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Year: 1867

Of law and order, the protectb bn of the loyal
Southern whites and emanci}atsd blacks III
the States concerned until new civil govern
ments can be established by Congress. In
support of this measure Mr.. Allison, of Iowa,
said that the House had repudiated lin the
Louisiana billy the pretended State govern
ments set up in the South by the President;
that if Congress did not now place the control
of those States in the hands Of loyal men it
would be derelict to Its duties and untrue to
its pledges; that he did not believe the Presi-
dent would yield ono hairs breadth of his
position. His plan was to place rebels in the
control of those States. Nor were military gov
ernments new thing to them. They had been
under martial law frorn the collapse of the
rebellion to the LIST Of August 1866, and from
that day to this it has been sad period for
the Union people Of the South. Such was the
general drift Of this discussion on the republi-
can side, their so-called conservatives, as the
debate progressed, gradually giving way.


The Louisiana bill, chen, will be the test.
The vote Of the House indicates nearly un-
broken front of the republicans in the Senate
upon it. They have no previous questions in
that body but within four or five days the
debate may be exhausted, tie minority being
only ten or fifteen men, The bill may thus be
passed in time to give the President his ten
days for consideration within the prescribed
limits Of this Congress. Should the measure
thus come before him he must sign it, veto it.
or as with the Territorial Suffrage bill, by hold
ing 1t beyond his ten days. limit, permit it to
become law without his signature. We guess
that the expectation and athe true intent and
meaning of the bill' is veto, which, as it will
be equivalent to reaf6r1nation Of his purpose
to adhere to his policy, will inevitably bring
upon him the alternative of impeachment
The complete abandonm snt of his policy and
his surrender to and cooperation with the policy
of Congress, or his impeachment and removal
from office, is the alternative now presented to
Mr. johnson. The vote upon this Louisiana
bill extinguishes the halfway measures sug-
gested by Messrs. Banks, Bingham and Ray
mond. Nor is there any other course left to
Congress in declaring and assuming its consti-
tutional rights and powers but to maintain
them to the last extremity. The duty and the
policy of Congress upon this question Of juris-
diction are as clear as its rights. 1t was not
the "poundage and tonnage" that arrayed the
Long Parliament against Charles the First, but
it was the great question Of executive usurpa-
tions of the exclusive powers Of Parliament
Upon that issue the maintenance of our con-
stitution and its delegated powers depend
upon the surrender, resignation or removal Of
our present Executive; and upon this issue
hangs for some time longer the cohesion or
the speedy disintegration Of the party in
power.
Year: 1867

procure their own subsistence through
the winter, and in the spring would
become so recuperated and fattened
as to make the very best quality of
beef. Buffalo, elk and deer were
abundant upon the whole route, af-
fording amusement and the richest
animal food for the party. The Fed
eral Union.
Year: 1867

History vouches for the truth Of
the statement that the tendency OF
all governments is to concentrat c
poEvor in tho hands of a fnw to rule
with an iron hand over the many.
In the earlier days Of our republic
rulers were selected by the people
more for their fitness and moral worth
than the prestige given theu by the
possession of an undue proportion Of
worldly goods, but the times have
since sadly changed. Now as a
general thing our rulors buy their
places, and fitness and moral worth
are secondary considerations. Con-
sidcrations Of public dtty have little
to do with the aspira ions of men
who seek official positia On, and their
estimation of such 4 position is
governed principally By the amount
in dollars and cents Mat it will
"pay.'


The American people yet cling to
the forms of free government, but
they are sadly drifting away from
it's substance. They have and exer-
else the right of suffragf, but they
exercise it more in form than r,ali-
ty, for, attaching themselves to
opposing factions, that suffrage in
stead of being really free, and Ner-
ciscd in accordance with intelligent
reflection and Judgment, is bound to
the will of capitalists who conrol
parties, through king caucus, md
serves to bind tighter and tighter
the coils of the serpent that gnaws
at the vitals of free government
Thus the votes of the workingnen
are, through the thoughtleSs ie,o-
rance, Indifference or partizansiip
of those who cast them, made to G-
courage monopoly, the concentration
and Capitalization of power. lcgisa-
ton for the benefit of capitol at the
expense of labor, and all those ao-
pliances which encourage and le,d
to the loss of the actual liberties of
the people.


