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Year: 1868

@The following are the resolutions unanimously reported by the committee on Federal Relations of the General Assembly at its late session:

 Resotved, by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, That we recog- nize the American principle that all polit- ical power is inherent in the people, and that all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their benefit

 ResoIUed That among the great and es- sential principles of liberty and free gov ernment, is the undeniable and indefeasi- ble right of the people of every state to regulate the question of suffrage for them selves.

 Resolced, That the constitution recogni- zes the absolute equality of all the States in the Union, and that any violation of that instrument which tends to the depri- vation of state rights or the recognition of state inequality under the constitution is deprecated. .....

 Resolced, That while national honor re- qulres the payment of all public indebted ness in the utmost good faith to all credi- tors, not only according to the letter but contracted, we hold it to be the duty o1 Congress to reduce the rate of interest thereon whenever 1t can possibly be done.

 Resolred, That the integrity of the Un- ion depends upon the inviolability of the Federal constitution, which is the sole bond of the Union, and that while no single state can constitutionally declare itself out of the Union, no number of states collectively can so declare, either by their represeta- tives and senators in Congress, or by any other means. And if any state does so de- clare, 1t will be the duty of the general government, by any and all means, to pre- Vent such action, and by such legislation as may De necessary to restore such State to it's proper position Ill the Union.
Year: 1868

Keep it before the people 1t is the
North, not the South, whose liberties we
are now fighting for in defending the
rights of the Southern States. 1t is the
North, not the South, which the Radicals
in Congress are striving every nerve to
trample into subsection to their will.
Look at this open, shameless confession
of the New York Tribune:


Mr.. Evsrts' friends in the Senate
made an attempt to secure his confirma.
ton to-day; but his opponents proved
too strong, and to effect delay it was
moved that his speech in the impeach-
ment trial be read for information. The
motion was adopted, and the Clerk un-
dertook to read Mr.. Evarts' summing up
for the President. These and similar
tactics are to be resorted to by those Sen
ators who are opposed to his confrma-
ton. Beyond defeating the couhrma-
ton, they have an object in view, namely /:
To keep the nomination undecided until
some of the remaining Southern States
shall have been admitted, so that the new
Senators may vote against him. A ma
jority of the Senate is IN favor of his con-
firmation; but the opposition is very bit
ter, and his opponents will do all in their
power to effect his rejection"


Here is an early gun of the campaign
against the rights Of Northern opinion
and the independence of Northern pub
lie men. A man of acknowledged char
acter and ability, Republican whose
personal reputation should be matter
of pride with his party, is to be insulted
and put down" by the votes of carpet.
bag Senators from reconstructed :
States because he dared to act on his
own convictions of professional duty and
honor in defiance of Radical passion and
prejudicel Are the American people
blfhd that they will not see whittier these
things tend 2 The Senators who are
planning this outrage, the Summers and
Chambers and Msrtons, are the men
whs scream out Revolution when
Gen. Blair, who fought for the Union
which they are bent on destroying, tells
them plainly that the Day of Judgment ia
at hand.-N y World
Year: 1868

tinue its present course without involving
bankruptcy and civil convulsion. That
is what Radicalism means, when its lead
er deceptively shouts, "Let us have
peace" II he is sincere, why has his
party made war gpon the Constitution,
upon the Executive, upon the Judiciary,
and upon everything sacred to freemcn ?
Why have they subjugated the South,
and elevated ignorance and vice to the
highest posts of trust and hOnor2 Why
have they struck down every safeguard
and destroyed the basis of great pros
perity2 1t is because they intend TO
prevent peace, and to keep the North in
hostile array against the South For that
reason, and that only, they nominated
the General of our armies as the instru.
ment of their wicked schemes
Year: 1868

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
oeople 10 bo selrreliant and shall do what we
NAV he able TO induce the establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro
iuois. To this end we will pay special attention
10 the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing,
and exert ourselves TO encourage the divorslii-
,ation or Southern industries and the develop
UEpt Of Southern resources
Year: 1868

BY A CONSOLIDATION OF THE ASH
VILE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH, and by the generous and united
support Of tho USIoN AND DISPATCH by the
patrons Of both the former papers, the Proprie-
tors are enabled 10 present a Newspaper hitht'
70 unsurpassed in this city or State.


