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Year: 1868

While having little faith in the
practicability of the schemes of the Fe-
nian organization, as far as they relate
to the liberation of Ireland from foreign
rule, we believe the continued dread
which it has awakened OH the other side
ef the water has been, and will still con-
tinue to be, productive of much good to
the Irish people.


As long as the Fenian Brotherhood
was inactive, and a simple constabulary
force was sufficient to preserve order in
Ireland, all petitions for the repeal of
obnoxious laws were treated with con-
tempt by Parliament. A titled gentle
man who is supported by Irish tenant
ry, and sent year after year to that
august body, had the temcrity to say, a
few years since, that instead Of listening
to trivial and insOlent petitions, the
ministry should send an army ever the
channel to teach them how to respect a
good government.


The knowledge that there are two
hundred thousand men linked together
by sacred bond, whose only aim is to
give Ireland chance to enroll herself
among the independent nationalities of
the earth, has brought even the Tory
leaders to their knees. Hence England
is now voluntarily giving that to the
Irish which she Indignantly refused
when it was applied for-an exemption
from the obnoxious tithe system. Moth
ing like the glimmer of pistol or the
echo of musket, even if that echo does
come all the way from Canada, to bring
the British lion to treaty terms. If the
good work continues u few years, there
will be no law upon the statute books
of England that any reasonable Irish
man can object to.
Year: 1868

SIMON CAMERON charged JOHN w.
FoRNEY, with being a defaulter to the
Government to the amount Of $4,000.
Ii Dead Duck"is short to that amount,
aud there is little doubt that he is, it is
only one of those little eccentricities
peculiar to Radical officials, and mat
ter of TO consequences whatever with
those who are running the country,
The poor cusses through the country,
who pay the taxes, may not exactly
approve of little forty thousand thefts,
a matter of almost daily occurrence,
but they will keep quiet when assured
that it is done in the name of loyalty
and to aid in tie glorious work of re-
construction.
Year: 1868

The Tarf, Field and Farm has the fol-
lowing notice of the great trotting
horse Dexter, which will be interesting
to many persons here: Dexter was al
lowed the most perfect rest during the
winter, and be is looking better than
be ever looked. His feet have spread,
and there is not particle Of lameness
about the horse. Last week he was
taken from his stable for the first time
since his shoes were removed last fall
Mr. David Bonner rode him cut in the
Park under saddle. Dexter was full OF
life, aud after the first nervous, colt
like bounds, he settled down to q steady
gait, tIotted squarely, aud with great
speed. He attracted much attention,
as the whits legs and white face are SO
wildly known. Thousands turned
their heads to look at the King, and
from all lips came words of admiration.
The superb condition Of the horse ex'
cited the warmest praise. Mr.. Bonner
is now driving Dexter on the road, but
IN June he will be sent tOthe Island to
be prepared for his beating the best
time on record.
Year: 1868

We do not believe, says the New York
Times that the English Government
will make any attempt to hold Abyssin-
ia. In military point of view, there
would Bono difficulty in holding it; and
to do so would not require large num-
Der of troops or great outlay OF money.
With the possession of the capital and
the control of the route to the sea,
with the prestige they have ac-
uuired and the impression they have
made, it would he easy to hold the
country in subsection, and reduce the
population to better order than old
Abyssinia has ever yet known. Mere
over, Abyssinia would be of Importance
and value to England in many respects
whether viewed in the way of trade
and commerce, or in its relation with
the East Indies, or i'll regard to future
military exigeneies. The East India
officers, who have conquered the coun-
try after brief and brilliant campaign,
would no doubt be extremely gratltied
by the reception of orders to hold it for
the crown; and there are considerations
of interest and policy that must affect
large number of Englishmen in the
same direction.


But still we believe the policy of
England is against the retention of
Abyssinia. The real as we'll a. sthe os-
tensible object of the expedition was
simply to release the English captives
held by Theodore and to avenge them
selves upon the perfidious ruler who had
trampled on the rights of Englishmen.
They have already effected this object
in the most thorough manner, and have
no excuse to offer in the world for any
farther stay in Abyssinia. We do not
doubt that an attempt to seize the
country would produce a commotiOD
throughout Europe. 1t would be as
offensive to France as to Russia, and
would call out remonstrances which
might end in endapgering the public
peace.


