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Year: 1869

and Maryland, which was referred to the WAYS
and Means Committee. A resolution was offer
ed to pay the members from Arkansas for the
full term of the Thirty-ninth Congress. After
debate it was referred to the Committee on Re-
construction The universal suffrage bill was
postponed until Wednesday after the morning
hour. The House then resumed consideration
of the Denver and Pacific Railroad BILL After
a long discussion the bill was referred to the
Committee On Public Lands. The House soon
after adjourned.
Year: 1869

tFrom the Chicago Tribune, April 81


Members may pretend that law IL practically re-
peaed by the bill they have pas ed but is not Tho
power Of removal Is not restored to the President
and until IL form OF worus In Just as obnox
another. The people look upon the law a. an OBJ
stacle In the work OF purllcation, and they do not
agree that the President ought to be restricted IN the
vigorous performance OF such duty by any latent
power in a Senator or any number OF senators, to
protect their friends In Office. When the President
has discovered incompetency, corruption or neg
gcnce IN ONCE why should q senator be empowered
to say to him, Sir, before consent to your removal
OF this man must know whom you intend to APP
point in his place. He s my friend, and unless you
appoint some other friend OF mine you shall not re-
move this one." Indecorous as such speech would
be- the majority OF the Senate have obstlnaely re-
fused to yield the power OF its members to make II u
they please. whether General Grant signs this bill
or not 1t Ii hardly possible that he can approve II.
Year: 1869

THE BREAK IN THE CASAL.-The break In the
canal near Port Jeryis is being rapidly repaired,
there being over 600 men at work on the breach. A
large section OF the valley was overlooked by the
break, but no material damage was done to pro-
perty other than that OF the coripany.
Year: 1869

CHEEsE.-Elk Mountain Factory, Bun
combe county, was represented at our Fair
by about twenty large cakes of Cheese,
which bore the inspection Of the special
committee, and a multitude of self censtitut-
ed committeeman, and gave entire satisfac-
ton No better Cheese is made in the
United States-but little as good.
Year: 1869

THE EvIDESCE.-The Editor Of the
Rutherford Star has unmistakable evidence
of the existence of band of Ku Klux in that
County. He says: "We have believed that
there was such an organization existing in
this county, but until few days since we
never were able to get the proof, but we
have it now. Last Monday in company with
several gentlemen, some of whom were Con-
servatives, we found paper lying on the
side of the road near Rock Spring camp
ground, in this county, and upon an ex
animation of its contents we found it to be
pledge ito stick together, In any crowd or
company, as Ku Kluxes," signed by certain
citizens of said county. We were at first
inclined to think it joke, perpetrated by
by some one, but upon a further examina-
ton we were able to recognize the hand
writing of some Of the parties. We do not
propose this time to give the names of the
parties sigued to this pledge, but will merely
say, that the Klan extends from the Flint
Hills to Broad River, some OF those who
signed it, have been considered men of re-
spectsbility heretofore. We shall place the
document in the hands OF the Solicitor,
and allow him to have them dealt with
according TO law, at our next court. Men
who thus band themselves together ought
and will be severely dealt with, persons
doubling tie truth, or wishing to satisfy
their curiosity in regard to the above state
ment can find the list at our Office. We ran
say we have seen Ku Kluxes. and if all are
as contemplate as the ones We have seen
We are sure that there will be nc trouble
when they may think that their would be
danger
Year: 1869

PRoF. KERR,s ADDREss-The address Of
Prof Keer, delivered on the Fair Grounds
yesterday. Is spoken of as being practical
and abounding in valuable Information and
timely suggestions. 1t was not our good
pleasure to be present and hear it. but expect
to have an opportunity TO read it in print,
as it will doubtless be furnished to the
Prss Ns
Year: 1869

A man who is in the habit of talking to
himself gave two reasons for the practice !;
one, that he liked to talk to a sensible
person; the eother, he liked sensible person
to talk to him a-
Year: 1869

