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Year: 1867

We learn from Washington, that the Additional Recon-
strucon Bill has passed both Houses of Congress byas
every knew would be the maorties
Concerning the veto which President Johnson preparing
the Lagencer, evidently speaking by authority says:


The veto message have strong ground for believing
will be repetition and formaty. There are
questions vital and profound they who responsible
for speech must not them until circumstances
cast them up into papable issues such demand and
pei recognition solution and action The time has
of the Union of being both State and State and of
being both within and without the supreme of the
President of the United States be exposed If that
does not clear off the fog is opinion that the practical
operation of things that will afford educo ad absuron
that must speedily disclose the world who and who
not in favor of their country.


IMPEACHMENT EVIDENCE.


The question of printing the impeachment evidence has
been finally settled by the House directing Committee to
print the usual number of copies and lay them the desks
of the members during the first week of session. when
ever that M Chairman Wilson said this the views
of the Committee and he ntimaed that they would have
asked the privilege of doing before the close of this
sion.


Mr. Julians resolution denouncing the idea in the Pres
dents recent message that the Reconstruction Act binds
the nation to pay the debts of the rebel States caught the
Democrats very handsomely They wise their
colleagues in the Senate and demanded the yeas
the passage of the resolution to which, of course the Re-
pucans agreed at once whereby eighteen blind partisans
put themselves the record in favor of the Presidents pro-
position They were:


Holman Kerr Marshall Morgan Mungen, Niback Pruyn
Robinson, Sgreaves Stone Van Trump.


Such wish bind the United States to pay the debts
Year: 1867

At the district meeting Sunday which fully attended,
it was voted have grand Union celebration Thursday
August in honor of the Union of the l. r. B. of Ireland
and the F. B. of America. The visit of Col. Roberts to
Europe has been effective of much good the organization
and has resulted in the complete union of all the dscord
ant elements The celebration the s of August promises
to be most splendid affair." The different Circles are to
meet at their respective halls in the evening" forming juno
ton at the Fenian Hail. of Wells and Randolph Streets
whence they will be escorted through the principal streets by
the Fourteenth Irish Regiment to the Court House Square,
where eminent speakers will address the meeting Great
preparations being made for this occasion The Four
teenth Regiment which turned in such few numbers on
the Fourth of july will out in full force this
sion.


Let every Fenian in Chicago it, that this demonstra-
tion will be worthy of the Let every soldier be in
the ranks, and every civilian in his place. ALSO There
nothing to prevent thorough unon now, of all the
race, whose help would be acquisition Our past
failures if they be called such are lessons that were
sefgovernment The of Ireland is Interchangeable and
the men who ater at disaster grow tired of the long
labor that necessary like are not
tit for liberty and could not preserve it, had they bged into
itby any possible means.


Fling off this apathy then, and fall into ne not with
spasmodc enthusiasm but with the cool determination of the
fathers ofthe American Revolution who fed from the
foe and never halted on the march to the batle-for


freedoms battle once begun


Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son,


Tho bafled off, is ever won."
Year: 1867

1t is reported that certain excessively loyal and courageous
Kanuck who reside Fort Erie flying into the nte
ror wherever that may be- for fear of the Fenians They
should not allow themselves be easily frightened by the
false which the New York Herald hired by England
to manufacture to order


Thirteen regiments of British regular troops says The
Year: 1867

The Dutch have taken up with much enthusiasm, new
project of territorial aggrandzements from the domain
of Neptune that extension of frontiers is to be sought
The pannot one but for the first time taken up
in practical and earnest spirits to turn the Zyderzee
into dry land There doubts to the practicaby
of the enterprise-he only question is one of money.
Year: 1867

battle. royal salute fired in honor of the Queen and
royal visitors and the yards of the ships manned To-
night o'clock the entire squadron was Illuminated
senting very picturesque appearance .