There is consideration, however,
which will be taken into account be-
fore these things are thought of, and
which we believe would be conclusive
of itself England does not now wish
any increase of her outlaying or isolated
possessions in Africa, Asia or America.
Time was when she travelled round the
globe in search of countries to conquer.
Anu Wleu Suo SelIeu upon cNeTS JnluB
that force and fraud could bring
within her reach, from Southern
Africa to Central America, from
the East Indies to the Arctic
Ocean, she planted her flag; and with
her flag went the commerce which en-
rched her, and the colonists who mag
nified her power. She has now had
enough of this sort of thing. She has
as many possessions as she can possibly
look after, and as many subject pro-
vinces as she can furnish troops to gar
rson. She has learned that these pos
sessions may be sources of weakness to
her in war, and that their increase
would in time break her down by their
own weight. s Hence it is against her
own policy, and against the ideas of all
her statesmen of both political parties,
to add to her embarrassments by the
seizure of outlying territories like Abys-
sinia.


We may expect, therefore, to see the
speedy return to India of the troops
under General Napier.
Year: 1868

IL is said that among the campaign
Iocnmruts in course of publication by
the National Republican Executive
Committees is pamphlet life of Gen
sral GRANT. Will it be the one writer
by bis father for the New York Ledger:
If 50, we suggest that it be illustrated
A spirited picture could be gotten W
10 illustrate this remarkable event
Ulysses rode round the ring Oh the
pony, with the monkey on his head
And here we might add that he carried
more brains on the outside Of his head
al that time than he has since ever had
I'm IL
Year: 1868

The following letter from Secre-
Seward will be read with deep inter
est as showing how highly apprecia-
ted, by the Federal administration,
was the patriotism of the late Gov.
Tod and how highly valued were
the services rendered the cause OF
the Union by the noble man whose
death we now deplore.
Year: 1868

First-To think shat the more a man
eats the fatter and stronger he will be-
come.


Second-To believe that the more
hours. children spend at school the faster
they learn. '


Third-To conclude that if exercise is
good for the health, the more violent
and exhausting it is, the more good is
done. ". 800


Fourth-To imagine that every hour
taken from sleep is an hour gained.


fifth-Te act on presumption that
tDe smallest room in the house is large
enough to sleep in.


Sixth-To argue that whatever reme-
dy causes one to feel Immediately better
Is good for the system, without REGARD
to more Interior effects. The "s6otb-
ing sirup" does not stop. the cough of
children, and does arrest diarrhea. only
to cause little later, alarming convui-
sions, or the more fatal inflammation, of
the brain, or water on the brain, always
prostrates the disease.


Seventh.-To commit an act which Is
telt in itself to be prejudicial, hoping
That some how or ether it may be done
in your case with impunity..


Eighth.-To advise another to take a
remedy which you have not tried on
yourself, or without making special in
quiry whether all the conditions are
alike.


Ninth-Tc eat without an appetite or
to cat after it has been satiatsd, merely
to crafty the taste.


Tenih-To eat hearty supper for the
pleasure experienced during the time it
is passing down the throat, at the ex-
pense of whole nights sleep and wea-
ry waking in the morning.


Eleyenth-To, remove a portion of
the clothing Immediately after exercise,
when the most stupid draymau in New
York knows that if he don't put cover
on his horse the moment he ceases work
in winter, he will loose him in a few
days of pneumonia.


Twelth-To contend that because the
dirtiest children in the street or on the
highway, are hearty aud healthy, there
fore 1t is healthy to be dirty; forgetting
that continuous out door air in Joyous
unrestralned activities, is such power
full agency for health, that those who
live thus are well, in spite of rags and
filth.


Thirteenth-To presume to repeat
later in lile, without injury, the indiscre-
tiens, exposures, and intemperances
which in the flush Of youth were prac-
-ticeed with impunity.