Camp meetings, with all the attendant out
door and open-air religious exercises to which
such assemblages afford occasion and vent,
have been in very decided favor with the
church-going members of the community
during the past week. We are not at all sur
prised at it. Fervency in prayer could scarcely
be endured at the same time with the unusual
heat of the weather inside the walls of hea-
vily draped, deeply cushioned and sombre win
dowed church; 80 the congregations were, to
a very great extent, compelled to return
to the primitive custom, and worship God
under the great canopy of heaven and with
the surroundings of nature in their finest
luxuriance and grandeur on all sides about
them. The Sabbath services of the Methodists
in camp meeting at Sing Sing were vastly con-
soling, opening with the solemnization of the
''love feast" and embracing q sermon by
Bishop James. The colored brethren were in
camp meeting at Far Rockaway with great
sclat, and, apparently, vast amount Of con-
ISOLATION. In Christ Church, Brooklyn, an
Episcopal clergyman treated on ''Sin q
Disease" but was rather indefinite, not only as
to the means Of particular diagnosis, but any
feasible plan of cure, leaving the case gener-
ally to the Great Physician of Souls towards
the close. Vicar General STAIRS was eloquent
and forcible, as usual, in st. Patrick's Cathe-
dral New York.
Year: 1869

The New Dominion has got fresh sensation
to stir the upper crust Of society. Prince Ar
thur, third son of Queen Victoria, and young
man of whom fame, in spite Of her proverbial
malignity, has the courage to say good word,
set foot yesterday, for the first time, on our
American shores. The regular and volunteer
forces and the various civic societies in Hall
fax are preparing to give him right royal
welcome, and to-day's festivities will close
with fireworks and general illumination
throughout the city. A ball and picnic in
honor of his Royal Highness will crown the
weeks jubilee, and all outside at least will 60
"merry as a marriage bell" whatever cause
for dissatisfaction may lurk within. AS son of
the reigning sovereign-a lady to whose vir-
tues all pay honor-he will pass from city to
city of the New Dominion, admired and feted
and welcomed wherever he goes, but amid
all his journeyings and pleasure excursions
keeping aloof, says our telegraphic despatch,
from the United States.


Now why is this Are our habits, feelings,
mode of thinking and expressing ourselves,
too republican for this scion Of royalty, at the
raw age of nineteen, to be placed with safety
within reach of their influence? Or does he
himself, or do his advisers, imagine that we
should not welcome him as warmly as we did
his brother in 1860? Far from it. Our quar-
REL such as it is, is not with the British crown,
but with the British aristocracy, who leagued
themselves against us during our civil war.
At that time-and we remember it to their
credit-his royal mother and Prince Albert
were almost the only friends we conld count
upon in the British government; and were it
only for their sake we should give him an en-
thusiastic welcome. But perhaps the object of
his visit to the New Dominion is, in reality,
to spy out the land and judge for himself
whether the inhabitants, Notwithstanding their
republican neighborhood, desire king to
reign over them. In that case, though we are
too good republicans to wish him success, yet
if nothing but this bauble of crown will
satisfy our New Dominion friends, We know of
no one more worthy to wear 1t than this young
man, whose connections and satecedents are
in every way so honorable.
Year: 1869

declares that ''if the Harvard crew win the
race we will acknowledge that our notions about
our style of rowing are antiquated absurdi-
ties" and another says that 'if the Harvards
win after six weeks of exercise without doing
their best it will be an aquatic revolution. ="
1t may be a disadvantage for the Harvards
that their new oars are longer than those to
which they have been accustomed, inasmuch
as it requires more expenditure of strength to
multiply the strokes. The difference in weight
between the two crews-the Oxfords being
heavier by a few pounds than the Harvards-
is not 80 favorable to the former as 1t might
seem; for if the long stroke needs more
weight the short stroke needs less. The Har-
ward style of rowing requires dexterity and
force rather than weight. The appointment Of
Mr.. Thomas Hughes as referee for the race
gives great satisfaction on both sides of the
water aud is alone guarantee of fair play.
The author of ''Tom Brown at Rugby" is as
popular in America as in England.
Year: 1869

L. LIS nominate separate ticket, tho eiec-
ton will assuredly result in another radical
triumph and throw liberalism and liberation
in Massachusetts, further in the background
than ever. Will the Massachusetts, democrats
ego in to win," or will they not That is the
question,
Year: 1869

FTOnt tHe ". 7, HefuIu.