Thus we gradually and almost
imperceptably yield to the monay
power of the country the
political power also, reserving to
ourselves only the mere shadow of
the substance surrendered. / Out Of
the simplicity of life and custom
which characterized our whole people
in the early days Of the Republic
has sprung up ruling aristocracy,
and the stern integrity of those times
has yielded to a corruption that is
withering and blighting the tree of
liberty, and carrying us down the
tide of political ruin to the breakers
on which have stranded every pre-
vious effort of mankind to establish
free government.
Year: 1867

1t is said to be satisfactorily demonstrated
that every time wife scolds her husband
she adds n wrinkle to her face. 1t is
thought the announcement Of this fact will
have the most salutary effect, especially as
it is understood that every time wife
smiles on her husband 1t will remove one
of the old wrinkles.
Year: 1867

BEAurY.-Beauty is like temple
whose exterior riches are all that are seen
by the profane. The divine mystery Of
the artists thought reveals itself only to
minds in sympathy with its own, and the
smallest detail Of sublime work contains
an inspiration which escapes the percep.
tion os the vulgar.
Year: 1867

p 81 hasten to correct Il most essential
error III my letter (sending this correction by
post. telegraph, or any other mode it may reach
you,) and sincerely hope that the correction will
be in time to prevent the fair fame Of Maui to
he tarnishel bv
Year: 1867

taxes has given n quictus to this vcxed question.
As there can be only one right and one wrong in
the case, and - il is henccforth wrong To demand
taxes from imported immigrants, it is also obvi-
1usly wrong 70 demand the same from those
previously imported, and az the enforcement of
a wrong would never make right of it, the thing
is just as well quietly dropped without mourning
slight domestic war. The tax collector has been
briskly on the move but John :. no sabe.' The
whole affair 30 much like inviting fellow
To take drink and afterwards insisting on his
paying for it, that people glad to perceive
that the absence Of His Excellency gave to the
Board of Immigration the opportunity TO act
just and gcntemanly.


Progress.


Our quiet island has been of late more than
unusually quiet and no tale of theft, robbery,
murder, &c, has stained records for months.
We are very quiet and docile people, progress
ing slowly perhaps, but surely, in the arts and
sciences of civilization. Some weeks ago Il strap
ping native, admircr of Hcenan, Chandler
and MOrrissey with view perhaps Of being
qualified and qualifying others for eligibility to
a seat in the House of Representative IN the
absence Of the by law described funds) under
took To give lessons in the noble art of self
defense, but having unfortunately opened a
Sunday, his school in which to teach-not Young
IDEAS how to shoot Gdeas being rather sc;rce)-
but muscle how to strike, constable Dfiscled the
performers and the judge struck the would be
teacher 80 severe n blow on the pocket that he
lost from twelve To fifteen dollars and skedaddled


While writing / am informed this moment
(sueh is lile) after boasting of our quiet island
home, Of


Most Atrocious Affair.


\ native female was found dead in front of
a native labOrcr's house and from all appearances
it was surmised that poison had been the merci-
less agent employed. What made the spectacle
much revolving the fact that the
body laid exposed without any other clothing
than what nature had provided. The apathy
of the spectators exceeds the bounds of belief,
and l am crcdibly informed that some even
brutal actually TO kick the corpse
with their feet. On further inquiry learn that
corOners inquest has been demanded and that
even neither cOnstables nor magistrate have been
notified, but that the body has been deiced in
the most ignOminiOus manner. Such negligence
surely dcserves looking into by the respective
authorities. OCCASIONAL.
Year: 1867

A CORRECTION. - Some person tele-
graphed to the northern and western papers
statement said to have been taken from
a dispatch which appeared in this journal.
1t stated that Chief Justice CHASE would
20 to Richmond to be present on Monday
at the trial of JEFFERSON DAVIS. Our dis
patch explicitly declared that Mr.. DAVIS
would be brought into court on Monday
next, and that Judge UNDERWOOD would
postpone the the trial until adjourn
ment of the Supreme Court, when Judge
CHASE would be present to try the distin-
guished prisoner, and not that the Chief
Justice would be present on Monday.
Year: 1867

Wo uiuoe uot OLuit parsutS iCtotohoo
to the assortment Of bronze ornaments,
of which there are many pleasing vari-
eties; attention is also called to the
stock Of Speetacles in Gold. Silver and
Steel, an article, by the way, in which
an extensive trade is done by this firm.