Fourteenth-To believe that warm air
is necessarily impure, or that pure, cold
air is necessarily more healthy than the
confined ai7 of close and crowded
vehicle; the latter, can only cause
tainting and nausea, while entering a
conveyance after walking briskly, lower
ing window thus while still exposed
to draft will give cold infallibly,
or an attack of pleurisy or pDeumonla
which will cause weeks and months of
suffering, if not actual death, within four
days. -t-s


Fiftcen--To "remember the Sabbath
day." by working harder and later on
Saturday, than any other day in the
week, with view to sleep late next
morning, and staying at homo all day to
rest, conscience being qnieted by the
plea of not feeling well.


Htlrs Journal Of HeaAh.
Year: 1868

The House yesterday adopted a resolution
for the more efficient prosecution of the inn
peachment Of the President. The resolu.
sion will be found in our telegraphic dis
patches. This looks as though the Repub.
lican members Of the House, at least, are in
real earnest, and are determined 70 sift the
matter to the bottom. This resolution has
led to 'speculations here which point to 8
different result on the next trial.
Year: 1868

The latest Partisan head dress, styled ''out
most pleasing that has been adopted by the
ladies for many year. The whole head OF
hair is brushed back over the ears without
any attempt at parting" and without the
slightest ornament. This is as nature in
tended and proves, as Partisan dame wit
tily but irreverently declares, that lone
can not improve on God.n
Year: 1868

SEEING CLEARER.-In speech at Wash.
ington Tuesday night, to elect delegates to
the Soldiers Convention at Chicago, Senator
Wilson said:


What we undertake to do in this coun.
try we do, and there will be no failure in
yonder capitol. We go not back to-day on
any of our measures no more than you
would have gone back in days gone by on
any OF your battles. We see clearer to day
than we saw yesterday.
Year: 1868

The FIRE AT 10 O'CLOCK P NJ. - The
grocery, corner of Magnolia and Erato
streets, was entirely consumed by fire last
right. The loss could not have been very
great for the building was an old and poor
Year: 1868

A FIRST CLASS FURNITURE SToRE.-Mr. J..
B. Hubbard, who has been established for
many years at the corner of Rampant and
Perdido streets, is now offering induce
ments to housekeepers or those in want OF
furniture of any kind that can not fail to
attract their attention. His stock is new
finely finished, and very complete, and he is
offering it at prices little if any above cost
With an immense stock on hand, which cos
in ihe aggregate over one hundred and fifty
thu lsand dollars, he is prepared to meet the
requirements Of any purchaser. Mr. Hub
bard has established for himself name for
the highest probity in all his dealings, and
his customers can depend upon his goods
being fully as good as they are represented
to be. His establishment is the best place
in the city at which to select a complete
outfit for house. Do not fail to give him
a call before buying anywhere else.
Year: 1868

sections at figures ranging frem $1,000 to
$4,000, owing to location, fertility, and
character of improvements. These figures
represent the choice lands. As already stated,
thousands Of acres of excellent land yet re>
main open to settlers under the presumption
and homestead laws.


10. Timber for fuel in quantities sufficient
to meet the wants of settlers is found along
the numerous streams that thread the VAL
ley. When the supply from this source is
exhausted, there is an unbounded store in
the mountains that skirt the Valley. This
timber is of easy access, and rarely will have
to be teamed over ten or twelve miles. The
time and labor saved in finding the land
cleared and ready for cultivation vastly more
than pays for an occasional trip to, the
mountains for winter fuel,


We have here answered the queries of our
correspondent as fully as the time and space
at our disposal will permit, and in taking
leave of him we can say in all trulhfulneSs
that few localities offer greater inducements
to the hardy and industrious settler. The
man who is able and willing to work, can
come here and without capital secure a home.
stead and in a few years be able to crest
under his own vine and fig tree" We have
only to add that of the speculative classes,
including members of the legal and medical
professions, we have an abundant supply, but
of working men there is a scarcity, and little
probability of the labor market being over
stocked for years to. come.
Year: 1868