The United States sloopotwar Macedonian with large
number of American midshipmen board proceeded to
Spithead to witness the great naval review


The British Parliament lately had discussion recruiting
the during which officer attacked the present system
IN brisk STYLE He declared that it was system OF pure
kidnapping under official sanction in which the hapless men
first made drunk and then enlisted by false pretences
The intelligent London correspondent ofthe New York Times


In commenting this debate that England, in
of war, will have hard work get to do her fighting,
and that against Russa's million and half and Frances
Million she could hardly MUSTER without conscrpton
100000 men, exclusive of those required in her distant ports
and colonies -
Year: 1867

Represent the prefessed claims upon one of the most important lines of communication in the world as 1t IS the sole link between the Pacific Coast and the Great Interior Basin, over which the immense overland travel must pass, and the
Year: 1867

have boen seen creeping softly into a.
little room into n noighbors house,
and knseling in prayer at the bcdsid O
of hor darling boy as ho lay fast
asleep. There, with tears filing her
oycs, she poured out her heart in
grateful thanks to God for his good
ness to her that day, to him that is a
husband to tho widow and " Father
to tho fatherless."
Year: 1867

How TO HELP THE GROWTH OF
EvERaRERNs.-We frequently see Ev.
ergreens in languishing condition. If
alive, they make no wood, and the
bottom limbs show signs of decay.
The trouble is frequently in the char
acter of the soil, which is too dry and
gravelly. Almost all the evergreens
prefer a moist, loamy soil, or even a
muck or peat, like that upon the noun
tains where they grow. The dryness
Of soil may by entirely relieved by
trenching and working in peat or
muck. We have seen evergreens ma
king luxnriant growth upon pure
gravel bed treated in this way. Peat
that had Been exposed to the atmos.
phere for one season was thoroughly
incorporated With the soil, the ground
being covered to the depth of six inch.
es before the trenching began. This
is somewhat expensive, but much
cheaper than unthrifty trees about
the dwelling. The soil should be kept
cultivated around all hedges and ever
green's several years after planting,
andWhap well established, enrich with
old Re5re.
Year: 1867

AN EFFECTIVE PREACHER Marysville
correspondent. says the San Francisco Examin-
er, speaking of Revival going on 10 that city,
under the ministration of Rev. Mr.. Earle, in
stances among the good effects produced the
following:


There is no doubt but that this Revival
has done some good, for am told by reliable
parties that in some cases articles that have
been borrowed for years, have been returned
to their owners during the last week.


The people of the South ought to hire that
man at any price to 90 and preach to some
Of the good loyal people OF some or the States
North Of the Potomac III he could induce;
them to return one-haf of the plate, and
pianos and pictures, and other vaiuables bor-
rowed, or conveyed during the war, from
the Southern people, his services would be
worth mint Of money ldAy F"9W'Ct"'


How TO HAVE MEALY POTATOES IS a
very common thing in the Spring TO hnd
s,ro5g, watery potatoes on the table, unless
care has been taken to select and preserve
them A poor potato is the poorest article
of food that can be had and as soon as they
begin to sprout they begin to grow poor ana
Watery the better part of the root gong TO
the support of the sprouts; hence, to have
mealy, Eicu potatoes it is necessary to keep
them from exhaust'ng themselves in this
way An exchange gives the following method
Of preventing the potatoes from sprouting,
which we hope Will be tried and approved: -
Take good, sound potatoes and place them In
tub or barrel, and pour toling water over
them, letting them remain in the water uot'l
the eyes are scalded SO that they will not
sprout; dry the potatoes thoroughly in the sun,
end then put them away in box or barrel IN
avery cool, dry place This will give good
mealy potatoes all the time.
Year: 1867

SENSIBLE ADvIcE.-At a recent meeting OF
the colored people of Wytheville, Wilson Lee
wood, colored man, delivered a speech, OF
which the following is an abstract:


He stated that he was III favor OF seeing
his race conduct themselves as Christian men,
polite and respectful to all, honest and truth
iul; and he knew if they would do this they
would receive the respect of all that he knew
they we're now ignorant, and they would have
to te careful who they selected as their friends;
that in selecting men for Office, they must select
gentlemen who were respectable. and competent
and could be relied upon, and not suffer them
selves to be duped by those who wanted to
make tools of them to get into Office, and then
discard them. He cautioned them too against
men who had nothing but false promises and
deceit to offer them, and told them that their
true friends we're those to whom they had to
look for employment-th that they would have to
live among and must cultivate the friendship
of the Southern white people
Year: 1867

