not destroy
his standing in the Democratic
party, for on the close Of the rebel
lion he again became a prominent
leader in that party. He was an
earnest supporter OF Seymour and
Blair. Gin. Chronicle. '