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Year: 1867

The GAS QUEsTIeN.-The public will be
gratified to read the concise and comprehen.
sive report of the committee on the gas
question, which asserts the rights and digni-
ty of the city. The reduction in price is not
so much as some think ought to have been
made, and is more than others think should
have been made-a very good evidence that
the committee and the council have done
about right. Much credit is due Aid. o. J
has taken, without which the people would
have got no reduction at ALL
Year: 1867

MUDHEADATIvENEss.- is strange that
any person should be so wanting in common
sense as to suppose that an editor can safely
publish items of news, or other items of any
sort, sent to him in writing, without he
knows who sends them. Attaching anony'
nous signatures or initials to these items is
all right, for publication-but the real name
of some responsible person should also be
sent to the editor, as a guarantee of the gen


uineness of the communication. We are al


ways glad to receive any items of news, Oh
matters of interest to any neighborhood
where our paper is read but we beg of peo
pie not to be so stupid as to suppose that We
can safely publish anything sent to us, unless
we know who sends it. as .-s
Year: 1867

The undersigned has purchased what is known
as the Cobb & Whistler Store, opposite Court
Square, where be will be happy to- see the publia
generally and exhibit his great variety Of new and
second hand articles, too great to mention in de-
tail. Call and see his Of all sorts of
things. If you want anything go to Job Ross,
and you win be pretty sure to find it.
Year: 1867

Hsg All persons wishing bargains can obtain
them by calling at JOSEPH STEMS Dry and
Fancy Goods store, No: 1914, King street, where
he is selling off all his goods at and below cost
The sale will continue until the first of May
All will do we'll to give him q call as he is de-
termined to close out his entire stock, even at
great sacrifice. teD 2o-2m
Year: 1867

DEGs LEAVE to INFORM his FRIENDS and


ID the public at large, that he will keep on
hand fresh and full supplies Of all articles in the
provision line, which he will sell on terms to suit
the cash basis Of trade. liberal share OF pat
ronage is respectfully solicited, at bis stand on
Third street, iuly1
Year: 1867

"A little boy, on coming home from
church, where he had seen person per-
forming on organ, said to his mo.hsr
"Mammal wish you had been to church
10 day to see the fun! A man pumped
music out of an old cupboard"
Year: 1867

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There have been so many serious if not
fatal results from what are termed "prac-
teal jokes !" it is fully time that there was
something like punishment dealt out TO
those who still persist in them. A case Of
the kind is reported to us by officer She
han, of the third ward, it having taken
place in the district few days ago. We !,
give it a warning to those who delight in
practical jokes, and with the hopes that
the lesson will be one not soon TO be for
gotten. Some three weeks ago young
girl named Carrigan, living in the third
ward near the lake, was married. Her
husband was hard-working, Industrious
man, and the couple were very much at
tached to each other. A few days ago the
young wife was at work near the door of
her house, which opened out upon the
street leading to the place where her hus-
band was at work. Her thoughts can be
imagined by a conversation between two
of her neighbors who were watching her. I
Said one of them,


Do you see Kitty Carrigan. She's as
uneasy as fish when her new husband is
away. See, she's watching every minute
for him. Let's have some fun with Kitty
and scare her.


"Agreed," said the other, and the two
women, apparently very much excited,
went TO the door. Kitty was about to
greet them cheerfully, when she met the
excited looks of the women, which they
had put OF, and which startled her As
they did not speak, she asked:


What is the mater with you? IS any
harm come to any one +"


"Alas Kitty" said one of the women. !
"alas that we should have TO tell it on s
this, the third week Of your marriage n


The poor woman's frightened look
should have admonished the women that
it was dangerous for them TO carry their
joke further, but the spirit of mischief was
in them, and they both at once told the G
story a how the yo9ng hasbaad, Wills at
work On vessel, had faIla iato lhe riger
and was drowned, and woult soon be
brought home dead


