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Year: 1867

The WOODWARD TRAGEDY IN lNDINA.
VIM. Sandere is on trial at Bedford, In.
diana. accused of numbering three persons
last year in Orange County, of that State,
While this horrid hutchery was going on, a
little daughter Of Woodward's seized the
babe and secreted herself hehind the deer,
at the same time holding her hand over the
child mouth in order that its cries might
not bctray their hiding place, and BY that
means saved the lives of both. a little son,
some Eve years cid, managad to escape by
hiling under a bed. The little girl is only
about seven years oil, and very small for
one of her age She is a very bright child,
and answered the Questions put to her with
a canior and irankncss, thGt is seldom wit
messed in older persons. The first thing
was for the Court to determine whether she
WAS competent to testify. The Judge asked
her name. She gave it in clear and dis
tinct tore of voice. The Judge then order
ed the witness to be sworn, and she was
then examined closely in regard to what she
saw and did on that fatal night. She told
all about how she hid behind the door with
the babe, and how she held her hand over
its mouth to keep it from making noise !;
how she went for the neighbors about day
break, and many other things which it is
impossible for us to enumerate. The recital
was very affecting, and if the defendant at
the bar was the guilty party, he certainly
must have had terrible emotions while the
story was being told.
Year: 1867

SINGULAR FAcT.-Thc Youths History
of the War says: One singular fact in con-
nection with the death of Mr.. Lincoln was,
that no coroner inquest was ever held on
his body; nor legal evidence taken as to the
manner Of his death, nor was single person
accused of connection with it ever brought
into court Of law, nor is there to this day
any legal testimony whatever as to the man.
ner Of his death, the cause Of it, or who
killed him"
Year: 1867

It was the very wors. boat that could pos
sibly have been selected. The slightest
movement had the effect Of tipping it over,
and the result was that when We started,
each one having to sit in the bottom, We
were comfortably impersed half way upin
wafer
Year: 1867

HOUSEHOLD ITEMs.-If you do not
preserve your papers 10 file them away
(Which you ought to doy, cut out these
three items for future reference


Two grains Of alum to pint of
water will clarity water which is unfit
to drink, and The taste of the alum
will hot be perceived. A French
chemist III Algicrs shows that muddy
water will become drinkable in the
course of from seven to seventeen
minutes by adding half grain of
potasslc alum for every quart Of water.


The following is recommended as
all almost infaIhble cure for that pain
full disease, neuralgia:


Take large teaspoonfnI oil cologne,
two tablespoonsful of fine salt, and
mix them together in small bottle
every time you have any acute affec
tlon of the nerves or neuralgia, simply
breathe the flames in your nose from
the bottle, and you will be immediate
lv relieved.
Year: 1867

Arrangements have been made with the
Government Publisher, in Washington, for
a full set Of Stereotype Plates Of all the
forms Of BLANKS to be used in BANK
RUPTCY and tho same will be issued al
fast as prepared, These Blank Forms are
prepared under the special direction Of the
Secretary Of the Committee Of Justices of
tie United States Supreme Court, and are
p-iuted in he neatest manner, on the best
paper, and arc carefully Classified, Mum
bercd, and Endorsed, with Notes Of In
struetion and Reference thereon, and ar
ranged in every way for tho complete con>
venience Of the Court and the Bar, and for
the purposes Of filling.
Year: 1867

: The Sentinel is displeased with the appor-
tionment Of delegates to the Convention for
: this State, and endeayors to produce the
impression that it is sectional in its charac-
ter-that is, that it has been SO made by
Gen. Candy as to give the Eastern part of
the State an advantage over the Western
part And on this false assumption the
Sentinel calls on the Western people to vote
en- masse againsta Convention.


