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Year: 1869

So we are to have a negro suffrage
campaign. The New Constitutional
Amendment, giving negroes the right
to vote in every State in the Union,
passed the House of Representatives
last Saturday, by the necessary two
thirds majority, and will be voted up
on, in the Senate, during the present
week. The talk about coupling uhi-
veisal suffrage with universal amnes-
ty has amounted to nothing. Such
an amendment to the Constitution
would give every Southern. State TO
the Democrats, and that is the reason
why it has no support. 1t is asserted
that the Senate will make some slight
changes in the phraseOiogy of the
amendment, which will be concuFred
in by the House, and it will then be
sent to the State Legislatures for rati-
fication. 1t will require the vote OF
ten States to defeat it. We think that
the amendment will be rejected by
the following States: New Jersey,
Maryland, Delaware, Georgia, Ken
lucky, Ohio, California and Oregon.
Indiana and Missouri ana some OF
The Southern States would be doubtful


We believe that we know the senti-
ment Of Connecticut on this subject
Negro suffrage has not been so remar-
kably successful in the South, as to
make many'eonverts here. If direct
vote were taken, negro suffrage would
be defeated in this State, by not less
than ten thousand majority. The
votes of tha opponents of negro Suf-
frage would elect an overwhelming
majority Of our State Legislature
This Will be the leading issue of the
campaign, and the most important
question with which our State Legis-
lature will have to deal. The oppo-
nents Of negro suffrage will vote only
for such men as will oppose the rati.
fication of this amendment, because
this will be the only way of voting
against negro suffrage. It may be
that the ratification or rejection OF
this amendment will turn upon the
political complexion of the Connecti-
cut elections, and this viii give the
election q new and unusual Importance
Should Congress submit the amend
ment, as now seems probable, it wO'd
impart new life to the campaign and
give us thousands of votes, in April.
It must be submitted before the fourth
of March, or 1t cannot be submitted,
as the Democrats will be sufficiently
strong, in the next Congress to defeat
it, at the start. We hope our friends
will take warning now, and by devo-
ting themselves to the work which is
before them, give us double victory.
We can manage this suffrage question
very well, without any Interference
on the part of Congress. When our
people are convinced that negro suf-
frage is a good timing, they will not
hesitate to adopt it.
Year: 1869

The so called Radical gentlemen


who are quibbling about the words
they shall use in setting up a suffrage
amendment of the Constitution for the
Legislatures of the States to knock
down, would do well TO catch little
of the genuine radicalism of Charles
Sumner. In Offering his bill prOvi-
ding for suffrage in all the States to
every citizen, Irrespective of race or
color, as q substitute for the pending
constitutional amendment, Mr.. Sum
ner took the bold and lofty ground
that anything for human rights is
constitutions" This completely out
TANKS all the constitutional amend
ments to establish Haifc=En suffrage
Let the earnest and advanced Radio
ais come up to this exalted position,
and leave the fogieS behind them.


We expect to hear some captious
loiterer on the lower plane of cousti,
tutional Interpretation inquire wheth-
er suffrage is really one of the funda.
mental prerogatiYes of manhood
known as s'human rights" But we
shall not stop to parley with such peo-
pie. Let US have radical and thor
ough treatment of the whole subject,
or else severely let it alone Cfnciss-
n0ti Republican. .s..',
Year: 1869

We are at this moment oppressed
with an immense debt, with severe
and onerous taxation. Labor is i'll
enumerated, and is hard to be procu-
red even upon those terms. The
country is in trouble. Hundreds of
thousands of people who have had the
luxurtes of life are obliged to content
themselves with its bare necessities.
Many thousands who have had all the
necessaries are compelled to deny
themselves the pleasure of many OF
them.


Congress is in session. It is consid-
ering the welfare of the country


What does it do TO remedy it's evils ?