THURMAN's PePULARITHsSaUrH-
Al veteran soldier of the 73d Ohio
Regiment related in our hearing the
other day, an incident that oc-
Cured on campaign from Chatta-
nooga to Alabama. He says that
while his regiment rested for few
minutes at Etowah, in Georgia, he
had some conversation with a rebel
lady. Her first inquiry was about
Judge Thurman of Columbus, Ohio,
the present candidate of the Copper
head Democracy for Gov. The lady
was outspoken in praise of the Judge
and his family. She said that the
Confederacy had one friend in Ohio
at least. tried and true, IN the person
of Judge Thurman. She said she
had son then prisoner of war
at Camp Chase, who always spoke
in the highest terms of praise of
the Judge and his family for their
kindness to prisoners of war. Was
ever mother of sick or wounded
Union soldier confined to the hospi-
tails about Columbus known to bear
testimony to the acts of charity of
Judge Thurman and his family? We
guess not-Kenton Republican.
Year: 1867

A correspondent of the Wiscon-
sin State Journal writes from Sun
bury, Vermont, about visit to the
celebrated frozen well in that neigh-
borhood:


We had gone through the valley,
and a mile beyond. going south,
when at the forks of the road my
companion spoke, "Would you like
to see the frozen well?' "Yes. =
So he turns to the left of our intend
ed route and pulls up few hundred
yards beyond, where party of men
are at work under the direction of
Mr.. Sawyer, Of Boston. He has
been sent here by the Boston Socie-
ty of Natural history to investigate
the mystery of the ''frozen well, !"
and which he has not as yet discov-
cred. Some years ago some curious
or wise men of Boston raised $500
and put Professor Jackson up to
solve the mystery. He came one
fine day, looked down the well. saw
the ice in it in midsummer, drank the
solid water, looked wise and puzzled,
went home and wrote report that
IN his opinion an iceberg had been
buried there in the drift period -
Good and wIse-but people laughed
about it, and some were so mean as
to talk about the price paid. Mr..
Sawyer has dug tw o new wells, each
forty to fifty feet from the old well,
and finds no ice, or unusual appear
ance. The wells are sunk through
coarse gravel and stones. The
frozen well is about thirty feet
deep. In winter the ice forms over
the water eight or ten inches in thick
ness, and ice remains in the well all
summer. Holding 8 looking glass
so as to throw the rays of the sun
to the water in the well, I saw
rim of ice adhering to the stones at
the surface of the water. 1 drank
the water, which is pure and ice cold.
If Mr.. Sawyer has solved the
mystery he did not tell us. 1t is
very strange and curious thing, and
has excited much inquiry, but the
.'frozen well" is cold and uneX
planned. Mr.. Sawyer is learned
and persevering gentleman, and l
hope he may be able to throw some
light on the subject, but l doubt it.
Year: 1867

The copperheads have given up
everything except the design of elect
ing Legislature to send Vallandig


ham to the Senate in place of Ben.
Wade, and are making vigorous ef-
forts to trade off votes for that pur-
pose. The other day one of our
best Republicans was approached by
a Democrat who offered to vote for
certain men on ou: ticket, provided
he would vote for the copperhead
nominees for the Legislature. Be
coming confident and perhaps a lit
tie vexed at our friends refusal, he
informed our friend that the Demo
Gratis were bound to have the Legis.
lature, that their arrangements for
trading all over the State were bound
to win; and the Conservative Repub-
licans who would not trade would be
blackguarded about the negro until
they would be frightend into staying
away from the polls. What pro-
gramme; run us by the cry of niger,
and after the election the copper.
heads to come around and pat US on
the back. Why a Union man thus
served would feel meaner than a
sheep killing dog caught in the act.
But if there ever were any such
characters in our party they have
long since taken refuge in the cop
perhead den; so we have no fears
on that score. Suppose the aforesaid
Democrat should succeed in trading
with dozen Republicans, and then
by any possibility keep his word
The Union party would gain one vote
on two or three candidates, and lose
eleven by the operation. The only
safe rule is to adopt the Democratic
rule to vote the clear ticket without
a scratch ChalicOthe Gazette.
Year: 1867

@ deal with the issues of the
day, and ignore those of twenty, ten,
five or four years ago.