The TRUTHS, Gen. Candy has simply per-


formed his duty by apportioning represen-
tation in the Convention on the number of
registered voters, in accordance with the law
ofCongress.~ He had no discretion in the mat
ter, as the Sentinel veil knows; and in per
forming his duty, as he has done promptly
and faithfully, he could not and did not
know any thing of sectional interests or
views He had the State before him. with
its registered vote, ami he acted accordingly
under the law of Congress. One of the best
evidences of the propriety and justice Of the
apportionment by Gen. Candy is the fact that
it is objected to by the rebel organ of Gov.
[. Worth. n.
Year: 1867

the stage. The chastity, repulslve fea


tlfres, the tattered habit Of the niser and
the wealth for which he bartered his soul
lying around, formed a picture which not
even the mimic scenes Of the stage could
rival in intense dramatic force. IL ex-
ceedeG anything the imagination almost
can conceive The news OF the discov-
cry Of the dead man passed rapidly from
mouth to mouth, and large numbers Wis
tied the apartment 70 gEzs upon the
dead mfser surrounded by his wealth.
But IS il in mockery Of the LIE he led,


the money left by the old wretch secured
MIN q decent burial, shd he went down
70 the grave attired more respectfully
than he had ever known when alive.
Kind hands, f7rgetiul Of the past, laid
him teuderly away ia the tOmb, there 10
sleep in oblivion until the last great
trump shall sound, and he shall then
learn whether the treasures Of earth are
counted among the treasures of heaven.
Year: 1867

TN referring to our caVd as above We Would


Sav mat hi the future as IN the past, we viii
give our best attention to the Interests OF oar
patrons on 81 copsignments made Us. That
while our facllities are At least squal to any,
THE USUAL CHARGES WILL BE MADE,
and We pledge ourselves that the result to the
planter on all business intrusted TO US shall be
As favorable as from any other house OF equal
standing or from parties who may propose 70
transact business for less than we feel We can
Justly aud safely afford to 60 Oc3-Sm
Year: 1867

E The Reporter stated that the July
meeting Of the County Board would be
held at Wsthena. We have heard that
disputed. Is there not some mistake
about it? They will hardly meet with
out their Clerk. and the latter Office is
not travelling "shebang."
Year: 1867

HELMBoLD's CONCENTRATED EXTRACT
BUCHU IS THE GREAT DIURETIC.


HBLMBOLD'S CONCENTRATED EXTRACT
sARsAPARILLA is THE GREAT BLOOD
PURIFIER.


Both are prepared according to the rules Of
Pharmacy and Chemistry, and are the most
active that can be made, and are sold by Drug
gists everywhere.
Year: 1867

An English authority says


1t is a notorious fact that numerous
parasites do crawl over our surface, burrow
under our skin, nestle in our entrails, and
rot and propagate their species in every
corner of our frame. Nearly a score of
animals belonging to the interior of the
human body have been already discover
ed and described, and scarcely a tissue or
an organ but is occasionally prOfaned by


their inrOads. Each, also, has its favOrite
or its special dOmicile. One species of
strangle chooses the heart for its dwelling
place, another inhahits the arteries, a third
the kidneys. Mpriads of minute worms
lie cOiled up in the voluntary muscles, or
in the arcOla tissues that connect the
deshy fibers. The guinea worm and the
clique bore through the skin and reside
in the adjacent verticular membrane
Hyidatids invest various parts of the body,
but especially the liver and the brain. n
little fluke, in general appearance like a
founder, lives STEPPED in gall in the bill
ary vessels. If you squeeze from the skin
off your nose what is vulgurly called a
contents, namely, of one of
the hair fOllicles-it is ten to one that you
will find in that small sebaciOus cylinder
several animalcUl9, exhibiting under the
microscope a curious and complicated
structure. Even the eye has its living
inmates. With this knowledge Of our
it matters but little how
many entozoe we consume so long as we
do not see them; it is nothing more than
all ages have done before US. We might
with as much propriety refuse to drink
water, which, however pure, is fairly alive
with animalculae, as to refuse to eat meat
because it exhibits (under the microscopy
entOZOe"
Year: 1867

