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Year: 1868

After the last election for members Of
the Legislature, .the REGISTER an
nounced to the workingmen of Wheel
ing that the Democratic party was the
only party upon which they could rely
for the advancement of their interests
and the protection of their rights.
They were assured that the Democratic
party was ready at all times to repre-
sent their class in its Conventions,
upon its tickets and in it's general
policy.


The Democratic nominations now be.
fore the people of this city are the best
proof Of the sincerity Of that assurance
Those nominations represent more fair
ly the interests Of labor than any other
within our recollection. Both upor
the City and Ward tickets may be found
the names Of respectable. intelligent
and influential vorkingmsn-men who
tnow the wants of the class to which
they belong, who have the ability to
sdyecats them, and who have also ths
Year: 1868

The Intelligencer, speaking for the
Governor, complains Of the REGISTER
for not devoting more space to the
Message of the man of the "mansion.'
So far as the Governors defence of his
own course is concerned, there is not
the least ground of objection to our re-
port. 1t was given quite fully, and in
so doing We merely showed how much
space he could occupy in saying so lit
tie. Had we consulted tho comfort of
the public, we would have condensed
much more than we did, say to the eI-
tent of boiling down seven columns OF
buueombe to one column of plain Eng
llsh.


Those parts Of the message that
were uuimportant for any purpose,
save to vase ink and to weary the
reader, We reduced to common sense
and brevity, 80 far as the Governor had
left that reduction possible. II five
words Of condensed statement sufliced
for rs many sentences of drivel the re-
spon.ibility was not with US, but with
the driyelsr.


We cannot admit that we "are inca.
pable Of dong BoREkAN justice under
any circumstances" On the contrary
there are few enterprises in which We
would join more heartily than in melting
out to that individual the fullest and
most exact justice. That be has not
had justice done him long ago, is fact
which he and his friends ought to con,
template with unmixed satisfaction.
Year: 1868

SHEEP IN THE ORCHARD.-One of our
most prominent orchardists tell US that
in one of his orchards where sheep ran
during the season, the apple crop was
almost entirely unaffected by the cod.
ling moth. Next season his orchard will
be pastured with sheep. This is an
item worth remembering.
Year: 1868

YoUNG STocK.-"With what measure
you mete, so shall it be measured again.
Generous feeding from birth is more
profitable than sighting. Stock never
ought to stop growing until grown


"There is that scattereth, yet increaseth;
and there is that withhold more than is
meet, but it tendeth to poverty" This
proyerb the farmer should never forget
Year: 1868

The past winter was very hard'upoff
the rose bushes; especially where they
were light strawest trpy In pruning
thefa it should be done With hbefaf
hand. There need be no fear of injury.
Nothing stands pruning better than the
rose, aud we think 1t is a benefit to 1t to-
be killed down to the ground every two
or three years therefore, whenever
any considerable dead portion Of tho
wood appears, cut nearly or quite
down to the ground, and it will give
vigor to the root and new shoots and
the flowers will be much finer.
Year: 1868

changers from the Temple. If members of
Grants own family could not trade in cotton
within his lines, we have full faith that no
leeches will suck at the pablo revenues under
his administration. The first eminent fitness
President Grant Will display for this duty will
he ripid orcanization. There viii be 30 more
division of responsibilities between dyeis ON
cials. so that ultimate responsibility Shall rest
nowhere. We believe that Grant VIII appoint
his Secretary of the Treasury and hoId nun
responsible for the fitness OF all his subordl-
mates. By prompt and juGicous system OK
removals in every case Of failure in admins
tation, purity and efficiency could be secured
from the highest officer to the lowest We
need for this great reform first and chiefly
the organizing mind and honest firm will OF
President Grant.
Year: 1868

