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Year: 1868

HouGH's TRIPLE COMBINATION SHOw-On
Friday, May Goth, Manager G. A. Hough will
visit Ottawa with his great variety show and
mammoth troupe of performers, and remain in
tho city two days, giving performance under
his new and spacious Pavilion at o'clock each
day and also at 8 in the evening. This show ia
everywhere endorsed as superior to all other ex-
hibitons that are given under a canvass, and is
meeting with the most liberal patronage wher-
ever it goes. The advertisement will be found in
this weeks paper.
Year: 1868

1t has now become an established fact that
Wirick & Hill are selling goods lower than any
other lsuse in Ottawa That is the reason their
store is ut all times crowded to the utmost ca
pacity with customers. There is no mistake
about it, you can save money by buying your
goods at Wirick Il HIS
Year: 1868




A WAsHISGToS special says: "lu
response to the inquiry of the House to-
day, the Controller Of the Currency says
he has reliable Information that National
Banks are not in the habit of losing
their money in fancy stocks Of fictitious
values BE further says be is not able
to reply afirmatively that be knows the
officers Of the banks are not engaged in
speculative operations, having no
authority under the Law to investigate
private or personal transactions Of bank
officers; but common prudence on the
part Of bank directors and stockholders
would forbid the retention in Office Of 8
person 50 engaged"
Year: 1868

A RIVAL OF THE TELEGRAPH.-Two OF the
London papers that felt that they could not
rely upon the telegraph, sent two carrier pige-
ons to the scene of the late Oxford and Cam
bridge boat race. Upon the leg of one of them
was tied slip of paper on which was written
Oxford has won" while on the other was
similar slip announcing the victory oil oam-
bridge, it being the intention to dispatch one
or the other bird, as the result of the race
might determine. Oxford won, as all the
world knows; but somehow the Cambridge
bird got out of his basket and accompanied
his mate to London, leaving the editors in as
much doubt as the telegraph could possibly
have done.
Year: 1868

A GOOD, CONVENIENT RENT OF six or seven
fArooms, within ten minutes walk of the Po It Office,
for small family. Any person having good ten
ement, please call at the Counting Room ofthe Press
Year: 1868

marches, or rather rides; for many Of
our army wagons, loaded with provisions
at Fort Leavenworth for three months,
had gradually become sufficiently empty
to take live load, and thus we were
able to proceed On our journey SO much
faster. d3sl -1A 90 .


1t was a fine sunny morning, whenwe
arrived at Trinidad, a town situated on
the Purgatory river, which, although
still within the territory of Colorado, is
inhabited almost altogether by Mexi-
cans. The town is situated at the very
foot of the Rattoon Mountains, and pre-
sents very romantic appearance among
the quantity shaped mountains and hills,
generally bare and rocky at the top, but
interspersed with sufficient numbers of
trees, to impart to the scenery pleas
ant variety. The valley of the Purga-
tory river is very fertile, but the people
in that region have the reputation of be-
ing the most desperate horse thieves and
cut-throats within great distance
around. This is saying good deal, for
the Mexicans, half-breeds and despera.
does emigrated from more civilized re-
glons, and bringing along with them all
the vices of civilization, with none of
their virtues, make that whole country,
as far as population is concerned, any
thing but desirable to live in for a
man who is not accustomed to the
life of a savage. Previous to our cross
ing the Rattoon Mountains and entering
into the territory of New Mexico, we
were allowed a rest of two days,
of which we availed ourselves
for making purchases, in the town, of
such articles as we considered necessary
for the balance of our trip. There are
several pretty well assorted stores kept
by Americans and Germans and we
found more variety of goods, than we
had at first looked for. Our ascent of
the mountain commenced ON a beautiful
summer morning, and my next letter
will endeavor to give you a description
of that trip through one of the most ro-
mantle regions l have ever seen, not
excepting even the mountains of Switz-
erland and the Alps.
Year: 1868

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


Sec q. The Governor shall beelee-
ted by the qualified electors Of the
State. The returns of every election
for Governor shall be sealed up and
transmitted to the seat Of Govern
Year: 1868

