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Year: 1866

GREAT HARDsHIPs The manufacturers
and bankers seem to be running away
with all the money. Here is a statement
of what one of the national banks is gath
ering from the community for its stock
holders:


The National Currency Bank has de-
clared its quarterly dividend of Is per cent
with 10 per cent. additional to surplus ac-
count. We are informed that this makes
60 per cent. cash dividends, and 80 per
cent of surplus for the pastyear.


This is equal to anything that any of
the cotton and hardware companies in
New England are doing. We wonder
whether Mr. Sprague will not deem it his
duty to propose some scheme for the relief
of the national banks, as well as for the
manufacturing companies Their case
seems to be one of equal hardship.-N. y.
Post.
Year: 1866

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 Our Connecticut fall elections excite little interests compared with the great political bat tie which is to be fought elsewhere in October and November, to decide the issue be- tween the President and Congress. Their important bearing upon our spring elections is apt to be overlooked, however, and this year, there are some differences of opinion which, if not treated with forbearance and generosity will lead to serious difficulty. We hope, es- pecially, no harsh attempts will be made to drive the few Union men who honestly prefer red the Presidents policy to that of Congress, out of our ranks. Unless impelled to such a course by our own indiscretion, such men will never support President Johnson in his mad onslaught upon the party which elected him.

 We have this week extracted largely if rom the Conservative press to show how impracti- cable their position is becoming: But one of two courses is, in fact; now open to them: To join the Democratic party as Messrs. Weed, Dix and Raymond are compelled to do in New York, as the latter frankly coniesses or to sustain the moderate compromise

 finally proposed by Congress. The per sonal 'vindictiveness with which President

 Johnson assails the most moderate opposition, and the dogged obstinacy with which the Dem ocracy adhere to their old organizations, have left no room for any middle course.

 We ask no favors, however. for renegade of fee holders. They have set price upon them selves so far below t he value at which their party estimated them, that we wonder at their meanness almost as much as at their treachery
Year: 1866

16- The Post repudiates the nomi nation of Hoffman in the following emphatic language :: i Mr. Hodman's friends might claim that his record in federal politics shall be left out of consideration. now that he is candidate for state office; but he stands on a. platform which is almost entirely devoted to federal politics ; and moreover it is a,n,istake, we be- iieve to suppose that the political record of men during the war is to be forgotten or their blunders condoned so quickly by the people.

 Nor does it escape the attention of men that the peace-democrats and copperheads of this state are using every occasion not to back out from their wrong misehievous b.unders- but to justify their evil deeds

 Nov, the general understanding of the pub lie was that the democratic leaders in this state must repent and must moreover, show marks ofa very sound repentance, before they could hope for forgiveness from the people, But it seems that the people are expected to eat humble-pie and go over to John H. Green and Horasio Seymour-and perhaps Fernando Wood and it would appear that Mir. Hoff- man is to serve the purpose of bridging the chasm which now separates the two. We can only express our sorrow that so good man should be used for so foolish an attempt,'
Year: 1866

On Saturday last the Deputy Sheriff took possession of some of our liquor saloons searched" them and carried of what liquor he found. There was but little found, howev- CT, and poor stuff at that The liquor men have a telegraph line under ground, it is sup posed, by which they get two or three day 8 previous notice of the officers visit. Mean while they are able to drink up all their good liquors, sell them, or give them away. This is convenient arrangement all around.
Year: 1866

very, distressing accident happened here on Thursday last. A son John NJ of Peter Skif Esq aged eleven years, was instantly killed by the kick of . horse. The horse had shortly before been turned loose in the door yard and it is supposed the child went out to drive the horse from the door. He had hard iy been from the house minute when his mother saw him lying on the ground dead. ,
Year: 1866

A spirited and exciting game of Base Ball was played at Kent, September 18th, between the Energetic Club of Gaylordsvile and the Mt Algo Club of Kent. Notwithstanding the Energetic's labored under the disadvantage of having four of the Second Nine to play, the game closed in their favor by score of 45 to
Year: 1866