"a feature OF the week was the sudden stringency
OF the money market on Thursday last, when as high
as quarter OF one per cent per day interest was
paid on call. There was moderation OF these rates
on Saturday; but 1t is yet singular state OF things
that in June, when money has been worth only three
and four per cent II should command these eXorb-
tant rates. The fact is the money market is In an
unhealthy state, and whether the blame lies with
Mr.. Boutwell, for increasing his currency balance
TO the detrment OF the business interests or the
CITY, or whether 1t is the result OF artificial
influence, or a combination OF these with
the natural drain OF currency TO supply brief de-
mand from the country districts from the watering
places, in their process Of renovation, and for the
gathering Of the wool crop and the Ike, IT is DIS
Year: 1869

of hawkers and bidders the project creates we hear
quite a furOre at Madrid None OF the other eXhi-
btons can cope with this in point OF quaintness and
the interest which must always attach to thorough
originality. We need, moreover, scarcely wonder
that nation which has started and sanctioned
series OF dances in the grandest OF its many fine
cathedrals should set up fancy fair in the most dis
malY grand OF all pOssible mnnRoleumR.
Year: 1869

The reformation in the World Ofce, no.
ticed bv US last week, appears TO have been
mere pretense, and perhaps snare and de-
ceit to entrap us into complimentary no
tice The snarls with which the editor has
BEEN so long afflicted, and which it was hoped
had been Radically cured, appears to be
breaking out in secondary form, coupled with
a morbid inclination to scandalize everybody
that happens to differ with him politically,
aud chronic hypocondria supervening upon
a malignant form of hysterical dyspepsia that
has eliminated in a violent attack Of Rogue
ON tho brain. The suppOsition that the ed
itor of the TIDAL WAVE could be induced TO
contest the seat OF Judge Shafer in Congress,
after having been fairly defeated in the cleo
lion is about as rational as that Congress,
being composed Of rogues, would decide
in our favor We pity the dwarled
soul scared o. disappointment, and withered
at the recollection of unapprcciated effort
that can see nothing but dshonor IN tue con
duct OF others.
Year: 1869

PROFANITY, says the Sacramento
Record IN the worst and most gener-
ally diffused vice that permeates
all our society. 1t is not alone con-
fined to the illiterate and degraded.
but is practiced by men who pride
themselves on being educated and
refined. Women are not exempt
from this baneful crime, though in
duEged in by them TO much less
degree than by men. With them the
use Of slang phrases leads to more
objectionable words and sentences.
The youth of our age adopt profani-
ty as manly quality. A sensible
man iinds it difficult to give reason
why so senseless sin should have
become so general, yet the fact
causes his ears to tingle whenever
he associates with his fellows. A
man will stand by and hear another
use, in the most silly and offensive
manner, the name of Him whose
laws forbid profanity. Yet if the
same party should bear the name
of his wife, bis sister or his mother,
how quick he would be to resent
The insult. Other virtues would
flow from controlling the tongue in
this matter. OathS express nothing.
They simply show a fonl spot in the
man who uses them. Never utter a
word anywhere which you would be
ashamed TO speak in the presence OF
ladies'.
Year: 1869

After the resignation of the Democrat
ie members of the Indiana Legislature
to prevent the iniquitous ratification Of
the fifteenth constitutional amendmeDt,
we earnestly invoked the people cf that
State. as other Democratic organs did, -
sustain the resigned members By re-elec<7
ing them The people, We are glad "a
be sble to announce, have done


The special election took place On
day, and the returns indicate


Democrats have reelected all the test
ing members except one, Senator HueJ
whose district was radiczlized by the dis
graceful apportionment of 1867 The
popular vote on Tuesday was light, the
Radicals hardly making fight, for they
knew that they had no chances of sue
cess. The Democratic Senators and
Representatives have now the emphatic
Endorsement of the people for the bold
and patriotic course, which, in deiance
of denunciation, they have dared to pur-
sue, and we hope that they will, if nee
essary, resign again and again and again
until the question Of the ratification OF
the fifteenth amendment shall have been
submitted to the popular verdict of the
State
Year: 1869




sweets Of love by the bucketsfull, they
don't even dream of sending BIT of in
digestible cake 70 the printer BY whose
agency their happiness was secured