All travellers, writes a cOrrespon-
dent, have mentioned with astOnish-


ment the peculiar buOyancy of the wa
ters of Great Salt Lake, and it is truly
surprising, no danger of shipwreck
need ever cross the mind of those who


navigate the lake, for it would be SIM


ply impossible for them to sink, if


thrown overheard. With my hands


clasped together under my head, and


my feet eros e1, 1 floated on the very


surface of the lake with at least one


third of my body above the water,


upon warm summers day, there


would not be the slightest difficulty in


going to sleep upon the lake, aud al


lowing yourself to be blown about as
the wind permitted; only one would


need an umbrella to keep off the rays


of the sun. 1t has been stated that
three buckets of this water will yield
one bucket of solid salt, but inasmuch
as water will not hold above twenty
five per cent. of saline matter in sOlu-
tiun, and if more be added it is fnstan-
tly deposited upon the b. ON, this es-
innate is ,sOf course, too large. On in
quiring OF the MOrmOns engaged in
procuring, salt they unanimously stat
ed that for every five buckets of wa
ter they obtained one bucket of salt,
which gives the proportion as no less
than twenty per cent. No visitor to
the lake should omit the bath; the SEN
satiOn in the water is most luxurious, |
and leads one to think himself float
ing in the air. On the way back, to
the city it will be as well for the bath
er to stop at the superb sulphur baths
just outside the town and remove the
saline incrustatiOns which will have
formed upon him, by plunge into
the fine swimming bath, whose only
objection is its peculiar odor and its
great heat, which requires a large ad-
mixture Of cold water.
Year: 1867

VALUABLE WASH FOR SPRAINs.-
White oak bark boiled down until
the liquor is strong, forms one of the
most valuable washes for sprains, of
either man or beast, that is known.
Some spirits should be added if it is
desired to keep it,
Year: 1867

Voltaire said: "The more married men
you have, the fewer crimes there will be.
Marriage renders a man more virtuOus and
more wise. An unmarried man is but
half of perfect being, and it requires the
other half to make things right; and it
cannot be expected that in this imperfect
state he can keep the straight path of recti-
tude any more than boat with one oar,
or a bird with one wing gcan keep straight
course. In nine cases out of ten, where
married men become drunkards, or where
they commit crimes against the peace of
the community, the foundation of these
acts was land while in a single state, or
where the wife is, as is sometimes the
case, an unsuitable match. Marriage
changes the current Of a mans feelings,
and gives him a centre for his thoughts,
his affections and his acts. Here is a home
for the entire man, and the counsel, the
affections, the example and the interest
of the better-half, keep him from cratic
courses, and from falling into thousand
temptations from which he would other
wise o-bO-exPased- Therefore, the friend to
marriage is the friend to society and to the
country"
Year: 1867




The Iberville South says A railroad,
four miles in length, will shortly be
built from the city of Plaquemine TO
navigRble water on the bayou.


The Masonic fraternity propose to
celebrate st. Johns day at Shreveport
by q grand ball. afn 111


The southwestern says OF the weather
and crops in that vicinity For the past
ten days the weather has been pleasant
and seasonable. We are informed that
tie crops on the hills look remarkably
well considering the baekwardness OF
the season. The corn crop has received
more attention than heretofore, and
should the season heneeforth prove fa-
yOrahle, we will be able to make our
own bread. The cotton crop, though
somewhat neglected, il coming out
finely, and gives promise of remunera-
ton. Thus much for the hills. We can
not say as much for the bottom lands, as
nearly, if not one-half, are overfiowed
at least that is the opinion of all with
whom We have conversed. A number
of the plantations above and below here
are wholly under water, and the Others
partiallyso. That portion not overfiowed
Is looking well. The prospect on the
whole, in the bottoms, is anything but
encouraging.


Owing to the prevalence of yellow
fever in the West Indies, the military
authorities, in connection with the civil
authorities Of New Orleans, have issued
orders quarantining all vessels from those
islands and foreign gulf ports. This
precautionary action meets with the
approval of all classes in the city.


Registration throughout the state
continues to be confined mainly to
negroes, the whites taking little or no
interest in the matter, and the compare
lively few who could obtain the right OF
voting seemingly care nothing for the
privilege, so-ealled, and do not register
In the proportion of two in ten. The
freedmen, at all points where they are
subjected to the pernicious influence of
the loyal league, are overbearing and
insolent in department, and eareIesslv
Indifferent about fulflling their contracts,
or indeed engaging in any continuous
occupation; having been deluded by these
white miseTeants into the belief that the
United States congress will divide the
lands OF their old masters amongst
them, and even provide stock, utensils
and food for the first year, provided
they vote with the radical repub blican
party. The circumstances detailed above
will, In many Instances, have an evil
influence on the crop prospects Of such
favored localities as escape the overflow
at present so widespread in the several
portions Of the state, and the two COM
bined will, indeed, render the hopes of a
vast number Of planters for the present
season vain indeed. -
Year: 1867