Mr.. Alexander Dclmar comes TO an official
end next Thursday. The ruling passion, strong
in death, is still upon him; and in the cry
throes of his expiring agony lac proposes an
"Offcial statement" of the causes and motive of
his timely taking-of We humbly trust the
example may not become epidemic. One more
infiction of Delmar we can bear, seeing that
it is TO be the last; but who can picture the
despair of the ill-used public, If the whole
brood of johnson incompetents should under
take to explain! Fancy the New York Whisky
Ring calling for space to prove that they should
continue in Office. Imagine Rousseau taking
untold columns TO explain that his persuasion
of the Louisiana Republicans to give mp the
right of voting was the highest evidence of his
capacity for preserving order in the South
West. Conceive Of Binckley solemnly eluc-
dating his great capacities as Assistant Attor-
ney- General Of the United States, and rcbuIcng
poor M Evarts for failing to appreciate them
No. no! We are willing to endure final dose
of Dclmar but. positively and pcremptorly,
his case must not be taken for a precedent.
Year: 1868

TIE NEU-l ORE ELECTION IRA tb&


The rcport of the select Committee who are
now scrutiniz.ng the naturalization and election
frauds in this state viii be looked for with
urogorDd interest. and on some accounts we are
almost inclined to regret that they cannot SIT
with oDen doors, and allow thc people to wit
ness the gradual development Of the con-
sDiracy. from the manufacture OF the tlst
fraudulent certificate to thc count OF the last
fraudulent vote. The primary process oi manu-
factyrpc false certificates Is the one when the
community most dstusts, and which the Union
League Club presented to Congrcss as the
broad foundation of the whole pyramid oil
fraud. The Democrats who profess TO bcileNe
that The City Judiciary is as spotcss as the
driven snow. should welcome thorough
scrutiny into the records and proceedings OF
the Courts. And they should bear ID mlHd
also that if those records are withheld Con
ercss will take sharp measures to yindicaic The
National dignity and clcctually remove from
the state Courts the possibility of ever again
becoming instruments and accompliccS IN a
fraud upon the Suffrage.


This Investigation is not a partisan affair.
The wrong which it seeks TO expose wounds
our political system in its most vital part and
GOOD Democrats as well as good Republicans
have a deep interest in thorough sitting oil
the whole matter. Mr. Hoffman declared IN hls
proclamation on the eve of the election, that
evidences of enormous Republican frauds had
been collected. lie has now an opportunity to
produce tlcm. ii is his absolute duty to pro-
duce them; and if it is true that any members
Of our party have riyalcd the Democracy in
iufamy, let the fact be known and let the
guilty meet their deserts.
Year: 1868

We are advised by telegraph that Mr.. Senator
Morton is publishing reply to Mr.. Grecley's
letter to him on the finances. As he did not
think it worth while to send it to us, it Is pos
sbe that he has found more congenial columns,
in which he prefers that it should make its
appearance Meanwhile we need only say
that, so far as We can judge from the hints
of the Associated Press, the Senator develops
and improves his discovery that the
greenbacks could be kept at par with onr bonds
worth only twenty-five cents on tine dollar. To
all that ne can say concerning the obligation
to pay gold for the greenbacks we heartily as
sent We seem to differ with him mainly in
this, that we not only believe in it, but want
to do it. We await the full text Of his letter,
however. before offcring anv Comment
Year: 1868

Constitution requires, not more than seven out
Of the nine, or at most not more than elgiit'
are entitled to their seats. That difficulties
would arise in deciding which ones to reject Is
plain; and that the argument might be plausiDiy
made, and that an act Of Congress Is n'ceS-
sary to give practical effect to this clause OF
the Constitution is possible. But we submit
that after all the point is at least worth some
consideration. Is Kentucky entitled IN the
next Congress, contrary to the Constitution 10
q representation for negroes whom She Leers
d9.franchisedg Is Marynd2 Is Missouri !
What answer is to be given on the Fourth OF
,I.rrb rcyt when the roll of the new Congress
is called?
Year: 1868

The newspaper correspondents have been
vcxing their ingenious brains over the problem
of how Gen. Grant, with his known relations
TO the President. who tried to use Cabinet Cfi-
GERS to prove him Untluthiu, could pay the
visit Of ceremony at the White House winch
Washington etiquette requires of all army OIL
GERS in the capital on New Years day. a tel
egraphic dispatch announces that the President
elect is to spend the LIST Of January in Phla-
deIphia. Perhaps the average Washington mind
may be equal to the task Of putting this and
that together.
Year: 1868