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY
EWS. our paper will compare favorably ith


best In the entire country; and in saying


we only repeat the expressions Of many


patrons. who are most capable Of judging in


matters
Year: 1868

CURE FOR PRICKLY HEAT. We see it
stated in our exchanges that this internal
disease, for it can scarcely be called by any
milder term, can readily be cured by rub
bing the parts affected with the rind of a
water melon. The alleged remedy is very
easily tried, and we should be delighted to
hear it had proved eGectual.
Year: 1868




The Pres't Of this Co. Informs us thit IL
our article last week on the subject Of this
road, VIC were in error in the hdmes 0f the
persons id New York upoi whom the coui-
paiiy rely to furnish the iron f7bt the road;
as soon as the same shall be made ready u
receive It. We were led into this erroe
from letters received from good authority
in New York informing US that Mr.. Feed;
the Pres't of the company, wotild procee8
lin procuring contract for the iron when
the means were assured for the c0mpletio1
|of the road-bed, and from the additional
fact that the persons named In the article
were consulted on the subject. Mr.. Barney
will act as trustee of the holders of the first
mortgage bonds Of the company which are
to be used only for the purchase Of the.
iron and equipments and will not be issued
until the means are provided fot the com:
pletion of the track ready for the irofi.
This of itself to all who know Mr.. Barney;
as do most of our business men, is suffi-
cient guaranty Of good faith. The Pres {
of the Go. tells us it is not the design of the
company to expend any money in the con-,
struction of the road until the iron shall
hare been contracted for wih responsiLls
paries: that estimates will be made of the
cost of finishing the grading and tieing Of
the track, and of the remainder of the right
of way of the road to Menasha and Apple:
ton, and if the community more itnuedi:
atcly interested in the construction Of the
road shall agree to furnish the limited
amount OF means required BY the COM
rany to prepare the present track ready
for the iron, this portion of the road wilt
be completed the ensuing year


The Pres't of the road also infortns us
that he does not see how the land grant we
mentioned can be made available in aiding
the construction of any portion of the road
of the company, and he contemplates
nothing of the kind thercfrom any further
than would result from connection witk
that road if built, which is quite problem
atical, judging from the past inaction or
the part of the lanl grant com panics.
Year: 1868

D@Mr. Sawyer has been fortunate in
business, and is rich. This is well enough.
HIS riches fill his pockets, but not his head.
He is not fitted, by education, or natural
ability. for place among the ,cise men o.
the nation, and no one, were it not for his
money, would think of sending him to
Congress. His ambition should be satisfied
with two terms, but that he has other, and
less commendable objects in view, we shall
show to the satisfaction of every honest
thinking man before the canvass is through
with Oshkosh Times.
Year: 1868

THEFT OF AN OvERcoAT. Our friend,
John Lantry, had a valuable overcoat
stolen from his clothes line on Tuesday
night. John will pay handsome sum for
the arrest and conviction of the thief, and
Justice Eldridge will give the rascal two OF
three months accommodations at Sheriff
Blake's hotel
Year: 1868

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. Several
more heavy rains have visited us since our
last. A month OF Six weeks ago the amount
of water which has fallen during the past
week would have been worth 500, 900 to
this county, and, as it is, it will be of great
benefit. Small favors thankfully received.
Year: 1868

Fea- The last crib of the harbor piers
will be sunk to day. and the balance of the
season will be devoted to finishing off the
work and dredging the channel to the re-
quisite depth.
Year: 1868

The people of the South are not
struggling for q party, but for life
They will be compelled, in defense
OF social and industrial existence, to
practically disregard these recon
structlon measures, it matters not
who may be elected and order to the
contrary. We are begging for North
ern emigrants and Northern capital.
We have the finest country on earth
for both. But neither will come
while these reconstruction measures
remain, and we cannot blame them.


would that thousand such men
as Mr.. Adams would 60 South. If
the Northern people will not
hear Southern speakers, South.
ern people are glad to hear Northern
speakers who 60 with an honest de-
sire, not to infame the negroes, but
to speak the truth and encourage all
races as does Mr.. Adams. Abuse us
less and visit us more, and there will
soon be neither the will to abuse, nor
a feeling Of distrust.


