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Year: 1867

In a speech delivered by Henry Clay


before tho students OF the New York


State and National Law School, that
great orator said of oratory: r


al owe my success in life 10 one sim
gle fact, viz: That at the age Of TWEEN
ty-seven l commenced and continued
ior years the process Of daily reading
and speaking upon tho contents Of
some historical and scientific book
Whose off-hand efforts were sometimes
made in a cornfeld, aad others in the
forest and not uGfrequently in some
distant barn, with the hOrse and COW
for my auditors 1t is to this practice
of the great art that am indebted for
the primary and leading Impulse that
stimulated me forward and has shaped


and moulded my entire subsequent des-
tiny. Improve, then, Young men, the
superior advantages you hereby enjoy,
Let not day pass without exercising
your power of speech, There is no
power like that oforatory. Caesar con-
trolled mon by exciting their fears
Cicero by their passions Tie infu-
ence of the one perished with its auth
or, that of the other continues to this
day % a'.
Year: 1867

whenever a stranger was ushered into
his den he Immediately buried his
head IN the bed clothes. About a week
before his death his appetite began to
fail. His limbs became partially be-
numAed, so that he could not take his
food in his accustomed manner.


From this attack he seemed to rally,
and not until the evening of his death
were any apprehensions entertained
that the attack would prove ultimately
fatal. Shortly before he expired he
was heard to exclaim. "Poor Bill Poor
Bill Sharp w-the most connected SEN
tence he had been known to utter for
many year. His remains were in
TERED in the graveyard of the parish
church of the district in which he had
resided. The greatest curiosity pre-
vailed to see the last of this singular
being, and the church and churchyard
was densely crowded. The coffin ex-
cited considerable attention from its
extraordinary shape, being more like q
great oak chest than a coffin. 1t was
two feet four inches in depth; ard so
great was the weight that it required
eight men with strong ropes to lower it
into the grave. The weight Of the cof-
fin and its contents was estimated at
$50 pounds.
Year: 1867

A writer in Science Gossip says:


"a near neighbor, upon whose We
racity can rely. recently opened a
drair in Kent, when he made the fol-
lowing discovery At the mouth of
the drain were placed two large stoness
in measurement nearly two feet square
and three inches thick; the one at the
top rested closely upon the one be-
meath. Upon lifting it from the lower
stone the skeletons of FIVE frogs were
discovered; they were quite. Upon
taking one of them up and holding it
to the light, there was only a thread
like appearance of bones between the
dry. ffattened and fieshless skins; these
skins were clear and beautifully mark
ed. In this state they were seen by
several persons and by each of them
the frogs were considered to be dead !;
but when the water commenced to flow
over them there was slight gasping
perceived in the throats of each, by
degrees the bodies swelled, and life and
motion returned. Then, to the sur
prise of the beholders, the frogs sprang
up, and ran away into the drain. How
did these frogs get beneath the stone
that covered the lower one so closely?
There was no space for them to enter
or depart, and upon the surface there
was not the slightest indentation made
by the frogs. 1t was supposed to be
30 years ago that the stones were
placed over the drain"
Year: 1867

Such is the heading. in extra capitals,
Of a story of imposture and crime, go
ing the rounds Of the daily papers,
One would suppose, from the heading,
that another minister Of the gospel had
fallen. But it turns to be the story of
an adventurer who pretended to be
minister, just as every rogue pretends
to be an honest man. There is no evil
dence that any church licensed or or
dained him. He began to preach con
his own hook" as the boys would say.


Now, we protest against such a use
OF the word clerical. The object Of
the sensational caterer for the daily
journals is evident. He would give q
hit, by this heading, at the clergy as a
class. He would insinuate that the
adjective and the noun go naturally to-
gether-that clerical yilliany" is a
common species that the words fit
each other as drunk and disorderly"
do in our Police reports. Does not such
an insinustion snow shallow intellect
as well as a corrupt heart? Would that
editor, in giving the account of swim
dler, who pretended to be an army Off
GER, call it military villainy ?" Or if
some vile charlatan, pretending to bes
physician, drugge6 somebody to death
would he call it medical yiIliany p
A shrewd man, however be might have
wanted to ventilate his hatred of Chris
tian ministers, would not have run into
so palpable an absurdity.


