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Year: 1868

The New York Post thinks Congress
would do well to see if the internal reve-
nue. cannot be raised without tax on In
comes, as the Massachusetts, Manufacturers'
Convention propose. The editor says
'As at present laid this tax is clearly uu-
just, for it exacts the same percentage from
the incomes Of realized property and from
incomes obtained BY daily labor. Moreover,
1t is odious because necessarily inquisitori-
al, because it forces every man to lay bare
to the public annually a statement of his
affairs; and il is oppressive to the great
majority, who live more or less from hand
ito mouth, because it may be exacted in
time Of sudden depression upon incomes
made at another season." These views
are practical and just, and we see that other
leading republican journals accord with
them. The New York Times calls atten


ton also to the distinction between income
from property and that from labor and en-
tcrprise, and thinks the ways and means
committee ought at least to report in favor
of reduction of the onerous income tax.
Year: 1868

The TRUTH IN A NUTSHELL New
York World, in reference to the cry Of
"hard times that is heard now, in all parts
OF the country-but especially in the West
thinks " it is passing strange that, with
very few exceptions, the people all clamor
for hairs Of the dog that has bitten them.
The cry Of the people is for more irrcdeem-
able paper money, as if there were any
special virtue in greenbacks that would
case them of their troubles. 1t is specie
not greenbacks, that is needed. Just SO
long as the taxes are high and Congress
persists in keeping over one-fourth Of the
country under military rule at an enor-
nous expense; just SO long as thousands
OF men are employed by the government to
do the work of hundreds; just so long as
our business transactions are based on a
currency that is valueless the moment Il
passes beyond the limits of the United
States. just SO long must the people expect
to suffer-" That is in a few words. the
marrow of the matter.
Year: 1868

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AN ASTONISHING FoLLY.-This is the
phrase which the New York Journal of
Commerce uses to characterize the new
radical reconstruction military dictator bill.


The past few days, it says, have been
prolific of revolution. But It is not worth
while to be excited about it. The attempt
Of Congress is to overthrow the Union aud
constitution. to grasp all power, destroy all
constitutional guards and immunities. make
military dictator, depose the President
and destroy the Supreme Court. It will
be a vain attempt. 1t looks like the last
wild convulsions Of dying monster. It
is isimprobable that life can much longer con-
hnue in it. Let the people. therefore, be
patient, and look with calmness on the vain
struggles which precede the hour of its dis
solution. Miserable land indeed is this. in
which to-day millions are suffering, stary-
ing, dying, and all for the sake of a few mol
itlclans seeking to obtain reelection and q
longer hold ON powerl But, says the
journal, we must wait in patience. I
Year: 1868

RsmovING RIVER AND SUBSTITUTING A
RAILRoAD.-The railway company running
the Boston, Hartford and Erie line are dig
ging new channel for the Quinncbauch
river, to save bridging, and also to save
curve in the road. The excavation is to
be about two hundred feet in width, eight
feet deep. and nearly a quarter Of mile in
length, whilst the road will run over the
old river bed.
Year: 1868

ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF MURDER.
Our readers viii remember an ac-
count we gave last winter OF one Miss
Lovina Pratt and Daniel kingsbury
OF Jamaica, who last fall lett ali iIiegit-
innate child OIL the house steps of Sam
acl Bailey in Townshend, ana that be-
ing found out they took the child back
but had since disposed of it, no one
knew where. We now learn that
Sheriff Carr of Jamaica, arrested
klngsbury on Tuesday last OH charge
of having murdered the child, and that
he has fully confessed to the murder,
was examined on Wednesday and
committed to Jail for trial The re-
mains of the child have been found un-
der log where he said they would be
found in his confession. His story is
that he was hired to murder it by the
father of the child who is understood
to oe another man, and that he and
the woman took the child one night
and rode to where they stopped,
and he took it away from the road
where he strangled it while the wo-
man remained in the carriage. On
being inquired of how he could do
such deed, replied that he knew he
had broken the law, but that it was
all right with his Maker, with whom
he had made peace! If the wretch
therefore, had gone and hung himself
he would have shown trif1e more re-
spect for mankind.