In the back part of the first floor, =
large space has been set apart and will
be devoted exclusively to the clock job
bing business. The increasing de-
mand in this line has induced
the firm to bestow upon this
branch of their business the closest
and most particular attention. They
have, as is we'll known, an extensive
house at No. 81 Fifth street, Pittsburg,
which is devoted exclusively to the
wholesale trade. On account Of the
amount of goods consumed by the com.
bined establishments, their facilities for
purchasing are the best and most am
pie, being unsurpassed by those Of any
similar house i'll this section. They in
vite all our country merchants to exam-
inc their assortment of clocks, in
which all desirable styles may be
found. The extensive business they are
doing is the best proof Of their ability
to offer unusual advantages to purchas.
ers, and their unbounded popularity
with their customers is the faithful in
dex of their character as merchants


Their enterprising spirit has given to
our city one ofits chief attractions, and
we hope to see their efforts crowned
with continued and abundant success.
Year: 1867

The feeling entertained by the ne
groes towards the whites at the South


is unquestionably one Of affection. and
were they not melted to jealousy and


hostility by the Hunnicutts, Under
woods, Brownlows and other resident
and itinerant asitators, the two races
would live amicably enough. A Lynch
burg paper relates that a gentleman on
his way to visit the grave Of younger
brother, who died in the Confederate
service, discovered just as he reached
the gate of the cemetery three former
servants of the family approaching the
grave with flowers and evergreens in
their hands. Keeping out of their view,
he watched them until they reached the
grave. when one of them climbed over
the iron railing, took the flowers and
evergreeus from his companions and
laid them tenderly en- the grave of his
former young master. Scenes like this
are not uncommon in the South, but
under the influence of insidious agita-
tiou and harangue, they are likely to
rive wsy to such riots as have endsn-
4sred the lives Of citizens in Richmond.
Year: 1867

say they are the best instruments they have ever
seen. They are unequalled for finish In interior
and exterior. and are all provided with the AU
TOMATO SWELL, combination valves, and
many valuable Improvements not found in any
other make.
Year: 1867

The account published in the newspapers
recently of the cure of an Indiana case of
hydrophobia by the use of bromide of potassa
has ELECTED the following letter from DR..
Benjamin Woodward, of Galesburg, Illinois,
to the Register, of that place;


The case is one of great interest to all, but
especially to me, as l was the first to point
out the value of this remedy in what are
known as blood poisons."


In the fall and winter of 1862. while /
was In charge of the Park Barracks hospi-
tai, in Louisville. Kentucky, erysipelas of
q very fatal character, prevailed there, and
the vapor of the bromide was used with the
best effects as disinfectant. So marked
was its value that | was led to make an
extended series of experiments with the use
OF this remedy in blood diseases. The sue
cess was so great that Professor Goldsmith,
the medical director, ordered me to make
full report on the subject, which was done,
and copy sent to the Surgeon General of
the army, at Washington, and he published
it, and sent copies to all the hospitals in the
North


used itin scarlet fever, dptheria, erysipe-
las, typhoid, dysenterN and hospital gan.
CREME; and in every case where it was faith
fully and properly used, recovery took place.





two years, and in one of my reports urged
the trial of the drug in hydrophobia. The
New York Medical Times and London
Lancet republished three of my reports.