But why did that scoundrel out in
Missouri pretend to be a minister If
ministers fall so naturally into villiany
as these scriblers for the secular press
would have US believe, why did he not
pretend to be a liquor seller, dancing
master, or the editor Of a daily paper?
An he was shrewder than the man
who tells US his story. He knew that
the ministerial character was the best
70 counterfeit, because it IS the best in
reality. No one gets up spurious plates
npon a worthless bank. No one makes
false dies of uncurrent coin. Just as
long as all these swindlers pretend to
be preachers we shall have the best
possible eVidence-that of the enemy
himself testifying against himself-that
the ministry, as class, have and de-
serve the confidence of the people
Christian Herald.
Year: 1867

A German professor says that drop
of human blood, magnified twenty
million times, contains specimens Of ev-
cry kind of animal that ever existed
on the face of the earth. How he
knows that he could find eagles and
elephants and mice, he does not say,
and there is no obligation upon any
one to believe the statement.
Year: 1867

A young lady, the other day, in the
course of lecture, said: Get married
young man, and be quick about it, too.
Don't wait for the millennium, hoping
that the girls may turn angels, before
you trust to one of them. A pretty
young thing you would be along side
of an angel, wouldn't you, you brute l''
Year: 1867

The Albany Erening Journal dlScuSSihg 'hc
Grant question, says:


"To argue Gen Grants reticence that nc Is ioS
sona characteristic fully conmendnble as tno hsn
cere loquacity 20 frequently found In public mem


If this implies only that General-in-Clliei
of our armies may probably evnce rehcence
with regard to our current politics, we entirely
agree with it, We justify even greater " ret
"ipncer than was evinced by Gen. Grant when,
near the close of 1865 he made his hasty
Southern trip and based thereon that report
which was generally understood to favor the
Johnson plan of Reconstruction. We can form
no conception of the duties OF Military OIL
Ger which would require him to indite OF sign
such a report Be it finally understood, then,
that "reticence" as to politics is not in our
view q defect in a General-in-Chief. In Re-
publican candidate for President it might be
otherwise


The Journal thus deals with the Generals
acceptance of the Department of War:


IT was determined in the mind OF Johnson that stan.
ton should he superseded Was II not better thht Grant
should assume the duties Of the office than hat It should
fall into the hands OF implicit ana pnant too Oh
johnson in position to endeay0r to render
important service to the country II ne rs aowSu @ 10
So the nation Will rejoice If he Is prevented ana super
seded as he may be- we shall have additional evidence
of his reliability"


This seems to us based on singular HIS
conception. We did not suppose it imagined
by any one that Gen. Grant is in any case to
offciate permanently as Secretary of War. The
first point in the Presidential game was to get
Stanton out. He could not be turned out; he
was not inclined to go out. To have notified
him that his place was wanted for Steedman or
Jerry Black would only have evoked response
that it could not be had But, when Gen. Grant
notified him that he had accepted the post,
Stanton felt constrained to give it up. And
now, when the time comes for installing the
coming man. Gen. Grant will be notified that
the place is wanted, and he will quietly vacate
it. He has no right to do otherwise. The pro-
visions of law which would have justified Stan
ton in holding on have no application to hlm,
as his appointment was never confirmed, anu
never meant to be. He has served the Presi-
dents turn in serving to oust Stanton. 1his
done. he may go-thc sooner the better Ills
important service" is already rendered-not
TO the country, but TO Johnson. What follows
may or may not bc imposing, but it will not
be significant. The climax is passed; all be-
yond is by play and theatrical thunder. We
cannot see how il is TO be made even impress
siye
Year: 1867

The World has an elaborate essay from MIR.
George Ticknor Curtis, intended to show that
the Republicans are unwarranted and out
raeeous in demanding that the loyal Blacks in
tbe States lately in Rebellion shall enjoy the
Right of Suffrage. Mr.. Curtis argues that they
should be left entirely to the tender mercies OF
the lately Rebel Whites. And hc proceeds TO
say that