We understand officer Carr is now
In pursuit of the father of the child, to
arrest him.-BeLtoa0s Falls Times.
Year: 1868

POULTRY MANURE.-We fear that
farmers no not save the droppings of
the henery as they might and should.
The productive power of this man.
ure is very great and far excels that
taken from the barnyard. One bushel
of it properly mixed with the soil has
quite as much fertilizing power as a
load of common manure, and proba-
bly, more. 1t makes an excellent
dressing for the garden, and mixed
ashes or plaster, a spoonful of it in a
hill of corn is about equal to SHOW
elful of ordinary dressing. We once
tried the experiment, and found it
better and more productive than drop
pings of the cattle and horses in the


proportions above named; hence the
Importance of saving this manure. If


a proper place is prepared for poul-


try to roost the expense of saving


their droppings will be very light. Our


farmers should have their eyes open at


all seasons of the year, and let moth
ing which has fertilizing properties


be lost. A little care and attention
to this matter will prove a great be-
nefit. Give back to the soil all you


can and your reward is sure. We


have seen this kind of manure in old
barns year after year and the hard
7 working owner never once thought of
t cleaning out his barn and spreading
/ the manure on his land. And many
r farmers have noplace prepared for the
h hens to roost, but they let them take
5 their chances, and so you will hear
'chanticleer close to postlet perched'
d on the cellar beams of the barn crow
L in the early morning and down drops
:. the manure upon the hay. And SC
/ such work goes on through the long


winter, and the farmer is as easy as
[ Old Tilley about it. Now We have g
:. notion these droppings of the poultry
! are vastly more profitable on the


garden or field than on the haymow


What say you, Uncle Ne ? Don't


you think we are about right? WI
/ know you do, and so we stop here


Press.
Year: 1868

cuffs on, and Mr.. Newton was march
ed off amid the shrieks and groans of
his congregation. When his trial
came off he made a full confession,
and he went to Sing Sing for term
of fifteen years.


All the fruits of his robberies were
recovered save the money, and Anna
Redman willingly gaveup the widows
ring. The Philadelphia detectives
were so beat at my success that they
did not come inside of our head quar-
ters for a long time.


A few weeks later, was presented
with fine gold watch by the people
OF Bond street, whose church is in
charge of man who is not a wolf in
sleeps clothing.
Year: 1868

One of our most eminent Western advo-
Gates met with the following perplexing
adventure in his early practice in Wis
consina si as,la ias5ias s7= ss


A stranger came into his Office and ab-
ruptly informed him that his wife had
left him, and wished to have her re-
plevieds at once Knowlton told him that
remedy would mot meet his case exactly,
and went on to inform him that if he
would wait until the desertion had con-
tinued a year, he could obtain divorce.
The stranger said that he did not know as
he wanted a; divorce.sa What he most
feared was that his wife would run him
in debt all over the country. ssi.as 1
"In that case" said Knowlton, "you
had better post her" M 4 lssa


What his client understood him to
mean by posting remains mystery to
this day He said, in meditative way,
that he didn't know where she had gone,
and besides that, she was fully as strong
as he was. and he didn't believe he could
post her, even if he knew where to find
her. saAG ~


Knowlton fastened to inform him that
by posting his wife he meant putting a
note in the newspaper, saying: nWhereas,
my wife, Ellen, has left my bed and board
without any just S e sa


tsBut that amt true," interrupted the
client, ssthat amt true. She didn't
leave my bed. She took it away with
her."
Year: 1868

"A dog is a good thing to have in the
country. I have one thatsI raised from
a pup. He is q good stout fellow, and a
heavy barker and feeder. The man Of
whom / bought him said he was 3
thorough h.bred, but he begins to have a
mongreI look about him. He is good
watch dog, though the moment he sees
any suspicious person about the premises
he comes right into the kitchen and gets
behind the stove. First, we kept him i'm
the house, and he scratched all night to
getaout Then We turned him ous' @ ana
he scratched all night ITO get in. Then
wa tied him up at the, back ofthe garden,
and he howled so that the neighbors shot
at him twice before sdaybreak.A Finally
we gave him away, and he came back;
and now he has just returned from a fit
"a which he mas tornu q patch that had
been sown for our spring radishes. g
Year: 1868