"MIss FLITE. THE thousands Of our citi-
zeus who have, during the last ten years, Vlsl-
ted The CrimiuaI Court have observed, little
apart from the crowd Of spectators, seated
mon the raised platform in the corner OF the
room, a little faded woman, beyond middle
aye, somewhat fantastically dressed in clean but
dilapidated clothing. Her bonnet has some
times a feather somewhat jauntlly disposed
therein, and she is as careful in the arrange
nent OF her tawdry inery and many tiounced
skirts, as il they were of the costllest material
Nearly every day, for the last ten years,
she might have been seen in her accustomed
place, sometimes busily engaged in sewing, and
patiently and quietly waiting for the long ex-
pected decision in her imaginary case relating
to property. So long has she been an attend
ant upon the sessions Of the court that her
personal history, the cause Of her mental de-
ranpement, and even her name, are unknown
10 the officials Of the court. Her residence and
means of living are equally matters OF cOnjec-
ture. Those who have read Dickens's "Bleak
House" will be reminded of the description of
Miss Fiite, in connection with the celebrated
chanoery case of Jaundyce and Jaundyce-"a
little mad old woman in squeezed bonnet, who
Is always in court, from its sitting to it's rising,
and always expecting some incomprehenslble
Judgment to be given in her favor Some say,
she really is, or was, party to sui t, but no
one knows, and no one cares" The above des-
cription of Dickens is so perfectly applicable to
The female visitor in the Criminal Court, that
she has been given the name of Miss Elite, "
and by that name only is she known to the
habitues of the Court House. Our Miss
Elite" was not long since presented with
white morning wrapper, much too long for her
small figure, which she once wore in the street
1t struck the eye of some decorous policeman
as an improper dress, and she was arrested and
committed to Jail for thirty days as a vagrant
The fact coming to the knowledge of the court,
Judge Bond ordered the Immediate discharge
of the harmless unfortunate. The probability
is that she will reappear in her usual place in
the court room, and live on, hoping for the
termination of her suit, until the recording
angel in Heavens High Court of Chancery
shall enter, it is to be hoped, favorable judg-
ment in the case of the helpless and friendless
woman. n.-Bd1tlD1ore San.
Year: 1867

We have taken the agency Of this justly cele-
brated machine Housekeepers are particular
~ requested to call and examine it for them
selves, whether desiring to topurchase or not BY
its use the washing of a large family can be done
comparatively little or no labor. 1t is perfectly
simple, and not at all liable to get cut of repair


A child is strong enough to work it, and it
washes the clothes beautifully, and with not
half. The wear that they are subjected to in the
ordinary way It will be loaned on trial r for
Cnllo,g;np sre the manufacturers prices, at
Which we hold them: For Washing Machine
and Wringer complete, S22i Washing Machine
alone, S.l5; Wringer alone; So co
Year: 1867

The PRINCE IMPERIAL OF FRANcR-The
Emperor CT France, IN addition TO the person
al satisfaction he undoubtedly derives from the
visits OF SO many crowned heads to his capital
has the sun deeper qualification OF knowing
that his SOB, the heir, without whom all his
pomp and power won Id be as dust and ashas.
is completely recovered from his long and
painful illness. the medical attendants have
declared, in the most formal manner, that no
Ill consequences OF any Kind are 10 be appre-
ended from the late illness OF the young
Prince.
Year: 1867

THE WHEAT CROP this year, il Is anticipa-
TED. will be the greatest crop OF tina, gram ever
grow in the United States. A careful .uaiy-
sic OF information from all the States shows
that the total increase in wheat is 10 to is per
cent. created than last year. In a ma jority OF
the States the breadth of winter W heat Is quite
as wide as usual. and that of spirng wheat
much greater The reports of the condition of
The crop show that IL is much better than iasJ
year, and the harvest is estimated at 2o0veo 400
bushels. The harvest has already begun IN
the South. so that the crop of the entire conn-
try may now be considered free from any ordi.
nary danger.
Year: 1867