The poor wife dii sot 6f mouaaf
ques e svs tQll her but i came "
her t lightning shoek. She gave
scream and vert INTO eonyglsions The
two women, frightened nj what ,hey, ..ae.
done, picked her up from the floor, where
she had fallen, and laid her upon the bed.
Medical attendance was at once summon
ed. but TIE poor wife was found to be very
badly off. All that day and all the night
she would no sooner recover from one fit
than she would be attacked by another
The presence Of her husband seemed to
aggravate her condition. On the second
day, weak and worn out, she sank into :
sort of lethargy, lying upon her bed, and
moaning and mu!tering as Il reason haa
deserted its throne. At this time there 4
little improvement in her coadisiou, end ,s
is feared now that if life is stored to bef
it will be at the expense of feasou. The
poor husband is nearly cr;sy from ibe
prostration of his wife, while .uo .oAea
who committed the foolish, not to say crim-
inal act, are suffering all the pangs of con-
science which would naturally follow their
act.-Mhcaukee Wisconsin,,


= The following scene is laid in first
class hotel: Traveller desire to be
called at six O'Clock. Cierk-(with 4 gold
chain)-If you will ring the bell at that
hour, one of the boys viii attend to your
case.
Year: 1867

From the Cincinnati Gazette of Wednesday,


Aaron Jones is still quietly going through
his daily process of training at Shady Grove,
and is said to be In an admirable condition.
Latterly he has been exercising with view
to improve his wind, and in this important
point it is believed he is fully up to the mark
His quiet and unassuming manners have
made him many friends, and while he has
all confidence in his capacity to win the
fight, there is not the slightest evidence of
"brag IN his conversation. He is faith
fully looked after by Mr.. Cusick, who is un-
questionably the best trainer In this country,
and perhaps in the world.


We hear that McCoole has lately been
paying more attention to his training, and Is
consequently improving in condition. Per-
haps he has awakened to a sense of the seri-
Gus job on hand, and don't feel quite so con
fdent Of his ability to polish of the English
man.


There is an erroneous impression which
we with others received, that McCoole Is
considerably the Junior of Jones Now, the
contrary is the fact The latter was born IN
1885, and McCoole in 1892, so that the more
gigantic combattant does not possess the
generally conceded advantage of juveniiity


The betting is somewhat mixed In St
Louis considerable money has been deposited
at odds Of one thousand to six hundred dol
lars on McCoole Here ne is the favorite
at one hundred to seventy-fve, while In
New York they are betting odds on Jones.


The fight will come of, if nothing inter
venes to prevent it, on the 3lst of this month,
and we believe that the river trip has been
abandoned, and that the ground selected for
the mill will be reached by railway. As
the day draws near the excitement increases,
and however much the moral sense of pro
prIety may be shocked, there is no question
that the affair is the prominent topic of in
terest Of the day.


1t is contemplated to get up an entertain
ment for the benefit Of Aaron Jones, within
a week or ten days, at Mozart Hall, upon
which occasion he will put in an appearance
IN fighting costume, and set-t0 with a scien-
tifc amateur.
Year: 1867

groesl not loving labor at any time, VIII pre-


Ter ldieness, when they find that viii pay


better than industry.


The price which the crop of this season


will bear is q mattes of interesting conjee-


ture. The present price Of cotton is about


tEFenty-tOur cents Ia New ork for middlings


Some suppose that cotton will further de-


cline, and, in another year range from ten to


twelve cents, specie, as It did In the year OK


two previous to the war. Mr.. David Akin


son, and there is no better authority, argues
that IN two or three years, at furthest the


supply of cotton from all parts Of the world
viii exceed the demand On the other hand,
it may be asserted that cotton is now grown
at a loss IN this country, in Egypt, in India,
and IN Brazil If the SUPPLY exceed the de.
mand and cause a decline IN price, that will
soon regulate itself by a diminished supply.
Prices are not going back TO the rates of SIX
or eight years ago. There has been gen-
eral rise Of prices since, from the increase
of the quantity of money IN circulation,
whether com or paper.


The Southern States may not be able, IA
our present political and financial condition,
to complete with other cotton regions IN the
market of the world. They VIII complete
and excel Ia quality, but It may be doubted
whether they can produce the article aS as
low a price


1t Is, however, the hope and conFic5loh OF
many, that after some further time and more
practical experience, labor and capital viii
be adjusted to the cotton culture, and that
the culture win also be aided by liberal leg
islation and much needed agricultural lm-
provements. Should this hope be verified
the South may again possess a practical and
beneficial monopoly Of the cotton market OF
the world But the manufacturing interest
Of England does not so recognize it.