1--WE have now entered upon contest through which
the country cannot pas without being still moro de-
mOraliZed than IL has evon yet been, A systematic
effort making to create dstrust the part Of the
and with whom they have always lived in order to
by their votes tho political control of those states In this
for they have deceived the negro they do not
need TO deceive him They have but 90 act toward
him with the same SINCERITY and trnthfulness with which
they have always treated him. which made him regard
the word OF respectable white man with implicit iaith
because in all his former experiences he scarcely ever
came In contact with a white who had any preten
sons to respectabity, and who would tell negro lie
This individual and collective honesty OF southern society
security hereafter for the preservation OF that muta
confidence on which the future welfare OF ooIn eef s
without 1t is backed by all that intrigue and money the
arts OF the dcmagogue ard the UI te
deceit and misrepresentation, because u Seeh ~
and whom Lo las no cause to dislike, It's prosecution
will inevitably lead in tho North. to an enormous ~,
crease OF vices which will be at once Its stimulahS anu
its weapons"


1t strikes us that Mr.. Curtis here propounds
fair, legitimate, conclusive touchstone, which
the Blacks may wisely and safely apply Have
the Whites among whom you were reared, ana
on whose estates, in whose homes you served
while slaves, habitually and generally told you
the truth with regard to the Abolitonists, the
North. and the aims wherewith " the Federals"
entered upon and prosecuted the War for the
UnionR If they have been thus truthful ana
candid in the past, it is a rational deduction
that they are so now and will be hereafter.
Judge them by what you know. not by what
others may choose to say of them. And IL the
general negro recollection afiirms that the Whites
who formerly owned them have uniformly been
truthful in the past, then " the acts OF the dem
"agog,ie and the prejudices of the fanatic will
prove utterly powerless to shake the faith OF
the Blacks in what their late masters tell them
to-day,
Year: 1867

The latest news from the seat of war on the
River Plate, both by Cable and by steamer, is
unfavorable to the Paraguayans. The Allies,
having seen that their prospects of capturing
the stronghold of Curupaity, in South Western
Paraguay, are anything but favorable, have for
long time been making preparations for in
vading Paraguay by land from the North and
the East. From the North, Brazilian brigade
had advanced from the Brazilian province Of
Matto Crosse as far as the River Apa, in Para
quay, had crossed this river, the passage of
which was not at all defended by the Para
guayans, and were to march at once upon the
town OF Conception, which is thirty leagues
distant. In the East, large force has for
some time been collecting under Gen. Osorio,


TO make a flank movement on the Upper Pa


rama and according to Cable dispatch In our
issue OF yesterday, this movement had actually
commenced. Thus invaded by two new armies,


the Paraguayans win have hard stand, and


'iier real strength must be soon severely tested.
Year: 1867

should not the facts whereOn their judgment Is
based be given to the juryT


There are few Democrats of higher personal
character or of more signal personal probity
than George II. Pendleton. When he talks
like villain, you may be sure that his heart
is full of bitterness and his understanding
couded by partisan venom And that is
precisely" the fact. Mr.. PendletOn sympa-
thized with the Rebellion throughout, and he
hates those who lent their money to put it
down He deems Reputation the best card of
Pro-Slavcry Democracy. Woe to the Public
Creditors when such as he shall have become
their oaymastcrsi
Year: 1867

The opinion is gaining strength in Europe
that the insanity of the Empress Carlotta was
caused by poison administered to her in Mexico


We are glad to say that there is thus far no
good reason apparent for believing so dreadful
a story, and there is certainly every disposition
in Europe To manufacture opinion hostile TO
the Mexican Republicans. In view, however,
of some of the circumstances which have been
brought forward, it would be too much to call
the rumor incredible. 1t would have been a
horrible crime but was not something quite
as bad done in Ford's Theater at Washington?
Year: 1867

the fate of the old aristocratic factions may n.
regarded az sealed. And what will be tn,
sequel of their downfall' The disappearance Of
caste. the extinction of class Legislation, and
the acceptance in its fullest sense OF the AMER
can doctrine of the sovereignty Of the people.
Year: 1867

We have received the card of q New. Orleans
firm Offering to supply planters and others
with likely young experienced Coolie laborers


VINO have served out an apprenticeship in
Cuba, and to deliver the ehattels in New
Orleans in prime order and condition, and on
short notice, at $50 head. The Coolie traffic
is forbidden by Act of Congress; but the
President seems TO have resolved tbat the
Year: 1867