NEARLY A VICTIM. "A fashionable young
lady of Milwaukee, who was ambitious tc
shine as the belle Of. her circle, nearly fell q
victim to her vanity, last week. She had
heard that arsenic was a beautifier, and re-
solving to be an arsenic eater, she procured
a supply Of the poisonous drug. Not
knowing the quantity that could be safely
taken, however, she used too much for the
first dose, and her friends were alarmed by a
supposed attempt at suicide until the victim
in an interval from violent sickness, was en-
ablcd to give an explanation. A fatalresul'
was averted by the skillful attentions Of the
physicians, and the patient is in fair way o1
recovery
Year: 1867

n0 A man habitually finding fault, ha-
bitually on the alert to detect folly or vice,
without ever bestowing thought on what
soever things are true and lovely and Of
good report, is as nobody would choose to
det,y, morally halt and MANNED. One hall
Of his faculties and that the most powerful
half, is paralysed and useless. He is like
land which produce nothing but thistle and
brambles.
Year: 1867

n@r Old Cooper is dutchman, and, like
many other men, Of whatever nationality,
has q wife that is some. One day the old
man got into trouble with neighbor, which
resulted in fight. The neighbor was get
ting the old man, who resisted his antagonist
to tho best ability, when his wife broke out
with: "Lie still Cooper, if he kills you,
I'll sue him for damages"
Year: 1867

pa~ Somebody says that the best way to
get rid of weeds is to always put your cigar
case and its contents at the service OF your
friends. Jones says that the most effective
means he ever tried was by squeezing the
hand of plump young bereaved in black.
The next day she was in half mourning
and second kindly pressure resulted in
pink gown, with white bonnet. Farmers
please notice.
Year: 1867

The ambition of Gaul is boundless.- -


Whatever another can do he can do, and,
If possible, do it better. He is a renowned
adoptcr Of and improver uyon the inventive
genius of other nations. This ambition
seems even to extend to such arts as picking
pockets. lfcredit may be given to an ac-
count in French review, this felonious art
has been carried by the Partisan thieves to
degree of perfections leaves the rascality
of the "rest of mankind far behind.
The operation is thus described as per-
formed in French omnibus:


''Ihe thief of course well dressed, enters
the omnibus armed with very small morsel
of lead attached to very fine thread Of black
silk. The extremity of this thread he holds
between his iore6nger and thumb, and as
soon as his nearest ncighbor takes out hisor
her portmonniae for the purpose Of paying
the fare-which is paid in Paris on entering
the omnibus-the thief, his eyes Of course
apparently fixed in contemplation Of some
far off object, dexterously launches the bit
of lead into the portmonnaie just as the
owner is closing it, The purse is then re.
turned to the pocket of the unconscious own
cr, who never sees the thread, by which he
is now in the power of the thief. As soon
as an opportunity occurs, or is provided by
the thief himself, who tumbles apparently
clumsily against his neighbor at the first
stoppage of the omnibus, the purse is gently
drawn from the owners pocket, and trans
ferrcd to that Of the rogue, who, as soon as
possible leaves the conveyance, with po-
lite salutation to his victim and the rest
of the travellers"


Here is juggling that throws the dextcrity
Of Signor Blitz & Co, into the shade. A
fellow who could successfully perform feat
of such delicacy and skill would almost
deserve the reward Of genius. And if he
was caught he would be very likely to get
reward not whole unlike that which genius
too often receives at the hands Of an unap-
prcciative community.
Year: 1867

To make good newspaper is one of tn,
most difficult Of tasks. But few person
are competent to perform the manifolt
duties requisite to the accomplishment 0
this work. A good newspaper is no
made by its editorials. They may be able
long or short They may be many Of
they may be few, and though they consti
tute an important feature Of o good
paper, they by no means make the psper


A good newspaper should contain all
the current and latest intelligence in brief.
The Americans ore a fast people, and
have not the time to read long articles. II
you give them everything in paragraphs
they will read it. The chief difficulty in
making newspapers in this country is thai
we have not the time to condense tn,
news. We do everything by lightning
speed and rush to conclusions. This Il
the order Of the day.


We think we know what good news
paper is, and we are struggling to give t,
this community in form the realization o
our idea. Be patient, dear patrons an
friends, and we will try to approximat
the true idea, and make the REPuBLIcA A
what it ought to be, frst-class new
paper.