[ am assured here by many men
that Gen. Grant, as President, will
disregard the Chicago platform and
see to it that equal justice shall be
done the Southern States and people,
and that the Radicals are really
afraid of him, and vote for him only
from necessity. Some tell me he will
be better for the South than Mr
Seymour. This may all prove true.
But he certainly stands on a wrong
platform and is supported by wrong
influences.


The South has no animosity toward
General Grant. She cares nothing
for men. But the whites Of the
South never have, and never will,
because they never can, consent to
the reconstruction measures, nor to
the Governments formed by them.
TO consent to these is to consent to
her Owl immolation and ruin
Others far away may not SO believe,
but we so know. /


If the Northern people are deter !
mined to enforce these measures, and |
in spirit of distrust and fear, not |
to say of hatred and malice, toward !
the Southern people, then secession |
has made good its case, and the |
Northern people are determined to
write the judgment and pay the cost.


Yours, very truly,


II TT Hill,
Year: 1868

QUESTION OF IDENTIFY Cler-


gyn,on Mistaken for Brick P0mer0y.
The New York Citizen tells the fol-


lowing: 1t is not generally known


that Mr.. Pomeroy, the editor of the


Ld Crosse Democrat, and more lately


OF the Democrat in this city, is a
young man of refined and elegant


appearance, with small white hand,


a broad forehead and slim shape


He neither drinks nor smokes, apd


has none of the characteristics of q
seasoned hard shell of the oIden
school, while a steady glance from a


woman will make him blush to his
ears. His disposition naturally
throws him with those of religious
tendency. Clergymen are common
visitors at his office, and find him
ready to assist the objects they have
in view. One of those who had a
bald head, aud on whom nature had
most unjustly set the seal of the
wine bibber, was seated in his outer
Office writing, when a specimen of
the fourth ward Democrat, more
than three sheets in the wind, called
to pay his respects to the king of the
CopperheadS. This fellow was shown
into the same room with the clergy
man, and walking up behind the
latter, who was leaning over the
desk deeply occupied, brought q
huge dirty hand down upon his bald
head so that the marks of his fingers
were visible for hours, shouting
" How are you, Brick, old fellow p
| knowed you at once, did. How
are you old cuss! Iknowed you by
your bald head and your red nose.
You are one of our sort, you are.
Give 'em Old Nick, them Republi-
can cusSes ; you are the chap that
can do that same, you are. l see it
in your eye"


Explanations were useless, and the
clergyman rushed into Mr.. Pomeroy's
private apartment for protection,
with the marks of the strong admi-
ration of his friend still upon him,
Year: 1868

port that the Board had the financial ability TO order
and pay for the work, amounting 70 $1,000


Commissioner Hall offered an amendment
that the committee report In favor OF or
dering the necessary alterations and re-
pairs to primary school No. u. amounting 10
in Opposition TO the resolution and amendment,
stating that as the year was not yet half gone and
the end of the year. would be njudiciOus to order
any additional heavy expenditures at this time.


Commissioner Jackson thought, however, that the
twentieth ward school needed repairing much more
than the Fifth ward school did, and Commissioner
Vance argued to the effect that there were schools
accommodate all the pupils that chose to attend
them, without making any further additions to the
school In North Moore street. He claimed that as
the population OF that portion Of the CITY was being
diminished by the advance OF BUSINESS in few years
there would be little, II any, necessity for schools
there. The amendment and resolution were both
voted down, and the Board shortly after adjourned.
Year: 1868

ritory which might be in successful OPP
eratIon but for the ignorance of the
former superintendents, and that this
fact has lost to US the confidence of those
whose capital can assist in developing
our Territory is as bitter as it is uni ust
and oppressive, but we can see the rem
edy for it in our present success and in
the exercise of wiser judgment in the
future. Let us, then, be content to la
Dor, and not "despise the day of small
things" There is some consolation in
knowing that all our mining countries,
after having passed through the same
ordeal, come out right in the end. This
must be our experience. Those of our
fellow-citizens who leave the Territory
now because of the present depression,
do not calculate the chances Alright for
its prosperous condition a year hence.
We shall no longer retrograde. From
this time our march is onward and up
ward. With the improvements in
quartz mining next season. we
shall experience a healthy advance in
all our material interests, and the enI~
barrassments incident to our present
condition, which now cast SO dark a
cloud over the future, will be- expelled
by the increasing sunlight of a sure and
permanent prosperity. Capital will flow
in upon us, railroad facilities will dimin-
ish the distance between us and the
great eastern ana western centers, and
our enterprise, led by the inevitable
spirit which permeates and enlirens all
portions of our widespread country,
will find ample scope for it's develops
magnificent valleys of this beautiful
Territory.
Year: 1868




Ii there is any one thing TO be contem-
ned in a public officer above another it
is genuine parsimony, under the plea of
economy in the expenditure of public
funds.