Louisiana planters shall do just as they please
in everything, and it would hardly surprise us
much to hear that they purpOsed restoring
pure and undisguised Slavery, now that Sherl-
dan is out of their way.
Year: 1867

If WM r. LEACH will consent to be
candid itr tor Clerk o, the Circuit Conrt
he will receive general support from the
people Of the county and a liberal vote IN


Leonard Town District.
MAY 2nd. 1867
Year: 1867

PRACTICAL EDUcATIoN.-Educat
should consist much more than it does
in learning to do, to act, to perform.
The successful men of the world are
those who can accomplish the ends of
life, who can by their own energy and
skill bring about grand and useful re-
suits. Our educational institutions
make us learned, cultured, but not
sufficiently actors. One reason why
very often the young men who have
but little education from the schools
surpass those who have lived for years
In college walls is because they have
been trained to action. Action gives
health and strength. Culture gives
ease, grace, and finish. They belong
together, but have been separated. Let
them be brought once more into some
grand scheme of education, and We
shall have men and women as the re-
suit who can only accomplish noble
work, but have at the same time fine
scholars, with cultivated manners, with
grace and dignity of demeanor.-Her-
aid of Health.
Year: 1867

First, have two pairs of good shears;
one pair to trim with and the other u
do the principal work, and never us
dull shears. A good oil stone is the
best sharpener. What are termed down
set shears, with blades i've inches long
we consider the best. In using them
never draw the shears backward while
making the clip, but rather push for.
ward and keep the shears level and
close, and never clip twice in one spot
as that cuts the wool.


To hold the sheep, have bench as
high as the lower part of the knee-cap;
OF, if the sheep is large, it may be low
er. Lay the sleeps back to you, with
head to your right hand. Put your
right knee gently ON the Sleeps back,
with its right fore leg in the bend OF
yours as you kneel, having the sheep
close to the edge of the bench, with its
back braced against your left leg. Rest
your right arm on the sleeps left flank,
while you hold its light hind leg in that
hand, stretched out to the edge of the
bench, and holding to it if you wish, if
tie sheep is disposed to struggle. -


Commence shcaring ut the opening
on the left side of the breast, aud trim
off all the wool on the belly and inside
of the hind legs, and remove it to one
side till the fleece is off, when the trim
mings of clean wool are to be wrapped
in it. & Ht


To shear the body, place your left leg
on the bench, astride of the sheep,
taking the jaws in your left hand, and
clipping the foretop and right side of
the neck, and down on the left breast.
Then you change position, stepping
back a little and raising the sheep on
its hips, by catching hold of the left
hind leg with your right hand without
laying down the shears. Pull the sheep
close to the edge of the bench aud place
your right leg between its hind legs,
with its neck and shoulders Oh your
left knee, as it rests OIL the bench.


Now clip over the point of the shoul-
der, and then straighten the neck with
your left hand, without stopping the
shears, and finish off the brisket and
the neck and then clip down the side,
and over the hip and back, letting the
sheep down gradually, SO as always to
have the skin you are clipping free from
wrinkles.


Now take your left knee off the neck,
and hold it with your left hand while
you remove your right leg and place the
left one to its place, so that you can
bring the right knee upon the bench,
keeping the shears going all the time
with the right hand. Then lift the
head with the left hand, and clip that
side over the point of the shoulder, and
raising the sheep gently, bring its head
between your legs, while You finish clip
ping.


Take care that the sheep does not
struggle, and when done lift it clear of
the fleeces, SO as not to tear ii. Fold
the fleece with all the loose wool that is
clean inside, and roll it very snug,
with the cut end of the wool out, and
tie with cotton twine, so as to look neat
and bear handling without getting
loose and ragged.


Following the above directions, you
will need to stop but twice for & mo-
ment to turn the sheep, 50 that the
shears are almost necessarily clipping
from the time you begin till you have
finish ed.-FdetsJ for Farmers.
Year: 1867

The election returns which we pub
lish in another column speak SO plainly
and SO eloquently for themselves that
no words Of ours are necessary to point
ont the lesson which they teach. The
Democrats not only retain the power
which they have heretofore held, but
they acquire complete control of the
townships, Clay and Webster, in
which until now the Radicals have been
in the ascendant. The victory in these
two strongholds of the enemy is Pc
euliarly gratifying; the war has been
carried into Africa, and the movement
has been attended with the most COM
plete success.