So far from again depending upon the
United States for a supply of four millions
of bales of cotton year, the Manchester
Association apprehends another cotton crisis
here The alienation Of black labor from
the cotton fields, and political uncertainties,
will, it is feared, still further reduce the an
nuai product Of cotton. Perseyering efforts
are therefore made to increase the cotton pro-
duct of India and Of other countries.


The decline in the price Of cotton since
the first of June last has been so great that
holders Of cotton have suffered severely.
There is not a large quantity of the last
years crop on hand, but it is very low, and
cotton dealers do not expect any eonsidera-
bic rise 1t has, however, touched its lowest
point for the present.
Year: 1867

The Sentinel, printed at Grenada, Miss,
thus refers to the cotton crop in that vicinity:


The reports which reach US from the coun-
try in relation to the cotton prospect Is not
at all encouraging. The reported damage
from the worm varies in magnitude IN differ
ent localities. It is represented by old
planters that two or three different kinds
are at work and the one that is doing most
damage is that known many years ago as the
army worm and which proved so disastrous.
Some fields are reported entirely stripped Of
foliage-others so reduced as to promise a
mere nominal yield. Their depredations
are becoming general in this district ofcoun-
try, and we fear the prOspecto Of few weeks
since, for a respectable cotton harvest, are
beyond realization.
Year: 1867

" Keeping Her Word. Miss Caroline
Brewer, aged about seventy years, died in
the Almhouse in Portland Maine on the
2Sth ulk She had been an inmate Of the
house for the last thirty years, and had not
spoken word in ali that time Having
been disappointed in love in early life, she
religiously kept her vow till her tongue was
paralvzed In death
Year: 1867

A while ago a farmer lost his wife, and
out of love for her memory called his estate
GlenmarY" A neighBor having met with
the same afliction and equally desirous of
keeping before him the image of his dear
departed, followed his example, and his
farm is now know by the name of "Glen-
betv
Year: 1867

Considerable discussion is being had in
the North and Northwest, upon PROPOSE
tion put forth by several leading journals, to
pay off the bonded debt of the United States
with greenbacks.
Year: 1867

The cause Of the present depression Ii.
The price OF pork is the sympathy it Is
obliged to sustain in the wool market -
The low price Of wool has led many sheep
farmers to dispose OF al their fat sheep
for mutton which being thrown upon the
market at low figures, has taken the place
Of pork to certain extent and forced
down the price Of pork to lis own level
Study the weekly reports ofthe New lelk
llyc stock market, and the influence Of al
our acat mari ITS, from the smallest VII
lagc in the west TO the largest cities Of the
land and they demonstrate this fact az
clearly as any commercial problem can be
demonstrated so that tariff oD wool is
Just as much tariff on bristles as If 50
named in the bill All our industrial in
terests are So nicely doyetailcd that. strike
the system where ycu will. the effect O.
the blow is felt ihrough hout the whole body;
and by giving yigor to Que leading intcs>
est and yoa give vigor to the whole
Oh o Farmer.
Year: 1867

1t is not great wealth, nor high station
watch makes man happy. Many Of the
most wretched beings on earth have both
but it is radiant sunny spirit, which
knows how to bear little trials and to enjoy
the little comforts, and which thus extracts
happiness from eveay incilent Of life
Year: 1867

TIE TRADEs.-Last night, at the regular
mpetlng or the house-painters. they adopted
resolutions of thank to sixteen bosses who
nave adopted the eIght-hour Saturday rule.


lhe pldsterers held a meeting last mig ut and
organized an association. A motion was made
To demand 81 per day after the Ist Of June
tne consideration OF which was postponed to
the next meeting.


The carpenters meet tonight to take action
as TO demanding higher wages
Year: 1867

A correspondent of the London Stand
ari sends the following copy of a curious
epitaph. taken from 4 memorial in the
churchyard of Lydford, in Devon:
Here lies in horizontal position
The OUTSIDE case of
George Routleigh, matchmaker
Whose abilities in that line were an honor
To his profession,
Integrity was the man spring
And prudence the regulator
OF all the actions OF his life:
Humane, generous and liberal,
His hand never stopped
Till he had relieved distress.
So nicely regulated were all his actions
That he never trem wrCny
Except when set Il gong


BY people


Who did not know


His key;


Even then he was easily


Set right again.
He had the art of di.posing his ta.e


So well
That his hours glided away
In one continual r0mld
OF pleasure and delight,
Till an unlucky minute put period TO


His existence.
He departed this life l4th November, $50:


Aged 81.


