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Year: 1867

Rumored Emancipation Of Slaves il Csba.


Our Havana correspondent mentions In his
letter Of the 10Th inst the rumor that the
Spanish mail steamer, which had just arrived,
brought out royal decree declaring free all
oolored children born Of slave parents on and
after the LIST Of July next. After that date any
slave may obtain his or her liberty for the sum
Of two hundred and fifty dollars. There seems
to be no doubt that suoh q decree had beeR
received by the Captain General, although q
had not been published, for fear that Its sudden
circulation might occasion dangerous commo~
ton among the negroes.


Thus the onward march of ideas and events
has at length been overtaken even by the
Spanish government, which was, with tho
greatest difficulty, induced to assent to The
international treaties in opposition to the slave
trade, and which never adhered to those tree.
ties so faithfully ~ to relieve the cruisers Il
Great Britain and tho United States from active
and vigilant efforts to suppress the infamous
traffic. Setting price upon tho liberty whiclI
any slave may now purchase will perhaps
enhance the value Of the pronered boon anG
serve to stimulate ambition and industry. 70
d not improbable that among the Immediate
practical results Of emancipation In Cuba msy
be temporary disorganixation Of labor -
great a. 70 raise the price Of sugars and a
prime Havanas still higher If possible) than
they rule at present But with wise manage
ment all will como right ultimately, and We
may rejoice in the prospect that slavery b
about to be driven from ib stronghold In
North America.
Year: 1867

a CoUNrERFElr.-Thom psons Bank
Note and Commercial Repoter reports
a new $50 counterfeit on the Fourth
National Bank of Philadelphia. The
engraving IS coarse. The wounded
soldier on the left hand appears to
have lost MS head. The letter \ in
the word Philadelphia is not crossed.
The foot of the Goddess Of Liberty,
with flag in her hand, at the right
end Of the bill, is not discernable-in
the genuine it is. The back Of the
note IS coarse.
Year: 1867

There is proposition before the Constitu-
donal Convention to publish full reports Of the
proceedings of that body in two Albany papers,
ct an expense of six dollars and a half .
column each. This is simply throwing away
fifty or sixty thousand dollars of the peoples
money. No person sees either of the Albany
papers outside of that city, except, perhaps, q
few dilapidated politicians scattered here and
there through the State. The HERALD pub
fishes full reports of all the real business Of
the Convention, which are read by the people
of the whole State. There is no propriety in
such useless expenditure of the public money
as that proposed, and the Convention, having
laid the report of the select COMMITTEES on
the table, should reject it when it is again
called I'M.
Year: 1867

Skidm0re and the Prison Authorities.


W. T. Skidmore has escaped the rewards Of
justice by multiplication of his crimes To
the guilt of the murderer he has added that Of
the suicide. It is unpleasant to say unkindly
things Of the dead but 1t is not exceeding
what Is demanded of us when we say that Q
more desperate and dangerous character than
Skidmore has seldom rushed unbidden into
the presence Of Eternal Justice. We have no
desire to 60 into the disgusting details Of this
case. We cannot however, allow the oppor-
tunity to pass without expressing our surprise
that the law should allow such abandoned and
desperate characters to remain in possession Of
lethal weapons. II is difficult to resist the con-
viction that the law which permits such q slate
Of things is largely responsible for this suicide
and for the consequent failure of justice. II
the law really does grant such license, q ch.nge
q necessary.
Year: 1867

danger OF being crushed between two cars
while passing each other, the space between
them not being more than few inches. With
in the past two years at least two conductors
have been fearfully crushed in this way, while
collecting fare, and no later than last Sunday
the arm of gentleman had a narrow escape
from being fractured in a similar way on this
line from travel These are but few Of the
grievances to which the public are subject on
the city railroads There is but one remedy
to hold the managers of the roads personally
responsible for any catastrophe that may
occur
Year: 1867

II appears that the right of travel on Broad
way is never to be secured to the public. No
sooner is one job on the pavement completed
than another is commenced. Sometimes 1t is
the Croton Board that has to rip up and un-
dermine the street to get their water pipes in
order again it is tho pavement itself that re-
quires repairing. Broadway to-day is in .
wretched condition from one or the other OF
these causes. We do not see why the Croton
through some underground channel, like the
sewers Of London, or by some other means
manage to get at the defects in their machinery
without tearing up the highways and obstruct-
ing travel.