The modus operandi Of electing Presi-
dent, after the Presidential electors have
been chosen, may not be familiar to all, so
we condense an account of the process. The
Constitution provides that the electors, chOs.
en- in such manner as the Legislature of each
State may prescribe, shall meet in their re-
spective States and vote by ballot for Presi-
dent and Vice President. At the meetings
known as electoral colleges the electors are
required to make lists of the persons they
vote for, and the number of votes cast for
each, which lists they are required to sign
and certify, and transmit sealed to the Presi-
dent of the Senate of the United States, at
the seat of Government. That officer is
required to open the certificates in the presa
ence Of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives, and the votes are then 10 be counted,
and the person having the greatest number
of electoral votes for President, if such a
number be majority Of the whole number
of electors appointed, is declared to be the
President aud so of the Vice President.
An act of Congress which fixed a uniform
time for the holding of the Presidential elec-
ton throughout the country, also provides
for further details. 1t requires the Execu>
tive authority of each State to cause three
certified lists of the electors chosen by said
State to be made out and delivered to the
electors on or before the first Wednesday of
December next after the. election, and that
said electors shall meet ahd give their votes
on the said first Wednesday in December, at
such place as the Legislature of the State
shall direct. The electors vote by ballot
aud require three certified lists, which shall
be signed by all the electors, with certified
list of the electors attached to each then to
be sealed up in three seperate packages, and
further certificate endorsed on the envelope
of each, signed by all the electors, stating
that the package contains list of the votes
of such State for President and Vice Presi-
dent. The electors are then required to ap,
point ana commission sperson to take charge
and deliver one of the said certified packag-
es to the President of the Senate at the seat
of Government, on or before the first Wed


nesday of January next ensuing; they are
further required to forthwith forward another
of said certificates by the Post Office to the
President of the Senate and the third is to be
delivered to the judge of the district in which
the electors are assembled These and other
minute provisions are made to guard against
the possible loss or failure of a certificate


In order to have certainty as to the counting
of votes so forwarded, Congress is required
to be in session on the second Wednesday
in February succeeding every meeting of the
electors, on which day the certificates are to
be opened in the presence of both houses
and tho result declared as already stated.
Year: 1868

THE present prospect is that Texas will
remain out of the Unian for several months
possibly for a year to cone. Her conven
tion met on the first Monday in December,
and will probably soon adopt the constitu>
tion already framed; bat all the information
we have leads US to believe that it will not
be occT,a6ls to the masses Of that State,
and will consequently be defeated when put
tothe popular vote. This will involve an
other convention and the formation ofanother
constitution, all OF which will take up con-
siderable time. Meanwhile the State must
remain a military district.
Year: 1868

The estimates of expenditures of the Sec
retary of the Treasury for the next fiscal
year, ending June 80, 1870, will be from
forty to fifty millions less than they were for
the present fiscal year, unless the Indian war
should become more formidable than is indi.
Gated at present. Last year the estimates
for the expenses Of the Navy Department
were placed at thirty.fve millions, but for
the next year it is understood that they will
not 60 much beyond twenty millions,
Year: 1868

The sub committee of investigation, now
in session in New York, has become satisfied
that the whisky frauds are still very exten-
sive, and that from third to a half of it
escapes tax.
Year: 1868




REDEMPTION OF GREEBACKs.-One of
the most important bills to be introduced at
the coming session of Congress is one by
Senator Morton, providing for the redemption
of greenbacks. He will urge that the sales
of gold be discontinued, and that the sur
plus of gold in the treasury and that which
is to accrue be appropriated for the redemp-
tion Of the legal tenders. His bill will fix
the time for beginning the redemption, by
way Of illustration, in January, 1871. He
believes that before the time arrives green
backs will be worth their face on a gold.
basis. He will oppose, in the meantime, any
further contractionof the currency, believing
that the contraction will take place by the
act of redemption, by cancelling such notes
when presented for redemption. Governor
Morton does not suppose that his proposition,
if carried out, will tend to diminish the VOL
ume of the currency, as gold and silver will
come in to supply the place of such legalten-
der notes as may be cancelled. The time
for beginning the redemption will not be
insisted on by Governor Morton, some Cons
gressmen being in favor of beginning iu one
year, others in three, and still others in five
years.
Year: 1868