The Detroit Adeatiser says: About
a year ago one Of our first business
men visited New York city, aud
while there ordered half a dozen
photographs Of himself, which he
distributed among bis friends in that
place. A few days ago be was sur
prised 10 find one Of these counter
felt resemblance in possession of the
family cook. An investigation into
the matter disclosed the fact that she
had received IL from a fortune-teller
in New York city, who had adver.
tised to send q correct likeness ol
any young lady's future husband, all
for. the sum Of fifty cents, which
amount the cook had remittcd, and
received her employers Likeness In
return.
Year: 1868

SOCIAL KINDYEss.-How sweet is
social affection! When the world is
dark without and we have no light
within! When cares disturb the
breast-when SORROWS brood around
the beart-when joy gathers in the
circle of love! We forget the world,
with all its animosities, while blessed
with, social kindness. That man can
not be unhappy who has hearts that
vibrate in sympathy with his own
who is eheered by the smiles Of aflec-
ton and the voice of tenderness,
Let the world be dark and cold-let
the hate and animosity Of bad men
gather around the place. business
but when be enters the ark of love-
his own cherished circle-he forgets
all these--the cloud passes from hi,
brow, and the sorrow from his heart


The warm sympathies ofbi wife ant
children dispel every shadow, and HI
feels thrill Of JOY in bis bosom, tha


words are not adequate to express
He who is stranger to the Joys o
social kindness, has not begun tolive
Year: 1868

ng- The Democrats are talking in a very significant way about the mortality that has prevailed among Presidents opposed to their views. The Cincinnati Eaquire. actually tries to make political capital out of it,

 Dissatisfaction, war murder, and terrible discord ara the natural accompanilnents of the Presidency when it is not in democratic hands. The people hereafter will remember the lessons of the past

 True-Whenever the Democracy have been beaten they have always been dissat- isfei, and they have occasionally had re- course to war and murder. If we elect Grant they may kill him as they did Lin coln; but isn't that a very queer, reason for voting against him? Put on Stanton for Vice-President, and we imagine the Gen erals life will be safe enough!
Year: 1868

note apologNinS for attendance at the John son meeting in New York, closed as follows:

 ''Exposed to storm of frantic denunciation and party abuse more severe than any President confronted before, and debarred from efficient support by tho nfelcity inseparable from occupy ing middle ground between exasperated factions :; abandoned by his own party and yet not adopted by his opponents-it has required moral courage and firmness, an unalterable will and conscien- tous devotion to an accepted trust, such as is sell dom seen, to stand like rock in such tempest"

 Which was the rock and which was the tempest. on the 22d of February. 1866?
Year: 1868

On Monday next, Andrew Johnson files hls answer to tue articles of impeachment preferred against him, and his trial will probably commence on the Wednesday fol- lowing.

 At the opening of the Court. on Friday, he demanded forty days time for prepara- lions, before even pleading to the indicts ment. His counsel seemed to consider an impeachment trial something in the nature of chancery shit, that might be protracted Tor at least an hundred years. The Senate viewed the matter differently and refused the Presidents request. They were undoubtedly right The trial of War ren Hastings before the British House of Lords, lasted eight years; it was tru- ly magnificent spectacle, but it was an utterly useless one. The American people do not want magnificent spectacles. what they want is business

 The evidence on the trial of the Presi- dent will be mostly documentary and will re- quire little time for it production in Court The great questions involved in this momentous trial are questions of fact, not questions of law-not what Andrew Johnson s acts have in point of fact been, bat whether he haaa constitutional right to do what ha has unquestionably done. Should the President really require time for procuring evidence it will uh- doubtedly be grentel him Regarding the law of his case, he can hardly need; time for prepartion. He does not appear to have talked or thought of any thing else for } ears.

 After the result of the New Hampshire election we do not imagine that the popu- larity of impeachment will be questioned. Neither the popularity nor the unpopular ity of such a measure ought to influence the action of the Senate-scarcely even that of the House. Nevertheless, when such a proceeding is not only just, but popular, 1t is certainly pleasant coincidence.
Year: 1868