II would be most desirable, too, that we
should have some kind of pavement that would
not require perpetual repairing. We do not
care whether it is the Nicholson pavement, COM
posed Of pine blocks, sand and pitch, which
works so well in Chicago, or any other kind,
provided that it is permanent and will relieve
us from the nuisance of laying one kind Of
pavement to-day and another tomorrow. The
idea which appears to prevail that the streets
VI INoW 1OIk CduuOt Uc mdCaudmlZtu duu
stand the wear and tear Of travel is all nom
sense. The traffic on our streets is not greater
than on those of London or Paris, where this
system of paving is adopted That II is not as
economical AZ the present variegated plan of
paving our streets is also absurd. 1t may not
afford as many chances for the Common Coun-
Gil to make money, but in the end it would be,
perhaps, the cheapest pavement we could have;
for there is enough of stone suitable for the
purpose actually going to waste all over
Manhattan Island-the refuse Of the building
materials employed every day in erecting new
structures. Whatever method is adopted in
paving the streets, it is manifest that-whether
Nicholson or Macadam is immortalized-what
we most require i something that will last for
reasonable time, and give US clear track on
our principal highways for at least few weeks
in the year.
Year: 1867

The New BoULxvARD.-The account we gave
yesterday Of what has thus far been done to-
wards realizing this magnificent drive shows an
unaccountable tardiness existing somewhere.
For large part Of the Boulevard no commits
sioners to estimate the value of sne land taken
have yet been named; and for another part,
commissioner named two years ago have not
Jet made report AZ this rate. when shall
We have the driver What ia the matterf
Year: 1867

A FINE LUNCH was brought 10 the Office OF
the Di,0atct Yesterday, with the compliments
of ,hr ladies OF the Oak.SoOd Memorial Frst-
val They will accept our thanks tor their
kind remembrance but We would respect
fully suggest that where there are so many
good looking young men about an onlce IL iS
ra thrr invidious 10 men tion one name.


The ladies serve meals ut all hours IT their
rooms over Paine y Co.'S opposite The post
a
Year: 1867

LANCASTER, PA, Oct. 81, 1867.


Hon. ThdGdcWs StcUcRs:


DEAR SIR-As usual, when in
doubt upon any subject which l sup.
pose you to understand better than l
do, never feel the least difficulty in
asking your opinion upon the subject,
because | have ever found you viii.
ling to answer An old neighbor so far
as you find yourself able. l see an
angry controversy has sprung up be-
tween two gentlemen as to what kind
of money the national debt shall be
paid in. One gentleman argues from
what he supposes to be the law Of the
question, and the duty Of the Gov.
vernment under its legal obligations
to those who hold its liabilities; the
other seems to deal principally in
what he considers ought to have been
the duty of Government in the dis
charge of its debts to those who hold
them, at whatever price they may
have been purchased and to deal in
strong yituperation against those who
would pay according to law, if that
law contradicts his idea of equity,
without any regard to the letter or
the spirit of the contract between the
Government and the holder, and to
dcrouncc as immoral the payment of
its debts according to contract, be.
cause at other times, other nations
have paid more, and because a por.
ton of that present debt is all paid at
a higher rate. s.


Now, l am a banker, dcsirous to
do business upon legal principles, and
at the same time to deal justly with
all men, so that when | have passed
away, as soon shall, i may not be
represented as a swindler, robber
an unjust man, whose memory should
be held in execration for my dealings
with my fellow men. While / an
unwilling TO wantonly sacrifice my
estate, l shall not hesitate to aid il
paying any portion of the hall a bill
lion of money necessary, if necessary
to support good character, although
the same should come out of tn,
taxes and hard earnings of our labor


VIII you also, if you have time
add a word as to your idea of tht
wisdom of the management of ou
finances and Of our financial system
generally? / remember YOU. at one
time, did not quito agree with th'
then Secretary of the Treasury. p g
Yours, very truly, v


JOHN GYGER.
Year: 1867

How shall We set out young fruit
treesf A very common, as we'll as a
very easy method is to dig holes in the
ground Just large enough to admit the
roots, by the aid of little COMPRISING,
then pack the dirt around the trees
closely or not, as may he convenient
and leave them without further care to
to the tender mercies of the elements,
as we'll as to the varied kinds of farm
stock, from the mammoth OK to the in.
nocent young lamb. If the trees are
firmly planted in a stiff sod, they will OF
course have q more solid foundation, on
which to rest, and they will be less
liable '.to be carried about by every
wind" Besides you will not be troubled
with too rank growth, and in all
probability, they will soon "be among
the things that were," and cease to
trouble You at all.