The election yesterday indicates very
plainly the demoralizing effects which
the defeats of last fall and last winter
have had upon our opponents. As We
have before remarked, they cannot sur
vive sound thrashing; success is es-
sential to their unity and prosperity,
because it furnishes the plunder and
the power which are, the purpose and
support Of all corrupt organizations.
The overwhelming reverses which Rad
icalism has met here in the last
twelve months have so shattered and
broken its ranks that to secure a vic
tory yesterday no special effort was
needed, save in these two places
where the powers of darkness
have heretofore held sway. In
Webster township, especially, the Dem.
ocrats made q noble fight, and they Sc.
cured q Substantial reward in the COM
plete expulsion of their opponents from
the places of power. We congratulate
them upon their success, and assure
them of the general pride Of the party
in the splendid triumph which they
have SO we'll deserved and so nobly
won. s.t ~
Year: 1867




We wogld direct the specRl attention Of
those suffering from diseases of the throat and
lungs 60 Dr. Hunters letter in another column.
The writings Of this physician have excited
much interest in this country. and he has ac-
ouired a reputation in the large cities north of
us surprising that Of any other physician. This
letter Is the FIRST OF "a series which he intends to
publish, and this correspondence will. undoubt-
edly, be interesting and instructive 20 many.
All are aware of the fearful mortality resulting
from CONSUMPTION. and there are probably few
families in this city that have not been visited
by Il. and the mortuary reports show that II Is
increasing. The statistics Of the mortality of
the city Of Paris for the year 1866 prove that.
exclusive Of those who died of cholera nearly
oNE.bALF of the deaths resulted from diseases
of the lungs The mortality in our city is pro-
badly not 90 great. but is increasing In an alarm
ing manner, and it becomes all to examine
closely every means which promise 70 prevent
or remedy SO great destroyer. particularly
when coming from physician OF Or. Hunters
reputation and experience.


Or. Hunter has foryears devoted his exclusive
attention 20 the study and treatment Of diseases
OF the head. throat. lungs and heart. and has
established an envisble reputation by his skill
aud success in their treatment. and we trust his
efforts in this city. where he has established his
home will be as satisfactory as they have here
toGore been However skeptical the reader may
be upon the subject Of the durability Of Con-
sumption. be cannot doubt or dispute that Il
may be revented by remedying in time those
diseases which preduce IL
Year: 1867




Elected Judge and who is he? Before the
war fifth class exhorter in the Methodist
Church, generally used by the better class
Of the clergy for common occasions" such
as eKhorting the negroes Sabbath evening,
and holding small meetings where but little
would be expected of the HEADER As
10 knowledge OF the law, and its applica-
lion, he knows jnst about as mnch az an
ape. The election of such an illiterate,
brainless apostate 10 set in Judgment upon
the property lives Of the people Of this
district, though they were all SO many. lu-
natics, is blushing Disgrace shame I
Gentlemen have openly said that his cleo
ton would be sufficient to deter them from
locating in Tennessee. So much for Brown-
lows reign of peace and prosperity,


OBSERVER.
Year: 1867

meeting Of the members Of the Tin Slate and Metal
Roofers Association held last night at No 27 Thr
avenue The object Of the meeting to pass resolu-
tions calling the bosses TO advance the daily wages
from 50 SO to $4 the alteration TO on the
first Monday In May. The attendance Of the mombers
was large, and IN addition q number Of connected
with the trade in Brooklyn and Jersey City were pre-


sent all Of whom expressed their willingness to
Year: 1867

ELEvATIoS.-An Eastern Copperhead paper
asks as a sort of political knock-down =" Is it
not the intention of the Republicans, far as
possible, to elevate the negro to the level of the
white man p The Dodge county (Wis.) Citizen
replies that " it is part of the business of any
party to elevate anybody. 1t is the duty of ev-
cry party to see welft to it that negroes, or anv
other class of men, have free and equal chance
to elevate themselves to any level, as they NAV
be capable That argument suits US
Year: 1867

SUCCESSFUL PoLITicASs.-A special dispatch
to the San Francisco Times says ON the authority
Of the New York Herald, that Ben Wood and
State Senator not many days ago won one hun
dred and forty thousand dollars of John Morris
sey at faro.