What are its measures to give work
to those who have it not, and better
remunerate those who are i'll reWar-
ded for their labor? How does it
propose to feed the hungry and assist
the laboring and middle classes?
. We will answer. 1t is by giving
the late negro slaves at the South the
ballot by an amendment to the Con-
stitution White laboring men at the
North, do you see how that will ben
eft you VIII the fact that the South
ern negro votes give you better wages
or more work? AS q measure of re-
lief Is it not an insult to you? If it is
not a measure of relief, would not the
time of Congress be better spent in
considering your physical necessities,
than in legislating for that which Is
cot a matter of any present exigency?
The negro may vote. but the North
ern laboring man will still have to
endure the af1ictions that now bese
him. He is not aided or benefited in
the least bV this addition of Ignorance
Yet that Is the only matter which,. in
the unexampled condition of the cOun-
try, seems to engage the attention and
consideration of Congress When the
Northern laborers are at the point of
beggary and starvation, the remedy
OF the Radicals is that the Southern
negroes shall vote - Gin. Enquirer.
Year: 1869

And pulseless and cold, with q Der
ringer by his side, and q bullet in his
heart, though still calm as in life, be-
meath the snow. lay he who was at
once the strongest and yet the weak
est of the outcasts of Poker Flats.
Year: 1869

On Monday evening the Buffalo express train left
Long Dock at the usual hour, $3.50, drawn by two
locomotives, in consequence OF the severe snow
storm. Just the train had crossed the bridge over
the Passaic river, Paterson, piece of the rail
was broken out or place, and the second engine and
three cars were thrown from the track Great con-
fusion prevailed for while, but II was dIscOv
cred that no one was injured, nor were the cars
much damaged, although thrown across the rails In
q manner TO completely blockade both up aud down
tracks. 1t was three O'Clock yesterday morning be-
fore the train was lifted upon tho track again, and
all travel IN botn directions was impeded for several
hours. In position exposed to the fun blast of the
furious storm, The employees had arduous task and
tae passengers mad some dniculty in Keeping COM
Portable. The rail is supposed to have been broken
by the frost Had the accident occurred ON the
bridge itself the result fs horrible to imagine.
Year: 1869


Radical party in the last election. The
Impeachment of Judge Frazier is an
other item In the expenditures for po-
litical purposes. II was to get that
fearless, ineOrruptible patriot out OF
the way, that Radiealism might run
riot I'm its infamy, that $50, 900 Of the
peoples taxes was thrown away. An
other item which was purely FOR the
benefit of Radical place-hunters,
Is the Sj6,932 paid TO the COM
missioners of claims against the
United States, for there is not even a
prObahility that any of these claims
will ever be paid. In the items we have
emu merated there is an unnecessary
and useless expenditure of fully ST.
25O. 900, which has been incurred for
no other purpose than to subserve the
political interests of the Radical par
tv. Does the reader wonder now that
the treasury is empty and that the
State is on the verge Of bankruptcy?
The financial history of every year
under Radical rule shows that we
have been going from bad TO worse.
With q tax assessment five-fold great
er than that of 1860, when the people
were prosperous and money plenty,
the Radicals not only failed to pay
the July interest on the State debt,
but left nothing in the treasury or TO
collect 10 pay the January interest.
In no other period of the States his
tory could such reckless squandering
Of the peoples money have been car
rie,l ON with the impunity il has been
done since the reorganization of the
State Government. Had the Legisla-
ture and State officials at any period
before the war shown such an utter
disregard Of the interests committed
To their charge, an Indignant and out
ragged people would hage hurled them
from power without waiting the form
of au election.
Year: 1869

these speetaeles being worth in Eu-
rope only about sixteen cents, while
those of glass would cost at least more
than double that sum. The mica Is
very elastic, so that, If desirable, il
may be bent in the form Of a watch
glass, and thus be made to etieitually
cover and protect the entife eyl from


IIslstfrles Of dust snd metal, and IN this
form, will doubtless eventually he
used lsy railway travellers, who are
sometimes extremely annoyed by the
smoke and coal dust from the lseomor
tive, and from the dust OF the track.
Year: 1869

NEW YOEE, Nov. l9.-Beecher, in
his sermon yesterday, referred to the
late rebellion and said its tailqre
ought not to give us notion thai
this nation is undoubtedly secure from
disruption. Few know how near the
T6halliOn came to proving a success.
II was IN attempt that was founded
upon bad grounds, upon that which
was odiOus to the moral sense of the
world. But should the Pacific State
i'm other generations without slavery
a vile curse interfering, undertake the
separation upon strong commercial
political and economical grounds, the
Issue would probably be very difi6r.
eut. Our isfe success must not lead
Us TO suppose that 40 other attempts
woGld be made ii the Southern States,
temporarily exhausted, should renew
the struggle pp grounds of political
policy and economy, The result could
not be fOretOld; and such was The eX-
tent of the country that in the future
when the respective parts become
pOpuIous and wealthy, separation
tGgig not be- stayed if the interests lay
in separation. National unity was
secured only Wi,esI Il was TO the inter
est of each section that there should
be such unity.
Year: 1869