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 16~ The N. Y. Evening Post has, from the beginning, been strong supporter of the Pres idents policy, but :he following extract from one of it's late editorials shows how surely he forsees the impending popular verdict against that policy, and how keenly he feels the odium into which Mr. Johnson has brought himself and his supporters f5t.ts

 To the little club of politicians whom their opponents have dubbed radicals" the Presi dent has been great card. Without his as- sistance, without his violent speec hes, his in- judicious conduct, without his wild denuncia tons of the motives of those opposed a sound policy, without bis insulting remarks about Congress, and his equally insulting at tempts to dictate to the people, and to impose his will and wishes upon them, and control the elections by such foolish meals as the wholesale removals from ofice-without all this, we do not believe the line of policy advo- cated by MT Stevens and the Tribune would have had at this time even Q remote chance of success before the people. :

 It is serious responsibility which thus falls upon the President of the United States, and he would do we'll to consider it. He has been long enough in political life to know that it is not sufficient that a man should be right. To be practical and successful statesman, in a free country, it is also necessary that he should be able to present the right as to make I: ac. ceptable to the people who are his masters, and whose consent and support is required to make even the most just and necessary policy succeed. It is, perhaps. MT. Johnsons mis- fortune that he Was too long trained in aschool where vituperation took the place of sober dis cussion, where bitter tongue was aeld to be the sign of a clear brain, and where the most vigorous sceld was too often the most fortunate man on election day. .E .' 2.":.s-4.| "!i5 B

 However that may be, it is worth while for him to remember that ID politics, as in war; success IS the test of merit, and he has certain ly by his language and conduct for some months past taken the surest means to dis gust the people of the northern states not only with himself but, what is of far greater mo- ment, with the sound policy which has the misfortune to have his countenance. It is a melancholy reflection to those who have found 1t their duty to support that policy, that their most damaging opponent is the Presi dent, and that he makes a judicious course so hateful to the people, that no argument is lis. tened to. and no appeals to reason, to the Cons titution' !aa to common an Sense' can gain a hear

 One thing is sure; without the support ol the twenty loyal states, and of the twenty-five millions of loyal people, whose bravery, endu rance and devotion to the Union saved MI Johnson from being homeless refugee, and gave him a country to be President of, withou, their confidence and support; no plans howev CT wise, no policy, however just that he may favor, Can succeed. The people who tough, out the great war will have their say upon the question of reconstruction; and it is the part of wise statesmanship to pursuade thein-for they cannot be driven or compelled. -''''s
Year: 1866

A NOVEL FINANCIAL SCHEME
The London Spectator notices tue for
nation Of company called the "Cash
Payment Association intended to take
advantage Of the difference between
cash aud credit prices. Every person
who pays ten shillings year TO the
association receives a list Of shops at
which, for ready money, he may obtain
from seven to twenty-five per cent.
cheaper than he otherwise would The
tradesmcn give Che pledge to the asso-
citation, being themselves repaid by the
additional customers sent them,
Year: 1866

TIE most popular Of English preachers
is the celebrated DR.. Spurgeon-ceIebra-
ted because Of the homeiy and forciols
wav he has Of approaching the under.
standing OF bis congregation. The fol.
lowing passages occurred in one Of his
recent disco urses T:


"a certain tyrant sent for one Of his
subjects, and said to him "Wba, is your
employment He said IL am black.
smith" "Go home and make me a chain
Of such a length" He went home; it
occupied several months, and lie had no
wages all the time he was making it,
Then he brought it TO the moIarch, ana
he said 4: "Go make it twice as long."-
He brought it up again, and the mon arch
said: "Go make it longer still" Each
time he brought it, there was nothing but
the command to make it Longer STILL
And when he brought it up at last the
monarch said: "Taks it and bind him
hand and foot with it, and cast him into
a furnace Of FIRE" These are the wages
for making the chain. Here is meditation
for you to night, We servants Of the devil.
Your master, the devil, is telling you to
make chain. Some have been fifty
years welding the link Of the cha in, and
he says: "Go make it longer" Next
Sabbath morning you will open that
shop Of yours, and pull another link /;
next Sabbath morning YOU will be drunk !,
and put another link; next Monday you
will do dishonored action and so you
will keep on making fresh links 80 tbis
cham and when you have lived twenty
wears more the devil will say More
links on STILL" And then at last it will
be "Take him, and bind him hand and
foot, and cast him into the furnace Of fire."
"Foi the wages Of sin is death" There
is a subject for your meditation. ! DO
not think il will be sweet; but IL Gcd
makes it profitable, it will do you good.
You must have strong medicine some.
times, when the disease is bad. God ap.
ply it to your hearts"
Year: 1866