But If you wish them TO grow AID
thrive, prepare your land as for q good
crop. If for apple trees, set them out
at least two rods apart each way, and do
it WELL Then, If peaches will grow in
your section, set out peach trees alter.
nately with apple in the rows one way
making an equal number of trees Of each
kind. This will give you space between
the rows wide enough to cultivate con-
veniently. Plant the spaces with any
hoed crop you please. Cultivate and
hoe the crop thoroughly, and serve each
tree as we'll as you do hill of corn OF
potatoes. Pursue this course for few
years, leaving a narrow strip along the
trees to be spaded or ferked over annu.
ally, to prevent damage from plows
whiffletrees, harnesses, or careless work.
men. Be sure, likewise, to manure your
ground well every year. Then if your
trees do no prosper, and you are not
paid for your labor by your other crops,
put me down as q false prophet. After
Year: 1867

more dangerous because more wary
than the PHILLIPS and STEVENS sort.


The late elections, i'll our judgment,
will compel the Republican party to
make General Grant their Presidential
candidate. They dare not nominate
anybody else---however much very
many of their LEADERS" would like to
do so. If Ohio and Pennsylvania had
gone Republican by as large majorities
as they did two years ago, and if the
fall elections generally had shown no
abatement of Republican strength, the
party would have felt reasonably sure
of electing any man they might nomi-
nate, and probably Judge Chase would
have been their candidate. But such a
proceeding now would be by no means
safe. The elections show, beyond all
controversy, revulsion in public SEN
timent against the measures and pol
icy with which Judge Chase is most
closely ideHtitied. He is more thor
oughly committed to the principle
of universal negro suffrage than any
other public man of equal prominence
as a candidate; and that principle has
been most distinctly and decisiyely
repudiated in Ohio. 1t is all very well
to say that the Republican party can
not abandon it-that they must Eight
on" and rally afresh to the combat"
and keep the banner of eternal justice
very high" and all that sort of thing
So it may, ard so it should; but it does
not intend to be beaten in the election.
The party does not see very we'll how
the cause of justice and the rights of
the negro are to be aided by the cleo
tion of q cOpperhead President; and it
does not intend to permit any such re-
suit. It will go in to tcin, and it will
nominate as its candidate the man who
is most sure to be elected.


No one can doubt, or fail to see, that
the sentiT ent of the whole country
points to Grant rs that man. Nine
tenths of all the Republican journals
and politicians of the country, look
upon his nomination as an absolute ne
cessity, and rs an equally absolute GER
tainty. Four months ago we said that
the time was not far of when "the very
eristence of the Republican party, as well
as the welfare of the country" would
be seen to demand his nomination. 1t
was just as imperative a necessity then
as it is now; but it was not so generally
seen and kROWR to be such. 1t needed
the elections which have just been held
TO open the nations eyes to the fact.
Year: 1867

six or eight years of this course of treat
ment, you will find the trees so large,
and the ground so much shaded, that
you can afford to seed it down for a
while. r.-.


From piece of land on which set
ont trees in this manner in the spring
of 1857, and have followed the course
since that time, / sold enough peaches
alone in 1864 and 1866 to more than
twice pay for the value of the land, be-
sides having large crop in 1862, when
the price was very low. The product
of apples has not as yet been very heavy,
but it promises well for the future,
while the other articles raised have paid
for all the trouble and expense thus far.