The newspaper is considered the COM
mon property of all who need pitch up
in life Corporations of all sorts use 1t
with reckless disregard ot the publish
er's feelings or purse, The publisher is
expected to gid every pill, free Of charge;
to make every lawe performance go of
brilliantly; to espouse both sides of every
quarrel: to turn diluted milk into deli
cious cream; to convert decayed cabbage
into sour krout; to elevate mediocrity in
TO lofty genius; to I'll the sails Of youth
who wishes to explore the realms of fame
and make himself master OF fortune, etc,
all free OF charge.
Year: 1869

Slated BY the law for keeping their
csrculation IN good order. As the Treas
ury Department is not by law the re-
demption agent of the National Banks,
it must either incur the expense Of Is
suing new notes or be the agent in keep
ing a defaced currency in existence by
paying it out again. The Secretary,
therefore, instruets the collecting officers
Of the United States TO refuse 70 receive
notes Of the National banks which are
no longer ft to be kept in circulation.
Year: 1869

One day Sandy came into ny Office and
sat down without 4 word For minutes
he sat still watching me intently IS if he
was trying to make ont by the sound OF
my pen, what was writing


Squire, said he ct lenesh. did
ever tell you about my serape with the
widow Horry, up.here on the river p


s Never did, eaid l, laying down nv
Year: 1869

BIZ issuing grssnbaeks instead of Ma
tionaI Bank notes we would obtain a
sum that would enable rs to have the
same amount OF revenue and yet dis
penss with the taxes upon tea, coffee
and sugar, that now fall SO heavily up
on the laborIng man.
Year: 1869

AlCHEAP AND DELIGHTFUL Pup
DING. Take four tablespoons ofdour
which mix gradually into quart Of
milk; add the yoll<s, we'll beaten, Of
four eggs. reserving the whites OF the
same until moment before placing
in the oven; grease your dish and
pour in the above mixture, and bake
In quick oven about fifteen or
twenty minuCes. Eat with any kind
of sauce you choose,
Year: 1869

I DO NOT WANT ANY MAN
TO VOTE FOR NE WHO DOES
NOT VOTE FOR NEGRO SUI
FRAGEl So said Colonel LEE Re-
publican nominee for lieutenant
GovernorI Let the voters of Stark
County remember that!
Year: 1869

 Mr. T. Saunders, of this place. has furnished us with the following letter, from friend in Kansas, who made the trip East, vid the 35tb parallel route, solitary and alone. 1t is self explanatory;

 SHERIDAN, Kansas. April 26, 1869.

 According to promise, give you sketch of my lonely ride over the Whipplc route. from your place to Fort wingate, New Mexico, left Robert Poste's ranch twenty five miles from Prescott on the morning of the 7th of January. About l2 o'clock the same day, l crossed He'll Canyon After crossing the canyon l was at- tackled by eight or ten Apaches, who wounded my pack animal in the thigh. A few rounds from my spencer soon drove them to the brush Putting spurs to my horse soon left them far behind. I encountered no snow in crossing Bill Williams and the San Francisco Mountains the highest elevation between the Pacific and At lantic, along the line of the 35th parallel Rail road survey. Along the base of the San Fran cisco Mountain is the finest tract of timber that ever saw. Bands of antelope and deer were constantly crossing my trail. Although l was lonely I was greatly impressed with the gran deur of the scenery and wondered why art had done so little when nature had done SO much All along the Little Colorado, the weather was like summer. I arrived at the Zuni Villages on the seventh day, but was sadly disappointed on learning from their chief that there were no white men nearer than Fort Wingste, some ninety miles distant. He also informed me that there was c band of Navajos in that vicinity, stealing from and murdering all who were so unfortunate a to fall into their hands. Leaving Zuni tha evening travelled twenty five miles; about nin' o'clock in the evening left the road and ther, passed the night; early in the morning 1 starte, on my course, when on striking the road, l sav several moccasiu tracks which had been mad during the night. Suspiconing that all was no right watched every bush and rock. Ihad no travelled more than two miles of the road nea Inscription Rock, before saw an Indian skulkin behind some brush short distance ahead of me fired a shot at him. and be, with several nor, ran and disappeared in a ravine. Thinking th road was not safe turned to the left and crosse a large mountain in the direction of old For : Wingate which place reached the next ever long journey. There saw the first white me t that had seen for nine days. I have seen n } place where times arc 50 good ss .. Prescott. . shall probably return this summer; times al very hard here. at present; the Railroad Is at stand still; it is uncertain when they will resun work or in what direction it will go. No moi ' at present ALvA SMITH.
Year: 1869