A man is very apt to deceive himself
into the idea that he cannot save, and it
is Of mouse attempting it. He convinces
himself that his income is little enough
for present necessities, and puts off the
hope of accumulating, if he forms it at
ALL to the happy period when he shall be
in better circumstances; but when they
perhaps improve, his wants have extend
ed as much, and still the time for saving
is far ahead. Thus he goes on and on,
resolving and re-resolying, until at last
he is surprised by some sudden calamity,
which deprives him even of his ordinary
wages, or by death, which cruelty cuts
him off in the very midst of the best in
tentions in the world. Did any man, we
would ask, experiences falling off in his
income even so much as dollar in a
week /? Many will answer they have.
Did they continue to live at reduced
rate They reply, we did SO, we were
compelled to do it. Very well; and pray
what is the difference between being COM
PEELED to live dollar week cheaper,
and compelling yourself to do it? Or,
suppose stationary wages and rising
produce market, did you not find that,
although bread rose a penny a loaf and
other provisions in proportion, you still
continued to make ycur income procure
something like the usual exhibition of
victuaIs? You answer yes. And where
l would ask, is the difference between
spending small extra sum upon certain
articles of food, and laying it by for ac-
cumulation, supposing it not to be SO
needed 1t is clear that if you had the
fortitude and strength Of character to
make the savings as much matter Of
compulsion as the other circumstances
are, you would save. You have, there
fore, no excuse to present for not saving
it, except that you are too weak minded
to abstain from using money that is in
your power.
Year: 1868

not mean that they are useless members
OF the community by any means. We
know well what great good many of them
DO, and that they may be of value in
many ways to the real wealth producers
of the world.


VI the other classes who may be called
non-producers, such as merchants, brok-
ers, and traders of all kinds, it must be
borne in mind that every time they ham
die food or merchandise of any kind, it
is their custom to take toll in the shape
OF brokerage or profit, and in this way
they get the money which pays for their
support.


The merchant class is now mighty
army, and it wields a mighty power
Sitting in his dingy counting-room in
Front, or South street, one man may be
sending out and receiving goods from all
quarters of the globe; he may never see
or handle an article which he controls,
which by stroke of the pen he consigns
to the inhabitants of China, or. the citi-
zens Of London; but nevertheless, he di.
rects currents of trade, which bear count
less millions from one country to another,
and which may be blessing or curse
to mankind. We see how opium has de-
bauched and degraded the people of
China; how rum has depopulated the
islands of the great Pacific. Commerce
is not always blessing.


The merchants in New York dominate
allother classes. There are two dealing
in dry goods, each of whose sales, in
1863, amounted to some SO 600, 600.
The lawyer, the doctor, the preacher. the
professor, the artist, pay court to the
merchant, for the merchant it is who
controls money and dispenses patronage.
New York is one vast market, perpetual
fair, an endless bazaar, to which all the
peoplesof the United States come to buy
or to sell The most marked character
lstic OF the city is an unmeasured activity,
headlong haste, ceaseless business.


1t must not be supposed, however, that
New York does nothing but buy and sell
The great warehouses and shops are what
first strike the eye of the stranger; and
the streets thronged with busy men and
loaded trucks seem to indicate that the
transfer of merchandise from band to
hand is the sole occupation of its inhab-
itants. But go off the line of Broad
way, along the side-streets, and upon
both the East and Hudson rivers, and
you will hear the sound of the hammer
and the fle-the whirl Of mighty machin-
cry, which, with the aid of human hands,
is producin producing producing,
spurred onward by competition, the de-
sire for wealth, and the innate force of in
dustry. Their work is not without vast
results; and there are many establish
ments, grown from the. humblest begin
nings, which now employ a small army
of men and women.
Year: 1868

Procrastination is the thief of time
What world of time is wasted in court
]ship-engag agement-marriage