WAYNE.
Year: 1867

To CURE WARTS on horses and cattle,
take small quantity of blue yitriol,
pulverize it, and add enough water to
make it into paste rub the warts over
with this once or twice, which will eff
fectually cure them.
Year: 1867

CURE FOR CoUGH.-A strong decoc-
ton of the leaves of the pine, sweeten-
ed with loaf sugar, Take wine glass
warm on going to bed, and half sn hour
before eating, three times a day. The
above is sold as cough syrup, and is
making wonderful cures.
Year: 1867

FLAXsEED SYRUP.-This excellent
remedy for a cough is made thus: boil
one ounce of flaxseed in quart of wa.
ter for haitian hour; strain and add to
the liquid the juice of two lemons, and
half a pound of rock candy. If the
cough is accompanied by weakness and
loss of appetite, add half an ounce OF
powdered gum arabic. Set this to SIM
mer for half an hour, stirring it occa-
sionally. Take a wine-glass full when
the cough is troublesome.
Year: 1867

CURIous.-The following extraordinary ac-
count of determined attempt at suicide is
gravely related by the Epoca of Madrid:


"The individul in question being tired Of life
resolved to take such measures as must infallibly
insure his death. To that end he started for the
sea shore provided with ladder, a rope, a load
ed pistol, bottle Of poison and a box of matches.
Having sometime before discovered post stand
ing little way out in the water, he fixed his
ladder against it. and ascending fastened one
end Of the cord TO the top and passed a slipkr OF
around his neck, swallowed the poison, and
striking light set FIRE to his clothes, then plac-
ing the pistol to his ear, kicked away the ladder,
but in doing so his hand swerved, and, as he
fred the same moment the bullet, instead Of
penetrating his brain, divided the rope, and he
fell into the sea extingulshing his burning gar
ments also quantity of salt water he swallow
ed caused him to throw up the poison he had
taken, SO that he scrambled on the shore, con-,
vinced that his time had not arrived"
Year: 1867

A person, protesting to be our friend, by false
persuasion, this morning, induced US accom-
pany him to skating pond on North Charles
street. We ,cent, and have enough Of skating. A
great many persons assert that skating is not on
ly healthfui, but pleasant recreation. To use o
slang phrase, "we don't see it." Upon arriving
at the pond this morning we gave boy twenty
FIVE cents for the use of his skates. The first
thing that we knew after the skates had been
strapped to our feet was, that person fell up
on the ice. We next remember that with the
assistance of friend we stood upon our feet,
almost as erect as a barber's pole. Encouraged
by th. sight of several ladies, we struck out, and
in an instant presented picture similar to those
prefacing copy ofthe Yankee Notions. The pic
ture was formed by our right foot starting with
the left one at opposite angles. just then We saw
something on the CONCEALED substance, and we
paused to pick it up. Il was usi that we picked
up. Determined to test the pleasure of skating,
we assumed horizontal position, and with two
slants sat down with lightning velocity and with
litlle if any, elegance. When we accomplished
the set down movement we made q dent in the
ice something like butter bowl. At this point
one of the ladies alluded to exclaimed, sOh Janet
look at that man, he amt got his skates on
right" ditto thought we, for just then young
scamp sang out as he glided past us, following
"Hello, old codger," and down we went.


This down was melancholy one for US, as a
assure in our pants resulted from it, but We did
notIknow it at the time. By this time the ice was
getting excessively cold. We tried another slant,
and Of course sat down. That mischevous Jane
then remarked, "Oh look he has sat down on
his handkerchief to keep from taking cold."-
"Guess faint handkerchief Jane" and she
was right. About that time friend who knew
how to skate came up and proffsred US his coat
tails as steadier. The invitation was accepted
aud away we sped, but a shy to the right of my
pilot caused the wheel hsrse to scoot off on a
tangent heels up. This time the Ice was colder
than before.


We tried it again; glide one way, and hall
the other, and we again sat down upon that cold
ice. How that shock went through our system,
up anddown our spinal column. Lightning could
not have cork-screwed it down CREASED pole
with greater rapdity or more exhilerating effect
Cheap boarding house butter could not have
struck stronger than We did. 0nce more we tried
skating, but this time made for the store and
counted damages; twenty-five ceats for skates, one
immense fssure in a pair of new pants valued I al
SIS, one rupture in the knee, four buttons torn
from oyercoat watch chrystal broken and q
queer headache.