Two leading cities of the West seem to be
afflicted with opposite phases of municipal
trouble st. Louis is holding mass meetings to
protest against the extravaganza of the city
authorities, and to appeal to the Legislature
for protection. Cincinnati is bewailng her ina
bility to appropriate a million and three-quar-
tcrs for Park and a Southern railroad con-
nection, aud is pctitoning the Legislature to
give her Council power in the premises. 1t
may be added that the action in each case Is
quite contrary to the previous habits Of the
respective cities
Year: 1868

The Paris Moniicur, which has been in turn
the official organ of al the Governments OF
France since the first Revolution, will soon dis
continue that relation. AS it is the property OF
a private party, and owes its official character
merely to n contract with the Government
Louis Napoleon prefers to have his own paper
and has therefore concluded to establish new
organ, which will be owned as well as edited
by the Government. The French Tribunal have
inst decided that the official paper has not The
Ii,ht TO assume the name Nonjteur
Year: 1868

The approach of the time for taking the next
deeennial Census suggests to the politicians at
Washington the question whether, under the
Fourteenth Article of the Constitution, the
States of Kentucky and Missouri, while refusing
suffrage to their negro population. will still be
entitled To their present representation In Con-
gress We venture 20 suggest 10 the Clerk OF
the House that the question may arise sooner


The State of Kentucky now has nine Repre-
sentatives being the number appOrtioned on
the basis of her whole population. One-ffth of
that population is disfranchlsed by reason Of
color. The Fourteenth Article Of the COnstitu-
tion says when the right To vote at any
"election for the choice of electors for Prcsi-
"dent or Vice President . is denied to any
" of the male inhabitants of such State, being
twenty years Of age and citizens OF the
United States, or in any way abridged, ex-
:" "cept for participation III rebellion or other
crime, the basis Of representation therein shall
be reduced in the proportion which the number
"of such male citizens shall bear to the whole
number of male citizens, twenty-One years Of
cage, in such State" The members of the
House from Kentucky were chosen after the
adoption of this article, and in full view of its
provision. Yet if the basis be reduced as the
Year: 1868

LOST TIME.-Lat any man pass an
evening in vacant idleuess, or even in
reading some silly tale, and compare the
state of his mind when he goes to sleep, or
gets up next morning, with its state some
other day, when he has spent few hours
in going through the proofs, by facts and
reasoning, of some OF the great doctrines
in natural science, learning truths wholly
new 10 him, and satisfying himself by
careful examination Of the grounds on
which known truths rest, 80 as to be not
only acquainted with the doctrines them
selves, but able to show why he believes
them, and to prove before others that they
are true, and he will find great difference
between looking back upon time unpro6t.
ably wasted and time spent in selfimproye-
ment. lie will feel, ip one case, listless
and dissatisfied; IN the other, comfortable
and happy. In the one case, if he did
not appear to himself humble, at least be
will not have earned any claims to his own
respect; in the other case, he will enjoy q
proud consciousness Of having by his own
exertions become a wiser, and, therefore, a
more exalted nature. #' ",
Year: 1868

How TO KEEP MEAT PaEsr
Simply immerse it in buttermill,
This will keep 1t for several days.
when the milk should be changed.
and fresh milk substituted. In this
way beef, veal, etc., can be kept for
several weeks; and it will be as sweet
and fresh at the end of that time as
when first put in. Our butcher fur
nished us with the receipt. The
whole neighborhood is now saving It's
meat in this way. 1t is equally eff


acious in the hottest weather.
Year: 1868

EN NJ PERRY, the old and experienced Den
n tist ofOrleans County is still at Barton,
and in readiness TO attended to all work pertain
ing to his profession in a prompt and efficient
manner. Also to extract teeth without pain, by
the use of Nitrous Oxide Having one of the
best Apparatus in use. Charges reasonable as
those Of any respectable Dentist. Please call.
Advice gratis.