KEEPING VEGETABLEs.-Sink a bar
rel two thirds of its depth into the
ground Ga box or cask will answer bet
ter purpose heap the earth around the
part projecting out Of the ground, with a
Slope on all sides; place the vegetables
that you desire to keep in the vessel ;
cover the top with a water-tight cover
and when winter sets in, throw an arm
full of straw, hay or something of that
kind, on the barrel. If the bottom is
out of the cask or barrel, it will be bet
ter. Cabbages, celery and other vcgeta-
bles will keep in this way as fresh as
when taken from the ground. The cele-
ry should stand nearly perpendicular
celery alternating. Freedom from frost


y access, and especially freshness aud
freedom from rot, are the advantages
claimed. Of Horticulture.
Year: 1869

TOMATO BATTER CAKEs-The sea-
son for that highly esteemed vegetable,
the tomato, being again at hand, we take
occasion, says the Columbus Enquirer,
to recommend mode of serving them,
obtained from a newspaper, and which
after trial, we can pronounce excellent
1t is to slice them, when ripe, cover them
with batter, and fry on griddle, like
other cakes They should be seasoned
while frying. Large and solid tomatoes
are the best for the dish. Those WHY
are fond of tomatoes viii take new de-
light in them fried in this way for break
fast; and we believe that many, who have
not faneied them in the old styles Of
serving, will find them most palatable IN
this way.
Year: 1869

EXHIBITION OF Strawberries AND Flow
ERs.-The special committee of the Iiorti-
cultural and Pomological Society, appointed
to arrange for this exhibition, had meet
ing yesterday afternoon. They determined
to hold the exhibition at st. Alhan's Hall on
Thursday the 2Sth Of May. 1t is supposed
that the fruit will be in its prime by that
day.


it was also determined to charge an adj
mission fec of twenty-five cents, which will
rntitlc the purchasers to Il saucer of ice
cream and Strawberries, which the commit
tee will have on hand. Sprn" flowers will
he in proluSion by that time, and it is hoped
there will be u line display, not Only OF
strawberries but of flowers also. The COM
mittee who have charge of this exhibition
have gone encrgetically to work, with full
determination to make it Il success.


This is new enterprise i'll this city, and
we hope that our citizens will appreciate
the efforts Of the Society and do all they can
TO sustain them. Should this exhibition
prove successful, it is proposed to have SINH
lar shows Of other fruits during tie season,
as they riDen.
Year: 1869

Can there be any transition in life more
refreshing to the wcaricd business MIN or
the invalid whose nightly vigils in hot city
have made him tired of the world than the
rapid journey which in twelve hours ex-
changes for the heat and dust of city the
pure and invigorating atmosphere, the in-
spring scenery, and the bright waters Of the
mountains? This facility of translation
from scenes Of discomfort, WEAKNESS, and
exhaustion, to the elevated region of salu-
brity, rcinvigoration, and delight, is one of
the great benefits Of railroads. True, we
believe that the old mode of travelling by
stage and private carriages assisted very
much in the restoration of health, but only
men OF leisure and wealth could in that way
go to the mountain waters. The railroad
extends their blessings to much larger por-
ton of society. Blessings so extended and
so suddenly conferred seem to be magical,
and one is inclined to envelope the agency
in some supernatural haze: say the horse in
his vapor flying with his train to the noun
tains, and FISKs as an angel e., if you can
make him an angel, / have tried without
success , guiding him and comforting the
children Of mortality in his charge who go
in search of bliss in the terrestrial heaven


If we contemplate these blessings we
cannot fail, still clinging to this load OF
earth rs we do, incidentally to inquire
something of the substantial matters of bed
and board And in doing so we arc cheered
by seeing with what energy and with what
earnest desire to please the public and give
balm to the weak and wounded the keep
crS of the springs are exerting themselves.