The people of this county have been
taxed, and very justly too, for the pur.
pose of erecting an elegant court house.
The public service required its construc-
ton, and while il is fair TO the view, at
the same time il is unfit TO hold court
in, unless judge, lawyers, suitors. jury
men and witnesses decide 10 pull off their
shoes and boots upon entering it. Our
County Commissioners have "a queer
idea about furnishing court room prop
erly, and we would suggest, If they are
not deaf, that they repair TO the halls of
Justice some afternoon and listen to the
music of "calf and kip" while court is in
session, and endeavOr to appreciate ;Ae
importance of purchasing some Js,Atttag
with which TO cover the floor. Nye have
been told that Sheriff Roberts has im-
portuned the Board of County Commits
sioners To- expend little money to make
the court room a suitable place IN which
to administer Justice, but in vain. Those
Solons who oppose such a reform nAst
have been raised in saw mills, or learaed
by some means, lessons of economy aI
variance with common sense.
Year: 1868

The Democratic party, unsuccessful
as a political institution, is about to
turn it's attention To bridge building.
1t is recommended to this course by its
acknowledged organ, the New York


World This journal has just began
to realize that "the political party
which does not advance with the ma
tion and enter into the full essence of
it's expanding and exuberant lite, is on
declivity which descends to decadence
and decrepitude." By the expression
of this sentiment the World gives us
a hint of its inmost thought, namely :
that the Democratic party is on the
"declivity" aforesaid, for this party of
all others is the one which boasts that
it is always the same, and which, con-
sequently, could not have advanced
with the nation. The organ aforesaid
hopes to help the matter by resorting
to bridge building, and hopes to gain
elements of strength from the opposi>
ton if il "has the boldness to build a
bridge on which they can cross" The
proposed bridge of sIghs of the World
comes, however, too late. The Demo-
cratic party is already fioundering in
Salt River, and no bridge building can
prevent the tide of public opinion from
sending it up to the very source of that
saline stream In November.
Year: 1868

A good joke is told OF young man
who attended social circle a few even
ings since. The conversation turned on
California and getting rich. Tom -
remarked that if he was in California, he
would, instead of working in the mines,
way-lay some rich man who had a bag
full of gold, knock out his brains, gather
up the gold, and skedaddle. One of the
young ladies quietly replied that he had
better gather up the brains, as he evil
IDENTIFY stood more in need of that article
than gold
Year: 1868

The best way to get any obstruction


from the ear is to make loop of fine
wire simply by doubling it. Pass it into
the ear as far as il will go and turn it
gently. The patient should lie on his
side. At the first or second withdrawal
the obstruction is sure to come out. The
usual way-of inserting pins head or
a kitting needle is always dangerous
while the looped wire is entirely free
from danger, and is much more efficient.
Year: 1868

4 quaint writer saws: "I have seen
women so delicate that they were afraid
to hide. for fear of the horse running
away afraid to sail, for fear the boat
might upset: afraid to walk, for fear
they might fall +; but never saw one
afraid TO get married, which is far more
riskful than all the others put together.
Year: 1868

Rich AMI extensive diggings are re-
ported to have been discovered on Gold
and Cow Creeks, tributaries of the
North Fork of Clearwater in Idaho.
Fifty men are at work and eight cents
TO the pan on bed rock are reported.
Year: 1868

Do not be troubled because you have
no greet virtues. God made million
spires of grass before he made one tree.
The earth is fringed and carpeted, not
with forests, but grass. Only have
enough of little virtues and common
fidelities, and you need not mourn be-
cause you are neither a saint nor a hero.
Year: 1868