Rarfnn Oct d. 1851.
Year: 1868

The Fall meeting of the American Jockey
Club begins to-day. The Spring meeting was
hardly up to the usual mark, but the races oil
this week promise to be unusually brilliant.
The entries are numerous, and the stables are
filed with first-class horses. The weather is
fue, and the track will probably be in good
condition. The Club has provided for such
variety Of sport as has never been offered at
any race-meeting on this continent. The
Jockey Club meetings have grown into
popular favor, and there will undoubt-
cdly he very large attendance Since
the last meeting new code of rules has
been adopted, which has drawn severe comment
from Wilkes Spirit and other frst-cla racing
authority; but the new regulations are evidently
a marked improvement upon the old. and are
calculated TO put damper on all swlndling
operations by INSCRIPTIONS patrons OF the turf.
If the pOol-selling and book making could be
squelched, the sport would be placed on an
unobjectionable basis; but if people will gamble
on the speed Of horse, OF the skill Of jockey.
Year: 1868

They have n pleasant way Of dealing with
United States soldiers in Texas. Unfortunately
perhaps for the country, they didn't see very
many OF them during the war; and 1t now
seems to the Texans that the proper thing TO
do with soldiers presuming to interfere with
their little diversions with the negroes is to
put them in jail. A Frcedmcn's Bureau agent
there, who lately undertook to protect some
negroes from a mob by the aid of the soldier,
under his command, has since concluded to
come North. He and his soldiers were both
put III Jail, and they only owed their deliver
ancc to the fact that a considerable body of
cavalry. passing that way, happened to hear Of
their Imprisonment.
Year: 1868

The President of the Provisional Junta OF
Madrid has resigned, and has been succeeded
by Aguirre, who has appointed Serrano Cen
eral-in- Chief Nothing is said about the cause
Of the change or its political significance. The
fact that Madoz is Progressist, and Serrano
the leader of the Liberal Union, may indicate
the beginning of disagreement between the
two great parties to whose coalition the early
success of the revolution and the expulsion OF
Queen Isabella is due. The refusal of Olozaga,
another chief of the Progrcssists, to accept "a
place in the new Cabinet, may point in the
same direction.
Year: 1868

We do not know that THOMAS A. JENCKEs
is. or could BE- induced to be, candidate for
reelection to Congress from Rhode Island; we
do know that he has initiated reform that
ought to be perfected. His Civil Service bill
ought to become a law-possbly with modfca-
tions, but the principle is righteous and i'm
portant. The time and patience OF good men
are squandered in listening to the appeals of
office seekers who aspire to places that they
could not presume themselves fit for if that
bill were law. Hence, we trust that Mr..
Jcnckes will go back to Congress. We want
that Civil Service bill passed. for the country's
sake for our friends, and our own. And we
fear it will not pass unless It's author is in the
next Congress to explain and commend it. No
such measure is ever perfected at short
session,
Year: 1868

We are panied to learn from our Washing
ton dispatch that the Democratic brethren are
not well pleased with the political prefer ences
Of the Secretary of War of this Democratic Adj
ministration for Gen. Grant. Let us exhort
them to harmony. We tried to get them to
keep another man in the War Department, but
they wouldn't. Now that they have secured
the man of their choice, away with these fam
ily broils, and let us have peace.
Year: 1868

Our delightful Southern Associated Press has
discovered fresh cause for terror -Four thou
sand stand (by its count of arms are at
Memphis. 1t is sure they are meant for
Arkansas negroes, and it greatly rejoices that
not steamboat can be found that for love or
money will carry them. "Put none hut Rebels
q" on guard now" is their Improvement on a
somewhat noted old motto
Year: 1868

On our second page may be found the docu-
meptary proofs of the account recently given
in The TRIBUNE Of the sad case of Bridget
OGOrman. Having vindicated the accuracy of
our previous statements, we gladly dismiss the
unpleasant subject
Year: 1868

mend to the Democratic journals the motto To-
the letter of their late candidate which the
Boston Autocrat has furnished them


Like that strange missile that the Australian throws


Yonr verbal boomer ang slaps you the nose
Year: 1868

A farmer Of much skill and experience
gives ss his opinion that such winter ss
We have beer having is a natural prelude TO
an abundant fruit year. The ground has
been steadily frozen and covered ~ith snow
free from the alternate freezings and
thawing which are Injurious to the fruit
buds
Year: 1868

Section l. The chief executive
power Of this State shall be vested in
Governor, who shall hold his office
for four years.