So spoke Vallandigham the other
day in Mahonlng county. He at
tempted to ignore all the issues OF
the past five or six years, but the
people will not be apt to give much
assistance in his effort to sink into
oblivion the events of the war
The war tried men as never they
were tried before, and those who
were found wanting then are not
needed now. Vallandigham would,
of course, like to blot outthe history
of his own career, and the history Of
his party, since '6l, but his power is
not equal to the task. In vain he
NAV cry. "Out damned spot! The
spot is there, and will remain. Aid
ers of rebellion against the Govern
ment, vallandigham and his as
sociates must bear the stigma, and
the mark will be as lasting as that
set upon Cain by the Almighty
Western Star.
Year: 1867

OAAOA 6oAoACao W D6 DISEUEOI0q,


Senator MORTON, of Indiana, said


what follows, in a speech at Colum


bus, on the 9th ult:


ga result that would inevitably


flow from the success of the so called


Democracy would be the degrade


ton OF the Union soldiers and the


elevation to honor and power of the


rebel soldier. The Dem ocracy Of


the North and the rebels of the
South can affiliate only upon that


condition. Not only would South


ern rebels impose this as 3 condition
upon their Northern allies, but it
would be cheerfully accepted as con-
sonaLt with their sympathies, and
consistent with their course. The
Democracy of Ohio are in full ac-
cord with the Democracy in Ken
lucky, and the news of the late Ken
tucky election was received as ''glad
tidings of great joy" as a ''rich
morsel of victory" and rejoieed over
in gushing adjectiVes and flaming
head lines by every Democratic ora
tor and newspaper in the State.


In that election, except in few
localities, rebel soldiers and sympa
thizers were chosen to every import
ant office, and the fact that candI-
date had been in the Union army, o.
sympathized with the Union cause,
was the sure harbinger of defeat
The Democratic candidates were
publicly supported upon the ground
that they had served in the rebel
army or sustained the rebel cause
And not only do the Democracy of
Kentucky exclude the Union soldier
from office, but they exclude him
from society; prescribe him in his
business, inhict on him thousand
annOyances, and many of them pro
claim that he shall leave the State,
that they will make it too hot to hold
him. And as the Democracy OF
Kentucky treat the UnIon soldier, so
will the Democracy of Ohio, should
they get the power. 1t is the war
cry OF that party, that it is not sec
tional, that it is every where the
same. AS it is in Kentucky, so in
Ohio.


1t is true that there are some men
in OHIO who were good soldiers dur
ing the war, who are now acting with
that party. But their position is
one of humiliation to themselves,
and commisseration and sorrow with |
their friends. In the Democratic
party they are tolerated only; not
loved or forgiven. When put for
ward for office, they are not standard
bearers, but ''decoy ducks to allure
faithful soldiers into rebel camps;
and when they can not longer be
profitably used, will be cast aside as
dishonorable things, esSF the fact Of
having borne arms against the rebel
lion is the mortal sin for which there
is no Democratic forgiveness.


In Ohio, where the Democracy |
have no power, they sometimes nom
mate soldiers for Office, bat in Ken
lucky, where they have the power,
they would not nominate one for the
office of "fence- -viewcr."-
Let the Union soldier therefore take
heed that he be not deluded by false
pretenses, and delivered over by
shameful stratagem into the hands
Of his adversaries. Let him ever re
member that the rebels and their
allies will never love him, never for
give him, and will only tolerate him
where they must.
Year: 1867

ECONOMY IN DeoR SHUTTING.-Are all our readers aware how much they may save Tn one of our long winters, by simply shut ting the door? In many families where wood IS worth $5 a cord-in cities it costs double that prepared for the fre-twenty- five or even fifty dollars, to say nothing of the comfort, may be saved a year, which is enough to purchase five cords of wood. The Country Gentleman" hits the matter oH well Especially do we commend what he has to say to those very polite. women who reserve their long adieus till they can stand in the open outside door in cold day: s.

 ."Some persons when they make calls, seem never to have their tongues fairly lo0sened till on leaving they get precisely in the doorway-there they stand rolling out long and easy sentences, each one promising to be the last, for some two, three, five or ten minutes

 Now, for very brief calculation of the waste by this conduct. Hold lighted can de in the door-the current sweeps the flame as rapidly as walking three feet per second two miles per hour, consequent ly, through a door 8 yard wide and two yards high, a cubic yard of warm air pass es out per second through the upper half of the opening, and a cubic yard of cold damp, and chilling air comes in through the lower half All this will be proved by holding 1t at the sill and then at the top One cubic yard of warm air thus lost every second, is sixty cubic yards every minute the door is left open by the visitor or Bet ty. This is positive robbery-we leave it to our readers whether 1t should not be in- dicted by the Grand Jury. We prefer ven- dlation in some other way, and would echo our friends injunction. Shut the door :"
Year: 1867