tunes or hapIess husband when We be-
hold her IN the domestic scenes, mere
passive creature Of enjoyment; an intellect
uxl toy, Frightening family circles with her
endearments, and priced for the extreme JOY
which that presence and those endearments
are calculated to impart. we scarcely credit
that the fragile being who seems to hold her
existence BY thread, is capabls of support
ing the extreme OF human suffering; nay
when the breast Of man sinks beneath the
weight Of agony; she should maintain her
positive powers Of delight, and with words
Of comfort and patience, lead the distraeted
murmurer to peace and resignation
Year: 1866

The following, from the Philadelphia
Inquirer, in relation to the price of coal,
will cause some surprise, considering the
source from which it emanates. The re-
ceipts of coal thus tar are about 2,000,-
900 tons in advance Of last year. Speak
ing of this fact the Inquirer says:


In view of this extraordinary pro-
ductiveness it will be asked, why is it
that the prices of coal are maintained at
the present high rates? During the war
there was a great demand for fuel on the
part of the government for the use of our
large navy. But the navy has been
largely reduced by the sale OF steamers,
and the consumption in national vessels
is comparatively small. Nor are the
steamers which have been sold busily en-


gagged in commerce The complaint from
ali commercial ports is that there is not
trade enough for them, and that large
numbers are lying idle in the docks of
our Atlantic cities. Manufactures are
not as lively as they were when large
numbers of industrial establishments
were kept busy upon government work.
1t may be assumed that there is not near
somuch activity in manufactures as there
was in the United States two or three
years ago. No more coal is used for
domestic purposes than formerly, and
the shipments upon foreign account are
not extraordinary. The facts, then, come
down to this: that there are not as many
requirements of coal for use as formerly;
that the amounts received are much
greater; and that, Notwithstanding, the
prices are still kept up. There must be
a reason for this in something which
neutralizes the usual laws of demand,
supply and cost. 1t will be found in
combination, which must exist among
the dealers in coal, with a determination
to hold up prices, and to compel the COM
munity to pay heavy profits to them,
profits far exceeding the fair necessities
of honest trade profits, in short, which
are wrested from the public by extortion
Year: 1866

SrANToN.-According to Washington
advices the President will not give Stan
ton a foreign mission when he turns him
ont of the Cabinet The latter is now
willing to take up with commissioner to
codify the laws.
Year: 1866

The grand ceremonial of the day then
took place, namely, the presentation of
the colors to Governor Curtin by General
Meade. General Meade took the colors
from the nearest standard bearer and in a
most eloquent and appropriate address,
presented the colors to Governor Curtin,
to be deposited by him in the Stale Cap
itol
Year: 1866

Exchange, and let them see that we have a
building that will reflect honor alike upon the
commercial metropolis of the country and
themselves. The next year is destined to be
of mark in the era of the architectural i'm
proyements of New York
Year: 1866

and the district of country from which it was OK
pected Louisiana would gather its largest supple.
of cotton has not yet been relieved from the higt
waters and cannot, even under the most favorable
circumstances, yield q large orop the present
year.


The incessantrsins and the varying temperature
which have added to the difficulties of the planter
have tended also to diminish the yield even of the
cotton which has already been planted, and we
constantly hear of planters who have been for,
tunate enough to escape the overflow, who, in
consequence Of the unfavorable weather. have
been compelled to plough up part of their cotton
and put in a crop which they could more readily
till with their inadequate labor. The inferior
quality of much of the seed has also been the
occasion of heavy losses at a season when it was
too late to provide seed of a better quality.