BEvIEs of fat Congressmen arc travelling all over the country at the peoples expense, and yet the greedy, lazy cormorsnts laugh to scorn the cry of the people of the Territories for pro- lection from hostile Indians. No wonder people sigh for the substance, instead of the shadow of a Republican Government
Year: 1869

THE San Francisco papers are now doing for the Fist regiment of infantry what they formerly did for the l4th giving it A bad name. Accord. ing to accounts published, there are some very bad men in the Fist
Year: 1869

The farm that feeds US shall not be forgo tten
And as the season for its operations is at hand,
it shall now be our care, each week, to give
some thought to this subject


And first in order of time comes timber cut
ting, forfencing, building purposes, &c. Every
one has noticed the varying durability Of differ
ent woods the birch SO perishing-the cedar
50 enduring. This is in the nature Of things,
and has no remedy. But close and extensive
observation has shown tn at there is q marked
difference, also in the durability of the same
wood, as to the time of its cutting; numerous
experiments showing its most perishabe sea
son to be that Of its most vigorous growth, as
from March to early fall; partly perhaps, be-
cause the sap vessels, distended by the sap,
render the wood more pervous to water, and
50 more liable to decay. Before the sap starts
and after it ceases its flow, is considered, there
fore, By far the best time co cut timber. AL
who would avail themselver Of this fact this
year, have not day to lose.
Year: 1869

that scene Of conflict, and while it presents
ITS rough features to the eye of the travel
er, may it serve as a historic link between
the present and the past, aud bear the mind
OF the beholder backward to the time whe 4
our ancestors struggled fiercely with the
rougher elements of bar5arism as exhibit
ed III savage warfare.
Year: 1869

If the scandal created by the Hale-Perry
squabble at Madrid shall have the effect to
show the Impolicy OF making our Diplomatic
service hospital for broken down political
backs 1t may do good. We need a thorough
change IN our diplomatic service, such as that
proposed in Senator Patterson's bill.
Year: 1869

The lightning express train, Conductor
Holm, on the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Road, left Toledo on time, Mon
day evening, with a little colored boy on
board who ode to Norwalk under circum-
stances that fairly make railroad men
tremble as they contemplate his situation.
At Fremont the boy was discovered, for
the first time, comfortably seated at the
head of the engine, under the headlight.
Being routed from that position, he disap-
peared la the darkness, o. was supposed
to have remained in Fremont. If the reader
has never travelled from Fremont to Nor
walk-thirty mil Son this fasttrain, fair
ly fiying at the rate of almost sixty miles
an hour, q vivid conception of the peril
Gus position of the boy, as he clung to a
truck beneath the baggage car, blinded,
covered, and almost stifed with dust, can
not be easily imagined. When the thun-
dering of the train had ceased, the inspect
or of its motionless wheels discovered
the boy at Norwalk, and brought him out


His face was so whitened with prairie dust
that an impression of the finger upon his
cheek, drawn across the face, left black
mark. The ride was miraculous. Rail
road men say they would not have at
tempted the feat for the value of the whole
Toledo Road. The conductor called out
to the wheel inspector to bring the boy
into the baggage car. Supposing that he
would have to face greater danger at the
hands of the railroad ssmen than he en-
countered under the train, he shot out
into the darkness and was not heard from
again. The conductor want, to give him
free ride in the cars during the remain
der of the journey.-Qe Cleveland PIaindeater.