= 1t was a wise Law of the ancient Jews
that the sons Of even their wealthiest men
should be obliged to serve an apprentice
ship 10 some useful occupation, SO that in
case of misfortune they might have some
thing to "iall back upon" The law still
exists in Turkey, where every man, even
the Sultan himself, must learn a trade
How fortunate would it be now had it been
a law in this country. "Woald to God 1
had a trade" is the cry of thousands of re-
turned aolders, North and South, who
find themselves ruined in pocket, with no
immediate prospect of gaining a livelihood.
It should teach parents that whatever else
they may give their sons, they should give
a good trade. One of our cotemporsries
most trutbfully remarks, that the popular
idea among the people is that all of their
sons should adopt clerksbiPs, and the
adoption Of the business of book keeping
as a means of obtaining = livelihood, and
every effort is made to give them an edu-
cation to that end, so far as the education of
their eh ildren in the science Of keeping
proper accounts is concerned, the idea is a
good one, as every young man should have
sufficient knowledge to properly keep his
own books should he ever embark in bust
ness; but to make bOok-kesPerS and clerks
of all our boys is grand mistake. Better
place them 10 a work shop. mill. or foun-
dry, where they can learn independent





employment, and peeuniary compensation
for which will be at least as much, if not
more, than the business of accounts. We
earnestly advise al parents to teach their
soEs trades, no matter what, so that it IS
an industrial pursuit and let US in the
future be spared the pain OF seeing SO many
stout, abls-bOdisd young men OFT of en-
plOymeDt, and seeking situations where the
pen only can be used.
Year: 1868

man that hath any truth n him, i'm
portaut to give to his generation, need not
much concern himself as to where be shall
speak it. With what twaddle about unap-
preciatsd genius are We frequently sickeR-
ed Young men part their hair in the
middle, roll down their collars, and 60 viii
ming among weak school misses about the
cold world. And others dream that if they
had only such a position in such a city,
such an editors place, such pulpit, such
theatre, of display, they would shake the
world. Many young preacher in an OBJ
csure country parish has this temptation.
Many young poet, who cannot secure a
publisher, goes into this fog. But it is all
a mistake. Il is shrswd old world with
which we have to deal, and it generally
unaPprec!ated genius, little worth keeping
that the world allows itself to lose, and no
uttered sentence worth remembering has
ever been forgotten. The world may ap-
preeiate some things too highly for a sea-
SOB, but in the long run, the value of all
Ghings comes TO be aseertaiped. Go, walk
up and down in the wilderness and say
your say, and cry your cry, and, just as sure
as the truth is in it, it will empty the city
and fetch the people to hear your voice, or
else God, Who has most special providence
of truth, will set you and your cry down in
the very heart of that city, to shake it.
Away with your talk about not being ap-
preciated. Whenever a man in any socie-
ty talks about his talents being neglected,
We may be sure that they deserve to be
neglected.
Year: 1868

Frederick Kemp writes from the silver
mines Of Montana to the Journal of Health,
giving the following hint in reference to
bald -headedness.:


A friend of mine who had the misfortune
to be bald headed, knowing that there was
a wonderful invigOrating power in the suns
rays, last spring threw away his hat, aud
worked in the gulch all the spring, sum
mar and fall bare headed, and also for the
first few days at mid day. For few days
the rays of the hot sun on his head were al
most unendurable after that time he .ex.
perenced no uneasiness whatever.


The result was that in the fall be had a
good head of hair. And in this expert
ment he was not alone. Several of his sc
quaintauces who were bald headed having
followed his plan, they we're all fortunate
enough to experience the same result
The editor adds that similar ease came
under his own observation, and processes
to have no doubt that exposure Of the
skin to the cir and sunshine, under proper
circumstances. stimulates it to a healty ae-
ton. and with it those glands upon which
the growth of the hair depend"
Year: 1868

SIEGULAR SAsACITY IN BULL.-A little
boy, while hsrding cattle on a farm near
Balbeggis, was suddenly attacked by bull
and tossed to the distance of some yards.
The bull was following up the attack when
It suddenly dssisted. On hearing the
screams Of the boy, the animal vent up
and licked him all over, With marks sf
kindness and recognition Of al old aequaih-
tancs The boy had put on strange up
per garment to protect him from the rain,
aud the bull thus mistaking him for q
stranger, fatal result had nearly taken
place, but for the animal rscOniziBg the
well known voice Of the kind boy.
Year: 1868

Four men have been arrested ia Nsw
York for carrying on a diStillery on board
a ship. They would take in a cargo of
material, make short cruise during which
the still was Opsrated. and then raturn
With spirit
Year: 1868