While | was in charge of the gangrene
hospital, known as No. 7,"a at Murfrees-
boro, after the battle of Stone river, many
gentlemen of the profession came there to
watch the effect of the treatment, and among
them Professor Frank Hamilton, Professor
Gum, of Ann Arbor; Professor Post, of
New York; and Professor Brinton, of
Washington. These gentlemen remained
from two to three weeks, and so highly were
they pleased that, on their return to their
respective homes, they made reports on the
subject, and Professors Post and Gum lee
| tured on the subject to their colleges.
Since that time have used the remedy in
more than two hundred cases, and not one
has died in which the remedy was used
early and faithfully. l have labored to get
it into use here but with few exceptions
it has no. been noticed. Some men who
have never even seen it tried, say they have
no confidence in it but the united testimony
of hundreds who have used it, is that we
have no remedy of equal value. In the
treatment of scrofula, the early stages of
consumption, erysipelas, diptheria, scarlet
fever, and gangrene, it is far beyond all
other remedies. One of the most prominent
physicians requested me, last fall, to 90 and
use 1t In cases of gangrene of the leg, after
amputation. The action of the remedy was
prompt, and successful, and the lady made
good recovery.


If by this article shall succeed in getting
any one of our physicians, who have not
used the article, to give it faithful and i'm
partial trial in cases of scarlet fever and
diptheria, now so fatal, l shall effect the
object l have in writing it, for feel conf
dent that the lives of many children will be
thereby saved.
Year: 1867

HORRIBLE IF TRUE-A LITTLE GIRL
SMoTHERED BY ORDER OF PHYsIcIANs.-The
Wilmington IN. C.) Journal of May 23d
says: 1--WE were informed, few days since,
of a sad case of extreme suffering from that
terrible disease hydrophobia, and the smoth-
ering to death of the victim, in order to save
her from the most horrible suffering, which
she had endured for some hours. The un-
fortunate sufferer was the little daughter of
Mr.. Albert Woodruff, of the town of Green
field. She was bitten some time ago by a
dog, but no symptoms were at first shown
that the terribly malady was upon her. AT
length the poison, which acting as a subcu.
taneous injection, permeated every tissue Of
the system, broke out in severe form.
causing the most intense suffering, which
continued till after consultation was bad by
physicians, who decided that. as the sufferer
could not possibly survive, every considera-
ton of humanity demanded that her suffer
ings be ended by some means, in accordance
with which, during severe paroxysm, the
child was smothered to death"
Year: 1867

A CORRESPONDENT of Philadelphia paper
describes the Paris Exposition building as
follows; Take round gingerbread with a
hole in the middle. The hole represents a
garden. Around the hole describe, with a
knife, eight or ten circles each of these is
an aisle running quite round the Exhibition.
Across these concentric circles draw, from
the hole to the circumference of your ginger
bread, thirty OF forty straight lines or radii.
These separate the nations. Now, if you
want to look at machinery. being machinist
yourself, begin with the great outer ring or
circle, and you will pass, in their order, the
machiueries of every nation. The second
interior ring is devoted entirely to furniture.
Go round it and You can study the upholstery
of mankind The third ring is devoted to
clothing Follow this round and all the
fashions of the world and the wearers will
be demonstrated.
Year: 1867

GOING AFTER DoUBLETs.-That eminently
sound jurist and brilliant orator. our saga
cious Democratic townsman, 10 Hamilton,
has had honors (D heaped upon him of late.
The nomination of District Attorney was
rendered him by the County Convention,
and that of Attorney General by the State
Convention. Those acquainted with the
gentleman's modesty and spirit Of self denial
will be astonished to learn that "Old Joe"
accepted BOTH On the principle that the
Democratic party have the right to command
such sacrifices, 10 concluded that though
they were ruther pling it on, he'd have
to try and bar it." We were rather disposed
to sympathize with the old waw hoss,'' in
thus being doomed to double slaughter
The idea of putting poor old 10 up against
a man of McCullough's caliber shows that
even the Democracy are sometimes capable
of a sublime joke, but we scarcely supposed
that many beside members of the Bar and
the Judiciary would heartily appreciate it.
Stars and Stripes.
Year: 1867

An OLD Mans ADvIcE.-Never attempt
to strike the guilty where, by misdirected
or too hasty blow, the innocent, the gallant
and the good may suffer. Never attempt to
expose villain if your efforts in SO doing
are likely to injure the unsuspecting dupes
of his articles. Never wager more than
you carry in your pocket. Never shake
hands with man if you are not glad to see
him. Never forget, when you meet, to re.
cognize your friends, and be even more care
full to offer your salntations to those who are
poor. Never run extravagantly into debt,
for it is the bypath which leads to moral
destruction. Never quarrel without sufficient
cause, but if it be necessary that you take up
a quarrel. then see that you quarrel, to the
end. Never betray the confidence of any
one, especially of women.
Year: 1867