FULL OF PLUoK-The democracy are as
undaunted as ever, and as determined to
wrest the Government out of the hands of
its sworn enemies. We hear of no demorali-
zation; no letting down of the standard no
skulking from the ranks in this hour of
danger. Upon every face is written the de-
termination to shield the Constitution and
the Republic. The great democratic army
is defeated but not routed. It's position is
impregnable; the troops which compose it
are of mettle that disaster cannot alright.
and in future conflicts will win victory for
the right and constitutional liberty.
Year: 1868

Buffers letter shows that he is getting
ready to bolt the administration of General
Grant Ifso, we shall have him over in the
democratic ranks We announce this pains
ful impression most reluctantly.
Year: 1868

CLOSE OF VOLUME VII-This issue of
the STATESMAN closes volume VII, and with
it great majority of the subscriptions on
our books fall due. We trust that all those
who know themselves to be in arrears will
feel it duty to come forward and settle.
The amounts, though small to the individ<
uals, are large in the aggregate, and we need
them in order TO meet our obligations.
Year: 1868

On FOR PRESERVING CIDER. When bar
rel of cider is tapped it. grows hard, that is,
more and more acid, until it gets too hard to
drink, if it is kept long on tap. This is jocca-
stoned by the air, which fills. the cask aboye
the cider as soon as it is drawn out. The air,
cannot be excluded. even if the cask were air
tight, because the cider will not run from the
tap if there is no airito press it out. If the
eide. is exposed long to,air, it will become vim
egar. In fact, the way to make vinegar Iot
cider is to expose it to the air as much AS pos
slble. TO prevent the cider on tap, from; becom;
ing acid, it is recommended, as soon as one sor
Two gallon are drawn out, to pour into the
bung hole about half q pint of clear sperm oil,
or sweet oilif it is preferred 1t. should be
warm when poured in, and twill spread in a
thin coat over the surface, and keep spreading
as the oder is drawn out, and thus exclude the
AR without giving any taste Of oil to the cider


This plan of preserving cider is worthy Of far
lther attention. We have faith in it from
showing that oil casks are the bestawe know of
lor storing cider, imparting no favor. Sperm
e ol casks arc more valuable for cider casks than
tor any other purpose, ,.-.zs.. =.
Year: 1868

Most farmers would plow their lands two
or three inches deeper than they now do, if
it were not so hard work for their teams. a
pair Of horses will turn a fprrow seven or
eight inches deep, and plow an acre and
half or two acres day; but when the plow
is run to ten or twelve inches, it is too hard
for most teams to draw it; consequently,
many farmers prefer to plow more shallow,
and take their chances for good crop.


For Corn, when sud ground is turned over,
it is advisable to pillow only just deep enough
to turn the sod over fat, with some six inches
of the earth beside, making with sod and ell
about eight inches. This is about as deep
as sod land should ever be plowed, because
when you go deeper. the sod is turned moro
upon its edges, which is a bad system OF
blowing; but the next time the land is
pioved after the sod has become rottcd; it
would be well to plow foot deep, at least,
end some soils Is to Is inches would be bet
ter, if cue has teams to do it, two pair of
horses, or two yoke of oxen.


Not all soils, however, will bear plowing so
deep, and be advantageous. Light aud sandy
soils should not be pIowed so deep as to throw
up a stratum of sub soil that is almost uupro-
ductive; but clay loans that extend down
Is inches may be plowsd as deep as any or
ulnary piow can De Ihlue 10 run anu IL WIZ
be greatly benefited thereby.


Deep plowing not only benefits the land
by mixing the surface and sub,soils but it
also prevents any serious loss of crops from
the droughts. Indeed, hardly an instance is
on record where 4 crop has been badly injured
by the drought, when the land was ploughed
from II to Is inches deep. The reason is
this: the porosity of the soil below the roots
of the plants allow constant rising of mOls-
lures from below, which could not occur if
the land had been P!owed no deeper than the
roots of the plants penetrate.