A young gentleman visits a young lady
to determine whether he would wish to
marry her At the end of the year he
has decided to be more undecided
At lnnnth he mons the unestiou. His
fair one, who had decided year ago to
accept him when he offered, takes weeks
to deliberate, and at length refers him to
papa-who, though he has long known
his habits, and every shilling of his prop
erty, begs to inform himself and advise
with his friends. Then distant day is
named-so that two families are excited
and anxious for more than twelve months
about a matter that, between those who
have known each other, should be dis
patched in a week. Be sure you re right,
then go ahead, is maxim that will ever
hold good. Whatever ought to be done
cannot be done too quickly. My fair
young Lady, if young gentleman ad-
dresses you, and you love him and intend
to marry him, tell him SO frankly and
plainly the moment he asks you. IF be
then asks you when the wedding shall be,
tell him s'as early as he. likes" and my
word for it, if ne is a man of sense, he
will appreciate your frankness and the
confidence you repose in him. Young
Gentleman, if you are engaged, with
means enough to support a wife, break
off the engagement with the young lady
who procrastinates and will not marry
you at once Ten to one that she is only
looking out for better chance, and if, in
her fancy, she finds it, she will cast you
off with as little ceremony as her worn
out slipper. Never put off till tomorrow
what can be as we'll done to-day.


CIV. M.
Year: 1868

Political judges are about us safe
and useful as religious Devils. Con
gresham Dawes, for Black Repub


lican, last week gave The former a


just review. In discussing con-
tested election case in the Rump, while
giving his views of the decision of a
State court, composed, as alleged, of
three Republicans and two Democrats,
he said: "Sir, it add no weight "a
a Judgment of any court in this land,
in my mind, that the judges in pro-
nouncing that judgment have sunk
the Judge IN the politician. If there
is anything from which | shrink in
utter disgust it is Political Judge.
The whole history ofthe jurispru.
dence in that country fiom which we
dorivo 90 large d share Of our own
law and methods and procedure in
courts of justice is strewn thick with
the wrecks Of political judges. Ba-
con fell by 1T Macclesdeld fell by it !;
Boughborough dishonored himself un-
der il; the brilliant Charles Yoke, the
idol Of his party and prince of the
profession, tempted u botray both of
them by the glitterins bauble of the
chancellorship, reached out his hand
TO touch it and fell litless by his side,
and history has eharitably drawn the
mantle Of mystery over his fate
Mansfield, whenever he descended
from the bench and essayed the paths
Of politics, was sure TO slip; within
our own day Westbarry hid his head
in shame and retired from the bench
endeavoring TO conceal his fall from
the pubic gaze and | ask the gentle
man from Pennsylvania if in Ameri-
can politics there is anything that
gives better assurance OF q more sue
cessful trial Of this experiment on the
part of the judiciary here than in the
Old World 7 Are the paths of politics
here less devious, less shiny, less fatal
in their influence upon the Judicial
character and upon the ermine than
in the Old World {? Time, sir, will de-
termine but TO me, if anything can
detract from the weight OF judgment
of n court it is the announcement on
the part Of him who cites it that it is
the judgment Of three Republicans
and two Democrats. When the gen.
tleman from Indiana (Mr. Kerry in
sists that | shall add to the respect
which | have accorded to their learn
ing and private worth Difference to
their political sentiment, what | have
said with regard 10 the mingling of
politics with the judicial character be-
comes appropriate as illustrating the
history OF all such attempts in the Old
World and in this; and similaS | pre-
dict, will be the fate OF every Judge
of any standing who shall undertake
10 carry aU the same timo the Judicial
ermine and the dirt-draggled mantle
Of politics"


This is the most sensible view upon
this subject we evr read coming from
that source, because the Judges and
clergymen of the e"loyal" persuasion
are VIGOROUSLY giren to politics, aud
few Of their baeke's object to this spe-
cies Of debaucherY. If few more
leading RAIDS speat out in this warn
ing manner we will soon get rid of
political judges.
Year: 1868