The Union and Bee are comical duo. If
one growls in the morning, the other barks
at night On the contrary, if the hound is
silent, the poodle tries to look wise. Whether
they adopt the usual means of recognition
we are unable to state.-Sars and Stripes.
Year: 1867

A LADY in Holyoke, Mass, obtained d.
vorce from one husband one morning not
long since, married another in the afternoon
Of the same day, and in the evening present
ed her new husband with an heir.
Year: 1867

Near the city of st. Joseph. Mo-, a
few days since, the rite of Baptism was
performed on several women by miner.
sion In the river. As it was winter. il
was necessary to cut hole in the ice;
and the novelty of the scene attracted
a large crowd, who looked on in won
dering silence. They retired without
understanding the nature or the object
OF the ceremony they. had seen; but OBJ
serving that all the subjects of INNER
sion were females, and getting q vague
idea that it was to make them good, the
Indians came back few days afterward
bringing their squaws with them. Cut
ting another hole in the ice, near the
same place, they immersed each aud all
Of them, in spite Of their remonstrances,
being very sure that if it was good for
the whites it was good for the reds.
Year: 1867

itor of the jamestown Journal of a sim
gular accident which happened last
week on the Atlantic and Great West
ern Railroad, few miles east OF there.
A gentleman was sitting with his feet
resting OH the sill of one of the win.
dows, which was open. and while the
train WAS passing truss bridge both
feet were taken of. Will people never
learn to keep inside the cars when ii,
motion?
Year: 1867

A remarkable discovery is reported
In Italy, by which two persons may
converse by telegraph, recognizing even
the sounds of each others voice. There
was something like it here, some years
ago, between New York and Boston,
but it was given up on account Of the
New York operators breath smelling
so strong of bad gin.
Year: 1867

The following powerful, elegant, and
classic appeal was made In court OF
justice recently, somewhere in Ken
lucky by one of the learned heads of
the bar: "Gcntlemen Of the jury, do
you think my client, who lives in the
pleasant valley of Kentucky, where
the lands is rich and the soil nre fertile
would be guilty Of stealing cleying lit
tie skeins of cotting? 1 think not I
reckon not, calculate not. And /
guess, gentlemen of the jury, you had
better bring my client in not guilty for
If you convict him, him and his son
John will lick the whole of you.n
Year: 1867

A singular coincidence occuorred in
few weeks since. A couple presented
themselves to be made one flesh accord.
ing to the statute Of Iowa. The lady
gave her name as Matilda Miller. They
were married and departed. In the
same hour young man presented him
self to the Judge for q marriage license
for himself and Matilda Miller, which,
Of course, was granted, but not without
very many conjectures and surinises on
the part Of the venerable Judge. But,
in due time, there was returned the Ii
cense, which developed the fact that
there were two Matilda Millers In that
county who were married and licensed
to marry at the same time.
Year: 1867

In another column is an article headed
Delaware in the Nineteenth Century," which
we publish to show the popular idea entertain.
ed Of US abroad. Although the picture is over
drawn, it is not as bad as the opinions of very
many of our Northern friends concerning u.s.
Many think that we haYe no other way of pun
ishing crime, and that every town has its whip
ping post where men, women and children are
every day put under the lash for all offences
against the law. We haye not time, however,
to comment upon it furthor this week.
Year: 1867

COUNTY TAx.-The levy on New Castle
county, says the Republican, this wear will be
thlrty-tour cents ON the hundred dollars. an in.
crease OF eighty cents on the hundred dollars
over last year. The reason of this is that last
year the levy was not found to be sufficient.
and this extra levy is made to pay off this de,
ficiencv 80 ~
Year: 1867

The Levy Court. Of New Castle COUNTY ho.
decided to erect large room above tba mas
House in New Castle, for the holding of co. WUurt
and cutting up the court room into sffices o"i'S