Sec. 2. The Governor shall be cleo,
ted by the qualified electors Of the
State The returns of every election
for Governor shall be sealed ulo and
transmitted to the seat Of Govern
Year: 1868

The first of June is the limit of the
time allowed to those desiring to take
advantage of the Bankrupt Law. For
the benefit of those who do not under
stand the law, we furnish the follow
ing abstract;


Who may take advantage of this law
Amy person, or firm, who owes debts to
the amount of three hundred dollars or
upward, whether they be individual or
partnership debts, or both, and it makes
no difference what is the character of
the Indebtedness, whetherit be by bill,
note, account, judgment, as principal,
or surety, or otherwise. What does
the law demand of the applicant?


That he shall surrender his property,
except such as is hereinafter mention
ed, to his creditors, for a pro-rata dis
tribution among them.


What does the law permit the appli-
cant to keep?


First-Household and kitchen furni-
ture and necessaries to the amount of
FIVE hundred dollars.


Second-The uniform, arms and
equipments of any person who is, or
has been, a soldier in the militia or
United States.


Fourth-If the applicant is the head
of family, his homestead, to the value
of five hundred dollars. If he has no
homestead, then in lieu there of money
or other personal property, to the
value of $500.


If the applicant has only so much
property as above enumerated, of
course he has nothing to give up to his
creditors.


The result OF the benefit of taking
this law is a discharge from all indebt-
edness.


In cases where there is no contest, it
requires from sixty to ninety days to
procure this discharge.
Year: 1868

of dog. She had often hallooed in
hope that some hunter, or some settler
might be within the sound of heryoice.
But no, nothing could she hear but the
bird of night, and the echo of her own
voice. She knew that those roads were
Infested with bears, wolves, and other
| ferooious animals. But there she was
and she must submit. Before it be-
came dark she found the hollow of a
fallen tree, into which she could crawl.
This would protect her from getting
wet. and also be some protection from
wild beasts. With a blanket, which
she had upon her saddle, she made
herself that night a comfortable resting
place.


With the light of Thursday morning,
she again started with fresh courage to
find her way out somewhere. Il was
still cloudy. She had hoped to see the
sun, that She might have a guide, to
enable her to travel in one direction
But this guide she could not have. She
would sometimes ride, at othrs walk
and allow her horse to feed. For her
self she had nothing to eat. She now
had been q hours without eating, nor
did she feel much hungry-her whole
intent and efforts were to get out. All
this day she wandered, yet full of hope
that she could find some creek or road,
or hear an axeor rifle. But through
all this long day she could hear moth
ing, except the chirping and singing of
birds. Night again came, and with it
the dread conclusion that she must
spend another night in that dismal
forest. She now found place where
there had been fire, for there were
ashes. This was some consolation to
her. Here she encamped the second
night, with nothing for her bed but her
saddle and blanket.


Friday morning arrived with no spe-
cial disturbances. 1T was still cloudy.
and she could not be guided by the sun.
Still she resolved to perseYere in her
efforts to get out. All of Friday was
spent in travelling, with the hope of
finding some creek or clearing, or some
thing which might be followed and
lead her out. But all these efforts were
in vain. The day was showery; she
became wet, gloomy and sad. In this
situation she came to miry place
The horse sank in the mud, so deep
that she let him go. The horse strug-
gled from root to root, and finally got
upon hard ground. had good cour-
age, said she, until then. Here came
to the conclusion that 1 would keep
my horse no longer. | supposed that
the instinct of the horse would lead
him, either to Green or Bloomfield. l
therefore fastened the bride in such a
way that should the horse 90 to any set
tlement, it would lead to a search for
me. But the horse would not leave
her. He would feed around, sometimes
three or four hours out of eight, and
then return. Night again approached
while she was endeavoring to Gnd a
place of rest and security from wild
animals. She found a tree broke off
some eight feet above the ground, with
the butt end still resting upon the
stump, with the top upon the ground.
The ascent was easy and the highest
point afforded place of security. The
ground below it was dry and its size
afforded her a good shelter from the
rain. This she made her resting place
for Friday night.


To be CoHtimed.)