HTDRoPHoBIA.-Ah sged German forest
keeper, Who is on the verge Of death. has
published secret cure for hydrophobis,
which be says he has used with success Cor
ffty years, saving many men sod animals
from horrible death. The wound must
be bathsd as soon as possible with warm
vinegar and water, and when this has dried
drop little muriatic acid upon the wouud
which will destroy the poison Of the saliva
and relieve the patient from danger. This
cure appears in the LsipsiO Journal, and
We give it as we found Is
Year: 1868

Morning again!" and the weary.
wasted invalid lifted his head from the
pillow and looked pititully over the dim
room. 80, that the night had been long
err" To the wretched, sleep is dear.
" My wife-my darling babies must
they freeze and starve p And with
tears gushing from his eyes, the pale man
buried his head in the scanty covering
and groaned aloud.


It was no wonder that he was out of
heart on that cold, dark December day.
At best he had a hard struggle to get
food, and for the past six months the
struggle had been almost desperate, for
his wife had been unable to assist him in
the least, being confined to her bed with
q slow wasting disease. His little daugh-
ter Maria, pretty child Of twelve, kept
the room tidy, and herself and two lit
tie brothers, like wax BY the aid Of
her mothers whispered directions, she
also managed TO do up the weekly wash
ing and ironing.


"My little sunbeam the father fond
ly called her, while the mother would
say. in her low, sw eet tones, sour angel"


One night, the young sckeeper
waited until it was pitch dark for her
father to come home to frugal supper,
and then, with fearful forebodings at her
heart, undressed the little boys and put
them to bed, and tied on her hood and
cloak to go for him. 4 crowd was at
the very threshold. With wild cry,
she rushed toward the inanimate form
they carried upon the board. 1t was her
father brought home with broken leg.


A week had passed since this misfor-
tune. By the sale of their few pieces
of furniture, the wolf had been kept
from the door. But now, nothing re-
mained save the coarse bed on which
the distressed ones slept. No coal for
the little CRATE; no tea for the feveIish
lips, no crust for the famished children
What should be done?


1t was question little Maria asked
Year: 1868

a Vicksburg paper warns til demo-
Gratis, If they wish to secure the South
ern vote, to organize under some other
name, as their present designation s.in
the opinion of vast majority of the
people, is synonymous with secession,
which the people hold was the cause of
all onr troubles"
Year: 1868

The proprietor of this celebrated medicine
Justly claims for it superiority over all RENE
dies ever offered TO the public tor the sGTe, GER
tain speedy and permanent cure of Ague and
Fever and Chiils and Fever, whether OF mort
or long standing. He refers to the entire
Western and Southwestern country to bear
him testimony to tde truth of the assertion,
that in no case whatever will 1T fail TO cure,
if the directions are followed and carried out
In great many cases single dose has been
sufficient for cure and whole families nave
been cured by a single bottle, with perfect
estoration of the general health. 1t ls, now
ever. prudent. and in every ease more certain
to cure if Its use is continued for week or
two after the disease has been checked, more
especially in difficult and long standing cases.
usually. this medicine will not require any aid
to keep the bowels in good order should the
patient however, require eathartie medicine,
after having taken three or four doses OF tne
Tonic, single dose of BULLS VEGETABLE
FAMILY PILLS will be sufficient


DR.. JOHN BULLS Principal Office:


No. 40 Fifth Cross Street.


LOUISVILLE, KY.


All OF the above Remedies for sale by


q ALL DRUGGISTS a


Oe10t d&w1y
Year: 1868

land in the HIGHEST STATE OF IMPROVEMENT. it
is divided into five fields, all under good fencing
and well watered. The soil is we'll adapted to
the growth of fruit and grain. There is thriv-
ing
Year: 1868

such as are generally kept in a country store.


respectfully invite the citizens of Odessa and
vicinity to call in, and examine my prices and
you will fpd that they will compare with the
lowest city prices.
Year: 1868

THE BALLOON ToUENANENT.-At dusk on
Sunday evening the rival balloons "Grant'
and Seymour started from the opposite
side of the river on their emulous race. At
the first burst "Seymour" rose rapidly,
evidently because there was little weight
Ubout it. Grant," however, sure and
steady, began TO gain on his antagonist,
anl when last seen the contestants were
soaring on at equal heights.