From these various causes, the commercial
world must be prepared for a cotton crop, the
smallness of which will astonish those who have
indulged expectations of an approximation to the
immense yield of former years, and tax the
financial ingenuity of the country to sustain the
public credit, which is SO intimately connected
with the great Southern product
Year: 1866

A NOVEL KIND oFFuEL,-The Cleveland tOJ
Herald asserts that the lake steamboats, now use
fish for fuel. Huge sixty pound sturgeon are
flung head foremost into the furnace. The oil as
sists the combustion of the wood, twenty sturgeon
being equal to a cord Of wood, in the production
of heat
Year: 1866

We would respectfully to the public that recent
experiments both Europe and New York have proven that
our Grey Jacket Ritters act like a charm in the
of As1APIO CHOLERA ms well as in DIARRHGA, DYs.
EMERY, CHRONIC INDIGESTION, and all other afTec.
ons of the Stomach and Bowels 1t has been tried in
cases of Cholera Morus city and each time the sufferer
was relieved almost nstantaneousy As 1t ia undoubtedly
toneo the most valuable description persons taking It habu
ally Will not be liable to Cholera other diseases of kindred
nature 1t strengthens the SYSTEM gives tone to the stomach
and guards the constitution generally from the nroads nj
disease possessing the additional advantage of being
to the taste and not containing any those esterous drps
which have made Cholera preparations obnoxious to the
public Itmust prove popular with all who try it. Believing
that nature has provided remedies all complaints in
locality have cued the pes which are the basis of our
Grey Jacket Btter from the vegetable kingdom in our State
Their separately for diseases Of the Digestive Organs s
not new and all the originality claim the compoundng
the valuable medicine in combining aud dstng together
in particular quantities. well herbs So as 10 get ALL
the virtues of each to act in with the rest


We adgise heads of families to provide themselves with
bottle Of GREY JACKET BIrTERs so ~ to have It ready
for immediate use should their children be Suddenly attacked
with dangerous symptoms.


1t be had ali the principal retain Drug stores and
Groceries in the city and country at very low price Of by
tho trade at wholesale, from
-, BARNETT & LION,


Manufacturers
Year: 1866

There goes virtuous and honest man.
Who cares? Nobody looks at him or cares
a fig how he looks or dresses.
I Here passes man OF wealth. who 2
fWhere? How does he dress 2 How is
a great object of attraction. How in the
world did he make so much !? He dosent
look as ii he was worth penny
This is the way of the world. Every
body gazeS with admiration upon the rich,
while they turn away from virtuoHs poverty.
Let man make ten thousand dollars, aud
he is q gentleman, every inch, of him.
Everybody has kind word and smile for
him.


I Be poor and honest, and no one knows
you Men and women have heard of such
a name as yours, andyou may live at their
elbow, but they are not certain about 1t.
1 Posses a fortune and live at the mile
post. And your neighbors and friends will
line the heart of the city. All would know
where you live and point stranger to the
very door.


we repeat is the world Golden
vice is caresSed, while humble virtue is un-
observed. a1


Will the time never neuer come when
men shall be honored for their virtues and
despised for their vices, rather than be ca
.ressed for their riches and condemned for
poverty Everybody in words, censures the
idea Of honoring the rich because they are
rich, and yet such are. the regulations Of
society that everybody does humble in his
manners and feelings in the presence of the
upper ten thousand AS long as the ladies
will associate with the voluptuous rich and
shun the virtuous poor, so long will vice be
considered no disgrace, and wealth will pay
for the sacrifice of virtue.
Year: 1866

Up to the hour of going to press every
thing was quiet in Baltimore. There was
nothing, except radical gossip, to indicate
any necessity for anything to the contrary.
The complicated questions involved in the
dispute about the Commissioners will proba-
bly, be settled to-day by the civil authorities.
If the new Commissioners are held to bail
for any legal cause, that matter will be
settled by the courts without delay. If any
attempt is made to precipitate riot, a stop
will be put to it by the prompt action of the
military.


If, to secure peace and order, martial law
is necessary it will be declared.