General Grant, in his speech of ac-
ceptance, said You have truly said
that ! shall have no policy of my own
TO interfere against the will of the poo
Pile" Such language may suit the
tastes of some, but from the lips of a
candidate for the Presidency Of the
United States theycome with exceed
ing bad grace. Suppose he had made
a declaration of this kind when he
took command Of the army; who,
among the officers or privatcs would
have defended him Yet, now, his
friends wish to palm him off on the
people, not knowing whether he favors
a military despotism, or n democratic
form of government. That President
Is not. worth a penny who has not a
line OF pOllcy VI uis o'.... --~sl<ed out,
and who, in times such as those
through which we are passing, has
not the courage to declare what that
policy should be. The fact that Gen
eral Grant qualities his announcement
by saying that he has nopolicy of bis
own TO Interfere against the lcW Of the
people, does not relieve him from the
charge Of unmanly weakness. The
President of great people, it he be
at all qualified for the position, can
not possibly escape the necessity of
clearly defining his position in rela-
tion to such national issues as may
from time totime present themselves.
When, therefore, General Grant de-
clares that he ''shall have no policy
of his OWL" he simply announces that
being unfit for the position, he has re.
solved to surrender himself into the
keeping Of his Radical supporters TO
be used by them for such purposes as
they may deem proper. This early
announcement OF his intentions to be
a mere plant tool in the hands of the
revolutionists who have assumed
charge and control Of aim, will more
than convince the people that a man
Of more determined mould, and of
broader statesmanlike views, is need
ed for the Executive Department Of
the Government
Year: 1868

Full returns from Oregon show how
thorough and complete has been the
Democrat: triumph in that State
Twenty-three counties constitute the
Commonwealth. OF these, thirteen
returned Radical members to the Leg
islature in 1866, and ten cast their
votes for the nominees of the Demo
cratic party. At the recent election
twenty counties chose Democratic
members OF the Legislature, and
three Radicals This is n change that
foreshadows the total disruption of
the Radical party in that locality.
The people are tired Of taxes and un-
wise legislation disturbing the repose
of the country and injuring business,
trade and commerce, They see in
the nomination of General Grant an
effort on the part Of band Of design
ing men TO perpetuato their power in
the nation, and continue tie present
state of affairs, and hence the wonder
full difference between the result in
Oregon in 1866 and 1868. Business
men have become fully aroused and
their votes are telling upon the result
in all directions. Impeachment, the
nomination Of General Grant, and
the action of Butler and his "smelling
committee" have contributed their
share to that stream of public disfa-
vor which is overwhelming the Radi-
cal party from Maine to Oregon. The
late resuls in the latter State is bat a
forerunner of what will take place in
all parts of the Union at the coming
Presidential struggle.-Agc
Year: 1868

The young gentleman who sang
"My heart aud lutte arc all the store
that can bring TO thee, " has been sol
emnly assured by the young lady's
relative thatit would be quite
impossible to support a family from
the receipts of such store, and ear
nestly enjoined him not to undertake
the experiment with any member of
his household.
Year: 1868

II "the General of our Armies was
so much force in the land that his
mere "opinion" was deemed by the
Tribune sufficient to demand the con
viction and removal of the President,
public policy dictates that Grant
should at once resign an Office which
is declared powerful enough TO un.
make one President, and which may
be used TO create another.
Year: 1868

the motion of the Democratic party; be-


cause, il for no other reason, she will soor


see, il she does not already see, that II she
does not yield II, she win ultimately be
compelled to accept universal negro suf


frage.


Qualified negro suffrage yielded by the
Southland by this we mean impartial
suffrage, or suffrage dependent upon the
intelligence of the man, Irrespective of
color, as is now the rule in Massachusetts


the negro question will have been dis
posed of. and the occupation OF the North
ern Republican party will be gone forever.
Not one inch of ground will it have to stand
upon and the country can once more turn
to those material questions of public policy,
the right disposition of which is so essen
tial to the public prosperity. 1t will be
upon these questions that the Democratic
party will triumph, and will it bc by this
triumph that constitutional nalgovernmenta and
our Federal system viii he preserved.


If The South be wise, Il will NOT wait, on
this suffrage question, even for the motion
of the Democratic party. If IL be wise, IL
will loose no time in putting in motion the
necessary machinery by which il will, at
the same time save itself from humiliation,
preserve its own self-respect, rid the coun-
try of the most vexatious questions that
ever distracted anv country. kill the worst
political party that ever existed on the
globe, and put the Union In the way Of
speedy restoration. This machinery cdn-
sists, Of course, in conventions TO revise the
State constitutions.