And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily
them with all its attendant Ills will find in
the use OF this blTTERS. or the TONIC, an elixir
that will instil life into their veins restore in
q measure the energy and ardOr of more youthful
days, build mp their shrunken FORMS, and give
bealth and happiness to their remaining years
Year: 1868

AT MEETING OF the Ordnance Committee
this morning. il was decided to prepare "A re-
port OF the labors of the committee up 10 this
time for presentation TO Congress. Generals
Logan and Butler will probably write the re-
port, which, IL is expected. viii be- ready next
week. In the meantime no further testimony
Will be taken by the committee. Ii Is under
stood that bill will be introduced with the
report making some important reforms in the
administration OF the Ordnance Bureau
Year: 1868

WHAT amountaof hunting is nov
done in Louisiana may be judged n
from the fact that there are now tive
hundred hunters at work between
BAYOU Lafourche and Bayou Des Ale
inaads.f A supply of powder is daily
s sent down to them by the OPelousaa
train, and that this is nc inceasidera-
BILE quantity will se Seen when it Is
stated that good hunter ought to
skiif at least forty or fifty ducks q day
on an average. lhe game that is thus
brought ts this city is sold by contract
ct taghtyfve cents pair. rA 1
Year: 1868

WHAT WE ARE MADE OF. The following
is from an article by DR.. . w. Holmes.


II the reader OF this paper lives another
year. his seli-conscious principle will have
migrated from its present tenement to
another. the new materials Of which have
not been put together. A portion OF the
body which IL TO be. will ripen in the corn
OF the next harvest. Another portion of
his future person he will pur chase. or Others
will purchase for him. headed up in the form
OF \ certain barrel OF potatoes A third
fraction is vet to be gathered in tho South
crn rice fields The limbs With which he is
then 10 walk will bc clad with the flesh bor-
rowed from the tenants OF many stalls and
pastures now unconscious OF their doom.
The organs OF speech. with which he asks
so wisely. and speaks so eloquently. or
speaks effectively, must serve his humble
brethren 10 bleat. and to below. and all
the varied uiterance of fcathered or barn
ward life. His bones themselves are. to a
great extent. in posse and not in esse A
bag OF phosphate of lime, which he has or.
dered for his grounds. conta in n large part
OF what IS to be his skeleton And more
than all this, by far the greater part of his
body is nothing at all but water; the main
substance OF his scattered members is TO
be looked for IN the reservoir, and running
stream, at the bottom of the we'll. in the
clouds that float over his head. or diffused
among them all
Year: 1868

Over grea'ing wagons and carriages does
them great injury. and lard should never DO
used tallow being the best for wood axle
trees and castor oil for iron. But light
coating should be put on. No vegetable oil
excep, perhaps castor oil. should be used
on harness. meats foot oil being the best.
Year: 1868

Sir Walter Scott said, in regard to
education: yes cultivate taste for
reading 8 NO matter what--fctiona or
fact poetry or prose. The taste will
soon improve, and the grosser creations
of fancy be- laid aside for the more
true. and hfe.like.i 1t was SO in his
own case, but great many never get
beyond the lowest stage, They read


to escape from thinking, and not to
learn to think. In some cases. nosdoubt
the critical faculty Is by degrees thus


awakened, and there can be but little


doubt but that, intellectually, any sort
of reading, not bad in morality is bet


than none. The high colored daubs
admired IN childhood ofen inspire a
love of drawing in a youth, whlcb, in


after life, leads him to eminenees as a
painter, and yet he soon gets tora point
at which he feels. that to continue
copying from such. distorted models


would render his eye inaecurate,oand


spoil him from becoming a frst-rate


artist. It is the same with reading.
Wherefore, read that you may the bet1
ter think, and not for the purpose Of
driving away the thought altogether.
Year: 1868

ii The House has passed the amend
msns to the Tax Bill, reducing the tax
on whisky to fifty cents per gallos, in
stead of 81 90 per gallon as heretofore.


The new revenue law abolishes the
Bonded warehouse system, and en-
forces the collection Of the tax on whisky
at the distilleTy. All whisky now in
bond must be removed from the ware
houses within six months, and in ad-
dition to the tax Of so cts. per gallon
must also pay tax Of $4 90 per barrel.
Failure to comply with this requirement
of the law subjects the whisky to seizure
and sale on Government account