1t is the purpose of the civil and military
authorities to prevent bloodshed if possible
and to secure Justice and peace.
Year: 1866

If any change was to be made in the Office
of the Register of Wills for this District no
man could be selected as the successor of
Mr.. ROBBINS who is better qualified for the
place than Col. JAMES r. O'BEIRNE, whom
The President appointed to that post on
Saturday.
Year: 1866

Just think of prosaic Connecticut
originating, in our day, such romance
as the following: Norwalk is exercised
about body-snatchers, who, on Sunday
night last dug up the body of a young
lady who had been buried that afternoon,
and succeeded beyond their anticipation.
She had been buried while in cataleptic
fit, and upon being exposed to the night
air, animation was restored. The resu-
rectonists fed, and she walked home.
Her parents refused to admit her, believ-
ing her to be ghost. She then went TO
Che house Of a young man to whom she
was engaged He took her in and.on Mon
day they Were married.
Year: 1866

The legislature has taken a recess, and
it will be about week before a quorum
will be again present for the transaction Of
business. A resolution was introduced
setting forth that the legislature had been
in session forty-one days without transact
ing any business of general interest, re-
pelling the mputation that the farmers are
the cause of the long sessions of the legis-
lature, and pledging the senate, on re-as-
sembling next week, to dispatch the pub
lie business without unnecessary delay.
Whether this resolution passes or not, (for
it is not very likely to pass, We hope The
legislature will, on their re-assembling,
dispatch the business before that body in
a more expeditions and buslness-like man
ner.
Year: 1866

CosT OF PRINTING PApEB.--The Phila-
delphia Ledger says that the white paper
upon which each days edition is printed
costs nearly hundred dollars 3 day more
than is received for the printed newspa-
pers that is to say, that it now sells to
the carriers the whole Of its daily editions
for one hundred dollars less than it pays
for the paper it is printed on. Such in
crease in the cost Of the principal material
used by publishers, acts with peculiar
hardship upon newspaper
Year: 1866

- A friend has sent US an advertise
ment Of a patent 'cow mixer" Tt is
quite an ingenious contrivance, and all You
have so do is TO hitch the machine on and
pump away. The advertiser claims that
it is an invention that will rank with the
magnetic telegraph, the steam engine, the
reaper, the mower, and the sewing ma
chine
Year: 1866

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course of the forenoon he had an inter
view with his wife, in which it was agreed
between them that they should go to
Detroit and live. She desired to 90 that
afternoon, bat he did not want to go I'M
til Sunday, and then take the freight
train. About four o'clock in the after
noon hetmet her upon the street, and
requested her to bring the child and stay
with him in his paint. shop down town.
This she refused to do, repeatedly. He
urged her earnestly, and then drew his
revolver and fred two shots at her, at
one of which she says she felt something
pass her head, though neither took effect
He then asked her if she would go to
Detroit with him, TO which she again
assented. He then requested her to say
nothing to her father about what had
just happened, and both walked on down
town. Coming along near where her
father was at work, and q number OF
persons attracted by the shots coming
up, he broke away from her and ran
dswn TO the corner of Maumee and Broad
streets, stopped and drew his knife across
his throat, walked across the street and
again applied the knife. He was soon
reached by number of persons who
took him TO the Office Of DIR. Mead, where
he died some three hours later. The
knife with which he committed the act
is small four-bladed knife. The blade
used was the largest one, being less than
two inches long and very dull, but point
ed. The revolver found on his person
was loaded with blank cartridges, except
the two that were fired at his wife, and
as to those no one will ever know whether
they we're blank or not. By some he is
supposed to have been insane
Year: 1866

Few people from abroad can form the
remotest idea of the vast herds of cattle
owned in Texas. When we state that it
is not unusual for one individual to be
possessor Of 10000 head of horned cat
tie, the increase of which will approx
mate yearly 1000 calves, some idea may
be formed OF the great source OF wealth
we have in Western Texas Instead OF
the Western and Northern States supply
ing the Old and New World with packed
beef, as is now the case, it will be done
in Texas, where a beef weighing $50 to
700 ponnds can be purchased for S25, in.
stead of S65 to $95 in the North and
Year: 1866

At the close of the confession concern
ing the poisoning and barn-burning, he
wrote as follows: II presume | have
done a great many things which do not
now remember. | never thought it over
only to chuckle over it, and | now can
hardly keep from jumping up and laugh
ing and chuckling over what have done;
and If / was not so weak bodily, pre-
sumo | should be as bad now as ever.