Ifany person ever hears of our skating on the
smooth, CLASSY, chilling, freezing, treacherous,
deceitful, slippery and cold ice again, they'll
know it, and the person finding us on ice may
draw on us for the bivalves and accompsni.
ments. 1t is a humbug, and only intended for
the benefit of persons whose occupation is to
make and sell skatcs.-[Balt. Transcript. .
Year: 1867

RESULT OF ADVERTISING. Stephen Girard than
whom no more shrewd business man ever lived,
gives the following as his experience


~ have always consider cd advertising liberal
ly and long to be the great medium of success in
business, and the prelude TO wealth. And
have made 1t an invarable rule to advertise In
the dullest times as well as the busiest, leng ex-
perience having taught me that money thus
spent is we'll laid out as by keeping my busi-
ness continually before the public, it has secured
me many sales that would otherwise have
lost"
Year: 1867

Prentice sagely observes: ga father amay
transmit sound and healthy constitution to his
son and the latter destroy it by vicious excesses.
Our revolutionary fathers bequeathed TO us the
best Constitution in the world, and we are shat
tering it as recklessly as a miserable profigato
skaters his own.
Year: 1867

-Artemus Ward boasts that his family is de-
scsnded from Puritans who nobly fled from a
land of despotism to a land of freedom, where
they could not only enjoy their own religion,
but prevent everybody else from enjoying his.
Year: 1867

ELEVEN NEGROES DOSE THEMSELVES AND
DIE.-The Cairo Democrat OF a late date
tells this:


Z" Mississippi planter gave employment
during the past season, to thirty or forty
negroes The cholera broke out among
them, and a physician was call d, whose
treatment promised quick success. An old
negro among the number, however. was not
satisfied with the progress Ct affairs, and
with great show of religious zeal and
reverential awe, made it known to his fellows
that God had appeared to him and revealed
the strange fact that, if the cholera smitten
negroes would procure one handful of salt
and the other full of figs, and sit beneath a
sycamore tree and swallow the contents of
both hands. taking first bite of salt and
then bite of the figs, that the cure that
would ensue would be sufficiently miracu-
lous to show a direct Providential inter
ference in their behalf. Accordingly twelve
negroes threw away their doctor stuff,
and supplying themselves with the figs and
salt, and seating themselves under the
charmed sycamore, proceeded to dose them
selves as directed. The result was miracu-
lous, for eleven of them never left the spot =
The dose killed them"
Year: 1867

BUTTERMILK VS. CLARET.-The New York
Gazette, which is bestowing some attention
on the buttermilk question in that city, is
responsible for the following:


A curious experiment has been tried with
buttermilk by testing its modest qualities
against the regal purple stream" of claret.
One who is in the secret will bet with one
who isn't, that the latter, if fblindfolded, can.
not distinguish claret from buttermilk by the
taste. Several glasses are filled with claret,
and an equal number with buttermilk. and
they are handed alternately to the blind
folded person. who tastes them For few
turns he will name the respective liquids
correctly, but after a while his sense of taste
becomes confused, and he insists that butter
milk is claret, and rice rersG. We have not
ourselves seen this experiment tried, but we
have been assured by persons on whom we
can rely that they have frequently witnessed
it, and that the result is always the same.
Year: 1867

No CHANCE.--When DR.. Frankln's mo-
ther in-law discovered that the young man
had hankering for her daughter, the good
old lady said she did not know so well about
giving her daughter to printer; there were
already two printing Offices in the United
States, and she was not certain the country
would support them. 1t was plain young
Franklin would depend for support on the
profits of third, and this was rather a
doubtful chance. If such an objection was
urged to a would be son.in.law when there
were but two printing Offices in the United
States, how can printer hope to get a wife
now, when the present census shows the
number to be many thousands.
Year: 1867

In calling the attention of the reader to the ad-
vertisement of DR.. J. C. Young's Institute to be
found in another part Of this paper We feel we are
answering the dictates of honest convictions in
pointing out to suffering humanity the honest and
skillfu Medical pra"ttner 1t is the duty of every
man whose knowledge places it in his power to act
guide to those who otherwise would unwittipr
ly take wrong path. There is no need to wear
out life of pain and anguish, and in the end fill
dishonored grave. Hesitate no longer, unfortunate
ones, but turn to the Doctor who can restore vou.
giving you in place of wasted energies and an i'm
paired constitution, health, vigor aud power.


The Institute has been in successful operation
for Seventeen Years, and it was the Pioneer In
stute of the coast it has been the Pioneer in the
march of progress.


We say again to the afleted-read the advertise
ment and follow its advice sI4