The springs and the mountains, by their
restorative and inspiring influences, are Of
inestimablc Importance, socially and politi-
cally. Men return better and stronger in
mind and body and business and govern
mcnt receive the benefit of fresh energy
and clearer intcllects. If WELLS were to
take the eliot Spout" twice a day for a
month or so, and purge himself we'll with
sulphur, he would be better man. If he
is elected we shall insist upon his undergo
ing this regimen for the sake of the State.
Yet, if he is defeated, it will be quite i'm
portant TO his future welfare that he 90
through it OH his own accolmt-that, like
FALLsrAFF, he should "purge and live
clean" hereafter.
Year: 1869

QUEEN OF May PARTY.-Quitc large
party of our prettiest and most fascinating
ladies participated in Queen of May party
on Monday evening in the yard of Mr..
George Palmcr's residence. The occasion
was one of the happiest we have ever wit
messed, and cold indeed must have been the
heart that was not touched by the beautiful
scene. The groups of pretty fairy-like
creatures, in their spotless robes. the deco
sations surrounding, the youthful JOY viSi-
bic III their countenanccs, and the perfect
manner and conscious pride with which
each one repeated her little speech to the
Queen Of the month OF flowers, combined
to render the sight most attractive. one:
Mothers, sisters, and brothers, too enjoyed
it rs spectators. and one could note with
a feeling of peculiar satisfaction that most
pleasing feature in our cold human nature
the pleasure one feels in seeing the young
people enjoying themselves. This May
party was full of beauty and innocence, and
the rude nature that could not have felt its
sympathizing influences must be beyond re-
demption.


We give below 4 list Of the young ladies
who mart irinrtpl
Year: 1869

LEVY BROTHERS
ALWAYS TAKE THE LEAD IN EVERY
THING WHICH TENDS TO BRING GOODS
DOWN TO FAIR AND EQUITABLE
PRICES. THEY RECEIVE THREE
TIMES A WEEK FROM THEIR
BUYERS IN NEW YORK


NEW GOODS,


NEW GOODS,


NEW GOODS.


GREAT REDUCTION


IN THE
rRlCE OF DRESS GOODS.
Year: 1869

From the New York Express.I


On Thursday, Stephen Abbott, con.
fined in New Haven for the murder OF
Apollos NJ. Bronson, made confession


He had agreed with Bronson to help
poison q man named Welton, and burn
his barn, for which he had received
money and a gun in advance. After
this they met in barn at night when
both were under the influence OF liquor.
Says Abbott: Bronson had jug; 1T had
liquor in it, and he was going to I'LL 1t
for me to take up to Henry Welton. L
told him that wouldn't have no hand
in it, He said ! had got to, fer +! had
took the gun to bind the bargain. L
told him that l would have no act or
part i'll anything further. He insisted
upon it. told himI would expose the
whole plan when / went up to Water.
vile. He says, "Damn you, will you r.
he clutched the AK that stood behind
the door. He came towards me with
the ak. There was a plank put up in
the center of the barn that MeCook
used .to,plane ont little fatsfor fence
/ lodged around that, and he struck at
me; but when the AK came down grab
bed it by the handle, and never let 60
of it again. We had quite a struggle
Sor the mastership of the ak. / got the
AK from him. He then got strip of
board, and struck at me with it. He
hit me a blow, so that at the time was
arrested my left arm from the elbow to
the shoulder was black and blue. l
struck him with the ax flatwise, or |
meant to do SO. He fell upon his
knees and grabbed me by the legs.
We had good tussle before got free,
but l still held on to the ak. l came
upon my feet about the same time that
he did. We were both down at that
time. He grabbed me by the knees, and
that put me over backwards. He hung
to me like tick. When got liberated
from him hit him again. He dove for
me again, but got out Of his reach that
time. struck. him again, and he lay
senseless. / did not strike him more
than three times. The last time l struck
him l think | hit him on the back or
side of the head. When he lay there
and did not show fight went and took
hold of him and lifted him up, and
found that he was dead. l had no idea
of killing him." He afterwards plum.
dered the body, and hid it away, taking
care to obliterate, as nearly as possible,
all traces of the struggle. Abbott is 50
years old.
Year: 1869