MILWAUKEE,, June q.
A meeting of the eight hour men took
place last evening to make arrangements to
celebrate the Fourth OF July that being the
day for the commencement of the system,
but the meeting was so SHINY attended, and
so little interest manifested, that they ad-
journed unceremoniously without any action.
This probably ends the eight hour business
here
Year: 1867

From FATHER TO SOMA man in
Ashtabu county, wrote the following
letter, the other day, to his son, in COL
lege: a9i<


MY DEAR SoN:-I wish to send you
your socks which your mother has Just
knit by cutting down some Of mine
Your mother sends you ten dollars with.
out my knowledge and lest you would
not spend it wisely, | keep back half and
only send you five. Your mother and I
are well, except that your sister has Rgos
the measles which we think would spread
among the other girls if Tom had not
had them before, and he is the only one
left. / hope you will do honor to my
teachings, ifyou Go not, you are donkey,
and your mother and myself are your
respective parents 'l l
Year: 1867

The disagreeable duty of exposing
the rascality of another renegade preach
er 10 again imposed on us as q Journalist


Rev J. Petty, who resided in this
county, on String Prairie, about twelve
miles from this city, and who has been
lately holding areviVal meeting, at which,
we learn, many converts were made and
who were to have been baptized next
Sabbath, provided all things had gone
along smoothly. But, on Wednesday
last, the Reverend Pastor of the String
Prairie flock took it into his head to ruS 3
Oft with one Of the she lambs-a Mra,
freeman, married sistor-Who left be.
hind her husband and three children -
Ths Reverend Petty had wife also and
i've children, whom he has left in desti.
lute circumstances. On Wednesday lass
the preacher came to this city in comS
pany with the guilty woman in a buggy
and soon after disposed Of the team to a
citizen Of this city.


Later in the day Mrs. Petty arrived
IN search Of her runaway scoundrel of a
husband, and the law were out hunting
him all Wednesday night. Early YES.
terday morning it was asOertained that
ne and Mrs, Freeman had gone off to-
gether on the steamer Sucker State
This l Petty, like bis apOstatO brother,
Ballenger, IS ranting member Of the
God'and~humaDity party, and wanted oil
Democrats to be hanged who refused to
vote the Radical ticket and to aCknowl.
edge his miscegenation preaching as pure
Gospel. Our space is not sufficient at
this time to enable US to give full his
tory OF this case Of clerical rascality.-
Verify these aust be the latter days, and
the devil turned loose among the preach.
ers. .-Keokak Consultation.
Year: 1867

A GOOD SIGN. An honest Republican
from the country, called at our offioe the
other day to get a copy of the Democrat.
4 read my neighbor'S paper every week.
said he, but that does not benefit the
printer. You may send me your paper
regularly We have, during the past
month, added q dozen Of this class Of
men to our List. 1t does not signify that
they are turning to be Democrats at all (;
but it does show that they are dssirous Of
seeing both sides Of the political queas
ton, and thus enable themselves to form
unprejudiCed opinions. We think it a
healthy sign. The basis Of Republican
institutions is the intelligence Of the peo.
8ple.- Ohio Demoera,.
Year: 1867

GooD RULES FOR OLD MEN-The following
resolutions were drawn up by Dean Swift
to be observed "When l become to be DID,"


Not to marry young woman,


Not to keep young company, unless they
desire it..


Not to be poevish, morose or suspicious.


Not to tell the same story over and over
to the same people.


Not to be covetOus-the hardest Of all to
be kept.


Not to neglect decency or cleanliness, for
fear Of falling into nastinesS.


Not to be over.severe with young people,
but to make allowances for their youthful
follies and weakness.


Not to be influenced by or give ear to the
knavish tattling Of servants. d.


Not to be too free of advice, nor trouble
any but those who desire it. ~


To desire some good friends to Inform mi
which Of these resolutions l break or neg
lect and to reform accordinly.


Not to talk much, nor Of myself--ve hare
again. ie tJ2ssn M aq1 gSsst


Not to harken to aattererS, nor conceive
can be beloved bya woman.
Not to positive or opinionAtive.
Not to set up for observing all these rule
for fear should observe none.
1 |a Vac b. 7
Year: 1867

For THE BoYs.-HoW can number 45
be divided into four such parts that, il
to the first part you add two, the third
part you multiply by two, and the fourth
part you divide by two, the sum of sd-
ditions, the remainder Of the!subtructioD,
the product of the multiplication, and
the quotient of the division shall be
equal? Try it on.