Wound ap
In hopes of being taken in hgud


BY his Maker,
And of being thoroughly cleared, repaired


and set a going


In the world to come.
Year: 1867

By the lake where dropped the willow
Row. vessels, row;
want to be an angel,


And jump Jim Crow.
An old crow sat on hickory limb,
None knew him but to praise;
Let me kiss him for his mother,


For he smells of Schweitzer kase.
The minstrel to the war has gone,


With the banjo on his knee;
He woke to hear the sentries shrek,
There's light in the window for the,
A frog he would wooing 20.


His hair was curled to kill:
lie used to wear an old gray coat.
And the sword of Bunker Hill:
Oft in the Silly night,


Make way for liberty! he cried;
won't go home till morning,


With Peggy by my side.
am dying, Egypt, dying,


Susannah don't you cry;
Know how sublime thing it is
10 brush away the blue tailed tly.
The boy stood on the burning deck,
With his baggage checked for Troy ;
One of the few immortal names.
His name was Pat Mulloy.
Mary had little lamb,


He could tale unfold;
He had no teeth to eat hoe cake.
As his spectacles were gold.
Lay on. lay on Madcutf,


Man wants but little here below,
And I'm to be queen OF the May.
So kiss me quick and go.
Year: 1867

There are to be two equal suffrage
conventions in New Jersey, one on the
4th of June and the other on the 23d of
July, owing to disagreement among the
members of the republican state COM
mittee.
Year: 1867

We observe that quite a num-


Der of our Arkansas exchanges


are very bitterly opposed to ac-


cepting the conditions of the re-


construction bills. We deeply


sympathize with the feelings


which lead to that sort of utter


ance, because they spring from an


indignant sense Of oppression, and


from the logical certainty that


those bills are in violation of all


law, and directly contrary to the


American theory of government.


But a moments reflection will
convince those who are urging


this opposition that they are fight


ing all air castle. They can't ac-
cept those bills. If they could
then we would join in rejecting
them with scOrn. The Southern
people were not consulted as to
the passage of them, and they
arc not now consulted as to wheth-
er they shall go into effect. The
hypOcritical pretence contained in
the bills themselves that they are,
is as base a peice Of political Jug
glery as ever disgraced the halls
Of legislation. Congress has as
plainly declared that the Govern
ment shall be recognized under
those bills as if it had said so in
so many words. In truth, that
body has completely revolutinized
the government and now, support
cd by the army and navy and the
great body of the Northern peo-
pie, rules supreme. 1t is a cor
rupt and rotten oligarchy, and
has usurped all the powers of the
government.


The question then is not wheth-
ed we will accept their terms, for
they offer us none, and have de
cided and fixed the matter with
out consulting us about it. Let
us then cease discussing as to
whether we will or will not accept,
as it is matter with which we
are not permitted to have any
thing to do, andscome to the real
question before us, and that is
shall the people of Arkansas, who
are permitted to participate in the
reorganization Of the State, refuse
to act or take part in the matter,
and suffer it to fall entirely into
the hands of a few interlopers and
renegades. Under this view of
the case, while we are one of the
disfranchiSed, we have no hesita-
tion in advising every true South
ern man who can take the oath to
do 50 and register; and we would
further advise all such to take suf-
ticient interest in the matter, to
give the true people of the State
a controlling influence in the Con-
ventiOn. Whether we will do this
or not is the only question really
open. Everything else is settled
for us and without our consent or
acceptance Columbia County
Ark Nindicator.
Year: 1867

U In reply to note from q
Farmer enquiring "what we ought
to do?" Major Jonas of the Aber-
deem (Miss) Examiner, says


''Do your duty to yourselves,
and that will fulfill your whole
duty to your country. Plant
Compliant lots of it-make sure
of your bread for the coming
year, and he will be the wisest
and most prOvidcnt of us all, who
plants for double the amount of
corn he expects to need. Do not
live another year in a state of de-
pendcnce characteristic of those
who have empty cribs. Think as
little about politics as possible,
and gathering your little ones
about YOU on rainy days, teach
them to admire and emulate all
that was noble and patriotic and
honorable i'll the career OF those
who have given the South glori-
GUS story, and teach them that it
is better to endure wrongs than
to commit them or abet them.