The result can ibe only conjectured.
Grant for aught known may still be going
on; but early yesterday morning, away
back in the fields, the debris of burned
balloon was discovered with nothing to
indicate its identity except the letter S
and the letters OUR close together with a
burnt space between them and the S.


Sour. Is this ominous of the feeling
which will pervade Democrats and rebels
when the result of the Presidential election
is known
Year: 1868

REGISTERED OATHs BRoKEN.-In the year
1860 Nelson Tate registered an oath that he
would love, protect, and cherish the girl Of
his choice. How well he kept his oath and
how well he broke it is now registered in
Judge Bccker's court. The wife now sWears
that he does not support or protect her,
and that when he recently tried in vain to
borrow money from her he knocked her
down and violently iLtreated her. In life
he must answer before the Criminal Court,
and after life he Will have more to answer
for than his broad shoulders can carry. He
will then go to the left hand among the
other goats.


Here is another, but complainant is the
husband. Morris Meyers complains that
his wife Ann has left him and gone into
the rough ways of prostitution in house
on Basin street. The history Of this case is
about as follows: Morris failed, in conse-
quence of some cause to us unknown, to in
any way provide for his wife and children.
Hunger and other pressing necessities drove
the poor wife to the last extremity woman
can go, but she left the city and made her
home in small village in the I.afourche
country, from which place she almost
weekly sent to her husband the money she
had gained by her shame. One week hav-
ing failed to procure money she could moi
send any, and he then want after her, but
remained only one day. Since then she has
been able to obtain little or no money
and now this fellow goes before {
magistrate and swears that the woman h
did not support is prostituting herself
swearing that she left him without cause o.
provocation. If there is any merit in Judgt
Lynch's law, it might be applied in his case
and this community not be outraged. HI
will appear in the First District Recorder
court on the twenty.third instant agains
the woman he once took for better or worse
He will be sight to see.
Year: 1868

ExPLANAT1oN.-on the eighteenth instant
a notice appeared in the Times to the effect
that the body of man drowned in Bayou
st. John had been floating near the mouth
of the bayou for three days, and as some
evil.disposed persons had been circulating a
report that the Coroner would not hold an
inquest on the body because it was col,
ored man, the Coroner requests us to state
that he received no notice of the drowning
other than that which appeared in the
Tines, and on that notice he repaired in
mediately and held an inquest.
Year: 1868




CoRoNER's INQUEST Coroner Avila held
an inquest yesterday on the body of Ran
dolph Lukes or Lux, who our readers will
remember was assaulted by two men while
stepping out of a Canal street car near
johnson street on the eleventh instant, and
severely wounded in the hand, from the
effects of which he died on Sunday last.
The parties who committed the assault have
not been apprehended, neither has any clue
been obtained as to their identity, although
Mr.. Lukes stated before his death that were
they brought before him he could recognize
them at once. There being no testimony
other than that of the deceased before his
death, the Coroner's jury rendered the fol.
lowing verdict: That deceased Randolph
Lukes came to his death from wound re.
ceived in his left hand by some pointed in
strument in the hands parties unknown
to the jury-said wound resulting in teta-
nus from the effactsI of which he died
Every effort has been made to obtain in
formation which should lead to the detec.
tion of these thugging midnight assassins,
and it is hoped they will speedily be brought
to justice. Deceased leaves a wife and three
children. He was .one of the most artistic
painters in this country, and doubtless
many of our readers have often admired his
wonderful portraits and hkenesses. on fine
dinner sets that have been exposed in win.
dow on Chartres street, these specimens
which we speak of are most extraordinary,
and perhaps there are not hundred men in
the world who can excel his productions.


SuIcIDE.-0n Sunday the inhabitants in
and around No. 10 Customhousc street
were thrown into the greatest CONSERVATION
by the report that the dead body of man
named A. Gsussour was lying in room in
the third story of that building.


It appears that Mr.. Caussour for several
years had rented room over the drug
store, No. ll9 Customhouse street, and he
being naturally quiet and Withal an hon
est man had been allowed to use pass'key,
as he often remained out after the store was
closed at night. Sometimes he was not seen
TO GO in or out for several days in
succession, and consequently when he
disappeared on the seventeenth instant
nothing unusual was thought of it until
Sunday, when very offensive odor was
discovered ! Or about the house, and search