The Cincinnati Enquirer, alluding to
,cne possible corruptions of the future
says: There are obviously magnificent
times in prospect for the corruptionists
in Congress. In addition to the multi
tuds Of hard-stealing schemes in the
hands of the railroad lobby, and scores
of yet undeveloped plundering arrange
ments of equal golden promise, we have
now General BUTLER, awakened to an
active reminiscence of his old Jackson
ian faith, laying the axe to the root OF
.our new National Bank system. 1t needs
no prophet to foresee that his efforts in
,this direction will ,ncOunter tremen-
dous opposition; nor is it difficult to
frame q reasonable guess ut the nature
,of the appliances with which his project
will be assailed There are not less
than sixteen hundred National Banks
in the country, aud they receive an alb
solute bonus from the Government
of about eighteen millions a year
in gold. 1t is every way prob
nble they would eheerfully pay their
entire income from this source for a
single year, rather than lose their grip
upon the Treasury. But suppose they
only tax themselves ten per cent. OF this
amount-or fraction over thousand
dollars from each bank-there VIII be q
fund, available for corruption purposes
of nearly 81 100000 in geld. With such
a mountain of mint drops in his patn'
it is not likely that the General VIII oe
able TO advance far toward the realiza-
ton of the scheme in the present Con-
gress. But it is not improbable that
his indOmitable energy may, if he ad-
heres to the plan he has laid down, lead
10 an irreeoneilable schism in the ranks
Of the Radical party, the moderately
honest among them arraying themselves
against the hydra headed monster, and
the hopelessly corrupt, whose name
is legion, grasping at the SHINING tempt
atioAs of the banks, and adhering to
their standard. We shall see.
Year: 1869

The House seems thoroughly disgust
ed with the Alaska purchase. Wednes
day a long bill, agreed on by the com
mittee on Territories for Territorial
Government over Alaska, came up, and
n brief debate followed, in which the
opinion was expressed in favor Of
military government, instead of civil
one in that Territory, on the ground
that the latter would involve too much
expense in the way of delegate assem-
bly,, &c. The House then killed the
Territorial bill by such a large vote that
n division by tally was not called for by
its few friends.
Year: 1869

The Philadelphia Press diseourses


thus about pocket editions of favorite


authors:


Publishers are continually issuing


pocket editions of some work or other


Thousands of these little volumes are


already in book cases, but very few in


the pockets of the people, and still they


come. We do not consider that the


book men intend us to carry all these


books about us in our pockets, for did


we but do that with the writings of ouI
favorite authors, We fear our weight


would be increased thereby to an un-
comfortable number of pounds, and
easy locomotion made impossible. We
have Diamond, Globe, Star, and many
other very queer named editions
of works, but the strongest titled of
all is the "pocket." A man may
be great lover of books, but that is no
reason why he should carry his library
with him in his pockets. If this thing
was made general, what a horrible
state of affairs would it occasion! He
who can bring any number of quota
tions to his rescue in an argument is
bad enough, but when he can pull from
his pocket volume after volume, and
overwhelm his opponent with undenia-
bly, the very words of an authority, he
becomes an actual terror. We remem-
Der we'll enough in our college days,
then being just old enough bot to wish
to be seen with what might have been
called School-be0ks, that in going to
recitation we carried our Xenophon,
ETC., in our pockets, the classics being
issued in small form expressly to over.
come the objection above stated,
which objection was not alone with
us. Our university students, even now,
we doubt not, could tell the same story
Search the pockets of any well-dressed
youth in the Continental billiard room,
and if he wears upon his breast gold
badge of curious shape, and covered
with mystic signs, our word for it, you
will find his college books, if you meet
with him just before 10 A. NJ. or Just
after p. NJ, or during any of the inter
vening hours, when he is accomplishing
that feat known as cutting" By
these gentlemen pocket editions
are considered necessity, and the
faculty humbly submit to the use by
the students of the little books. Leav-
ing the college doors, one can drop
them into his pocket, and, sauntering
down the street, all traces of college
connection are eradicated. But what
is the use of a pocket edition of Dick
ems or Thackerayi 1t is undoubtedly
true that these editions have a large
sale, and as that is the object of the
publishers, they care nothing what is
done with them after the purchase.
Year: 1869

The use of steel instead of iron, for
the rails of railroads, has not been pro-
ductive of tls saving which was at first
expected oft. The surface of the steel
rail is indeed harder, and therefore,
wears better than iron; but steel has
not the tough, fbrous character of iron,
and in frosty weather it breaks with
alarming ease. Then, although the first
cost of steel is nearly double that of
iron, old steel rails sell for little or
nothing, wkile old iron rails are worth
half the price of new. Taking all these
facts into account it is found to be
cheaper to lay down good iron rails
than steel ones, except in the vicinity
of stations where there is great deal
of friction from the breaking of trains,
and but little rapid movement. Ex-
periments are, however, being made,
and with considerable success, to man.
ufacture an iron rail with a steel top, so
as to combine the toughness and cheap
ness of iron with the hard wearing sur
face Of steel.