''If you have no good schools
in your neighbOrhoods, establish
them at once. If you lack teach
crs apply for MANNED Confeder-
ates to take charge of them YOU
can find teachers if you'll pay
them after you find them.


zone Of the greatest pcrils that
threatens in these dark days, is
that of tho Southern children
growing up in ignorance. This
danger must be guarded against
Ignorance and political depravity
go hand in hand.1
Year: 1867

% In the Northern States the
negro has no rights that the white
man is bound to respect. In the
Southern States, the white man
las no rights that the negro is
bound to respect Louisville
Journal.
Year: 1867

A young lady in FishkiIl


who had been engaged to be mar
ricd to a young man was placed in
a lunatic asylum to break up
the match, but she was soon after
wards released, and on hearing of
the marriage of the gentleman to
whom she had been engaged com
mitted suicide by shooting herself.
Year: 1867

U The services at Trinity
Church, in Cincinnati: recently,
were diversified by the explosion
of a lady's waterfall to the horror
OF the devout and the cdifcation
and astOnislimcnt OF all who wit
messed the catastrophe.
Year: 1867

y WAsniNcroS dispatch says that II has
been definitely ascertain,d that majority
of the Republican Members of Congress are
in favor of mixing the adoption of the
constitutional Amend nent the only and q
nal condition precedent of the restoration
of The States lately in rebellion.
Year: 1867

A New York paper announces
that This being the "oii season." at
Grace church, people are not re.
ouired to come IN full dress; and,
Mr. Brown being out of the city, or
binary people may visit the church
during his absence.
Year: 1867

According to Milton, Eve kept
silent in Eden to hear her husband
talk said a gentleman to Il lady
friend and then added in melan-
choly tone, Alas there nave peen
no Eyes since because there have
been no husbands worth listening to
was the quick retort.
Year: 1867

There wasa "Topscy" in the police
court in Detroit, last Friday, in the
shape Of colored girl who was
called to take the witness stand.
She surveyed the witness box few
moments, and after mounting the
highest portion Of it that she could
find, directed the court to "go ahead
wild de sale,' evidently supposing
that she was to be sold.
Year: 1867

Threading the alley-ways. dark and damp,
BY the tiickering light of the feeble lamp,
Breaking the night with her ghostly tramp,


She totters along alone, alone.
From hovel TO hovel, from street to street,
She picks her passage through rain and sleet,
With not friend in the world to greet,
Not bonnet to wear, nor a morsel to eat,


Nor speck of earth to call her own.
Wearing her life out day by day,
Throwing her priceless soul away,
Stunning for very shame the ray


OF the sun of heaven-the glorious sun
Weary of life and afraid to die,
Afraid of the earth and afraid of the sky,
Afraid of the light, she knows not why.
She woos the night as she heaves sigh!


And thinks of race that is almost run.
Phantom of life and beauty fed,
Shadow uniting the quick and dead
knew her before her soul was wed


To the demon of hatred and despair;
knew her happy, thoughtless child,
A picture of innocence undetled,
When she prattled and laughed, and leaped
and smiled,
When her heart was pure and her spirits wild


And all her troubles light as air.
l knew her again in womanhood,
Whose beauty and wit none withstood,
Grand and lovely. yet gentle and good,


Admired and loved by the wise and great.
Perfect in all that grandeur lends
To native beauty; in all that sends
A thrill whenever the proud knee bends
The crowning gem of cluster of friends,
A queen IN soul and queen in statt.
know her now-yet l know her not!
Where all but praise from the senseless sot,
Where all that is pure is spurned, forgot,


nothing know but holy dread;
STEPPED in misery and disgrace,
The eye of man no more can trace
In the shattered form and shrivelled face
A single mark of their ancient grace


The frame is there but the woman is dead.
Shades of immaculate woman! when
Shall the curse of God come down on men
For woman's wrongss for not till then


Shall he atone for thy nameless woes,
When thy oppressor, unhoused. unfed.
Shall stalk the earth in terror and dread,
With a wreath of scorpions round his head,
To sting the wretch wherever he tread,
Till in uttermost hell he makes his bed,


He may pay part of the debt he owes.